THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with A CHRISTMAS SHINDIG! The full episode has gone dark, but still-available clips from 1964 include The Beach Boys' "Dance, Dance, Dance," Bobby Sherman and Donna Loren singing "Keep on Searching," the Righteous Brothers doing "The Jerk" and an awesome milk commercial, Adam Faith with "Watch Your Step," and "Santa Claus Is Back In Town", Bobby Sherman with "Sleigh Ride," Donna Loren returning with a Spector-esque, but rougher "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," and The Beach Boys deliver a set including "Little Saint Nick," "Monster Mash" (yes, really) "Papa Oom Mow Mow," "Johnny B. Goode," and "We Three Kings."

TELEKINESIS stopped by WFUV's Studio A for a chat and mini-set. (Somehow I missed this in October.)

CHEETAHS stopped by KEXP for a mini-set.

HERE WE GO MAGIC stopped by KUTX for a chat and mini-set.

ARCHY (King Krule) & JACK MARSHALL stream A New Place 2 Drown.

PARALLELOGRAMS is a project pairing artists including Yo La Tengo, Thurston Moore, Kurt Vile, Hiss Golden Messenger, and more.

BRITT DANIEL of Spoon covered CCR's "Run Through the Jungle" for FX's Fargo.

JAILL drops “Port Of Call" ahead of Whatever It Be.

GLAM CHOPS: Art Brut's Eddie Argos has a "Countdown to Christmas."

THE REPLACEMENTS' authorized biography is due in March.

DESTOYER: Dan Bejar talks to The Guardian about rocking in his 40s, the Destroyer drinking game, and more.

JOANNA NEWSOM: The Harp Wants What It Wants.

THE 15 BEST ALBUMS of 2015, according to The A.V. Club.

IN THE HEART OF THE SEA is this weekend's sole wide release; it's currently scoring 51 percent on the ol' Tomatometer.

THE GOLDEN GLOBES nominations went to these folks. Congrats, esp. to Brian Wilson.

JOHN MADDEN was released from the hospital after undergoing open-heart surgery.

KRISTIN CAVALLARI's brother Michael has been found dead nearly two weeks after he went missing.

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS reveals more new stuff in a Chinese trailer.

THE LEGEND OF TARZAN drops a teaser trailer.

SAN BERNARDINO: An investigation that once focused primarily on the husband and wife responsible for killing 14 people in San Bernardino, Calif., last week continues to expand as the FBI questions an ever-growing network of people with ties to the couple.

SWITZERLAND was on high alert Thursday as police searched for suspects related to the terror attacks in Paris, a source close to the investigation told CNN.

SYRIA: U.S. and Israeli officials say Putin's intervention in Syria is showing slower results than the Russian president had hoped, possibly making Putin more willing to cooperate with U.S. efforts to settle Syria's civil war. Syrian opposition and rebel groups agreed Thursday for the first time to unite behind a single body and a statement of principles that will form the basis for possible peace negotiations with the Syrian government next year.

A DOG rescued from a piece of ice.

DINGOES play an important role in protecting a long list of threatened and non-threatened Australian species, though maybe not your baby.

AN ALASKAN GRIZZLY may have been murdered by a fmr Miss Kansas.

REINDEER Photobomb.