Because Adam Duritz is rockin' at 60, here are your afternoon links: Adams in D.C., pope on a cookie, the time Shia LeBeouf ...

Counting Crows songwriter/vocalist Adam Duritz on the storytelling at the heart of the five new tracks which complete the new album 'Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets!' ...

Counting Crows' first LP in about a decade is a lovely little throwback; but it isn't entirely composed of new material.