THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with BLIND FAITH! Live at London's Hyde Park in June 1969. After an introduction and brief segments about supergroup members Steve Winwood, Rick Grech, Ginger Baker, and Eric Clapton, your set list includes:"Well All Right", "Sea of Joy","Sleeping in the Ground", "Under My Thumb", "Can't Find My Way Home", "Do What You Like", "In the Presence of the Lord", "Means to an End", and "Had to Cry Today".

LANGHORNE SLIM plays KEXP.

FLOCK OF DIMES plays KEXP.

THE BLACK KEYS return with a cover of John Lee Hooker’s "Crawling Kingsnake."

RICHARD THOMPSON surveys his career for Stereogum.

LAURIE ANDERSON talks to All Things Considered.

ADAM SCHLESSINGER is getting an all-star tribute concert on May 5.

RUSTY YOUNG, a founding member of country rock vets Poco, died on Wednesday of a heart attack at his home in Davisville, Missouri. He was 75.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Tiffany's heartsick teen-pop ballad "Could've Been."

J-LO & A-ROD are Dun-zo. But she has not returned the ring yet.

MEGXIT: Prince William and Prince Harry will not walk together at their grandfather Prince Philip's funeral on Saturday. And they won't be in uniform.

PETE DAVIDSON & PHOEBE DYVENOR (Bridgerton) make a romantic gesture.  BTW, he's set to play Joey Ramone.

IDRIS ELBA's TV detective Luther 'isn't black enough to be real,'according to the BBC's diversity chief.

KANYE WEST is already thinking about his next relationship.

JUSTIN THEROUX is profiled by Esquire.

INDIANA JONES 5: Harrison Ford is joined by Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Mads Mikkelsen.

AQUAMAN 2 may pick up Pilou Asbaek, best known for his role as the villainous Euron Greyjoy in Game of Thrones.

THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD has a trailer online.

A ROAD BLOCK in Tanzania.

WALKING the Goose.

A DOGGO knows the angles.

TWO TIGERS test positive for covid.

I'VE RECOVERED FROM MY VACCINATION.  But I haven't quite recovered from trying to march on not enough sleep. Meanwhile:

FAST & FURIOUS 9 has a trailer online.

DOGS practice their stealth skills.

A DEAF DOGGO awakens.

A PRAIRIE DOG gets skrtiches.

A SHELTER DOG gets his forever home.

More tomorrow, most likely.

AARON LEE TASJAN plays World Cafe.

VALERIE JUNE visits The Current.

LUCY DACUS shares "Hot and Heavy."

TEENAGE FANCLUB shares "In Our Dreams."

NAKED RAYGUN returns with "Living in the Good Times."

MICK JAGGER & DAVE GROHL team up on "Easy Sleazy," a coming-out-of-the-pandemic number.

RICHARD THOMPSON talks to Steven Hyden about Shoot Out the Lights, hangiing with Zeppelin and Floyd, his memoir, and more.

ST VINCENT talks to The Current about the new LP, SNL, and more.

RE-RECORDING your own classics. 

MOBY, on fame and regret.

ZACK SNYDER'S ARMY OF THE DEAD has a trailer online.

MEGXIT: The Queen understands why Meghan isn't coming to Prince Philip's funeral.

VANITY FAIR is turning its Oscars parties into a covid charity event for anyone with a few bucks.

MICHAEL CERA is returning to series TV.

JUSTIN BIEBER is putting his life back together.

EUROPE now watches more TV than America?

QUENTIN TARANTINO talks about Joker and the movie theater experience. NSFW language, because Tarantino.

AN ORPHAN ORANGUTAN befriends a Macaque.

A HUSKY teaches the family kitten to walk on a leash.

THE WORLD'S LARGEST RABBIT is on the lam.

A PARASITIC WASP could be released to tackle a strawberry-munching invasive stink bug in the UK.

SOUL ASYLUM dip into their back catalog for the classic "Never Really Been" at the Northern Lights Theater; Milwaukee, WI.  Throw in a cover of Glen Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy" and you have Twofer Tuesday.

NATHANIEL RATELIFF's Tiny Desk Concert has a dozen musicians.

DAVID GRAY plays World Cafe.

SUFJAN STEVENS shares “Lamentation II.”

DANNY ELFMAN returns with "True."

DANIEL BACHMAN shares “Blues In The Anthropocene.”

THE POLYPHONIC SPREE covers INXS's "Don't Change."

THE TOP 100 ALTERNATIVE SINGLES OF THE 80s, according to PopMatters.

RICHARD THOMPSON talks to Weekend Edition about his memoir.

THE WHO have partnered with Heinz for a new charity venture to celebrate the upcoming reissue of the band's 1967 concept album ‘The Who Sell Out'.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at INXS' horny quasi-funk masterwork "Need You Tonight," quite possibly the greatest karaoke song ever recorded.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN is nearly blind, experiencing cardiac issues and has had four teeth removed, according to his attorney.

ARCLIGHT and PACIFIC THEATERS won't be reopening.

MACAULAY CULKIN & BRENDA SONG became the elated parents of a healthy baby.

MEGXIT: Harry reunited with his cousin Princess Eugenie after flying home to the UK for his grandfather Prince Philip’s funeral, Page Six has confirmed.

KANYE WEST filed his answer to Kim Kardashian's divorce petition, and he's also asking for joint legal and physical custody of the couple's four kids, just like Kim.

MADONNA plunked down a small fortune, and now she owns The Weeknd's Hidden Hills Estate.

SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS adds Lucy Liu to the cast.

JOSEPH SIRAVO, who played Tony Soprano's father Johnny in the TV drama The Sopranos, has died aged 64. 

A DOGGO practices Barkour.

THE LOOK of betrayal.

A HERD OF DEER relaxing among some Cherry blossom trees in Nara, Japan.

A LESS-THAN-IDEAL SUNDAY. But today, if things don't get worse, I'll get my second vaccination shot.  And if so, many people feel terribe the next day or so.  I guess we'll see how it goes.  For today, a few things.

THE PRIMITONS play "Seeing Is Believing" at an in-store appearance from 1985.  Proof positive that the Internet makes the "Where Are They Now?" file bottomless.  Background at Trouser Press.

NEW RELEASES: Paste points you to Spirit of the Beehive, Skullcrusher, Francis of Delirium, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Sorry, Andy Bell, Silver Synthetic, and more.

BON IVER joins TikTok.

GARY LOURIS of the Jayhawks shares "Almost Home."

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Michael Jackson's mechanized shuffle "The Way You Make Me Feel."

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Godzilla vs Kong repeats atop the chart with 13.3MM on a 58 percent drop; its 69.5MM total so far is the biggest domestic haulof the pandemic. (It's also likely to turn a profit worldwide.)  Nobody places with 2.65MM.  The Unholy shows with 2.4MM.

GODZILLA vs KONG: Is Nonsense the New Normal?

PRINE PHILIP, the Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, father of Prince Charles and patriarch of a turbulent royal family that he sought to ensure would not be Britain’s last, died on Friday at Windsor Castle in England. He was 99.

EARL SIMMONS, the snarling yet soulful rapper known as DMX, who had a string of No. 1 albums in the late 1990s and early 2000s but whose personal struggles eventually rivaled his lyrical prowess, died on Friday in White Plains, N.Y. He was 50.

THE BAFTAS went to these folks. Congrats!

DWAYNE "THE ROCK" JOHNSON added fresh fuel to his rumored plans for a White House bid with a coy tweet on a poll that found surprising levels of support for the idea.

SIX THINGS Millennials Have in Common with Dr. Frasier Crane.

WE GOT CAUGHT BRIAN, just act  normal.

A SKATER, a dog, and a horse.

A MAMA ELEPHANT, rushing to save her calf who got swept away in a powerful river current.

KILLER WHALES are orchestrating revenge attacks on boats off Spain.