Interfacial Instabilities must abound in the ISM.They arise naturally in
colliding gas flows,as well as in the proximity of velocity and density
discontinuities.In general,such instabilities will be of hybrid variety,
including Rayleigh Taylor,Kelvin-Helmholtz and (Jeans) self-gravitational
terms.In addition,a new self-gravity term arises if a density
discontinuity exists.The linear development of such instabilities will be
discussed,and the nonlinear growth of particular cases
illustrated.Although our understanding their nonlinear development is
limited,it will be argued that these instabilities can initiate
gravitational collapse on roughly a free fall timescale.