THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

... with NEIL YOUNG!  Live on the Beeb, circa '71. Your setlist includes: "Out on the Weekend," "Old Man," "Journey Thru the Past," "Heart of Gold," "Don't Let It Bring You Down," "A Man Needs A Maid," "Love in Mind," and "Dance, Dance, Dance."

PYLON shares heir first ever recording, 'Razz Tape.'

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED dives into the new Joni Mitchell box.

JADE BIRD returns with "Headstart."

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, ranked by Consequence of Sound.

THE 35 BEST SONGS of the past 35 years, according to SPIN.

PIXIES: How we made "Where Is My Mind?"

KEN HENSLEY, former keyboardist, vocalist and founding member of hard rock/prog band Uriah Heep, has died at age 75.

BRITNEY SPEARS' attorney has filed court papers in a bid to remove the singer's father, James Spears, as the co-conservator of her estate.

JESSICA HENWICK is so hot right now.

A JUDGE ruled it was unlikely that Amber Heard pooped in Johnny Depp's bed.

WEDDING CRASHERS: Talks on a sequel are underway.

PATRICK DUFFY is dating LINDA PURL.

LILY JAMES dines with DOMINIC COOPER, who is not DOMINIC WEST.

EMILY BLUNT tops “Hollywood’s Top 10 Most Foul-Mouthed Actresses” list.

THE LEGO STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL has a trailer online.

DENMARK, the world's largest producer of mink furs, plans to cull all mink in the country to contain a mutated form of novel coronavirus.

DOG shoots MAN.

AN ANCIENT SQUID with a shell that looked like a 1.5-metre-long paperclip may have typically lived for 200 years.

DUSTY SPRINGFIELD: "I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself."

CUT WORMS performs a set somewhere inside Pine Grove Shopping Center, South Bend, IN.

100 INSTRUMENTAL JAMS to clear your head.

LANA DEL REY: “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” a cappella.

GILLIAN WELCH & DAVID RAWLINGS talk to the New York Times.

STEVIE NICKS, on TikTok, Tom Petty And Claiming What's Yours.

THE TOP 100 ALBUMS OF THE 2000s, updated at PopMatters.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Stevie Wonder's final chart-topper, the synthy cheaters' anthem "Part-Time Lover."

MATTHEW J. FOX on his darkest moments since his Parkinson's diagnosis.

SCARLETT JOHANSSON & COLIN JOST tied the knot after getting in engaged in May 2019.

LORI LAUGHLIN's first days in prison haven't been easy.

GARRETT HEDLUND was busted for DUI in January and sought treatment during Emma Roberts' pregnancy.

MIRANDA JULY shares the soundtrack of her life.

CHRISTOPHER NOLAN thinks studios will learn the wrong lessons from Tenet, and helps a critic interpret his work.

AN AGGRESSIVE WILD TURKEY was arrested in Roseville, CA.

WILBUR BEAST, a French bulldog, was elected Mayor of Rabbit Hash, KY.

14 of the reported 15 WOOD DUCKS today on the Central Park Reservoir, a total believed to be the high-count record over the last decade there.

WILCO (and much more) on Mountain Stage.

PRINCE: The Story of Sign O' The Times.

NEIL YOUNG shares an alternate version of "Powderfinger."

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS' Patterson Hood talks about the new LP with The Boot.

BERNIE TAUPIN talks songwriting at Rolling Stone.

TORI AMOS is profiled at SPIN.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at a-ha's MTV-beloved, eternally catchy synthpop classic "Take On Me."

MICHAEL BAY pays tribute to SEAN CONNERY.

BRITNEY SPEARS confirmed she is doing well amid family drama over her conservatorship.

STEPHEN KING talks film adaptations with the Washington Post.

DAVID FINCHER, ranked at ScreenCrush.

HUGH GRANT talks to Collider about a bunch, including his idea for a Notting Hill sequel.

THE THINGS WE CARRIED: The Vientam War flick is assembling a helluva cast.

THE PUBLIC-ACCESS HORROR KING of the North Shore.

DOGGO Meets Gopher.

A PUPPER makes some good points.

A HUMPBACK WHALE scooped up kayakers, then spit them out.

THAT PETROL EMOTION: "Big Decision." Add Devo's "Freedom of Choice" for an election-themed Twofer Tuesday.

GENESIS: The Phil Collins-fronted era gets about three and a half hours of discussion and analysis on Political Beats with guest Prof. Brad Birzer.

BOB MOULD visits with World Cafe.

THE STROKES played "The Adults Are Talking" and "Bad Decisions" on SNL.

THE ROLLING STONES, playing  “Sympathy for the Devil” live for the first time ever, for The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus.

ELVIS COSTELLO is profiled by Variety.

OKKERVIL RIVER: Will Scheff talks about a new box set with American Songwriter.

PHOEBE BRIDGERS has spoken of the difficulty of not touring during the coronavirus pandemic, calling it "a true ego death".  And more.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Whitney Houston's first chart-topper, the smoothed-out ballad "Saving All My Love For You."

HARRISON FORD pays tribute to SEAN CONNERY.

JOHNNY DEPP lost his lengthy court case against the British newspaper that called him a “wife beater” over his turbulent marriage to Amber Heard.

MEGXIT: Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, are “unlikely” to return to the UK for Christmas this year.

LORI LAUGHLIN surrendered to begin serving her two-month sentence in the college admissions bribery case, according to a Federal Bureau of Prisons representative.

KALEY CUOCO had an odd quarantine.

CARDI B calls off her divorce from Offset.

JULIANNE HOUGH filed to divorce her husband Brooks Laich.

25 FEEL-GOOD FILMS You'll Want to Watch Again-and Again.

THE CLEVER DOGGO is staged, but still a hoot.

FLORIDA IGUANAS may be adapting to the cold and expanding their territory.

POLICE SEIZE 3 KANGAROOS during a a 150MM drug raid in Canada.

A WHALE SCULPTURE stopped a Dutch train from crashing into the water.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Andrew Bird, Bike Thieves, Outkast, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Midnight Oil, Mini Skirt, Vivien Goldman, and more.

MATTHEW SWEET returns, "At A Loss."

GILLIAN WELCH shares "Peace in the Valley" and "There's a First Time for Everything."

BILLY JOE SHAVER, the outlaw country music singer-songwriter, has died in his native Texas after suffering a stroke. He was 81.

THE SHINS: James Mercer talks about college, his friend Neal Langford, and a new song.

ZAPPA, a documentary directed by Alex Winter (yes, of Bill and Ted), has a trailer online.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Ready For The World's playful, Prince-esque funk jam "Oh Sheila."

SEAN CONNERY, the irascible Scot from the slums of Edinburgh who found international fame as Hollywood’s original James Bond, dismayed his fans by walking away from the Bond franchise and went on to have a long and fruitful career as a respected actor and an always bankable star, has died in Nassau, the Bahamas. He was 90. Here are reactions from George Lucas and others. And a couple of critical assessments from Matt Zoller Seitz, Brian Phillips, and Sonny Bunch.  And a fun story from screenwriter Brian Koppelman.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE?  Come Play exceeds expectations to top the chart with 3.2MM.  Honest Thief places with 1.4MM on a 43 percent drop.  War With Grandpa shows with 1MM, also on a 43 percent drop.

PRINCE WILLIAM secretly fought the coronavirus.

WALTON GOGGINS talks about his life and career at Uproxx.

MATTHEW McCONNAUGHEY really wanted to play the Hulk.

AMAZON argues that users don't actually own purchased Prime Video content.

17 FACTS ABOUT AIRPLANE! on its 40th anniversary.

A DOGGO navigates the playround better than I would.

LAKELAND, FLORIDA, had too many swans. These people bought them.

A TIGER tested positive for coronavirus at the Oakland Zoo.

AND NOW, A Sinkhole Full of Rats.