1. You know we love Roisin Murphy. If you're also a fan, click here and you can hear her new single.

2. Surfing?  '50s music?  Are we in a time warp?  If we told you sixmonths ago that the retro wheels of pop music might be headed back tothe beach, you might have laughed.  And if we mentioned Florida?  Noway. Well, listen to The Drums and Surfer Blood.  Both bands are from theSunshine State and both are getting worldwide attention for theirhipster-gone-surfing sound.  We're getting a woodie!

3. The Fifth Annual Shred for Your Life Guitar Battle takes place tomorrow, November 3rd at 7 p.m., at SantosParty House (100 Lafayette Street).  This year's judges are DavidCross, Jaleel Bunton and Paul Major.

4. Augusten Burroughs is reading from his latest You Better Not Cry:Stories for Christmas today, Monday, November 2, at Barnes & Nobleon Union Square.

5. Here's a very awkward Vanity Fair interview with Clive Davis.  It's the 35thanniversary of Clive's Arista Records and he'll be speaking at NYUKimmel Center (60 Washington Square South) on November 4 at 7 p.m.