The A.V. Club finds 20 examples of TV shows that mutated during their time on the air;

Popular Science wonders if the iTunes App Store can be saved;

WebMD teaches you how to make your own sports drink;

Slashfood shows you how to turn an old wine bottle into a terrarium;

Bob Lefsetz gets into a slapfight with Gene Simmons, and the Internet goes wild;

Michael Jackson’s run of “comeback” concerts sells out lickety-split;

Cahl’s Juke Joint reviews the least funny Bill Cosby album ever made;

Jeff Vrabel explores the seamy side of quilting (get it? Ha, ha, ha!)

Something Else! surveys the latest from Mike Marshall;

Stereogum unveils the artwork, track listing, and story behind Ben Folds’ latest, University A Cappella;

In its latest installment, the Boston Globe’s Big Picture documents some scenes from the recession;

Ickmusic’s latest Ick’s Pick looks at the latest from Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears;

Cahl’s Juke Joint reviews Hugh Masakela’s Home Is Where the Music Is;

A chimpanzee is the greatest music critic of all time;

The Decemberists invite you to stream their Hazards of Love in its entirety;

…and Nine Inch Nails and Jane’s Addiction release a free EP.

Cahl’s Juke Joint reviews Eddie Mack: The Complete Recordings and Gurf Morlix’s Last Exit to Happyland;

Eddie Money proves that the rock-musical trend has finally gone too fucking far;

Everyone’s favorite Lefsetz goes cuckoo for the new U2;

On the Trail of the Great shows some love for singer/songwriter Don McGlashan;

Ickmusic issues a disappointing update on Prince’s newest Web venture, then reviews J.J. Cale’s new album, Roll On;

Rolling Stone takes a peek inside the upcoming Zappa box, Lumpy Money;

Idolator interviews Ne-Yo;

The Beastie Boys talk to the BBC about their “strange” next album, Tadlock’s Glasses;

Wings for Wheels posts the eight funniest words in movie history;

Topless Robot counts down the eight most awesome old school 3-D flicks;

Slacktivist looks at the other side of the myth of the undeserving poor;

Kinder Trauma relives the horror of Toto’s “Stranger in Town” video;

The long-lost 20th take of “Revolution 1″ makes its way onto the Web;

Def Leppard, Cheap Trick, and Poison just made our old pal Kurt Torster cream in his acid-washed jeans;

Jeff Vrabel, a.k.a. the Michael Phelps of Monopoly, looks under the Boardwalk of the game’s 4,219th reinvention;

Styx, REO Speedwagon, and 38 Special have come up with a “rock ‘n’ roll stimulus package” that we urge every state governor to reject;

Steven Page splits with the Barenaked Ladies, breaking the tender heart of our very own Jason Hare;

…and Taylor Hanson, Bun E. Carlos, Adam Schlesinger, and James Iha debut their first single as Tinted Windows, “Kind of a Girl”:

Will Harris runs down and wraps up the New York Comic-Con;

Pet Shop Boys debut a new track, “Love Etc.”;

JJ Fad prepared to get Supersonic all over again;

Culture Bully offers an early appraisal of Morrissey’s Years of Refusal;

Green Day announces plans to release a new album in May;

Jeff Vrabel is at a 5-year-old’s birthday party, and it is on fire…and he also knows it’s still a Small World after all;

Something Else! profiles the great Jon Hassell;

Ken at Gaper’s Blog loves the Damnwells, and tells us their new album is available for free download, then focuses volume LXIX of his Unheard Music series on the very MBV-ish band Medicine;

Cahl’s Juke Joint spins the new one from George Kontrafouris, and posts a mixtape of the best songs about coffee;

Nah Right posts J.Period’s Q-Tip remix/best-of project, The [Abstract] Best;

Brandon Schott kicks off his series of Homegrown Recordings with a lovely lullaby, “All Is Full of Love”;

The Wall Street Journal makes the case for Miley Cyrus as a good role model, and praises the work of jazz archivist Anthony Barnett;

Tommy Keene makes a mixtape for Magnet Magazine;

Ickmusic has spotted some Lions in the Street, and wants to alert you to their rockin’ presence;

Slacktivist celebrates Darwin’s birthday by mourning how far we haven’t come;

Some hellbound son of a bitch robs Daptone Records;

Darren Robbins’ favorite rock star announces plans for a tour with Jane’s Addiction;

…and, of course, some poor hysterical woman missed her flight out of Hong Kong International Airport:

Something Else! looks back at XTC’s “Playground”;

Ickmusic whips up a bitchin’ old school mix;

The Lefsetz Letter publishes an essay from Bob Ezrin;

Culture Bully previews “Prom Queen,” the leadoff single from Lil Wayne’s upcoming rock album, The Rebirth;

Topless Robot compiles a list of its readers’ most traumatic videogame experiences;

China rings in the Year of the Ox, and Boston.com’s always-stellar Big Picture is there;

Mott the Hoople announces plans to celebrate its 40th anniversary with a reunion tour;

Brooklyn Vegan writes up Andrew Bird’s January 26th performance at the Music Hall of Williamsburg;

WFMU’s Beware of the Blog points you at some recent faves from the New Bin;

The New York Times discusses a study linking coffee drinking to lower dementia risk;

The Doves stream a cut from their upcoming album, Kingdom of Rust;

Looking for a job? Fortune lists 10 companies that have never laid off a worker — ever;

The A.V. Club catches up with Mayim “Blossom” Bialik;

Largehearted Boy kicks off the seventh year of his 52 Books, 52 Weeks project;

The Telegraph relates the story of a town that, in an effort to curb crimes against punctuation, abolished apostrophes on road signs;

Our friends at Ickmusic are giving away the two-DVD set The Who at Kilburn 1977;

A Canadian professor is using math to determine whether Lennon or McCartney wrote “In My Life”;

…and Katie Couric meets Lil Wayne in one of the most surreal interviews ever:

Bullz-Eye inducts five more comedy legends into its Stand-Up Comics’ Hall of Fame;

Topless Robot finds the downside in 2008’s increase in comic book and trade paperback sales;

Something Else! spins the new one from the Derek Trucks Band;

Steve Earle talks to Rolling Stone about the music that moves him;

Tower of Power is celebrating its 40th birthday with a new album and DVD;

Guitar World lists the stupidest band names of all time;

Brooklyn Vegan relives the week in music marketing;

Jeff Vrabel is taking his young, night-wandering son to Disney World;

Bill Janovitz’s Cover of the Week project enters its 10th week (thanks for the tip, Mr. Lifton);

Bob Lefsetz heralds the return of American Idol;

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announces its next class of inductees;

Kinder Trauma offers a most unusual tribute to Ricardo Montalban;

Culture Bully interviews Chastity Brown;

…and Durex goes viral with 2009’s first best ad of the year:

The Onion A.V. Club’s Hater returns to action;

VH1’s remaining viewers have voted on the 100 greatest hard rock songs, and the results are in;

Fearing for your car’s health and your job security? Buy a Hyundai;

Gaper’s Blog has reached Volume LXIII of The Unheard Music, and this week, the focus is on Röyksopp;

The Hits Just Keep on Comin’ digs up the long-lost radio edit of “Two Tickets to Paradise“;

Erin McCarley is suddenly everydamnwhere — but the Wall Street Journal says you shouldn’t be turned off by the hype;

Funky16Corners breaks out the Chuck Jackson & Maxine Brown;

The Screen Door kicks off Bruce Springsteen Month;

Bob Lefsetz asks: How do you know when you’ve made it?

In his latest column for the New York Times’ Measure for Measure series, Andrew Bird discusses the way his new albums came together;

Ickmusic waxes rhapsodic about the hip band du jour, Glasvegas;

Consumerist links to a CNN piece that lists 13 companies that are hiring this year;

Nah Right previews a track from the new Grandmaster Flash record, featuring Busta Rhymes;

Jeff Tweedy covers Radiohead’s “Fake Plastic Trees“;

…and our buddy Amir Talai makes his Funny or Die debut:

Anthony Kuzminski comments on news of Todd Rundgren reuniting with the New York Dolls;

Something Else! shakes a hip to Crescent City Gold’s The Ultimate Session;

AM, Then FM gets heavy with some classic Rare Earth;

Pete at Ickmusic celebrates the impending release of the new Springsteen;

The New Yorker’s recent interview with Prince stirs up some…controversy;

Cracked unearths the 15 worst album covers of all time;

Sean Hannity is bringing his special brand of suck to a town near you;

The Rockcritics podcast is back with a brand new edition;

Slacktivist has a unique solution for the tens of thousands of soon-to-be-laid-off workers with 401(k) plans;

The new Boss single is available in its entirety;

…and we won’t have Ted Stevens to kick around anymore:

Hip new music on Alabama public television? Yes indeed — check out We Have Signal, live from Birmingham;

Jeff Vrabel braves his local megaplex for a viewing of Madagascar 2;

Topless Robot recounts how exactly it happened that a town in Turkey decided to sue Chris Nolan;

Stereogum kicks off its partnership with Amazon’s MP3 store by offering Guided by Voices’ Bee Thousand for $3.99;

The Onion A.V. Club catches up with the Nirvana Nevermind baby;

Funky16Corners pays tribute to the recently departed Miriam Makeba;

Mitch Mitchell, drummer for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, passes away;

Rolling Stone compiles a list of the 100 greatest singers of all time and the 50 best rock & roll videogames of all time;

The Faces contemplate a most unexpected reunion;

JamsBio compiles a list of 25 great closing tracks;

The mysterious chord that kicks off “A Hard Day’s Night” is identified at last;

AudioTuts identifies five all-time classic albums that critics despised;

…And our new friend Alan O’Day, of “Undercover Angel” fame, has produced a new video:

Our good friend Will Harris has a chat with Lindsey Buckingham;

Studs Terkel, American treasure, passes away at the age of 96;

Jeff Vrabel bravely warns us once more of the dangers of Daylight Savings Time;

Bruce Springsteen debuts a new song at an Obama rally;

Pitchfork interviews Pete Seeger;

The brave people at Something Else! compile the worst of Ringo Starr’s solo work;

Bullz-Eye honors television’s all-time greatest punching bags;

CMT endeavors to show us what happens when George Clinton, Sheila E., Taylor Dayne, Micky Dolenz, Richard Grieco and Justin Guarini pursue careers in country music;

Femi Kuti’s new album, Day by Day, will be released 11/18, and he’s put out a promo video to whet your appetite;

Bruce Springsteen shows us what happens when America votes to his liking;

…and Barack Obama makes history:

Jeff Giles helps Rotten Tomatoes count down Clint Eastwood’s 10 best-reviewed directorial efforts;

Springsteen cancels his annual Halloween display, but makes up for it with a “little musical Halloween treat” for everyone;

Something Else! reviews Sonny Rollins’ Road Shows Vol. 1 and In Vienne;

Funky16Corners mourns the passing of Merl Saunders;

Talking Points Memo compiles a helpful state-by-state guide to the GOP’s 2008 voter suppression efforts;

AM, Then FM digs some classic Dionne Warwick out of the vinyl crates;

Topless Robot lists the 10 most bizarre and terrible Halloween TV specials;

Today’s the perfect day to acquaint yourself with the Zombie Hunters;

The San Francisco Chronicle interviews Haruki Murakami;

Lawrence Lessig releases his new book, Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy;

Jeff Vrabel explores the wondrous mystery of Cholla, the magical painting horse from Reno;

Utne offers a political reading list for the campaign’s last days;

ABC — getting the family back together for a cash-in reunion tour is as easy as 123…unless it isn’t after all;

…And Michael McDonald wishes you a very happy Halloween (trickin’ it to the treats!)