BEST COAST play "Each and Every Day" at the Ed Sullivan Theater.

GUSTER did five free songs for Daytrotter.

DUFFY stopped by World Cafe for a chat and mini-set.

BLACK KEYS have an interview plus tracks from Fresh Air.

JEFF TWEEDY & JAY BENNETT, Live at the Old Town School of Folk Music, July 25, 1999.

LOS LOBOS unveils the theme song to "Rango," the upcoming animated feature ft. Johnny Depp.  The band was brought in after the legendary Hans Zimmer gave up on trying to craft authentic mariachi music.

THE DODOS drop "Black Night" in advance of No Color.

JOHN HIATT: It's been a "Slow Turning."

THE WHITE STRIPES have officially ended. After all, it's hard to have a lucrative reunion tour if you don't actually stop.

THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED: 52 years ago today.  Here's a little Buddy Holly.

ARCADE FIRE gets blasted by Vincent Moon, who has made a tour documentaries of the band and The National.

THE ROLLING STONES apparently intend a 50th anniversary world tour? That's what's implied in a lawsuit against promoter Live Nation.  But the band is downplaying the story.

PAVEMENT percussionist and singer Bob Nastanovich talks to SPIN, saying there may be more shows, but probably not more albums.

THE GO! TEAM: Ian Parton says he's not sure his band will continue much longer.

NICK CAVE sat down with Australia's Triple J radio to discuss his art, his nipples and performing with Grinderman at the Big Day Out festival.

LINDSAY LOHAN is under investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department in connection with the possible theft of a high-end necklace from a store. She -- or was it a friend -- turned in the jewelry to police.  Was Li-Lo tipped off that the cops were seeking a search warrant for her home, based on an Internet picture? Lohan denies the charge, natch.

HALLE BERRY & GABRIEL AUBRY's custody battle gets uglier.

SCARLETT JOHANSSON & RYAN REYNOLDS: Scar-Jo got teary during a late night meetup at Chateau Marmont. The couple has no plans to reconcile, according to an "insider."

CHARLIE SHEEN: Producers are juggling to keep Two and a Half Men going while Sheen is in rehab.

BRITNEY SPEARS used a dance double in her new video. At what point is she a mannequin with a brand name?

THE MOST INTERESTING MAN IN THE WORLD: The man who plays him on TV talks to The New Yorker.

ASK MEN released their Top 99 Most Desirable Women list for 2011. It's a slide show, but the Top 10 are in text if you want to cut to the chase. Call it Gratuitous Thursday.

MINKA KELLY: They added more pics to that GQ photo shoot linked here previously. Call it Extra-Gratuitous Thursday.  (How is she only No. 99 on the AskMen List?)

EGYPT: The Lede continues to provide updates on street protests in Egypt. The Egyptian army called Wednesday for an end to the massive demonstrations, and the atmosphere turned ominous as the anti-government crowds were confronted by angry Mubarak supporters. The US State Dept. told citizens who wish to leave to report to the airport ASAP after curfew lifts in the morning, with further USG flights unlikely after today, it sounds like they fear the worst is yet to come... but coming soon. Then again, Robert Springborg, a professor of national security affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School, thinks the military has already won.

YEMENI leader Ali Abdullah Saleh, under pressure to stand down, said on Wednesday he will freeze constitutional changes that would have seen him become president for life.

SYRIA: Calls for protests on Friday and Saturday are spreading on social media websites, following popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt.

TERROR in the USA: "Jihad Jane," pled guilty in a Philadelphia federal court today. She was charged with aiding foreign terror suspects and plotted to kill a Swedish cartoonist who depicted the Prophet Mohammed.

IRAN: US authorities disclosed charges and sanctions against operators of an alleged smuggling network that was accused of purchasing millions of dollars in equipment for Iran's nuclear and missile programs.

AFGHANISTAN: Officials said that training camps for the Taliban and al Qaeda are located in the Iranian cities of Zahedan, Birjan, Maibod, and in the Shamsabad area near Tehran.

KOALA BEAR eats an apple.

COW-MILKING DISPUTE turns into a foot-chase with a machete.  Boy, that escalated quickly, didn't it?

TOKYO CAT CAFES: Not just for crazy cat ladies!

THE SWARM: Bees can navigate using the sun even on cloudy days using clues from polarized light to determine the hidden sun's position, Australian researchers say.