THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with THE dB's!  Although the influential, but oh-so-unlucky modern pop combo will likely stress new material when I see them tonight, we have vintage video of "Happenstance," "Bad Reputation" and "Living A Lie" from Sweden circa 1982.  From the studio, we have the clip for "Neverland." Chris Stamey left the band (temporarily) after which we got the infamous, banned-from-MTV clip for "Amplifier," plus live takes of "She Got Soul" and "Not Cool" from the legendary Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ circa 1986.  From the same time period, you can see the band help close down Folk City in NYC with a cover of Bob Dylan's "Positively 4th Street."

ANGEL OLSEN visits KEXP.

RODRIGO Y GABRIELA perform for The Current.

LAURA MARLING performs for The Current.

THE ROLLING STONES return with "Living In a Ghost Town."

MARK LANEGAN shares “Stockholm City Blues.”

CAR SEAT HEADREST: Will Toledo is leaning into his ambitions and leading his band into new territory. And here's “There Must Be More Than Blood.”

LUCINDA WILLIAMS, profiled at Paste.

LLOYD COLE's quarantine playlist.

THE MONKEES: The Mike and Micky Showgets a rave from American Songwriter.

SENSIBLE CLOWN POSSE: The Distancing of the Juggalos.

PARKS & RECREATION is returning for a special benefit episode.

JUSSIE SMOLLETT's malicious prosecution suit against the City of Chicago was dismissed.

TOM BRADY trespassed into someone's house.

JERRY SEINFELD channels James Bond in the promo for his upcoming special.

PIERCE BROSNAN rescued HALLE BERRY during a sex scene.

WHITNEY HOUSTON: The official biopic moves forward.

TOM SELLECK balances work and family.

THE HELLFIRE CLUB, a novel by CNN's Jake Tapper, is headed to HBOMax.

SHIRLEY KNIGHT, the daring actress and darling of Tennessee Williams who received Oscar nominations for her work in her third and fourth films, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs and Sweet Bird of Youth, has died of natural causes. She was 83.

A DOG left behind in a doghouse becomes someone's treasure.

KOALAS who were injured in bushfires in Australia in 2019 have been re-released into the wild.

A GROUNDHOG, chomping stuff.