THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

... with THE BYRDS!  Pretty much because I dig them as we turn into Spring (or Fall).  Let's start with a rare 1965 clip of their breakthrough smash cover of "Mr. Tambourine Man."  There are screaming girls, plus go-go dancers when they hit Shivaree for "All I Really Want to Do" and "Feel A Whole Lot Better."  Next up is a rare sync of "I Knew I'd Want You." There are even more dancers when they cover Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away" for Shindig! on June 23, 1965, while I'm pretty sure that's Ed Wynn introducing "Chimes of Freedom."  You might recognize the voice introducing "Bells Of Rhymney" from poolside in August 1965 and "It Won't Be Wrong" from a corral in January 1966 on Where The Action Is.  BONUS:  Want a couple in color?  Here's "Turn, Turn, Turn!" and "Mr. Spaceman." DOUBLE BONUS: A rare 1967 sync of "Eight Miles High."

AMEN DUNES advance streams Freedom.

THE SHACKS advance stream Haze.

ORQUESTA AKOKAN advance streams their self-titled LP on Dap-Tone.

LANGHORNE SLIM plays Morning Becomes Eclectic.

SOUL ASYLUM's near-breakthru, "Someone to Shove."

OK GO have been fielding requests for years from teachers who want use their videos in their classrooms.

SUNFLOWER BEAN talks to Paste about youth culture, the future of rock, and why everything isn't Spotify's fault.

TINA TURNER: The making of a rock'n'roll revolutionary.

YOUTUBE plans to jack up the ads to annoy people into subscribing to their streaming music service.

DON'T BORE US, start with the chorus.

NOW SHOWING: This weekend's wide releases include Pacific Rim: Uprising, which is currently scoring 45 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; Sherlock Gnomes, which was not screened for critics; Midnight Sun, also not screened for critics; Unsane, which is scoring 80 percent; and Paul, Apostle of Christ, scoring33 percent.  Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs begins a platform release on a couple dozen screens, scoring 93 percent.

PRINCE WILLIAM & KATE are expected to welcome their third child in April.

DEADPOOL 2 drops an official trailer.  Language warning, but you knew that.

TAYLOR SWIFT's Reputation is the only album to sell more than 2MM copies domestic in the past two years.

BYRON ALLEN bought the Weather Channel.  Really.

WES ANDERSON films, ranked by Vulture.

HOW WES ANDERSON perfected the nerd-rock soundtrack.

FRANK AVRUCH, the first nationally syndicated Bozo the Clown, has died. He was 89.

A DOG is excited to run again.

MONKEY ON THE LAM last seen near the King of Diamonds strip club.

AUTONOMOUS ROBOT BEES, created by Walmart. What could possibly go wrong?

TEACHING A DOG the Nazi salute is a hate crime in Scotland.

FAITH NO MORE: "We Care A Lot."

DESSA plays the PledgeHouse at SXSW.

LUKAS NELSON plays the PledgeHouse at SXSW.

ALL SONGS CONSDERED's SXSW wrap-up.

OF MONTREAL played The Opposition With Jordan Klepper.

THE GO! TEAM shares "The Only Thing New Is U Finding Out About It."

SPEEDY ORTIZ shares a video for "Lean In When I Suffer."

DAVID BYRNE talks to the Daily Beast abouthow he wants to lift everyone's spirits. And no, he's not being ironic.

FLEETWOOD MAC, THE TEMPTATIONS, CHIC, and RUN-DMC are among those with works entering the National Recording Registry.

"BLURRED LINES": A jury’s 2015 verdict punishing Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams for infringing Marvin Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up” to create the international chart-topper was mostly affirmed on appeal.

7 SECONDS ends after 38 years.

ROBIN WILLIAMS's Mork & Mindy co-star Pam Dawber says he "flashed, humped, bumped [and] grabbed" her, "but it was so much fun."

FRED SAVAGE and Fox are being sued for harassment.

MEN IN BLACK: A reboot could reunite... Thor: Ragnarok's Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson.

COBRA KAI is coming to YouTube Red.

TERMINAL, ft Margot Robbie, Simon Pegg, and Mike Myers, has a teaser trailer online.

THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME, ft Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon, has a trailer online.

UNDER THE SILVER LAKE has a trailer online.

GREAT MOVIES made from bad books.

JAGUAR vs CAIMAN: Who You Got?

A KNIFE-WIELDING CRAB fends off a chef.

THE LAST MOMENTS OF THE LAST NORTHERN WHITE RHINO, captured on camera.

DELTA AIRLINES sent a puppy on a cross-country adventure across three cities.

THE MOODY BLUES hit the charts with "Go Now" before going psychedelic.

LUCY DACUS plays the PledgeHouse during SXSW.

JOSH ROUSE plays the PledgeHouse during SXSW.

WYE OAK plays the PledgeHouse during SXSW.

STELLA DONNELLY plays the PledgeHouse during SXSW.

OKKERVIL RIVER shares a video for the new "Pulled up the Ribbon."

THE GRATEFUL DEAD: Meet the women behind the trip.

THE DECEMBERISTS' Colin Meloy talks to NME about the new LP, America, and the trouble with being a Morrissey fan.

MGMT never had a chance to sell out because they arrived already bought-in. 

RINGO STARR is a knight.

THE WEINSTEIN CO.is now seeking the protection of bankruptcy court and will release victims of, and witnesses to, Weinstein's alleged misconduct from any non-disclosure agreements.

STRANGER THINGS: The stars of are cashing in on the Netflix series' wild success.

THE CROWN: Left Bank Pictures has issued a statement about the revelation that Claire Foy was paid less than co-star Matt Smith on the Netflix series.

AMY POEHLER will star and direct in the Netflix feature Wine Country, with Rachel Dratch, Ana Gasteyer and Maya Rudolph.

DICK CAVETT talks Muhammad Ali.

READY PLAYER ONE got a rave from director Edgar Wright.

WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? shares a trailer online.

THE SWARM: Bees avenge one of their own versus a hornet.

NEWTS vs ED SHEERHAN: Who You Got?

ANCIENT DEER returned to the sea and became whales.

OFFICIALS KILLED the snapping turtle that ate a puppy in school. Sure, blame the turtle.

MT JOY plays the PledgeHouse at SXSW.

NATALIE PRASS plays new material at the PledgeHouse for SXSW.

MARLON WILLIAMS plays the PledgeHouse at SXSW.

STARCRAWLER plays the PledgeHouse at SXSW.

ARCADE FIRE play “Creature Comfort” and “Put Your Money On Me” on SNL in time for Twofer Tuesday.

THE RAVEONETTES share "Ghost."

BLEACHERS goof on When Harry Met Sally in the video for "Alfie's Song (Not So Typical Love Song)."

COVER SONGS get over two hours of love on (the apolitical) Political Beats with Scot Bertram and Jeff Blehar.

BELLE & SEBASTIAN: From Twee Outsiders to Pop Icons. (Thx, Frank Yang.)

THE CLIENTELE's Alasdair MacLean talks to London In Stereo about English suburbia, nostalgia and Music For The Age Of Miracles.

THE DAMNED: How we made "New Rose."

HARVEY WEINSTEIN: Disney wants a Toronto court to seal documents in the mogul's sex assault lawsuit.

STEVEN SEAGAL: One of 2 women who came forward accusing the former action star of sexual assault claims he raped her when she was in her late teens and took her virginity.

RHIANNA wiped out over 800MM of Snapchat's market value.

CYNTHIA NIXON (Sex and the City) jumped into the race for governor of New York.

VIVECA A. FOX discusses her sex life with 50 Cent.

STEVEN SPIELBERG regrets "digitally enhancing" E.T.

DAVID DUCHOVNY talks to NME about Tom Petty, The X-Files, and his new LP.

OVERLOAD: Will any shows from the Golden Age of TV endure?

A WOBBLY PUPPY gets a sister who inspires her to run.

BENTO, THE KEYBOARD CAT, passed away at the age of nine.

UNITED AIRLINES misdirected another dog; re-routed a flight to get it to Akron.

AND THERE WAS STINKY HERRING all over the highway.

COURTNEY BARNETT shares a video for "Need a Little Time."

SUNFLOWER BEAN plays a mini-set for The Current at SXSW.

SON LITTLE plays at PledgeHouse during SXSW.

JADE BIRD plays at PledgeHouse during SXSW.

WARBLY JETS brings the Paisley Underground back to life at PledgeHouse during SXSW.

YO LA TENGO streams There's A Riot Going On.

BLUE SWEDE: "Hooked on a Feeling," introduced by the late Don Kirshner. Ooga-Chucka.

DAVID BOWIE talks Burroughs, Iggy and Ziggy in two unearthered interviews for the New Zealand TV show, Radio with Pictures.

NAP EYES: Nigel Chapman talks to Aquarium Drunkard about the spiritual themes of I’m Bad Now, slang terms, and the relative values of turning inward and outward.

TORONTO's TOP 100 SONGS, according to The Star.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at the Shirelles'"Will You Love Me Tomorrow."

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Black Panther reigns for a fifth straight weekend with 27MM on a mere 34 percent drop. It's the first movie to fivepeat since Avatar. And it crosses 600MM domestic in the process.  The only blemish in this story is that China still seem... lukewarm on movies featuring a black cast (Marvel has pulled in ~66MM there; compared to making 55MM in the UK.) Domestically, it is likely to surpass Titanic for third all-time in a couple of weekends.  Tomb Raider places with 23.5MM against a 94MM budget, so the franchise likely dies again, absent extraordinary foreign receipts.  The faith-based flick I Can Only Imagine shows with 17MM against a 7MM budget, which is much better math.  And it edges out fourth-place A Wrinkle in Time, which grossed 16.6MM on a 50 percent drop in its second weekend and is unlikely to profit on the big screen.  The debut of Love, Simon rounds out the Top Five with 11.5MM against a 17MM budget, which is not bad for the first gay teen romance from a major studio.

THE OSCARS PRESIDENT is under investigation for sexual harassment, trade publications reported.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN: The NYPD physically hid Weinstein accuser Ambra Battilana from the Manhattan D.A.'s office after the police became concerned that the D.A.'s investigators were trying to intimidate and discredit her.

TERRY GILLIAM is speaking out against the MeToo movement, saying that in Hollywood, “mob rule takes over; the mob is out there, they are carrying their torches and they are going to burn down Frankenstein’s castle.”

THE AVENGERS: INFINITY WARS shared a new trailer.

READY PLAYER ONE shares a new (final) trailer.

ISLE OF DOGS: Wes Anderson's upcoming animated flick shares a "making of" video."

ALESSANDRO AMBROSIO and Jamie Mazur, her fiancé of 10 years, have split.

A "CLEAN FREAK" GORILLA  at the Philadelphia Zoo is taking a stand against dirty hands by opting to walk on two legs.

A DOG NAMED HAVOC lived up to his name after escaping from his crate and tearing around the tarmac of Pearson International Airport for an hour.

HALF-BILLION-YEAR-OLD BRAINS OF SEA MONSTERS, found fossilized n Greenland.

A 68-YEAR-OLD WOMAN reeled in a massive 136-lb bass grouper.