THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE...

...with THE TALKING HEADS!  Here's the expanded band -- including axeman Adrian Belew (who certainly influenced Jon Pratt's early work in Pate) -- Live in Rome, circa 1980. Your setlist: "Psycho Killer," "Stay Hungry," "Cities," "I Zimbra," "Drugs," "Take Me To The River," "Crosseyed And Painless," "Life During Wartime," "Houses In Motion," "Born Under Punches," and "The Great Curve."

DAVID BYRNE: Advance stream American Utopia.

NAP EYES: Advance stream I'm Bad Now.

THE AUSTIN 100:  NPR has your annual SXSW mix.

BLAKE BABIES' ' fab cover of "Temptation Eyes."

THE WISDOM OF KEITH RICHARDS: The Lord of the Undead talks to The Wall Street Journal.

PINK FLOYD: Ten things you may not have known about Dark Side of the Moon.

KIM DEAL talks about being "all in" with The Breeders.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at ... "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini."

NOW SHOWING: This weekend's wide releases are Red Sparrow (51 percent Tomatometer) and Death Wish (unscreened for critics until the last minute).  The battle for second to Black Panther is likely to go to J-Law, but an upset would not be out of the question.

THE OSCARS: Last year, the show drew 34 million viewers, second worst to 2008's 32 million. Anyone wanna bet they set a record?

RYAN SEACREST's spot on the Oscars red carpet could get awkward. (But probably won't.)

A DOZEN people with 10 Oscar nominations and no wins. Roger Deakins should come off the list Sunday.

FIFTEEN Best Picture Snubs.

WONDER WOMAN 2's villain may be... Kristen Wiig.

AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR moves up a week to April 27.

HIP-HOP's WEALTHIEST, according to Forbes.

A HORSE, and his rubber ducky.

A MISSING DOG survived a fatal car crash and reunited with the victim's family.

AN ONLINE MONKEY PURCHASE goes wrong. Who knew?

WHALE PETTING may be illegal.

THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS: "Pretty In Pink," from the soundtrack of the movie which debuted this week in 1986.

LEE ANN WOMACK plays a Tiny Desk Concert.

HEMBREE plays a mini-set at The Bridge.

YO LA TENGO shares "For You Too."

DINOSAUR JR shares "Hold Unknown."

RYLEY WALKER returns with "Telluride Speed."

SUPERORGANISM covers Pavement's "Cut Your Hair."

CHVRCHES bring MATT BERNINGER in on "My Enemy."

ALICE BAG channels 9 to 5 in the video for "77."

KEITH RICHARDS, with an anti-drug message. Sort of.

CAR SEAT HEADREST: Will Toledo addressed overzealous fans encroaching on his privacy, shutting down his fan Reddit page in the process.

MGMT met Lou Reed at a dog show.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Brenda Lee's signature song "I'm Sorry." And yet no shout out to Ben Vaughn.

STAN LEE revealed that she's been fighting pneumonia.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN's insurance company wants no part of his multiple sexual misconduct lawsuits ... and is marching into court to make sure it doesn't get burned.

RYAN SEACREST's accuser has a corroborating witness for her harassment claim.

ALEC BALDWIN is getting a talk show. What could possibly go wrong?

BRAD PITT is joining Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. It's apparently not in troubles, as some reported.

CHARLIZE THERON talks about quitting pot and possibly restarting.

AMY SCHUMER had some odd wedding vows.

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY director James Gunn explains Groot and Baby Groot on a level I had not considered.

FOX bites man, cat, dog; steals shoe in Fairfax County.

CANNABIS TREATMENT FOR PETS could be coming to Cali.

SNAKE in a lunchbox.

POLAR BEARS, living their best lives in the UK.

BUFFALO TOM advance streams Quiet and Peace.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features Kacey Musgraves, Editors, Parquet Courts, Yo La Tengo and more.

SPINY NORMEN is streaming their shelved '70s psych-prog album.

LAURA VEIRS brings SUFJAN STEVENS on board for "Watch Fire."

UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA shares "We're Not In Love We're Just High."

SKATING POLLY shares a video for "Queen For A Day," co-written by X's Exene Cervenka.

GEORGE CLINTON talks to Rolling Stone about cultural appropriation, aliens, LSD, and more.

BLINK 182's Tom Delonge quit the band to become one of the world's leading UFO experts.

THE 50 BEST SOUTHERN ROCK ALBUMS, according to Paste.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at the Hollywood Argyles' caveman-themed hit "Alley Oop."

RYAN SEACREST: ABC and E! stand by their host in the face of renewed sexual harassment allegations.  No comment from D

HEATHER LOCKLEAR's closest friends are hoping her recent arrest will help her get her life on track.

VANILLA ICE has been accused of hiding millions of dollars in his divorce.

WRECK-IT RALPH 2 shares a teaser trailer.

THE WEEK OF, a Netflixer starring Adam Dandler and Chris Rock, has a trailer online.

BARBRA STREISAND had her dog cloned. Twice.

AUSTRALIAN GOATS: The U.S. can't get enough.

A MUSKRAT joins a Grand rapids law firm.

WILD HORSES have been faking it all these years.

A 9-FOOT GATOR was removed from front doorstep of Florida apartment.

THE WALKER BROTHERS play "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" and "Make It Easy On Yourself" for Twofer Tuesday.

ANDREW W.K. advance streams You're Not Alone.

MOANING streams their self-titled debut album.

JEN CLOHER stopped by World Cafe.

REAL ESTATE shared a new song on tour in Colorado.

NATALIE PRASS shares a video for the light R & B of "Short Court Style."

FLEA penned an op-ed about opioid addiction for TIME.

10CC: How we made "I'm Not in Love."

WHAT I LEARNED Road-Tripping Across North America With One of Those Giant CD Binders.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Connie Francis' unlikely country music move "Everybody's Somebody's Fool."

THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY plans to file for bankruptcy. And moral bankruptcy.

KEVIN SMITH had a heart attack and lived to tweet about it.

HEATHER LOCKLEAR was arrested for alleged domestic violence.

JAMIE LUNER has been accused of sexual misconduct with an underage male in 1998.  Not a good day for Melrose Place.

JENNIFER LAWRENCE talks to Vanity Fair about a turbulent year for her. And she bizarrely turned off Phantom Thread after three minutes.

ALICIA SILVERSTONE and Christopher Jarecki have officially separated.

STACEY DASH is running for Congress.  Odd news day for Clueless alums.

KRISTEN BELL got anal worms.  Not The Good Place.

ELEPHANT & BUFFALO, mingling together... mass hysteria!

TRACKPAD THE DOG, and how he saved an armored unit in Iraq.

AN ANIMAL SMUGGLER was caught trying to bring 12 donkeys and a horse into North Wales.

A POLITE HERD OF DEER pause at a stop sign, because Canada.

DADDY ISSUES befriend an alien in their video for "High St."

ROSTAM stopped by The Current for a chat and mini-set, incl. a cover of Nick Drake's "Pink Moon."

THE WOOD BROTHERS visit WFUV's Studio A.

RHYE stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic.

SUNFLOWER BEAN shares “Twentytwo.”

MASTERSYSTEM (ft. Frightened Rabbits and Editors) share "Notes On A Life Not Quite Lived."

SUEDE: Brett Anderson talks to The Guardian about fatherhood, his new memoir, and being part of ‘the longest overnight sensation ever.'

R.E.M. is the subject of a new podcast from comedian Scott Aukerman ("Comedy Bang! Bang!") and actor Adam Scott ("Parks and Recreation"). 

GEORGE HARRISON's TOP 10 BEATLESONGS, according to NME.

THE CRYSTALS'  Barbara Ann Alston died in Charlotte after a two-week battle with the flu, her family says. She was 74.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Black Panther easily repeats atop the chart with 108MM as it crossed the 400MM mark domestically; it's only the fourth film to gross over 100MM in its second weekend.  And March won't offer much direct competition either.  Game Night places with 16MM, which may be a few million below studio hopes, given Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams toplining; still may be alright against a 37MM budget.  Peter Rabbit shows with 12.5MM on a leggy 28 percent drop.  Annihilation takes fourth with 11MM against a 40MM budget (and Netflix owns the foreign rights, so this one may not profitdomestically on the big screen, despite good reveiws).  Fifty Shades Freed rounds out the Top Five with 7MM on asteep 60 percent drop as most expected for a post-Valentine's trajectory; whether this final installment will reach 100MM is an open question now. Below the fold, Jumanji and The Greatest Showman are running out of gas, but on still very leggy drops.

A USA TODAY poll indicates that 94 percent of women have experienced some form of sexual harassment or assault during their careers in Hollywood. 

JENNIFER LAWRENCE & CATT SADLER are developing a MeToo / TimesUp themed docuseries.

EMILY RATAJKOWSKI married a boyfriend after only a few weeks.

BRITENY SPEARS: Ex-husband Kevin Federline wants an increase in child support after her lucrative Vegas residency.

GUILLERMO DEL TORO rejected claims that his Oscar-nominated film The Shape Of Water plagiarized a Paul Zindel play.

NANETTE FABRAY, whose enthusiastic charm, wide smile and diverse talents made her a Tony Award-winning performer in the 1940s and an Emmy Award-winning comic actress in the 1950s, died on Thursday at her home in Palos Verdes, Calif. She was 97.

A DOG teaches his "brother" to sit.

A MAN WHO RODE A WHITE HORSE on the 91 Freeway in Long Beach on his 29th birthday the morning of Saturday, Feb. 24, was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, California Highway Patrol officials said.

ABBY THE LAB returns home after a decade.

A GERMAN SHEPHERD took a bullet for a 16-year-old during a home invasion.