THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

... with THE BYRDS! To everything there is a season, and when the leaves start turning, my thoughts turn to this rare live threefer of "Turn! Turn! Turn!", "Bells of Rhymney" and "Mr. Tambourine Man", introduced by... David McCallum? There are more screaming girls, plus go-go dancers when they hit Shivaree for "All I Really Want to Do" and "Feel A Whole Lot Better."  There are even more dancers when they cover "Not Fade Away" for Shindig! on June 23, 1965, while I'm pretty sure that's Ed Wynn introducing "Chimes of Freedom."

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS advance streams American Band.

PIXIES advance streams Head Carrier.

BOB WEIR advance streams Blue Mountain.

JENNY HVAL advance streams Blood B^tch.

SLAUGHTER BEACH DOG advance streams Welcome.

HOPE SANDOVAL and KURT VILE duet on “Let Me Get There.”

COUSTEAU: "The Last Good Day of the Year." Or close to it.

MEAT LOAF talks to The Guardian about his new (and final?) album Braver Than We Are, serial comebacks, and how he's never lost a fist fight.

TALKING HEADS: Ten of Their Best.

THE HANDSOME FAMILY: Rennie and Brett Sparks talk to Fresh Air about songwriting, copywriting, and more.

THE 20 BEST LEONARD COHEN SONGS, according to Paste.

NOW SHOWING: This weekend's wide releases are Storks, which is currently scoring 52 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; and the remake of The Magnificent Seven, which is scoring 61 percent.

BRANGELEXIT: The Los Angeles Police Department is not investigating any allegations of child abuse against Brad Pitt, but maybe the DCFS and FBI are. Pitt is reportedly admiiting he yelled at his kids, but denying he ever struck them, and suggesting Angelina Jolie is engaged in a smear campaign to support her divorce petition.

EIGHT DAYS A WEEK: Ron Howard's Beatles documentary is exceeding box-office expectations.

STAR WARS: ROGUE ONE is not expected to match the box office returns of The Force Awakens, said Disney honcho Bob Iger in a naked bit of expectations-setting.

LINDSAY LOHAN is making some seriously disturbing claims about her ex-fiancé Egor Tarabasov. 

ADAM LEVINE & BEHATI PRINSLOO officially became parents after the Victoria's Secret Angel gave birth to their first child, a daughter.

MIA FARROW's son Thaddeus shot and killed himself.

MEL BROOKS accepted the 2015 National Medal of Arts award and then pretended to pants Pres. Obama.

GHOST IN THE SHELL has a teaser trailer online.

THE DOG needs to work on his hide-and-seek skills.

THAT HUMPBACK WHALE has washed ashore in Oregon again.

GIANT ASIAN HORNETS Invade The UK For The First Time.

BILLIONS OF "SUPER-FLEAS" set invade Plymouth in the IK. Guess what makes them super?

WHITE LUNG drops a video for "Sister."

THE FELICE BROTHERS stopped by WFUV for a chhat and mini-set. 

CYMBALS EAT GUITARS perform for WNYC Soundcheck.

WILLIAM BELL plays a Tiny Desk Concert with a 12-piece band.

LEONARD COHEN shares “You Want It Darker,” the title track of his upcoming LP.

HONUS HONUS (of Man Man) shares “Oh No” ahead of Use Your Delusion.

KATIE ELLEN streams her TV Dreams 7".

O'JAYS: "Backstabbers."

LED ZEPPELIN: Jimmy Page talks to The Guardian about recording against the clock, the struggle to get on TV and his plans for a new band.

AMANDA SHIRES talks to Rolling Stone about her new LP and working with husband Jason Isbell.

SLOAN talks to Brooklyn Vegan about One Chord to Another‘s 20th anniversary, shows long ago, and more.

THE WHO's Ten Best Albums, according to NME. The order is incorrect.

BRANGELEXIT: Brad Pitt will fight Angelina Jolie hard for joint physical custody of their 6 kids. And despite the projection of the entire internet, Jennifer Aniston took the high road reacting to the news of the Jolie-Pitt split.  Meanwhile, Madame Tussaud's separated the wax figures of the celeb power couple.

ALLIED, starring Brad Pitt and (ahem) Marion Cotillard, has a trailer online.

RYAN GOSLING & EVA MENDES are secretly married or not secretly married. Choose your own adventure.

JON BENET RAMSEY's older brother plans to sue CBS after the network aired a documentary in which experts concluded the brother killed her.

JARED LETO wil play Andy Warhol in a biopic of the pop artist.

NETFLIX wants to be 50 percent original content within a few years; expect rate hikes.

IRAQ: The U.S. military says a rocket that landed within several hundred yards of U.S. troops at a base in northern Iraq may have contained mustard agent. 

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT: A two-headed calf.

ALONG CAME A SPIDER, resulting in a rollover crash in Northwest Portland.

A SECOND PYTHON is on the lam in Quebec.

FARTING COWS are targeted by Cali Gov. Jerry Brown.

JON PRATT: Pate's frontman covers Joni Mitchell's  "A Case of You" along with his backstory.

LAKE STREET DIVE plays the Mountain Stage.

CAVEMAN plays a mini-set for KEXP.

PHANTOGRAM stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic for a session.

STRANGER THINGS: The kids from the Netflix phenom covered "Uptown Funk" before the Emmys.

NIRVANA:  PopMatters reconsiders Nevermind at 25.

AC/DC bassist Cliff Williams is retiring from the band.

LIARS are the latest of The Guardian's Cult Heroes.

MARILYN MANSON is not voting for President. It's not the first time.

BRANGELEXIT: Angelina Jolie Pitt has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt after just two years, citing irreconcilable differences.  Was it Marion Cotillard?  A conflict over the kids, substance abuse and anger? What ever it is, Jolie launched a media blitzkrieg; Pitt is trying to catch up. The New York Post cover for today went there (scroll to the end).

CURTIS HANSON, director of L.A. Confidential, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Wonder Boys and 8 Mile, among others, died Tuesday of an apparent heart attack at age 71.

KIM KARDASHIAN took out a full-page ad in Saturday's New York Times attacking those who denied the Armenian genocide.

JIM CARREY responded to the wrongful death suit against him.

DANCING WITH THE STARS beefed up security after last week's anti-Lochte protest.

LEAH REMINI is launching a reality show about her Church of Scientology past.

SPACE GHOST COAST TO COAST is almost entirely streaming at Adult Swim.

TWO BULLS died instantly in a head-on collision. (Graphic)

A 600-LB HOG was found roaming around Gainesville, FL.

A DEAD HUMPBACK WHALE disappeared from the Oregon coast before scientists could perform an autopsy.

THE FOX IN THE HENHOUSE was a drunken, naked Swede. Not very foxy.

HAR MAR SUPERSTAR plays Prince's "When You Were Mine" for The A.V. Club Undercover.

THE HANDSOME FAMILY, best known for True Detective Seaaon One, is streaming Unseen.

JAMIE LIDELL & THE ROYAL PHARAOHS perform on WNYC Soundcheck.

CORINNE BAILEY RAE played a Tiny Desk Concert.

WARPAINT shares "Whiteout" ahead of Heads Up.

STEELY DAN: "Josie" and "My Old School" for Twofer Tuesday. (Thx for the suggestion, Jay.)

COURTNEY BARNETT talks to NME about her next album.

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS: Patterson Hood gets political with Consequence of Sound.

THE FEELIES: Glenn Mercer talks to Impose about the band's 40th anniversary and upcoming album.

JON WURSTER, indie drummer exraordinaire, is profiled at Pulse. (Thx, LHB.)

TOM HIDDLESTON is still friends with Taylor Swift, but is flirting with Priyanka Chopra.

JUSTIN BIEBER and Sofia Richie's relationship has fizzled.

ANTHONY MICHAEL HALL is being investigated for allegedly attacking his neighbor, leaving the man with a broken wrist and hurt back.

JIM CARREY is being sued for wrongful death.

JURASSIC PARK 2 may be one of the most expensive movies evah.

BLAIR WITCH's writer and director took their poor box office pretty well.

STAR WARS :EPISODE VIII RUMORS, collected at Uproxx.

NEW YORK: Ahmad Rahami, the naturalized 28-year-old native of Afghanistan hunted in connection with a series of bombings in New York City and New Jersey over the weekend, was taken into custody Monday after a gun battle with police that left two officers wounded, officials said.  In two separate cases, thieves snatching bags from city streets and train stations inadvertently helped law enforcement get the upper hand.

IRAN: The United States made at least two separate payments to the Iranian government via wire transfer within the last 14 months, a Treasury Department spokesman confirmed Saturday, contradicting explanations from President Barack Obama that such payments were impossible.

PUPPY vs LION CUBS: Who You Got?

A DEER crashed through the window at a Tim Hortons location in Kitchener, clearly jonesing for some maple donuts.

CAT SCRATCH FEVER: Cuddling a kitten be dangerous to your health.

KISSING CHICKENS is also a bad idea.

MIKE DOUGHTY shares "I Cant Believe I Found You in This Town."

DAWES stopped by World Cafe for a chat and mini-set.

THE HEAD AND THE HEART play a set at City Winery for WFUV.

TOUCHE AMORE streams Stage Four.

BOB WEIR shares "Lay My Lily Down" ahead of Blue Mountain.

THE PRIMITONS play "Seeing Is Believing" at an in-store appearance from 1985.  Proof positive that the Internet makes the "Where Are They Now?" file bottomless.  Background at Trouser Press.

THE CURE's former drummer, Lol Tolhurst, talks about  his new memoir, the band's early punk inspirations, and why he's glad he didn't win his lawsuit against them.

FROM DAVE GROHL to RINGO STARR: The the secrets of star drummers.

THE SUMMER OF '76: Punk, Disco, and Silly Love Songs.

DON BUCHLA, the groundbreaking synthesizer inventor, has died age 79. Coincidentally, you can see and hear his modular synths in this new edition of All Songs TV.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:  Sully repeated atop the chart with 22MM on a leggy 37 percent drop, easily defeating two attempted franchise revivivals and the latest from Oliver Stone.  Blair Witch placed with 9.7MM, which is likely disappointing even  against a 5MM budget.  Bridget Jones's Baby showed with a meager 8.2MM against a 35MM budge; even another 29MM overseas may not be enough to save this one. Snowden debuted in the fourth slot with 8MM, Oliver Stone's worst opening since U-Turn. Don't Breathe rounded out the Top Five with another 5.6MM on away-leggy-for-horror 32 percent drop, having grossed over 75MM so far against a 9.9MM budget.

COREY FELDMAN delivered a strange musical performance on the Today show, then freaked out that the reaction.

BILL MURRAY tended bar at his son's place over the weekend.

THE EMMY AWARDS went to these folks.

TOM CRUISE is on the verge of closing his deal to return to the Mission: Impossible franchise, after proteracted salary negotiations delayed preproduction of the sixth installment.

RENEE ZELLWEGER is profiled in the L.A. Times.

MEL GIBSON is expecting his ninth child.

BELLA THORNE was caught canoodling with Teen Wolf star Tyler Posey.

EDWARD ALBEE, whose slashing play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? shocked Broadway in 1962 and has since become a classic of American literature, died in his sleep Friday at his home in Montauk at 88.

NEW YORK: The FBI took five people with possible links to the Chelsea explosion into custody Sunday night in Brooklyn as authorities shut down a busy New Jersey rail station where reports of a bomb was being investigated, police and New Jersey officials said.

SYRIA: International inspectors find gaping holes in Syria's chemical weapons declarations, raising concern that Assad may have hidden some of his deadliest warfare agents. This is my shocked face. The United States and Russia said on Friday they wanted to extend the four-day-old ceasefire in Syria they have co-sponsored, although the agreement looked increasingly shaky, undermined by increasing violence and a failure to deliver aid. This is also my shocked face.

TWO KITTENS ENTER, One Kitten Leaves.

45 THOUSAND HORSES were saved by public outcry over a government proposal to eithanize them to control overgrazing.

A COW WITH NO NAME becomes an internet sensation.

SHEEP RUSTLERS were nabbed in the West Midlands.