THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE...

...with THE TALKING HEADS!  Here's the expanded band -- including axeman Adrian Belew (who certainly influenced Jon Pratt's early work in Pate) -- Live in Rome, circa 1980. Your setlist: "Psycho Killer," "Stay Hungry," "Cities," "I Zimbra," "Drugs," "Take Me To The River," "Crosseyed And Painless," "Life During Wartime," "Houses In Motion," "Born Under Punches," and "The Great Curve."

SPOON plays WFUV.

THE WEATHER STATION plays KEXP.

NKOTB, SALT & PEPA, EN VOGUE & RICK ASTLEYrecreate classic '80s videos in "Bring Back The Time."

CHVRCHES & ROBERT SMITH play The Cure's "Just Like Heaven."

KEVIN MORBY shares "This is a Photograph."

HARRY NILSSON: 50 Years of "The Point."

BAND OF HORSES' Ben Bridwell talks about everything from his close friend Sam Beam from Iron & Wine to his effusive fandom of British rockers Biffy Clyro; from his all-nighter with My Morning Jacket’s Patrick Hallahan at a Detroit hotel to his initial dreams of operating a record label.

THE VENTURES, and a Time When Instrumentals Were Hits.

MORRIS DAY has a beef with Prince's estate.

PETE DAVIDSON is close to signing a deal to join Jeff Bezos on a Blue Origin flight.

JACK HARLOW is set to make his acting debut in 20th Century's reboot of "White Men Can't Jump."

HARVEY WEINSTEIN: Busted for contraband Milk Duds.

DEAD EYES: Tom Hanks will finally explain why he fired Connor Ratliff from a small role on HBO’s Band of Brothers.

ALL THE OLD KNIVES has a trailer online.

TAIKA WAITITI & RHYS DARBY talk about being pirates.

THE NEW PEOPLES' CINEMA CLUB: It's... not easy to explain.

BATMAN VILLAINS, ranked by The Ringer.

SUZANNE SOMERS claims to have made hundreds of millions on ThighMasters.

THAT'S A LOT of tails wagging.

CATS are liquid.

A PUPPER and a Minkey.

CATS & DOGS, camping together...

CANDIE PAYNE brings her updated Northern Soul sound on "I Wish I Could Have Loved You More."

AMOS LEE visits World Cafe.

PASTOR SHIRLEY CAESAR plays a Tiny Desk Concert.

BELLE & SEBASTIAN return with "Unnecessary Drama."

PINEGROVE make their late-night TV debut.

NEIL DIAMOND sold his entire songwriting and recording catalog to Universal Music Publishing Group for an undisclosed amount.

FRANZ FERDINAND: Alex Kapranos was enthused to reminisce about the band for Vulture.

JOHNNY MARR has vowed to never work with his former The Smiths bandmate Morrissey again, following the latest war of words between the two musicians.

DAVID BOWIE producer Tony Visconti is not a fan of Spotify.

LIVE NATION is ceasing business with Russia and acts cancel dates there.

BANDCAMP was acquired by Epic Games.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at R. Kelly's "Bump N' Grind," a bad song that now sounds like an ominous preemptive confession.

KIM KARDASHIAN: Officially single.

MARILYN MANSON is now taking ex-fiancée Evan Rachel Wood to court over her allegations of abuse.

SOPHIE TURNER & JOE JONAS are expecting their second child.

EUPHORIA's Sydney Sweeney is indeed engaged.

CHRIS PINE & ANNABELLE WALLIS are dunzo after four years of dating.

NETFLIX paused all future projects and acquisitions from Russia.

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH is the new anchor of the MCU.

BULLET TRAIN, starring Brad Pitt, directed by David Leitxh, has a trailer online.

FUTURAMA will be back with its lead cast intact when the Matt Groening and David X. Cohen’s cult animated sci-fi comedy returns with new episodes on Hulu in 2023.

FARRAH FORKE, of "Wings" and "Lois & Clark," has died at 54.

ONE LITTLE PENGUIN wants the attention.

ANOTHER PENGUIN, dressed as Peppa.

A CAT, with the sly wake-up call.

FLAMING GROOVIES "Shake Some Action," circa 1987.

JIMMY DOYLE streams Going Gray, which he describes as "Pub Rock, Power Pop, New Wave, whatever you want to call it." All songs under 3:00.

GEESE plays World Cafe.

SHARON VAN ETTEN shares "Used To It."

BARTEES STRANGE shares "Heavy Heart."

PUP shares "Matilda."

MIDLAKE shares "Noble."

HAIM shares "Lost Track," directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.

SUPERCHUNK: Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance talk about working through the pandemic.

FRANZ FERDINAND canceled shows in Russia, prompting a zillion WWI jokes on Twitter.

DAVID CROSBY says David Crosby things.

MARDI GRAS PARADES are back in New Orleans after a pandemic hiatus.

UNIVERSAL joined Disney, WB, Paramount, and Sony in announcing a halt on theatrical releases in Russia.

NETFLIX won’t carry the 20 Russian free-to-air propaganda channels that they could be required to host under Russian law.

THE HOUSE OF MOUSE will prompt you to review parental controls as Netflix's violent Marvel shows arrive at D+.

SAM ELLIOTT is not a fan of Oscars favorite Power of the Dog.

THE ROYALS: Queen Elizabeth II recovered from COVID and went to visit William, Kate, and Beatrice.

EUPHORIA star Sydney Sweeney sparks engagement rumors.

CHRIS HEMSWORTH has been cast as the lead villain in Mad Max: Fury Road prequel film Furiosa.

KRAVEN THE HUNTER: Fresh off her historic win at the SAG Awards on Sunday night, Ariana DeBose is set to join the Spidey spinoff.

THE WAR to play Madonna.

A WEDDING DANCE, and a dog.

A BUNNY, massaging a cat.

A KITTY & DONKEY, nuzzling.

THE FEELIES: The Jonathan Demme-directed "Away" and a live take on "Deep Fascination" for Twofer Tuesday.

ELECTRICITY & LUST: Pavement's Slanted & Enchanted - Live!

THE BLACK OPRY, on World Cafe.

WET LEG shares "Angelica."

NATION OF LANGUAGE covers Broken Social Scene's "Stars and Sons."

ADULT MOM shares "91."

SPOON: A Life in Motion with Britt Daniel.

NICK CAVE remembers Mark Lanegan.

BASIA BULAT is profiled by the Toronto Star.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Ace Of Base's strange, simplistic, hypnotic robo-reggae smash "The Sign."

KANYE WEST told a court that claims he harassed his estranged wife Kim Kardashian on social media are “double hearsay.”

FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE has a trailer online.

MORBIUS: The final trailer has... Michael Keaton.

JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS cut a deal in his DUI case.

JULIETTE LEWIS on the soundtrack of her life.

THE BATMAN: Early reviews, including from Variety and THR, seem pretty positive.

BATMAN RETURNS: Tim Burton's second Batman film is essayed at The Ringer.

HELPING a cat in need.

IF IT FITS, it sits.

IGUANA HUNTER Kills Giant Invasive Lizards in Florida.

BLAKE BABIES' fab cover of the Grass Roots' "Temptation Eyes."  Saw 'em open for Game Theory, many moons ago.

NEW RELEASES:Paste will point you to Superchunk, String Machine, King Hannah, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Johnny Marr, Bambara, ADULT, and more.

EDDIE VEDDER covered The Police's "Message in a Bottle" with Stu Copelan, and two Tom Petty songs with Benmont Tench.

BILLY JOEL paid tribute to Procol Harum‘s Gary Brooker with a cover of the band's classic, ‘A Whiter Shade Of Pale.'

DARYL HALL covers the Eurythmics’"Here Comes the Rain Again,"unplugged with Dave Stewart.

KELLY CLARKSON covers George Michael's "Faith."

PETER HOOK, on his five best bass albums.

THE LIBERTINES gave an update on Pete Doherty's health following a respiratory infection.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Celine Dion's first US chart-topper, her cover of Jennifer Rush's operatic howler "The Power Of Love."

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Uncharted still charted at the top with 25MM on a 47 percent drop (which would be really good if the debut had been bigger and The Batman weren't coming). Dog placed again with 10.1MM on a 32 percent drop.  Spider-Man: No Way Home showed with another 5.75MM on a 23 percent drop.

THE SAG AWARDS went to these folks. Congrats!

AMANDA BYNES seeks to end her conservatorship after nearly nine years.

AARON RODGERS & SHAILENE WOODLEY: Together again?

THE ROYALS: Not everybody is thrilled with giving Camilla a consort title.

STEVEN SPIELBERG wants to make a Bullitt movie (but not a remake).

JUSTIFIED: The limited series return might be partly directed by Quentin Tarantino.

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH rescued a family from a herd of cattle.

THE QUICK BROWN FOX jumped over the lazy dog.

WHY PANDAS are endangered.

A KITTY, facing Monday.