Football's pop star is gone for this season, but these quirky memories won't be brushed away and forgotten.

WSJ: Jason Gay: Adjusting to Life Without Tebow

The Cost understandably finds the band harboring more commercial ambitions than usual, even re-casting a pair of Swell Season songs as radio-friendly mid-tempo ballads, but no one involved has forgotten Hansard's odd ability to sound sweetly romantic, big-hearted, self-deprecating and emotionally stunted at the same time.

NPR: Self-Pity and Bad Behavior, with Strings

Amid the hustle and bustle of another holiday season, the upcoming Obama inauguration and the spreading gloom of the economic crisis, you might have forgotten about a December birthday that represents a real milestone.

NPR: Wait, Keith Richards Is 65?