BLAKE BABIES' fab cover of the Grass Roots' "Temptation Eyes."  Saw 'em open for Game Theory, many moons ago.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to US Girls, Iris DeMent, Gina Burch, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has The Church, Gruff Rhys, Death Valley Girls, and more.

FISHBONE returns with "All We Have Now."

SUPERCHUNK shares "Making A Break."

JACK WHITE played "Taking Me Back" and "Fear Of The Dawn" on SNL.

HOW LANA DEL REY Became ‘Completely Unburdened' For Her Most Personal Material Yet.

DEATH VALLEY GIRLS: Bonnie Bloomgarden talks about the influences on the band's new LP.

US GIRLS' Meg Remy gives a track-by-track tour of the new album.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at "Irreplaceable," the angry blockbuster that Beyonce almost didn't include on her album.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:  Ant-Man 3 tops the chart with 32.2MM, but that's a 70 percent drop, the worst second-weekend drop for an MCU film.  Cocaine Bear places with a 23MM debut.  The faith-based Jesus Revolution shows with a 15.5MM debut.

ROGERS: That Captain America musical from Hawkeye is becoming a real stage show.

ELIZABETH OLSEN teases Wanda's return to the MCU.

THE SAG AWARDS went to these folks. Congrats!

MARILYN MANSON's accuser recants, claims that she was “manipulated” by Evan Racel Wood and Illma Gore to make false accusations.

OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN was honored with a state memorial service in Australia on Sunday.

TOM CRUISE, as Pumbaa fro "The Lion King." Coming Soon.

SCREENTIME: The Ankler's Richard Rushfield discusses whether a looming writers' strike will change how streamers do business or end civilization as we know it.

BEARS IN POP CULTURE: The Definitive Ranking.

A HAMSTER with room to spare.

A BIRD knows its color schemes.

WHEN YOUR FRIENDS got in the club and you didn't.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with ARETHA FRANKLIN, Live in Stockholm, 1968! The "Lady Soul" concert was broadcast on Swedish TV, including: "There's No Business Like Show Business," "Come Back To Me," "Satisfaction," "Don't Let Me Lose This Dream," "Soul Serenade," "Night Life," "Baby I Love You," "Groovin,'" "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," "Come Back Baby," "Dr Feelgood (Love Is A Serious Business)," "Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby)" "I  Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)," "Chain Of Fools," and "Respect."

ST PAUL & THE BROKEN BONES play World Cafe.

LUNA plays KEXP.

THE NATIONAL shares its "New Order T-Shirt," both in song and merch.

WEDNESDAY shares "Bath County."

DAVID BOWIE's massive archive has been acquired by London’s Victoria & Albert Museum.

WET LEG, profiled at The New Yorker.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN has been sentenced to a further 16 years in prison for a rape conviction in Los Angeles.

R KELLY has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for child sex crimes, with 19 to be served simultaneously with a previous 30-year term.

CHARLES BARKLEY is considering a CNN show with Gayle King.

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON could return for its second season in Summer 2024.

LORD OF THE RINGS is getting a reboot?

WAYNE'S WORLD could be a trilogy?

HOGWARTS LEGACY has grossed more than twice as much in two weeks as the last "Fantastic Beasts" movie did in its entire run.

JEAN SMART is recovering from a heart procedure.

SUCCESSION: The End Is Near.

THE PROSPECT PARK GATOR had swallowed a four-inch-wide bathtub stopper and is not strong enough for it to be removed right now, the Bronx Zoo said.

AN EXTINCT PREDATORY FISH was the size of five Corgis.

DOGGOS may soon be oppressed in Florida.

DEAN & BRITTA: Today just seemed good for "Words You Used to Say."

NIKKI LANE plays The Current.

THE BACKSEAT LOVERS visit World Cafe.

EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL throws "Caution to the Wind."

DEATH VALLEY GIRLS share "Islands In The Sky."

KELLY CLARKSON covers Mazzy Star's "Fade Into You."

THE TOP 10 FLAMING LIPS OBSCURITIES, according to Stereogum.

DE LA SOUL's Maseo and Posdnuous eulogize Trugoy The Dove.

DOLLY COLLINS: A secular mass by the sister of Shirley Collins is getting a premiere.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Akon and Snoop Dogg's sleekly melancholy strip-club song "I Wanna Love You."

THE OSCARS now has a crisis managment team.

WILL SMITH ponders the Oscars on TikTok.

STEVEN SPIELBERG says he is “mounting a big production” for HBO based on Stanley Kubrick’s original script Napoloeon.

MEGXIT: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have dismissed reports they are suing the creators of South Park over a recent episode that took aim at the royal couple.

ERNIE HUDSON, on being the unpromoted Ghostbuster.

SHELLEY DUVALL on why she left Hollywood and is coming back after 22 years.

JOHN CLEESE released an “apology” statement after announcing his reboot of Fawlty Towers.

RUSSELL CROWE is The Pope's Excorcist.

HOW THE ANKLER took on Hollywood.

KICKED IN THE HEAD by a Moose while walking her dog.

FISH RAINED FROM THE SKY, fortunately no Sharknado.

NAKED MOLE RATS never stop having babies.

THE FOUR TOPS: Levi Stubbs works up a sweat on live French TV, belting out a supercharged "I'll Be There."

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features Lana Del Rey, Caroline Rose, Sidney Gish, and more.

FLUXBLOG's playlist of 21st century Shoegaze.

JASON ISBELL shares his "Death Wish."

ROSIE THOMAS covers The Bangles' "Eternal Flame."

UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA shares "Nadja."

GRAHAM NASH returns with "Right Now."

TINY RUINS shares "Dorothy Bay."

US GIRLS goes disco on "Tux (Your Body Fills Me, Boo)."

MICK & KEITH & Paul & Ringo?

MORRISSEY has appealed for labels or "private investors" to release his new album.

CHUCK JACKSON, an R&B singer who took “Any Day Now” to the Top 25 in 1962 and had some two dozen singles hit the Hot 100 during the decade, has died. He was 85.

KEVIN COSTNER's attorney is firing back at anonymous complaints about his work ethic on “Yellowstone.”

LIAM NEESON has some regrets, like going on "The View."

JUDI DENCH revealed that she struggles to read scripts due her worsening eye condition.

AVRIL LAVIGNE & MOD SUN have called off their engagement.

ALDEN EHRENREICH, on "Cocaine Bear," the future of "Solo," and very little on "Ironheart."

BOSTON STRANGLER, ft. Kiera Knightley, has a trailer online.

STEVEN SPIELBERG is happy he turned down Harry Potter.

GETTING INTO THE CAR, Almost.

THE SQUIRREL THREAT leaves thousands without power in Ohio.

A GATOR, found in a Brooklyn lake.

THE WALKER BROTHERS play "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" and "Make It Easy On Yourself" for Twofer Tuesday.

BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD, Live at Bush Hall, featuring new material.

CULTURE CORNER: R & B music in the '80s.

BECK, "Thinking About You" on Fallon.

SON LUX: How they scored Everything Everywhere All At Once.

MOGWAI & THE DELGADOS in conversation.

GOTH IS UNDEAD: The dark return of Britain's spookiest subculture.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Justin Timberlake and T.I.'s cascading pop opus "My Love."

ALEC BALDWIN wins a legal battle, as the D.A. drops a key charge that could keep him out of prison.

THE ROYALS: Meghan is reportedly upset by her depiction on "South Park." She and Harry are in a predicament over attending the King's coronation.

AVATAR 2 sinks Titanic.

HOW ANT-MAN 3 sets the table for Phase 5 of the MCU.

AGATHA CHRISTIE's Everlasting Appeal.

THE HORROR BOOM may become a Horror Glut.

BARBARA BOSSON, who received Emmy nominations in five consecutive years for her turn as the divorcee Fay Furillo on the acclaimed NBC drama Hill Street Blues, co-created by her then-husband Steven Bochco, has died. She was 83.

ONE DOGGO, Two Treatos.

ONE DOGGO, Four Hours of Work.

SQUIRREL! Squirrel!