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Thursday, Jul 6 2023, 7AM
Happy 88th birthday to the 14th Dalai Lama, Tibetan spiritual leader and scratch golfer.
14th Dalai Lama's 88th birthday today
The song was driven primarily by Beastie Boy Adam Yauch (MCA). As a practicing Buddhist, he had taken the Bodhisattva vow, which is a promise to liberate all sentient beings from suffering by practicing the six perfections of giving, moral discipline, patience, effort, concentration, and wisdom. Yauch began his serious study of Buddhism after attending a Dalai Lama lecture in spring 1993, in the midst of recording the Check Your Head album. "The general concept behind the song," Yauch said, "was to take the meaning of Shantideva's text, at least on the level that I understood it, and compress it into a modernized, three-verse rhyming song." www.songfacts.com
The theme from Shaft, a 2000 action crime thriller film which has been sampled by many artists including Young MC, Big Daddy Kane, Jay-Z, Ja Rule, LL Cool J, Wu-Tang Clan, and Public Enemy
Sampled by Young M.C. on track "Know How." This version is the most famous take on this song which was originally released by British Group, The Shadows in 1960.
Track from "Within and Without", Washed Out's debut studio album which released on this day 12 years ago. Here's Washed Out performing "Eyes Be Closed" live in the KEXP studio in 2011 - www.youtube.com
Heartbeat City is the fifth studio album by the Cars, released in 1984. "Drive" was written by Ric Ocasek, sung by bassist Benjamin Orr, and became the Cars' highest-charting single.
ODESZA and Yellow House's collaborative EP, "Flaws in Our Design," is out July 21. Yellow House (born Emile van Dango) said that "Heavier" was “the idea that sparked the entire collaboration five years ago. From the jump, it had that unmistakable energy of having discovered something special. It captures the exact moment our two worlds met.” odesza.bandcamp.com
Track released in 2006 on this day. Guitarist Kyp Malone said: "I wrote it specifically to be a gender-neutral, sex-positive love song so anyone can apply it any aspect of life. Sex is the spice of life, you know. It's how we all got here. A lot of songs that are sex positive are very predatory - it's within the binary of gender politics. That's boring to me. It's not reflective of the world we live in." --- Here's a live version in Indianapolis in 2007: www.youtube.com
Jungle is performing live in the KEXP studios on Friday, September 15th at noon. Later that evening, they'll play an all-ages show at WaMu! www.axs.com
The Budos Band play the THING Festival at Fort Worden in Port Townsend, WA on Friday, August 25th. thebudos.com Watch their 2019 in-studio here: www.youtube.com
Famed Italian film composer of over 400 scores, Ennio Morricone, passed away on this day in 2020 at the age of 91. His work for 1966's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is considered to be one of the most influential soundtracks in history.
This track samples Ennio Morricone's main theme to The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
Track by British synthpop duo Erasure which samples Ennio Morricone's theme to The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Budos Band will be playing THING Festival at Fort Worden in Port Townsend, WA on Friday, August 25. Lineup here: thingnw.org --- Frontier’s Edge comes out on July 28! budosband.bandcamp.com
Ennio Morricone passed away on this day in 2020. This track comes from his soundtrack for the Spaghetti western "Navajo Joe"
Samples Ennio Morricone's Navajo Joe. Italian composer, Ennio Morricone. They've played KEXP multiple times, including this performance from five years ago: bit.ly
On this day in 2009, Florence + the Machine released the album Lungs. Florence Welch came to our studio in 2010 and gave an extraordinary rendition of "Rabbit Heart": www.youtube.com
Bully debuted "Days Move Slow" when they were opening for the Breeders - www.stereogum.com --- Bully will be Live on KEXP at noon on Friday, August 18th. They will be playing an all-ages show later that night at The Neptune Theater. - www.bullythemusic.com --- Check out their Live on KEXP performance from 2018: tinyurl.com
Local group Polyrhythmics will play at the West Seattle Summer Fest on July 14 and the Bite of Seattle on July 21. "Roller" comes from their forthcoming album, "Filter System" which comes out in September. polyrhythmics.bandcamp.com www.polyrhythmics.com
On this day in 1979, The B-52's released their eponymous debut album
Bow Wow Wow's debut single was also the world's first-ever cassette single. Originally solely on cassette, a 7" was issued a few weeks later.
Included as part of Joy Division's debut EP, "An Ideal for Living! It was slated for release on the album that became Warsaw, which was originally scrapped by the band and not released until 1994.
Echo & the Bunnymen released their eponymous album on this day in 1987
Seattle's Spirit Award will be performing at Bumbershoot on Sunday, September 3rd. -- Spirit Award has chosen to donate a portion of proceeds of the sale of their fourth album "The Fear" to MusiCares, which provides a safety net of critical health and welfare services to the music community.: spiritaward.bandcamp.com -- Check out this performance from Spirit Award Live on KEXP from September 2018: youtu.be
Enjoy MAN ON MAN's Live on KEXP at Home performance and interview, from July 2021: bit.ly. Man on Man was formed by boyfriends Roddy Bottum and Joey Holman during the pandemic. www.stereogum.com manonman.bandcamp.com
Track from album "Wolf Like Me" which released this day in 2006. Lead single from TV on the Radio's major-label debut New York band TV On The Radio exists like vapor: It's constantly shifting shape, occasionally cohering into something solid, then vaporizing again. That makes it difficult to describe the band's music or quantify what exactly it does, but the mutability affords limitless possibilities. If nothing else [the 2006 album] revels in the musical possibilities that accompany such stylistic freedom." bit.ly
My daughter Stella is celebrating her 8th birthday today! She’d love to hear Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt 1. We just visited KEXP from Port Townsend last weekend and she gave it “two thumbs up”.
The Flaming Lips will be at Woodland Park Zoo on Wednesday, August 23rd
My daughter Asha turns 12 today. I asked her if she had any requests, she said “9 to 5” by Dolly Parton which I know she was introduced to by KEXP, I believe on your show. We really appreciate you and all you do.
Mashup of Slayer’s “Raining Blood” with The B-52s’ “Rock Lobster”
On this day in 1979, The B-52's released their eponymous debut album
Second single released from The B-52's eponymous debut album which was released on this day in 1979
In Visible Silence is the second full-length release by avant-garde pop group Art of Noise, released in 1986 on this day. - www.theartofnoiseonline.com
Track from soundtrack of "Man from UNCLE" by Ennio Morricone who died on this day in 2020
Remixed version of song that appears on Method Man's debut studio album, 'Tical' released in 1994
From soundtrack of Once Upon a Time in the West by Ennio Morricone who passed away on this day in 2020
This track samples Ennio Morricone's L'uomo Dell'armonica
Public Image Ltd. released the album "This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get" on this day in 1984
Track from documentary "Malamondo" by Ennio Morricone who died on this day in 2020
Track from the movie "The Ruffian" with soundtrack by Ennio Morricone who died on this day in 2020
Remix of "Walking in my Shoes" sampling "In Chiesa" by Ennio Morricone
Track from movie "Duck, You Sucker!" with soundtrack by Ennio Morricone who passed away on this day in 2020
The song is influenced by hip hop music, with lyrics concerned with class and the pressures of inner-city life which were inspired partly by T. S. Eliot's poem The Waste Land. bit.ly
This track was one of the singles on Echo & the Bunnymen's self-titled album which was released on this day in 1987
New Release from the Chemical Brothers! Collaborating with French singer Halo Maud. In October, The Chemical Brothers will also be releasing an upcoming book called Paused In Cosmic Reflection. Compiled from hour of interviews reflecting on their 30 year career. - www.thechemicalbrothers.com
The "Barbara, Barbara We Face a Shining Future" album title was something that Rick Smith's late father said to his mother said not long before he passed away. Karl Hyde told Billboard magazine: "His father was a great man, very inspiring and as soon Rick said that, before we got halfway through writing this material, it was just instant, 'Yeah, that's the title.'" - bit.ly underworldlive.com
The song was inspired by a giant text installment titled "Dog Days Are Over" by artist Ugo Rondinone, which lead singer Florence Welch used to see every day, riding her bike over Waterloo Bridge. bit.ly