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Today In Music History: Farewell Hilly

Posted at 6:01 AM on August 31, 2009 by Steve Seel
Filed under: Music History

Birthdays:

Van Morrison is 64.
Singer Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze is 52.
Drummer Gina Schock of The Go-Go's is 52.
Singer Deborah Gibson is 39.

Today in:

1974 - Rolling Stone Keith Richards was quoted as saying; 'I gave up drugs when the doctor told me I had six months to live.'
1976 - George Harrison was found guilty of 'subconscious plagiarism' of the Ronnie Mack song "He's So Fine" when writing "My Sweet Lord". Earnings from the song were awarded to Mack's estate; The Chiffons then recorded their own version of "My Sweet Lord".
1987- The album Bad by Michael Jackson was released in North America.
1988 - Actress-model Julianne Phillips filed for divorce from singer Bruce Springsteen, citing irreconcilable differences.
1991 - Metallica started a four-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with, 'Metallica'. The album featured 'Enter Sandman' 'Sad But True', 'The Unforgiven' and 'Nothing Else Matters' went on to sell over 10 million copies in the US alone.

Two years ago today, Hilly Kristal, founder of the New York punk club CBGB, died from complications arising from lung cancer at the age of 75. Kristal was credited with discovering Patti Smith and The Ramones and his club became a breeding ground for punk rock. The New York City venue, whose full title CBGB OMFUG stood for "Country, Bluegrass, Blues and Other Music for Uplifting Gourmandisers", was originally launched to showcase country music. This morning, we honored CBGB with The Ramones' "Beat On The Brat."

Monday Coffee Break: I Hate Your Guts, Let's Write a Song

Posted at 8:10 AM on August 31, 2009 by Steve Seel (2 Comments)
Filed under: 9:30 Coffee Break

(updated below)

With this weekend's announcement (via the band's blog) by Noel Gallagher that he had quit Oasis - citing the fact that he "couldn't go on working with Liam a day longer" - the band's future is in doubt at the moment. Was this just another outburst of brotherly hate? Will they reconcile, or is this really the end?

We can be forgiven for not being sure, given the Gallaghers' long history of strife and pugilism. I think we can also chalk up some of our dubiousness, though, to the fact that so many significant bands throughout rock history have been comprised of members who, at one time or another, couldn't stand each other. And yet, they persevered, and even made great music (at least for a while, for some of them).

So, for today's 9:30 Coffee Break: let's play some bands made up of folks who had (or still have) more than their share of animosity between their members.

Update: Some of your requests we played:

1) The Beatles, "We Can Work It Out" (John vs. Paul, at the end)
2) Talking Heads, "Artists Only" (David Byrne, resented by the others but especially Tina Weymouth)
3) Simon and Garfunkel, "I Am A Rock"
4) The Police, "Driven To Tears" (Sting vs. Stewart Copeland, fist fights and all)
5) Van Halen, "Everybody Wants Some!" (Diamond Dave, hated universally)

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Jack Peñate wants you to "Be The One"

Posted at 10:46 AM on August 31, 2009 by Barb Abney

Jack Peñate released his sophomore album Everything Is New back in June. Today on our Song Of The Day podcast you can grab the tune "Be The One" for free! If you're a new subscriber, you'll also receive new music from Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles, Amanda Blank, David Bazan and Magnolila Electric Company.

Later this week we'll be featuring new music from A.A. Bondy, Joe Henry, Volcano Choir and local music from Mark Mallman.

We discussed Jack Peñate's recently released album on Musicheads a couple of weeks ago.

Catch him live at 7th Street Entry on September 26th.

3 Songs that relate to Pearl Jam..

Posted at 12:51 PM on August 31, 2009 by Barb Abney (1 Comments)

TC Lumbar in Edina, MN picked today's My 3 Songs set because...

"After seeing Pearl Jam in Chicago on August 23rd and 24th I can't get enough of them. Of the many highlights from the two nights, the cover of Neil Young's "Needle and the Damage Done" to start off the encore on night one and the "save it for later" tag during Betterman were some of my favorite moments, and for a new song "The Fixer" was totally rockin'!"

Neil Young - "The Needle And The Damage Done"
English Beat - "Save It For Later"
Pearl Jam - "The Fixer"

Make your "My 3 Songs" requests here.

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