The Current Music Blog: November 12, 2007 Archive

The Stream 11/12/07

Posted at 8:50 AM on November 12, 2007 by Barb Abney

Led Zeppelin auctioning off tickets to their upcoming show.

Amy Winehouse's hubby charged with perverting justice.

Win the rights to a Sufjan Stevens Holiday tune.

Today In Music History:
1944 - Booker T. Jones (Booker T and the MG's) was born.
1945 - Neil Young was born.
1955 - Les McKeown (The Bay City Rollers) was born.
1965 - Velvet Underground made their live debut at a High School in New Jersey.
1966 - "Poor Side Of Town" by Johnny Rivers was the #1 tune.
1990 - Ron Wood (Rolling Stones) was run over and both of his legs were broken in Wiltshire, England.
1999 - Gary Glitter was sentenced to four months in prison after he was found guilty of downloading child pornography.
2003 - Tony Thompson (Chic) died of cancer.
2004 - John Peel's funeral took place in Suffolk.

Live Blogging 11/12/07

Posted at 9:54 AM on November 12, 2007 by Barb Abney

11:20 a.m. Ben Lee
He's playing The Varsity tonight along with Cary Brothers.
More.

10:05 a.m. Song Of The Day - Georgie James
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Georgie James with the tune "Cake Parade" from their debut full length Places which is in stores now.
More here and /or here.

9:20 a.m. Local Music - Jenny Dalton
Carbon Lily Remixes is in stores now.
She's playing The Kitty Kat Club later this week.
More here and/or here.

9:05 a.m. Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
They're playing First Avenue Friday night.
More.

"My 3 Songs" for Monday

Posted at 1:35 PM on November 12, 2007 by Steve Seel

First of all, regarding Tony's post below that I do "a mean Morissey impression": that's only for private consumption. Shame on you, Tony. But you can do you own impression by following these simple steps:

1) Start with Kermit the Frog.
2) Combine that voice with an opera singer.
3) Sing everything using no more than three notes.

Presto! Instant "Meat Is Murder"-era Morissey impersonation. That's my trick, anyway.

OK then, on to today's M3S. Ian Hanson of St. Paul requests these tunes, being "three of the most haunting tunes I can think of."

1) Sufjan Stevens, "John Wayne Gacy Jr."
2) Jeff Buckley, "Hallelujah"
3) The White Stripes, "Jolene"

Thanks Ian! That's good autumn stuff.