NEW RELEASES: Paste has Wilco, Pylon, Neil Young, Adulkt Life and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Tunng, Andrew Carroll, Lunchbox, and more.

SAM MORROW's country rock gets funky on World Cafe.

THE FOO FIGHTERS played SNL and debuted "Shame Shame."

SPRINGSTEEN, ranked by NME.

TOM PETTY's Last Dance.

AN ANIMATED TIMELINE of how music is bought and consumed.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Jan Hammer's pulse-pounding cop-rock instrumental "Miami Vice Theme."

ALEX TREBEK, the revered and beloved “Jeopardy!” host since 1984, whose calm but witty presence was must-see television for millions of Americans — has died at 80 after receiving a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer in 2019.  Here's the LAT obit also. The New York Post collects some of his best moments, though I like this one too.  This 2012 profile is also quite good, as well as this brief essay by Bill Ryan.  And here he was hosting a music show at age 23.

AL ROKER has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE?  Let Him Go debuts atop the chart with 4.1MM, while Come Play places with 1.7MM on a 45 percent drop, giving specialty studio Focus Features the top two slots. War With Grandpa shows with 1.5MM on a 19 percent bounce in its fifth week.

MEGXIT: Prince Harry's request for a wreath to be laid at the Cenotaph in London on his behalf for Remembrance Day was refused.

DAVE CHAPPELLE's SNL monologue ended on a serious note.

NORM CROSBY, the stand-up comedian who spent more than five decades amusing and bemusing audiences in nightclubs and on television as the “Master of the Malaprop,” has died at 93.

MAN'S BEST FRIEND, and King of the House.

TWO NEW MAMMALS have been discovered in Australia.

CYBORG COCKROACHES are coming for your home.