The Current Music Blog: December 19, 2007 Archive

The Stream 12/19/07

Posted at 8:57 AM on December 19, 2007 by Barb Abney (1 Comments)

Lily Allen to have Chemical baby.

186 indie artists sue Rolling Stone/Camel.

Amy Winehouse was arrested yesterday.

Today In Music History:
1918 - Professor Longhair was born.
1944 - Alvin Lee was born.
1957 - Elvis Presley was served his draft notice.
1976 - Paul Cook's (Sex Pistols) mother told the UK newspaper The Daily Mail that Paul was no longer welcome at home and she was turning his bedroom in a dining room.
1993 - Michael Clarke (The Byrds) died.
2005 - The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl's "Fairytale of New York" was voted the #1 Christmas song in a VH1 poll.

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Live Blogging 12/19/07

Posted at 9:28 AM on December 19, 2007 by Barb Abney

11:45 a.m. Jarvis Cocker
His surprise set last night.

11:30 a.m. White Stripes
Jack as Elvis.

11:15 a.m. DJ Shadow
You can pre-order The Hard Sell the new collaboration with Cut Chemist.
They're coming to town, playing First Avenue on February 4th.
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10:30 a.m. Jonathan Rice
Info on his upcoming tour with Matt Costa.
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10:10 a.m. Song Of The Day - Los Campesinos
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Los Campesinos with the tune "It Started With A Mixx" from their album Sticking Fingers Into Sockets which is in stores now.
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10:00 a.m. Possum Dixon (related)
Rob Zabrecky is now a very popular magician!

9:45 a.m. The Bird And The Bee
They're playing The Varsity on January 10th. They were here last year for an in-studio appearance.
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9:30 a.m. Local Music - Weaver At The Loom
Their tour kicks off next week at The Triple Rock.
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9:10 a.m. The New Pornographers
The Executive edition of Challengers is the latest in Matador's "Buy Early Get Now" series.
The Spirit Of Giving EP is available via iTunes now.
"Electric Version" is featured on the Rock Band video game.
Take a few minutes to listen to their excellent in-studio performance from this autumn.
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"My 3 Songs" for Wednesday 12/19/07

Posted at 12:06 PM on December 19, 2007 by Bill DeVille

Today's set was put together by Sara Abdelaal in Minnetonka.

She chose:

Grizzly Bear - Knife
Beirut - Scenic World
Patrick Wolf - Bluebells

I like your taste in music Sara!

Legend Agrees with Wheat!

Posted at 5:13 PM on December 19, 2007 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)

I am desperately trying to defend my position that the album is dead, against heavy opposition!Join the discussion under the original post but first check this interview with Robyn Hitchcock who does a great job of detailing the history of the album and seems to agree with me! Tune in Thursday between 6 and 7pm for a synopsis of the discussion with audio examples.

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