JEFF MANGUM of Neutral Milk Hotel played his first show in years Thursday night, as part of a benefit show for New Zealand musician Chris Knox. SPIN rounds up video, including "Oh Comely."

THE BLACK KEYS are advance streaming Brothers.

TRACEY THORN (Everything But the Girl) is advance streaming Love And Its Opposite.

LOCAL NATIVES played the World Cafe Live on Friday; you can stream the gig on demand via NPR, including a cover of the Talking Heads' "Warning Sign."

SHE & HIM stopped by the World Cafe for a chat and mini-set.

BLACK FRANCIS & JOEY SANTIAGO cover "The Cover of the Rolling Stone" for a Shel Silverstein tribute album.

PLIMSOULS: "A Million Miles Away." Classic power-pop.

SAM PHILLIPS is the focus of an L.A. Times piece on alt-financing for alt-music.

FRIGHTENED RABBIT: Scott Hutchison talks to the Chicago Tribune about the band's bigger sound and bigger audiences.

GAYNGS: Ryan Olson talks to The Quietus about the indie-star about the collection of tracks inspired by 10cc's maudlin masterpiece of creative multi-tracking, "I'm Not In Love: -- all recorded at 69 beats per minute.

THAX DOUGLAS has moved from Chicago to Austin. Be sure to stay for the kicker.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Iron Man 2 cruises above the competition with 133,6 million.  That's the fifth biggest opening weekend ever, behind The Dark Knight, Spider-Man 3, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. This sequel opened overseas last week, where it has already grossed another 194 million. The budget estimates range from 175-200 million, so this will be a big hit for Marvel/ Disney and a windfall for Paramount, which takes about eight percent just to distribute it.  A Nightmare on Elm Street carters 72 percent into second place with 9.2 million, for a 48.5 million total on a 35 million budget.  How to Train Your Dragon takes in another 6.8 million and breaks the 200 million mark domestically. Date Night shows legs as counter-programming, making another 5.3 million, for an 80.9 million total on a 55 million budget.  The Back Up Plan struggles to stay in the Top Five with 4.3 million, though it probably won't be counted as a flop.  Below the fold, Clash of the Titans, The Losers and Kick-Ass cratered, all victims of Stark Enterprises.

TIGER WOODS... and Jesse James mistress Michelle McGee? Too good/awful to check.

KENDRA WILKINSON made more than one sex tape, according to RadarOnline.

CHARLIE SHEEN: Any plea deal for his Aspen criminal case would likely include jail time. Meanwhile, he's hoping to do more of Two and a Half Men for 1.2 to 1.3 million per episode.

TOM CRUISE: Secretly mocked by his fellow Scientologists?

JENNIFER ANISTON & NICOLE KIDMAN, Hula Dancing. Let's go to the video.

COLIN HANKS got hitched to publicist Samantha Bryant Saturday in Los Angeles.

JESSICA SIMPSON: Not talking about Jeremy Renner.

JOAQUIN PHOENIX: Even buyers are not sure if his documentary is a prank -- though it sure sounds like one.

TWILIGHT fans are burdening their children in increasing numbers. And the dating stories are heating up again to promote the next installment of the franchise.

TERROR in NYC: Attorney General Eric Holder said the Taliban in Pakistan directed the plot to bomb Times Square and may have also financed it.The failed bombing in Times Square may signal that militant leaders in Pakistan have shifted their focus to targets in the US and other Western countries instead of sticking to their home base, according to US counterterrorism officials.  The Obama administration has delivered new and stiff warnings to Pakistan that it must urgently move against the nexus of Islamic militancy in the country's lawless tribal regions.

IRAQ: The recount in Baghdad is 50 percent complete; no major change in the result are expected.

DOG RIDES TORTOISE: Let's go to the video.

A 4000 LB RHINO escaped from its cage at the Jacksonville Zoo.

THREE BABY LIONS debuted at the Bronx Zoo. Pics and video at the link. Summon the animals to appear.

MOOSE on the loose.

A WAYWARD PARROT returned home for the booze.