TOM MORELLO visits Word Cafe.

GARCIA PEOPLES covers Jerry Jeff Walker, The Waterboys, and Neil Young for a Lagniappe Session.

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE shares “Strung With Everything.”

SUPERCHUNK shares “This Night.” 

BILL CALLAHAN & WILL OLDHAM talk to The New Yorker.

TELEVISION: The Genius of... Marquee Moon.

MARTY ROBERTS,  one half of the irrepressible, crowd-pleasing lounge duo Marty & Elayne — the beloved L.A. partnership that serenaded everyone from Frank Sinatra to Nicolas Cage and stole the 1996 film “Swingers” out from under Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau — died from cancer on Thursday. He was 89. Eff cancer.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Sir Mix-A-Lot's eternal big-butts anthem "Baby Got Back."

LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER has an announcement video.

BRITNEY SPEARS has accused her father of paying a security team to track the locations of those close to her.

GASPARD ULLIEL, star of “It’s Only the End of the World” and Marvel’s upcoming “Moon Knight” series, has died following a ski accident in the French Alps on Wednesday. He was 37.

SEBASTIAN STAN & LILY JAMES on Pam and Tommy and the talking penis.

THE HOUSE OF MOUSE reorganizes its streaming biz.

SCREAM and the rise of self-hating sequels.

BRIAN COX knows how to end an interview.

THE SEASON where frozen iguanas fall from the trees.

A PIGEON, showing off.

ANIMAL SACRIFICE Sees Drunk Priest Allegedly Behead Man Instead of Goat.

ADAM SCHLESSINGER: A MUSIC CELEBRATION is streaming on the Tube.

SONIC YOUTH shares "In & Out" from an upcoming rarities comp.

GEESE plays "Low Era" on Colbert.

ELVIS COSTELLO talks songwriting wih Rolling Stone.

CAT POWER looks back at her 30-year career with Stereogum.

BONO is embarrassed by his band's name and its singer.

GERRY MARSDEN: The Liverpool ferry terminal will be aptly named after the late popster.

DANIEL RADCLIFFE will play "Weird Al" Yankovic in a forthcoming biopic.

THE GRAMMYS are now set for April in Vegas.

OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH has a teaser trailer online. Yaaarrrr.

LOUIE ANDERSON is undergoing treatment for cancer in a Las Vegas hospital. Eff cancer.

JOHN CARPENTER, Genre Genius.

SIDNEY POITIER  died from a combination of heart failure, Alzheimer's dementia and prostate cancer ... according to his death certificate.

YVETTE MIMIEUX, star of The Time Machine and The Black Hole, passed away in her sleep at 80.

A PENGUIN hitches a ride to the floe.

A MAINE COONE KITTEN outweighs a toddler.

A BULMASTIFF enjoys a wading pool.

A RABBIT laps the track.

RAY CHARLES jamming out "Walk the Line" & "Ring of Fire" for Johnny Cash Twofer Tuesday.

ELVIS COSTELLO visits World Cafe.

WHO IS HARRY NILSSON AND WHY IS EVERYBODY TALKIN' ABOUT HIM is online, plus an interview with documentarian John Scheinfeld.

TINDERSTICKS shares “Both Sides Of The Blade.”

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN tops the list of highest-paid musicians of 2021.

DAVID BOWIE is the 21st Century’s best-selling vinyl artist.

INDIE BASEMENT'S Most Anticipated Albums of 2022.

THE BEST 30 DEBUT ALBUMS of 2021, according to Paste.

ROSA LEE HAWKINS, who sang with the Dixie Cups on the classic recordings "Chapel of Love" and "Iko Iko," has died at 76.

JOSS WHEDON, violating the first rule of holes, repeatedly.

MOON KNIGHT has a trailer online.

RUPERT GRINT compares J.J. Rowling to an auntie.

VIC MENSA, busted by Customs, allegedly for shrooms.

BETTY WHITE: How a celebration became a tribute.

WAKANDA FOREVER: Letitia Wright is back on set.  Winston Duke reportedly has a bigger role.

JIM CARREY's Top 10 Film Roles.

A DIVER HELPS AN OCTOPUS trade a plastic cup for a shell.

GENTLE Giant.

WHERE'S Winston?

U2: "Pride" and "MLK." Crushingly obvious. Have a dream.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will pint you to Elvis Costello, Cat Power, Earl Sweatshirt, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Molly Nilsson, Balkans, Elephant Stone, and more.

BLEACHERS, Live on Saturday Night.

REMEMBERING RONNIE SPECTOR, the Beating Heart of Rock 'n 'Roll.

RACHEL NAGY, leader of the garage-rock band the Detroit Cobras, has died.

FRED PARRIS, frontman for the doo-wop group the Five Satins, has died at 85.

DALLAS FRAZIER, the songwriter responsible for "Alley-Oop," "Elvira," “Beneath Still Waters” and many more, has died at 82.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Mariah Carey's 'MTV Unplugged' cover of the Jackson 5 classic "I'll Be There."

DION: A vintage performance of "Abraham, Martin & John."

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:  Scream tops the chart with an estimated 36MM over the holiday weekend, pretty much right in line with the first couple of sequels and a good-for-horror B+ CinemaScore.  It remains to be seen whether this was front-loaded or gets leggy. Spider-Man: No Way Home places with 26M, still seggy with new cometition as it's about to become the fourt-biggest domestic grosser in history. Sing 2 shows with 11MM, a decidedly leggy number given that it's also streaming.

JUSTIFIED is coming back as a limited series.

BRITNEY & LAMIE-LYNN SPEARS: Their feud escalates.

JONAH HILL, on reprioritizing comedy, and why he's open to a Superbad sequel under one very specific condition.

NICOLE KIDMAN, shocked at the love for her AMC ad.

NEW YORKERS, checking out Florida properties.

ALLIGATORS, getting their mouths washed out with soap.

SQUIRREL, check your privilege.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

... with R.E.M.!  Live in Germany circa 1985, more complete than what has previously turned up on the Tube. Songs include "Feeling Gravity's Pull," "Harbourcoat," "Sitting Still," "Maps & Legends," "Fall On Me," "Green Grow The Rushes," "Driver 8," "Hyena," "So. Central Rain," CCR's "Have You Ever Seen The Rain," "Can't Get There From Here," Roger Miller's "King Of The Road," "Seven Chinese Bros.," "Auctioneer," "Old Man Kinsey," "Little America," "Pretty Persuasion, " "Theme From Two Steps Onward," Aerosmith's "Toys In The Attic," and Television's "See No Evil." Plus, more recently: "Second Guessing," "Ghost Riders In The Sky," "(Don't Go Back to) Rockville," "We Walk/ Behind Closed Doors" and "Paint It Black."

AIMEE MANN visits World Cafe.

HIS NAME IS ALIVE drops an eclectic mixtape.

TEARS FOR FEARS shares "Break the Man."

ANGEL OLSEN covers Karen Dalton's "Something on Your Mind."

MOLLY NILSSON shares "Sweet Smell of Success."

THEE OH SEES: The Bandcamp Guide.

JONNY GREENWOOD: First Radiohead, Now Orchestras and Film.

NIRVANA is being sued (again) by the Nevermind cover baby.

SONNY CURTIS, on writing "Love Is All Around," a/k/a "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" theme song. He also plays it unplugged.

THE VOICES OF BLACK WOMEN Were Essential To Phil Spector's Wall Of Sound.

THE CROWN: The Duke of York has been stripped of all military titles and patronages by the Queen and has agreed no longer to use his HRH title, in an attempt to protect the Royal family from the fallout of his sexual abuse case.

KANYE WEST is reportedly under investigation for allegedly punching a guy in downtown Los Angeles.

MEGAN FOX & MACHINE GUN KELLY are engaged.

BRITNEY SPEARS is “rolling her eyes” at her sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, going on TV to talk about their rift.

BEN AFFLECK on the curse of having the same name as an insurance company.

PETE DAVIDSON is in talks to host the Oscars. If only they could get his exes to take turns co-presenting.

SCREAM: Now on its fifth film, the franchise started by Wes Craven has gone from changing the language of a genre to chasing its own legacy.

A CORGI, making fetch happen.

A DOGGO hits the beach.

CAT's in the cradle.