THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

... with GARAGE ROCK! It's the time of year when I bring out The Standells - "Dirty Water/ Why Pick On Me", but I couldn't stop there. Let's have a baker's dozen of Nuggets, like Music Machine - "Talk Talk"; Blues Magoos - "We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet"; The Knickerbockers - "Lies"; The Outsiders - "Time Won't Let Me"; Count Five - "Psychotic Reaction"; The Seeds - "Pushin' Too Hard"; 13th Floor Elevators - "You're Gonna Miss Me"; Love - "My Little Red Book"; The Leaves - "Hey Joe"; Electric Prunes - "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night," the Crazy World of Arthur Brown - "Fire" and The Nazz- "Open My Eyes."

THE CHARLATANS UK play KEXP.

THE HOLD STEADY played "Sideways Skull" on Late Night.

DEPECHE MODE covered Gordon Lightfoot/Scott Walker's "Sundown" with the BBC Orchestra.

KISS: After making a threat Ace Frehley did get a phone call from Paul Stanley.

ROYAL ARCTIC INSTITUTE: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview.

31 GREAT ALBUMS of 2023 (So Far), according to Brooklyn Vegan.

THE BEST SONGS OF 2023 (So Far), according to Vulture.

MOTLEY CRUE is being sued by guitarist Mick Mars, who is claiming that they kicked him out and that he’s being ripped off.

COOLIO died from Fentanyl.

JOHN LYDON's wife has passed from Alzheimer's.

LANCE REDDICK's cause of death was revealed as heart disease.

THE ROYALS: Plans are being finalized for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to jet to the UK for King Charles’ coronation.

RENFIELD director Chris McKay on Nicholas Cage, the defunct LEGO Batman sequel, and more.

SUPER MARIO BROS has a post-credits scene.

EVIL DEAD RISE has a trailer online.

OLIVIA WILDE & JASON SUDEIKIS tangle over child support.

GREASE: An Oral History.

BRAD PITT let a 105-year-old live on his 40MM estate, according to... Elvira.

AN EXTRAORDINARY WHITE MOOSE, taking a dip.

DOGGO with a selfie?

A VISIT to the Peeps Factory.