THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with AIMEE MANN's CHRISTMAS CAROL (profanity warnings): Part One has your Scrooge-y set-up with Michael Penn. Part Two features The Office's John Krasinski. Part Three has Michael Cera. Part Four has John C. Reilly.

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, Live at Pitchfork.

THE KILLERS visit World Cafe.

PHILIP FROBOS covers Lou Reed and Iggy Pop for a Lagniappe Session.

GROHL & KURSTIN cover KISS's "Rock And Roll All Nite" for Hannukah.

WET LEG plays "Chaise Lounge" for Seth Meyers.

AMERICAN FOOTBALL returns with "Rare Symmetry" and a cover of Mazzy Star's "Fade Into You."

THE NEW PR0NOGRAPHERS, ranked by Paste. ALSO: A track-by-track tour of Mass Romantic.

SNAIL MAIL: Lindsey Jordan's Long, Bumpy Road to Creative Control

AEON STATION: Kevin Whelan looks to a post-Wrens future.

RADIOHEAD: 20 Years After The End Of The World.

STEVE BRONSKI, co-founder and keyboard player in Bronski Beat, has died at the age of 61.

JUSSIE SMOLLETT was found guilty on five of the six counts of disorderly conduct for making false police reports.

JOSH DUGGAR was found guilty on both charges of receipt of child pr0nography and possession of child pr0nography.

SOUTH PARK: POST COVID: THE RETURN OF COVID has a trailer online.

COBRA KAI: Season 4 has a trailer online.

ALEC BALDWIN posted an open letter from the Rust film’s crew that pushes back against the narrative that the production was unsafe.

OLIVIA WILDE is profiled by Vogue.

RICHARD E. GRANT said his car has been stolen and used in a ram-raid while he’s stuck in quarantine.

IT'S BEGINNING to look a lot like Christmas.

MEETIING A DOG for the first time.

GERONIMO THE ALPACA: Wrongly put down.