Now that Taylor's dating Tebow — it's true, readers! — we'd like to stay here in the present day.  But a prior commitment to feature 1960s folk rock artists the Byrds compels us to look back to yesteryear.

(Each installment of Framed is scheduled over two years in advance, and can be altered only by the direct order of President Obama or Justin Bieber.)

So, please welcome the Byrds and their smash hit "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season.)"

The big news in music this month? Van Halen are back... in fact, they're backer than ever... and getting ready to launch a mega tour next month! And, not only that, they have new material — a new LP, A Different Kind of Truth, is due out any minute now!

Knowing that you're just as excited as we are, this week's vid is "Tattoo," an all-new track, and the first single from the new album. It was shot at the venerable Roxy in Hollywood, where the band has also been practicing for the tour.

As a special treat for our readers, Framed had the David Lee Roth of 1984 transferred to the present day and contracted with him to narrate the video! Man, do we have special powers, or what? So, with no further ado, please welcome the Diamond Dave of 27 years ago, and the all-new, all-powerful Van Halen!

Now that we've gotten past the holidays... those are just getting better and better, aren't they?... we can all return to what we do best, which is watching TV.  And, when it comes to TV, nothing's bigger or better than American Idol, which starts its award-winning 93^rd season a week from Wednesday!  We'll all want to be there!

To help a grateful nation ease back into this greatest of shows, this week we're framing a video by the greatest singer to never win the show.  Is it Adam Lambert?  No way!  It's Danny Gokey, the bestubbled, bespectacled widower fella who wowed us back in season eight.  Everybody loves Danny!

Well, 2011 has drawn to a close, and we have to say that it was probably the best year in the history of yeardom! Let's see why!

* Most importantly, Framed, the blog, closed in on five years of continuous excellence! The captions simply got better and better, until, now — and we're proud to say this! — they make no sense to anyone on any level whatsoever! Three cheers for us!

* The "Arab spring" ended dictatorships in Egypt , Tunisia , and Libya. No longer would citizens of those countries live in fear of a military force that didn't answer to the citizens. And, in completely unrelated news, U.S. troops finally left Iraq .

* The American political process continued to produce men and women of high character and deep insight into our nation's problems. And also men and women like Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, and Michele Bachmann.

* Not forgetting about popular music, which, to be honest, we usually do, 2011 saw Adele named Billboard's top artist of the year. Fox TV launched The X Factor, because what this country really needed was a reality singing competition of any kind! And the Lou Reed/Metallica project, Lulu, was warmly received by everyone everywhere.

Other things happened, too!