SOMETIMES, urgent things come up.  But I have a few things in the "news":

SPOON's Britt Daniel is Photoshopped to death in "Do I Have To Talk You Into It."

JOE HENRY streams Thrum.

LEE ANN WOMACK advance streams The Lonely, The Lonesome and The Gone.

POSITIVE NO streams Partners In The Wild.

MANFRED MANN: "Do Wah Diddy" and "The Mighty Quinn" are your Twofer Tuesday

GREIL MARCUS talks Bob Dylan.

PATTI SMITH talks to NYLON about what’s going on in the world and why she maintains hope for change in 2020.

THE TOP TEN ROBERT PLANT SOLO SONGS, according to Stereogum.

GEORGE YOUNG, Easybeats guitarist and AC/DC producer, has died at the age of 70.

GEORGE CLOONEY & MATT DAMON saying they had no idea of the alleged misconduct of Harvey Weinstein. Except Damon knew he harassed Gwyneth Paltrow.  (Did thisn ot strike him as notable, given that her parents were big in Hollywood in their own right?)

JAMES TOBACK, the writer-director accused of sex harassment by over 30 women? Well, 193 more women came forward.

THE DARK OVERLORD, a hacking group known for mocking and extorting victims, has now stolen highly personal photos from a plastic surgeon to the stars in London.

JOHN STAMOS announced his engagement to girlfriend of nearly two years Caitlin McHugh.

RENEE ZELLWEGER will star as Judy Garland in a new movie about the show business legend's final concerts in London.

PHANTOM THREAD: Paul Thomas Anderson's next film has a trailer online.

COUGARS are the biggest species of cat that can still meow.

MAN BITES PYTHON.