THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

…with THE YARDBIRDS! Chris Dreja, a co-founder of the band and a co-writer of many of that band’s songs, has died at 79. Here's the NME obit. And mine is to post the band live circa 1967, featuring someone the announcer calls "Timmy Page." Your setlist inlcudes "Shapes of Things," "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago," "Over Under Sideways Down," and "I'm a Man."
FISHBONE plays KEXP.
SUPER FURRY ANIMALS return with "Rock 'N' Roll Flu."
MOMMA shares a b-side, “Cross Your Heart.”
DIRT BUYER shares “Betchu Won’t.”
RADIOHEAD: Guitar World on the making of Kid A.
THE WOODSTOCK OF YACHT ROCK is going down like the Titanic.
NICLE KIDMAN's camp suggests Keith Urban is having a midlife crisis, and he's not helping himsdelf on that score.
PEAKY BLINDERS: The Next Generaion.
DAVID CHAPPELLE criticized the state of free speech in the US while performing in Riyadh.
HENRY CAVILL is recovering from his Highlander training injury.
LORI LAUGHLIN and Mossimo Giannulli are going their separate ways after almost 28 years of marriage.
GOOGLE & COMCAST reach a deal to keep NBC shows on YouTubeTV.
TRUST IN MASS MEDIA hits an all-time low.
JAY CUTLER is out of jail.
DOGGOS put up with a lot.
CATS: One Battle After Another.
BABY FOX vs EAGLE: Who You Got?
CATS & DOGS, living together…