THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with THE dB's!  Although the influential, but oh-so-unlucky modern pop combo will likely stress new material when I see them tonight, we have vintage video of "Happenstance," "Bad Reputation" and "Living A Lie" from Sweden circa 1982.  From the studio, we have the clip for "Neverland." Chris Stamey left the band (temporarily) after which we got the infamous, banned-from-MTV clip for "Amplifier," plus live takes of "She Got Soul" and "Not Cool" from the legendary Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ circa 1986.  From the same time period, you can see the band help close down Folk City in NYC with a cover of Bob Dylan's "Positively 4th Street."

ANGEL OLSEN visits KEXP.

RODRIGO Y GABRIELA perform for The Current.

LAURA MARLING performs for The Current.

THE ROLLING STONES return with "Living In a Ghost Town."

MARK LANEGAN shares “Stockholm City Blues.”

CAR SEAT HEADREST: Will Toledo is leaning into his ambitions and leading his band into new territory. And here's “There Must Be More Than Blood.”

LUCINDA WILLIAMS, profiled at Paste.

LLOYD COLE's quarantine playlist.

THE MONKEES: The Mike and Micky Showgets a rave from American Songwriter.

SENSIBLE CLOWN POSSE: The Distancing of the Juggalos.

PARKS & RECREATION is returning for a special benefit episode.

JUSSIE SMOLLETT's malicious prosecution suit against the City of Chicago was dismissed.

TOM BRADY trespassed into someone's house.

JERRY SEINFELD channels James Bond in the promo for his upcoming special.

PIERCE BROSNAN rescued HALLE BERRY during a sex scene.

WHITNEY HOUSTON: The official biopic moves forward.

TOM SELLECK balances work and family.

THE HELLFIRE CLUB, a novel by CNN's Jake Tapper, is headed to HBOMax.

SHIRLEY KNIGHT, the daring actress and darling of Tennessee Williams who received Oscar nominations for her work in her third and fourth films, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs and Sweet Bird of Youth, has died of natural causes. She was 83.

A DOG left behind in a doghouse becomes someone's treasure.

KOALAS who were injured in bushfires in Australia in 2019 have been re-released into the wild.

A GROUNDHOG, chomping stuff.

JOHNNY NASH: "I Can See Clearly Now." Because I'm hoping for a bright, sunshiney day.

X got the band back together and are streaming Alphabetland.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features new tracks from Bright Eyes, Jonsi and more.

ST. VINCENT, BECK, MAVIS STAPLES, THE REVOLUTION and more played the Grammys' Prince Tribute, icymi.

FRAMPTON LIVE at the BBC, before coming alive.

MARIANNE FAITHFULL has left the hospital after over three weeks after developing coronavirus symptoms.

THE GO-GOS' Kathy Valentine discussed her memoir All I Ever Wanted with SPIN.

THE TOP 40 YO LA TENGO SONGS, according to Paste.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at the great Dolly Parton's bright, daffy class-resentment movie theme "9 To 5."

STAR WARS:  A new series is in the works at Disney+,  from Leslye Headland, the co-creator, showrunner, and executive producer of Russian Doll.

R. KELLY's second bid to be freed from prison over coronavirus fears is rejected.

HEATHER LOCKLEAR celebrates a year of sobriety.

VAL KILMER got into Top Gun: Maverick by begging.

WESTWORLD is far from ending.

SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH will be teaching online Geography lessons via the BBC, for children being homeschooled during the coronavirus pandemic.

SUNSET BOULEVARD at 70: Nancy Olson on Wilder, Holden and Why She Walked Away From Stardom.

PAUL SCHRADER Does Not Have Much Hope for the Future of Movies.

BATTLE WITHOUT DUTY OR HONOR: Kittens.

BUNNY & BEAGLE, living together...

A WOMAN rescues a dog from an icy lake.

DALE EARNHARDT, JR., JR. still charm me with the McCartney-esque "Simple Girl." And yeah, they changed their name.

MILK CARTON KIDS & BRENDAN BENSON, on the Paste Happiest Hour.

PRINCE, Live at the Capitol Theater, January 30, 1982. Hard to believe he's been gone four years.

SCHOOL OF LANGUAGE drops a Prince-influenced EP.

BRIGHT EYES: Conor Oberst joined Stereogum to shuffle through memories from a quarter-century of indie-rock stardom.

DEAD CAN DANCE: Brandon Perry explains the method behind his madness at Paste.

FIONA APPLE, ranked by Billboard.

THE ROLLING STONES' logo turns 50. They paid £50 at the time.

THE MANADLORIAN is already renewed for Season 3.

JODIE TURNER-SMITH & JOSHUA JACKSON's daughter has arrived.

CHRIS PINE is in negotiations to star in a reboot of “The Saint.”

VENOM: The sequel gets a title and a delayed premiere.

THE HUNGER GAMES is getting a prequel.

LOVE LIFE: Anna Hendrick's HBOMax series has a trailer online.

JERRY SEINFELD polished a joke for David Byrne.

CAT & DOG, living together...

A HUNGRY KOALA gets help.

A SAD SHELTER CAT becomes a purring kitten.

YO LA TENGO are captured playing the bouncy "Mr. Tough" and "I Feel Like Going Home" at The Current.  And that. my friends, is Twofer Tuesday.

MARGARET GLASPY, Live at Rockwood Music Hall.

ED O'BRIEN (Radiohead) visits Morning Becomes Eclectic.

MAGGIE KOERNER visits World Cafe in Lousiana.

THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS share "No One."

BILLY JOE ARMSTRONG covers Adam Schlesinger's "That Thing You Do."

THE WONDERS talks about "That Thing You Do."

SHARON VAN ETTEN is joining FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE for a reunion and New Jersey benefit show to honor the late Adam Schlesinger.  Tomorrow at 7ET.

FIONA APPLE does a lengthy inteview at Vulture, as well as a track-by-track tour of Fetch the Bolt Cutters.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Kool & The Gang's eternally ebullient wedding-band staple "Celebration."

MEGXIT: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have told the editors of British tabloid newspapers they will no longer cooperate.

A-ROD & J-LO want to buy the New York Mets.

THE LAST DANCE: Episodes 1 and 2 were the most-viewed ESPN documentary ever.

IDRIS ELBA says the world should quarantine for a week every year to remember this time. 

RICHARD BRANSON has offered to put up his private Caribbean island as collateral as he publicly pleads with the British government for taxpayer support of his Virgin Airlines.

THE VENICE FILM FESTIVAL has confirmed it will go ahead as planned this year, holding its 77th edition Sept. 2-12.

TOM LESTER, the gawky Mississippi native who starred as the friendly Hooterville farmhand Eb Dawson on the madcap CBS sitcom Green Acres, has died. He was 81.

THE BIRDS, because of course.

WALKING with Mr. Hoot.

THREE MISSING DOGS showed up in the middle of a flooded creek.

THE ROLLING STONES, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Eddie Vedder and more played a benefit concert on Saturday.

NEW RELEASES: Pitchfork will point you to Fiona Apple and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT looks back 20 years with this selective list of favorite Y2K albums.

BOB DYLAN shares "I Contain Multitudes."

MATTHEW SELIGMAN, the bassist who played with the Soft Boys, the Thompson Twins, Thomas Dolby, and more, has died of complications from COVID-19.

WRECKLESS ERIC has tested positive.

THE BEST COUNTRY(ISH) ALBUMS of 2020 (So Far), according to Paste.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Blondie's shimmering reggae cover "The Tide Is High."

SOME GOOD NEWS:  John Krasinski hosted a virtual prom for the Class of 2020, with guest stars.

THE LAST DANCE: How Michael Jordan was convinced to release the footage from 1997-98.

LORI LAUGHLIN's claims of prosecutorial misconduct are getting serious consideration.

ALICIA SILVERSTONE looks back at Clueless, 25 years later.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE? The "most-watched" streaming metrics are meaningless, but hey, if you're interested...

JAMES GUNN's streaming recommendations.

CAT vs DOG, on the Wall Street Journal op-ed page.

NEVER LEAVE YOUR PHONE near a fox.

PENGUINS are taking back Cape Town.

WILD BOARS are roaming Haifa.

WHEN THE BELLY RUBS are too good.