Demme, who just finished shooting an adaptation of Henrick Ibsen's "The Master Builder" with Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory ("My Dinner With Andre"), spoke to Rolling Stone about his love of music, Young's film director alter-ego Bernard Shakey and his long journey through the past with Young.

CNN: Q&A: Jonathan Demme on the making of 'Neil Young Journeys'

When things went from bad to worse, the public-relations machine began rolling out releases, including love letters from Leo to Thailand.

CNN: POSTCARDS FROM THE BEACH

To record the single, they stayed local, rolling "I Was Made to Love Her" out on the small Solo imprint.

NPR: Theron And Darrell: Wichita Linemen

He played guitar on Rolling Back The Rivers and harmonica on Love Is The Key.

BBC: Newsbeat - Music - Ex-Smiths star hails The Cribs

Loose-lips Friday continues with word from that pesky ThinkSecret source (whom we're sure Steve Jobs would love to tar and feather) that Apple will be rolling out a significant upgrade to its current video-download service when and if it announces a new Mac mini at January's Macworld Expo.

ENGADGET: Apple may offer streaming video "downloads"

"Love to Hate" features crisp acoustic guitars that ring as though freshly strung in a rolling strum pattern that's more evocative of Wilco than Bob Mould.

NPR: A Lost Indie-Rock Introvert, Heard at Last

Sixties legends The Beatles and The Rolling Stones are also in the running - although the Fab Four's All You Need Is Love may fall foul of its opening blast of the French Marseillaise.

BBC: Anthem to rock the millennium