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STAYCATION WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with JOHN HUGHES! The sportos, motorheads, geeks, sluts, buds, wasteoids, dweebies and dickheads, they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude. The writer/director behind Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Weird Science, National Lampoon's Vacation movies, Home Alone, Planes, Trains & Automobiles and many more died Aug 6, 2009.  Hughes masterfully married music to movies, so I pay video tribute to him today, starting (of course) with "Don't You Forget About Me" by Simple Minds from The Breakfast Club (the drumming o­n this song is impeccable), and Karla DeVito's "We Are Not Alone," along with the Ramones playing "Blitzkrieg Bop" (from National Lampoon's Vacation), David Bowie's "Young Americans" and The Vapors o­ne-hit wonder, "Turning Japanese" and Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell" (all from Sixteen Candles, which opens to a clip of veteran WLS DJs Larry Lujack and Tommy Edwards), Van Halen's cover of "(Oh) Pretty Woman" and General Public's "Tenderness" (both from Weird Science), the Psychedelic Furs re-recorded title track from Pretty In Pink, which also featured Jon Cryer lip-synching to Otis Redding's "Try A Little Tenderness" (that last clip is a blistering live take from the 1967 Stax tour -- and excellent, btw), The Smiths' "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want" (a Hughes perennial; here, the Dream Academy cover from FBDO), and OMD's "If You Leave," plus two more from Ferris Bueller's Day Off, "Danke Schoen" and "Twist and Shout" (which was shot o­n Dearborn and Randolph Streets in Chicago, with International Polka Queen Vlasta atop the float, though Cameron and Sloane were in front of the Post Office down the street), plus Yello's unforgettable-no-matter-how-you-try "Oh, Yeah." Videos are scarce for Some Kind of Wonderful, but I found Flesh for Lulu's "I Go Crazy" and the March Violets' take on the Stones' "Miss Amanda Jones."  BONUS: Molly Ringwald's post-MeToo re-evaluation of the films that made her career.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED has Mitski, Irreversible Entanglements, Sally Anne Morgan, and more.

HAND HABITS plays KEXP.

LOW CUT CONNIE plays WFUV.

BUDDY & JULIE MILLER return with "Don't Make Her Cry," co-written with Bob Dylan.

MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO covers Bob Dylan’s “I’ll Keep It with Mine.”

THE REPLACEMENTS: Tim is getting the super-deluxe treatment.

MARK MOTHERSBAUGH remembers PAUL REUBENS.

WHEN RUSH met the Manic Street Preachers.

LIZZO is called arrogant, self-centered and unkind by a director.

THE STUDIOS & WRITERS are getting together to discuss resuming negotiations.

MORE A-LISTERS are contributing to the SAG strike fund.

LEAH REMINI is filing a lawsuit against Scientology and David Miscavige. 

OPPENHEIMER: Why you may have trouble with the dialogue.

BARBIE is postponed in the Middle East.

WONDER WOMAN 3 is back on with Gal Gadot working with James Gunn.

BLUE BEETLE: Cronenberg for Kids?

JESSICA CHASTAIN on her first Emmy nomination, taking charge of her career, and the strike.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

A DOGGO, left to his own devices.

BUNNY said no phone.

FATBOY SLIM: When your "Weapon of Choice" is Walken.

MARGARET GLASPY plays a micro-concert for The Current.

WILCO returns with "Evicted."

SEMISONIC returns with "The Rope."

PETER GABRIEL shares "Olive Tree."

U.S. GIRLS & BOOTSY COLLINS cover Leon Russell's "Superstar."

THE HIVES shares two new tracks.

HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER shares "20 Years And A Nickel."

HURRY shares "Something More."

SINEAD O'CONNOR, remembered at The New Yorker.

LIZZO was accused of sexual harassment and weight-shaming by former dancers.

LENNY KAYE celebrates 50 years of Nuggets.

ANGUS CLOUD, the actor best known for portraying Fezco, a lovable drug dealer on the show "Euphoria," has died at 25.

MEGXIT: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry won't stay ‘silent' after their feud with the Beckhams.

ZACK SNYDER still wants to release his cut of Sucker Punch.

SIMON PEGG confirmed that he's making another film with director Edgar Wright.

THE 30 GREATEST STAND-UP SPECIALS, according to The AV Club.

WHO NEEDS FILM CRITICS when studios can be sure influencers will praise their films?

WHEN DOGGOS Collide!

CATS & DOGS, living together...

A BOBCAT hears the ice crack.

THE CHESTERFIELD KINGS cover the Moving Sidewalks' "99th Floor" (introed by Martha Quinn) and psych up even more on "Sunrise (Turn On)" for Twofer Tuesday.

BAR ITALIA bring their post-punk, garage rock and even brit pop influences to World Cafe.

CAROLINE ROSE plays KEXP.

BARTEES STRANGE debuted "Homestead" at Newport.

DEATH VALLEY GIRLS shares "I Am a Wave."

STEREOPHONICS frontman Kelly Jones recalled the time his neighbor complained about the volume of his ‘Tom Jones records’, only to discover it was actually Tom Jones singing.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at "What's My Name?," the first of Rihanna and Drake's superstar duets.

PAUL REUBENS, the comic actor whose bow-tied, childlike alter-ego Pee-wee Herman became an unlikely if almost uncategorizable movie and television sensation in the 1980s, died on Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 70.  And the tributes roll in.

LOKI: Season 2 has a trailer online.

SPY KIDS: ARMAGEDDON has a trailer online.

THE HAUNTED MANSION is another Disney bomb, btw.

QUENTIN TARANTINO wants BRUCE WILLIS one last time?

JAMIE LEE CURTIS says she would “be dead” if fentanyl was “easily” available during her past addiction struggles.

FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA predicts a Golden Age of Cinema.

THE STRIKES: Reps for studios and streamers have reportedly expressed a desire to return to negotiations with SAG-AFTRA in a meeting on Friday.

JASON MOMOA has reinvigorated Shark Week.

IS THAT the Real Slim Shady?

A CAT, and Guinea Pigs.

TWO DOGS, one pool.

OUR BEARS ARE REAL, insists a Chinese zoo.

THE PIPETTES: "Your Kisses are Wasted On Me." Before it all went wrong. Sigh.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Georgia, Bethany Cosentino, and more...

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has The Clientele, Bush Tetras, and more...

THE MUPPETS' ANIMAL joined MY MORNING JACKET at the Newport Folk Festival.

JASON ISBELL joins RHIANNON GIDDENS on "Yet To Be."

THE DECENDENTS: Milo had a mild heart attack, but is expected to make a full recovery.

BUSH TETRAS discuss the influences behind the first LP in 11 years.

JOHN LYDON warns of the dangers of AI.

TAYLOR SWIFT, causing an earthquake.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: It's a record last weekend of July at the cineplex.  Barbie repeats atop the chart with an estimated 93MM on a mere 43 percent drop, the best second weekend Warner Bros. has ever seen.  Oppenheimer places with 46MM on a mere 44 percent drop, the first R-rated move to gross over 10MM for 10 days straight.  Haunted Mansion likely shows with a 42MM debut.  Below the fold, note that Sound of Freedom is outgrossing the latest Mission: Imppossible domestically.  The laest from Tom Cruise is also lagging Indiana Jones 5 at this point in their respective runs, though that's likely because M:I 7 opened on a Wednesday instead of a Friday.

SAW X has a trailer online.

TNMT early reviews are solid.

PLASTIC SURGERY is booming during the Hollywood strike.

THE EMMYS are postponed.

KEVIN COSTNER's wife is moving out.

TINA FEY could take over SNL when Lorne Michaels retires.

DONALD & STEVEN GLOVER are writing the Lando Calrissian series for D+.

NICOLAS CAGE, on his cameo in The Flash, turning 60, and more.

THIS MISSION: IMPAWSIBLE might be my favorite.

CORGI Gone Wild.

MEANWHILE, during a downpour in the Japanese city of Nara...

A MANATEE dies from a sexual encounter with his brother.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

with MUSIC TELEVISION!  The cable phenom debuted on this weekend in 1981. The first four hours included The Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star," while the rest of the first day included Pat Benatar's cover of "You Better Run," Rod Stewart's "She Won't Dance With Me," The Who's "You Better You Bet," PH.D's ""Little Susie's On The Up," Cliff Richard's "We Don't Talk Anymore," The Pretenders' "Brass In Pocket", Todd Rundgren's "Time Heals", REO Speedwagon's "Take It On The Run," Styx's "Rockin' The Paradise", and many more.  BONUS: Stereogum ranks the debut videos.

CUT WORMS plays a mini-concert for World Cafe.

GORILLA VS BEAR shares a “modern 2023 yacht rock mix.”

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE shares “Soul Capturer.”

THE PRETENDERS shares "A Love."

SOCCER MOMMY covers Sheryl Crow's "Soak Up The Sun."

BEASTIE BOYS: 25 Years of Hello Nasty.

SINEAD O'CONNORs death was not suspicious. And here's Morrissey.

RANDY MEISNER, founding Eagles bassist and the sky-high voice behind the band’s 1976 top five hit “Take It to the Limit,” has died at age 77 due to complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to a statement from the band.

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM has a final trailer online.  The early reviews are hot.

HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS are hiring AI specialists amid strikes where AI is very much at issue.

DUNE 2 won't be delayed by strikes, according to IMAX's CEO.

BLUE BEETLE's Long Journey to the Big Screen.

BRAD PITT & ANGELINA JOLIE may settle the bitter dispute over their winery.

TALULAH RILEY & THOMAS BRODIE-SANGSTER got engaged.

THEORY WILL ONLY TAKE YOU SO FAR: One writer's journey to understand Christopher Nolan, ‘Oppenheimer,' and the bomb in the desert.

BARBIE almost had a "fart opera."

A RACCOON runs wild through Philadelphia International Airport, causing terrified passengers to scream.

DANCING IN THE STREET: Don't forget the Marmot city!

SEA LIONS at San Diego's La Jolla Cove aggressively barked and charged at dozens of tourists who were on the shore, including children.