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THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with THE GO-GOs!  They made history as the first all-female band that both wrote their own songs and played their own instruments to top the Billboard album charts. Kind of a hard band to place seasonally. Their debut, Beauty and the Beat, which yielded hits like "Our Lips Are Sealed" and "We Got the Beat," as well as great album cuts like "This Town," "Lust to Love," "Tonite" and "How Much More," came out in late Summer 1981, iirc, and "Lips" was climbing the charts that Fall, so I mentally place the band in this time of year. And it's still warm enough that the title track to the too-quick sophomore album, "Vacation," -- or their cover of the Capitols' "Cool Jerk" -- doesn't sound too out of place. "Get Up and Go" was also a single from that LP, but it didn't make the Top 40.  The band would chart twice more -- in 1984, with "Head Over Heels" and "Turn to You" -- before splitting and the near-inevitable reunion tours.

TROPICAL EFF STORM plays KEXP. 

GOOSE plays Racket 2025. 

BIG THIEF, Live at The Current in 2017. 

LOW, Live at KCRW in 2015. 

GUIDED BY VOICES shares "Phantasmagoric Upstarts." 

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN'S Long Journey Home. 

LULU's night of passion with Bowie. 

WILLIAM SHATNER was rushed to the hospital Wednesday but says he merely "over-indulged." 

OVER 1200 HOLLYWOOD NAMES signed a new open letter denouncing the call for a boycott of Israeli film institutions over the war in Gaza.  

SPACEBALLS 2 has brought Rick Moranis out of retirement. 

LIAM HEMSWORTH stopped using social media for “most of last year” after taking over the role of Geralt in “The Witcher” from fan favorite Henry Cavill. 

GLEN POWELL's uncomfortable moment with a toxic celebrity. 

EMMA WATSON, on J.K. Rowling. 

STILLER & MEARA: NOTHING IS LOST, directed by Ben Stiller, has a trailer online. 

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH has a trailer online. 

MEGXIT: Is a public joint appearance by King Charles and Prince Harry in the cards? 

KIDS WILL BE KIDS, and so will cats. 

A BABY HIPPO has a tantrum. 

ADOPTING a weak mini-horse. 

DUMPTRUCK: "Back Where I Belong."

THE BETHS play World Cafe. 

AMANDA SHIRES shares "Lately." 

HORSEGIRL shares a demo of "Julie In Twos." 

TYLER BALLGAME shares "I Believe In Love." 

AUTOMATIC shares "Black Box." 

FOXING goes on indefinite hiatus. BV rates their albums.

THE ROLLING STONES: Andrew Watt confirmed that he’s producing a new album. 

THE BRIDE: Maggie Gyllenhaal's moster movie has a trailer online. 

IT: WELCOME TO DERRY has a trailer online. 

BAYWATCH is returning to TV. 

D+ AND HULU are hiking prices. 

MADELYN CLINE was spotted on a date with Prince Constantine-Alexios of Greece and Denmark. 

DR. PHIL took the stand on Tuesday in a trial that will decide the fate of his media startup’s bankruptcy/ 

RON FRIEDMAN, who wrote for The Jonathan Winters Show, Chico and the Man, Starsky & Hutch and Fantasy Island, rejuvenated G.I. Joe and killed off — against his will — the beloved Optimus Prime in the first Transformers movie, has died. He was 93.

CLAUDIA CARDINALE, the sexy Italian movie star who appeared in classic Italian films including Fellini’s “8½” and Visconti’s “Rocco and His Brothers” and “The Leopard,” Sergio Leone’s spaghetti Western “Once Upon a Time in the West,” as well as “The Pink Panther,” has died. She was 87. 

CATS AND DOGS, living together... 

POLAR BEARS take over an abandoned weather station. 

HITCHING A RIDE with Nemo. 

A CAT AND SHEEP receive pets. 

THE MOODY BLUES "Ride My Seesaw" for Twofer "Tuesday Afternoon."

PULP visits World Cafe. 

NEKO CASE shares “Rusty Mountain.”  She also talks to Stereogum about the new LP, the Grammys, living with farm animals, and more.

SOULWAX shares “Gimme a Reason” and “Meanwhile on the Continent.” 

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM shares “Bloodhound.” 

OLIVIA BARTON shares "My First House." 

COACHELLA 2026 is already sold out. 

THE NUMBER ONES looks at 6ix9ine and Nicki Minaj's manufactured hit "Trollz." 

THE MANDALORIAN & GROGU has a trailer online. 

JIMMY KIMMEL Returns. 

MEGXIT: High-level talks are under way to gradually bring King Charles and Prince Harry together in a public show of unity for the first time in at least six years. 

EMMA WATSON on her acting hiatus and more. 

PRICILLA PRESLEY on Elvis, abortiion, Michael Jackson, and more. 

DAVE BAUTISTA does not want to hear complaints about moviemaking. 

MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY, on poetry, abduction, politics, and more.  

GOTTA feed the vulture. 

A TIGER & THE LIONESS: It's complicated. 

WHAT IS IT? Not a llama. 

THE TEMPTATIONS: "Psychedelic Shack." That's where it's at.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Wednesday, Golden Apples, and more. 

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Nation of Language, Nine Inch Nails, and more. 

CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG shares "Blurry Moon." 

MITSKI covers Pete Townshend’s “Let My Love Open the Door.” 

MILEY CYRUS shares "Secrets" with Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood, and "Lockdown" with David Byrne. 

THE WHO: The Song Is Over? 

MORRISSEY canceled two shows after receiving death threats. 

SONNY CURTIS, who wrote such classics as “I Fought the Law,” “Walk Right Back” and the theme for the “Mary Tyler Moore” show, “Love Is All Around,” died Friday after a sudden illness. He was 88. 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Demon Slayer repeats atop the chart with 17.3MM on a 75 percent drop. Him placed with 13.5MM.  The Conjuring: Last Rites showed with 13MM on a 49 percent drop.  Below the fold, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey bombed with a 3.5MM debut in the sixth slot.

CHRISTOPHER NOLAN was elected President of the Directors' Guild of America.  I presume the minutes of the meetings will not be in order. 

JIMMY KIMMEL and DISNEY are talking about some compromise that would let his show return. 

TOM HOLLAND suffered a concussion filming Spider-Man: Brand New Day, forcing a pause in shooting. 

SYLVESTER STALLONE wanted to use AI to star in a Rambo prequel. 

REESE WITHERSPOON thinks movies will adapt to shorter attention spans. 

MICHAEL MANN, on Heat, and a sequel. 

MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY's marriage advice. 

ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD: Read a book excerpt on Tarantino's re-make of Los Angeles.

CAUTION: Zebra Crossing. 

A CAT sits in Bolivia's 132-ft Cristo de la Concordia statue. 

A SENIOR GOLDEN waits to greet a senior visitor. 

A VICIOUS Cat Fight. 

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

... with THE BYRDS! To everything there is a season, and when the leaves start turning, my thoughts turn to this rare live threefer of "Turn! Turn! Turn!", "Bells of Rhymney" and "Mr. Tambourine Man", introduced by... David McCallum? There are more screaming girls, plus go-go dancers when they hit Shivaree for "All I Really Want to Do" and "Feel A Whole Lot Better."  There are even more dancers when they cover "Not Fade Away" for Shindig! on June 23, 1965, while I'm pretty sure that's Ed Wynn introducing "Chimes of Freedom." BONUS: As a book explored the band's influence on 60s fashion and beyond, its surviving members looked back on the trends they pioneered.

WATCHHOUSE visits World Cafe. 

THE SAINTS shares "Judas." 

MOZART ESTATE: Lawrence from Felt shares "Summer Is Here." 

SPIRITUAL CRAMP shares "Automatic." 

SNOOPER shares "Pom Pom."

NATION OF LANGUAGE's Ian Devaney on the inspirations for the new LP. 

MADONNA: Getting Back Into The Groove?  

JOHNNY MARR took to social media until UPS found his missing guitars. 

ROBERT REDFORD: The Way He Was. 

JIMMY KIMMEL: Behind the scenes of his suspension. 

LEONARDO DiCAPRIO, on how Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another addresses our divisive culture. 

THE RUNNING MAN dropped a teaser. 

EARLY OSCARS PREDICTIONS from Variety. 

WOODY ALLEN, on his cancellation.

AFTER THE HUNT: Julia Roberts and her co-stars on their controversial film. Also, there might be a sequel to My Best Friend's Wedding, and Luca Guadagnino would be up for directing it.

A DOGGO leads police to his leash before being rescued from his home. 

A GIGANTIC Asian Hornets' Nest. 

A BORDER COLLIE works from home.