THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with THE B-52s!  The quirky combo from Athens, GA, has had a long and storied career, but we'll stick to the early stuff this weekend.  So, from the self-titled debut, classics "Planet Claire," "Rock Lobster,"  "Lava," and "Dance This Mess Around." And from the sophomore LP, Wild Planet, "Party Out of Bounds," "Give Me Back My Man", "Private Idaho" and "Dirty Back Road."  BONUS: "Song For A Future Generation," because it's the first song I heard them play live. DOUBLE BONUS: "Deadbeat Club," because get off my lawn.

RICHARD THOMPSON advance streams 13 Rivers.

LOW advance streams Double Negative.

SHANNEN MOSER streams I’ll Sing.

HELEN SUNG advance streams Sung With Words.

PRINCE: Hear his piano demo for "17 Days."

TY SEGALL covers the Spencer Davis Group's "I'm A Man."

PETAL covers Tom Petty's "You Got Lucky."

OF MONTREAL backed actor Paul Rudd and actor-director David Wain on Boston's classic "More Than A Feeling."

GUNS N' ROSES gets two hours of discussion and analysis on Political Beats with National Review Online's Robert VerBruggen. Frankly worth it for the discussion of Buckethead alone.

THE CRANBERRIES' Dolores O'Riordan died in January by drowning due to alcohol intoxication, according to a UK court inquest.

MITSKI is profiled for NPR's Turning The Tables series.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Percy Sledge's sacred soul text "When A Man Loves A Woman."

NOW SHOWING: This weekend's wide releases include The Nun, which is currently scoring 33 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; Peppermint, currently scoring 19 percent; and God Bless The Broken Road, scoring 17 percent.

BURT REYNOLDS, the wryly appealing Hollywood heartthrob who carried on a long love affair with moviegoers even though his performances were often more memorable than the films that contained them, died on Thursday in Jupiter, Fla. He was 82.

THE ACADEMY AWARDS will not present the new Oscars category at this year's awards show.

LES MOONVES may get a 100MM golden parachute from CBS.

THE PREDATOR had a scene cut when Olivia Munn discovered she was acting opposite a registered sex offender.

DENISE RICHARDS got engaged to Aaron Phypers.

JULIE BOWEN is one step closer to finalizing her divorce.

TAKE ANOTHER SNAKE OFF THE BARBIE.

A STINGRAY leaves a man in agony, iykwimaittyd.

COWS ON THE LAM fled to a McDonald's drive-thru.

A LION hops into an open-air safari vehicle with tourists.