THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with OTIS REDDING!  Otis and the Bar-Kays crank up the energy to 11 for a Ready Steady Go special, crashing through "Satisfaction,"  "My Girl" and "Respect," then "Shake" morphing into "Land of a Thousand Dances" performed by Otis, Eric Burdon and Chris Farlowe.  BONUS: from the same special, Eric Burdon covers "Hold On, I'm Coming," while Chris Farlowe covers "It's a Man's World."

NATHANIEL RATELIFF plays WFUV Live.

SAN FERMIN plays KEXP.

CHRIS KING & THE GUTTERBALLS plays KEXP.

ARCHERS OF LOAF returnes with "Raleigh Days."

MAN MAN returns with "Cloud Nein."

ERIC CLAPTON pays tribute to Ginger Baker with Nile Rodgers,Ronnie Wood, Kenney Jones,  Paul Carrack and Steve Winwood.

PERCY SLEDGE: Beyond "When A Man Loves A Woman."

CARIBOU: Dan Snaith talks to Stereogum about the inimitable emotion of wordless vocal samples, blending the familiar with the unfamiliar, making 900 demos for Suddenly, and finding joy in listeners misconstruing his work.

DAVID BOWIE:  I'm Only Dancing (The Soul Tour 74) is coming as a Record Store Day rarity.

STURGILL SIMPSON is done with Elektra Records.

NOW SHOWING: This weekend's wide releases include The Call of the Wild, which is currently scoring 65 percent on the l' Tomatometer; and Brahms: The Boy II, which was not screened for critics.

WESTWORLD: Season 3 has a trailer online.

MARTIN SCORSESE wrote a heartfelt letter to Bong Joon-ho after ‘Parasite"s Oscars success.

FRIENDS: Sales of digital and DVD soar after the show leaves Netflix.

JENNIFER LAWRENCE is starring in Adam McKay’s upcoming Netflix asteroid disaster comedy, “Don’t Look Up.”

MOVIE DOGS: A Taxonomy.

361 GOLDEN RETRIVERS, hanging out together.

THIS DOG does parkour around her yard to stalk squirrels.

488-POUND FERAL HOG killed in Texas.

HUSKER DU covers The Beatles' "Ticket to Ride," circa 1985.

ELBOW visits Morning Becomes Eclectic.

LAURA STEVENSON plays a Tiny Desk Concert.

HEART BONES visits The Current.

MARK LANEGAN shares "Skeleton Key."

STEPHEN MALKMUS shares "Brainwashed."

BAT FOR LASHES  Natasha Khan discusses her new concept album on All Things Considered.

BRENDAN BENSON talks about his upcoming album with American Songwriter.

EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER's "Karn Evil 9" is being adapted into a movie.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Robert John's mostly-forgotten falsetto-laden soft rock ballad "Sad Eyes."

MEGXIT: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's royal duties will officially end on March 31.

STEVEN SPIELBERG's daughter has launched a new career as an adult entertainer?

ELIJAH WOOD and Mette-Marie Kongsved quietly welcomed their first child together.

CHRIS NOTH is a dad again at 65, recently welcoming his second son with wife Tara Wilson.

NICOLAS CAGE will re-enact his old roles in his new move.

THE HARRISON FORD GUIDE To Phoning It In.

THIS GUY Rushes To Save His Animals From Tropical Storm.

DOG OWNERS take more photos of their pet than spouse, family.

SCIENTISTS switch monkey brains on or off using electricity in experiment.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN breaks out a 12-string to cover Jackie DeShannon's "When You Walk in the Room," which was also a hit for The Searchers.

CALEXICO + IRON & WINE, Live at the Palace Theatre in St. Paul.

MADISON CUNNINGHAM, Live at the Palace Theatre in St. Paul.

THE LONE BELLOW, Live at Rockwood Music Hall.

PEARL JAM shares "Superblood Wolfmoon."

WAXAHATCHEE returns with "Lilacs."

HARRY NILSSON: The Point gets a 50th anniversary digital and Blu-Ray release.

CHRISSIE HYNDE asks President Trump to set Julian Assange free.

GREG DULLI (Afghan Whigs, Twilight Singers) talks about his solo LP with Brooklyn Vegan.

HUEY LEWIS talks about his hearing problems and what may be his final album.

HARRY STYLES was mugged at knifepoint.

MEGXIT: The Queen reportedly banned Harry and Meghan from using the lucrative ‘Sussex Royal’ brand that they hoped to use to build new lives.

HAYDEN PANETTIERE's boyfriend's been hauled off to jail again for allegedly putting hands on her again.

BEN AFFLECK speaks frankly about everything from his addictive behavior and his divorce to why he lied about that back tattoo.

ANA de ARMAS (Knives Out, Blade Runner 2049) is profiled in Vanity Fair.

JA'NET DuBOIS, known for her turn as Willona Woods on "Good Times," was found dead in her Glendale, Calif. home on Tuesday. She was believed to be 74.

ESTHER SCOTT, veteran character actress (Boyz n the Hood, Dreamgirls, Pursuit of Happyness and Transformers) has died at 66.

TERRIFYING FOOTAGE of kittens hunting down a man on wide green.

WUHAN'S CAT RESCUER: The man saving pets abandoned during China's coronavirus outbreak.

SNAKE ORGY forces Florida officials to close section of park.

REDD KROSS play "Annie's Gone" and cover The Carpenters' "Yesterday Once More" for Twofer Tuesday.

NEW RELEASES: Pitchfork points you to Tame Impala,The Men, Soakie, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT points you to Elephant Stone, Cindy Lee, Bambara, and more.

BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN plays CBS This Morning.

THE BUZZCOCKS, sans Pete Shelley, have issued a new single.

THE STROKES return, "At The Door."

JAMES TAYLOR: "I was a bad influence on the Beatles."

ANDREW WEATHERALL, the DJ and producer who helped Primal Scream reimagine themselves for their landmark album Screamadelica, has died from a pulmonary embolism. He was 56.

RICK JAMES's estate is being sued by an alleged rape victim.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at the Knack's "My Sharona," the giddily horny, morally indefensible banger that helped break new wave in America.

DREW CAREY's ex-fiancee, Dr. Amie Harwick, has been murdered after cops say an ex-boyfriend attacked her and caused her to fall from a third-story balcony.

STRANGER THINGS 4 has a trailer online.

MEGXIT: Margot Robbie hosts the fugitive Royals.

KEVIN SMITH'S MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE has announced its voice cast.

KELLYE NAKAHARA, who played Lieutenant Nurse Kellye on “M*A*S*H,” has died at 72.

MOVIEFONE IS BANKRUPT: Everyone Made The Same ‘Seinfeld' Joke About Its Last Remaining Employee.

A 19-YEAR-OLD DOGGO finds a forever home.

MISSING DOG's ghostly barking heard underground. He was in a car buried in Virginia.

ROCKY helps his brother Ryman.

AN ORPHANED ALBINO ELEPHANT recovers from poacher’s snare.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Sonic the Hedgehog tops the chart with 57MM, beating out Detective Pikachu for the biggest videogame movie debut evah. Surprisingly good news for Paramount, which could use some after Gemini Man, Terminator: Dark Fate, and Rhythm Section. Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey places with 17.1MM on a 48 percent decline from an already bad opening frame.  Fantasy Island shows with 12.4MM, a bit above expectations.  The Photograph is close behind in the fourth slot with 12.3MM.  Bad Boys for Life rounds out the Top Five with another 11.3MM on a leggy 6 percent drop and looks like it will top out right around 200MM domestic.

GEORGE WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY is observed today. Here's an inaccurate and profane tribute to the first US President.