THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

... with GRAM PARSONS! As a member of both The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, and as a solo artist, Parsons anticipated the so-called country rock of the 1970s and the alt-country movement that began around 1990. There is not a lot of GP video floating around, but "Christine's Tune" is a good place to start, though the video for "Older Guys" is great because someone made them go out to christen Judge Smails' sloop. The Hell's Angels make an unfortunate cameo in the clip of "Six Days o­n the Road" from the infamous Altamont festival in 1969. The posthumous video for "Sin City" is nice also. BONUS: Dwight Yoakum covers "Wheels" at a Parsons tribute concert. DOUBLE BONUS: Frequent duet partner Emmylou Harris covers "Return of the Grievous Angel" with Ryan Adams (and Buddy Miller o­n bass) at a different tribute.

YARD ACT plays KCRW.

THE SMILE shares "Don't Get Me Started."

BOB DYLAN has busted out “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall” and “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35” for the first time in years.

SPRINGSTEEN joined ZACH BRYAN on "Atlantic City" in Philly.

LEON BRIDGES shares "Peaceful Place."

THE ENGLISH BEAT: Read the preface to a new book on the ska giants.

NICK CAVE names his favorite podcast.

GARDEN STATE: The soundtrack turns 20.

TAYLOR SWIFT: One of the terror suspects accused of a plot against her Vienna told police he wanted to “kill as many people as possible” and then take his own life.

SATURDAY NIGHT: Jason Reitman's SNL flick has a trailer online.

BORDERLANDS is not getting good reviews, at all.

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON: Ewan Mitchell (Aemond)on fan criticism and more.

A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS adds seven more cast members.

VINCE VAUGHN turned this interview into self-help.

TOM CRUISE was injured in a sex scene back in the day.

BIG PIG: Iowa State Fair edition.

SNOW LEOPARDS, defying gravity.

DISCOVERING an adopted dog's name.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

TEENAGE FANCLUB plays KEXP.

TY SEGALL shares "Honeymoon (Edit)."

JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT shares a live version of "King of Oklahoma."

LAUREN HILL & THE FUGEES quiet canceled their tour.

NELLY was busted on Ecstacy charges.

TENACIOUS D will return, according to Jack Black.

TAYLOR SWIFT's concerts in Vienna were canceled after revelations of an alleged terror plot possibly linked to ISIS.

WARNER BROS/DISCOVERY stock nears an all-time low after a 9.1 Billion writedown of TV losses.

COLIN JOST left the Olympics with an injury.

BRAD PITT & GEORGE CLOONEY's Wolfs is getting a sequel, even though it's only in theaters exclusively for a week.

KATE WINSLET isn't hiding her belly rolls.

BLAKE LIVELY & HUGH JACKMAN star in a heist-inspired Vogue photoshoot.

KIT HARRINGTON figures his kids won't be Game of Thrones fans.

ATTACK of the Spider-Tailed Viper!

HOW A GOLDEN got onto the roof.

OUROBOROS, but for realsies.

FUNKADELIC: "I Got a Thing" on Upbeat in 1970.

JAMES SUPERCAVE plays a mini-concert for World Cafe.

KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD shares "Field of Vision."

FONTAINES DC shares "Here's The Thing."

RICHARD THOMPSON: What's Left To Lose.

PRINCE recorded and deleted a version of Michal Jackson's "Bad," which was originally intended to be a duet.

AEROSMITH: Footage and setlist from the final show.

THE MTV VMA nominations went to these folks. Congrats!

ARE POP HITS becoming less melodic? (Spoiler: Yes; the counter-argument here is really a different issue altogether.)

DAISY RIDLEY has Grave's disease.

BENIFER are considering next steps as their summer winds down.

TOM CRUISE dating rumors squashed.

JENNA ORTEGA settles into fame.

EUGENE & DAN LEVY may host the Emmys.

SCRUBS could stage a reunion in the next year.

THE BEST SOUNDTRACKED TV SHOWS, according to NME.

CHARLES CYPHERS, known for his role as Sheriff Leigh Brackett in the “Halloween” franchise, died from a brief illness at 85.

JAY KANTER, a legendary film producer and former Hollywood agent to stars like Marlon Brando and Marilyn Monroe, is dead at 97.

A SERVICE DOGGO enjoys the big slide.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

MAN RESCUES DOGGO from a coyote.

TOM JONES sung "It's Not Unusual" and "If He Should Ever Leave You" on Canadian Idol, which opened with some great archival footage.

FEIST visits World Cafe.

WEEN is streamin an expanded version of Chocolate And Cheese.

WOLFGANG PRESS returns after 29 years with "Sad Surfer."

TOAD THE WET SPROCKET covers REM's "Driver 8," with Robin Wilson of Gin Blossoms and Matt Scannell of Vertical Horizon.

ST VINCENT: The 10 Songs That Changed Her Life.

REO SPEEDWAGON salutes AEROSMITH.

THE RUNAWAYS' Jackie Fox created a board game.

ROUGH TRADE suspended their much-criticized new scheme for selling vinyl.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Justin Bieber's first chart-topper, the burbling trop-house redemption song "What Do You Mean?"

DAVID LYNCH has been diagnosed with emphysema and can no longer “leave the house” due to fears of getting COVID. But he's not retiring.

SHAWN LEVY unpacks Deadpool & Wolverine, with many spoilers.

ALIKI McDOWELL (Billions) was arrested and charged with murder.

BENIFER aren't speaking and it's making it difficult to hammer out a divorce agreement.

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON will end with Season 4.

JOHN WICK is spawning a post-Episode 4 TV series.

TOM CRUISE may have a 25-year-old girlfriend.

A TORTOISE, enjoying watermelon.

AN OWL was a ringbearer at a wedding. It did not go perfectly.

UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY can get tricky. 

LEMON PIPERS: "Green Tambourine."

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Jack White, Why?, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has X, Chrystabell & David Lynch, and more.

MARK LANEGAN: Hear the full-band version of "Heard a Train."

SNAIL MAIL covers the Smashing Pumpkins' "Tonight, Tonight."

THE KILLERS covered Material Issue's "Very First Lie" at Lolla.

AEROSMITH have once again canceled their farewell tour and have decided to retire from the road.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Deadpool & Wolverine repeats atop the chart with 97MM on a 54 percent drop, the 8th best second weekend ever.  Twisters places with a 22.6MM third weekend.  M. Night Shyamalan's Trap shows with 15.6MM.

HARRISON FORD, on being an idiot for money.

BEN AFFLECK to play Hulk Hogan?

THE SIMPSONS: How the Planet of the Apes musical came to be.

ZAC EFRON was hospitalized after being found in distress in a swimming pool.

JUSTIN TIMEBERLAKE's DWI case isn't going well.

MATT DAMON & CASEY AFFLECT talk about The Instigators.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

DUDE vs SEA LION, fighting over a fish.

AN OCTOPUS, disguised as Squidward.

PEOPLE RESCUE a Baby Elephant and the Mom.