The Current Music Blog: June 2, 2009 Archive

Superchunk offers up "Misfits & Mistakes" for free!

Posted at 9:25 AM on June 2, 2009 by Barb Abney (1 Comments)

"Misfits and Mistakes" is a Superchunk tune that was originally released as a hidden track to the Aqua Teen Hunger Force soundtrack. It was also released as a 7" shortly thereafter. The tune was recently included on their Leaves In The Gutter EP and you can grab "Misfits and Mistakes" for free today on our Song Of The Day podcast.

The Leaves In The Gutter EP is Superchunk's first CD release in 7 years. It also features an acoustic version of "Learned to Surf" and 3 previously unreleased tunes.

Superchunk recently announced that they will be releasing a limited edition 7" on clear vinyl, on July 7th. Pre-order it here.

They have a couple of scheduled appearances next month, as well. On the 17th they will be playing for free at The Seaport Music Festival in Brooklyn. On the 22nd, they will be playing the Merge Records 20th anniversary showcase in Chapel Hill, NC.

If you're a new subscriber to the Song Of The Day podcast, you'll also receive new music from Steve Earle, Maria Isa and Illinois. Later this week we will be featuring new music from Akron Family, John Vanderslice and local music from The Alarmists.

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Today in Music... A birthday Stone, and a dirty old Stone

Posted at 9:14 AM on June 2, 2009 by Jim McGuinn

Birthdays

1941 - Charlie Watts (Rolling Stones) 68
1954 - Michael Steele (Bangles) 55
1955 - Michael Anthony (Van Halen) 54
1959 - Lydia Lunch 50
1961 - Dez Cadena (Black Flag) 48
1970 - B-Real (Cypress Hill) 39
1980 - Fabrizio Moretti (The Strokes) 29

1896 - Guglielmo Marconi patents the radio
1958 - Alan Freed joins WABC (NYC) radio
1964 - Rolling Stones 1st US concert tour debuts in Lynn, Mass
1973 - Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham dumped a bucket of water over promoter Bill Graham following an argument at a show in San Francisco.
1978, Bruce Springsteen's album "Darkness on the Edge of Town" was released.
1981 - Prince played for the first time in the UK.
1989 - Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman married model Mandy Smith. He was 53, she was 19. They divorced in 1991.
1990 - Stiv Bators (The Dead Boys, The Lords of the New Church) died after being hit by a taxi.
2008 - Bo Diddley died of heart failure at his home in Archer, Fla. He was 79.

Who marries the bass player? Bill Wyman, former bassist of the Rolling Stones creeped a lot of folks out when it was revealed that he had been 'dating' his new wife Mandy Smith since she was just 13 years old (and he would have been 48 at the time). Eeeww. While Wyman remarried after their (inevitable?) 1991 divorce, what happened to Ms. Mandy's life after her involvement with Wyman? Following a brief brush with pop stardom, she tried her hand at modelling, make up artistry, and is currently training to be a counsellor. She did win one prestigious award however scoring Britain's "Rear of the Year" award in 1994...

3 songs you might enjoy with your dad...

Posted at 12:07 PM on June 2, 2009 by Barb Abney (1 Comments)
Filed under: My Three Songs

Hannah from Roseville picked today's My 3 Songs set because...

"These are songs I can listen to with my dad. He introduced me to Neil Young and I introduced him to Rilo Kiley and we both like Cowboy Junkies."

Cowboy Junkies - "Sweet Jane "
Neil Young - "Old Man"
Rilo Kiley - "More Adventurous" (in-studio performance)

Make your "My 3 Songs" requests here.

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