The Stream for Friday 10/10/08

Posted at 10:08 AM on October 10, 2008 by Bill DeVille

Some nice press for the Melismatics!

new album plan for the Ting Tings

Chinese Democracy has a release date?!?

10/10: birthdays

JOHN PRINE (Grammy-winning super influential Americana star) turns 62
THOMAS DOLBY (Brit '80s pop/rock star; an early MTV favorite; "She Blinded Me With Science") Turns 50.
KIRSTY MacCOLL (Brit pop/rocker with a solid following in U.K., drowned during a Mexico vacation as her star was rising in the U.S.) Born in 1959 in Croyden, England. Died in December of 2000 in Cozumel, Mexico.
MIDGE URE (Ultravox founder) turns 55
THELONIOUS MONK (Jazz Genius) Born in 1917 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Died in 1982.

This Day In Music:

In 1965, The Supremes made their first of many appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show.

In 1970, FCC Commissioner Johnson responded to Vice President Agnew's assertion that rock music drove youngsters to drugs, suggesting that Agnew would be well-advised to listen to it himself in order to better understand what was happening in his country.

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