THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL! The obligatory "Summer in the City" because of course.  But let's do the other big hits: "Daydream," "Do You Believe in Magic," and "You Didn't Have To Be So Nice."  Also, the band gets some orchestral backing on "Darlin' Be Home Soon," which is lesser-known today, but which reached No. 15 on the Billboard charts in 1967.

CHARLES LLOYD & THE MARVELS + LUCINDA WILLIAMS advance steeam Vanished Gardens.

MILK CARTON KIDS advance stream All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn't Do.

GRAHAM NASH advance streams classic demos on Over The Years.

THE MARY ONETEES share "Cola Falls."

WALTHAM: "Cheryl (Come and Take a Ride)" would've been a smash in the 80s.

GILLIAN WELCH talks to Aquarium Drunkard: "Some people...they like talking about jet planes and diamonds. I like talking about flowers and death."

BON IVER's Justin Vernon talks to the Creative Independent about the PEOPLE platform he's started with members of The National.

MICHAEL NESMITH was hospitalized and released while on tour.

WILLIAM CONTROL is accused of running a "sex cult."  He denied it.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at "I Get Around," The Beach Boys' first-ever #1 hit (b/w the equally fab "Don't Worry Baby").

JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM is this weekend's sole wide release, scoring 53 percent on the ol' Tomatometer.

STAR WARS: Lucasfilm sources on Thursday characterized as "inaccurate" a report that future movies falling outside of the regular trilogy storyline (Episodes I to IX) have been put on hold in the wake of the box office under-performance of Solo: A Star Wars Story.

THE CONNERS: It's Roseanne... without Roseanne.

JOHNNY DEPP: Inside the multimillion-dollar lawsuits, a haze of booze and hash, a marriage gone very wrong and a lifestyle he can't afford.

DARIA is getting a reboot; so is a live action version of Aeon Flux.

XXXTENTACION's alleged murderer is in custody.

VICTORIAN BECKHAM has broken her silence following the rumors surrounding her marriage to husband David.

EDGAR WRIGHT is following-up Baby Driver with a documentary feature on the cult pop-rock band Sparks.

A BEAR is rescued from a car in Lake Tahoe.

COCOA is a newborn harbor seal.

DISNEY WORLD: Why Are There No Mosquitoes?

KOKO, the gorilla who knew sign language, dies at 46.