THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND STARTS (EARLY) HERE:

...with CHEAP TRICK, live at ChicagoFest '81! Can you honestly tell me you forgot? Forgot the magnetism of Robin Zander, or the charisma of Rick Nielsen? Your set list includes: "Stop This Game," Hello There," "I Want You to Want Me," "On Top of the World," "Reach Out," "Baby Loves to Rock," "Gonna Raise Hell," "Dream Police," "Ain't That a Shame," "Surrender," "Just Got Back," "Day Tripper" and "Goodnight." You can access the individual songs from the link, or let the whole thing roll.

TWIN SHADOW plays KEXP.

THE STAVES play a Tiny Desk Concert from Home.

DAVID BYRNE shares a playlist of songs that make him cry.

THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS share "Evergreen."

ANDY SCHAUF shares “Spanish On The Beach.”

LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM shares "Scream."

THE DOORS Hear the demo for "Riders On The Storm."

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS: Read an excerpt of Stephen Deusner’s Where the Devil Don’t Stay.

WILCO: The Genius of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.

DAVID BOWIE's Life Lessons.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Michael Bolton's garbage ballad "How Am I Supposed To Live Without You," which happens to be the first #1 hit of the '90s.

KANYE WEST cheated on Kim Kardashian after she welcomed her first two kids — and is the inspiration for his new song “Hurricane.”

BRITNEY SPEARS will not face battery charges based on allegations involving her housekeeper.

TOM HOLLAND honors ZENDAYA on her birthday.

BRAD PITT is challenging Angelina Jolie's recent win in their child custody case.

TOP GUN: MAVERICK and MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 7 are being delayed (again) over COVID concerns.

FURIOSA: How Anya Taylor-Joy got cast in the Mad Max prequel.

SISKEL & EBERT: Their lasting legacy, in all forms of media.

A BABY RACCOON wants to be involved.

A CAPYBARA, babysitting baby Huskies.

A LYREBIRD, mimicking the ambient sounds of his zoo.

A WILD WHITE ARCTIC FOX in Greenland.

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

FUNKADELIC: Bootsy's first show, Live in Boston, 1972. (follow the first link).

DURAN DURAN shares "Anniversary."

JOHNNY MARR shares "Spirit Power and Soul."

THE QUEERS cover The Monkees' "Valleri."

KILL ROCK STARS: An Oral History.

GENE SIMMONS tests positive for COVID.

BONNAROO is cancelled, due to flooding.

JEOPARDY: Mike Richards is out as executive producer (of Wheel of Fortune too).

BRITNEY SPEARS says her dad is trying to extort her on his way of the conservatorship.

MEGXIT: Palace staffers rescing their bullying complaint against Meghan.

RACHEL LEIGH COOK is profiled by the New York Times.

MICHAEL GANDOLFINI talks about playing Tony Soprano.

FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA is ready to put a lot of his hard-won chips on the table one more time to make his epic dream project, Megalopolis.

NO TIME TO DIE has a final trailer.

A DOGGO crashes a WFH weather forecast.

LAND DOG meets Sea Dog.

WAIT, did I say stop?

A CORGI joins the pool.

GREASE is the word marking the start of a new school year, with "Summer Nights" and "You're the One That I Want" marking Twofer Tuesday.

JASON ISBELL covers three Rolling Stones songs in tribute to the late Charlie Watts.

DIANE WARREN, mega-pop songwriter, finally put out her own album.

FLOCK OF DIMES visits WUNC.

MARGO PRICE joins DAVID FERGUSON on "Chardonnay."

LOW: Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker talk to The Current.

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND: Todd Haynes' documentary has a trailer online.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Phil Collins's poverty lament "Another Day In Paradise," the last chart-topper of the '80s.

R KELLY's first male accuser has taken the stand at the singer's trial in New York, alleging that the star sexually assaulted him as a teenager.

BENNIFER: Affleck directed J-Lo's mom, Lupe Rodriguez, in a new commercial for sports betting app WynnBET. 

JUNGLE CRUISE: A sequel is in the works.

TOM CRUISE demanded VAL KILMER return in Top Gun: Maverick.

JON STEWART is returning to (Apple) TV.

CHRIS EVANS & SCARLETT JOHANSSON are reuniting, also on AppleTV.

LEAVE IT TO BEAVER's Tony Dow was hospitalized with pneumonia.

A SWAMP DEER reportedly escaped its enclosure at the Audubon Zoo during Hurricane Ida.

WALLY THE WALRUS is getting his own pontoon boat to stop incidents like this.

RED PANDAS, tussling.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Big Red Machine, Halsey (and NIN), CHVRCHES, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has The Hawks, Steve Gunn, Supergrass and more.

JACKSON BROWNE visits World Cafe.

COURTNEY BARNETT shares a cover of the Velvet Underground's "I'll Be Your Mirror."

THE EVERLY BROTHERS gave voice to teenage anxiety and longing.

LEE "SCRATCH" PERRY, whose pioneering work with roots reggae and dub opened up profound new depths in Jamaican music, has died aged 85.

RON BUSHY, the longtime drummer of rock band Iron Butterfly, passed away Sunday morning at UCLA Medical Center. He was 79.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start The Fire."

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Candyman tops the chart with 22.4MM, which is solid for a horror film in late August during a pandemic.  Free Guy places with 13.55MM on a seemingly solid 27 percent drop.  Paw Patrol shows with 6.6MM on a 50 percent drop than might be steep for family fare, which has done pretty well even as covid cases have risen.

ED ASNER, the burly character actor who won seven Emmy Awards — five of them for playing the same character, the gruff but lovable newsman Lou Grant, introduced on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” — and later starred in film hits like “Up” and “Elf”<b class="css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10"> — died on Sunday at his home in Tarzana, Calif. He was 91. Here's his final interview.

KIM KARDASHIAN and KANYE WEST aren't calling off their divorce (yet).

BRITNEY SPEARS is under investigation by the Ventura County Sheriff's Department for allegedly striking her housekeeper during a “dispute” last week.

THE SUICIDE SQUAD out-streamed other DC movies in the last year, including Wonder Woman 1984 and the “Snyder cut” of Justice League.

THE KING'S MAN has a trailer online.

JOSEPHINE BAKER will be reinterred at the Panthéon in Paris 46 years after her death.

JAMES CORDEN, unpopular in a rat suit.

A SOLID POINTER in the store.

AUSTRALIAN MOTORISTS stopped to help a black swan and its cygnet get through traffic in Perth.

SPOTTED: Cow at a McDonald's drive-through in Wisconsin.

A FOUR-LEGGED WHALE that lived around 43 million years ago was identified by scientists in Egypt.

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.

LUCY DACUS visits World Cafe.

BACHELOR plays KEXP.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features Big Thief, George Harrison, Hand Habits, and more.

CARIBOU's video for "You Can Do It" is filled with doggos.

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS' John Darnielle holds forth on Bonnie Raitt, Depeche Mode and more.

KACEY MUSGRAVES is profiled in the New York Times.

GENE SIMMONS apologizes to DAVID LEE ROTH.

THE NATIONAL reunited earlier this year and "shared a lot of ideas" for new music.

R KELLY: A woman told a New York court on Thursday of a relationship she had within which he would film their sexual interactions and yell at her for disobeying his commands.

DIANE KRUGER & NORMAN REEDUS are engaged.

EMILY VanCAMP and Josh Bowman secretly welcomed their first child together, a baby girl named Iris.

THE LION KING prequel is roaring into life.

JAY CUTLER, a/k/a Jerkface, is having trouble dating post-divorce.

DAVID DUCHOVNY Turned Down Scientology, Doesn't Care About UFOs, and Loves Making Sweet Music.

JAKE TAPPER, on his book (and movie) The Outpost.

PARROTS, nesting in a palm tree.

A SCHOOL OF RAYS, caught by drone.

SUGAR GLIDERS, doing their thing.