THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with THIN LIZZY! Remember that chick who used to dance a lot? Here's Phil Lynott & Co. live at the Sydney Opera House in 1978, playing "Jailbreak," "Bad Reputation," "Cowboy Song," "The Boys Are Back In Town," "Waiting For An Alibi," and "Are You Ready?"

TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND visits WFUV.

THE LUMINEERS visit WFUV.

ROBYN HITCHCOCK shared "The Shuffle Man."

THE AFGHAN WHIGS share "A Line of Shots."

WILCO, profiled at Uncut.

JULIANA BARWICK, on the value of slowing down, what a collaboration can teach you, and learning to say no.

LAURA VEIRS, profiled at KCRW.

EARL McGRATH: The Rock and Roll Gatsby who helped discover Hall and Oates, ran Rolling Stones Records, and called Joan Didion and Harrison Ford friends.

BENNIFER is honeymooning in Paris.

DON'T WORRY DARLING has a second trailer online.

"ELVIS" ACTRESS & BLUES SINGER Shonka Dukureh was found dead in her Nashville apartment Thursday.

KATE McKINNON, on leaving SNL.

GWYNETH PALTROW is not longing to jump back into her acting career.

DAVE CHAPPELLE discussed the cancellation of his show at First Ave.

MARVEL has a vfx problem.

MIGRATORY MONARCH BUTTERFLIES are officially endangered.

AN ATTEMPT was made.

THE DOGGO and your baby.

CHICKEN HITCHES A RIDE, ends up in Vermont's largest city.

A FRENCH BULLDOG MEETUP became the center of viral debate.

POLICE SHOT shot and killed a 15-foot snake as it was strangling a man in his home in an Allentown suburb.

THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS are "Standing Next to Me."

BIG THIEF plays a Tiny Desk Concert.

SANTANA visits World Cafe.

LUCY DACUS covers Cher's "Believe."

THE SMILE shares "Pana-Vision."

COURTNEY BARNETT plays "Before You Gotta Go" on Colbert.

WHITNEY plays "Real Love" on Kimmel.

SHARON VAN ETTEN talks about... "The Sandlot"?

BEYOND "WHITE RABBIT": Why Jefferson Airplane were one of psychedelic rock's greatest bands.

THE TOP 12 BASEBALL SONGS, according to American Songwriter.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Enrique Iglesias' endearingly ridiculous English-language breakthrough "Bailamos."

RICKY MARTIN will appear virtually in court Thursday to adamantly deny claims by his 21-year-old nephew they had a sexual relationship.

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON has a trailer online.

JORDAN PEELE has become the rarest of Hollywood anomalies: a filmmaker whose byline alone puts asses in seats.

SIMON PEGG, on the toxicity of Star Wars fandom right now.

INSIDE MOVIE STARS' SALARIES: One studio exec names two who are worth their pay.

TVs ARE TOO GOOD NOW: Why does "Home Alone" look better than the latest Marvel fare on the most advanced displays?

TRUE LIES: The case of the disappearing blockbuster.

MUST BE their first rodeo.

A TODDLER and hs doggo.

A KID drops mom's keys in a hole, a kitty helps her recover them.

BLONDIE: "Heart of Glass," filmed at Studio 54 in New York City.

CALEXICO plays KUTX.

MOMMA visits World Cafe.

TITUS ANDRONICUS returns with "(I'm) Screwed."

MIKE PATTON (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle) talks about the crippling agoraphobia diagnosis that is keeping him off the road.

REGINA SPEKTOR talks us through her “ancestral art lineage” and some of her biggest pop culture moments over the years.

SOCCER MOMMY is profiled by NPR.

DAVID CROSBY was called an "unkind schmuck" for criticizing a fan's artwork.

NOPE: The early reactions to Jordan Peele's latest are more like "Yep!"

STEVEN SPIELBERG shot his first music video... using a phone.

ETHAN HAWKE: Marvel Is ‘Extremely Actor-Friendly' but ‘Might Not Be Director-Friendly.'

LAW & ORDER: ORGANIZED CRIME - A crew member was shot on set Tuesday.

NETFLIX wants their version of Star Wars or Harry Potter. (Stranger Things has entered the chat.)

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON: The Battle to Replace ‘Game of Thrones.'

JOHN WICK was originally 75-years old, and not Keanu Reeves.

THE DARK NIGHT RISES, Re-evaluated.

A THOROUGHBRED goes back into a blaze to get his family.

A DOGGO, carrying a selfie videocamera.

A BLIND, BISEXUAL, POLYAMOROUS GOOSE involved in a love triangle dies.

AN ADULT RACCOON attacks a Philadelphia man filming its babies. (Don't look like you're threatening baby animals. The More You Know. Whoosh.)

THE TUBES: "She's A Beauty" and "Talk To Ya Later" are your Twofer Tuesday.

CRAIG FINN visits The Current.

MADCHESTER: NPR playlists the late 1980s through the early '90s scene born out of rave club culture in Manchester, England.

LOU REED's earliest known demo of "Heroin."

FIONA APPLE covers Charlie Rich's 1973 country hit "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World."

DAN WILSON covers Perfume Genius' "On The Floor."

DON McLEAN has listened for decades as people belted out his classic song “American Pie” at last call or at karaoke — and applauds you for the effort.

THE BEASTIE BOYS will be honored with an intersection in NYC.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Christina Aguilera's big introduction, the teen-pop summer jam "Genie In A Bottle."

BENNIFER are planning a yuge wedding party in Georgia.

ANNA TAYLOR-JOY secretly wed love Malcolm McRae in an intimate courthouse wedding.

ROBERT DOWNEY JR. reportedly helped Armie Hammer through rehab.

EMILY RATAJKOWSKI and Sebastian Bear-McClard have gone their separate ways after four years of marriage.

SYLVESTER STALLONE has voiced words against Irwin Winkler, implying that the producer behind the "Rocky" films and its sequel series "Creed" is withholding a significant financial stake in the franchise from the actor.

JUSTICE LEAGUE: The Snyder Cut reportedly got a boost from bots on social media.

PETER DINKLEGE has been cast in "The Hunger Games" prequel, "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes."

EMILIA CLARKE is missing quite a bit of her brain.

CRAIG ROBINSON says he’s safe after evacuating from a North Carolina comedy club Saturday after a suspect with a firearm entered the building.

STRANGER THINGS creators the Duffer Brothers have confirmed that have gone back and re-edited past episodes of the show.

DESUS & MERO may be splitting up.

MICKEY ROONEY JR, an original Mouseketeer, musician and actor who was the first of screen legend Mickey Rooney‘s nine children, has died. He was 77.

AS STARS AND POLITICIANS AGE, we're entering a new era of stagnation.

A CHIMP & A TORTOISE share an apple.

A SILVERBACK GORILLA, petting a groundhog.

A POLAR CUB, surprised by a seal.

THE MONKEES: The TV version of "You Just May Be the One," which differs from the LP version and has more cowbell.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to beabadoobie, black midi, Goon, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Working Men's Club, ARP, Interpol, and more.

CHARLIE CROCKETT shares "I'm Just a Clown."

ELF POWER discusses the influences on their new album.

PINK FLOYD's Roger Waters dissed Drake and The Weeknd.

PAUL RYDER, bassist and co-founder of iconic Manchester group Happy Mondays (and brother of lead singer Shaun Ryder), has died. He was 58.

WILLIAM HART, lead singer of Philly soul greats The Delfonics, has died. He was 77.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at "Wild Wild West," the goofy movie theme that Will Smith made with Dru Hill and Kool Me Dee, and at the strange history of end-credits novelty-raps that summarize the movie you just finished watching.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:  Thor: Love and Thunder repeats atop the chart with 46MM, but that's on a 68 percent drop, which is (iirc) the second-biggest such drop in the MCU.  Minions: Rise of Gru places with 26MM, crushing animated competition from Paws of Fury.  Where the Crawdads Sings shows with 17MM, a pretty slid debut for this type offilm.  Below the fold, Top Gun: Maverick rakes in another 23MM on another leggy 23 percent drop, and Elvis crosses the 100MM mark.

BENNIFER got hitched in Vegas.

RICKY MARTIN's alleged domestic violence accuser is his 21-year-old nephew ... and now the pop star, who denies the charges, is reportedly staring down the possibility of a half-century behind bars.

MEGXIT: A fame-obsessed Meghan Markle was convinced by husband Prince Harry and her Hollywood team that she could be as beloved as Princess Diana, according to a new book.

CHRIS EVANS is looking for a partner.

THE IDOL, starring The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp, has a trailer online.

JOE DANTE, the director of Gremlins, has hit out at The Mandalorian for "shamelessly" copying Gizmo to create Baby Yoda.

WILL FERRELL, ranked by Variety.

MARK FLEISCHMANN, former owner of Studio 54, has died by assisted suicide in Switzerland.

EMMANUEL THE EMU wants to be the star at Knuckle Bump Farms, but he's got some competition.  He took a victory lap after blowing up online.

AN ELEPHANT CALF & MOM were rescued from a pit in Thailand.

AN ELK sidles up for a musician in Colorado.