MAVIS STAPLES covers The Band's “The Weight” with guests including Arcade Fire’s Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy and his son Spencer, Eric Church, Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris, Gregg Allmann, and a host of others.

THE FLAMING LIPS visited World Cafe for a chat and mini-set.

ANDREW BIRD played the Mountain Stage.

TENNIS performed in the WNYC Soundcheck studio.

ART SCHOOL JOCKS share "Just A Gwen."

VIC CHESTNUTT's cover of R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts" surfaces at Aquarium Drunkard.

JIMMY WEBB, one of America's master songwriters, plays "Elvis and Me" on Steve Dahl's 1991 NYE PPV event.

BOB DYLAN will be accepting his Nobel Prize in literature this weekend, but it's unclear whether he'll collect the 900K that usually comes with it.

BOB SEGER: From classic rock icon to endangered species.

THE 50 BEST BRITPOP ALBUMS, according to Pitchfork.

PET SHOP BOYS: Ten of Their Best.

BRANGELEXIT: Brad Pitt secretly joined Angelina Jolie and their kids in Cambodia, where she was filming a documentary.

SHERRY LANSING has war stories from Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

OSCAR ISSAC and his girlfriend Elvira Lind are expecting a baby together.

JOHNNY DEPP responds to claims of profligacy.

JENNIFER LAWRENCE & DARREN ARONOFSKY: Why they're getting serious.

MICELLE PFEIFFER, Interviewed by...Darren Aronofsky.

EMMA THOMPSON almost left Brideshead Revisited over fat-shaming of another actress.

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: SALAZARS' REVENGE got some good first reax at CinemaCon.

IT: The Stephen King remake gets a trailer.

VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS, the latest from Luc Besson (The Fifth Element) has a trailer online.

FROZEN: The Original Ending.

AN ALASKAN MALAMUTE watches over a baby.

THIS TRAPPER controls DC's feral cat population.

A 30-LB TURKEY crashed through the windshield of a rental car in Indiana. With God as my witness....

A GARGANTUAN ALLIGATOR interrupted a golf tournament in South Carolina Monday.

PWR BTTM shares a video for "Answer My Text."

THE HEAD AND THE HEART played the Turf Club for The Current.

THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND: Radio Unnameable, NYC 1968.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED, with Guest DJ Lenny Kaye.

SLOWDIVE shares "Sugar For The Pill" ahead of their first album in 22 years.

THE MOODY BLUES hit the charts with "Go Now" before going psychedelic.

WIRE ON WIRE: To mark their 40th anniversary, the band discuss the evolution of their sound and pick five crucial recordings, from then to now.

KEITH RICHARDS talks to the L.A. Times about Chuck Berry.

ELBOW: Guy Garvey talks to Under The Radar about Benedict Cumberbatch, Bobby Fischer, and more...

JOHN LEE HOOKER: Ten of His Best.

SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING dropped a second trailer.

ALEC BALDWIN excerpts his memoir at Vanity Fair, discussing his favorite actors, his Saturday Night Live baptism, his 30 Rock years, and the night of November 8.

EMMY ROSSUM was robbed, and she made it easy.

LEGION: The Best Superhero Show On TV Doesn't Act Like One.

A REALITY SHOW IN THE WILDERNESS was canceled several months ago and no one bothered to tell the contestants.

TEN ESSENTIAL BRITISH NEW WAVE FILMS, via Flavorwire.

A SHARK shows gratitutde afeter a diver removes a hook from its belly.

SPIDERS could theoretically eat every human on Earth in one year.

A RHINO is back in his enclosure after briefly wandering out of his area Tuesday morning.

A MACAQUE SELFIE may help save the species.

SPARKS shares the title track for Hippopotamus.

WIRE streams Silver/Lead.

REGINA SPEKTOR stopped by The Current for a chat and mini-set.

MARGO PRICE performed live at the Turf Club for The Current.

WHITNEY covers Dolly Parton's "Gonna Hurry (As Slow As I Can)" and Lion's "You've Got a Woman" in time for Twofer Tuesday.

THE FEELIES: Let's revisit classics like "Away" and "Deep Fascination" for Twofer Tuesday.

THE KINKS' Dave Davies talks about the band's best riff and UFOs with Vulture.

JOHNNY ROTTEN defends Nigel Farage, Brexit, and Pres. Trump.

VALERIE JUNE talks songwriting on Weekend Edition.

CLEM CURTIS, who was perhaps best known for his work with the band the Foundations, has died at the age of 76.

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH and his wife Sophie welcomed their second child together.

VENOM: Sony is reportedly developing Venom not only as the film to launch their own Marvel Universe, but as an R-rated effort.

TRUE DETECTIVE is making some progress behind the scenes toward a new season. David Milch — the mind behind dramas such as Deadwood and NYPD Blue — is coming on board to work with creator Nic Pizzolatto.

ALICIA VIKANDER in her first official photo as Lara Croft.

VAL KILMER is crazy for Cate Blanchett.

DANA CKROYD & GRIFFIN DUNNE spoke at the public tribute to Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds.

TEN ESSENTIAL WERNER HERZOG MOVIES, according to Rolling Stone.

LONDON: The British man who killed four people during a London rampage had made three trips to Saudi Arabia: He taught English there twice on a work visa and returned on a visa usually granted to those going on a religious pilgrimage.

DAVID ATTENBOROUGH performed a spoken word “What a Wonderful World” for BBC One.

CATS are nice and enjoy spending time with humans, study finds.

THE HUNT FOR THE TASMANIAN TIGER moves to Cape York.

BADGERS Blamed For Road Collapse.

SPIRAL STAIRS shares some "Emoshuns."

THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN is streaming Damage and Joy via Spotify.

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

DELICATE STEVE plays a Tiny Desk Concert.

BECCA STEVENS, a young collaborator of David Crosby, stopped by the World Cafe for a chat and mini-set.

THE NEW PRONOGRAPHERS share the title track to Whiteout Conditions. Oh yeah.

FUTURE ISLANDS share a new single, "Cave."

LUCIUS shares "Million Dollar Secret," a new song for HBO's Girls.

GUADALCANAL DIARY: From the "Where Are They Now?" file (and MTV's 120 Minutes), we have a semi-live take on "Watusi Rodeo."

SPOON: Britt Daniel talks sex, Prince, politics and Hot Thoughts with NME.

CAR SEAT HEADREST: Will Toledo talks to Pitchfork about modern music, social media, gosts, gambling and more.

JON SPENCER runs down some of his favorite garage and proto-punk moments for Aquarium Drunkard.

THE MOST EXPENSIVE RECORD Never Sold.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Beauty and the Beast again dominated the chart with 88.3MM on a 49 percent drop, crossing the 300MM mark domestically t a pace fast enough that it could wing up being in the Top Five all-time domestic grossers. Power Rangers places with 40MM, which may put it in jeopardy worlwide against a 100MM production budget and big marketing costs -- but Lionsgate reportedly sold off the foreign rights to cover its risk, so if this one has average legs, they may be okay. Kong: Skull Island shows with 14.4MM on a 48 percent drop that's kind of leggy, but it's the strong biz it's doing in China and Japan that will eventually bring the big ape into a movie with Godzilla.  Life debuted in the fourth slot with 12.6MM against a 58MM budget, which means this one is going to struggle to get into the black in theaters.  Logan rounds out the Top Five with another 10.1MM added to its already successful international run.

JUSTICE LEAGUE dropped a trailer online this weekend.

AMANDA SEYFRIED and Thomas Sadoski welcomed their first child together.

RICHARD CURTIS revisits Love Actually.

COLIN FERRELL is in negotiations to join Tim Burton’s Dumbo.

JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT  is eyeing a return to the director’s chair, tackling a movie musical with Channing Tatum by his side.

TWIN PEAKS: How Angelo Badalamenti's soundtrack has echoed down the decades, acquiring a life of its own.

BELARUS authorities detained hundreds of people on Saturday during an attempt to hold a street protest in the capital Minsk, amid rising public anger over falling living standards and an unpopular tax on the unemployed.

RUSSIA: Hundreds of Russians have been arrested after a wave of anti-corruption protests swept the country on Sunday.

RUNAWAY COW charges police officer.

DOGS, Pushed Out By Cats.

BIGFOOT blamed for crashing vehicle.

OVER A MILLION BUGS is a lot of bugs.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

... with THE BYRDS!  Pretty much because I dig them as we turn into Spring (or Fall).  Let's start with a rare 1965 clip of their breakthrough smash cover of "Mr. Tambourine Man."  There are screaming girls, plus go-go dancers when they hit Shivaree for "All I Really Want to Do" and "Feel A Whole Lot Better."  Next up is a rare sync of "I Knew I'd Want You." There are even more dancers when they cover Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away" for Shindig! on June 23, 1965, while I'm pretty sure that's Ed Wynn introducing "Chimes of Freedom."  You might recognize the voice introducing "Bells Of Rhymney" from poolside in August 1965 and "It Won't Be Wrong" from a corral in January 1966 on Where The Action Is.  BONUS:  Want a couple in color?  Here's "Turn, Turn, Turn!" and "Mr. Spaceman." DOUBLE BONUS: A rare 1967 sync of "Eight Miles High."

BOB DYLAN advance streams songs from Triplicate.BONUs: Here's the music Bob is digging now.

AIMEE MANN advance streams Mental Illness.

RODNEY CROWELL advance streams Close Ties.

JASON ISBELL shares a new single "Hope The High Road," ahead of The Nashville Sound.

SOUL ASYLUM's near-breakthru, "Someone to Shove."

THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN talk to The Guardian about being trapped in the desert, playing the Haçienda and the horrors of Heart FM.

FATHER JOHN MISTY talks to Rolling Stone about the president, his daily LSD habit, why social media is "self-harm" and more.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN: John Lydon really means it, man.

SIB HASHIAN, former Boston drummer, has died. Hashian was performing on stage at the Legends of Rock Cruise when he collapsed and died. He was 67 years old.

NOW SHOWING: This weekend's wide releases include Power Rangers, which is currently scoring 43 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; Life, which is scoring 69 percent; and CHiPs, scoring 33 percent.

BRANGELEXIT: Brad Pitt is becoming more at peace with his newfound single life, but he's in no rush to enter the dating world.

TOM CRUISE intervened in a divorce when Scientology was raised as an issue.

WHY BELLE SHOULD HAVE CHOSEN GASTON: A PowerPoint Presentation.

YOUNG HAN SOLO tidbits, including a really lame one.

KATE WINSLET got candid about being bullied as a child during a talk at the fourth annual WE Day U.K. event.

BAYWATCH has a new trailer online. (NSFW language)

BRETT RATNER: The director and producing mogul Brett Ratner says film critic aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes is a destructive force in Hollywood. His Tomatometer is better than I thought.

SHAMROCK, a retired racehorse, still has some game. Unexpectedly!

A TURKEY flew through a truck driver's windshield in New Hampshire.

FIVE BABY GATORS take a taxi, start trouble.

THE TOP 10 DOG BREEDS, according to the American Kennel Club.