The Current Music Blog: January 2, 2008 Archive

The Stream 01/02/08

Posted at 8:48 AM on January 2, 2008 by Barb Abney

Paul McCartney had an angioplasty over the holidays.

Several of James Brown's children challenge his will.

Gigwise recaps 2007's "Heroes and Zeroes."

Today In Music History:
1936 - Roger Miller was born.
1954 - Glenn Gones (Parliament Funkadelic) was born.
1963 - Keith Gregory (The Wedding Present) was born.
1975 - Chris Cheney (The Living End) was born.
1977 - Errol Garner died.
1979 - Sid Vicious went on trial for murdering his girlfriend Nancy Spungen.
1981 - David Lynch (The Platters) died of cancer.
1996 - Arrested Development announced they had split up (The group reunited in 2000.)

Live Blogging 01/02/08

Posted at 9:36 AM on January 2, 2008 by Barb Abney (1 Comments)

Noonish - Tunes On The Telly Tonight:
Lupe Fiasco on Letterman

11:10 a.m. R.E.M.
They will release Accelerate on April 1st.
This Wiki entry has all the details.
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10:40 a.m. The Virgins
They have a handful of upcoming dates along with Ra Ra Riot.
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Song Of The Day Info - Chuck Prophet
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Chuck Prophet with the tune "Freckle Song" from his album Soap And Water which is in stores now.
He's done some interesting work over here.
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9:10 a.m. Sufjan Stevens
You can relive the holiday season with his Xmas Xchange winner.

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"My 3 Songs" for Wednesday

Posted at 1:28 PM on January 2, 2008 by Steve Seel

As most of us return to the regular work grind today, Lori Sandoval of Mpls writes, "I'm requesting these songs because without the excitement of fun songs, I would freak out. It's the only the thing that helps me keep it together while I'm working. Yahoo! Let's dance!"

1) Lee Rocker, "String Bass, Guitar and a Drum"
2) Pulp, "This Is Hardcore"
3) Sound Team, "Handfull of Billions"

That's a fine way to get us into the new year; thanks Lori.

New Year. New Rhymefest. New Kid Dakota.

Posted at 4:18 PM on January 2, 2008 by Lindsay Kimball (1 Comments)

I don't know if Michael Jackson should be flattered or not, but Rhymefest has released a new album that is a "dedication" to MJ and - get this - free to download. To quote my good friend Gabe, "It's the Grey Album but with MJ instead of the Beatles." Let's see what kind of lawsuit might follow this album...

Kid Dakota's new release "A Winner's Shadow" isn't available until March 11th, but you can hear the new track "Port Authority" on their MySpace page. They'll be leaking a new track to MySpace everyday 10 days or so until the album comes out.

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