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. Abther band associated with the scene not featured is 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.

ANGEL OLSEN visits The Current.

THE BLACK CROWES' Chris and Rich Robinson visit Morning Becomes Eclectic.

LITTLE WINGS cover Don Henley, Joey Scarbury, Natalie Merchant, Jerry Garcia and Cyndi Lauper for a Lagniappe Session.

WYE OAK shares their "Fortune."

OF MONTREAL returns with “Peace to All Freaks.”

DUSTY SPRINGFIELD covers "People Get Ready."

THE GET UP KIDS share a video for "Lou Barlow," starring the man himself.

TINDERSTICKS: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview.

THE 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships.

THE ESSENTIAL KRAUTROCK ALBUMS, according to Stereogum.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS ALBUMS EVER, according to Happy Magazine.

NOW SHOWING:  This weekend's wide releases include Ford v Ferrari, which is currently scoring 91 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; the latest reboot of Charlie's Angels, which is scoring 59 percent, and The Good Liar, scoring 59 percent.

FORD vs FERRARI: Director James Mangold talks about how the film is a metaphor for filmmaking.

CHRIS PRATT auditioned for Captain America.

QUEEN ELIZABETH II has been helping the Duke and Duchess of Sussex cope with the pressures of royal life.

ANGELINA JOLIE  “has been on a few dates, but nothing serious” has come out of them.

TAYLOR SWIFT says Scooter Braun and Scott Borchetta are blocking her from performing her old songs.  Shades of John Fogerty.

BEVERLY HILLS COP: Netflix has picked up the rights to make a sequel, with Eddie Murphy set to star and Jerry Bruckheimer set to produce.

SPIKE LEE will direct a 1980s-era hip-hop take on Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet.

DIANE NEAL, who played prosecutor Casey Novak on Law and Order: SVU, is accusing her celebrity magician ex-boyfriend of physical and sexual abuse—and of hurting her pets.

HALLMARK CHANNEL is getting into the holiday spirit... of Hannukah.

OTTERS on a water slide.

A FERRET gets down.

KANGAROOS, rescued from "unprecedented" emergency-level fires in Australia.

THREE COWS swept out to sea during Hurricane Dorian have been found alive on the Outer Banks in North Carolina.