THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:
…with THE PAISLEY UNDERGROUND! A two-part (Part 1, Part 2) feature from the Old Grey Whistle Test on L.A.'s psychedelic-flavored, West Coast scene in the mid-80s. Bands featured include the Long Ryders, Prime Movers, Thin White Rope, Pontiac Brothers and the Rain Parade with a 6 minute live version of No Easy Way Down. The Long Ryders get short shrift so I'll add in their later OGWT appearance to play "Looking For Lewis & Clark." The term "Paisley Underground" is believed to have been jokingly coined by Michael Quercio of the band The Three O'Clock, so I'll toss in the clip for "Her Head's Revolving" as a bonus. Other bands associated with the scene not featured include Green On Red — with organ-driven tues like "Gravity Talks" and "Sea of Cortez" — and The Bangs, a/k/a The Bangles, with an early track, "The Real World." DOUBLE BONUS: The Guardian Music Blog has a link-rich piece on the Rain Parade and other Paisley Underground bands.
FOXWARREN visits World Cafe.
DRUGDEALER shares "The News."
SLEAFORD MODS shares "Bad Santa."
HEALTH shares “Shred Envy.”
NICK CAVE, on a song that makes him joyful.
UNIVERSAL, SONY & WARNERS all cut a deal with AI startup Klay.
GARY "MANI" MOUNFIELD, who played bass in The Stone Roses and Primal Scream, has died at 63. There are tributes.
KEVIN SPACEY says he's homeless, but would be immediately re-accepted by Hollywood if Scorsese or Tarantino gave him a job.
FROZEN 3's stars landed some cold cash.
COLLEEN HOOVER: The author of It Ends With Us comments on the legal war between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.
BRENDAN FRASER, on The Mummy 4.
ETHAN HAWKE shared his thoughts on the “hard” part of divorce years after his 2005 split from Uma Thurman.
WEAPONS director Zach Cregger claims it's autobiographical.
KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS: The Game of Thrones prequel already gets a second season before its debut.
THE HUNGER GAMES; SUNRISE ON THE REAPING has a trailer online.
JOEY: The Friends spinoff's unseen episodes are on YouTube. Our long national nightmare is over.
A CAT and her adopted monkey.
THIS CAT is in hot pursuit.
THREE LIONS, one veldt.