With Friday and Saturday nights at the Bowl the dominant turf of the cinema, standard, and pops stylings of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, it seemed last night, as paired with venerable rock-pop songstress Sarah McLachlan, the crowd was appreciative of the stellar performance, if not exactly the typical McLachlan fans. more ›

Last Night Summary: So 50 Cent cancelled his appearance on Conan a couple hours before the show because he felt he was coming down with a cold? Stern and Gaffigan were good as usual on Conan. Also: "The Office" was fantastic; I was amazed at how long Colbert allowed his druggie guest to ramble; kid scientists on Letterman were typically cute and funny and I'm hoping for a new set of stupid human tricks... more ›

Various - She Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool: A Tribute to Barbara Mandrell (BNA) more ›

Here are five songs that are topping our iTunes playlist this week...


• Kick back and relax with Death Cab for Cutie's I
  Will Follow You Into The Dark. Death Cab play the
  Wiltern on October 21.


• Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am teams with DMC and Sarah McLachlan on the Just
  Like Me. The unusual "Cats in the Cradle" cover is plucked from
  McLachlan's new Bloom remix
  CD. The collaboration is odd, but it works. Of course, MacLachlan could sing
  the phone book and it would still sound amazing. Catch
  Black Eyed Peas with Gwen Stefani on October 21 at the
  Hollywood Bowl.


• Amos Lee slows things down a notch in Speed
  of the Sound of Loneliness. Some
  call him the male Norah Jones. We think he's more interesting and less
  predictable than Jones. Check out his Keep
  It Loose, Keep It Tight EP. You can hear Lee at the
  Avalon on
  November 17.