WILLIE NELSON plays "Me And Bobby McGee" in an Austin City Limits tribute to Kris Kristofferson.

ANGEL OLSEN stopped by World Cafe for a chat and mini-set.

BRIAN ENO is streaming his single-track ambient LP, Reflection.

CRYPT RECORDS is streaming a 164-minute sampler of garage punk from the labels entire catalog.

NANCY SINATRA: "These Boots Are Made For Walking." Are you ready?

RADIOHEAD were surprised at the fan reaction when they erased their internet history.

CAPTAIN SENSIBLE discussed his favorite LPs at The Quietus. Missed this the first time.

THE TOP 89 SONGS of 2016, playlisted by The Current.

THE MOST ANTICIPATED LPs of 2017, according to Consequence of Sound.

CARRIE FISHER's death may pay 50MM to Disney.

"YOUNG HAN SOLO" may move its release to December 2018, given Disney's success with Star Wars at the holidays.And Woody Harrelson may be in it.

CHRIS PRATT is the new Vanity Fair cover story.

JANET JACKSON and husband Wissam Al Mana welcomed their first child, a son, on Tuesday.

BRANGELEXIT: Angelina Jolie hit the slopes with her kids during Colorado ski trip... as she enjoyed a NYE getaway in wake of her Brad Pitt split.

JENNIFER LOPEZ & DRAKE: Just selling music?

SERENA WILLIAMS is engaged to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian.

DOCTOR STRANGE is sort of confirmed for Thor: Ragnarnok.

CHARLES MANSON is temporarily out of prison for hospital care.

MEGYN KELLY is leaving Fox News for a triple-role at NBC.

THE DOGS of 2016, courtesy of the great We Rate Dogs. They're good dogs, Brent.

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE PUPPY MILL?  Rescue is just the first step to recovery.

CHEETAHS may be at higher risk of extinction than previously thought.

TEN DOLPHINS were rescued from Wellfleet Harbor on New Year’s Day.

SLEATER-KINNEY rang in the new year by covering George Michael's "Faith" and bowie's "Rebel Rebel," bringing The Thermals and Spoon's Brit Dnaiel for the latter.

LEE FIELDS & THE EXPRESSIONS performed for WNYC Soundcheck.

BEACHHEADS stream four songs from their forthcoming self-titled debut.

CHRISTIAN LOPEZ BAND played the Mountain Stage.

WEEZER shared a White Album outtake, "The Last Days of Summer."

THE XX dropped "Say Something Loving" on Spotify.

THE KILLERS play a Russian billionaire's party and PAUL McCARTNEY turns up for "Helter Skelter."

GEORGE CLINTON talked to Rolling Stone about why he admires Flying Lotus and Thundercat, how hip-hop saved his career, and what's next.

DAMIEN JURADO talked to Aquarium Drunkard about working with Richard Swift, the rules of Punk, movies and more...

HOW THE CLASH rang in New Years Day at the Roxy in 1977.

THE ULTIMATE BEST LPs of 2016? NME avergages the critics' polls.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (FOR REALS): Rogue One threepeated atop the chart as predicted with 64.3MM, essentially flat from the prior holioday weekend.Disney takes the top three slots for the year, with this one sandwiched between Finding Dory and Captain America: Civil War.  Sing placed again on a 60 percent rise in domestic business and is already well into profit on worldwide receipts over 277MM. Passengers showed with 20.7MM and despite a 38 percent rise in business over last weekend, the studio must be praying for this thing to hit big in China, because 126MM worldwide so far is nowhere near the likely 400MM it needs to profit in theaters.  Moana took the fourth slot with 14.3MM on an 85 percent rise in biz and looks set to mildly profit even before we get to merch sales.  Why Him? ultimately edged out Fences to complete the Top Five with 13MM.

BEN AFFLECK sounds kind of iffy on The Batman.

MARIAH CAREY believes her New Year's Eve performance — which turned out to be a trainwreck — was sabotaged so TV execs could score bigger ratings than usual. M'kay.

AZEALIA BANKS had a blood-stained room for performing witchcraft.

ROGUE ONE: The New York Times details one particular visual effect (and why it doesn't completely work).

BEN MENDELSOHN (a/k/a Rogue One's Director Krennic) and wife Emma Forrest have called it quits after four and a half years of marriage.

MARK HAMILL paid tribute to Carrie Fisher.

LEIA ORGANA: A Critical Obituary.

EAGLECAM UPDATE: The proud parents had a NYE hatching.

A PIT BULL mauled a family who tried to put him in a Christmas sweater.

SCORPION on a train. Delayed the trip like a hurricane.

PAN PAN, the world's male oldest panda, died at age 31, leaving 130 descendents.

NOT A TON OF POST-HOLIDAY NEWS FOR TODAY....but we have these:

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (SORT OF):  The estimates aren't official, let alone the actuals, but Rogue One threepeats atop the early guesstimates and is almost the second-biggest movie of 2016, behind Finding Dory.  The spin-off has done quite well for itself, but might have lost a little momentum in this frame, if the actuals come in as guesstimated.  Sing places, bossted its sales over the prior holiday weekend, and is likely to land in the year's Top Ten grossers of the year.  Passengers shows, but is sliding from disappointment to bust, especially compared to expectations based on the supposed star power of Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence. Moana likely takes the fourth spot, probably not bad given the strong competition from Sing.  Fences likely rounds out the Top Five, a strong showing for a film viewed more as awards bait (though perhaps a bit low for the preternaturally consistent Denzel Washington).

CARRIE FISHER & DEBBIE REYNOLDS will have a joint funeral.  The cause of Fisher's death remains unclear.

GEORGE MICHAEL's autopsy was also inconclusive.

RAY DAVIES of The Kinks is a knight.

MARIAH CAREY had a NYE lip-sync malfunction.

WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER, best known for playing Father Mulcahy on the hit sitcom M*A*S*H, died Saturday of lung cancer. He was 84. Stand by for the blessing.

ALLEN WILLIAMS, “the man who gave the Beatles away”, died at age 86.

TYRUS WONG, best known for his sketches for the Walt Disney animated feature Bambi, died Friday, according to a statement released by The Walt Disney Family Museum.  He was 106.

THE NEW YEAR STARTS HERE:

...with THE BEAT FARMERS!  Making a tradition of this more sober than usual, professionally-shot, early BF gig recorded at Universal Studios, including "There She Goes Again" (VU); "Road to Ruin," "Bigger Fool," "Reason to Believe" (Springsteen), "Powderfinger" (N. Young), "Happy Boy," "Big Ugly Wheels," "Bigger Stones," "Gun Sale at the Church," "Dallas Blues," "I Wanna Be Free," "Lakeside Trailer Park," "Death Train," and "Seven Year Itch."  If you're new to the band, my picks would be "Bigger Stones," "Happy Boy" and the cover of your choice.  BONUS:  Now how much would you pay?  But wait... there's more!  If you really want to see someone put the "bar" in "bar band," watch these NSFW clips from Houston, TX of the late Country Dick Montana leading the band through "Lucille" (K. Rogers) -- complete with his favorite beer bottle stunts -- followed by "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Wino," "Are You Drinkin' With Me, Jesus?" and "Mondo."  SUPER-SPECIAL BONUS: Country Dick rolls out "California Kid" and "Anarchy in the UK" (Language warning).

WORLD CAFE's Best Sessions Of 2016.

NPR MUSIC's Top 10 Studio Sessions Of 2016.

ROBYN HITCHCOCK & EMMA SWIFT played a mini-set for KEXP.

MAC McCAUGHAN of Superchunk shared “Happy New Year (Prince Can’t Die Again).” (NSFW langauage)

RYAN ADAMS shared "To Be Without You."

U2: Crushingly obvious, I know. 

NICK CAVE & SHANE MacGOWAN: "What a Wonderful World."

ABBA wishes you a "Happy New Year,"  but it doesn't sound anywhere as celebratory as "Take A Chance On Me." 

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS perform "This Year" at the M-Shop in Ames, IA.

OTIS & CARLA have a "New Year's Resolution."

JOE JACKSON: Pate frequently attempted "One More Time" to often hilarious effect, so today I stick with Joe's early material, including "Sunday Papers" live on the OGWT, "Kinda Kute" on the Kenny Everett Video Show, and a Beat Crazy-era run of "On Your Radio."  The Rock Goes To College show provides live takes on "It's Different For Girls,"  "I'm The Man," and this pulsing version of his signature "Is She Really Going Out With Him?"  BONUS: The appropos finale, "Got The Time?

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED reups their Favorite Interviews Of 2016.

THE GUARDIAN's Favorite Features of 2016.

THE GUARDIAN's Favorite Interviews of 2016, including Phil Collins, obviously.

DEATH STARS: Music's great losses of 2016.

MUSIC AND COLLECTIVE GRIEF in 2016: Mourning Stars Through Streams, Screens And Communities.

THE ZOMBIES: "This Will Be Our Year."

A MONSTER CALLS, this weekend's sole wide new release, debuts scoring 89 percent on the ol' Tomatometer.

SCARLETT JOHANSSON is the Top-Grossing Actor of 2016, according to the latest Forbes list.

JENNIFER LOPEZ & DRAKE continued to fuel romance rumors when they simultaneously posted the same cuddly photo on their Instagram accounts.

CHARLIE SHEEN wants God to smite Donald Trump.

ELLEN POMPEO and her husband, Chris Ivery, have welcomed their third child together.

JACK MOFFAT, the man who crippled the Bismarck, passed away at 97.

SYRIA: The countrywide ceasefire guaranteed by Russia and Turkey does not include Islamic State or the Kurdish YPG militia.

IRAQI security forces on Thursday began the second phase of their offensive against Islamic State militants in Mosul, pushing from three directions into eastern districts where the battle has been deadlocked for nearly a month.

EAGLE CAM: This time in Southwest Florida.

THE SQUIRREL THREAT: A contractor is suing a Virginia couple for 90K for injuries he says were caused when their pet squirrel attacked them all.

A CANADIAN punched a cougar in the face to stop it from attacking his dog in a wooded area near a fast food store in Whitecourt, central Alberta, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said on Wednesday.

A HERD OF ELEPHANTS attacked a village in southwest Nepal, killing one person and wounding two others, officials said.

JON PRATT played his "Last Hitch" on a  vintage Vega (C-20 from 1938), and wrote about the backstory.

MATT POND PA played a Free At Noon concert for WXPN.

TEMPLES performed live for KEXP.

JOSH RITTER stopped by WFUV's Studio A for a chat and mini-set.

KINGS OF LEON, STEVE VAI, BOB SEGER, JUANES  and more paid tribute to The Eagles at the 39th Annual Kennedy Center Honors earlier this month.

DAVID BOWIE: The Enduring Power Of His Parting Gift.

MARGO PRICE talked to Rolling Stone about her big year, next album and Grammy snub.

THE XX: Childhood friends tak to Pitchfork about finding themselves—and their vibrant new sound—in each other.

HOW COME all of our strongest memories are attached to the music we heard in the car as a kid?

CARRIE FISHER will appear in two Family Guy episodes and the next Star Wars.  Her daughter will care for her beloved French Bulldog.

DEBBIE REYNOLDS, the Oscar-nominated singer-actress who was the mother of late actress Carrie Fisher, has died at Cedars-Sinai hospital. She was 84.

JOHN WATERS spent time in the hospital briefly on Dec. 23 and missed his own annual Christmas party, but he's already on the mend.

ZACH GALIFIANAKIS and Quinn Lundberg welcomed their second child, a baby boy...and kept it under wraps for a while.

DICK VAN DYKE will be in the Mary Poppins sequel.

THE COHENVERSE: Is it possible all of the Coen brothers’ movies are connected?

ELF: The Must-See Thriller of 2017.

ROBERT LEO HULSEMAN, inventor of the red Solo cup, has died at age 84.

DENMARK's employment minister has demanded immediate action after it emerged that at least 36 Danish citizens received tens of thousands of pounds worth of unemployment benefits despite having left the country to fight with ISIS.

A BEAR attacked a TV presenter after she sneaked up behind it on a show about how dangerous wild animals can be.

THE EXTINCT ANIMALS of 2016.

A PYTHON turns up in Biscayne Bay.

A DROWNING DOG was rescued from the sea...eventually.