1. Popes, deviled eggs, and wholphins, McSweeney's holiday party

2. Charlie Hunter trio's drum jam, Yoshi's

3. Fireside hula-hooping, rainstorm hot-tubbing, Davis

4. Colossal Yes's forthcoming Acapulco Roughs (Ba Da Bing!, Feb. 20)

5. John Waters advising the crowd at the Fillmore on what to say to children during the holidays: "Rudolph says you should dye your hair!"