THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with POWER POP! A few of these may be known generally, like Cheap Trick's "Way of the World" and Nick Lowe's "Cruel to Be Kind"... and some well-known to fans of the genre, like Dwight Twilley's "I'm On Fire," Shoes "Too Late," The Records' "Starry Eyes," the Flamin' Groovies' "Shake Some Action" and the Plimsouls'  "A Million Miles Away" (seen here in a rare live slot).  Others are well-known to longtime Pate fans, like the Three O'Clock's "Her Head's Revolving" or Let's Active's "Waters Part."  BONUS: Bram Tchaikovsky playing "Girl Of My Dreams" and "Lady From the USA", live.

ROBYN HITCHCOCK visited The Current.

JAMES McMURTRY, via WMOT Roots Radio.

BLUR returns with “The Narcissist.”

NATION OF LANGUAGE shares "Stumbling Still."

KING KRULE shares “If Only It Was Warmth.”

BULLY shares “Change Your Mind.”

SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT: Courtney Love has unpblished lyrics to the Nirvana classsic.

KING TUFF discusses the benefits of collaboration, embracing the unknown, and why anyone can play a musical instrument.

THE NATIONAL: Trouble Will Find Me Turns 10.

YO LA TENGO: Ira Kaplan is going to get to throw out the first pitch at the Mets / Phillies game at Citi Field on June 1.

MARTIN SCORSESE's Killers of the Flower Moon has a trailer online.

CHRONICLER OF THE FLOWER MOON: How David Grann ascended from magazine journalist to the muse of Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, and a myriad of others in Hollywood.

STEVEN SODERBURGH's Full Circle has a trailer online.

STEPHEN KING loved The Flash.

MEGXIT: Harry and Meghan's cabbie did not characterize his drive as a dangerous chase by paparazzi. I'm shicked, shocked.

EDDIE MURPHY as the Pink Panther?

RACHEL BILSON lost a job over her recent sex talk.

A RACCOON and a DOG check out the pool.

A CAT fostering an otter.

A COW, purring.

A DOG, rescuing its owner from a sneeze.