THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with THE REPLACEMENTS! The original quartet, opening for X in Mpls in October '83.  Your setlist includes: "I'm In Trouble," "Kids Don't Follow," a lounge version of "F*** School," "Color Me Impressed," and "Sixteen Blue."  BONUS: The A.V. Club's primer to Paul Westerberg and the Replacements.

FONTAINES DC play for KEXP.

SOMETHING TO DO advance streams Give Me Attention.

STEVE EARLE covers his late son Justin Townes Earle's "Harlem River Blues."

LANA DEL REY covers George Gershwin's "Summertime."

MIKE CAMPBELL, the legendary Heartbreakers guitarist, talks to Stereogum about working with everyone from Bob Dylan to Stevie Nicks to Don Henley, his memories of Tom Petty, and his new band the Dirty Knobs.

THE POGUES' "Fairytale of New York" is being censored by the BBC, but the band seems okay with it.

THE TOP 15 NEW ORDER SONGS, according to PopMatters.

ELEKTRA RECORDS in the alternative era: an oral history.

BOBBY BROWN JR dies at 28 after experiencing flu-like symptoms.

JENNIFER GREY will retain her Dirty Dancing earnings in her divorce from Clark Gregg.

MICHAEL J. FOX recalls a nightmare meeting with Princess Diana.

VANESSA KIRBY is profiled by Harper's Bazaar.

A CHARLIE BROWN THANKSGIVING will air on PBS in addition to AppleTV.

MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY reacts to famous McConaughey impressions.

DAZED AND CONFUSED was a hotbed of horny future stars.

A VET convinces an abused dog to eat.

THE WORLD'S ONLY KNOWN WHITE GIRAFFE gets a tracking device.

FELIS NEGRIPES, an adorable serial killer.