THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with POWER POP! A few of these may be known generally, like Cheap Trick's "Way of the World" and Nick Lowe's "Cruel to Be Kind"... and some well-known to fans of the genre, like Dwight Twilley's "I'm On Fire," Shoes "Too Late," The Records' "Starry Eyes," the Flamin' Groovies' "Shake Some Action" and the Plimsouls'  "A Million Miles Away" (seen here in a rare live slot).  Others are well-known to longtime Pate fans, like the Three O'Clock's "Her Head's Revolving" or Let's Active's "Waters Part."

LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM & CHRISTINE McVIE advance stream their self-titled album.

ANI DiFRANCO advance streams Binary.

ALA.NI advance streams You & I.

WOODEN WAND covers The Specials, Elvis Presley, and Wire for Aquarium Drunkard.

BRAM TCHAIKOVSKY: "Girl Of My Dreams" and "Lady From the USA", live. Because it's Power Pop Friday, of course.

FATHER JOHN MISTY gets profiled by GQ, complete with fashion shoot.

SGT. PEPPER: Not as good as Magical Mystery Tour?  More srsly, I haven't heard the remaster, but I have heard raves about it. BONUS: Reviews from 1967.

LYDIA LUNCH talks to SPIN baout her musical progeny.

JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE talks to Paste about Nashville, Country lore, growing up, and more.

NOW SHOWING: This weekend's wide releases are Wonder Woman, which is currently scoring 92 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; and Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, which is scoring 86 percent.

WONDER WOMAN starts out wth an advantage the current run of Superman and Batman movies could never have -- most people have at best only the vaguest idea of the backstory of this otherwise iconic character.  So director Patty Jenkins gets the benefit of being able to tell an origin story, and in a version that transplants elements of her canon from WWII to WWI. Traveling to Man's World from the Paradise Island of the Amazons, the screenplay also makes much of the fish-out-of-water trope, both dramatically and comic relief, though never really at the expense of Princess Diana.  Rather, it tends to illuminate Diana's personality, which has more nuance than we tend to get from the more iconic Kal-El or even Bruce Wayne (because audience have very fixed expectations of who they will be).  Gal Godot turns in a star-making performance as Princess Diana, delivering on the promise of her scene-stealing in Batman vs Superman, well-matched with Chris Pine as Steve Trevor, a role seemingly written to play to his strengths in action and comedy.  I've seen people appreciate that with Jenkins at the helm, it's less gritty than the prior entries in the DCEU, but I don't know that it's less gritty as much as being less urban in its settings.  The comic relief in the screenplay does make it feel a bit lighter, but without sacrificing the mythic quality DC was shooting for here.  Thoroughly enjoyable.

JOHNNY DEPP had no idea his former management team used his assets to secure 40MM worth of loans to cover up years of mishandling his money ... according to new legal docs.

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS has a trailer online.

THE DARK UNIVERSE: Will Universal's Monster gamble pay off?

FAME AFTER SNL? It's much harder than it seems.

TAYLOR SWIFT has a date with a jury in August.

CARRIE FISHER & DEBBIE REYNOLDS: Over 1500 of the two late actresses’ personal artifacts will be going up for sale starting Sept. 23.

A CARRIAGE HORSE goes for a run after escaping a NYC stable.

BABY HIPPO FIONA is ready for her close-up.

AN APOCALYPTIC SWARM OF MOSQUITORS hits LaGuardia airport.

A LIVE MONKEY was busted by a courthouse x-ray machine.

KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD  share a video for "The Lord Of Lightning vs Balrog."

ULRIKA SPACEK streams Modern English Decoration.

ART CONTEST streams Two Songs.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features new tracks from Jeff Tweedy, Kevin Morby, Big Thief, Mitski, and more.

LUNA covers Fleetwood Mac's "One Together."

MATT POND PA shares  "Still Summer."

BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE shares "Skyline" on Spotify.

THE ROLLING STONES: An alternate version of "Dead Flowers".

RADIOHEAD talks to Rolling Stone about the making of OK Computer.

BRANDI CARLILE talks to All Songs about The Story tribute LP and more.

FUGAZI: Looking back at 30.

THE THE: Ten of Their Best.

EDGE OF TOMORROW is getting a prequel/sequel, apparently titled LIVE DIE REPEAT AND REPEAT.

JENNIFER GARNER isn't ready to date in the post-Affleck era.

SIN CITY may head to the small screen.

ALANIS MORISETTE and DIABLO CODY are working up "Jagged Little Pill" as a musical.

THE 50 BEST TV THEMES, according to Paste.

TWIN PEAKS: A guide to the reboot soundtrack.

TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY, recreated in Grand Theft Auto V.

MANUEL NORIEGA, who went from Panamanian military strongman to Miami jailbird in the blink of a geopolitical eye after picking a fight with Washington that ended with the U.S. invasion of his country, died late Monday, a few months after surgery to remove a brain tumor went bad.

AN EAST TEXAS SNAKE pukes up another live snake.

TWO CAMELS get it on in the middle of a Dubai motorway.

IS THAT A CATFISH IN YOUR PANTS, or are you just a big hockey fan?

THE SQUIRREL THREAT unveils a third threat from the air.

KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD  share a video for "The Lord Of Lightning vs Balrog."

ULRIKA SPACEK streams Modern English Decoration.

ART CONTEST streams Two Songs.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features new tracks from Jeff Tweedy, Kevin Morby, Big Thief, Mitski, and more.

LUNA covers Fleetwood Mac's "One Together."

MATT POND PA shares  "Still Summer."

BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE shares "Skyline" on Spotify.

THE ROLLING STONES: An alternate version of "Dead Flowers".

RADIOHEAD talks to Rolling Stone about the making of OK Computer.

BRANDI CARLILE talks to All Songs about The Story tribute LP and more.

FUGAZI: Looking back at 30.

THE THE: Ten of Their Best.

EDGE OF TOMORROW is getting a prequel/sequel, apparently titled LIVE DIE REPEAT AND REPEAT.

JENNIFER GARNER isn't ready to date in the post-Affleck era.

SIN CITY may head to the small screen.

ALANIS MORISETTE and DIABLO CODY are working up "Jagged Little Pill" as a musical.

THE 50 BEST TV THEMES, according to Paste.

TWIN PEAKS: A guide to the reboot soundtrack.

TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY, recreated in Grand Theft Auto V.

MANUEL NORIEGA, who went from Panamanian military strongman to Miami jailbird in the blink of a geopolitical eye after picking a fight with Washington that ended with the U.S. invasion of his country, died late Monday, a few months after surgery to remove a brain tumor went bad.

AN EAST TEXAS SNAKE pukes up another live snake.

TWO CAMELS get it on in the middle of a Dubai motorway.

IS THAT A CATFISH IN YOUR PANTS, or are you just a big hockey fan?

THE SQUIRREL THREAT unveils a third threat from the air.

THE HOMELESS GOSPEL CHOIR shares a video for "Normal." The song is new, but the video may ironically remind you of someone else.

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

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, Live at Brooklyn Steel, May 23, 2017.

ROYAL THUNDER played a Tiny Desk Concert.

THE AFGHAN WHIGS covered "Melissa" in Dublin, honoring the late Gregg Allman.

DAVID BOWIE: "Modern Love." from the Summer of 1983.

OASIS may reuinite during one of Liam Gallagher's benefit shows for Manchester.

NICOLE ATKINS talks to Brooklyn Vegan about her new album, favorite Brooklyn bars, influences and more.

BIG THIEF: Adrianne Lenker talks to Stereogum about inhabiting new characters and fighting fear with music.

THE 10 BEST ALLMAN BROS SONGS, according to Stereogum.

WONDER WOMAN may be banned in Lebanon because its lead actress, Gal Gadot, is an Israeli.

ARIANA GRANDE, Justin Bieber, Coldplay and Katy Perry are among those performing at a benefit concert following the Manchester attack. 

TIGER WOODS, contra earlier reports, did not have alcohol in his system and did not refuse a breathalyzer after his DUI arrest. He also was found stopped on the side of the road and not weaving. Woods blames prescription meds.

PIERCE BROSNAN wrote a tribute to Roger Moore.

KATHY GRIFFIN posed for a photo featuring a bloody head of Pres. Trump, continuing her unfunny streak. She later apologized.

OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN has revealed she has breast cancer again, 25 years after recovering from her original diagnosis.

MARY KAY LATOURNEAU and her husband/former student, Vili Fualaau, have separated. Now she can move onto a younger man.

THE MONKEY MAFIA steal from Indonesian tourists for ransom.

CICADA HORROR STORIES: "The screams were heard by everyone in the Fair Lakes parking lot."

A MONSTER-SIZED FROG was bagged in Texas.

EARTHWORMS are getting English names to make them more relatable.

WASHED OUT shares a video for "Get Out."

FLEET FOXES, Live at the Sydney Opera House.

THE OLD 97s stopped by World Cafe for a session.

CODY CHESNUTT advance streams My Love Divine Degree.

GREGG ALLMAN's final World Cafe performance.

THE RASPBERRIES crush "Go All The Way" and "I Wanna Be With You" for Twofer Tuesday.

BILLY BRAGG talks about skiffle, pop, politics, and turning 60. Get off my lawn.

NICK CAVE talks about living and writing through grief.

RODNEY BINGENHEIMER, legendary DJ, scene-maker, and coiner of "It's all happening," is leaving KROQ after 40 years.

THE SIMON & GARFUNKEL Cinematic Universe?  Big names are on-board (tongue-in-cheek)

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales tops the holiday weekend chart with 77MM, but that's below even the low end of projections (80MM). But it's doing quite well abroad, already past the 200MM mark, which means Disney may yet make money, while Johnny Depp may yet get bad publicity. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 placed with 25.1MM; this may not be as high as Disney wanted for the fourth weekend, but it's still outpacing the original at home and crushing the original in foreign markets, even keeping an outside shot at a billion total. Baywatch shows with 23MM (27MM since opening), which may be The Rock's first stumble in years against a 69MM production budget.  Alienn: Covenant plunges 64 percent to the fourth spot with 13.1MM and suddenly looks like an endangered species. Everything, Everything rounds out the Top Five with 7.4MM, but 22MM total looks alright against a 10MM production budget.

PRINCE HARRY talks to GQ about Princess Diana's death and more.

TIGER WOODS was arrested for DUI.

JOAQUIN PHOENIX & ROONEY MARA are a public couple.

BEN STILLER & CHRISTINE TAYLOR split after 17 years of marriage.

MIRANDA KERR and Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel are officially husband and wife.

EMMY ROSSUM  and director Sam Esmail (Mr Robot)  have tied the knot.

KIRSTEN DUNST & SOFIA COPPOLA talk to Variety about their version of The Beguiled.

ADAM SANDLER's new movie got a four-minute standing ovation at Cannes.

THE HITMAN's BODYGUARD has a trailer online.

IRAQ: The nation's first tollway has quickly been caught up in geopolitics, sectarianism and tensions between the United States and Iran, which seems determined to sabotage the highway project as an unacceptable projection of American influence right on its doorstep.

A FARTING GOAT startles a toddler.

A HORRIFYING LIST OF CREATURES that can crawl into your body.

A MOOSE FAMILY, just chillin' in Anchorage.

A GREAT WHITE SHARK jumped into a fisherman's boat, injuring a 73-year-old man. What say you, Police Chief Brody?