THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with STEVIE WONDER! His session at the Beat Club includes "Intro Jam," "Contusion," "Higher Ground," "Dont You Worry ‘Bout A Thing," "I Can See The Sun In Late December," "He's Misstra Know-It-All," "Living For The City" and "Superstition."

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN gets about three and a half hours of discussion and analysis on Political Beats.

PEDRO THE LION shares "Spend Time" and "Don't Cry Now." 

ISOBEL CAMPBELL shares "Dopamine."

beabadoobie shares "Take a Bite."

STEVE ALBINI: Here is a playlist, plus one of his final interviews, plus a tribute from Big Black bandmate Santiago Durango.

BRIAN WILSON was placed into a conservatorship that will be run by his longtime publicist and his business manager,with input from his daughters.

DENNIS THOMPSON, drummer for MC5 and last surviving member of the influential protopunk icons, has died at age 75.

FANTASTIC FOUR casts Ralph Ineson as Galactus and John Malkovich in a mystery role.

LORD OF THE RINGS: Peter Jackson will produce and Andy Serkis will direct a film about Gollum for some reason.

JUSTIN & HAILEY BIEBER are having a baby.

SEANN WILLIAM SCOTT finalizes his divorce.

IAN McSHANE shared the story of how he "smoked a large spliff" with music producer Trevor Horn before recording the opening of Grace Jones's ‘Slave To The Rhythm'. And more.

PAUL SCHRADER, on Scorsese's dog biting his finger off, defending Kevin Spacey, and more.

HOW "THE FALL GUY" Pulled Off Its Audacious Stunts.

A PITBULL breaks up a vicious ***** fight.

THERE ARE SNAKES, and then there is this snake.

CATS & DOGS, living together...