THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with THIN LIZZY!  Won't be long 'till Summer comes, now that Thin Lizzy is back in rotation.  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?"

JAMIE LIDELL stopped by Oregon Public Broadcasting for a chat and mini-set in audio and video.

DAWES did the four free songs thing for Daytrotter, three unreleased.

DELTA SPIRIT played a set for World Cafe Live.

MINUS THE BEAR stopped by The Current for a chat and mini-set.

SUMMER MUSIC PREVIEW, via All Songs Considered.

FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE: "Denise," which is oddly missing from the Tube.

THE BEST OF 2010 (So Far), according to The Quietus.

HARVEY FUQUA, a singer, songwriter, record producer and early mentor of Marvin Gaye, has died at 80. Fuqua and Gaye performed together on the 1958 hit "Ten Commandments of Love."

10 TIMELESS BEACH ALBUMS, according to Flavorwire. (Thx, LHB.)

20 ROCKING DOCUMENTARIES, according to TotalFilm. THE TOP TEN MUSIC DOCS, according to the Daily Telegraph.

CUTOUT BIN: From the Bird & the Bee to the Byrds, from Eddie Floyd to Chris Stamey, from Ringo Star to Guided by Voices, plus Focus, Los Lobos, Elvis Costello, David Bowie, Marvin Gaye and more -- this Friday's fortuitous finds are streaming from the Pate page at the ol' HM.

NOW SHOWING: This weekend's wide releases are Despicable Me, which is currently scoring 88 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; and Predators, scoring 72 percent.

LINDSAY LOHAN vows to appeal the 90-day jail sentence imposed by Judge Marsha Revel, whom the actress called a very NSFW thing. And yet Lohan also wants a million bucks for her first post-jail interview, so why appeal? BTW, her lawyer quit.

MAD MEL UPDATE: Gibson is under investigation for domestic violence.  Meanwhile, Gibson has been caught on tape making another bigoted remark, this time against Latinos, reports RadarOnline.

JESSICA SIMPSON's new boyfriend is still legally married, fwiw.

DREW BARRYMORE talks to Elle about her latest film, her new outlook, and refusing to settle.

EMMY NOMS went to these people and shows. Nom nom nom.

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS looks to have a Beast and a Cyclops onboard.

TERROR in the UK: Three men were found guilty Thursday of conspiring to murder hundreds of people in the longest-running terrorism trial in British history.

TERROR in NYC: An indictment unsealed today by the Dept. of Justice reveals that the foiled 2009 NYC subway terrorist attack uncovered in the Najibullah Zazi investigation was a much more ambitious plot than previously known. The NYC plot was planned to coincide with a similar suicide attack on the London transit system and was coordinated by senior leaders of al Qaeda's external operations unit.

IRAN is denying reports that an woman convicted of adultery will be executed by stoning, though her death sentence may still be carried out by some other method. Well, that's okay, then.

IRAQ: Thousands of Iraqi Shi'ite pilgrims trudged resolutely through blood-spattered streets on Thursday, determined to pay homage to a Shi'ite Imam despite suicide and roadside bombs that killed dozens.

PARROT SINGS OPERA: Let's go to the video.

A WHITE BENGAL TIGER was foiled by an inflatable killer whale.

ESCAPE OBSESSED MONKEYS used springy tree branches to catapult themselves over a five-meter electric fence to freedom.

SAN FRANCISCO could soon have what is believed to be the country's first ban on the sale of all pets except fish, following an intense lobbying effort by gerbils and hamsters.