THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE...

...with the wicked, wicked WILSON PICKETT, live from Germany, circa 1968. This disappeared from the Tube, but I've managed to find almost all of it reposted there or elsewhere.  His band warms up the crowd with the instrumental "Soulfinger," but Pickett electrifies from the moment he enters for "Everybody Needs Somebody" and doesn't let up through "Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do)," "Mustang Sally" and "Stagger Lee." He cranks it back into top gear for "Funky Broadway," during which people dancing in front of the stage start turning up o­nstage (And why not? This rawks almost as hard as The Who's cover of "Shakin' All Over").  The tumultuous finale of "Land of 1000 Dances" from amid the crowd remains missing, but this other "Land of 1000 Dances" from 1966 is almost as wild, and in color to boot. Raw and riveting; if this can't put you in a weekend state of mind, probably nothing can.

ROBYN HITCHCOCK has your playlist for 1967.

EDDIE VEDDER covers The English Beat's "Save It For Later."

SUUNS shares "Doreen."

WINNETKA BOWLING LEAGUE shares "This Is Life."

ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS: How a shop girl got to sing with David Bowie.

KINKY FRIEDMAN, the tongue-in-cheek humorist and alt-country musician of the Texas Jewboys, has died at 79.

PARAMOUNT's cost-cutting nukes the websites of MTV News and Comedy Central.

FLIGHT RISK, with Mel Gibson directing Mark Wahlberg, has a trailer online.

MAXXXINE is getting really mixed early buzz.

FKA TWIGS & SHIA LaBEOUF's assault lawsuit gets even more beef.

THE BEAR: Every song in Season 3.

MICHAEL JACKSON was over 500MM in debt when he died.

DONALD SUTHERLAND's Defining Roles.

THE HANDS IN Puppy Challenge.

A DOGGO tries the recliner.

A CAPSIZED TURTLE is rescued on the beach.

ROGER McGUINN performs "King of the Hill" -- a song about "Papa" John Phillips -- for Carson.

BRITTNEY SPENCER plays a Tiny Desk Concert.

LONGPLAYER (Mikey Long of Drugdealer) shares “My Dreams of You” and “Find Your Way.”

JD McPHERSON shares “Sunshine Getaway.”

BAD MOVES shares "Hallelujah."  Not that one.

DARYL HALL, dishing on his estrangement from John Oates.

VAN MORRISON is digging into his vault.

SXSW drops its U.S. Army sponsorship.

THE TOP 10 DEBUT LPs of 2024 (So Far), according to NME.

THE FANTASTIC FOUR: Kevin Feige confirms it's a period piece, and implies its in a parallel universe to the MCU.

MARVEL STUDIOS is headed back to Comic-Con.

HERE has a trailer online.

LISA KUDROW is rewatching Friends because of Matthew Perry.

JEREMY ALLEN WHITE is going to try singing as Bruce Springsteen.

AL MICHAELS' voice will be produced with AI at the Summer Olympics.

THE BEST MOVIES of 2024 (So Far), according to Uproxx.

SNL: The First 25 Seasons, By The Numbers.

SPENCER MILLIGAN, best known from The Land of the Lost, passed at 86.

BILL COBBS, a veteran character actor with almost 200 credits, from The Bodyguard to That Thing You Do, has died at 90.

FLATULENT COWS & PIGS face taxation in Denmark.

THAT MONKEY will kick your a**.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

THE NASHVILLE TEENS, with a stompin' cover of "Tobacco Road."

SLEATER-KINNEY plays KCRW.

X shares "Big Black X" ahead of their final LP.

BRIGHT EYES shares "Bells And Whistles."

KIM GORDON shares "ECRP."

TREY ANASTASIO, on the Best and Weirdest of Phish.

CRAZY TOWN frontman Shifty Shellshock's sudden death is under investigation.

GENA ROWLANDS, like her character in The Notebook, has dementia. 

PARAMOUNT is slashing its budget by 500MM.

CATHERINE O'HARA, LILY GLADSTONE, JESSICA ALBA and more join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

MATTHEW PERRY: Law enforcement thinks multiple people should be charged in his death.

THIS FORMER GAME SHOW HOST is the subject of new Forever stamps.

JEREMY RENNER doesn’t “have the energy” to take on more demanding roles as he continues his recovery from his near-fatal snow plow accident.

ROBERT ZEMECKIS's new movie spans decades, but the camera doesn't move.

RED ONE, ft Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans, has a trailer online.

GREEN LANTERNS, greenlit at HBO.

DREA DE MATEO, on joining OnlyFans.

A TUB of Baby Crocs.

A DOGGO, getting adopted.

A DOGGO brings a wasps' nest as a gift.

THE KINKS: "Last of the Steam Powered Trains" and "Picture Book," circa 1969, from the album The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, for Twofer Tuesday.

IRON & WINE: Sam Beam visits World Cafe.

JARVIS COCKER joined THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN on "Just Like Honey" in Italy.

MJ LENDERMAN shares "She's Leaving You."

NIGHT MOVES covers Colin Blunstone's "Caroline Goodbye."

EFFED UP shares "Another Day."

DAVE GROHL & TAYLOR SWIFT, beefing on the lowdown.

YO GABBA GABBA! is getting a reboot on AppleTV+. 

NOSFERATU, Robert Eggers’ new horror film starring Lily-Rose Depp and Bill Skarsgard, has a teaser online.

BEN AFFLECK went off on paparazzi who ambushed him late outside J-Lo's house.

SCARLETT JOHANSSON is excited about joining the Jurassic World franchise.

ANDOR: Will Ben Mendelson reappear in Season 2?

WHEEL OF FORTUNE: Trouble in Post-Sajak Paradise?

CHARO makes a rare public appearance.

CHINATOWN: The 70s classic that explains the 20s?

FINDING NEMO: The live-action version.

FRENCH BULLDOGS, wallowing in freshly-cut grass.

EVEN A POLICE DOG wants belly rubs.

A SHARK and its posse.

BO DONALDSON & THE HEYWOODS: "Billy, Don't Be a Hero," from the Summer of '74. Workin' the Elvis jumpuit look.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to O., Been Stellar, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Rich Ruth, Wild Yaks, and more.

GOOSE: The jam band that just might persuade you to love a jam band.

THE DECEMBERISTS play CBS’ Saturday Sessions.

MAXWELL STERN shares “You Deserve A Great Love.”

WILLIE NELSON dropped out of the Outlaw Music Festival on doctor's orders.

THE FLAMING LIPS' The Soft Bulletin Turns 25.

LINDA THOMPSON: As a singer-songwriter, what do you do when you are robbed of your voice?

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Inside Out 2 repeats atop the chart with an estimated 100MM on a 35 percent drop, the 7th best second weekend ever.  Bad Boys 4 places with 18.7MM on a 44 percent drop.  And The Bikeriders somewhat surprisingly shows with a 10MM debut.

DONALD SUTHERLAND Was Some Kind of Movie Star.

TOM CRUISE was among the stars shaking it off at Taylor Swift's London gig, but director Christopher McQuarrie was the real highlight.

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH is "very much looking forward to Avengers next year, which is cooking up a storm."

JONATHAN MAJORS landed his first film role since being convicted of domestic assault in 2023.

JENNIFER LAWRENCE is starring in a Real Housewives-inspired murder mystery.

SEAN PENN denies hitting Madonna with a baseball bat in a new interview. And she has backed him in the past.

THOMAS BRODIE-SANGSTER married TALLULAH RILEY.

CATS & DOGS, living together... sort of.

A FROG catches a ride on a python.

A HUSKY, and an Owl.

AN ELEPHANT, tickling a baby.