The Current Music Blog: April 11, 2008 Archive

The Stream 04/11/08

Posted at 8:52 AM on April 11, 2008 by Barb Abney

The view from M.I.A.'s Brooklyn apartment.

Ballet meets Big Boi (Outkast).

Vanilla Ice has been arrested.

Today In Music History:
1956 - Neville Staples was born.
1958 - Stuart Adamson (Big Country) was born.
1966 - Lisa Stansfield was born.
1981 - Eddie Van Halen married Valerie Bertinelli.
1994 - Oasis released their first single "Supersonic."

Live Blogging 04/11/08

Posted at 9:17 AM on April 11, 2008 by Barb Abney

11:40 a.m. Local Music - Tapes 'n Tapes
Walk It Off is in stores now.
Here's their performance on Conan.
Here's their recent in-studio.
They want your help walking for charity.
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11:15 a.m. Foals
They will be playing The Entry on April 28th.
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10:45 a.m. Prince
The $4 million dollars to play Coachella speculation.
Wanna do some math?
"Little Red Corvette" is a tune from his 1982 album 1999.
The average price of a 1982 Corvette these days is around $18,000.
$4,000,000 divided by $18,000 is 222.
Prince could buy 222 Corvettes with the money he is (reportedly) making from playing one gig!

10:40 a.m. Local Music - Cloud Cult
You can still get the tune "Story Of The Grandson Of Jesus" on our Song Of The Day Podcast page.
Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-partying Through Tornadoes) is our CD Of The Week.
Listen to their SxSW performance in our archives.
They're playing First Avenue April 26th.
They will also be playing Rock The Garden along with The New Pornographers, Andrew Bird and Bon Iver
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10:25 a.m. The Watson Twins
Their new album Fire Songs will be in stores on June 24th.
They're playing The Fineline on April 30th with Elbow.
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10:20 a.m. Local Music - Brother Ali
He'll be appearing at our next Fakebook performance.
He's also part of Soundset '08 on May 25th.
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Song Of The Day Info - Local Music - The Floorshakers
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring The Floorshakers with the tune "Working Man."
Hear from them again this Sunday night on The Local Show with Chris Roberts.
They're playing The Turf Club on May 8th
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9:40 a.m. Local Music - Dan Wilson
Here's what he's been up to lately.

9:30 a.m. The Wombats
"..no takey offey for planey waney.." blog.
Here's the "Moving To New York" video.

9:00 a.m. The Mounatin Goats
The update from John Darniell.

Do the Shuffle

Posted at 12:02 PM on April 11, 2008 by Tony Lopez (7 Comments)

One last time, brothers and sisters!

"Kick Out the Jams," MC5
Ahh, yes, the Motor City 5, featuring lead singer Rob Tyner, a finalist in the homeliest rock-n-roller contest. He knew how to sport an afro, though.

"Ordinary Guy," Joe Bataan
Part of the great roster of Fania artists in the late 60's. Coining the term "salsoul," he was an early practitioner of an R&B and Latin blend. This song is great because it starts out mellow and then morphs into a killer salsa beat. Fania has reissued most of his early records and they're worth looking for. I also put this song on a recent Muxtape.

"Blue Train," John Coltrane
The title track to his 1957 Blue Note release. It features Lee Morgan on trumpet, Curtis Fuller on trombone, Paul Chambers on bass, Kenny Drew on piano, and Philly Joe Jones on drums. A perfect tune for a blue day.

"A Grain of Salt," John Doe
During Bill Deville's Ironman day of broadcasting at SXSW, he had a chance to hang out with the former X frontman. How cool is that?

"Don't Knock My Love, Part 1," Wilson Pickett
It reached #1 on the U.S. R&B charts in 1971.

I consider myself lucky to have been part of the original line-up of hosts that helped launch The Current. What a crazy experiment! And what a ride it's been. But, now it's time for me to step aside and devote all my energy to The Radio Talking Book Network.
Tomorrow will be my last on-air shift. I leave DTS in the capable hands of Mac Wilson. I'll be checking in every once in a while to say hello. Until then, shuffle on!

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"My 3 Songs" for Friday

Posted at 1:35 PM on April 11, 2008 by Steve Seel

Elisabeth Pederson of Maple Grove MN says of her songs today, "They all remind me of really awesome people, and really fun moments in my life. And I love 89.3 -- this is the station. I would love so much for one of my songs to be played during this!" Well Elisabeth, you got three of 'em.

1) Modest Mouse, "Blame It On the Tetons"
2) Bloc Party, "Plans"
3) Postal Service, "Nothing Better"

Guest DJ Set 4-11

Posted at 9:17 PM on April 11, 2008 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)

Sasha & Digweed are playing at Epic (the old Quest space) on Tuesday night.
So I thought we should have a set from Sasha's classic progressive house standard; 'Fundacion';

Adam Johnson - "Four Squares"
Swayzak - "Another Way (Richard Davies Mix)
Beanfield - "Tides" (Carl Craig Remix)
Kosmas Epsilon - "Innocent Thoughts"
Funk Da Void - "All That Matters"
Closer Musik - "One Two Three"
Phonique - 99 & A Half featuring Alexander East (I:Cube Remix)
Holden & Thompson - "Come To Me"

Next Week another local set, 5 times City Pages "Best DJ", Jake Rudh of 'Transmission' a weekly night of pop fun at Clubhouse Jaeger. Check next week's CP "Best of.." issue then tune in to hear what he sounds like!

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