THE LONG JUNETEENTH WEEKEND STARTS HERE:
…with the wicked, wicked WILSON PICKETT and his band, live from Germany, circa 1968! Your setlist includes: Soul Finger; I'm in Love; In the Midnight Hour; When Something Is Wrong with My Baby; Soul Man; Everybody Needs Somebody to Love; Ninety-Nine & One-Falf (Won't Do); Mustang Sally; Stagger Lee; I'm in Love; Funky Broadway; and Land of 1000 Dances.
JUNETEENTH: NPR has a playlist or two for the day.
HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER plays World Cafe.
SEMISONIC returs with "Don’t Give Up Yet."
TRASHCAN SINATRAS shares "Games For The ZX Spectrum."
PERENNIAL shares "What's New On The Beat Scene."
ELEPHANT STONE shares "Fascists Killed Yer Rock N' Roll."
CASE/LANG/VEIRS shares "Accidental Tattoo."
DALE CROVER covers Neil Young's "Harvest Moon." He was in Neil's original video too.
SONDRE LERCHE shares "Follow The River."
ELLIOT SMITH now has an asteroid named after him.
WALTER PARAZAIDER, co-founder, saxophonist and flautist in the rock band Chicago, has died following a battle with Alzheimer’s, the band confirmed on Wednesday. He was 81.
SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY has a brand new trailer online.
ROBERT DOWNEY JR, kinda lowkey dissing the non-RDJr MCU, just saying.
DAVEIGH CHASE, known for her roles in “The Ring” and “Lilo & Stitch,” has died. She was 35 years old.
RYAN GOSLING will be the 40th recipient of the American Cinematheque Award.
DREAMS OF VIOLETS: What does an AI feature film look like?
ANGELINA JOLIE, getting back in fighting form.
ONLYFANS has competition.
TOM DREESEN, the classy comedian who opened for Frank Sinatra for 14 years, pushed for stand-ups to get paid at The Comedy Store and partnered in a pioneering interracial act with Tim Reid, died Wednesday. He was 86.
A LION CUB practices his James Brown.
THIS IS MY STICK. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
GOATS, chillin'.
A PUP rescued by dragon boat.