THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with HARRY NILSSON! Let's revisit the BBC's "The Music of Nilsson from 1971, including a mashup of "Mr. Richland's Favorite Song" and "One," "Gotta Get Up," a medley of "Walk Right Back," "Cathy's Clown" and "Let The Good Times Roll," and really moving take on "Life Line." Then there are two videos from The Point!  -- "Think About Your Troubles" and "Are You Sleeping" -- sandwiching "Joy." The set concludes with "Without Her," "Coconut" and "1941."

THE NEW PR0NOGRAPHERS play KUTX.

TENNIS plays KEXP.

TENACIOUS D covers Chris Issak's "Wicked Game."

NOEL GALLAGHER covers Joy Division's “Love Will Tear Us Apart” with the BBCOrchestra.

HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER shares "Nu-Grape."

ARTHUR RUSSELL's previously unreleased “Very Reason.”

LANA DEL REY sang on a song by her Dad, Rob Grant.

BEN FOLDS sat down with Stereogum for a career-spanning interview.

BILLY JOEL will stop playing Madison Square Garden after 150 shows.

QUEEN: How real is their billion-dollar catalog deal?

YO LA TENGO's Ira Kaplan, throwing out the first pitch at a Mets game.

TAYLOR SWIFT is the second richest self-made woman in music.

AL PACINO wanted a DNA test regarding his uncoming child.

TAIKA WAITITI doesn't plan on being remembered.

FAST & FURIOUS is spinning off The Rock.

THE SEARCH FOR SUPERMAN: A soap actor?

BILL COSBY is being sued for another alleged sexual assault in 1969.

HOW MANY SPIDER-CHARACTERS Can There Be?

A CAT, mothering guinea pigs.

A DOG, making do with a shoe.

SMOL Zoomies.

MOUNTAIN GOATS: John Darnielle choreographs Ace of Base's "The Sign." (Language warning) A perennial fave.

ARLO PARKS visits World Cafe.

FOO FIGHTERS opened a new DC venue covering Bad Brains' “At The Atlantis.”

KRISTIN HERSH shares "Dandelion."

WYE OAK shares “I Learned It From You.”

RICK ASTLEY, making news in his pajamas.

PROTOMARTYR, on ancient rocks, disgusting AI tech barons, and "the first real Protomartyr 'headphone album.'"

MALCOLM McLAREN's Duck Rock Turns 40.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Owl City's absolutely ridiculous Postal Service bite "Fireflies."

THE LITTLE MERMAID might actually lose money.

RYAN GOSLING, on why he stepped away from Hollywood, why he's thinking about movie-making differently now, and why he's prioritizing the offscreen roles he plays in real life.

SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE's early reviews are banging.

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM has a trailer online.

AL PACINO is going to be a Dad again at 83.

DANNY MASTERSON could get 30 years to life in prison after a jury found him guilty on two of three counts of rape at his second trial, in which the Church of Scientology played a central role.

ARMIE HAMMER will not face sexual assault charges in L.A.

THE GREATEST MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS, according to The A.V. Club.

TOP GUN: MAVERICK is Big in Japan.

A SCAREDY CAT, rescued by two french dudes.

A CAT, working on his fountain skills.

MISSION: IMPAWSIBLE, Drape Protocol.

THE MAIN INGREDIENT: "Everybody Plays the Fool." Sometimes.

GRAHAM NASH visits World Cafe.

EDDIE 9V plays World Cafe.

TEGAN & SARA cover Elvis Costello's (Dave Edmunds’) “Girls Talk.”

NICK CAVE, on what to expect from the next Bad Seeds album.

THE ROLLING STONES will play your birthday party.

DAVID BYRNE has crossed the Broadway musicians' union.

SPARKS, on their growing fanbase.

LOST: The Untold Story of the Hit Show's Poisonous Culture.

THE FLASH's director won't recast Ezra Miller in any sequel.

THE IDOL has a trailer online.

RYAN GOSLING goes to Disneyland solo, accoridng to john Stamos.

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH's home in London was attacked and damaged by a former chef wielding a fish knife.

ROBERT DOWNEY JR tried out as a MCU villain before becoming Tony Stark.

GAME OF THRONES: The Jon Snow spin-off may not spin.

LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE: Or else.

A LION CUB, checking out the camera.

WHY DO ANIMALS keep evolving into crabs?

OFF BROADWAY: "Stay In Time" and "Full Moon Turn My Head Around," for Twofer Tuesday. More power pop for the summer.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Sparks, Arlo Parks, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Kevin Morby, Water From Your Eyes, and more.

PULP plays for the first time in a decade.

JEFF BECK: Videos from the tribute concert.

CHRIS STAMEY returns with Alex Chilton's "She Might Look My Way." And Mitch Easter.

FOO FIGHTERS share "Show Me How."

TINA TURNER revealed the way that she wants to be remembered in one of her final interviews.

ROGER WATERS dressed like a Nazi in Berlin, was protested by Jewish groups in Frankfurt.

STEELY DAN:  Alex Pappademas & Joan LeMay discussed their book on the band with Aquarium Drunkard.

YARD ACT talks to NME.

SAD SONGS, and Why We Love Them.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Britney Spears' largely forgotten, extremely horny "3."

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:  The Little Mermaid easily tops the chart with 117MM, just a few mill short of projections. Fast X places with 26.6MM on what seems like a pretty steep drop, though it's a little fuzzy due to the 4-day weekend.  Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 shows with 26.6MM on what seems like a pretty leggy drop.  The box office is reaching pre-pandemic levels.

BARBIE has a trailer online.

MARTIN SCORSESE met with Pope Francis and announced that he will make a film about Jesus.

BARRY: Bill Hader, Stephen Root, and other actors and producers behind HBO's drama explain the deadly duo of Barry the hitman and Fuches, his manipulative mentor.

QUENTIN TARANTINO on TV, streaming, and more.

JOHN WICK 5 may just happen.

JANE FONDA, speaking her mind about her career in Hollywood.

THE STREAMING GLUT: Maybe Some Art Should Fade Away?

GEORGE MAHARIS, who starred as the brooding Buz Murdock on Route 66 before he quit the acclaimed 1960s CBS drama after contracting hepatitis, has died. He was 94.

ED AMES, the youngest member of the popular 1950s singing group the Ames Brothers, who later became a successful actor in television and musical theater, has died. He was 95.

A CAT offers food to the sick owner.

C'MON, you're embarrassing me.

A BORDER COLLIE, herding ducklings.

THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND STARTS EARLY:

...with THE SWEET!  The bubble-glam rockers are probably best known for the trifecta of "Little Willy," "Ballroom Blitz" and "Fox on the Run," though they also charted with the harder-edged "Action" and the more ballad-y "Love is Like Oxygen."  All of those clips also feature the band's rather unique fashion sense, but you have to see the clip for "Wig Wam Bam" -- complete with headdress -- to see the band at its most ridiculous.  BONUS: "All That Glitters" is a BBC documentary originally broadcast in February 1974 charting a day in the life of The Sweet.

TINA TURNER, the earthshaking singer whose rasping vocals, sexual magnetism and explosive energy made her an unforgettable live performer and one of the most successful recording artists of all time, died on Wednesday at her home in Küsnacht, Switzerland, near Zurich. She was 83.Here's the Rolling Stone obit, with plenty of videos of her hits.  Here's a 2019 profile in the NYT. And tributes poured in from Hollywood as well as the music biz.

SCREAMING FEMALES plays KEXP.

BOB DYLAN: A Birthday playlist.

JENNY LEWIS shaes "Cherry Baby."

VERUCA SALT's Louis Post shares "What About."

M WARD, on his new LP, his love of radio and how songwriting elevates his spirits.

TEGAN & SARA discuss their middle grade graphic novel.

BAR ITALIA: One to Watch.

SHIRLEY COLLINS talks to The Quietus.

CHAS NEWBY, temporary bassist for the Beatles, has died at 81.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at the Black Eyed Peas' unkillable, genre-free party-chant "I Gotta Feeling."

T. REX: "20th Century Boy." Aow!

PEDRO PASCAL, KIERAN CULKIN, and JEFF BRIDGES are among those chatting at THR's Emmys Roundtable.

MARGOT ROBBIE talks Barbie with Vogue.

MEGXIT: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been “shocked” by the skeptical responseto their claimed NYC car chase.

KANYE WEST, sued for millions by The Gap.

THE IDOL: Lowest Rotten Tomatoes score for an HBO show evah.

THE ARROWVERSE: R.I.P.

THE TOP 41 SERIES FINALES, according to The Ringer.

THE BEST CLOSING SONGS ON TELEVISION, according to The Ringer.

KENNETH ANGER, he experimental filmmaker, actor and author who directed nearly 40 short films, has died at 96.

MEMORIAL DAY has become -- in the minds of some -- a day devoted to uncovering their swimming pools and barbeques. So take a moment (preferably at 3 p.m. local time) to remember what it's really about.You can read about "The Meaning of Memorial Day" with selections from American authors and statesmen, including Herman Melville, Ernie Pyle, Louisa May Alcott, Frederick Douglass, and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Joyce Johnson and the "Arlington Ladies" who attend every funeral in Arlington National Cemetery, to ensure no soldier is buried alone, take more than a moment.  Re-read "A Death in the Family," as powerful as it was when Christopher Hitchens wrote it in 2007.  Revisit William Wyler's footage of the last mission of the Memphis Belle, or check the Tube for Alfred Hitchcock's footage of the liberation of the Belsen concentration camp.  The Wikipedia entry for Memorial Day notes a race track connection unrelated to the Indy 500.  It's a good day -- as good as we are likely to get -- for Sgt. Barry Sadler's No. 1 smash, "Ballad of the Green Berets."  or the movie adaptation of Gen. George S. Patton's "Speech to the Third Army."  As "Greyhawk" once wrote at the Mudville Gazette, "This is Memorial Day weekend. Enjoy it. Celebrate it - the people who died to give you that right would appreciate it. But they didn't die peaceably in their beds, these dogs who fell protecting sheep from wolves.

GOATS, playing King of the Hill.

P!NK, in a blink.

A TIGER, warning of a leopard attack.