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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.
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