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Today In Music History: Good Vibrations!

Posted at 6:03 AM on October 22, 2009 by Steve Seel
Filed under: Music History

Birthdays:

Cris Kirkwood of Meat Puppets is 49.


Today in:

1949 - Stiv Bators was born in Youngstown, Ohio. Best known for his bands The Dead Boys and Lords of the New Church, he died in 1990 after being struck by a taxi in Paris.
1976 - Drummer Keith Moon of The Who played in what ended up
being his final concert, in Toronto. Moon died less than two years
later.


Today in 1966, The Beach Boys' song "Good Vibrations" was released. At that time, it was the most expensive single ever recorded, costing $40,000 dollars to make.

Thursday Coffee Break: Phone Songs!

Posted at 8:46 AM on October 22, 2009 by Steve Seel (20 Comments)
Filed under: 9:30 Coffee Break

(updated below)

It's the first day of the Member Drive, with the constant din of phone number recitation hanging in the air, we thought we'd defer to the traditiional first-day topic for the 9:30 Coffee Break: songs about telephones! Make your comment to the blog below, or submit your request here.

Update: Well, it was two big favorites and one very special oddball "ringer" (sorry) today:

1) Electric Light Orchestra, "Telephone Line"
2) Leroy Van Dyke, "If A Woman Answers (Hang Up The Phone)"
3) Cake, "Never There"

Thanks everyone!

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Critter Costume Contest: This is gonna be tough

Posted at 1:55 PM on October 22, 2009 by Mary Lucia (8 Comments)
Filed under: Contests

There's still time to dress up your precious beast and send it our way for the Current's critter Halloween costume contest!

Going through the entries received thus far I could scream into a pillow from a cute anxiety attack. This is going to be HARD to pick a winner. See what we mean:


We've laughed as the majority of the Cats' expressions are "take the photo and then I'm going to kill you," while the dogs - always wanting to please - have a slight look of embarrassment.

I have a great understanding of how difficult it can be to capture the staggering cuteness you see everyday on film. So far: way to go!!!

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Teenage Kicks this Saturday morning with featured artist The The

Posted at 2:25 PM on October 22, 2009 by Jim McGuinn (2 Comments)
Filed under: Teenage Kicks

Have you heard Teenage Kicks yet? Saturday mornings from 8-10am we dig deep into the alt vault to bring you a look back at our musical life before nirvana. Included in the show each week is a Featured Artist - that you will hear tracks from at 8:15, 8:45, 9:15, and 9:45. Last week we launched the show with the Clash as the featured artist, this week we'll shine a spotlight on The The.

As the band's wiki entry says, The The is a British musical and multimedia group that has been active in various forms since 1979, with singer/songwriter/frontman Matt Johnson being the only constant band member. Releases are fairly few and far between for the band, but over the years The The have sold several million albums internationally and achieved critical acclaim -- their 1983 album Soul Mining was voted the third best album of the year by British music magazine Melody Maker.

So here's the new weekly question for you - please leave a comment if have a The The request - or if you've got a memory of a live show or if The The meant something special to you in your life.

This is the Day (Saturday, that is) to hear some The The on Teenage Kicks -

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10-22-09 Top 20

Posted at 8:07 PM on October 22, 2009 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

TW LW Wks

1 11 2 Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros / Home
2 9 4 Wilco / You and I
3 1 3 The Twilight Hours / Queen Of Tomorrow
4 5 4 Weezer / (If You Are Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To
5 13 5 Pearl Jam / The Fixer
6 20 4 The Flaming Lips / Silver Trembling Hands
7 3 5 The Rural Alberta Advantage / Don't Haunt This Place
8 2 5 Radiohead / These Are My Twisted Words
9 7 5 The Avett Brothers / I and Love and You
10 x 1 Monsters of Folk / Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.)
11 x 1 The XX / Crystalised
12 x 1 Mason Jennings / Pittsburg
13 8 2 Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson / Relator
14 10 2 Mason Jennings / The Field
15 15 2 Death Cab For Cutie / Meet Me On The Equinox
16 19 5 Grizzly Bear / While You Wait for the Others
17 6 5 Regina Spektor / The Calculation
18 12 5 The Big Pink / Dominos
19 16 5 Phoenix / Armistice
20 x 1 Eels / Prizefighter


Another first this week, Mason Jennings is the first artist to have two songs on the chart at the same time! Don't forget you can write in a song if you think we have missed something, that's another way we're getting your feedback through this show. Three weeks ago we had so many write in votes for Edward Sharpe that we added it to the list and look where it is this week! What a wonderful surprise to see such a new young band top a chart filled with 'veterans'! They will be at The Varsity Nov 29th.

AND thanks for all the support during the first day of our Member Drive, we had a ton of people joining during the show which is great too, when you join tell us that you like the chart show, we don't you're out there until you make the call...
1-800-227-2811 or click and join!
Cheers

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