THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

... with THE BYRDS!  Pretty much because I dig them as we turn into Spring (or Fall).  Let's start with a rare 1965 clip of their breakthrough smash cover of "Mr. Tambourine Man."  There are screaming girls, plus go-go dancers when they hit Shivaree for "All I Really Want to Do" and "Feel A Whole Lot Better."  Next up is a rare sync of "I Knew I'd Want You." There are even more dancers when they cover Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away" for Shindig! on June 23, 1965, while I'm pretty sure that's Ed Wynn introducing "Chimes of Freedom."  You might recognize the voice introducing "Bells Of Rhymney" from poolside in August 1965 and "It Won't Be Wrong" from a corral in January 1966 on Where The Action Is.  BONUS:  Want a couple in color?  Here's "Turn, Turn, Turn!" and "Mr. Spaceman." DOUBLE BONUS: A rare 1967 sync of "Eight Miles High."

MY MORNING JACKET gets almost three hours of discussion and analysis on Political Beats.

DIONNE WARWICK visits World Cafe.

NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH-FLYING BIRDS are "Dead to the World."

BLUE AEROPLANES are "Building an Ark for the Anthropocene."

LANA DEL REY's Top 10 collaborations, according to NME.

GRAHAM COXON wishes someone had warned him in 1991.

HENRY ROLLINS on Shatner, Pacino, and more.

DEPECHE MODE, ranked by SPIN. BONUS: The Warring Depeche Mode Tribute Bands Of Los Angeles.

STAR WARS: That David Lindelof movie is now a Steven Knght (Peaky Blinders) movie.

JUSTIN ROILAND, co-creator of Rick And Morty, has been cleared of domestic violence charges after he was dropped from the show.

CAMERON CROWE will direct a new Joni Mitchell movie he’s been developing with Mitchell in secret over the past two years.

KEANU REEVES cut a gentleman's head open at some point.

SAM NEILL, on Robin Williams.

BRIE LARSON won't stick to the script.

AARON SORKIN suffered a severe stroke.

LOVE AND DEATH, ft. Elizabeth Osen, has a trailer online.

SPRING BREAKERS, Ten Years Later.

DUDE, honestly, I can't even look at you right now.

A RARE AND GIANT TRAPDOOR SPIDER is discovered Down Under.

FERAL PIGS are destroying the country, and no one can stop them.