DEE-LITE finds that "Groove Is In the Heart," with a little help from Bootsy Collins and Q-Tip.

WAR:  Lonnie Jordan joins Sound Opinions to discuss The World Is a Ghetto.

CHERRY GLAZERR shares "Soft Like a Flower."

THE DRUMS shares "Better."

BONNY DOON reflect on their early influences and share a selection of Folkways recordings that have inspired them, from Elizabeth Cotten to Lucinda Williams.

THE BEST MUSIC of 2023 (So Far), according to Pitchfork.

THE ALTERNATIVE NUMBER ONES looks at Big Audio Dynamite, the band that Mick Jones started after getting kicked out of the Clash, and at "Just Play Music!," their attempt at a funky complaint record.

DISCO DEMOLITION NIGHT: Yesterday was the anniversary of Disco Demolition Night, a promo event occurring during a scheduled twi-nite doubleheader between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers that would prove to be the most ill-conceived promotional idea since the infamous "Ten Cent Beer Night" in Cleveland in 1974. It's now the subject of a book and this oral history at Chicago magazine.  Though some think it had to do with racism, homophobia, etc., the event had much more to do with the fact that Chicago radio station WDAI forced out morning host Steve Dahl o­n Chirstmas Eve 1978, to switch to a disco format. A man who is cashiered wearing a Santa suit tends to carry a grudge. (Indeed, authentic Disco, as it had originated in predominantly black and gay clubs, had already died commercially -- but the genre later found its way onto the Top 40 in the wake of Saturday Night Fever as a trendy white phenomenon; Dahl's critics might consider whether that phase was a cultural apporpriation.) A few months later Dahl re-surfaced at WLUP with "Do You Think I'm Disco?" -- a parody of Rod Stewart's "Do You Think I'm Sexy?" with lyrics that targeted yuppie narcissism and materialism. He also did a bit where he pretended to blow-up disco records, which Mike Veeck, the son of Sox owner (and legendary showman) Bill Veeck, thought could be turned into a promotion in which admission was 98 cents (because WLUP was FM 98) for anyone who brought a disco record to be blown up between the two games. It was far more successful and less controllable than either Dahl or Veeck imagined, with young people storming the park to enter, creating a fog of marijuana smoke in the stands, sailing records like frisbees, throwing firecrackers and ultimately storming the diamond after the scheduled demolition had concluded and Dahl was en route to the announcer's booth for the second game. Footage of the event from from stellamasters, along with the aftermath at FuzzyMemories and this compilation of local news coverage from the night is pretty darned good, with cameos from Bill Kurtis and Greg Gumbel.  BONUS: White Sox organist Nancy Foust has the program of how it was supposed to go.

OPPENHEIMER's early buzz is hot.

BARBIE will show in the Philippines, with light censorship.

HOLLYWOOD BIGWIGS want to let the striking writers go broke.

SAG-AFTRA agreed to federal mediation of negotiations with the studios.

THE EMMYS nominations are out.

SUPERMAN: LEGACY adds Barry's Anthony Carrigan.

TOM CRUISE still wants to make a movie in outer space.

ANTHONY MICHAEL HALL is a first-time dad at 55.

A SEA OTTER steals surfboards in Santa Cruz.

A BLACK SWAN, feeding the fish.

CATS & DOGS, living together.

KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND: "Boogie Shoes," live in Miami, circa 1974.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features Margo Price, Palehound, Talking Heads (Live), and more.

COURTNEY BARNETT shares three instrumentals.

MARGARET GLASPY shares "Memories."

ARETHA FRANKLIN: A Michigan jury decided which of two hand-scrawled wills represented the famed singer’s true wishes for how to divide her estate.

BETHANY COSENTINO's Hard Reset.

SPEAK NOW, PLAY AGAIN: Taylor Swift isn't the only one rerecording classics.

WHY DO PEOPLE stop exploring new music as they get older?

WONKA has a trailer online. Stay for Hugh Grant.

AHSOKA has a trailer online.

SUPERMAN: LEGACY adds Isabela Merced, Edi Gathegi and Nathan Fillion.

ROBERT DOWNEY JR's Post-Marvel Balancing Act.

ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL is getting a sequel?

HOLLYWOOD BIGWIGS are working on a plan to call in federal mediators to help avert a SAG-AFTRA strike, with just a day to go before the contract deadline.

THE EMMYS may get pushed to January, citing strike concerns.

EMILY BLUNT is taking a year off from acting.

SECRETS OF PLAYBOY: The shocking allegations so far.

DUCKLINGS reuinite with siblings.

A WHALE SHARK, swimming through Bioluminescent Algae.

A DOGGO, living his best life.

QUESTION MARK & THE MYSTERIANS: "96 Tears" and "Girl (You Captivate Me)" for Twofer Tuesday.

JASON ISBELL visits World Cafe.

PRINCE: Hear two archival tracks online.

LIZ PHAIR covers Nick Drake’s “Free Ride.”

WIDESPREAD PANIC co-founder Dave Schools discusses the evolution of the band, the early influence of Athens, GA, collaborations, their DIY approach, and beyond. 

THE BEST SONGS of 2023 (So Far), according to Vulture.

JAKE RUDH: A profile of Gen X's DJ.

THE NUMBER ONES looks back at Bruno Mars' first chart-topper as a lead artist, "Just The Way You Are."

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 7 has a final trailer online.

RIDLEY SCOTT's NAPOLEON has a first trailer online.

INDIANA JONES 5: How 100+ vfx artists de-aged Harrison Ford.

BARBIE: Ryan Gosling sings "I'm Just Ken."

DEADPOOL 3: A first look at Wolverine in the multiverse.

JAMIE FOXX has been photographed in public for the first time since enduring a sudden medical complication that led to his April hospitalization.

ERIN ANDREWS is a mom.

A DOGGO, running on water.

THIS PUP does not want to go.

ANKLE SHARK, immediately in search of his next victim.

THE HOLLIES: "Have You Ever Loved Somebody", courtesy of the Beeb.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to PJ Harvey, Local Natives, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Chris Stamey, The Fall reissues, and more.

ELTON JOHN closes out his farewell tour with "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road."

METRIC shares "Just The Once."

NICK CAVE talks about his favorite works.

THE HIVES: "There's nothing more depressing than adult rock music."

THIRD TIME'S A CHARM: A third album breakthrough playlist.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Wow, Insidious 5 tops the chart with a 32.7MM debut, knocking Indiana Jones 5 into second place with 26.5MM on a 57 percent drop.  Indy likely needs to make 400MM worldwide to break even, and its only near 250MM right now.  Sound of Freedom, Jim Caviezel's child trafficking pic, shows with a 16.9MM debut.

CILLIAN MURPHY, on Oppenheimer, sex scenes and self-doubt.

SHANG-CHI: The sequel keeps getting pushed back.

JONAH HILL's ex calls him emotionally abusive.

WILL SMITH awkwardly teased his son Jaden on his 25th birthday for not having any children yet.

MICHAEL MANN'S FERRARI: Racing... and grief.

HOLLYWOOD: A Summer of Chaos.

A CAT protects its spot on the train.

A BORDER COLLIE, failing on the job.

A BUNNY takes on the hurdles.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE...

...with the wicked, wicked WILSON PICKETT, live from Germany, circa 1968. This disappeared from the Tube, but I've managed to find almost all of it reposted there or elsewhere.  His band warms up the crowd with the instrumental "Soulfinger," but Pickett electrifies from the moment he enters for "Everybody Needs Somebody" and doesn't let up through "Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do)," "Mustang Sally" and "Stagger Lee," and "Funky Broadway," during which people dancing in front of the stage start turning up o­nstage (And why not? This rawks almost as hard as The Who's cover of "Shakin' All Over").  The tumultuous finale of "Land of 1000 Dances" from amid the crowd remains missing, but this other "Land of 1000 Dances" from 1966 is almost as wild, and in color to boot. Raw and riveting; if this can't put you in a weekend state of mind, probably nothing can.

WEDNESDAY plays a mini-concert for World Cafe.

THE ALBUM LEAF plays KEXP.

BEN LEE & GEORGIA MAQ cover the Replacements’ “Androgynous.”

SILVERSUN PICKUPS covers Joe Jackson's "I'm The Man."

KRISTIN HERSH shares "Ms Haha."

BUSH TETRAS shares "Bird On a Wire." 

M WARD talks to Aquarium Drunkard about Elvis and more.

PJ HARVEY talks to NPR Music.

EELS' Mark Oliver Everett discussed the band’s reissues with Paste.

BROOKLYN VEGAN's Top 40 Fave LPs of 2023 (So Far).

BRITNEY SPEARS, slapped by NBA Security.

BOB MARLEY has a trailer online.

RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE, with Uma Thurman as President, has a trailer online.

KEVIN COSTNER's wife must leave the house by the end of the month.

BRADLEY COOPER, on fatherhood.

FLORENCE PUGH, wearing another see-through gown.

HOW TOM BRADY's Crypto Ambitions Collided With Reality (And Taylor Swift Escaped).

A PUPPER's battery runs out.

A KITTEN perseveres.

CATS & DOGS, on movie night.