JON PRATT: Pate's frontman covers The Service's "October House," one of my faves of theirs. Also hope to see Jon and Pate bassist Mike Kelly this weekend.

SHYBITS, Live from Berlin.

THROUGH THE SOIL II: The compilation, including Julien Baker’s cover of Billy Bragg‘s "The Milkman of Human Kindness," is at Bandcamp.

BUILT TO SPILL shares "Fool's Gold."

FIRST AID KIT shares "Angel."

BRIGHT EYES plays "Falling Out Of Love At This Volume" for Corden.

KATE BUSH gave her first interview about the 'Stranger Things' resurgence of "Running Up That Hill."

THE KILLS, profiled by SPIN.

THE "LONG TAIL" was supposed to boost alternative voices in music, movies, and books - but the exact opposite happened.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Divine's "Lately," a pretty R & B song that has disappeared from the face of the earth.

BRAD PITT opens up his dream world.

HOW NATALIE PORTMAN emerged to wield the hammer of Thor.

LYLE, LYLE, CROCODILE has a trailer online.

RUPERT MURDOCH & JERRY HALL are reportedly divorcing.

KALEY CUOCO's divorce is finalized.

TOM HANKS, on crashing weddings.

JAMES RADO, co-creator of the groundbreaking hippie musical “Hair,” has died at 90.

A FISH, kissing a dog.

DOGGOS helping clear the pool.

A GIANT STINGRAY: The world’s largest recorded freshwater fish has been caught in the Mekong River in Cambodia.

WESTMINSTER DOG SHOW: Live updates. And Best in Show goes to...

THE MUSIC EXPLOSION: "Little Bit O'Soul."

THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM played a surprise warm-up gig ahead of the reunion tour.

BOB MARLEY: What makes Exodus so special?

THE MARS VOLTA returns with their first new song in ten years, "Blacklight Shine."

STELLA DONNELLY shares "Flood."

AMANDA SHIRES shares "Take It Like A Man."

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS' Patterson Hood talks to  Wide Open Country.

JENS LEKMAN surveys his catalog at Bandcamp Daily.

STRANGER THINGS: The finale has a trailer online.

BILL COSBY was found liable in a civil suit filed by Judy Huth against the disgraced comedian, who claimed he sexually assaulted her at the Playboy Mansion back in 1975.

CHRISTIAN BALE talks about playing Gorr the God Butcher in Thor: Love and Thunder.

LEA SEYDOUX has joined “Dune: Part Two” in the critical role of Lady Margot, a vital ally to Paul Atreides.

FLORENCE PUGH has been cast in a Netflix adaptation of John Steinbeck’s classic novel, East Of Eden.

DAVE CHAPPELLE declines having the Duke Ellington School theater named for him.

JAWS, and the Internal Debate Over Who Wrote the Iconic USS Indianapolis Speech.

THE WILD WEST: Why has the Western made a comeback on TV?

KANGAROO POUCHES can be tricky.

A RACCOON, playing with bubbles.

PLASTIC-EATING SUPERWORMS Could Stop Earth's Plastic Pollution Problems.

GARY WRIGHT will always be known as the "Dreamweaver," but add "Love is Alive" (with More Cowbell) and you have Twofer Tuesday.

JOAN JETT visits World Cafe.

NEAL FRANCIS plays KEXP.

TONY MOLINA shares "I Don't Like That He."

BRIAN WILSON turns 80 and the tributes rolled in.

NICK CAVE argues for free speech.

MARCUS MUMFORD, sans Sons.

FOUR TET won a streaming rights dispute with their label.

BRETT TUGLE, who played keys with Fleetwood Mac for 20 years and  co-wrote the 1988 David Lee Roth hit “Just Like Paradise” has died at 70.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Lauryn Hill) towering soul-rap smash "Doo Wop (That Thing)."

MARVEL HONCHO KEVIN FEIGE claims that clarity about the MCU’s direction will start in the “coming months.”

THOR : LOVE & THUNDER has another trailer online.

EZRA MILLER will be dropped from future DC films following The Flash, according to reports.

ROB KARDASHIAN & BLAC CHYNA settled in their revenge pron case.

BRADLEY COOPER says that a famous director once mocked him for having 7 career Oscar nominations.

AL PACINO thinks Timothée Chalamet should play him in a Heat prequel film.

AMC wants another Breaking Bad spinoff after Better Call Saul.

E.T. at 40: Spielberg's sci-fi smash remains one of his most complete experiences.

THE WORST MOVIES of the 2000s, according to ScreenCrush.

EVER SEEN a flying peacock?

WAIT, a second peacock video?

THERE ARE Two Types of Cats.

STEAM: The one-hit wonder with a synced take on "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye."

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Perfume Genius, Bartees Strange, Pet Fox, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Elizabeth Fraser, TV Priest, Fresh Pepper, and more.

CHRISTIAN LEE HUTSON plays CBS This Morning, with Phoebe Bridgers to boot.

ELVIS COSTELLO covers "Here, There And Everywhere" for Paul McCartney's 80th birthday.

McCARTNEY's TOP 10 SOLO SONGS, according to Stereogum.

STEVE ALBINI won a major prize at the World Series of Poker.

THE TRUTH about screaming fangirls.

RECORD LABELS DIG THEIR OWN GRAVE. And the Shovel is Called TikTok.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at the Barenaked Ladies' "One Week."

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Jurassic World Dominion repeats atop the chart with 58.67MM on a 60 percent drop which still beat the debut of Pixar's Lightyear,which took in 51MM, close to a third below its lowest $70M pre-release projection.  Oof. Top Gun: Maverick shows with 44MM on an insanely leggy 15 percent drop; it's now Cruise's biggest movie and already has a multiple of 3.75x.

MEGXIT: A report on claims that Meghan Markle bullied staffers will not be made public.

PAUL HAGGIS, Oscar-winning screenwriter, was arrested in southern Italy on charges of sexual assault and aggravated personal injury.

BILL COSBY's civil trial hits a snag as the jury's deliberations must be started over.

GUY RITCHIE is overseeing a live-action film based on the Disney animated film Hercules.

WONDER MAN is the latest Marvel superhero to get the screen treatment.

PAUL WALKER is set to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2023.

ROBERT SMIGEL, a/k/a Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, was one of seven people arrested for allegedly trespassing in a Capitol Hill building on Thursday night.

ELVIS: The early reviews are much hotter on Austin Butler than the film as a whole.

OVER 100 STINGRAYS glided just feet away from swimmers in front of the Lani Kai Island Resort in Fort Myers Beach.

CLEVER DOG, maybe more than me.

BEAR CUBS, trying to use a hammock.

A DOGGO goes wild for a first kiss.

PICKED THE WRONG DAY to get pictures.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

... with POWER POP (REDUX)! For whatever reason, I have considered Summer the ideal season for gems like Badfinger's "No Matter What" (which Pate covered on occasion) and "Baby Blue", and even Todd Rundgren's "I Saw the Light" and Cheap Trick's "I Want You to Want Me."  Ditto for more obscure tracks like The Rubinoos "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" (see also their vintage cover of "Please Please Me"), Off Broadway's "Stay In Time" and "Full Moon Turn My Head Around," and Pezband's "Baby It's Cold Outside" and "Close Your Eyes."

SQUEEZE gets three hours of discussion and analysis on Political Beats.

JUNETEENTH: NPR has a playlist.

VASHTI BUNYAN: Ten Great Covers.

ANDREW BIRD covers Iron & Wine and Talking Heads for a Lagniappe Session.

FATHER JOHN MISTY shares "Buddy's Rendezvous," as well as Lana Del Rey's version of the song.

WHITNEY shares "Real Love."

THE REPLACEMENTS' 50 BEST SONGS, according to Steven Hyden.

JEFF TWEEDY talks Cruel Country.

LEE RANALDO: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview.

BLONDE: The NC-17 Marilyn Monroe biopic has a teaser trailer online.

WESTWORLD: Season 4 has a trailer online.

TOP GUN: MAVERICK - Tom Cruise had a Tom Cruise response when Mies Teller got sick on set.

VENOM: Looks like Tom Hardy has worked up a threequel.

TOM HANKS was seeing red when his wife Rita Wilson was almost knocked to the ground by a pack of his fans.

KEVIN SPACEY has been given unconditional bail after appearing in a London court on four charges of sexually assaulting three men.

SYDNEY SWEENEY & CHRISTINA RICCI on playing crazy people and reclaiming sex scenes.

GAME OF THRONES: Jon Snow Sequel Series in Development at HBO.

PIXAR's Bittersweet Symphony.

HOW TO Win an Argument.

A ROOSTER greets the day with gusto. Wait for it.

AN AGGRESSIVE WILD TURKEY vanishes after months of attacks on D.C. trail.