

THE JAGS: "Back of My Hand," from TOTP and the "Where Are They Now?" file. NEW RELEASES: Paste points you to Kate Bollinger, Sunflower Bean, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has the Wolfgang Press, Broadcast, and more. WEEZER shares early BBC Sessions tracks. FRANZ FERDINAND debuts "Hooked" in Scotland. PEARL JAM plays the decaades-old "The Whale Song" live for the first time. KRIS KRISTOFFERSON, who attained success as both a groundbreaking country music singer-songwriter and a Hollywood film and TV star, died Saturday at home in Maui, Hawaii. No cause of death was given, but he was described as passing away peacefully while surrounded by family. He was 88. The Rolling Stone obit has your audio. LANA DEL REY has married a swamp tour guide from Louisiana. She thrifted her wedding dress. THE CURE: Robert Smith talks about the new LP's long gestation. BUTTHOLE SURFERS, on the Deranged and Damaged 1980s. BRIGHT EYES have been forced to cancel all remaining 2024 tour dates due to frontman Conor Oberst’s ongoing vocal problems. THE 25 GREATEST YACHT ROCK SONGS, according to Paste. WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: The Wild Robot tops the chart with a solid 35MM debut. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice placed with 16MM on a leggy 38 percent drop and will become Tim Burton's second-highest grossing film. Transformers One shows with 9.3MM on a non-leggy 62 percent slide. MAGGIE SMITH, the “Downton Abbey” and “Harry Potter” star who numbers two Oscars, three Emmys and countless stage awards to her credit, died Friday in London. She was 89. The tributes rolled in. MARVEL & DC have lost the trademark to "superhero." MEGALOPOLIS: An Interesting Failure? And a bit about its financing. DIDDY faces yet another sex abuse lawsuit. REBEL WILSON married Ramona Agruma. JOHN ASHTON, the actor known for playing Sgt. John Taggart in the Beverly Hills Cop films, has died. He was 76. THE TORTOISE & THE HARE: Who You Got? DOGGO foils a robbery. A SLOTH, evicted from a construction site. WHALE WATCHERS spot a Great White instead.
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