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Noon-ish: Tunes On The Telly Tonight
Kaiser Chiefs on Jimmy Kimmel
Modest Mouse on Letterman
Patti Smith on Leno
Chris Isaac on Conan
The Format on Carson Daly

* Big ups to Linds for manning the blog when I fell behind today. You did a tremendous job, Yo!

11:55 a.m. Pixies Poll
The most requested Pixies song is...
Where is My Mind
Find out everything you ever wanted to know about the song here.

11:41 a.m. Local Music - Cloud Cult
The band is currently on tour. Right now they are on the west coast, but they'll be back in the First Avenue Mainroom on June 29 playing an 18+ show. Just before they left for tour they stopped by the Current's studios.

11:38 a.m. Jamie T
Download Jamie T's "On Holiday" track at his website for FREE.

11:35 a.m. Lily Allen
Lily should be enjoying her vacation. She cancelled her US tour.

11:30 a.m. Pixies Poll
You've got 15 minutes left to get your vote in for your favorite Pixies song.

11:25 a.m. Cake
Their MySpace has blog entries about their Winona, MN and Moorhead, MN shows.

11:11 a.m. Camera Obscura
They came in at #32 on our Top 89 of 2006, and they were requested by Bill in St. Paul because "This song just grooves."

11:07 a.m. Local Music - Robert Skoro
He stopped by our studios in January of 2006.

10:52 a.m. Dan Wilson Poll
Trip Shakespeare is the winner!

10:10 a.m. Song Of The Day Info - Dinosaur Jr.
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Dinosaur Jr. with the tune "Been There All The Time" from Beyond which was released today. They will be playing two shows at the end of the month, May 29 and 30 at the Triple Rock. Tour dates and more info on their official site.

9:40 a.m. Johnny Cash Poll
Is ending soon. Get in your vote.

09:10 a.m. Brandi Carlisle
Will be doing an in-store in Minneapolis later this month.

Ring of Fire is a Cash classic, of course, but it's such an obvious choice. I'm just a tiny bit disappointed that I don't get to hear one of my dad's all time favorite songs, "A Boy Named Sue.