The Current Music Blog: December 8, 2008 Archive

The Stream 12/08/08

Posted at 9:09 AM on December 8, 2008 by Barb Abney

Noel Gallagher met one of his idols (Morrissey) over the weekend.

Details on new Lady Soveriegn record.

Lily Allen sticks up for Amy Winehouse.

Today In Music History:
1925 - Sammy Davis Jr. was born.
1943 - Jim Morrison was born.
1957 - Phil Collen (Def Leppard) was born.
1963 - Frank Sinatra Jr. was kidnapped at gunpoint. He was released two days later after his father paid $240,000 ransom.
1966 - Paul McCartney overdubbed his lead vocal for "When I'm Sixty-Four" and then The Beatles began working on John Lennon's"Strawberry Fields Forever."
1968 - Graham Nash left The Hollies and started working with David Crosby and Stephen Stills.
1974 - Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) was born.
1979 - The Styx tune "Babe" was #1.
1980 - John Lennon was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman.
1984 - Vince Neil (Motley Crue) was involved in a car accident that killed Nick Dingley (Hanoi Rocks).
1995 - Courtney Love told Barbara Walters that she wished she had done "Eight thousand million things differently' to have prevented the death of her husband Kurt Cobain."
2004 - Dimebag Darrell (Pantera) was shot and killed on stage in Columbus, Ohio.

Live Blogging 12/08/08

Posted at 9:50 AM on December 8, 2008 by Barb Abney (1 Comments)

11:40 a.m. Snow Patrol
Wanna see them perform live on Jimmy Kimmel?

11:10 a.m. Local Music - The New Standards
They were joined by The Brothers Frantzich on the tune "Love Is The Law."
You can grab their latest record, Rock And Roll here.
Join us for a broadcast of highlights from their holiday show on Christmas Eve.
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10:40 a.m. Local Music - Heiruspecs
Their A Tiger Dancing CD release show is December 13th at First Avenue.
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Song Of The Day Info - The Boat People
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring The Boat People with the tune "Unsettle My Heart" from their 3rd full length record Chandeliers.
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9:50 a.m. The Killers
Their latest, Day & Age is in stores now. They're playing Northrop Auditorium on January 19th.
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9:20 a.m. The Hold Steady (related)
Franz will bring his solo show to Triple Rock on January 16th, just 3 days after his Major General is released.

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"My 3 Songs" for Monday

Posted at 2:33 PM on December 8, 2008 by Steve Seel (1 Comments)

I love this set today. Mark Benjamin of Mpls writes, "I call this my 'inappropriate lullaby set.' The themes of these three songs may not be 'kid friendly,' but they are guaranteed to put my 6-month-old twin daughters to sleep."

1) Wilco, "Hell Is Chrome"
2) Eels, "Restraining Order Blues"
3) The Replacements, "Androgynous"

Kinda reminds me of that scene in "Three Men and a Baby" where the Tom Sellek character is reading an article about a boxing match, with all of it's violent details, to the baby in a very soft, sing-songy voice in order to lull the kid to sleep.

Did I just admit to having actually watched "Three Men and a Baby?"

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