THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: ... with GRAM PARSONS! As a member of both The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, and as a solo artist, Parsons anticipated the so-called country rock of the 1970s and the alt-country movement that began around 1990. There is not a lot of GP video floating around, but "Christine's Tune" is a good place to start, though the video for "Older Guys" is great because someone made them go out to christen Judge Smails' sloop. The Hell's Angels make an unfortunate cameo in the clip of "Six Days on the Road" from the infamous Altamont festival in 1969. The posthumous video for "Sin City" is nice also. BONUS: Dwight Yoakum covers "Wheels" at a Parsons tribute concert. DOUBLE BONUS: Frequent duet partner Emmylou Harris covers "Return of the Grievous Angel" with Ryan Adams (and Buddy Miller on bass) at a different tribute. YARD ACT plays KCRW. THE SMILE shares "Don't Get Me Started." BOB DYLAN has busted out “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall” and “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35” for the first time in years. SPRINGSTEEN joined ZACH BRYAN on "Atlantic City" in Philly. LEON BRIDGES shares "Peaceful Place." THE ENGLISH BEAT: Read the preface to a new book on the ska giants. NICK CAVE names his favorite podcast. GARDEN STATE: The soundtrack turns 20. TAYLOR SWIFT: One of the terror suspects accused of a plot against her Vienna told police he wanted to “kill as many people as possible” and then take his own life. SATURDAY NIGHT: Jason Reitman's SNL flick has a trailer online. BORDERLANDS is not getting good reviews, at all. HOUSE OF THE DRAGON: Ewan Mitchell (Aemond)on fan criticism and more. A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS adds seven more cast members. VINCE VAUGHN turned this interview into self-help. TOM CRUISE was injured in a sex scene back in the day. BIG PIG: Iowa State Fair edition. SNOW LEOPARDS, defying gravity. DISCOVERING an adopted dog's name. CATS & DOGS, living together...
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