Go ahead and email this one to your dad: the George Harrison Tree was killed by beetles. Los Angeles Councilman Tom LaBonge announced over the weekend that the tree, which lived for 10 years in Griffith Observatory Park, died recently of an infestation.

Not since 1994—the year Kurt Cobain committed suicide—have Nirvana fans experienced the amount of tragedy that Paul McCartney is about to cause by appearing on stage tonight with "Dave Grohl and Friends," AKA the remaining members of Nirvana. The news broke this morning when The Sun reported that McCartney was not only too British to know who Nirvana was, but also too old to remember who he was sharing the stage with:

If there are three things I've learned about [people who are attracted to men], it's that they love a) dudes who play guitar, b) dudes who pull off the perfectly-loosened tie and rolled-up sleeves look, and c) dudes who are Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Behold: I bring you all three, in this video from a Sundance event last night. Please watch, swoon, and most importantly, share with all your friends.

John Lennon's rotten tooth ended up selling for $31,200 at auction today.

When Michael Jackson died, he was worth a paltry $50 million. Pfft, that's nothing. Pocket change. Now that he's gone and not accumulating debt to fuel his extravagant lifestyle, the value of his estate has skyrocketed.

Paul McCartney's ex-wife Heather Mills is taking credit for finally getting the Beatles on Apple's iTunes: "I organized it all with Steve Jobs." Sounds unlikely, but maybe it takes a notorious ex to stare down a notorious negotiator like Jobs.

The reports were true, the Beatles are now on iTunes. Reading the online reaction, however, you'd think only Apple overlord Steve Jobs was into the band's e-debut. Everyone else played like they were totally above it.

After lobbying surviving Beatles since 2003, Apple finally got the band's catalog into the iTunes Store, sources tell the Wall Street Journal. An announcement is expected tomorrow, if the musicians can keep their hippie jive non political enough for Apple.

A fancy shitter that John Lennon had in his home in Tittenhurst Park between 1969-1972 was sold at auction during the Beatles Convention in Liverpool for £9,500 "to a private overseas buyer." Money well spent.

This cute little guy can't quite form the chords, but what he lacks in ability he makes up for in adorableness.

You too can transform your pop culture obsession into science through the magic of infographics! Above, Michael Deal's chart of what the Beatles were doing from 1963 to 1966. Omitted: drugs and groupies. Large versions of Beatles-related infoporn here. [via]

God I love these perverse little lists: A web site that tracks what its users listen to on iTunes has compiled a list of the songs its users most often delete from their records, presumably tracks that people listened to but don't want anyone to see. So what are the most popular guilty pleasures?

To the relief of Steve Jobs, the Beatles finally plan to let their music go digital in 2008, Paul McCartney told Billboard. Boom! McCartney says the holdup was contractual, but other reports suggest the last hurdle to bringing the Beatles online was resistance from the estate of George Harrison. But his music went online in October and his widow, Olivia Harrison, said she expects the Beatles to go digital in 2008.

Next week's special Apple press event will be disappointing to Beatles fans — a group that included CEO Steve Jobs. Silicon Alley Insider reports that, despite an homage to the Beatles on the invitation, which reads "The beat goes on," a long-awaited announcement that the Beatles library will be available on iTunes won't be part of the September 5 event. Instead, it will feature, yes, yet more iPods. Are they still making those tired old things?