THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: ...with THE PAISLEY UNDERGROUND! A two-part (Part 1, Part 2) feature from the Old Grey Whistle Test on L.A.'s psychedelic-flavored, West Coast scene in the mid-80s. Bands featured include the Long Ryders, Prime Movers, Thin White Rope, Pontiac Brothers and the Rain Parade with a 6 minute live version of No Easy Way Down. The Long Ryders get short shrift so I'll add in their later OGWT appearance to play "Looking For Lewis & Clark." The term "Paisley Underground" is believed to have been jokingly coined by Michael Quercio of the band The Three O'Clock, so I'll toss in the clip for "Her Head's Revolving" as a bonus. Other bands associated with the scene not featured include Green On Red -- sometimes likened to The Doors for songs like "Two Lovers" and "Change" -- and The Bangs, a/k/a The Bangles, with an early track, "The Real World." DOUBLE BONUS: The Guardian Music Blog has a link-rich piece on the Rain Parade and other Paisley Underground bands. GILLIAN WELCH advance streams The Official Revival Bootleg. HIGHLY SUSPECT advance streams The Boy Who Died Wolf. METALLICA streams the double album Hardwired… To Self-Destruct. 'Member when they sued Napster? I 'member. THE DECEMBERISTS shared the demo for “The Crane Wife 1, 2 & 3." THE ROLLING STONES: Mick & Keef do a little "Country Honk" acoustic. DAVID BOWIE: Carlos Alomar excerpts part of his book. SLEIGH BELLS: Alexis Krauss discusses the band's newest LP at the NY Observer. THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN are releasing a new album, their first in 18 years. THE 10 BEST LEON RUSSELL SONGS, according to Paste. NOW SHOWING: This weekend's wide releases include: Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, which is currently scoring 83 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; The Edge of Seventeen, which is scoring 94 percent; and Bleed For This, scoring 65 percent. FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM: The continuation of the Potterverse is not as immediately compelling as J.K. Rowling's original saga. Some of the characters are less sharply-drawn as the students of Hogwarts; indeed, I'd argue the secondary characters may be a bit more interesting than the leads. But the differences drawn by moving the setting to America 1926 are intriguing enough to warrant the sequels already in development. And there's a nice reveal at the end the WB kept hidden in plain sight. KALEY CUOCO isn't afraid to talk about her plastic surgery. CHARLIE SHEEN is addressing his ex-wife Brooke Mueller's recent ordeal with a poem. CARRIE FISHER denies calling Harrison Ford bad in bed. TOM HANKS spoke about the election at a Museum of Modern Art’s film benefit. KING KONG: SKULL ISLAND hs a second trailer online. AN ORPHAN HIPPO is befriended by AN ORPHAN RHINO. A DEER struck a Gwynedd Mercy University cross country runner during the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional at DeSales University A NEW SPECIES OF FROG, whose groin flashes orange to scare away predators, has been discovered in Australia. AN OCTOPUS rode the tide to a Miami Beach garage.
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