
THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: 
...with BLIND FAITH! Live at London's Hyde Park in June 1969. After an introduction and brief segments about supergroup members Steve Winwood, Rick Grech, Ginger Baker, and Eric Clapton, your set list includes:"Well All Right", "Sea of Joy","Sleeping in the Ground", "Under My Thumb", "Can't Find My Way Home", "Do What You Like", "In the Presence of the Lord", "Means to an End", and "Had to Cry Today." MATT FARLEY, who has over 25000 songs on Spotify, visits World Cafe. DAVID LONGSTRETH of Dirty Projectors shares three solo tracks. PULP returns after 24 years with "Spike Island." P*SSED JEANS covers Lou Reed's "Waves Of Fear." NOBLE ROT shares "Hang On." PULP have spoken out on the loss of bassist Steve Mackey and their chances of playing Glastonbury this year. BILLY IDOL shared his memories of his ’80s club days partying with Drew Barrymore. JAPANESE BREAKFAST: Michelle Zauner on Her ‘Theatrical' Coachella Set and Why She Can't Let Anyone Else Direct Her Music Videos. DEAN WAREHAM, on his latest solo album's themes of the Los Angeles fires and the eternal political moment. WEEZER bassist Scott Shriner promoted Weezer's Coachella performance after his wife, Jillian Shriner, was shot by cops and charged with attempted murder after a police chase. THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS is Entertainment Weely's cover story. THE OSCARS are adding an award for Best Stunt Design. THUNDERBOLTS* is tracking towards a 70MM debut. A MINECRAFT MOVIE: Some audiences are trashing theaters. ERIC DANE has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. SOULJA BOY was ordered to pay over 4MM to a Jane Doe who accused him of sexual battery and abuse during their two-year relationship. PRIDE & PREJUDICE will be turned into a Netflix mini-series. CANNES: France's Love Affair With Hollywood Continues, and Vice Versa. 
WHY IS THIS SATURDAY DIFFERENT FROM ALL OTHER DAYS? Because ABC has its annual showing of The Ten Commandments, the granddaddy of Biblical epics, a spectacle featuring acting from Edward G. Robinson and Anne Baxter that is so over-the-top that Yul Brynner starts to look good by comparison. And while Robinson's Dathan never actually spoke the line "Where's your Messiah now?" in the movie, it -- like "Play It Again, Sam" (not spoken in Casablanca) -- has become part of a part of our culture. The line actually comes from Billy Crystal, originally a bit from the Oscars, iirc. It later turned up on The Simpsons, with Chief Wiggum playing Dathan to Ned Flanders' Moses. It may lose viewers to the Final Four this year, but even though I own a copy, there's something to be said about the communal tradition of its broadcast on network TV. BONUS: The making-of story is now the subject of a novel. A CAMEL, enjoying the surf. A DOG and his boy. A DOGGO knows she looks good in that.
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