THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with JAMES BROWN! The Godfather of Soul, y'all. Let's start with his star time on the T.A.M.I. Show in 1964; your setlist includes "Out of Sight", "Prisoner of Love", "Please, Please, Please" and "Night Train." And follow it up with his gig at the Olympia Theater in Paris circa 1971; that setlist includes "Brother Rapp", "Ain't It Funky Now","Georgia on My Mind", "It's a New Day", "Bewildered", "Sex Machine", "Try Me", "Medley: Papa's Got A Brand New Bag/I Got You (I Feel Good)/I Got The Feelin'", "Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose", "It's A Man's Man's Man's World", "Please Please Please", "Sex Machine (reprise)", "Super Bad", "Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved", "Soul Power" and "Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved (finale)."

THE SUFFERS advance stream their self-titled debut.

SAY ANYTHING is streaming I Don't Think It Is.

VINCE GILL is streaming Down To My Last Bad Habit, while WYNONNA returns with Wynonna & The Big Noise.  NPR takes a country turn.

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE drops “Lying In The Grass,” ahead of Painting With.

MAURICE WHITE, the founder and leader of Earth, Wind & Fire, has died following a long battle with Parkinson's disease. He was 74. The band’s many hits included “September,” ”Shining Star,” a cover of the Beatles’ “Got to Get You into My Life” and “Boogie Wonderland.”Here are the obits from the Washington Post and the New York Times.

FRIGHTENED RABBIT: Inside The Making Of Their Fifth Album.

THE BEATLES: Why Revolver Still Rocks The World. Nifty musical analysis of "For No One."

DAVID BOWIE: Not legendary, but mythical?

BELLE & SEBASTIAN: Ten of Their Best.

NOW SHOWING: This weekend's wide releases include Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which is currently scoring 36 percent; The Choice, which was not screened for critics; and Hail Caesar!, scoring 79 percent.

THE SUPER BOWL; 20 advance ads.

MATT LeBLANC has been announced as a co-presenter for the upcoming rebooted BBC series Top Gear.

KATY PERRY & ORLANDO BLOOM were spotted together twice this week.

GEORGE CLOONEY's marriage proposal was horrible.

ROSE McGOWAN has filed for divorce.

DREW BARRYMORE is profiled by Harper's Bazaar.

DAVE MIRRA, the BMX bike legend who once had the record for the most X Games medals, has died of an apparent suicide. He was 41.

JOE ALASKEY, a voice actor who succeeded the legendary Mel Blanc as characters Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck in various TV and film reprisals of the Looney Tunes through the 1990s, has died. He was 63.

CHINA: Some analysts estimate that China’s troubled credit could exceed 5 trillion dollars, a staggering number that is equivalent to half the size of the country’s annual economic output.

A DOG saves its owner from a deadly venomous snake.

OVER A THOUSAND ANTS have been removed from this girl's ears.

A SEA LION visits a gift shop in La Jolla. Baby, dontcha go there.

A MISSING CAT is found in a pet food factory, considerably heavier.