Topic: Karl

STEELY DAN turn in a spirited "Reelin' in the Years" on the Midnight Special.  Fagen reportedly hated this performance, which appears in Almost Famous.

CHUCK PROPHET plays World Cafe.

MJ LENDERMAN shares "Wristwatch."

CLOUD NOTHINGS shares "That Prince."

FLORRY shares “First it was a movie, then it was a book.”

SORRY shares "Jetplane," which inexplicably samples Guided by Voices’ “Hot Freaks.”

THE DIVINE COMEDY shares "Achilles."

TUNE-YARDS shares "Heartbreak."

GARBAGE shares "There's No Future In Optimism."

JOHN LYDON lost part of his vinyl collection in a kitchen blaze at his home after his house insurance was cancelled.

NICK CAVE, on whether celebrities are overpaid.

WEEZER bassst Scott Shriner's wife was shot during a police chase.

JAMES CAMERON appears cautiously optimistic about the role generative AI can play in filmmaking.

RYAN COOGLER, on the death of Chadwick Boseman.

ANJELICA HUSTON opened up about her private battle with cancer.

VALERIE BERTINELLI says her TV Mom sent her to therapy.

DARREN AARONOVSKY: The director is not a fan of The Method.

ME TOO: Director James Toback was hit with a 1.68 Billion dollar verdict after a sexual assault trial in New York.

TWIN PEAKS at 35: The Mystery Is Still the Message for a World of Fans.

AN OWL photobombs a family volleyball game.

DIRE WOLVES: Will the genetic experiments inspire George R.R. Martin to fnish his books?

THE EASTER BUNNY is coming.

SIMON & GARFUNKEL count the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike.

GOLD CONNECTIONS plays World Cafe.

ARCADE FIRE shares "Year Of The Snake."

LIFEGUARD shares "It Will Get Worse."

PAPER CASTLES shares “Content Creator.”

STEREOLAB shares "Arial Troubles."

SUZANNE VEGA shares "Chambermaid."

JAPANESE BREAKFAST: Michelle Zauner's favorite albums.

RADIOHEAD: How In Rainbows almost killed the band.

DUNE 3 may include Robert Pattinson as a villain?

TINA FEY Interviews JON HAMM.

ALAN CUMMING, on becoming Nightcrawler again at 60.

WALTER GOGGINS, on "The White Lotus."

SHANNON ELIZABETH, on moving from Hollywood to South Africa eight years ago.

HERSHEY: A movie about the chocolate empire is coming.

THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING kicks off a Ringer series about the movies that define this century.

RABBITS, punching.

RESCUING A DOGGO stranded under a boat.

GAME OF CLONES: How dire are those new wolves, really?

CLEM BURKE, the drummer for Blondie, has died, the group announced Monday morning, He was 70 and died following what was described by the surviving group members as a “private battle with cancer.”  The tributes poured in.  And while Burke was a versatile drummer who served the band's journeys through several genres, I will always remember his Keith Moon-style rampage through "Dreaming," which Burke didn't even know was being recorded.

LAUREN MAYBERRY plays WFUV.

GWENNO shares "Dancing On Volcanoes."

MARK STEWART: Hear the late Pop Group frontman's “Memory of You.”

THE CONVENIENCE shares  “Western Pepsi Cola Town.”

MADONNA & ELTON JOHN “finally buried the hatchet” over their long running feud.

TRACY CHAPMAN, on streaming, Chappell Roan, and more.

MORRISSEY shared details about his ongoing defamation lawsuit against an online troll.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Halsey's biggestpower ballad, "Without Me."

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - THE FINAL RECKONING has a trailer online.

THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME: Wes Anderson has the trailer online.

HAVOC, ft Tom Hardy, has a trailer online.

THE WHITE LOTUS finale had a series record audience.The cast had their own reactions after watching together.

RUSSELL BRAND: Warner Bros. Discover has offered to hand over hours of outtakes of the comedian from romantic drama “Arthur,” released in 2011, as evidence connected to an allegation of sexual assault on set.

ZOE KRAVITZ and... Austin Butler?

JENNA ORTEGA is profiled at The Cut.

WINTER IS COMING: The Dire Wolf returns from extinction.

FLORIDA MAN plays peek-a-boo with a gator.

DOGGOS sort black and white ducks.

THE PRIMITONS play "Seeing Is Believing" at an in-store appearance from 1985.  Proof positive that the Internet makes the "Where Are They Now?" file bottomless.  Background at Trouser Press.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Black Country, New Road, Craig Finn, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has The Waterboys, The Mekons, and more.

BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD gives a track-by-track tour of the new LP.

BROOKLYN VEGAN's 25 Fave LPs of 2025 (So Far).

JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner talks suffering a stroke and brain damage after having emergency heart surgery.

DAVE ALLEN, the original bassist for Gang of Four (and Shriekback), has died at age 69.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: A Minecraft Movie tops the chart with 157MM, the biggest debut for a videogame movie evah. A Working Man places with 7.2MM on a 53 percent drop.  Chosen Last Supper Part 2 shows with 6.9MM.  Below the fold, Snow White sits at 77.2MM and one wonders how hard the studio will try to push it above 100MM.

BILL MURRAY, on what happened on the set of “Being Mortal,” Aziz Ansari’s directorial debut that was shut down over complaints of the prolific comedian’s on-set misconduct.

TRON: ARES has a trailer online, scored by Nine Inch Nails.

WILL FORTE, on being Val Kilmer's roomie.

RUSSELL BRAND has denied the sexual assault charges leveled against him by British police Friday.

CINEMACON was a tense, testy affair that threatened to resurface old tensions between studios and exhibitors.

THE RUNNING MAN: Glen Powell got the blessing from Arnold to take on the remake.

THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS is looking to evoke the optimistic spirit of the 1950s and 1960s Space Race.

ELIZABETH OLSEN would like you to know that she doesn't watch a lot of Marvel content.

LAWRENCE FISHBURNE, on being snubbed for The Matrix Resurrections.

PUPPERS great and small.

SHARING A WAFFLE with a pig.

THE HORSE is a baller.

OTTERS in a gang war.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

... with GARAGE ROCK! It's the time of year when I bring out The Standells - "Dirty Water/ Why Pick On Me", but I couldn't stop there. Let's have a baker's dozen of Nuggets, like Music Machine - "Talk Talk"; Blues Magoos - "We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet"; The Knickerbockers - "Lies"; The Outsiders - "Time Won't Let Me"; Count Five - "Psychotic Reaction"; The Seeds - "Pushin' Too Hard"; 13th Floor Elevators - "You're Gonna Miss Me"; Love - "My Little Red Book"; The Leaves - "Hey Joe"; Electric Prunes - "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night," the Crazy World of Arthur Brown - "Fire" and The Nazz- "Open My Eyes."

MATT BERNINGER debuted solo tracks live in... Leeds.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN shares "Rain In The River" ahead of Tracks II.

DAWES shares "Time Spent In Los Angeles."

BLONDSHELL shares “23’s a Baby.”

RISE AGAINST shares "Prizefighter."

INDIE BASEMENT's BEST ALBUMS of 2025 (So Far).

BOB MOULD, on addiction, reconnecting with his audience and social media confusion.

MICHAEL HURLEY, cultishly loved folk legend, has passed away at the age of 83.

SUPERMAN: James Gunn put the CinemaCon Sneak peek online.

TOM CRUISE paid tribute to VAL KILMER.

THE NAKED GUN reboot has a teaser trailer online.

JAMES BOND: Amazon MGM plans a "fresh, exhilarating" new chapter for the franchise.

THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING STUDIO CHIEF: High-flying execs are dropping like flies.

PHINEAS & HERB has a trailer online.

THUNDERBOLTS*: Marvel put a "Making Of" featurette online.

MICHELLE WILLIAMS and her director husband welcomed their newest little one via surrogate.

VIOLA DAVIS: “I don’t think every movie you do has to be considered for an Academy Award.”

A DOGGO's Special Delivery.

ANOTHER DOGGO sets up the score. 

BABY TURTLES, released into the ocean.