BLAKE BABIES' fab cover of the Grass Roots' "Temptation Eyes."  Saw 'em open for Game Theory, many moons ago.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to MGMT, Hurray For The Riff Raff, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Mary Timony, Real Estate, Stereolab‘s Laetitia Sadier, and more.

PAUL WELLER shares “Soul Wandering.”

THE LIBERTINES: Pete Doherty says he was "healthier when he was on heroin."

MGMT: "Every so often we do something that's accidentally on trend."

YARD ACT: James Smith's cultural highlights.

IAN "TICH" AMEY, the lead guitarist of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, has died at 79.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:  Bob Marley: One Love repeats atop the chart with 13.5MM on a 53 percent drop. Demon Slayer places with an 11.6MM debut.  The faith-based Ordinary Angels shows with a 6.5MM debut.  Another slow wee, perhaps the last for a while.

THE SAG AWARDS went to these folks.  Congrats. (A pretty CW selection all told.)

THE SPIRIT AWARDS went to these folks. Congrats.

COYOTE v ACME's fate is uncertain as the WB takes a 115MM tax writedown.

WERNER HERZOG, on the ‘Barbenheimer’ phenomenon.

SCHINDLER'S LIST: An Oral History.

OFFICE SPACE Turns 25.

GLADIATOR 2's budget has ballooned to 300MM.

RICHARD RUSHFIELD's Hollywood Field Guide.

FOUR GOLDENS and a baby.

TRAMPOLINE MAKERS find their target demo.

CATS & DOGS, living together.

FLACO,  the Eurasian eagle owl discovered missing from the Central Park Zoo after his exhibit was vandalized just over a year ago, is dead after an apparent collision with a building on West 89th Street in Manhattan.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with ARETHA FRANKLIN, Live in Stockholm, 1968! The "Lady Soul" concert was broadcast on Swedish TV, including: "There's No Business Like Show Business," "Come Back To Me," "Satisfaction," "Don't Let Me Lose This Dream," "Soul Serenade," "Night Life," "Baby I Love You," "Groovin,'" "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," "Come Back Baby," "Dr Feelgood (Love Is A Serious Business)," "Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby)" "I  Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)," "Chain Of Fools," and "Respect."

YARD ACT plays The Current.

THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN shares "Girl 71."

MARK KNOPFLER shares "Watch Me Gone."

ISOBEL CAMPBELL shares "4316."

JUDAS PRIEST shares “The Serpent And The King.”

THE HIGH LLAMAS shares “Sisters Friends.”

KINGS OF LEON shares "Mustang."

BAT FOR LASHES shares "The Dream of Delphi."

FOREIGNER's Mick Jones is battling Parkinson's.

MARY TIMONY's 10 favorite '60s / '70s prog and Brit-folk jams.

STEVEN TYLER won dismissal of a sexual assault lawsuit as untimely.

JIM GORDON: A new book on the legendary drummer turned murderer.

DENIS VILLENEUVE, on the crazy privilege of making Dune: Part Two.

TOM CRUISE is again looking to pair with auteur directors like Alejandro Iñárritu.  More background here.

JODIE FOSTER is earning career-best reviews - but she still wonders how differently her life could have gone.

NATALIE PORTMAN, on the decline of film as a primary form of entertainment.

WENDY WILLIAMS was diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia.

AMANDA SEYFRIED, on suddenly being typecast as a Mom.

JOHN CENA joins OnlyFans, sort of.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

THE FLOOR Is Lava.

A WOLF PUP's First Howl.

A DOGGO solicits skritches.

DEAN & BRITTA: Today just seemed good for "Words You Used to Say."

HOT WAX plays WFUV.

RICHARD HAWLEY shares "Two For His Heels." Less laid back for him.

PERNICE BROTHERS share “I Don’t Need That Anymore,” ft. Neko Case.

BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN shares “When I Was Younger.”

THE SMITHS: Every song ranked in order of greatness.

BEYONCE becomes the first Black woman to reach Number One on the US country chart with her new single.

JIMMY IOVINE: A woman who sued the A-list producer and Interscope co-founder for sexual abuse and misconduct has dropped the case after “the matter was resolved to the satisfaction of the parties,” according to her lawyer.

MARK RONSON is actively lobbying for his father’s band - Foreigner -  to get into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.

THE EAGLES: A trial involving the stolen handwritten lyrics to ‘Hotel California' has begun in New York, with Don Henley expected to testify.

MARVEL RETOOLS: The Kang Dynasty is dead; Long Live Kang?

VAINTY FAIR's HOLLYWOOD ISSUE: The traditional Oscars-season group cover is out.

CHALLENGERS: Zendaya's post-Dune flick has a trailer online.

ETHAN COEN and TRICIA COOKE on their new film, and wanting movies to not suck.

JENNA ORTEGA talks up the Beetlejuice sequel.

GRETA GERWIG's Next Big Swing.

HOLLYWOOD CONTRACTION: Actors Struggle To Find Jobs As TV Castings Dry Up.

PAUL D'AMATO, the actor who played the gloriously vicious Tim “Dr. Hook” McCracken opposite Paul Newman in Slap Shot, died Monday after a long battle with progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare brain condition that is similar to Parkinson’s disease. D’Amato was 76.

OKAY, she's still angry.

TWO TYPES of pupper.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

THE FOUR TOPS: Levi Stubbs works up a sweat on live French TV, belting out a supercharged "I'll Be There."

BRITTANY HOWARD visits World Cafe.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features Mary Timony, Daisy Rickman, Jessica Pratt, and more.

OLD 97s shares "Where The Road Goes," ft. Peter Buck of R.E.M.

ADRIENNE LENKER shares "Fool."

REAL ESTATE shares "Flowers."

THE BEATLES: Sam Mendes plans to direct four interlocking biopics of the Fab Four.

KISS: Gene Simmons, on the one time he got high.

DUNE: PART TWO had to figure out how the Fremen ride a sandworm.

CIVIL WAR: Alex Garland’s new A24 film has a trailer online.

JURASSIC WORLD: The next installment has a new director?

FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF is getting a spin-off movie.

JON STEWART responds to critics of his Daily Show return.

MARTIN SCORSESE's next movie role is acting.

TONY GANIOS, the comedic actor known for his turn as fan-favorite Meat in Bob Clark’s “Porky’s” and as Perry in Philip Kaufman’s 1979 coming-of-age comedy-drama “The Wanderers,” died Feb. 18 following surgery at a hospital in New York. He was 64.

A HORSE, galloping down I-95 in Philly.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

BABY CROCS, firing like laser guns.

THE WALKER BROTHERS play "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" and "Make It Easy On Yourself" for Twofer Tuesday.

MATTHEW SWEET, in Mpls, playing "Divine Intervention," "We're The Same," "I've Been Waiting," "Evangeline," "Sick Of Myself," and "Girlfriend," with The Bangles' Debbi Peterson on drums.

DAMON ALBARN does a ska-ishworld beat  cover of The Smiths' "Panic."

NICK CAVE has given some advice to artists who say they’ve felt uninspired to create, given the state of the world.

THE TOP-SELLING CASSETTES fall into two categories.

THE KINKS' Ray Davies talks to The Times.

BRIAN WILSON sideman Probyn Gregory was profiled by Rolling Stone before the sad news regaridng a conservatorship.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' novelty smash "Thrift Shop."

INSIDE "MADAME WEB": The real-time collapse of a potential franchise.

NIMONA is free to watch during Oscars season, courtesy of Netflix.

ANYONE BUT YOU may be the highest-grossing live-action Shakespeare adaptation.

MICHAEL KEATON teases the Beetlejuice sequel.

THE ROYALS: There is no way back for Prince Harry to take a temporary working role in the Royal family while his father is ill.

MASTERS OF THE AIR: Apple TV+'s Most-Watched Series Launch Ever.

JENNIFER LOPEZ's MOVIE: Frequently Asked Questions.

THE DERO & MESUS split is likely permanent, as explained by Kid Mero.

A DOGGO, vibing at da club.

THE ORANGE CAT is down for it.

A QUOKKA, enjoying a juggler.