The Current Music Blog: December 22, 2008 Archive

The Stream 12/22/08

Posted at 9:04 AM on December 22, 2008 by Barb Abney

Iggy Pop, Henry Rollins and Moby to appear in Vampire thriller.

Paste's list of The Best Live Acts of the year.

Dirty Pretty Things played their final show on Friday night.

Today In Music History:
1946 - Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick) was born.
1949 - Robin and Maurice Gibb (The Bee Gees) were born.
1963 - The Dave Clark Five's "Over And Over" was the #1 tune.
1979 - Rupert Holmes' "Escape, (The Pina Colada Song)" was #1.
2000 - Madonna married Guy Ritchie.
2002 - Joe Strummer died.

Live Blogging 12/22/08

Posted at 10:05 AM on December 22, 2008 by Barb Abney (1 Comments)

Tune On The Telly Tonight:
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones on Conan
Todd Rundgren on Letterman
Keane on Jimmy Kimmel

Song Of The Day Info - The Little Ones
Today on our Song Of The Day podcast we're featuring The Little Ones with the title track from their latest record, Morning Tide.
They're playing The Varsity on February 23rd.
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9:30 a.m. Michael Franti & Spearhead
They'll be playing State Theater on Ferbruary 12th.
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My Three Songs Monday

Posted at 12:09 PM on December 22, 2008 by Jill Riley

Today's three song set comes from Sarah in Mahtomedi. She says "These three songs have the power to turn a bad day into a great one for me."

1.) Mighty Mighty Bosstones "Where'd You Go?"
2.) Rancid "Time Bomb"
3.) Flogging Molly "Devil's Dance Floor"