THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

....with MARSHALL CRENSHAW!  Live at The Ritz, July 6, 1985.  Your setlist includes: "Blues Is King," "Whenever You're On My Mind," "Shake Rattle And Roll," "Our Town," "Maryann," "Right Now," "The Distance Between Me And You," "Someday Someway," "Little Wild One," " I'm Sorry (But So Is Brenda Lee)," "Yvonne," "There She Goes Again," "Cynical Girl," "Shake Up Their Minds," and "Soldier Of Love."

THE REPLACEMENTS, Live in Rotterdam, 1991.

LUCINDA WILLIAMS plays the first ever FUV Live "Marquee at Home."

CAROLINE POLACHECK plays KEXP.

STEVE PRIEST, bassist of UK glam/glitter hitmakers The Sweet, has passed away at the age of 72. He was always ready.

LA LUZ songwriter Shana Cleveland talks to American Songwriter.

RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson says that he no longer feels motivated to play music, following the death of the band's drummer Neil Peart earlier this year.

IGGY POP has signed a petition calling for the protection of big cats in Florida.

MOUNTAIN GOATS: John Darnielle choreographs Ace of Base's "The Sign." (Language warning) A perennial fave.

KANYE WEST is donating millions to the families and legal teams fighting for Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd.

KEANU REEVES & ALEX WINTER joined San Dimas High School’s virtual graduation ceremony to deliver a totally bodacious message to the class of 2020.

RIDLEY SCOTT threatens to make a third Alien prequel.

SHOWGIRLS: Cult classic, or still awful after all these years?

NACHO VIDAL, pr0n star, has been arrested on manslaughter charges following a man's death during a mystic ritual in which he inhaled psychedelic toad venom, Spanish police said Wednesday.

HOW SCHWARZENEGGER Willed Total Recall Into Existence.

MONKEY vs KING COBRA: Who You Got?

CAT vs NINJA RAT: Who You Got?

GIANT TOXIC TOADS come out in South Florida.