The Current Music Blog: June 23, 2009 Archive

Today In Music History: Dr. Dylan

Posted at 6:04 AM on June 23, 2009 by Steve Seel

Bithdays:

"American Idol" judge Randy Jackson is 53.
Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley is 47.
Breeders drummer James MacPherson is 43.
Singer KT Tunstall is 34.

1962 - Ray Charles started a 14-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music'.
1984 - Duran Duran started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'The Reflex', the group's first American No.1.
1989 - New Kids on the Block were nearly thrown out of a hotel in Anaheim, Calif. They were caught throwing balloons filled with Kool-Aid at guests.
1990 - 13-year-old Keith Sorrentino filed a $500,000 lawsuit against Madonna, claiming he suffered nightmares and bed-wetting problems after an incident outside Madonna's home when she allegedly flung him to the ground.
2003 - Diana Ross appeared in court and testified that she was coerced and felt intimidated into taking a breath test that showed her blood alcohol level was 0.2 (well over the 0.08 limit). The singer said, "If I didn't take the breath tests, I was either going to go to the hospital or to jail". After the hearing, Ross asked the judge if it would be possible to have court paperwork processed using her married name of Diana Naess. The City Magistrate said he thought it was "a little late" for that now.

2004 - Bob Dylan was awarded an honorary degree by the University of St. Andrews Scotland's oldest University and made a "Doctor of Music." He had previously been awarded an honorary Doctorate of Music from Princeton in 1970 (Dylan's only academic honors, since he had dropped out of college at the U of M at the end of his freshman year in 1960). We played one of Bob's tunes from Highway 61 Revisited, "From A Buick 6."

Howzabout a free Sonic Youth tune to get you ready for their upcoming First Ave show...

Posted at 9:44 AM on June 23, 2009 by Barb Abney

Sonic Youth will be playing First Avenue on July 21st. Earlier this month they released their 16th studio album, The Eternal. You can read my review of the album here. Today on our Song Of The Day podcast we're featuring their tune "Sacred Trickster" for free!

Last night Sonic Youth played Jimmy Fallon's show. Watch the performance.

If you're a new subscriber to the Song Of The Day podcast, you'll also receive new music from Calexico, Rancid and local music from Two Harbors.

Later this week we will be featuring free tunes from Placebo, Dinosaur Jr. and local music from Toki Wright.

3 songs from artists who have worked together at Wavelab Studios in Tucson...

Posted at 12:36 PM on June 23, 2009 by Barb Abney
Filed under: My Three Songs

Jeanne Martin from Cinnaminson, NJ picked today's My 3 Songs set because...

"These are 3 artists who have worked together at Wavelab Studios in Tucson, and 3 songs that sound great together. Shout out to Jim McGuinn from Juanita!"

Neko Case - "Deep Red Bells"
Calexico - "Quattro (World Drifts In)"
Giant Sand - "Without A Word"

Make your "My 3 Songs" requests here.

Have A Holly, Jolly Heatwave

Posted at 2:15 PM on June 23, 2009 by Steve Seel

95 degree heat? Humidity making it feel like 105? "Excessive heat warning" in effect? Sounds like a perfect day to play some Christmas songs. So that was our topic today on the 9:30 Coffee Break. Your requests:

1) Dean Martin, "Baby It's Cold Outside"
2) The Kinks, "Father Christmas"
3) Sufjan Stevens, "Hey Guys! It's Christmas Time!"
4) Burl Ives, "Have A Holly Jolly Christmas"

Hope Santa brought you that new air conditioner you've been wishing for today.