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THE MOODY BLUES hit the charts with "Go Now" before going psychedelic.

PERFUME GENIUS shares "Clean Heart."

FOXWARREN (Andy Schauf's side project) shares “Listen2Me.”

GOLD DUST's "An Early Translation of an Earlier Work" features J Mascis on sitar.

SUPERCHUNK sahres "Bruised Lung."

MJ LENDERMAN joins THIS IS LORELAI on a version of their “Dancing in the Club.”

MORRISSEY beefs with Sparks.

HEART: Ann Wilson is working on a band biopic with Sleater-Kinney's Carrie Brownstein.

AM RADIO will never die.

SHOW WHITE: Inside The Fiasco. And while Rachel Zegler deserves a share of the blame, the script and the CGI dwarves are also major factors.

BEN AFFLECK's Plan to Remake Hollywood.

JAMES BOND: Amazon confirms Amy Pascal and David Heyman will produce the next installment of the franchise.

YOUNGER VIEWERS are choosing social and creator-driven content over big-budget entertainment. OLDER VIEWERS embrace YouTube.

JOHN CARPENTER, on Loving Los Angeles, Making Music and If He'll Direct Again.

THE MOST ANTCIPATED SUMMER MOVIES, according to Fandango.

OPEN AI Is Ready for Hollywood to Accept Its Vision. 

TECHNICOLOR: Rising from the ashes (sort of)?

A GIBBON grooms a deer.

A MONKEY & A BUNNY share watermelon.

SMALL AND CUTE, a future killing machine.

THE REPLACEMENTS played "Bast^rds of Young" and "Kiss Me On The Bus" in an infamous TV appearance.

CASS McCOMBS included a new song in his Tiny Desk Concert.

WET LEG debuted new material at a secret show in Brighton, under the name Uma Thurman.

JAPANESE BREAKFAST debuted new material in NYC.

THE DARKNESS shared "Hot On My Tail," a country song recalling a scene from Blazing Saddles.

JUDY COLLINS, on her writing process, making a movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger, her most relished Sondheim role, and more.

FLUXBLOG revisits some 90s alt-rock highlights.

GOOSE severed ties with their percussionist over his personal behavior.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Ariana Grande's first-ever chart-topper, the masterfully petty and self-referential "thank u, next." 

SETH ROGEN, on The Studio being like The Office.

THE OFFICE: An oral history of Season One.

JENNIFER ANISTON & PEDRO PASCAL are not an item.

GERARD DEPARDIEU appeared in court in Paris to be tried on charges of sexual assault.

MICHELLE WILLIAMS, as a horny stage-four cancer patient on a quest to figure out what turns her on.

JOHN CARPENTER & BONG JOON HO have agreed to work with each other on the latter’s new horror film.

ARE MOBSTER MOVIES sleeping with the fishes?

BARBIE FERREIRA said that her Euphoria exit was a “mutual decision” with the showrunners.

DAVID LYNCH Opens a Portal to Our Minds.

THAT BIRD is a siren.

RACCOONS playing Mission: Impossible.

ANIMALS getting their first look at a mirror.

THERE ARE two types of dog.

MAGAZINE: "Shot By Both Sides" on TOTP.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Brian D’Addario (The Lemon Twigs), Japanese Breakfast, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Dutch Interior, Jeffrey Lewis, The Horrors, and more.

FIONA APPLE sings THE WATERBOYS' new single, "Letter From An Unknown Girlfriend."

WEYES BLOOD covers Neil Diamond's "Shiloh."

EDDIE VEDDER covers Neil Young's "The Needle And The Damage Done."

BEACH BUNNY shares "Big Pink Bubble."

KATE PIERSON joined IDA and TSUNAMI on The B-52s' "52 Girls" at Levon Helm's studio.

BRIAN D'ADDARIO shares his favorite songs by longtime Beach Boys collaborator Stephen Kalinich.

DUTCH INTERIOR, on how Acetone, The Microphones, Angel Olsen and more influenced their new album.

KISS revealed that they'd be playing an unmasked, makeup-free live show, as part of a three-day event called Kiss Army Storms Vegas. 

THE SEARCHERS are making Glastonbury their final gig.

PAUL WAGSTAFF, the Manchester guitarist who formed Paris Angels and later joined Happy Mondays and Black Grape, has died aged 60.

LARRY TAMBLYN, a founding member of the band The Standells, has died. He was 82.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Snow White tops the chart with 43MM, but that is below already low expectations, even worse than the live-action remake of Dumbo.  The B+ CinemaScore is also worse than any Disney live-action remake.  Oof.  Steven Soderberg's Black Bag places with 4.4MM on a 42 percent drop that's likely disappointing for a something with a 97 percent Tomatometer.  Captain America: Brave New World shows with 4.1MM on a 27 percent drop.  Below the fold, Mickey 17 continues to disappoint, and Barry Levinson's Alto Knights, with Robert De Niro returning to a gangster film, also looks to bomb.

GEORGE FOREMAN, a heavyweight boxing champion who returned to the sport to regain his title at the improbable age of 45, and who parlayed his fame and his amiable personality into a multimillion-dollar grill business, died on Friday night in Houston. He was 76.

THE RUSSO BROTHERS, on how they eventually returned to the MCU.

JAMES BOND, produced by... Amy Pascal or David Heyman? And directed by... Alfonso Cuarón?

ROBERT DE NIRO on children's television.

WHY AMANDA SEYFRIED turned down Guardians of the Galaxy.

DAVID CRONENBERG defends the use of AI in The Brutalist.

JENNIFER COOLIDGE, on how The White Lotus helped her dating life at 63. 

BIG DOGS, acting like puppers.

A HERMIT CRAB changes shells in the wild.

THE BENCH stood no chance.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

... with THE BYRDS!  Pretty much because I dig them as we turn into Spring (or Fall).  Let's start with a rare 1965 clip of their breakthrough smash cover of "Mr. Tambourine Man."  There are screaming girls, plus go-go dancers when they hit Shivaree for "All I Really Want to Do" and "Feel A Whole Lot Better."  Next up is a rare sync of "I Knew I'd Want You." There are even more dancers when they cover Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away" for Shindig! on June 23, 1965, while I'm pretty sure that's Ed Wynn introducing "Chimes of Freedom."  You might recognize the voice introducing "Bells Of Rhymney" from poolside in August 1965 and "It Won't Be Wrong" from a corral in January 1966 on Where The Action Is.  BONUS:  Want a couple in color?  Here's "Turn, Turn, Turn!" and "Mr. Spaceman." DOUBLE BONUS: A rare 1967 sync of "Eight Miles High."

THE HEAD AND THE HEART play World Cafe.

KIM GORDON & KIM DEAL covered Sonic Youth's "Little Trouble Girl" for John Mulaney.

SORRY MOM shares "Youngstown."

SUPERHEAVEN shares "Stare At The Void."

JAPANESE BREAKFAST: Michelle Zauner on biting Michael Imperioli, being hungover at the Grammys, Almost Famous-ing Wilco, and more.

PETER WOLF's memoir has chapters on or featuring Dylan, Muddy Waters, John Lennon, the Rolling Stones, Alfred Hitchcock, Tennessee Williams, Lou Reed, David Lynch and more.

GWYNETH PALTROW was shocked to learn she's been in 7 MCU movies.

BRUCE WILLS gave SAMUEL L. JACKSON solid career advice. ALSO: Demi Moore shares photos of Bruce at 70.

TOM CRUISE will be awarded the British Film Institute’s highest accolade, the BFI Fellowship.

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER: Paul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio have a teaser online.

THE GOLDEN TICKET:  Netflix has ordered a new reality competition series inspired by Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

JASON BOURNE is up for sale.

CATE BLANCHETT: The awards should not be televised.

E.T. will be up for auction.

LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA shared feedback he got from Stephen Sondheim on early drafts of Hamilton.

APPLE TV+ is losing a Billion dollars per year.

LIFE Imitates Caddyshack.

A DOGGO pushes his fren in a wheelchair.

NOT GONNA SAY what these cows are doing.

JIMMY WEBB, one of America's master songwriters, plays "Elvis and Me" on Steve Dahl's 1991 NYE PPV event.

MONO plays KEXP.

MEN I TRUST streams the Equus Asinus LP.

REDD KROSS played "Born Innocent" on Kimmel.

SLEIGH BELLS shares "This Summer."

DEERHOOF shares "Sparrow Sparrow."

MICHAEL SHANNON & JASON NARDUCY will tribute tour R.E.M.'s Lifes Rich Pageant next years.

LOLLAPALOOZA is no longer a Rock festival.

BELLY CORGAN and his wife welcomed their third child.

SNOW WHITE is tracking for a 50MM debut, well below most of the Disney live-action remakes.

NETFLIX gets the most bang for the buck out of studio films that have benefited from a wide theatrical release.

MOVIEGOERS Want More Comedies, Thrillers and Action Titles, Global Cinema Study Finds.

COYOTE v ACME finally might have found a new home.

JONATHAN MAJORS & MEGAN GOOD got hitched.

TOGETHER, ft Alison Brie and Dave Franco, has a trailer online.

47 RONIN director Carl Erik Rinsch has been charged with defrauding Netflix.

ELLEN POMPEO on stepping away from Grey's Anatomy, an uncomfortable sex scene, and more. 

A BABY ELEPHANT interrupts an interview once his name is dropped.

DISABLED DOGGOS wheel up and down the beach.

A ROADRUNNER, actually.