PATSY CLINE & FERLIN HUSKY: "Let It Snow!"

TY SEGALL plays WFUV Live.

GRACE POTTER plays WFUV Live.

THE WOOD BROTHERS play the 2019 AmericanaFest Day Stage.

FIELD MUSIC shares “Beyond That of Courtesy.”

MGMT shares "In The Afternoon."

STEVEN HYDEN's favorite albums of 2019.

HEAVY ROTATION: Public Radio's Most Popular Songs Of 2019.

THE BEST ROCK ALBUMS of 2019, according to Pitchfork.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Wings' reassuring soft-rocker "With A Little Luck," the moment when Paul McCartney interrupted an unfathomable streak of Bee Gees smashes.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN and the board of his bankrupt film studio have reached a tentative 25MM settlement agreement with dozens of his alleged sexual misconduct victims, a deal that would not require the Hollywood producer to admit wrongdoing or pay anything to his accusers himself, according to lawyers involved in the negotiations.

HOW REESE WITHERSPOON took charge of her career and changed Hollywood.

GWEN STEFANI & BLAKE SHELTON have hit a roadblock on the way to the altar.

BRAD PITT is not expecting to see the kids over Christmas.

JACK BLACK forgot he was in a holiday movie for a second there.

STAR WARS: J.J. Abrams has mixed feelings about The Last Jedi.

THE MATRIX 4 is set to open the same day as JOHN WICK 4. Andy Levy's theory is looking better all the time.

PHILIP McKEON, who played the son on Alice, died Tuesday morning in Texas.

THIS DOGGO's trust jump has been posted before, but it's still priceless for the look afterward.

A 32-FOOT TAPEWORM, removed.

DEAD DUCKS set a Juneau home ablaze.

THERE ARE SIX GREAT WHITE SHARKS off Florida's coast. What say you, Police Chief Brody?

SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS: “Ain’t No Chimneys In The Projects.” 

STING'S RAINFOREST BENEFIT boasted a bunch of highlights: Bruce Springsteen & John Mellencamp dueting on “Glory Days” and “Pink Houses”; DMC adding to Debbie Harry's "Rapture"; and a three-song reunion of the Eurythmics.

MAGGIE ROSE plays the 2019 AmericanaFest Day Stage.

OVERCOATS visit The Current.

THE HADEN TRIPLETS (Petra, Rachel and Tanya)share a video for “Every Time I Try,” ft Nick Offerman.

RYLEY WALKER talks to Steven Hyden about surviving addicition, mental health, and self-destruction in 2019.

THE BEST SONGS & ALBUMS of the decade, according to NME.

THE 100 BEST SONGS of 2019, according to Pitchfork.

MARIE FREDRIKSSON, one half of the enormously popular Swedish pop duo Roxette, has died of cancer at 61.

WILLIAM SHATNER files for divorce.

BRAD PITT, on the kind of leading man he doesn't want to be.

STAR WARS: John Boyega "didn't necessarily agree with a lot of the choices" in The Last Jedi.

BRITNEY SPEARS is planning to go to court next year to fight for more time with her sons.

CUBA GOODING, JR is accused of unwanted sexual contact by seven more women, bringing the total to 22.

JON HAMM talks about Richard Jewell, Top Gun: Maverick, and Good Omens.

GWYNETH PALTROW, with the gift that keeps on giving.

LOVE, ACTUALLY: A rom-com masterpiece?

ANTICI... pation!

A SPUNKY GOAT headbutts his "dad" daily.

A PUPPY adopts a stray kitten.

THE MOST TERRIFYING SPIDER COLONY is in Australia, obvsly.

BOB GELDOF, by his own admission, is responsible for two of the worst songs in history: "'Do They Know It's Christmas?" and "We Are The World."

LOS LOBOS visits Morning Becomes Eclectic for a special set of Christmas songs.

AUBRIE SELLARS plays the 2019 AmericanaFest Day Stage.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED: The Year in Music 2019.

COURTNEY BARNETT covers Leonard Cohen's "So Long, Marianne."

JIMI HENDRIX gets almost two and one-half hours of discussion and analysis on Political Beats with guest Jane Coaston of Vox.

WHO WILL BE THE CHRISTMAS NO. 1?  Why the UK pop charts are weirdly more relevant than ever before.

CHRIS CORNELL's widow sues Soundgarden over unfinished songs and unpaid royalties.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Yvonne Elliman's Bee Gees-written disco jam "If I Can't Have You."

THE GOLDEN GLOBES nominations went to these folks. The Ringer assesses winners and losers. My streak remains unbroken.

JUICE WRLD was given the opioid treatment Narcan before his death. Acting on a tip, police were waiting to search his plane for drugs and guns.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN  and JEFFREY EPSTEIN posed for a picture at a party thrown by Prince Andrew.

BEYONCE does an AMA with Elle.

RICHARD JEWELL:  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is asking Warner Bros. and the makers of the movie to release a statement acknowledging it took dramatic license when it portrayed journalist Kathy Scruggs as trading sex for tips. Warner Bros issued a response suggesting it's not happening.

PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE says she was not hired for No Time To Die to add a woman's touch. 

ANGELO BALDAMENTI describes how he created "Laura Palmer’s Theme" for Twin Peaks.

6 UNDERGROUND has a final trailer online. Is it the most Michael Bay trailer evah?

GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE has a trailer online.

MOOSE in a street fight. I may have posted this before, but it's so good.

ONE OF THE SMOOTHEST saves you'll ever see.

A GIANT BEAR moved in under a Lake Tahoe home.

A COCKER SPANIEL trashed her home so effectively that the humans suspected burglary. That's why the lady is a tramp.

THE RAVEONETTES' 2011 video for 2001's "The Christmas Song.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you toward The Who, IDLES, Emily Yacina, and more.

INDIE BASEMENT will point you to the Just Joans, Go-Betweens, Proper Ornaments and more.

JOHN LENNON: "(Just Like) Starting Over." I remember when Howard Cosell delivered the bad news on Monday Night Football.

DAVE GROHL saves every paycheck and still drives a family car.

RAPHAEL SADDIQ talks to All Songs Considered about his brothers' battle with addiction, the origins of D'Angelo's "Untitled (How Does It Feel)," and what it's like to play two Tiny Desk concerts 10 years apart.

VOTING FOR ALBUMS OF THE YEAR is open at Stereogum and NPR.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at the Bee Gees' all-conquering disco howler "Night Fever."

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Frozen II threepeats atop the chart with another 34.7MM on a 60 percent drop, in what has become the traditionally dead post-hilday weekend.It will likely break the billion-dollar mark worldwide by next weekend.  Knives Out places with 14.2MM on a 47 percent drop; it's likely well in the black against a mere 40MM budget (the cast must have worked cheap).  The real question is whether its legs hold up with a Jumanji and a Star Wars coming.  Ford v Ferrari shows with 6.5MM on a 50 percent drop. This one could still make a bit of money, even against a 97MM budget, but awards season iay be the decifding factor in that total.  Queen & Slim holds on to the fourth slot with 6.5MM on a 45 percent drop and 26MM total so far against a 20MM budget.  A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood rounds out the Top Five with 5.2MM on a 56 percent drop; it has a 43MM total so far against a 25MM budget.  Below the fold, this weekend's sole wide release, Playmobil, earned the grand sum of 670K from over 2000 screens. Ouch.

WONDER WOMAN 1984 has a trailer online.

CAROLL SPINNEY, who performed both Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street, has died at 85.

RENE AUBERJONOIS, the original Father Mulcahy and best known for his roles in "Boston Legal" and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," died at his home in Los Angeles due to metastatic lung cancer. He was 79.

RON LEIBMAN, the Tony Award-winning acor who also played Rachel's dad on Friends, died Friday of pneumonia in New York City. He was 82.

ROBERT WALKER, JR.,  the son of actors Robert Walker and Jennifer Jones who starred as Charlie X on Star Trek, died Thursday in Malibu, his wife, Dawn, reported. He was 79.

JUICE WRLD, an up-and-coming rapper who penned the hit 2018 single “Lucid Dreams,” has died of a seizure at the age of 21.

BEYONCE is not doing a Las Vegas residency, her rep has confirmed to Variety. 

NOAH BAUMBACH shares the soundtrack of his life.

HOW JOHN TRAVOLTA discovered the meaning of "awkward."

NICOLAS CAGE got his chance to play Superman, but it apparently did not work out again.

AN OSTRICH feeds from a car.

FRESHWATER MUSSELS, nature’s 'Brita Filter,’ are dying at hotspots around the country and nobody knows why.

A DOG learns to pet a cat.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with A CHRISTMAS SHINDIG! The full episode has gone dark, but still-available clips from 1964 include The Beach Boys' "Dance, Dance, Dance," Bobby Sherman and Donna Loren singing "Keep on Searching," the Righteous Brothers doing "The Jerk" and an awesome milk commercial, Adam Faith with "Watch Your Step," and "Santa Claus Is Back In Town", Bobby Sherman with "Sleigh Ride," Donna Loren returning with a Spector-esque, but rougher "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," and The Beach Boys deliver a set including "Little Saint Nick," "Monster Mash" (yes, really) "Papa Oom Mow Mow," "Johnny B. Goode," and "We Three Kings."

JAY SOM visits KEXP.

HOT CHIP visits KEXP.

PHISH, Live at Nassau Coleseum, Dec. 1, 2019. Including Talking Heads' "Cities."

THE KINKS, with the evergreen "Father Christmas."

1973: The Death Rattle, but fans Almost Famous knew that.

25 GREAT EPs from 2019, according to Stereogum.

DEPECHE MODE's 1980s seduction of Eastern Europe, and late stage capitalism.

CMJ is relaunching in 2020.

THE RAMONES' heirs settle a long-running trademark dispute.

NOW SHOWING:This weekend's sole wide release is Playmobil, which is currently scoring 23 percent onb the ol' Tomatometer.  But Dark Waters expands wide scoring 92 percent.

R KELLY Is Charged With Using Bribes to Marry Aaliyah at Age 15. Meanwhile, Joycelyn Savage asserted she had been "hacked," and that a series of online accusations published last month that said that the R&B singer had sexually and physically abused her were false.

MULAN has a trailer online.

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE apologized to JESSICA BIEL after his "strong lapse in judgment" with a co-star. She'll stand by him.

JOHNNY DEPP's reps have now denied he is working on the musical that will blame Jackson's sex abuse allegations on a glove that feeds on "virgin boy blood."

FELICITY JONES and husband Charles Guard are expecting their first child.

WATCHING BRAD PITT: Is he watching us?

DECEMBER 7, 1941: A "date which will live in infamy." I'll be watching Tora! Tora! Tora! this weekend. BTW, the first nation invaded by the US after entering WWII was Morocco, then Algeria, iirc. War is strange.

TOFFI tried her best; the couch is canceled.

DAVE THE DUCK had something removed after trying to mate 10 times a day.

A SINGLE-CELL CREATURE makes complex decisions without a nervous system. Same, tbh.