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THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND STARTS EARLY: 
...with THE SWEET! The bubble-glam rockers are probably best known for the trifecta of "Little Willy," "Ballroom Blitz" and "Fox on the Run," though they also charted with the harder-edged "Action" and the more ballad-y "Love is Like Oxygen." All of those clips also feature the band's rather unique fashion sense, but you have to see the clip for "Wig Wam Bam" -- complete with headdress -- to see the band at its most ridiculous. BONUS: "All That Glitters" is a BBC documentary originally broadcast in February 1974 charting a day in the life of The Sweet. TINA TURNER, the earthshaking singer whose rasping vocals, sexual magnetism and explosive energy made her an unforgettable live performer and one of the most successful recording artists of all time, died on Wednesday at her home in Küsnacht, Switzerland, near Zurich. She was 83.Here's the Rolling Stone obit, with plenty of videos of her hits. Here's a 2019 profile in the NYT. And tributes poured in from Hollywood as well as the music biz. SCREAMING FEMALES plays KEXP. BOB DYLAN: A Birthday playlist. JENNY LEWIS shaes "Cherry Baby." VERUCA SALT's Louis Post shares "What About." M WARD, on his new LP, his love of radio and how songwriting elevates his spirits. TEGAN & SARA discuss their middle grade graphic novel. BAR ITALIA: One to Watch. SHIRLEY COLLINS talks to The Quietus. CHAS NEWBY, temporary bassist for the Beatles, has died at 81. THE NUMBER ONES looks at the Black Eyed Peas' unkillable, genre-free party-chant "I Gotta Feeling." 
T. REX: "20th Century Boy." Aow! PEDRO PASCAL, KIERAN CULKIN, and JEFF BRIDGES are among those chatting at THR's Emmys Roundtable. MARGOT ROBBIE talks Barbie with Vogue. MEGXIT: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been “shocked” by the skeptical responseto their claimed NYC car chase. KANYE WEST, sued for millions by The Gap. THE IDOL: Lowest Rotten Tomatoes score for an HBO show evah. THE ARROWVERSE: R.I.P. THE TOP 41 SERIES FINALES, according to The Ringer. THE BEST CLOSING SONGS ON TELEVISION, according to The Ringer. KENNETH ANGER, he experimental filmmaker, actor and author who directed nearly 40 short films, has died at 96. 
MEMORIAL DAY has become -- in the minds of some -- a day devoted to uncovering their swimming pools and barbeques. So take a moment (preferably at 3 p.m. local time) to remember what it's really about.You can read about "The Meaning of Memorial Day" with selections from American authors and statesmen, including Herman Melville, Ernie Pyle, Louisa May Alcott, Frederick Douglass, and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Joyce Johnson and the "Arlington Ladies" who attend every funeral in Arlington National Cemetery, to ensure no soldier is buried alone, take more than a moment. Re-read "A Death in the Family," as powerful as it was when Christopher Hitchens wrote it in 2007. Revisit William Wyler's footage of the last mission of the Memphis Belle, or check the Tube for Alfred Hitchcock's footage of the liberation of the Belsen concentration camp. The Wikipedia entry for Memorial Day notes a race track connection unrelated to the Indy 500. It's a good day -- as good as we are likely to get -- for Sgt. Barry Sadler's No. 1 smash, "Ballad of the Green Berets." or the movie adaptation of Gen. George S. Patton's "Speech to the Third Army." As "Greyhawk" once wrote at the Mudville Gazette, "This is Memorial Day weekend. Enjoy it. Celebrate it - the people who died to give you that right would appreciate it. But they didn't die peaceably in their beds, these dogs who fell protecting sheep from wolves. GOATS, playing King of the Hill. P!NK, in a blink. A TIGER, warning of a leopard attack.
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