THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with TRAFFIC!  Live in Santa Monica, circa 1972, flagged by my online pal Jay. Your setlist includes: Low Spark of High Heeled Boys; Light Up or Leave Me Alone; John Barley corn; Rainmaker; Glad; Freedom Rider; Forty Thousand Headmen; and Dear Mr. Fantasy. 

NINE INCH NAILS release new albums 'Ghosts V: Together' and 'Ghosts VI: Locusts' for free.

MARGO PRICE & JEREMY IVEY play a Tiny Desk Concert from their attic.

NEIL YOUNG busts into more rarities at home.

CRAIG FINN shares "All These Perfect Crosses."

DROPKICK MURPHYS share "Mick Jones Ate My Pudding" and their cover of Black 47's "James Connolly."

BRIGHT EYES: Conor Oberst talks to NME about chemistry and working with Phoebe Bridgers - and insists the band never broke up .

WAXAHATCHEE: Katie Crutchfield is profiled at DIY.

STEVE EARLE talks to SPIN about Ghosts of West Virginia.

THE KNACK: Guitarist Berton Averre has an inveitable corona video.

NOW SHOWING: Nothing. Nada. Bupkis.

MEGXIT:  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have moved to Los Angeles.

EVANGELINE LILLY Apologizes for Dismissive Comments About Coronavirus.

ANGELINA JOLIE's son Maddox returned home early from college in South Korea amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

A STUNTWOMAN breaks down Captain America: Winter Soldier.

COURTNEY COX would be terrible at Friends trivia.

STEVE CARELL’s decision to leave The Office had more to do with network ambivalence than a burning desire to break free from the constraints of a broadcast sitcom.

HOLLYWOOD's headaches only stand to intensify in the coming weeks and months as the industry tentatively looks ahead to the day when studios will be back in business.

FAWN and Bear Cub.

WALKIN' After Midnight.

A KOMODO DRAGON, finishing a tortoise.

COYOTES are loafing on the Golden Gate Bridge and moseying down the streets of San Francisco.

THE LEFT BANKE: "Walk Away Renee."

AUSTIN CITY LIMITS has opened its archive from its past three seasons to the public for free streaming.

THE BLACK CROWES' Chris and Rich Robinson play a Tiny Desk Concert.

M WARD covers Alec Wilder and Johann Sebastian Bach for a Lagniappe Session.

THE DREAM SYNDICATE shares "The Longing."

PEARL JAM shares "Quick Escape."

RONNIE WOOD shared advice for recovering addicts who are self-isolating during the coronavirus crisis.

BRIAN MAY teaches fans how to play Queen classics in a home live-stream series.

CHEAP TRICK AT BUDOKAN, “Y.M.C.A.,” Dusty in Memphis, “Wichita Lineman,” and more are among the newest recordings inducted into the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress.

THE 15 BEST TOM WAITS SONGS, according to PopMatters.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Lipps, Inc.'s synth-disco smash "Funkytown."

PRINCE CHARLES has tested positive for coronavirus.

PATRICK STEWART is reading a Shakespear sonnet on Twitter daily.

KYLIE JENNER donates a million to buy masks, protective gear amid coronavirus pandemic.

ARIANA GRANDE has a new man in her life, and it couldn't be better-timed, because he's also her new quarantine partner.

BILL COSBY has moved for early release from prison on account of the epidemic. Cites his age and infirmity.

RYAN REYNOLDS is tipping your bartender.

STUART GORDON, best known as the filmmaker behind such cult classics as “Re-Animator” and “From Beyond,” has died of multiple organ failure. He was 72.

THIS GOOD GIRL was excited to watch herself win the agility championship.

SHE THINKS she's swimming.

NEW YORK CITY has run out of shelter dogs.

A RWANDAN who breached a coronavirus lockdown was killed by a crocodile.

THE SMOKING POPES: "Need You Around," for a little Chicago flavor.

COURTNEY BARNETT, LUCIUS, The War on Drugs, Sharon Van Etten, Kurt Vile, Kevin Morby & Katie Crutchfield, Fred Armisen, Sheryl Crow, Bedouine, Nathaniel Rateliff, Emily King, and Lukas Nelson did a four-hour coronavirus benefit concert.

SOCCER MOMMY plays a Tiny Desk Concert from Home.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND, Live at the Capitol Theater, Sept. 20, 1978.

THE PRETENDERS share "Hate For Sale."

BRIGHT EYES returns with “Persona Non Grata”.

JACKSON BROWNE tested positive for coronavirus.

LIONEL RICHIE proposes a 'We Are the World' remake for COVID-19 aid. Stereogum casts it.

DWIGHT YOAKUM: An intimate night of conversation and tunes with the hard-charging, mile-a-minute pioneer of honky-tonk himself.

HENRY GRAY, who played piano with Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf, is dead at 95.

BILL RIEFLIN, a remarkably versatile drummer whose work over the past 30 years spanned Ministry, R.E.M., Swans, Nine Inch Nails and King Crimson, among many others, has died after a battle with cancer, according to friends and social-media posts from several artists he performed with. He was 59.

THE BEST ROCK MEMOIRS, according to Rolling Stone. 

STAR TREK: PICARD is now free for non-paid subscribers, if you sign up for CBSAllAccess.

WONDER WOMAN 1984, which was scheduled to be released on June 5, has been postponed to August 14.

JEREMY RENNER says the pandemic is reducing his income enough to reduce his child support.

KRISTEN BELL & DAX SHEPARD are doing their part to help financially-strapped folks living in the L.A. buildings they own ... by waiving rent for April.

RYAN REYNOLDS' PSA is very Ryan Reynolds.

THE FIRST EVER Fictional Doctor Dinner.

A DOG was so happy about quarantine that he sprained his tail.

A COW runs down I-64 in Chesapeake, state police report lane closures.

A GIANT ALBINO PYTHON turned up on the front porch Down Under.

DRAMARAMA give you "Anything, Anything" and a "Last Cigarette" for Twofer Tuesday.

FATHER JOHN MISTY: Stream Off-Key In Hamburg. All proceeds will be donated to the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund.

BLACK LIPS covers Hank Williams, The Velvet Underground, and Wayne Pat & Keith for a Lagniappe Session.

SUFJAN STEVENS and his stepfather Lowell Brams stream Aporia.

CAR SEAT HEADREST shares "Martin."

BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG covers Tommy James And The Shondells’ “I Think We’re Alone Now.”

AC NEWMAN covers Kenny Rogers & The First Edition’s “Tell it All Brother.”

JAMES BLAKE covers Radiohead's “No Surprises.”

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Blondie's sleek and feverish Giorgio Moroder team-up "Call Me."

THE OLYMPICS are going to be postponed.

MICHELLE WILLIAMS and Thomas Kail, who are expecting their first child together, secretly tied the knot.

WERNER HERZOG talks to the New York Times, as only he can.

OLGA KURYLENKO revealed she has "completely recovered" after being diagnosed with coronavirus.

WOODY ALLEN's  memoir, dropped by its original publisher after widespread criticism, has found a new home.

NINE EXTREMELY LONG, Extremely Good Movies. I own four of them.

FLAMINGOS tour the Texas State Aquarium.

PUPPY MEALS are Happy Meals.

KENNY ROGERS, who dominated the pop and country charts in the 1970s and 1980s with a string of sleekly tailored hits and won three Grammys, has died of natural causes. He was 81. For meit will always be about "I Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)." Yeah. Yeah. Oh, Yeah.  But his duet with Dolly Parton on "Islands in the Stream" is pretty fantastic also.

THE WAR ON DRUGS: Adam Granduciel played a few new songs during an Instagram live.

NEIL YOUNG is playing faves and rarities.

THE KANYE WEST/TAYLOR SWIFT phone call transcript finally leaked.

NEIL DIAMOND reworks "Sweet Caroline" into a PSA.

LIAM GALLAGHER reworks "Supersonic" into a PSA.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Pink Floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall (Part II)," the first true prog/pop crossover.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN has tested positive for the coronavirus in prison — and most likely contracted the disease at Rikers Island.

THE NFL DRAFT is moving to a studio.

ROSARIO DAWSON will appear in The Mandalorian season 2 playing a live-action version of Ahsoka Tano, Anakin Skywalker’s Jedi padawan apprentice who appeared in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels.

EARLY VIDEO ON DEMAND RELEASES, Updated.

NETFLIX created a 100MM million relief fund to help members of the creative community who have been left unemployed and without a way to earn an income during the coronavirus crisis.

WELLINGTON THE PENGUIN brings his friiends on that Shedd Aquarium tour.

MINNE THE CAT catches treats.

MOUNTAIN LIONS move in on a deserrted Boulder, CO.