EARTH WIND & FIRE: The fish, the barrel, the smoking gun.

THE DOORS get almost three hours of discussion and analysis on Political Beats with best-selling author Steven Levy.

BRIGHT EYES made a "Sad Indie Mixtape."

TAME IMPALA played a Tiny Desk Concert.

THE REPLACEMENTS share the demo for "I.O.U."

DEVO's Mark Mothersbaugh talks about neraly dying of Covid-19.

BOB MOULD is profiled by American Songwriter.

THE PIXIES' Joey Santiago talks about the 30th anniversary of Bossanova.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Tina Turner's triumphant comeback hit "What's Love Got To Do With It".

RON JEREMY has been charged with sexually assaulting 13 more women.

MARIAH CAREY is still trying to explain herself.

THE VMAs went to these folks.

MEGXIT: Harry & Meghan's move causes headaches for the neighbors.

THE NEW MUTANTS' long chaotic saga finally ends.

A SUMMER Without Summer Movies.

JOHN THOMPSON,  the Hall of Fame basketball coach who led Georgetown University to national collegiate prominence and became the first African-American coach to take a team to the N.C.A.A. basketball championship, died on Sunday. He was 78.

BEIRUT residents reunited with pets after a massive explosion rocked the city.

DON'T MESS WITH HORNY ELKS. The More You Know. Swoosh.

AMERICA'S MONKEY SHORTAGE poses a risk for a Covid-19 vaccine.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Angel Olsen, The Avett Bros, Elliott Smith, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Love Tractor, Sweeping Promises, and Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983 - 1987, which should be right in the Pate fan wheelhouse.

FONTAINES DC play World Cafe at Home.

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND, ranked by Paste.

JIMMY PAGE talks about the Rolling Stones.

CHRIS FRANZ: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Ray ParkerJr's instantly memorable blockbuster-movie theme "Ghostbusters."

CHADWICK BOSEMAN, the regal actor who embodied a long-held dream of African-American moviegoers as the star of the groundbreaking superhero film “Black Panther,” died on Friday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 43.  Social media widely circulated his bit on The Tonight Show.  Black Panther filmmaker Ryan Coogler wrote a tribute.

JOE RUBY, who created cartoon series including "Scooby-Doo" along with his partner Ken Spears, died of natural causes Wednesday in Westlake Village, Calif. He was 87.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE?  The New Mutants made 7MM, while Unhinged dropped 35 percent to 2.6MM; 7 of the top 10 grossing locations were drive-ins. Worldwide, Tenet made 53MM in 41 markets, which really isn't too bad, compared to Dunkirk's international debut.

BRAD PITT's new girlfriend is in an open marriage?

A-ROD & J-LO won't own the Mets.

THE X-FILES is getting animated.

NIC CAGE will play an alcoholic dragon.

JAMIE LEE CURTIS Breaks Down Her Career Timeline.

METROPOLITAN at 30: An Oral History.

THE SQUIRREL THREAT: They may be cute, but they will do anything to get what they want.

THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE SHEEP sold for a world record sum.

SUMMON The Donkey.

A SPIDER does a Marx brothers bit.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with THE BANGLES!  Live in Pittsburgh, circa 1986.  Your setlist includes: 1 Let It Go; 2 Restless; 3 Walking Down Your Street; 4 James; 5 Going Down to Liverpool; 6 He's Got a Secret; 7 September Gurls; 8 If She Knew What She Wants; 9 Return Post; 10 Live; 11 In a Different Light; 12 Want You; 13 Angels Don't Fall in Love; 14 Hero Takes a Fall; 15 Manic Monday; and 16 Walk Like an Egyptian.

PHOEBE BRIDGERS visits with World Cafe.

KATHLEEN EDWARDS played WFUV.

JULIA HOLTER covers Fleetwood Mac's "Gold Dust Woman."

BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN coverscover Tim Buckley's "Buzzin' Fly."

CULTS shares "Monolithic."

RICK SPRINGFIELD joins COHEED & CAMBRIA for... wait for it... "Jessie's Girl 2."

YO LA TENGO covers the Byrds' "Wasn't Born to Follow."

CHRIS HILLMAN, of the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers (among others), has published a memoir and Rolling Stone has an excerpt.(Thx for the reminder, Jay.)

STEELY DAN's lost “Second Arrangement" work tapes have surfaced. (Also thanks to Jay.)

MICK JAGGER and War on Drugs' Adam Granduciel talk about the "Scarlet" remix, the Goats Head Soup reissue, and more.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Prince's first-ever #1 hit, the pop masterpiece "When Doves Cry."

JON PRATT: Pate's frontman shares "Music of the Spheres."

BRAD PITT is dating German model Nicole Poturalski.

BRITNEY SPEARS dreams of ending her conservator ship, but it's not realistic.

HALLE BERRY wants to represent herself in her divorce from Olivier Martinez.

ROMAN POLANSKI's request to be reinstated to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been denied.

KEANU REEVES was an excellent student of the bagpipes.

EUPHORIA: Season 2 has been rewritten.

KATE WINSLET surveys her career at The Holywood Reporter.

PANDAS don't care if you need to rake the leaves.

WARSAW ELEPHANTS are gonna get stoned.

FISH Bites Angler.

SHOCKING BLUE: She's your "Venus."

DIRTY PROJECTORS virtually play The Current.

THE ROSES WON'T TELL YOUR SECRET: An August Mixtape.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED: The first episode from 2005.

JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE, Live at Mountain Stage, 2011.

DEVO: Mark Mothersbaugh spent time in intensive care to be treated for COVID-19 back in June. And his neighbors may kill him.

THE BEST DREAM POP LPs, according to Paste.

MIGHTY MAX WEINBERG: From Bruce Springsteen's drummer to a seat on a Florida zoning board.

NAPSTER, yes Napster, was sold for 70MM.

BILL & TED are not stoners, according to Keanu.

AMMONITE, a romance starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan, has a trailer online.

ENOLA HOLMES has a trailer online.

BRITNEY SPEARS'  sister, Jamie Lynn, has been named the trustee of a trust that holds the massive fortune belonging to the pop star.

TENET: What an international release means for the US. RELATED: Tom Cruise.

BEN AFFLECK & ANA de ARMAS are moving in together?

BRADLEY COOPER  was recently spotted filming for an untitled project from director Paul Thomas Anderson.

BELLA THORNE has already made 2MM from her OnlyFans account.

GAIL SHEEHY, a journalist who plumbed the interior lives of public figures for clues to their behavior and examined societal trends as signposts of cultural change, has died at 83.

A WHALE, having fun off the coast of Newfoundland.

TWO CATS, one ledge.

A NEW ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLE discovered in Florida, because Florida.

THE OLD 97s virtually visit World Cafe.

ANDY SCHAUF plays KEXP.

EAMON FOGARTY covers Pacheco & Alexander, and Carole King for a Lagniappe Session.

BILL CALLAHAN shares "Ry Cooder."

DOLLY PARTON shares... a Christmas song.

SUSANNA HOFFS joins TRAVIS on "The Only Thing."

CONOR OBERST shares the soundtrack of his life.

NEW ORDER's BEST DEEP CUTS, according to Brooklyn Vegan.

WALTER LURE, guitarist and longtime member of New York punk icons the Heartbreakers, has died of complications from lung and liver cancer. He was 71 years old.

JACK SHERMAN, one-time guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers who played on the band's debut album, has died at the age of 64. No cause of death was provided.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Duran Duran's harsh, giddy, nonsensical dance-pop jam "The Reflex."

THE BATMAN: A fan already decoded one of the riddles from the trailer.

JERRY SEINFELD: So You Think New York Is ‘Dead'?

MEGXIT: Baby Archie may still have to ask permission to marry.

FIVE ESSENTIAL FOLK MUSIC MOVIES, according to Paste.

IT'S TEEN MOVIE WEEK at The Ringer.

TALK HARD: The Making of ‘Pump Up the Volume.'

BILL MURRAY, behind the scenes of Lost in Translation.

BELLA THE BELUGA gives birth to a whale calf on camera.

GOTH BATS at their nightclub.

INVASIVE JUMPING EARTHWORMS with destructive potential are appearing in the Western New York area.