● Something happened last night on Kanye West's twitter: over three hours and in 70 or so tweets, he unveiled plans for a magical and mysterious enterprise he calls DONDA, after his late mother. “We need to pick up where steve jobs left off,” he said, and so he is looking to bring in all sorts of people to do all sorts of things like, uh, teach math, design a new MTV awards, and help him with his new seven-screen experience. Or something. It's contactDONDA@gmail.com, if you think you can help! [HuffPost/KanyeWest Twitter]

What a tough week for marriages! First there was the shocking Kardashian-Humphries break-up that blindsided all Americans who had put their faith in a pair of famous people who had seemingly started dating out of nowhere as if it were arranged entirely by publicists and reality TV producers. Now a coupling that was certainly made in indie-rock Loveland is now calling it quits: The New Girl star and She & Him chanteuse Zooey Deschanel and Death Cab for Cutie-frontman Ben Gibbard have broken up.

In the three years since Death Cab for Cutie released their last album, Narrow Stairs, all four of the indie-pop rockers have settled into adulthood. Lead singer Ben Gibbard (third from left) married actor Zooey Deschanel, bassist Nick Harmer (left) also tied the knot, drummer Jason McGerr (right) celebrated the birth of his second child, and guitarist Chris Walla made a permanent move to Seattle, the band’s unofficial base camp.

● Britney Spears' New Year's resolutions: Stop biting nails, don’t worry so much, oh and entertain the troops. [ShowbizSpy] ● NexCen has sold Bill Blass for $10 million. It’s a recession steal! [WWD] ● Kate Moss has angered Kills boyfriend Jamie Hince by losing the ring he had made for her. [DailyMirror]

In 1998, the now-defunct TRL launched its reign over pop music, the Backstreet Boys and Third Eye Blind topped the charts, and an unknown band called Death Cab for Cutie released their first album, Something About Airplanes -- a carefully-crafted collection of tunes recorded in a house in Bellingham, Washington. Ten years later the band is still making songs but have since moved labels from Barsuk to Atlantic Records, made their own mark on MTV (recently winning a Video Music Award for the song “I Will Possess Your Heart”), and captivated boys and girls the world over who appreciate a little erudition with their music. This year saw the release both of Death Cab’s sixth studio album Narrow Stairs (which reached #1 on the Billboard chart in its debut week, scoring the band their first number-one album and a couple of Grammy nominations) as well as the re-release of Airplanes, with a bonus disc of the band’s first Seattle show in February of 1998. Ben Gibbard spoke to us about the re-release, his budding acting career, and the unintended benefits of being stung by a scorpion.