We believe that everyone who works at the Current (and most people who don't) have in them at least one great idea for a radio show - something they are passionate about - something that hasn't been done, and something that would be interesting to do. The ideas might be a one-offs or ongoing programs, but what if we had a place on the schedule where we could push ourselves to create and air new shows? As an idea lab, as a way to extend what we do at the Current, just because it'd be fun and 'cause we can. 9 p.m. on Sunday nights, The Current Presents.

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The Current Rocks the Remix
January 2, 2011

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On this week's Current Presents, we'll learn about the development of remixes and mash-ups. Both forms of music are crucial to bridging divides between cultures and genres of music. We'll talk to John von Seggern, a producer and remix software engineer, about ethnic singing and funk beats; we'll find out why Gregg Gillis, also known as mash-up master Girl Talk, doesn't think Kelly Clarkson is bad; and finally, we'll interview Lewis Pesacov from Afropop band Fool's Gold about turning indie songs into mainstream hip hop. After all, that's what remixes and mashups are all about: making one thing sound like something completely different, and introducing listeners to new music in the process.

• 1. Bob Marley- Keep On Moving
• 2. The Upsetters- Moving Forward
• 3. Walter Gibbons- Ten Percent
• 4. Rockit- Herbie Hancock
• 5. Rockit (MegaMix)- Grandmaster DST
• 6. A Stroke of Genie-us- Freelance Hellraiser
• 7. Encore- Dangermouse
• 8. Regiment- David Byrne and Brian Eno
• 9. Let It Out- Girl Talk
• 10. Surprise Hotel- Fool's Gold
• 11. Wide Eyes- Local Natives
• 12. Eyes Wide (ft. Aristotle Pop A Bottle) (Fool's Gold Remix)- Local Natives
• 13. Surprise Hotel (Micachu and the Shapes Remix)- Fool's Gold
• 14. Bounce That- Girl Talk
• 15. Bang Pop (Fool's Gold Remix)- Free Energy

Eh, I liked 'em Better When
December 26, 2010

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This week on The Current Presents, we're taking a tongue-and-cheek approach to criticizing artists you know by comparing their early work with their newer material. In short, we're getting in touch with our inner music snob by saying "Eh, I liked 'em better when..."

• Vitamin C - "Smile"
• R.E.M. - "Discoverer"
• R.E.M. - "Radio Free Europe"
• Snow Patrol - "Take Back The City"
• Snow Patrol - "Starfighter Pilot"
• Nada Surf - "Enjoy The Silence"
• Nada Surf - "Popular"
• Polyphonic Spree - "Running Away"
• Tripping Daisy - "I Got A Girl"
• U2 - "Get On Your Boots"
• U2 - "I Will Follow"
• Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes "Home"
• Ima Robot - "Dynomite"
• Prince - "Laydown"
• Prince - "Wanna Be Your Lover"
• Eve's Plum - "I Want It All"

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings Live at Rock the Garden 2010
December 19, 2010

Rock the Garden took place at the Walker Art Center on June 19th, 2010. Co-presented by the Walker and The Current, the concert featured the Retribution Gospel Choir, OK Go, MGMT, and Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings. We recorded the entire concert, and aired excerpts the following week, but we are now pleased to bring you the entire smoking set that Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings performed that day.

Sharon Jones was born in 1956 in Augusta Georgia, which just so happens to be the hometown of James Brown. Sharon later moved to New York City, where she made a living as a prison guard at the Rikers Island City Jail. Eventually, she hooked up with saxophonist Neil Sugarman and bassist Gabriel Roth, whose stage name is Bosco Mann, and their Brooklyn-based label, Daptone Records. Sharon proved to be the perfect vehicle for what the Dap Kings were trying to do, which is to create original soul music with an old-school feel. Daptone uses all vintage analog equipment to record their music, and tries to really capture Soul the way it was done in Memphis and Muscle Shoals in the Sixties. The music of Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings evokes the mood and power of Deep Soul singers like Bobby Blue Bland, James Carr, OV Wright and Percy Sledge, but comes from a distinctly feminine perspective. The Dap Kings impossibly tight stage show, with its stop-on-a-dime changes, is straight out of the James Brown playbook.

Enjoy this set of Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, recorded live at Rock the Garden 2010, outside the Sculpture Garden of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.

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Setlist:

• Dap Kings theme
• Sharon Jones medley and Introduction
• If You Call
• Without a Heart
• Give It Back
• Better Things
• She Ain't a Child No More
• This Land is Your Land
• I Learned the Hard Way
• Mama Don't Like My Man
• I'll Stil Be True
• Got to Be the Way It Is
• Window Shopping
• Tell Me
• 100 Days, 100 Nights

Videos from the show

Straight, No Chaser
December 12, 2010

Get ready to sit back, relax and unwind your mind as we dig deep and learn all about acid jazz. We'll be listening to veterans on the scene like Grant Green and Donald Byrd alongside some of it's more recent innovators like Jazzanova, Cinematic Orchestra and Saint Germain. This is not your grandparents big-band and bebop, but a separate genre unto itself that mixes jazz, funk and soul with other sounds like bossa nova, dance music and even hip hop.

Hosted by The Current's Music Director, Melanie Walker

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• Gene Harris & The Three Sounds - Sitting Duck
• Greyboy feat. Karl Densen - Unwind Your Mind
• The Herbaliser - Starlight feat. Roots Manuva
• Koop - Waltz For Koop
• Lou Donaldson - Alligator Boogaloo
• Digable Planets - Where I'm From
• Jazzanova - Another New Day
• David Axelrod - Song Of Innocence
• The Cinematic Orchestra - Reel Life (Evolution II))
• Nicola Conte - Il Cerchio Rosso
• Kitty Winter Gypsy Nova - Mato Pato

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December 5, 2010
Sampletown - Marc Sanchez (Encore presentation)

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This week on The Current Presents, we're taking a trip to Sampletown. Host Marc Sanchez will be your guide through the roots, history, and future of sample based music. He'll talk with DJ/Producer Hank Shocklee about the early days of rap and using samples without worry of retribution (a.k.a. getting sued), University of Minnesota Professor John Logie, and sample-based duo The Books. Tune in this Sunday at 9 p.m. to hear "The Current Presents: Sampletown."

The Sugar Hill Gang - "Rapper's Delight"
Run DMC - "Here We Go (Live at the Funhouse)"
Boogie Down Productions - "South Bronx"
Public Enemy - "Rebel Without a Pause"
MC Hammer - "U Can't Touch This"
Rick James - "Superfreak"
Vanilla Ice - "Ice, Ice Baby"
Queen & David Bowie - "Under Pressure "
Gilbert O'Sullivan - "Alone Again (Naturally)"
Biz Markie - "Alone Again"
Them - "I Can Only Give You Everything"
Beck - "Devil's Haircut "
Beastie Boys - "Shake Your Rump "
Vampire Weekend - "Diplomat's Son"
The Books - "A True Story of a True Story of Love "
The Books - "The Lemon of Pink"

November 28, 2010
All Things Must Pass and Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs 40th Anniversary Retrospective - Mac Wilson

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This week on The Current Presents, we're taking a look at the back-and-forth influences between music and literature. Local musician and English professor Dr Andy Scheiber describes the cross-pollination among music, literature and other arts. Some connections are obvious while others are surprising.

Playlist:
Derek and the Dominos - "I Looked Away"
George Harrison - "All Things Must Pass" [demo]
George Harrison - "Wah-Wah"
George Harrison - "Beware of Darkness"
George Harrison - "Isn't It a Pity"
George Harrison - "Art of Dying"
George Harrison - "My Sweet Lord"
Bob Dylan - "If Not for You"
George Harrison - "If Not for You"
George Harrison - "Run of the Mill"
George Harrison - "What Is Life"
George Harrison - "Plug Me In"
Derek and the Dominos - "Keep On Growing"
Derek and the Dominos - "Anyday"
Jimi Hendrix - "Little Wing"
Derek and the Dominos - "Little Wing"
Derek and the Dominos - "Have You Ever Loved a Woman"
Derek and the Dominos - "Bell Bottom Blues"
Derek and the Dominos - "I Am Yours"
Derek and the Dominos - "Layla"
Derek and the Dominos - "Thorn Tree in the Garden"
George Harrison - "All Things Must Pass"

November 21, 2010
Wrapped Up in Books - Luke Taylor

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This week on The Current Presents, we're taking a look at the back-and-forth influences between music and literature. Local musician and English professor Dr Andy Scheiber describes the cross-pollination among music, literature and other arts. Some connections are obvious while others are surprising.

Playlist:
Belle & Sebastian - "Wrapped Up in Books"
Michael Penn - "No Myth"
The Smiths - "Cemetry Gates"
10,000 Maniacs - "Hey, Jack Kerouac"
Billy Bragg - "Upfield"
Crash Test Dummies - "Afternoons and Coffeespoons"
Blur - "Tender"
Bob Dylan - "Summer Days"
Bruce Springsteen & Pete Seeger - "Ghost of Tom Joad"
The Get-Up Johns - "Meet Me By The Moonlight"
The Strokes - "Soma"
Kate Nash - "Do-Wah-Doo"

November 14, 2010
What Is Art Music? The Intersection of Classical, Rock, and Ambient Music in the 21st Century -- Steve Seel

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As an aficionado of both rock and classical music, Steve Seel has always been fascinated by the places that those two very disparate forms of music converge. One place is in the new minimalism and ambient music of the past 20 years, and in this program, Seel showcases music by such "third way" artists as Clogs, Andrew Bird, Stars of the Lid and others.

Playlist:
Arvo Part - "Summa"
Andrew Bird - "Dissent"
Clogs - "On The Edge"
Clogs - "I Used To Do"
Eluvium - "Amereik"
Boxhead Ensemble - "Two"
The Dead Texan - "Glenn's Goo"
Max Richter - "Iconography"
David Byrne - "Tree (Today Is An Important Occasion)"
David Byrne - "Social Studies"
Andrew Bird - "Weather Systems"
Stars of the Lid - "That Finger On Your Temple Is the Barrel of My Raygun"

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November 7, 2010
New Hot -- David Safar

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This week's Current Presents is New Hot, one hour of new music discovery on The Current. Listen to a mix of new artists, check out new songs from some of your current favorites and explore what's coming up next in independent music.

Playlist:
Crystal Castles / Not In Love Feat. Robert Smith / Not In Love (Single)
Violens / Violent Sensation Descends / Amoral
Cheap Time / Everyone Knows / Fantastic Explanations (and Similar Situations)
The Extra Lens / Programmed Cell Death / Undercard
Robert Wyatt / Laura / For the Ghosts Within
The Decemberists / Down By The Water / The King Is Dead
The Corin Tucker Band / Miles Away / 1,000 Years
Girls / Heartbreaker / Broken Dreams Club
Afrocubism / Al Vaiven De Mi Carreta / Afrocubism
Salem / Frost / King Night
Small Sins / Why Don't You Believe / Pot Calls Kettle Black
The Greenhornes / Saying Goodbye / Four Stars
Marnie Stern / Risky Business / On A Tightrope
Tom Ze / Rio Arrepio (Bada-Badi) / Estudando A Bossa: Nordeste Plaza
Chapel Club / All The Eastern Girls / All The Eastern Girls

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October 31, 2010
The Tale of the Haunted Bicycle -- Jade

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For tonight's Current Presents we're going to invoke the spirit of Halloween by telling a spooky tale in the fashion of an old timey radio drama. The story is written by Gregory J Scott (Vita.MN, Metro Magazine) and Paul D Dickinson (Riot Act Reading Series), tells the tale of one mans seduction into the hip and cool world of the Twin Cities hipsters. Will he survive the night with his soul intact?

Playlist (songs played in their entiretly or in bits and pieces in the order they were played):

Lou Reed - "Perfect Day"
AC/DC - "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
A Girl, a Boy and a Graveyard - "Jeremy Messersmith"
LCD Soundsystem - "North American Scum"
NASA - "Whatchadoing"
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - "Red Right Hand"
Tears for Fears - "Mad World"
The Heavy - "Coleen"
Gil Scott-Heron - "Me and the Devil"
Rural Alberta Advantage - "Drain the Blood"
Screaming 'Jay' Hawkins - "I Put a Spell on You"
Pixies - "Gouge Away"
The Johnson Twins - "Bicycle"
Be Your Own Pet - "Bicycle Bicycle, You Are My Bicycle"
Black Sabbath - "Black Sabbath"

Characters:
Narrator - Paul
Marcus - Gregory
Bicycle - Frank
Girls - Jade

If you have any comments or thoughts please contact Jade at jade@mpr.org

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October 24, 2010
The Trashmen -- Marc Sanchez

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This week on The Current Presents, we're taking a look at the beginnings of the local rock music scene in Minnesota. We're lucky enough to have as our guides: The Trashmen.

Dal Winslow, Bob Andreason, and Bob Reed stopped by the Current studios a few weeks back to reminisce about the scene and walk through the history of their band. Most people know the Trashmen from their hit, "Surfin' Bird," with its driving rhythm and gurgly-voiced singing, "well everybody's heard about the bird... bird, bird, bird... bird is the word." Love it or hate it, the song is a definite earworm.



Check out these videos:

Surfin' Bird on American Bandstand, 1964

"Surfin' Bird" made it to #4 on the Billboard charts in December of 1963. The band was invited to play American Bandstand in January of 1964. The show was in the process of moving it's studios from Philadelphia to Los Angeles at the time, and they didn't have the budget to fly the whole band out. So here you get one of the strangest versions of "Surfin' Bird." It's just drummer Steve Wahrer lip syncing and doing the bird dance.

Surfin' Bird on Family Guy

"Surfin' Bird" has been featured in movies and on TV, but this Family Guy episode took it to a whole new level. The entire episode revolves around the song.

Playlist:

Bobby Vee and the Shadows - "Suzie Baby"
Buddy Holly - "Rave On"
Chuck Berry - "Little Queenie"
Jerry Lee Lewis - "Breathless"
The Underbeats - "Foot Stompin'"
Mike Waggoner and the Bops - "Baby Baby"
Dick Dale - "Dick Dale Stomp"
Dick Dale - "King of the Surf Guitar"
The Trashmen - "Surfin' Bird"
The Trashmen - "A-Bone"
The Trashmen - "Tube City"
The Trashmen - "Walk Don't Run"
The Trashmen - "Stick Shift"
The Trashmen - "Whoa Dad!"
The Trashmen - "New Generation"

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October 17, 2010
Garage Rocks -- Jon Schober

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This week on the Current Presents, we're listening to the best and most buzzworthy bands putting out material in the garage rock and post-punk genre today, a style of music becoming increasingly high-profile in recent years. Its reemergence harkens back to the time of Gang of Four, Joy Division, The Monks, and many others, allowing listeners to reconnect with their nostalgia in modern times. We'll be exploring tunes together from the likes of Dum Dum Girls, Crystal Stilts, Women, The Fresh & Onlys, Male Bonding and more—and we're gonna keep it fast-paced, because that's what hazy rock-and-roll does best.

Moon Duo - "Stumbling 22nd St."
The Black Lips - "I Saw A Ghost (Lean)"
Frankie Rose and The Outs - "Girlfriend Island"
Dum Dum Girls - "I Will Be"
Crystal Stilts - "The Dazzled"
Crocodiles - "Summer of Hate"
Disappears - "Pearly Gates"
Vivian Girls - "Tell the World"
Ty Segall - "Untitled #2"
Women - "Black Rice"
The Fresh & Onlys - "What Goes In Circles"
Golden Triangle - "Blood and Arrow"
Obits - "Lillies in the Street"
Talbot Tagora - "Mixed Signals Through Miles of Pilgrimage"
Young Rival - "Got What You Need"v Male Bonding - "Nothing Remains"

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October 10, 2010
Under the Influence: John Prine -- Bill DeVille

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This week on The Current Presents, it's Under the Influence... and we're showing John Prine some love on his 64th birthday (October 10). Even neck cancer couldn't stop this folk-rock legend, the man who can make you laugh and cry in the same song. I'll spin some of the music that influenced him—artists like The Carter Family, Hank Williams and The Louvin Brothers. Prine has also influenced a whole new generation of singers and songwriters, like My Morning Jacket and Justin Vernon, both featured on the recent tribute album, Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows. Of course, we'll celebrate the nearly 40 years of Prine's music as well.

John Prine - "Glory of True Love"
Carter Family - "Bear Creek Blues" (excerpt)
John Prine - "Bear Creek Blues"
Hank Williams - "Dear John" (excerpt)
John Prine - "Dear John" (excerpt)
Roger Miller - "Dang Me" (excerpt)
John Prine - "Sam Stone"
John Prine - "Hello in There"
Louvin Brothers - "You're Running Wild" (excerpt)
John Prine - "Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness"
John Prine and Steve Goodman - "Souvenirs"
John Prine, Bonnie Raitt & David Bromberg - "Angel From Montgomery"
Avett Brothers - "Spanish Pipedream" (excerpt)
John Prine - "Spanish Pipedream" (excerpt)
Justin Vernon of Bon Iver - "Bruised Orange (Chain of Sorrow)" (excerpt)
John Prine - "Bruised Orange (Chain of Sorrow)"
My Morning Jacket - "All The Best"
John Prine - "Lake Marie"

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October 3, 2010
Under the Covers -- Barb Abney

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This week on The Current Presents, we went Under the Covers of the '80s. We played an hours worth of cover tunes released in the '80s, minus one tune which was actually released in 1979. Throughout the hour we heard well-known tunes covered by well-known artists as well as a couple of newer, more obscure bands.

Bing Ji Ling - "You Shook Me All Night Long" (AC/DC cover)
Flunk - "Blue Monday" (New Order cover)
Gary Numan - "U Got The Look" (Prince & Sheena Easton cover)
Editors - "Orange Crush" (R.E.M. cover)
Giant Drag - "Wicked Game" (Chris Isaac cover)
The Lemonheads - "Luka" (Suzanna Vega cover)
Lost Fingers - "Billie Jean" (Michael Jackson cover)
Le Tigre - "I'm So Excited" (Pointer Sisters cover)
The Bird And The Bee - "Kiss On My List" (Hall and Oates cover)
Primus - "Making Plans For Nigel" (XTC cover)
The Fever - "Glamorous Life" (Sheila E. cover)
Gnarls Barkley - "Gone Daddy Gone" (Violent Femmes cover)
Girl In A Coma - "As The Wold Falls Down" (David Bowie cover from Labyrinth)
Shivaree - "Looks That Kill" (Mothley Crue cover)
Anthrax - "Got The Time" (Joe Jackson cover)
Lords of the New Church - "Like a Virgin" (Madonna cover)

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September 26, 2010
Born Here: Chicano Rock -- Jacquie Fuller

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This week on The Current Presents, Teenage Kicks host Jacquie Fuller chats with Miguel Vargas, musichead and host of KFAI's Radio Pocho. From Richie Valens to Los Lobos and beyond, we'll listen to some really cool tunes, get a mini-history lesson from Miguel, and explore the Mexican-American experience through the lens of popular music.

Beto Villa - "Rio Grande (segment)"
Narciso Martinez - "Silencio de la Noche" (segment)
Don Tosti's Pachuco Boogie Boys - "Pachuco Boogie" (segment)
Lalo Guerrero - "Muy Sabroso Blues" (segment)
The Champs - "Tequila"
Richie Valens - "Donna" (segment)
Richie Valens - "La Bamba"
Patti Page - "Conquest" (segment)
Peggy Lee - "Mañana" (segment)
Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass - "Mexican Shuffle" (segment)
Cannibal and the Headhunters - "Land of a Thousand Dances"
Sam Sham and the Pharaohs - "Wooly Bully" (segment)
? and the Mysterians - "96 Tears"
The Sir Douglas Quintet - "She's About a Mover" (segment)
The Sir Douglas Quintet - "Mendocino"
Santana - "Oye Como Va" (segment)
Santana - "Samba Pa Ti" (segment)
Malo - "Suavecito" (segment)
Alejandro Escovedo - "Always a Friend" (segment)
Los Lobos - "El Cuchipe" (segment)
Los Lobos - "Come On, Let's Go"
Sheila E. - "The Glamorous Life" (segment)
Kid Frost - "La Raza"
Ozomatli - "Cut Chemist Suite" (segment)
Ozomatli - "Aqui No Sera"
Rage Against the Machine - "People of the Sun" (segment)
Girl in a Coma - "Static Mind"

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September 19, 2010
The Great Girl Grossout -- Christina Schmitt

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This Sunday, it's the Great Girl Grossout: an hour with women influencing The Current today. Join me, Christina Schmitt, as we explore the theme of Alter Egos—such as the Lady Gaga phenomenon and the Icelandic Patsy Cline, Lay Low. We'll also explore the dramatic appeal of women with inner time bombs, plus take a look at the allure of good-looking mod fashion. We'll also revisit the 1982 film, "Ladies and Gentlemen: the Fabulous Stains" and why it still feels edgy today. Suckers!

Bananarama - "Cruel Summer"
The Roots featuring Joanna Newsom - "Right On"
The Sugar Cubes - "Gold"
Billie Holiday - "Be Fair with my Baby"
Eilen Jewell - "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl"
Lay Low - "Aukalagid"
B-52s - "52 Girls"
Le Tigre - "My My Metrocard"
Bow Wow Wow - "I Want Candy"
The Raincoats - "Lola"
Jefferson Airplane - "Somebody to Love (Live at the Monterey Pop Festival)"

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September 12, 2010
Oh Yeah: Tunes from '80s Teen Flicks -- DJ Jake Rudh

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The Current Presents welcomes DJ Jake Rudh as he hosts "Oh Yeah: Tunes from '80s Teen Flicks." Jake brings his love and knowledge of 1980s soundtracks to the Current airwaves and plays some of the best artists spotlighted on those albums. You'll hear the acts who found their fame through these soundtracks like Simple Minds and the Psychedelic Furs, as well as a few that might still be new to you today. He pulls from such classics as Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Pretty In Pink, Sixteen Candles, Valley Girl and many others. So grab yourself some Pop Rocks and a Shasta and enjoy the ride. It's just unfortunate that it's not in a Delorean.

DJ Jake Rudh is host of the weekly Minneapolis-based '80s and new wave dance night Transmission, which takes place at Clubhouse Jager every Wednesday night.

The Cars - "Moving In Stereo"
Psychedelic Furs - "Love My Way"
The Plimsouls - "A Million Miles Away"
Altered Images - "Happy Birthday"
The Vapors - "Turning Japanese"
Thompson Twins - "If You Were Here"
Simple Minds - "Don't You (Forget About Me)"
English Beat - "Rotating Head"
Yello - "Oh Yeah"
The Smiths - "Please, Please, Please (Let Me Get What I Want)"
Echo & the Bunnymen - "Bring On the Dancing Horses"
OMD - "If You Leave"
Jesus & Mary Chain - "The Hardest Walk"
Killing Joke - "Eighties"
General Public - "Tenderness"

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September 5, 2010
The Dukes of September Rhythm Revue Prevue -- Mac Wilson

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Michael McDonald, Boz Scaggs, and Donald Fagen have each enjoyed long and successful careers. They'll be taking the stage together on Labor Day at the Minnesota State Fair under the name 'The Dukes of September Rhythm Revue' -- so to get you fired up for the shows, this week's Current Presents will spotlight music from all three gentlemen.

What's that? You mean you've never heard Steely Dan or the Doobie Brothers on the Current? But I thought "yacht rock" was the hip new throwback sound (Exhibit A: Gayngs)? I feel like McDonald, Scaggs & Fagen deserve some credit for recording new music and playing shows for the better part of four decades, so just for one night, the Current will plunge head on into '70s M.O.R. Tune in this Sunday night for The Current Presents: The Dukes of September Rhythm Revue Prevue, hosted by Mac Wilson.

Boz Scaggs / "Lowdown"
Michael McDonald and Patti LaBelle / "On My Own"
Steely Dan / "Reelin' in the Years"
Steely Dan / "Any Major Dude Will Tell You"
Steely Dan / "Any World (That I'm Welcome To)"
Steely Dan / "Peg"
Donald Fagen / "I.G.Y. (International Geophysical Year)"
The Doobie Brothers / "Minute by Minute"
Michael McDonald / "I Gotta Try"
The Doobie Brothers / "What a Fool Believes"
Boz Scaggs / "You Make It So Hard (To Say No)"
Boz Scaggs / "We're All Alone"
Boz Scaggs / "Lido Shuffle"
Boz Scaggs / "Look What You've Done to Me"
Grizzly Bear feat. Michael McDonald / "While You Wait for the Others"

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August 29, 2010
Facemelter -- Jill Riley and Brett Baldwin

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A little over 2 and a half years ago, Jill Riley and Brett Baldwin posted the first episode of a podcast called Facemelter. It was a little experiment for an online-only program that focused on guitarists, gear and amazing solos.

And the crowds went wild. Well, OK, there were no crowds, but a respectable amount of positive feedback rolled in. Poring over the fan mail—and their record collections—Brett and Jill chose some solos and kicked out (the jams on) 12 more episodes.

They had every intention of picking back up where we left off... but things just weren't the same. Our schedules were tough to manage. Jill became a big-time morning show DJ. Brett started listening to jazz and soft-rock... and that's when Facemelter hit rock bottom.

This spring, The Current's Assistant Music Director David Safar proposed these gems be dusted off and played on the radio, and who can argue with logic like that? "The Current Presents" is the perfect venue for it. So this Sunday, August 29th, at 9 p.m., all 13 original episodes will grace the airwaves for the first time. Tune in and feel the burn.

Eruption - Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
Let's Go Crazy - Prince
Cemetery Gates/Cowboys from Hell - Darrell "Dimebag" Abbot (Pantera)
Ball and Biscuit - Jack White (The White Stripes)
Hangar 18 - Dave Mustaine/Marty Friedman (Megadeth)
Surfing with the Alien - Joe Satriani
Technical Difficulties - Paul Gilbert (Racer X)
The Audience's Listening - Steve Vai
Brighton Rock - Brian May (Queen)
Creeping Death - Kirk Hammett (Metallica)
10 a.m. Automatic - Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys)
Pretty much everything from Appetite for Destruction - Slash (Guns n' Roses)
The Star Spangled Banner - Jimi Hendrix

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August 22, 2010
Rock en Español -- Raul Escobar

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Spanish version: Listen
On this weeks show of The Current Presents, Rock En Español! My Name is Raul Escobar and together, we will listen to a variety of different music styles and rhythms to discover the sound of Rock en Español from all across Latin America; you will have a wide-ranging look at some of the most influential artists from countries such as Argentina, Mexico, Spain and more.

El Tri / "Triste Canción" (México)
Mana / "Arde El Cielo" (México)
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs / "La Luz Del Ritmo" (Argentina)
Aterciopelados / "Canción Protesta" (Colombia)
Héroes Del Silencio / "Entre Dos Tierras" (Spain)
La Ley / "El Duelo" (Chile)
Maldita Vecindad y Los Hijos Del Quinto Patio / "Quinto Pation Ska" (México)
Puya / "Pa' Ti Pa' Mi" (Puerto Rico)
Calle 13 Ft. Café Tacvba / "No Hay Nadie Como Tu" (Puerto Rico & México)
Julieta Venegas Ft. Mala Rodríguez / "Eres Para Mi" (México & Spain)
Soda Stereo / "De Música Ligera" (Argentina)
Juanes / "Yerbatero" (Colombia)
Jarabedepalo / "La Flaca" (Spain)

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August 15, 2010
An Hour With Booker T. Jones -- Bill Deville

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Booker T. Jones has been making music for over 50 years. He founded Booker T and the MG's in the 60's. They were also the house band for legendary recordings by Otis Redding, Sam and Dave and Albert King.

Booker T. dropped by The Current's studio's when he and the MG's were in the Twin Cities earlier this summer for shows at the Dakota. Join me as Mr. Jones tells us all about his career including working with Willie Nelson, his upcoming album with The Roots and his Grammy winning "Potato Hole" album with Drive By Truckers and Neil Young.

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August 8, 2010
That Was the Year in Rock: 1977 -- Program Director Jim McGuinn

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Change was in the air. It was the year we met Elvis Costello, and Elvis Presley really did leave the building. It was the first year that no Beatle, Dylan, or Stone had an album on the charts. It was the year punk roared out of England with the Sex Pistols, and saw the debut of artists like Talking Heads, Television, and the Clash. It was the year of Saturday Night Fever and Donna Summer Felt Love. Kiss was the most popular band in America according to a Gallup Poll, but the charts were dominated by the Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles, and the biggest selling single of the year belonged to Debbie Boone. A bundle of musical contradictions - and we'll try to sort them out. That Was the Year in Rock: 1977, this week on The Current Presents.

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August 1, 2010
Rewind: The History of Dance Music In Detroit - Music Director Melanie Walker

Listen Tune in with Music Director Melanie Walker for Rewind: The History of Dance Music In Detroit. It's the first in a series of several shows about the birth of electronic music as told through the great cities that claim to have started it.

We'll begin by celebrating the 25th anniversary of the birth of Techno music. After the death of disco the techno wave emerged from it's ashes in the early part of the 80's. Detroit transformed from post industrial to technological and became one of the epicenters of the dance movement.

We'll be hearing from the Godfather of Techno himself, Juan Atkins, about how it all began along with acclaimed producer / DJ Carl Craig and dance mega star Moby. We'll be listening to the tracks that transformed music as we know it from artists like Innercity, Model 500, Paperclip People, BFC, Suburban Knight, Jeff Mills, Rhythim Is Rhythim, Reese, Cybotron, and Carl Craig along with the music that influenced these ground breaking producers like Kraftwerk, Sly and The Family Stone and Parliment Funkadelic.

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July 25, 2010
New Hot - Associate Music Director David Safar

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This week's Current Presents is New Hot, one hour of new music discovery on The Current. Listen to a mix of new artists, new songs from some of your current favorites, and explore what's coming up next in independent music. We'll have brand new music to share from Ra Ra Riot, Robert Pollard and Black Mountain. Plus, some highlights from Pitchfork Festival. You'll have to tune in to find out what band stole the spotlight on the final day of the show. It's all here on The Current Presents.

LCD Soundsystem / "Pow Pow" / This Is Happening
Wavves / "Super Soaker" / King of the Beach
Ra Ra Riot / "Boy" / The Orchard
Robert Pollard / "Arrows and Balloons" / Moses on a Snail
Black Mountain / "Old Fangs" / Wilderness Heart
Sharon Van Etten / "Love More" / Epic
Bryan Ferry / "You Can Dance" / Olympia
Zola Jesus / "Sea Talk" / Stridulum II
Arcade Fire / "The Suburbs" / The Suburbs
Major Lazer / "Can't Stop Now" / Guns Don't Kill People...Lazers Do
Kings Go Forth / "High On Your Love" / The Outsiders Are Back
Eels / "Spectacular Girl" / Tomorrow Morning
Mystery Jets / "Flash A Hungry Smile" / Serotonin
The Books / "I Didn't Know That" / The Way Out

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July 18, 2010
Purple Daze - Derrick Stevens

Listen Prince has been called a musical genius and I feel, rightfully so. In the last 30 years, he's produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles, writing, producing and playing most, if not all of the instruments on his recordings. He's also written songs for The Time, The Family, Maserati, Sheena Easton, Sheila E. and The Bangles, just to name a few. Artists like Chaka Kahn and Sinead O'Connor have remade his songs and turned them into career changing hit records. Since his 1978 debut album, "For You", Prince has been making music nonstop and with the recent exclusive release, 20TEN to subscribers of European newspapers last Saturday, he shows no sign of slowing down any time soon.

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July 11, 2010
World of Sound - Tony Lopez

Listen This week on the Current Presents, cultures and genres collide in World of Sound. Former Current DJ Tony Lopez is the guest host for this week's episode. Borders between nations may be tightening up but music doesn't follow the rules of geopolitics. In fact, it's quite the opposite. From Tex-Mex to Saharan blues; from Cambodian psychedelia to Brazilian garage rock, music transcends and shatters borders. Join Tony as he trots around the globe and makes pit stops in Tel Aviv, Los Angeles, Barcelona, and Havana. And to mark its conclusion he'll showcase music from the six African countries that participated in this year's World Cup. Think of World of Sound as a music travelogue, no passport required.

Rachid Taha - "Barra Barra" (Algeria)
MC Solaar - "Obsolãte" (Paris)
Manu Dibango - "Soul Makossa" (Cameroon)
Kutiman - "Losing It" (Tel Aviv)
Abraham Inc. - "Tweet Tweet" (New York City)
Ify Jerry Krusade - "Everybody Likes Something Good" (Nigeria)
Shonen Knife - "Get the Wow" (Japan)
Mariachi El Bronx - "Despretador" (Los Angeles)
Alpha Blondy - "Sahel" (Ivory Coast)
Os Mutantes - "El Justiciero" (São Paulo)
Bei Bei & Shawn Lee - "Into the Wind" (China & UK)
Mahotella Queens - "Zwe Kumusha" (South Africa)
El Guincho - "Palmitos Park" (Barcelona)
Garotas Suecas - "Bugalu" (São Paulo)
The Barbecues - "Aaya Lolo" (Ghana)
Irakere - "Bacalao con Pan" (Havana)

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June 27, 2010
Radio Happy Hour - Lindsay Kimball

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Back in January of 2008 we aired four episodes of the Twin Cities' own Electric Arc Radio Show. Since then, one of the main characters, Sam Osterhout, has moved to New York and created Radio Happy Hour, a mix of murder mystery/comedy done in a late-night talk show style with interviews and live performances from the guests.

Recorded at the Cedar Cultural Center on April 24th, 2010, this episode features several guests - Josh Grier of Tapes 'n Tapes, Jeremy Messersmith, and Chris Koza as well as local author Geoff Herbach. With the cast of Radio Happy Hour, they become a bunch of criminals at a rough-housing school in Texas trying to solve the mystery of who beat singer/songwriter Tenderlovin' with a bag of doornobs. The show also features an acoustic performances of the new Tapes 'n Tapes song, "SWM," and a duet between Messersmith and Koza, "Hummingbird."

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June 6, 2010
Pitch Perfect - Written and produced by Luke Taylor
Host: Mark Wheat, Guest: Euan Kerr

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This week on The Current Presents, we're taking a look at the connections between music and soccer, just as the World Cup prepares to kick off in South Africa on June 11.

The simple fact is that soccer fans sing. A lot. That's why on "Pitch Perfect," we're featuring a playlist made up of tunes that inspire soccer teams and fans, as well as tunes inspired by the Beautiful Game itself.

"Chelsea Dagger" by the Fratellis
"Soccer Fan" - Real Sounds of Africa
"Eanie Meany" - Jim Noir (Fatboy Slim remix)
"Vamos Vamos Argentina" - La Barra Buyanguera
"Allez Les Bleus" - Yan Tregger
"Vindaloo" - Champs United
"Hup Holland Hup" - De Voetbal Kids
"Olé Olé Olé (The Name of the Game)" - Knights Bridge
"Go Cubs Go" - Steve Goodman (excerpt)
"Over There" - sung by Billy Murray, composed by George M. Cohan (excerpt)
"Seven Nation Army" - White Stripes
"The National Side" - Romantica
"Zol!" - BLK JKS
"To Win Just Once" - Saw Doctors
"The Boy Done Good" - Billy Bragg
"Ruby" - Kaiser Chiefs
"You'll Never Walk Alone" - Gerry and the Pacemakers

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May 23, 2010
Dubwise Soundsystem - Jim McGuinn

Listen Summer is here and the time is right... for Dubwise Soundsystem.

Jamaica is a poor island nation slightly smaller than Connecticut in size, with a population similar to the Twin Cities. Yet in the past 50 years it has musically influenced the world, producing some of the best music ever made thru genres like Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, Reggae, Dancehall, and Dub.

This week on the Current Presents we'll delve deep into the the echoey world of dub - deep and dark mostly instrumental versions - remixes of reggae songs from which the entire concept of the remix was born. We'll hear dubs from Lee Scratch Perry, King Tubby, Augustus Pablo, and more, and explore the roots of this powerful style of music.

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May 16, 2010
Listen This week on The Current Presents, we're taking a trip back in time, to the 90's. I will be your host as we revisit electronic, swing, and rockabilly trends. We'll enjoy a couple of one-hit-wonders and discuss a few of the hits of that decade.

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May 9, 2010
Sampletown - Marc Sanchez

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This week on The Current Presents, we're taking a trip to Sampletown. Host Marc Sanchez will be your guide through the roots, history, and future of sample based music. He'll talk with DJ/Producer, Hank Shocklee about the early days of rap and using samples without worry of retribution (a.k.a. getting sued), University of Minnesota Professor John Logie, and sample-based duo The Books. Tune in this Sunday at 9 p.m. to hear "The Current Presents: Sampletown."

The Sugar Hill Gang - "Rapper's Delight"
Run DMC - "Here We Go (Live at the Funhouse)"
Boogie Down Productions - "South Bronx"
Public Enemy - "Rebel Without a Pause"
MC Hammer - "U Can't Touch This"
Rick James - "Superfreak"
Vanilla Ice - "Ice, Ice Baby"
Queen & David Bowie - "Under Pressure "
Gilbert O'Sullivan - "Alone Again (Naturally)"
Biz Markie - "Alone Again"
Them - "I Can Only Give You Everything"
Beck - "Devil's Haircut "
Beastie Boys - "Shake Your Rump "
Vampire Weekend - "Diplomat's Son"
The Books - "A True Story of a True Story of Love "
The Books - "The Lemon of Pink"

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May 2, 2010
The Great Girl Grossout - Host: Christina Schmitt
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This week, The Current Presents "The Great Girl Grossout," an hour with music by women heard on The Current, told from a feminine perspective.

We'll listen to woman hip-hop DJs and women drummers, checking in with Laura Bennett, who plays drums for the local duo Red Pens.

We'll also take a look at transformative female experiences, like weathering the teenage wasteland as The Runaways did. And also what it means to become a mom and then continues to rock—like musician and mom Channy Moon Casselle from the local group Roma Di Luna.

Playlist:

Electrelane - I'm On Fire

Female drummers...
Interview with Laura Bennett, drummer, Red Pens
The Carpenters - Caravan
Velvet Underground - There She Goes Again
Sleater Kinney - Not What You Want

Female hip-hop DJs...
Killa Jewel - The Official Misstape
Salt 'N' Pepa - Somma Time Man
Kings of Swing - Show 'Em What You Got

Moms who continue to rock...
Interview with Channy Moon Casselle, Roma Di Luna
Patti Smith - People Have The Power
Sonic Youth - Little Trouble Girl
50 Foot Wave - Long Painting

Weathering the teenage wasteland...
The Runaways - I Love Playing With Fire
X-Ray Specs - Oh Bondage, Up Yours

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April 25, 2010
The Hip-Hop Shop: A conversation with Travitron, the Godfather of Minnesota Hip Hop - Host Derrick Stevens
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Every music scene has a beginning and every city has a story. MN's Hip-Hop music scene began in 1981 with the chant of these three words: “Yes Yes Y'all”.

I was at a party in a north Mpls community center back in 1981 and when I heard the DJ say "Yes Yes Y'all," I nearly lost my mind. I grew up in Queens, New York City so I've heard those words before, used by street DJs and MCs but I'd been in Minnesota for nearly two years and the closest I'd come to seeing a street DJ or MC since relocating here was listening for periodic rap songs played on that little ten watt radio station in north Minneapolis with bad reception.

After hearing "Yes Yes Y'all" and even getting a chance to say a few rhymes on the mic that night, I thought to myself, maybe Minneapolis isn't that bad after all.

The DJ that said "Yes Yes Y'all" that night, is the man credited with bringing the Hip-Hop culture to the Twin Cities. His name is Travitron and he is known to many as The Godfather of Minnesota Hip-Hop.

Travitron is our special guest on this week's edition of The Current Presents.

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April 4, 2010
Tour De Scene - Hosts: Jade and Dave Campbell, Co-Producer: Zack Rose
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Join us as we take a look at Duluth, Minnesota, and explore the music, people, and places that are maintaining a thriving music scene in Minnesota's famous port city.

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March 28, 2010
Under the Influence - Bill DeVille
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Host Bill DeVille presents Under the Influence, where we explore what may have influenced some of our favorite musicians & the artists they may have inspired or influenced. This installment it's, "the only band that matters, The Clash," a band that wore their influences on their sleeve. The Clash were influenced by everything from reggae, to rockabilly to New Orleans funk and inspired a whole generation to start their own band

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March 21, 2010
Highlights from SXSW 2010
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March 14, 2010
Under the Covers - Barb Abney
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This week on The Current Presents we'll go Under The Covers. Join host Barb Abney as she spins some of her favorites, poking a little fun at herself and spotlighting a band that may be known better for the covers of their songs that other artists have done, than the originals themselves.

Richard Cheese - "Enter Sandman"
The Damned - "Alone Again Or"
Ike & Tina - "Proud Mary"
The Fall - "Victoria"
(set of these guys are WAY dedicated, they did entire records of one act's tunes!)
Sun Kil Moon - "Ocean Breathes Salty"
The The - "I Saw The Light"
Beck - "All Tomorrow's Parties"
Afghan Whigs - "Creep"
Placebo - "20th Century Boy"
P.M. Dawn - You Got Me Floatin'
Tiffany - "I Think We're Alone Now"
Billy Idol - "Mony, Mony"
R.E.M. - "Dragging The Line"
Prince, Joan Jett, Jarvis Cocker - "Crimson and Clover medley"

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March 7, 2010
Low End Theory - Michael Wells
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Join Michael Wells on The Current Presents as we present "Low End Theory," an hour of music that puts the bass where it should be: right up front. It wasn't earth-shattering, but it was ground shaking.

Larry Graham (Graham Central Station) - Hair
The Who - The Real Me
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Subway To Venus
Mission of Burma - Academy Fight Song
Pixies - Gigantic
Morphine - Top Floor, Bottom Buzzer
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Born To Run
Elvis Costello - Pump It Up
Beatles - Rain
Modest Mouse - Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes
Soul Coughing - Soft Serve
Joy Division - She's Lost Control
Cure - The Lovecats
Primus - Have A Cigar (Pink Floyd Cover)

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February 28, 2010
Crate Diggers - Jim McGuinn
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Program Director Jim McGuinn is joined by John Kass, a certifiable vinyl fanatic with a collection of 500,000 records. They'll dig into some of their favorite records and tell the tales from their personal collections. From obscure 45s to $1 bargain bin finds, with a heavy dose of the Minnesota scene and treats from the '60s thru the '80s.

February 21, 2010
Radio Happy Hour - Lindsay Kimball
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Back in January of 2008 we aired four episodes of the Twin Cities' own Electric Arc Radio Show. Since then, one of the main characters, Sam Osterhout, has moved to New York and created Radio Happy Hour, a mix of murder mystery/comedy done in a late-night talk show style with interviews and live performances from the guests.

This episode features three guests - author Chuck Klosterman as well as musicians Craig Finn and Tad Kubler of The Hold Steady. With the cast of Radio Happy Hour, they become a family stranded in small town Manhattan, Minnesota during a snow storm for a hilarious murder mystery. (Chuck is the dad, and Tad and Craig are the kids. Go figure.) The show also features an interview with the three guests as well as acoustic performances by Tad and Craig.

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February 7, 2010
Something ... Anything! - Hosts David Campbell and Mary Lucia
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January 31, 2010
The Great Girl Grossout - Christina Schmitt
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The Current Presents "The Great Girl Grossout—an hour all about the women heard on The Current today." Now that we're decades from the bra burning '70s and 15 years from the Riot Grrl days and grunge, what are women saying with their music today? We'll hear from bands you already know—Neko Case, M.I.A., X—and from local female musicians hanging out at the Turf Club in St. Paul. We'll also check in with renowned rock critic Terri Sutton as she dissects Florence and the Machine's "Kiss with a Fist."

Gossip - "Bring It On"
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Rich"
Maria Isa - "Minnesota Nice"
Babes In Toyland - "Bruise Violet"
Peaches - "I U She"
Heartless Bastards - "Into The Open"
Lucinda Williams - "Fancy Funeral"
Terri Sutton interview M.I.A. - "Paper Planes"
Bat for Lashes - "Daniel"
Neko Case - "Hold On"
X - "The World's a Mess (It's In My Kiss)"
Joan Jett - "Bad Reputation"

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January 24, 2010
The 2010 Grammys - Mac Wilson, Host
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Join host Mac Wilson on Sunday, January 24 for The Current Presents...The Grammys 2010. Mac will be joined by a bevy of Current staffers to discuss some of the major categories: who will win? Who *will* win? Who got snubbed? Are this year's Grammys merely a blatant overture towards the mainstream, record-buying masses, or is it something you should pay attention to? Join us Sunday night to hear our take.

Silversun Pickups - "There's No Secrets This Year"
Zac Brown Band - "Chicken Fried"
Keri Hilson - "Tell Him the Truth"
MGMT - "Electric Feel"
Silversun Pickups - "Panic Switch"
The Ting Tings - "Shup Up and Let Me Go"
MGMT - "Kids"
Silversun Pickups - "It's Nice to Know You Work Alone"
Passion Pit - "Little Secrets"
Bob Dylan - "It's All Good"
Bob Dylan - "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'"
Levon Helm - "White Dove"
Willie and the Wheel - "Sweet Jennie Lee"
Wilco - "I'll Fight"
Lucinda Williams - "Real Love"
Bob Dylan - "Jolene"
Justin Townes Earle - "Mama's Eyes"
Phoenix - "1901"
The Replacements - "Merry Go Round"
David Byrne & Brian Eno - "Strange Overtones"
Death Cab for Cutie - "Little Bribes"
Depeche Mode - "In Sympathy"
Phoenix - "Lisztomania"
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Heads Will Roll"
David Byrne & Brian Eno - "Life Is Long"
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Hysteric"
Death Cab for Cutie - "I Was Once a Loyal Lover"
Animal Collective - "Summertime Clothes"
Common - "Universal Mind Control (UMC)"
Common - "Everywhere"
Eminem - "We Made You"
Flo Rida - "Right Round"
Mos Def - "Casa Bey"
Q-Tip - "Gettin' Up"
Mos Def - "History"
Brother Ali - "Fresh Air"
Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys - "Empire State of Mind"
Black Eyed Peas - "I Gotta Feeling"
Beyonce - "Halo"
Kings of Leon - "Use Somebody"
Lady Gaga - "Poker Face"
Taylor Swift - "You Belong with Me"
Dave Matthews Band - "Why I Am"
Taylor Swift - "Love Story"
Green Day - "Know Your Enemy"
Amadou & Mariam - "Sabali"
Oren Lavie - "Her Morning Elegance"

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January 17, 2010
The New Hotness - David Safar, Assistant Music Director
This week on The Current Presents we debuted 17 brand new tracks. On this list you'll find some of the more anticipated releases of the new year, like Massive Attack and The Magnetic Fields. Plus, a handful of new bands and artists to watch for in 2010. Listen
New, Hot tracks on The Current Presents:

Malakai / Snowflake / Ugly Side Of Love
The Soft Pack / C'Mon / The Soft Pack
Owen Pallett / Keep The Dog Quiet / Heartland
Dan Black / Symphonies / Un
JJ / Ecstacy / N° 2
Ruby Suns / Cranberry / Fight Softly
Best Coast / When I'm With You / When I'm With You 7"
V.V. Brown / Shark In The Water / Traveling Like The Light
Reverend and The Makers / Heavyweight Champion Of The World Heavyweight Champion Of The World
Olof Arnalds / Klara / Vid og Vid
Washed Out / Hold Out / Life of Leisure EP
Rogue Wave / Good Morning / Permalight
Four Tet / Love Cry / There Is Love In You
Small Black / Despicable Dogs / Small Black
Massive Attack / Saturday Come Slow / Heligoland
The Magnetic Fields / We Are Having A Hootenanny / Realism

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January 10, 2010
Brian Eno: Theory and Practice - Steve Seel, Host
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Musician, producer, sonic sculptor and theoretician, Brian Eno is seen by many as the gentleman scholar of pop music. From his early eclectic solo albums to his groundbreaking "ambient" series or recordings to his acclaimed production work with Talking Heads, U2 and others, Eno's name has been revered for decades as a courageous forward-thinker and risk-taker. Steve Seel talks with Eno about some of the philosophical underpinnings of Eno's work and weaves in a generous amount of musical highlights, including some of Eno's most innovative pieces which are rarely heard on the radio. (More on the Current Music Blog) (the album name is listed in parentheses; Eno's role in the record is also listed if the cut comes from something other than one of his solo albums)

Brian Eno, "Needles In the Camel's Eye" (Here Come the Warm Jets)
Brian Eno, "Wire Shock" (Nerve Net)
Brian Eno, Dieter Moebius, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, and Conny Plank, "Two Old Timers" (Begegnungen)
Talking Heads, "Once In A Lifetime" (Remain In Light - producer)
Roxy Music, "Do the Strand" (For Your Pleasure - band member)
U2, "Pride (In the Name of Love)" (The Unforgettable Fire - co-producer)
Devo, "Uncontrollable Urge" (Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! - producer)
David Bowie, "Heroes" ("Heroes" - studio collaborator)
U2, "Mysterious Ways" (Achtung Baby - co-producer)
David Byrne and Brian Eno, "America is Waiting," (My Life In the Bush of Ghosts)
Brian Eno, "No One Receiving" (Before and After Science)
Brian Eno, "The Big Ship" (Another Green World)
Brian Eno, "Kurt's Rejoinder" (Before and After Science)
Terry Riley, "In C"
Brian Eno, "Discreet Music" (Discreet Music)
Brian Eno, "Fullness of Wind" from "Three Variations on the Canon by Johann Pachelbel" (Discreet Music)
Brian Eno, "2/2" (Ambient #1: Music for Airports)
Brian Eno, "1/1" (Ambient #1: Music for Airports)
Jon Hassel and Brian Eno, "Chemistry" (Possible Musics: Fourth World Volume One)
Jon Hassel and Brian Eno, "Delta Rain Dream" (Possible Musics: Fourth World Volume One)
Talking Heads, "I Zimbra" (Fear Of Music)
Talking Heads, "Once In A Lifetime" (Remain In Light)
Talking Heads, "The Great Curve" (Remain In Light)
U2, "In God's Country" (The Joshua Tree)
U2, "A Sort of Homecoming" (The Unforgettable Fire)
Brian Eno, "Lantern Marsh" (Ambient #4: On Land)
David Byrne and Brian Eno, "Help Me Somebody" (My Life In the Bush of Ghosts)
David Byrne and Brian Eno, "The Jezebel Spirit" (My Life In the Bush of Ghosts)
David Byrne and Brian Eno, "Strange Overtones" (Everything That Happens Will Happen Today)
David Byrne and Brian Eno, "Home" (Everything That Happens Will Happen Today)
Brian Eno, "Julie With ..." (Before and After Science)
Brian Eno, "Saint Tom" (Music For Films III)

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