SOUNDGARDEN played "Black Rain" and "Hunted Down" for Conan on TV and the web.

THE SOFT BOYS are streaming the reissue of the classic Underwater Moonlight.

LOS LOBOS played a Tiny Desk Concert at the offices of NPR.

MUMFORD & SONS played First Ave; you can stream the gig on demand.

PETER WOLF CRIER did three free songs for Daytrotter.

GERRY RAFFERTY -- best known for his solo hit "Baker Street" -- is reportedly fighting for his life after suffering kidney failure.

QUEEN dumped EMI for Universal, who will reissue remasters of the band's catalog next year. Killer news.

LOCAL NATIVES: Ryan Hahn does an Interview about touring, the creative process, and what local natives do in Italy.

THE TWILIGHTS SAD's James Graham's talks to The Scotsman about the band's new album, morbid lyrics and a possible career in Hip-Hop.

KEITH RICHARDS, Lord of the Undead, did not attack a Swedish journo, according to his rep.

DEMI LOVATO: The Disney teen darling was boozing and snorting cocaine like a rock star before she checked into a treatment center last week, a bombshell report reveals.

PINK is knocked up. So you better get the party started.

BRET MICHAELS denied rumors that he had an affair with Miley Cyrus's mother.

LINDSAY LOHAN is working on getting a "work pass" so that she can get out of rehab to discuss her next movie Inferno before her January 3 release date, according to RadarOnline.

MAD MEL UPDATE: The plot between Gibson's baby mama and her bodyguard thickens.

HEIDI MONTAG & SPENCER PRATT were trying to "buy fame," but now "have no money" and live on 400 dollar weekly allowance from Pratt's dad.

JOHN MAYER has been involved in a steamy romance with married TV chef Giada De Laurentis, according to the ever-relaible Star.

GEORGE W. BUSH & KANYE WEST patch things up.

ALEC BALDWIN is not running for Congress at the moment.

THE CMA AWARDS went to these folks.

VETERANS' DAY:  Today is the 92nd anniversary of the end of WWI.  My traditional link still holds up today:  "Mustang" at Social Sense reviews the holiday's history and thanks vets for the present.  The WaPo's David Ignatius did an excellent piece last year that may be more true today. Special Programming Note: ESPN's weeklong salute to vets will be in Friend of Pate Sylvia Hauser's neighborhood 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Eastern.

TERROR in the USA: A mail bomb intercepted last month at an English airport could have exploded over the East Coast of the US, British police said Wednesday.

NORTH KOREA: A UN report demonstrated NoKo's support for the Syrian, Iranian, and Burmese nuclear programs.

IRAN will test-fire a domestically-manufactured version of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system. Meanwhile, Tehran wants to promote peace and security at nuclear talks with world powers, but won't talk about what it insists is its right to continue nuclear activities.

THE ZOMBIE CATERPILLAR is controlled by Voodoo Wasps.

THE TUBEROUS BUSHCRICKET has broken an unlikely world record: largest testicles in relation to body weight.

TWO PYTHONS were reunited with their owner after they both turned up in the home of a former neighbor and one appeared on TV.

A LEOPARD bathes in the light of a rainbow. Ooh.