THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

... with R.E.M.!  Live in Germany circa 1985, more complete than what has previously turned up on the Tube. Songs include "Feeling Gravity's Pull," "Harbourcoat," "Sitting Still," "Maps & Legends," "Fall On Me," "Green Grow The Rushes," "Driver 8," "Hyena," "So. Central Rain," CCR's "Have You Ever Seen The Rain," "Can't Get There From Here," Roger Miller's "King Of The Road," "Seven Chinese Bros.," "Auctioneer," "Old Man Kinsey," "Little America," "Pretty Persuasion, " "Theme From Two Steps Onward," Aerosmith's "Toys In The Attic," and Television's "See No Evil." Plus, previously unlinked here: "Second Guessing," "Ghost Riders In The Sky," "(Don't Go Back to) Rockville," "We Walk/ Behind Closed Doors" and "Paint It Black."

THE REPLACEMENTS' Six Greatest Hometown Shows.

FANFARLO bring a quartet of songs from their 2014 release, Let's Go Extinct, to the KEXP Studio. 

THE WAR ON DRUGS stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic for a session. 

ELEPHANT is advance streaming Sky Swimming.

MOUNTAIN GOATS: John Darnielle choreographs Ace of Base's "The Sign." (Language warning) A perennial fave.

VERUCA SALT does their first interview in 17 years at Stereogum, and drops a video for "The Museum of Broken Relationships."

LYKKE LI talks to DIY about her new, near-minimalist aesthetic.(Thx, Frank Yang.)

MORE THAN EARWORM: 11 Popular Songs The CIA Used To Torture Terror Suspects.

SHOULD YOU WHIP IT? A Flowchart.

CUTOUT BIN: From the Sex Pistols to Suzanne Vega, from Dexy's Midnight Runners to Squirrel Bait, from XTC to the Shangri-Las, plus Ron Sexsmith, Jane's Addicition, Thin Lizzy, the Parliaments and more -- this Friday's fortuitous finds are streaming from the Pate page at the ol' HM.

NOW SHOWING: This weekend's wide releases include: The Other Woman, currently scoring 27 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; Brick Mansions, which is scoring 36 percent; and The Quiet One, scoring 39 percent.

JUSTIN BIEBER was detained at Los Angeles International Airport by U.S. Customs officials Thursday.

MILEY CYRUS finally left the hospital.

BRYAN SINGER: BuzzFeed takes a deep dive inside the Hollyweird world of the director who got hit with a sexual assault lawsuit.

TOM HARDY: Secretly married?

DIANE KEATON says she has “failed” at settling down and tying the knot.

SCARLETT JOHANSSON & LUPITA NYONG'O may wind up in a live-action Jungle Book.

THE HOBBIT has a new subtitle.

UKRAINE: Tensions escalated sharply Thursday, with Russia embarking on new military drills near the border after Ukrainian forces said they killed five pro-Russian militants.

VENEZUELA's inflation accelerated to 4.1 percent in March from 2.4 percent the month before, the central bank said on Thursday, attributing the situation to an opposition-led "economic war" and months of violent street protests.

PORTUGAL THE MAN is trying to save the Sumatran Tiger through the magic of vinyl.

ANCIENT ASSASSIN FLIES FOUND IN AMBER: This movie ends with a T. Rex fight.

A HORSE in a Smart Car?

DOGS & CATS CAN LOVE YOU, theoretically.