Karl THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:
… with POWER POP (REDUX)! For whatever reason, I have considered Summer the ideal season for gems like Badfinger's "No Matter What" (which Pate covered on occasion) and "Baby Blue", and even Todd Rundgren's "I Saw the Light" and Cheap Trick's "I Want You to Want Me." Ditto for more obscure tracks like The Rubinoos "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" (see also their vintage cover of "Please Please Me"), Off Broadway's "Stay In Time" and "Full Moon Turn My Head Around," and Pezband's "Baby It's Cold Outside" and "Close Your Eyes."
T-BONE BURNETT visits World Cafe.
DIVINE FITS had a surprise reunion in Williamsburg.
R.E.M.'s first group interview in 30 years. And their first performance in 17 years.
ART BRUT shares "Home Altars of Mexico."
PAUL WELLER covers Billie Eilish’s Oscar-winning Barbie ballad “What Was I Made For?“
TOM MORELLO joined… DEF LEPPARD on the glammy "Just Like '73."
BACKBEAT director Iain Softley looks back on capturing the early Beatles 30 years ago.
BILLIE EILISH, Interviewed by LANA DEL REY.
MARK JAMES, the songwriter responsible for classic hits like "Suspicious Minds" and "Hooked On A Feeling," has died at 83.
INSIDE OUT 2 opens at 92 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Can it save Pixar from its slump? Tracking estimates are for a 90MM debut.
WATCHMEN: The animated miniseries has a teaser trailer online.
THE G.I. JOE / TRANSFORMERS crossover has a screenwriter.
DWAYNE "THE ROCK" JOHNSON signed a first look deal with Disney.
EMILY BLUNT may join Spielberg's UFO movie.
APOCALYPTIC MOVIES, ranked by survivability.
GREMLINS: An Oral History.
A GROUPER, petted by a diver.
GATOR vs DRONE: Who You Got?
CATS & DOGS, living together…
A HONEYBEE changes its mind in mid-sting.
