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THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

... with THE BANGLES!  There's no better way to start than with these live takes on "Hero Takes A Fall"  and Kimberley Rew's "Goin' Down To Liverpool" for Dave in 1984. It was that sort of rawk (and the hotness of Susanna Hoffs) that got Prince to give them "Manic Monday," their first mainstream hit, from the A Different Light album, which included Jules Shear's "If She Knew What She Wants," Alex Chilton's "September Gurls," and -- inevitably -- Liam Sternberg's "Walk Like An Egyptian."  Nevertheless, their fondness for the genres of the mid-60s was still evident in their take on Simon & Garfunkel's "Hazy Shade of Winter" for the Less Than Zero soundtrack, and the psych-garage-bubblegum of "In Your Room" on the Everything album, which yielded their final No.1 hit, "Eternal Flame."  The draw from the 60s is a constant I saw them in a club, on a big stage and in a club again -- the last time was at a House of Blues, where they covered the We Five's "You Were On My Mind."  However, I'll confess that I put off featuring the band for about a bit, until the Susanna Hoffs solo cover of Bad Company's "Feel Like Makin' Love" popped back up on the Tube after an absence. That woman knows her way around a tambourine.

PORRIDGE RADIO plays KEXP.

BRENT COBB& THE FIXINS' shares "Ain't Rocked In A While."

ELIJAH JOHNSON shares "Ideas."

JADE BIRD shares "Dreams."

RINGO STARR: When I'm Eighty-Four.

CHIME OBLIVION: Stereogum talks to Osees singer/guitarist John Dwyer and Adam & The Ants/Bow Wow Wow drummer David Barbarossa.

FYRE FEST 2 is postponed indefinitely. Who saw that coming, except everyone?

FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS has another trailer online.

28 YEARS LATER has a trailer online.

STAR WARS: Ryan Gosling is officially headed to a galaxy far, far away.

GLEN POWELL & JUDD APATOW are teaming up for a comedy about a Country star.

CLUELESS: Alicia Silverstone will return in a series at Peacock.

PACIFIC RIM is in development at Amazon.

HALEY JOEL OSMENT was arrested at a California ski resort and charged with public intoxication after he attempted to board a ski lift with his helmet on backward - and without skis or a snowboard. 

RANCH DOGGO BUFORD leads a missing toddler to safety.

A LAMB confused by a dog.

THE DEER know a spot.

MARTI JONES & TIM LEE (The Windbreakers) cover The dB's classic, "Neverland." With Beatle Bob cameo.

PANDA BEAR plays a Tiny Desk Concert.

JAMES McMURTRY shares "The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy," produced by Don Dixon.

LIGHTHEADED shares "Same Drop."

JEANINES share "On and On." 

THE WHO fired drummer Zak Starkey, ironically for overplaying at a gig.

SPIN DOCTORS' Chris Barron "still can't listen to Pearl Jam."

DINOSAUR JR: J Mascis reveals to origin of his unique guitar tone.

BRYAN ADAMS explains how he came to having his "first real six-string" guitar from "Summer Of '69."

TIME's 100 Most Influential People for 2025.

THE ROSES: A reimagining of the 1989 classic film The War of the Roses has a trailer online.

TINA FEY, on returning to series TV.

JENNA ORTEGA Interviews NATALIE PORTMAN.

MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG died of complications of diabetes mellitus.

GEORGE CLOONEY defends his op-ed calling for Joe Biden's withdrawal from the 2024 election.

SNOW WHITE has been banned in Lebanon.

JUSTIN BIEBER's Crisis Of Faith?

A RABBIT WAS SUCKED INTO A JET ENGINE, causing a giant fireball and forcing an emergency landing.

ELEPHANTS rush to reunite with their former caretaker.

A GIANT SHARK, playing possum.

HIPPOS, moisturizing.

DAVID BOWIE: "Modern Love." from the Summer of 1983.

MOMMA plays World Cafe.

KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD shares "Deadstick," and it kinda bangs.

JULIEN BAKER & TORRES share "Botton of a Bottle."

CAROLINE & CAROLINE POLACHEK team up for "Tell Me I Never Knew That."

ADRIANNE LENKER shares "Happiness."

JAPANESE BREAKFAST's Journey of Growth.

GUNS N' ROSES' former manager says Axl Rose now takes 50 per cent of the band’s income and “wants to be in control of everything.”

LOST HIGHWAY RECORDS is found again.

NICK CAVE, on the “glorious” album he is currently enjoying.

HOLLYWOOD is in danger of becoming the next Detroit.

ANDOR showrunner Tony Gilroy, on following up a hit debut.

FOUR SEASONS has a trailer online. I remember to original movie.

THE LIFE OF CHUCK: Tom Hiddleston is doing Stephen King in a trailer online.

JESSE EISENBERG will be directing a musical comedy with Julianne Moore, Paul Giamatti and more.

SAM NEILL joins the next "Godzilla x Kong," because big lizard.

NICK CARTER faces another sexual assault lawsuit.

WHAT COULD GO WRONG? Contagion's screenwriter sets out to determine whether a potential sequel could be written by AI.

OH. MY. GOD!  Maggie Wheeler, best known as Janice on Friends, thinks Matthew Perry visited her as a hawk.

PRIDE & PREJUDICE director Joe Wright reflects on the film's overall themes, scenes and fashion after 25 years.

KEVIN BACON encountered a corpse while filming "Wild Things."

STAN LEE's daughter denies abusing him.

WINK MARTINDALE, a pioneer of game show frontmen and the host of “Tic-Tac-Dough,” “Gambit” and “High Rollers,” died Tuesday. He was 91.

A DOGGO spots its favorite walker on the street.

A SENIOR RESCUE PUP finds her voice.

THE BEST JOB in the world?

STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK: "Incense and Peppermints" plus "Tomorrow" for Twofer Tuesday.

SHARON VAN ETTEN AND THE ATTACHMENT THEORY plays World Cafe.

THE KILLERS with BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: Encore at the Garden.

GRAILS shares "Strange Paradise."

MORGAN NAGLER shares "Orange Wine."

THE OPHELIAS share their Pefrfect 10 albums.

WEEZER is making a movie.

FLORENCE PUGH, on jumping off the second-tallest building in the world.

MINECRAFT director Jared Hess said “it’s weird” that the police are being called to rowdy screenings of the film.

ELLEN POMPEO won't leave Grey's Anatomy, because money.

MARIO VARGAS LLOSA,  Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters for many decades, has died, his son said Sunday. He was 89.

HARRY POTTER casting confirmations.

CATE BLANCHETT says she seriously considers giving up acting.

SURVIVOR: Jeff Probst thought the show was one and done.

THE AGENCY: Michael Fassbender, Richard Gere, Jeffrey Wright and Jodie Turner-Smith discuss making their spy thriller against the backdrop of real-life political turmoil.

JOHN BOYEGA had sixty bucks in the bank when he got The Force Awakens.

NICKY KATT's death was a suicide.

A PUPPER goes shopping.

WHAT IS A SEAL PUP doing in the forest?

A GOLDEN enjoys his stick.

GEORGE HARRISON & ERIC CLAPTON: "Taxman." It's just about that time.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Bon Iver, Valerie June, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Röyksopp, The Album Leaf and more.

THE GO-GO's brought Billy Joe Armstrong onstage at Coachella.

BENSON BOONE brought BRIAN MAY along for a cover of "Bohemian Rhapsody" at Coachella. (No one should do this, but props to May for having fun.)

LANA DEL REY shares "Henry, come on."

TENNIS shares "12 Blown Tires."

THE HEAD AND THE HEART shares "Blue Embers."

MAX ROMEO, the influential Jamaican reggae artist best known for tracks such as Chase the Devil and War Ina Babylon, has died at the age of 80.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:  A Minecraft Movie tops the chart with 80.6MM, dropping only 50 percent from its debut.  Will it make  billion worldwide?  King Of Kings places with 19MM, a record for an animated biblical epic.  And while critics aren't wild about the film, it has an A+ CinemaScore heading into Easter.  The Amateur shows with a 15MM debut.

JEFF BRIDGES discusses how to "let it do you," why almost dying was a gift, and his new album.

THE BREAKFAST CLUB reunites for the first time in 40 years, discuss why it wouldn't be made today.

MICKEY ROURKE agreed to exit “Celebrity Big Brother U.K.” following his continued use of offensive language.

TOMB RAIDER is reportedly dead at Amazon. Did Phoebe Waller-Bridge get to keep all the money?

HOW TO SAVE THE MOVIE INDUSTRY: Make 100 Movies a Year That People Want to See. 

JEAN MARSH, the actor and writer best known for co-creating and starring in the 1970s TV show Upstairs, Downstairs, has died aged 90.

NICK KATT,  who played teacher Harry Senate on “Boston Public” after starting as a child actor and going on to play an assortment of tough guys in movies including “Dazed and Confused” and “Boiler Room,” has died. He was 54.

A DOG and his duck.

GRIZZLY vs SIBERIAN TIGER: Who You Got?

BABY FLAMINGOS are funky.