Quite a few of our favorite classic names are making appearances in our TV listings this week. Neil Diamond, a.k.a. the Jewish Elvis, stops by the Today show this week, but we’ll have to distract ourselves with Def Leppard on Ellen and Carly Simon at GMA till Friday. In case you missed her last week Estelle makes a stop at Jimmy Kimmel Live; catch her before she takes over your iPod, TV set and radio......

So your mail won't get delivered and your trash won't get picked up today, but you'll still have Houstonist — sorta. We're making it a light day so we can get after those great American pursuits: barbecueing, watching baseball and listening to that damn Neil Diamond song. (We mean this damn Neil Diamond song, of course, not this one or this one.) But to our point: After you've bought fireworks for your own private pyrotechnics......