THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with HUSKER DU!  Live from London's Camden Palace in 1985. Your setlist includes: "New Day Rising"; "It's Not Funny Anymore"; "Everything Falls Apart"; "Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill"; "I Apologize"; "If I Told You"; "Folklore"; "Terms of Psychic Warfare"; "Powerline"; "Books About UFOs"; "Chartered Trips"; "Diane"; "Celebrated Summer"; "Every Everything"; "Makes No Sense at All"; "Pink Turns to Blue"; "Ticket to Ride"; "Reoccurring Dreams/Dreams Reoccurring"; "Eight Miles High"; and "Love Is All Around."

ANDREW BIRD TRIO plays KCRW.

TEARS FOR FEARS shares “The Girl That I Call Home.”

TANYA DONNELLY & BILL JANOVITZ cover the Kinks' "Better Things."

MARGO PRICE and BILLY STRINGS share "Too Stoned To Cry."

PAUL WELLER picks Five Essential Albums.

THE MELVINS' Dale Crover, on Kiss, Cobain, Tom Waits, and more.

ERIC CLAPTON: Not a fan of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.

VENOM: THE LAST DANCE has a final trailer online.

SALEM'S LOT has a trailer online.

ZACK SNYDER'S TWILIGHT OF THE GODS, an animated series, has a trailer online.

JOKER 2 is estimated to make 70MM this weekend, below the 96MM of the original.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN was indicted on new sexual assault charges.

FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA sues Variety over an accusation that he engaged in misconduct while shooting Megalopolis.

SUNDANCE is looking for a new home.

COLIN FARRELL doesn't know if he weould do a second season of The Penguin.

THE COW stole the show.

A DOGGO gets too excited by the thought of a baby petting him.

MAIKING FETCH HAPPEN, somehow.

THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS are "Standing Next to Me."

IRON & WINE plays KEXP.

PULP debuted "My Sex" in Toronto.

FATHER JOHN MISTY debuted “She Cleans Up” in University Park, Pennsylvania.

FRANZ FERDINAND returns with "Audacious."

FRANKIE COSMOS & GOOD MORNING share "Take A Picture."

DAVE GROHL retained a divorce attorney before announcing he recently welcomed a child outside his marriage of 21 years.

MORRISSEY claims JOHNNY MARR blocked a Smiths greatest hits album.

COURTNEY LOVE, THURSTON MOORE, AND MORE are working on a Marianne Faithfull covers project?

JON BON JOVI talked a woman off a bridge in Nashville.

THE APPRENTICE has a trailer online.

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE just sealed a plea deal in his DWI case.

THE MTV VMAS went to these folks.

HUGH GRANT on his catastophic career mistake, the film that renewed his love of acting, and more.

THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR gets another remake from Michael B. Jordan.

HALLE BERRY is hoping you finally get a look at who she really is.

DIDDY faces yet another sexual abuse lawsuit.

SHANNON SHARPE appears to have had sex on Instagram Live.

A GANG OF OTTERS mauled a Malaysian jogger.

MISSION: IMPAWSIBLE - Don't think I've seen this one.

AN OCTOPUS finds a hole on the beach.

THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN: Because there's "Something In The Air."  It's all happening.

GILLIAN WELCH & DAVID RAWLINGS visit World Cafe.

ST VINCENT played “Big Time Nothing” and “Flea” on Fallon.

THE LINDA LINDAS share "No Obligation."

CURSIVE shares "Bloodbather."

GOAT shares "Goatbrain."

DAVE GROHL announced that he has fathered a baby girl outside his marriage.

THE DARKNESS: "I Believe In A Thing Called Love" shoots to number one after Taylor swift and Travis Kelce sing it at the US Open.

DAVID GILMOUR warmed up for a tour at a local pub's open mic night.

CHAPPELL ROAN: Fame is freaking her out a bit.

PRINCE's music companies claim they are trying to resolve conflicts regarding an unreleased documentary accusing the late musician of physical and emotional abuse.

DENIS VILLENUEVE Wants to Make One More Dune Movie-but Don't Call It a Trilogy.

DENZEL WASHINGTON pays tribute to James Earl Jones.

BEYOND THE SPIDER-VERSE: Producer Chris Miller denied a report that Sony had “scrapped most” of the movie for creative reasons, and that it “would be unlikely to debut before 2027.”

KATHY BATES is retiring from acting with a reboot of "Matlock."

ANA DE ARMAS, on leaving Hollywood for Vermont.

HARRY POTTER: The casting call for the streaming series becomes predictably controversial on social media.

DIDDY had a 100MM default judgment imposed against him in a prisoner lawsuit alleging sexual assault.

JOE JONAS AND SOPHIE TURNER finalized their divorce.

9/11: The first five minutes of CNN coverage. I came out of the shower, saw the second plane hit on NBC, and knew had had to contact my boss, whose daughter lived in NYC. There is still a lot of crazy stuff going on around the country and the world as a result, so consider taking a moment to watch and remember, esp. with a new generation that has grown up with no direct memory of the event.

A DOGGO directed police to a burning building to save his owner.

ANOTHER DOGGO watches an ad for a trampoline.

A HORSE, getting shome shoe work.

JULIANA HATFIELD: The autumnal "My Sister" and the Blake Babies' cover of "Temptation Eyes" for Twofer Tuesday.

CASS McCOMBS dropped a surprise album, Seed Cake On Leap Year.

CHRISTOPHER OWENS shares “This Is My Guitar.”

PULP debuted a new song, "Spike Island." At the Aragon Ballroom, no less.

RADIOHEAD got together to play old material, but have no current plans.

PATTI SCIALFA has been struggling with multiple myeloma, a blood cancer, since 2018.

DAVID BOWIE's "Heroes" was inspired by more than his producer necking at the Berlin Wall.

ZOOT MONEY, a UK R & B pioneer, has passed at 82.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at former One Direction member Zayn's hyped-up solo debut "Pillowtalk."

JAMES EARL JONES, the revered actor who voiced Star Wars villain Darth Vader, starred in Field of Dreams and many other films and Broadway shows and is an EGOT winner, died Monday morning at his home in Dutchess County, NY. He was 93.

THE CREATIVE ARTS EMMYS went to these folks, which I forgot to link yesterday even though I noted that Dick Van Dyke won one.

DUNE 3's screenplay is being written.

SPIDER-MAN 4 has a director.

THE FRANCHISE has a trailer online.

THE ROYALS: Princess Kate has completed chemotherapy.

WHIPLASH TURNS 10: Reflections from Damien Chazelle, Miles Teller, and J.K. Simmons.

THE GOONIES is likely getting a sequel with the original cast.

BRENDAN GLEESON will play a villain in Spider-Man Noir.

JAMES GANDOLFINI almost walked out on The Sopranos following a failed drugs intervention, according to those behind the show.

ONLY FANS is huge business, at least until AI kills it.

A DOGGO sings with the wind chimes daily.

A MAMA CAT who lost her kitten got an adopted kitty.

AN EEL escapes from the stomach of a predator.

REDBONE: "Come and Get Your Love."

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to MJ Lenderman, Peel Dream Magazine, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Mercury Rev, Dummy, and more.

JONI MITCHELL: Hear the demo for "Hejira."

KURT VILE covers Tom Petty's "Sins Of My Youth."

OASIS: Liam Gallagher says they’ve already made a new album.

SERGIO MENDES, the innovative and influential pianist, composer and arranger who was one of Brazil’s earliest contemporary crossover artists, died Thursday. He was 83.



DEREK BOSHIER, the British pop art pioneer known for his collaborations with the likes of David Bowie and The Clash – has died at the age of 87.

HERBIE FLOWERS, — a veteran musician who performed with David Bowie, Elton John, T. Rex and Paul McCartney, and whose bassline for Lou Reed’s iconic 1973 hit “Walk on the Wild Side” has been sampled countless times — died Saturday at 86.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice haunts the top of the chart with 110MM, right in line with projections.It's the the second-highest opening for Tim Burton.  Deadpool & Wolverine places with 7.2MM on a 53 percent drop.  Reagan showed with 5.2MM on a 32 percent drop.

KEVIN COSTNER spoke on the scrapped theatrical release of his second “Horizon” film.

ORLANDO BLOOM is interested in returning for more LOTR.

WOLF MAN has a teaser trailer online (which does not show the awful makeup).

DANNY ELFMAN wins dismissal of a sexual assault lawsuit.

DICK VAN DYKE showed off some dance moves while picking up an Emmy at age 98.

SELENA GOMEZ becomes a billionaire through beauty products.

A BIRD with zero survival skills.

A NEW TARANTULA species was discovered in Arizona.

THE SCENT OF ROTTING DEAD RATS may be behind New Orleans' City Hall evacuation.