CHEAP TRICK: "I Can't Take It." An overlooked gem.

TANYA TUCKER plays the AmericanaFest Day Stage.

OUR GIRL visits the Paste studio.

LESLIE ODOM, JR plays a Tiny Desk Concert.

JANELLE MONAE covers “He’s A Tramp,” originally sung by Peggy Lee in The Lady and the Tramp.

THE WHIFFS share the power-poppin' “Now I Know.”

BILL FAY shares a video for “Filled With Wonder Once Again.”

MOUNT EERIE: Phil Elverum talks to Pitchfork about his brief moment as a tabloid concern, finding comfort in uncertainty, and turning lost love into something useful and good.

ARIEL PINK talks about his odds & sods with PopMatters.

THE TOP 100 ALBUMS of 2019, according to Rough Trade.

THE BAND's self-titled LP is essayed by Terry Teachout.

FRIENDS may reunite for a special on HBO Max.

JOHN LEGEND is People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive.

WERNER HERZOG explains why he didn't need to see the Star Wars films to take a role in The Mandalorian.

DAISY RIDLEY, profiled in Marie Claire, is coy about a rumored engagement.

RICKY GERVAIS has announced that he's set to host the Golden Globes once again in 2020, his fifth (and last?) time in the job.

CHRIS EVANS & SCARLETT JOHANSSON interview each other about their post-Marvel projects.

BRUCE CAMPBELL has a unique take on the Scorsese-Marvel kerfuffle.

RENEE ZELLEWEGER opens up about her break from acting.

PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON is returning to his San Fernando Valley roots to make a new film set in the 1970s.

A BABY RHINO protects his mom while vets work on her.

WHEN YOU GET IN AN ARGUMENT with a cat.

A FAMILY found their lost dog while waiting in line to adopt a kitten.

AN ORANGUTAN granted legal personhood by a judge in Argentina is settling into her new surroundings at the Center for Great Apes in central Florida.

THE MAMAS & PAPAS: All the leaves are brown, so it's "California Dreamin'" and "Nowhere Man" for Twofer Tuesday.

ROBERT RANDOLPH & THE FAMILY BAND play the AmericanaFest Day Stage.

TYLER CHILDERS visit The Current.

MOSE ALLISON: Iggy Pop, Frank Black, Jackson Browne, and Taj Mahal are among those contributing to a tribute LP.

ANDREW BIRD has a Christmas EP.

DAVID BYRNE joins Choir! Choir! Choir! for a cover of David Bowie's "Heroes."

SMASHING PUMPKINS get almost two and a half hours of discussion and analysis on Political Beats with guest James Poulous of The American Mind.

THE BLACK CROWES: Chris and Rich Robinson look forward and back for their upcoming 30th anniversary Shake Your Money Maker tour.

PETE DOHERTY was arrested in Paris for second time while celebrating release from custody on cocaine charges.

THE 50 BEST INDIE ROCK ALBUMS of the 2010s, according to Paste.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Shaun Cassidy's deeply pointless cover of The Crystals’ classic, "Da Doo Ron Ron."

THE MANDALORIAN: How Pedro Pascal went from police procedurals to Game of Thrones to Star Wars.

THE PEOPLES' CHOICE AWARDS went to these folks. Congrats.

WOODY ALLEN has settled a lawsuit with Amazon Studios after it pulled out of a four-film deal with the director.

MARTIN SCORSESE's movies ranked by Uproxx.

WATCHMEN: Jean Smart talks about the reimagining of Laurie Balke.

KNIVES OUT:  Why Rian Johnson followed up The Last Jedi with a whodunit.

NOBODY KNOWS What Television Is Anymore.  And if you're nodding your head at that, there's Katherine Miller.

A GOAT and a tetherball.

MEOW? Almost.

AN OTTER has tired feet after a hard day of water sausaging.

THIS STINGRAY is strangely adorable.

A DAY LATE, BUT BETTER LATE THAN NEVER:

THE WRECK of the EDMUND FITZGERALD: The legend lives o­n from the Chippewa o­n down of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee.Yesterday was the anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald -- 729 feet-long, 75 feet in breadth, 39 feet in depth, weighing 13,632 gross tons -- an ore bulk carrier with a capacity of 25,000 tons. When it was launched o­n June 7 1958, at the Great Lakes Engineering Works in River Rouge, Michigan, Fitzgerald was the largest ship o­n the Great Lakes. Here's misty, water-colored video of the launch.

The "Queen of the Great Lakes" sank in the eastern end of Lake Superior during a fierce storm -- including snow squalls -- that pounded the ship with 30-foot waves. The crew of 29 men perished; without witnesses, a definitive reason has never been determined. A Coast Guard report suggested that faulty hatches failed to keep water out of the ship's cargo holds, though others believe the ship struck an uncharted shoal and took o­n water. A documentary created and aired by the Discovery Channel concluded the loss was due to freak waves that overwhelmed the faulty hatches.

After the wreck, the Rev. Richard Ingalls went to Mariners' Church in Detroit and rang its bell 29 times, o­nce for each life lost. The church continues to hold an annual memorial, which includes reading the names of the crewmen and ringing the church bell. Here's video of Rev. Ingalls recounting that night.  More than 250 people gathered at the church for the 40th anniversary, which was expanded to remember victims from all tragedies on the Great Lakes. And here's a remembrance from a brother of one of the lost crew members.

At the request of family members surviving her crew, Fitzgerald's 200 lb. bronze bell was recovered by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society in 1995, as a joint project with the National Geographic Society, Canadian Navy, Sony Corporation, and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. The bell is now o­n display in the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum. Here's a brief video from o­ne of the underwater explorations of the wreck. Fmr newsman Larry Elliot recalls the remote expedition.  And here is a story from one of the two scuba divers to ever reach the sunken hull.  Throw in the 3-D animation, and you'll feel just like Bill Paxton.

The song by Gordon Lightfoot spent 21 straight weeks o­n the pop charts, peaking at No. 2. Here, Lightfoot discusses writing the song, and the lyrics he's changed.  And there's a homemade video for it, which I highly recommend. Beats the tar of Celine Dion! (PS:  Ken King -- who has lived o­n the U.P. of  Michigan, says the gales of November are quite something.)

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NEW RELEASES: Pitchfork will point you to Mount Eerie & Julie Dorion, Friendship, Clams Casino, and more.

INDIE BASEMENT points you to releases from Rocketship, Capitol, Everything But The Girl, and Moloko.

NOAH GUNDERSON visits World Cafe.

MOUNTAIN MAN covers "White Christmas."

LANA DEL REY brought Lucy Dacus and Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino on stage in Chicago.

RIC OCASEK cut Paulina Porizkova out of his will.

THE BEST SELLING MUSIC ARTISTS, 1969-2019, visualized.

ROBERT FREEMAN, who shot some of the Beatles' most iconic album covers, has died. He was 82 years old.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Alan O'Day's incredibly strange sex-hallucination hit "Undercover Angel."

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Oof, and oof again.  Midway surprises atop the chart with 17.5MM, though that's against a 100MM production budget and on Veterans' Day weekend no less.  It had less-than-fresh reviews, but an "A" Cinemascore, so it delivered what was expected.  Doctor Sleep places with 14.1MM, well short of predictions into the 30s, against a budget between 45-55MM.  Playing With Fire shows with an estimated 12.8MM, which a few believe is quite estimated indeed.  Last Christmas debuts in the fourth slot with 11.6M; its "B-" Cinemascore lands on top of less-than-fresh reviews to suggest a shorter run than the studio hoped.  Terminator: Dark Fate, last weekend's underwhelming champ, skids 63 percent to round out the Top Five with 10.8MM. More about that below.

WHY TERMINATOR: DARK FATE could lose over 100MM.

MILEY CYRUS underwent vocal cord surgery and will require weeks of silence to recover.

PAT SAJAK underwent emergency surgery for a blocked intestine ... opening the door for Vanna White to host “Wheel of Fortune.”

CLINT EASTWOOD cares not if a wildfire is advancing on his film shoot.

ROMAN POLANSKI faces another accusation of rape from a then-18-year-old.

THE IRISHMAN: The end of the gangster movie as we know it?

CHARLES LEVIN, best known for his work on Seinfeld, meets a dramatic death.

VETERANS' DAY: Today is the observation of the anniversary of the end of WWI; thank a vet today, and read the excellent 2009 piece by the WaPo's David Ignatius that may be more true today. 

A GIRL and a Husky.

YELLING AT YOUR DOGS ruins their lives, so don't be a jerk: study.

WHY SENIOR DOGS, often the last to be adopted, make great pets.

THE LAST DAYS OF COCKFIGHTING IN PUERTO RICO: Keep your head on a swivel.

THE EASTER WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

... with THE B-52s!  Live at the Capitol Theater, this week in 1980.  Your setlist includes: Lava, Give Me Back My Man, 6060-842, Devil In My Car, 52 Girls, Quiche Lorraine, Dirty Back Road, Private Idaho, Strobe Light, Runnin' Around, Rock Lobster, Dance This Mess Around, Planet Claire, Party Out Of Bounds, Downtown, and 53 Miles West Of Venus.. 

SAM FERMIN visits WNYC Soundcheck.

THE NUDE PARTY visits KEXP.

JESSY WILSON visits World Cafe.

BEACH SLANG pays tribute to Tommy Keene on "Tommy in the 80s."

BLACK LIPS return with "Gentleman."

ADVANCE BASE covers Lucinda Williams' "Sweet Old World."

THE NEW PR0NOGRAPHERS cover Guided By Voices' "The Rally Boys."

WHAT DO R.E.M., OUTKAST, PATTI SMITH & MIKE LOVE have in common?

ANGEL OLSEN talks about her new LP on All Songs Considered.

THE BEST ALBUMS of 2019, according to Vulture.

WBAI was ordered back on the air by a New York judge.

NOW SHOWING:  This weekend's wide releases include Doctor Sleep, which is currently scoring 74 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; Last Christmas, which is currently scoring xx percent; Midway, which is scoring 38 percent; and Playing With Fire, scoring 24 percent.

JEFF GOLDBLUM defends WOODY ALLEN: "I think there's a presumption of innocence until proven guilty."

KIM KARDASHIAN, KRIS JENNER & KANYE WEST discuss their empide (and more) at The New York Times.

BILLIE LOURD, on becoming the keeper of Princess Leia.

KRISTEN BELL is returning for the upcoming Gossip Girl update at HBO Max.

PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE is profiled at Vogue.

WHO IS THE MANDALORIAN? Let's Start With Who He's Not.

THE INVISIBLE MAN, ft Elisabeth Moss, has a trailer online.

A DOG sends a message.

A DOG makes the wrong choice.

LINCOLN THE SEA OTTER at the Oregon Zoo.

THE BRONX ZOO "LION QUEEN" was arrested by the NYPD.

RYLEY WALKER, Live at Hopscotch, September 6, 2019. 

AIDA VICTORIA visits Morning Becomes Eclectic.

TRENT REZNOR & ATTICUS ROSS have put their Watchmen soundtrack online.

GRAHAM COXON covers Billy Idol's "White Wedding."

HAZEL ENGLISH returns with a video for "Shaking."

RINGO STARR talks to Morning Edition about his new book, chock full of Fab photos.

JOE PESCI is dropping an album, and it features Maroon 5’s Adam Levine. Yes, really.

AQUARIUM DRUNKARD's 100 fave albums of the 2010s.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Bill Conti's triumphant fanfare "Gonna Fly Now (Theme From 'Rocky')."

WHITNEY HOUSTON's best friend Robyn Crawford opens up about their love affair.

KRISTEN STEWART opens up about her fiirst love, with Robert Pattinson.

CGI JAMES DEAN has been posthumously cast in the Vietnam era action-drama Finding Jack.

INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE was a mistake, according to director Roland Emmerich, making it unanimous.

NOAH BAUMBACH's MOVIES, ranked by The Ringer.

THE IRISHMAN: Will its de-aging tech change the movie biz?

COLOR OUT OF SPACE, with Nic Cage doing H.P. Lovecraft, has a trailer online.

A BOY gets a dog.

THIS DOG couldn't stand to be touched, now loves to cuddle.

THE U.S. SENATE unanimously approved a bill making animal cruelty a federal crime.

A FLESH-EATING TAPEWORM was eating his brain for 15 years.