THE ST. PATRICK'S DAY WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with JOE STRUMMER and THE POGUES!  People will be getting their drink and dance on, so enjoy Joe, Shane and the band putting a Celtic spin on "London Calling" and "I Fought The Law" for St. Patrick's Day, 1988. Follow that up with the Dropkick Murphys' videos for "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" (which you may have heard in Martin Scorsese's The Departed) and "The Wild Rover."  Round it out with an Old Grey Whistle Test of my fave Pogues song, "Sally MacLennane," and a Shamrock Shake.

COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS advance streams May Your Kindness Remain.

ALICE BAG advance streams Blueprint

THE MESSTHETICS advance stream a self-titled debut.

CAVERN OF ANTI-MATTER advance streams Hormone Lemonade.

JOE COCKER is "Feelin' Alright," with a little help from his friend.

THE DECEMBERISTS' Colin Meloy talks to Billboard about the band’s new approach, his collaboration with Lin-Manuel Miranda, and why he’s the group’s reigning board game king.

MOUNT EERIE: Phil Elverum talks to Stereogum about critical acclaim, Lil Peep, and Now Only.

INSIDE THE 'DEMISE' OF NME: Ex-staffers, publishers and musicians tell the inside story of how a once-mighty media brand lost its cool.

THE ROLLING STONES' 10 BEST SONGS, according to... NME.

THE BEST 30 ALBUMS OF 1988, according to Paste.

NOW SHOWING: This weekend's wide releases include Tomb Raider, which is currently scoring 51 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; Love, Simon, which is currently scoring 87 percent; I Can Only Imagine, which was not screened for critics; and 7 Days in Entebbe, scoring 15 percent.

DANNY BOYLE confirmed that he is directing James Bond 25, while also revealing that the plan is to start shooting at the end of the year. With a script by Richard Curtis?

AVA DuVERNAY will direct New Gods at Warner Bros. as part of the studio’s DC Extended Universe.

MATT DAMON, contra some reports, is not moving the family to Australia.

CATE BLANCHETT and SANDRA BULLOCK swear by "penis facials. "

FORMER ESPN CHIEF JOHN SKIPPER details his exit amid cocaine addiction and an extortion plot.

ANDERSON COOPER has split from his longtime boyfriend Ben Maisani.

JESSICA ALBA's reinvention is the cover of Redbook.

A RESCUED PIT BULL finally gets to be a dog.

AN UNUSUAL SNAKE REMOVAL required jackhammers.

IS THAT A BAG FULL OF FINCHES, or are you just... oh.

THE FISH BONES backed up a little.

BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH: The friendly stranger in the black sedan.

BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB stopped by the World Cafe.

SEE THROUGH DRESSES play a mini-set at Daytrotter.

INVSN streams their Forever Rejected EP.

EELS shares "Premonition."

BELLY shares a video for "Shiny One."

THE DECEMBERISTS talk to Paste about going outsidetheir comfort zone on I’ll Be Your Girl.

THE BREEDERS' Kelley Deal talks to Weekend Edition about the band's return.

CLAUDIA FONTAINE, a Zelig-like figure in the 1980s, backing up performances by Elvis Costello, the Jam and the Specials. has died at age 57. 

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Elvis Presley's gorgeous and intense ballad "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"

LAURA DERN couldn’t stop saying “pew” every time she fired her laser gun in The Last Jedi.

MATT DAMON & BEN AFFLECK have announced that they will adopt the inclusion rider agreement in all their future production deals through their Pearl Street company.

JENNIFER GARNER & BEN AFFLECK went through a heartbreaking period of nearly two years where the actress tried to save their marriage. Yes, she's got a movie opening tomorrow.

RAMPAGE has a new trailer online.

IS SPIKE LEE joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

MILEY CYRUS was sued for 300 million dollars by a Jamaican songwriter who said the pop singer's 2013 smash “We Can't Stop” closely resembles a song he recorded 25 years earlier.

MARGOT ROBBIE is in negotiations to play Sharon Tate in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

PEACOCK THIEF chased by angry birds.

UNITED AIRLINES says it's investigating after mistakenly flying a Kansas family's dog to Japan. Toto!

A POLICE DOG made a significant drug bust in Connecticut.

MALE BROWN WIDOW SPIDERS prefer females who eat them.

HARRY NILSSON: "Everybody's Talking" on Swedish TV, circa 1969.

RIVERS CUOMO played a solo acoustic set at The Hi Hat in Los Angeles, with Weezer songs plus a few classic covers.

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS play the Mountain Stage.

JOHN PRINE plays a Tiny Desk Concert.

LEON BRIDGES returns with Bet Ain't Worth the Hand" and "Bad Bad News."

CRAIG FINN & the Uptown Controllers share a "Galveston" that is not the Jimmy Webb / Glen campbell tune.

DAVID BYRNE shares a video for "Everybody's Coming To My House."

VAN MORRISON: Read an excerpt from Astral Weeks: A Secret History Of 1968.

BELLE & SEBASTIAN: Politics and Religion.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Maurice Williams And The Zodiacs' doo-wop classic "Stay."

NOKIE EDWARDS, longtime lead guitarist for surf-guitar legends the Ventures, has died after a hip surgery resulted in an infection. Edwards was 82.

STEPHEN HAWKING, the brightest star in the firmament of science, whose insights shaped modern cosmology and inspired global audiences in the millions, has died aged 76.

AN HBO EXEC regrets saying that the Big Little Lies cast's salary demands for season two "raped" the premium cable network.  Game of Thrones spin-offs are also likely to pressure the budget.

HEATHER LOCKLEAR will no longer face court for allegedly hitting her boyfriend in late February, but she is facing charges for allegedly attacking the police officers that responded to her home.

ZAYN MALIK & GIGI HADID have split after two years together.

MADONNA threatens to direct another movie.

SHIA LeBEOUF is profiled by Esquire.

READY PLAYER ONE had a successful SXSW premiere (if beset with tech problems). And they're letting critics post reviews.

TOMB RAIDER shared seven clips ahead of its premiere.

A HORSE IN A NIGHTCLUB? Neigh.

HORRIFYING: A teacher fed puppy to a snapping turtle in front of students.

A DOG died on a United flight to LaGuardia after its employee forced its owner to stow it in an overhead compartment.

THE SWARM: A professor just gave a lecture completely covered in bees and he didn’t seem to mind one bit.

DRAMARAMA give you "Anything, Anything" and a "Last Cigarette" for Twofer Tuesday.

THE DECEMBERISTS advance stream the synthy I'll Be Your Girl.

CAROLINE SAYS advance streams No Fool Like An Old Fool.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED's SXSW Preview.

THE DAMNED share  “Look Left” and “Devil In Disguise" in time for Twofer Tuesday.

ARCADE FIRE shares a short film/double music video "Money + Love"" (ft Toni Collette) in time for Twofer Tuesday.

THE RONETTES, reconsidered as the Bad Girls of Pop.

KT TUNSTALL is to become the first woman to lead the annual Tartan Day parade through New York.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Ray Charles' timeless masterpiece "Georgia On My Mind."

GARY BURDEN, the Grammy Award-winning artist who designed the covers of classic albums like Neil Young’s After The Gold Rush, the Doors’ Morrison Hotel, Joni Mitchell’s Blue, Crosby Stills Nash & Young’s Déjà Vu, and more, has died. He was 84.

THE LAST DAYS OF STAN LEE: Months after losing his wife, the 95-year-old comic book legend is surrounded by charlatans and mountebanks.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN has still not completed the 45-day inpatient course at Gentle Path at the Meadows.

ONE CAMPAIGN, the non-profit organization co-founded by Bono, is being threatened with legal action from ex-employees who claim to have been bullied by senior staff over the course of four years.

MICHAEL CERA is married to his longtime girlfriend, Nadine.

CAMERON DIAZ has not retired from acting, though Selma Blair has retired from joking about it.

TORI SPELLING & JENNIE GARTH, together again, on on a new show based loosely on Beverly Hills, 90210.

THE NEW MUTANTS' delay is frustrating Anna Taylor-Joy.

A MALE HIPPO tries to woo Fiona online.

A CAT NAMED DOG works at a Vetnamese fish market; people love him.

A CAT was credited with saving his owners’ lives when a fire broke out.

A 150KG MYSTERY FISH was found by a couple taking a stroll along a beach at Bundaberg in southern Queensland.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Black Panther again tops the chart with another 41.1MM, on a leggy 48 percent drop, which means it will likely crack the all-time Top Five domestically in a couple of weekends and will likely rest at Number Three by the time it's done in theaters.  The debut of A Wrinkle In Time places with 33.3MM, which is likely disappointing against a reported 100MM+ budget.  That said, the top two films this weekend are by black directors with black stars as the House of Mouse brings social progress to the cineplex.  The Strangers: Prey at Night showed with 10.4MM and this seemingly pointless sequel only had a 5MM budget; hence, horror films as the perennial genre.  Red Sparrow slides into fourth with 8.1MM on a 52 percent drop, a performance suggesting that J-Law is not the draw some thought she was outside pre-sold franchises.  Game Night rounds out the Top Five with 7.9MM on a leggy 24 percent drop as the only comedy in town.  Both The Hurricane Heist and Gringo debuted below the fold, at eighth and eleventh, respectively.

KATY PERRY's legal battle to buy a convent loses a nun.

AMBER HEARD and... SEAN PENN? Dude gets around.

COLIN FIRTH's wife admitted having an affair with an Italian man she has accused of stalking her.

HUGH GRANT welcomes his fifth child, oddly announced by Liz Hurley.

BLUE'S CLUES is returning, possible with a female host.

BLACKISH: The network shelved a "political" episode.

LORNA LUFT, the daughter of Judy Garland, was undergoing tests in a London hospital following an initial diagnosis of a brain tumor after she collapsed backstage at a concert in London.

...I should be back full strength for Tuesday.