Archive for December, 2009

The Three O’Clock – Baroque Hoedown

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

On this date in 1982, The Three O’Clock released their debut EP, Baroque Hoedown. It was a five song record that contained “With A Cantaloupe Girlfriend“, “I Go Wild“, “Marjorie Tells Me“, “Sorry” and “As Real As Real“. No singles were released from the EP. The band began life as The Salvation Army and released [...]

The Three O’Clock – Baroque Hoedown

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

On this date in 1982, The Three O’Clock released their debut EP, Baroque Hoedown. It was a five song record that contained “With A Cantaloupe Girlfriend“, “I Go Wild“, “Marjorie Tells Me“, “Sorry” and “As Real As Real“. No singles were released from the EP. The band began life as The Salvation Army and released [...]

The Unknowns – Dream Sequence

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

On this date in 1981, The Unknowns released their debut EP, Dream Sequence. It was a six song release, The Los Angeles power pop band released one album and an EP before first disbanding in 1982. They re-formed in 1990, performed, released a new album and have continued on since then without founder Bruce Joyner. [...]

The Unknowns – Dream Sequence

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

On this date in 1981, The Unknowns released their debut EP, Dream Sequence. It was a six song release, The Los Angeles power pop band released one album and an EP before first disbanding in 1982. They re-formed in 1990, performed, released a new album and have continued on since then without founder Bruce Joyner. [...]

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

The guy who put this video together did a great job of combining all the clips he could find of U2 doing this song dating back to the early 90’s.
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Thursday, December 31st, 2009

The guy who put this video together did a great job of combining all the clips he could find of U2 doing this song dating back to the early 90’s.
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Countdown to 2010: 10..9..8..

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

It’s hard to believe the year is already over, where did the time go? It was just yesterday when I was happily kicking off 2009 spinning Merriweather Post Pavilion and eagerly anticipating all of the year’s excellent albums. Now a new decade is upon us, another 10 years have passed and I cannot [...]

Thursdays and Covers

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

[MP3] Idiot Glee – Ain’t No Sunshine
Here’s your bizarre music fact of the day – when Bill Withers originally recorded “Ain’t No Sunshine” he was working at a factory making toilet seats for airplanes (how’s that for a day job?). Since the song went on to become one of the all time greats, it [...]

Department S – Is Vic There?

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

On this date in 1980, Department S released their debut single, “Is Vic There?“. It was backed by “Solid Gold Easy Action” in the U.K. The single was released in 1981 in the U.S. with a different B side, “Put All The Crosses In The Right Boxes“. The single reached the #22 spot on the [...]

Shirley Manson’s new year message

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Shirley Manson has kicked the arse of the New York for remaining stuck in the past:
“So sad to read that the New York State Senate voted down the Gay Marriage Bill. It saddens and sickens me that modern government and society has learned nothing from history but continue the vicious cycle of ignorance and intolerance [...]