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Thursday, Apr 11 2024, 7AM
Kicking off Grosse Point Morning Show, where we celebrate the music of Grosse Point Blank which celebrates its 27th birthday today.
"Hot and burning in your nostrils
Pouring down your gaping mouth
Your molten bodies blanket of cinders
Caught in the throes....": www.songfacts.com
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This song describes the fate of the city of Pompeii, buried during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
The classic English Beat song was also featured on the Grosse Point Blank soundtrack.
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"Mirror in the Bathroom" is a single by British ska band the Beat released as a single in 1980 from their debut studio album I Just Can't Stop It. - englishbeat.net
Released on this day in 1995!
Peter Murphy wrote this song with his keyboard player/guitarist Paul Statham. Explaining the title in an interview with Songfacts, he said it is "an attempt to describe or evoke a conditional commitment to one partner".
www.songfacts.com
"I am Brimheim. My given name is Helena and I’m a half Danish, half Faroese singer/songwriter currently residing in Malmö, Sweden." Read an interview with this rising star: nordicwatchlist.com
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Here's Brinheim performing live on KEXP at Dypång, in Aarhus, Denmark, during the SPOT Festival in May 2022. - www.youtube.com
Collab by Blondshell's Sabrina Teitelbaum and Bully's Alicia Bognanno.
Blondshell will be performing at Seattle's Day In & Day Out Festival Saturday, July 13th.
www.dayindayoutfest.com
blondshell.bandcamp.com
www.blondshellmusic.com
More from the iconic soundtrack.
Echo & The Bunnymen touches down in: Seattle, WA (Showbox SoDo) Monday, June 3 and San Francisco, CA (The Warfield) Thursday, June 6!
The band credits the inspiration for the song's mandolin sound to a visit they had at a museum of tractor parts.
tinyurl.com
www.bunnymen.com
Lead single from the 1995 record Wowee Zowee, released on this day in 1995.
pavementband.com
New music from NYC band Been Stellar!
beenstellar.bandcamp.com
From the first of the Grosse Point Blank soundtracks. Read more about the soundtrack here: www.avclub.com
Released on this day in 1995!
Prior to its being released as an official single, "Stars" received heavy airplay on the Los Angeles radio station KROQ-FM. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "KROQ jumped on the song so soon that RCA had to rush release the song nationwide, a full month before the scheduled release of [the] single." Hum's drummer Bryan St. Pere credited KROQ with making the song so popular, saying in an interview, "Yeah, I think [KROQ] helped us out the most, because from what I gather, that's the station in the country, and when they decide to add a song, all the other stations kind of follow suit."
Gotta love radio
New music from Irish indie band Pillow Queens - www.pillowqueens.com
Watch the new music video here: www.youtube.com
‘Flea’ comes from All Born Screaming, the new album arriving April 26th.
St. Vincent Tour dates of importance:
+ May 24 Napa, CA - BottleRock Napa Valley
+ May 25 San Francisco, CA - The Masonic
+ May 26 Napa, CA - JaM Cellars Ballroom
+ August 8th Bend, OR - Hayden Homes Amphitheater
+ August 9th Carnation, WA - Thing Festival
ilovestvincent.com
An absolute classic from the Grosse Pointe Blank sound track.
"Rudie Can't Fail" praises the rude boys of Jamaica in the 1960s who challenged their elders' status quo. The song is about a fun-loving young man who is criticized by his elders for not acting as a responsible adult, drinking beer at breakfast, and describe him as being "so crude and feckless", to which he responds "I know that my life make you nervous, but I tell you I can't live in service."
Big Country front man Stuart Adamson was born on this day in 1958. The 43-year old Scottish musician died in 2001 after a long battle against alcoholism.
www.loudersound.com
New from Ride!
Ride will be gracing stages in Seattle on May 25th and Portland its self on May 23rd.
(Portland does rock)
Another classic from Grosse Point Blank. What a soundtrack!
When asked by Rolling Stone Magazine in March 2019 on what The Cure's 40th anniversary meant to him, Robert Smith replied, "It means I’m fucking old!" bit.ly.
New from Los Angeles artist Hana Vu!
You can catch Hana Vu in San Francisco on July 9, Portland on July 11, Seattle on July 12 and Vancouver, BC, on July 13.
hanavu.com
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Her new album 'Romanticism' is coming out on May 3rd.
hanavu.bandcamp.com
This Bowie track was used in the trailer for Grosse Pointe Blank but not included in the film or sound track. Still counts today!
June 4th, 2024 THE INDEPENDENT SAN FRANCISCO
June 6th 2024 MISSISSIPPI STUDIOS PORTLAND
June 8th, 2024 THE CROCODILE SEATTLE
October 13th, 2024 IRVING PLAZA NEW YORK
www.yardactors.com
Released on this day in 2006!
"Black Grease" is heard on the fictional radio station Vinewood Boulevard Radio in the 2013 action-adventure video game Grand Theft Auto V.
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Here's the official video: www.youtube.com
New Age Healers will be at Chop Suey Wednesday, July 3rd they'll at Chop Suey with Blushing. Their new album, 'The Spin Out,' releases on April 20th! newagehealers.bandcamp.com
From the Grosse Pointe Blank soundtrack. This version of Go! was originally released as the B-side to "Lions" in 1984.
Released on this day in 2011!
The band created an accompanying film to go with the album, an hourlong visual companion that offers music videos for all of Nine Types of Light's tracks. Packaged with a deluxe version of the CD, the film also exists on YouTube in its entirety:
www.youtube.com
Wild God is the upcoming 18th studio album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, set to be released on August, 30th 2024. Cave says "Wild God… there's no (bleeping) around with this record. When it hits, it hits. It lifts you. It moves you. I love that about it."
From the second Grosse Point Blank sound track.
www.avclub.com
Alabama 3 is a pop band, a punk rock, blues and country techno situationist crypto-Marxist-Leninist electro band.
"We're the fellas that did that Soprano's theme tune. That tune bought someone a swimming pool, but it sure wasn't any of us..."
alabama3.co.uk
Brand new from mary in the junkyard.
www.instagram.com
Read more about the group:
www.dazeddigital.com
"Dreaming of living in a different era, 'Born In The Wrong Time' is about not fitting in and wanting to escape to the past where things seemed easier and ideologies were more aligned."
Joan & The Giants are an alternative-pop band from beautiful Perth, WA (Western Australia) creating powerful, emotive and lyrically charged music. joanandthegiants.bandcamp.com
www.joanandthegiants.com
Opening track on the Grosse Point Blank Soundtrack. The sound track features several arrangements of the song that do not appear in the movie.
What do you think this song is about? Read about the long-misinterpreted meaning behind this song: americansongwriter.com
The Bug Club are a three piece from the little-known rock n' roll hotbed that is Caldicot, Monmouthshire, Wales. After years of gigging relentlessly in Cardiff and Bristol, they finally released their double album, "Rare Birds: Hour of Song," last year
- thebugclub.bandcamp.com
New music from Kings of Leon! Their upcoming ninth studio album, Can We Please Have Fun is out May 10th.
Kings of Leon is touring with Phantogram!
Playing the Greek Theater at UC Berkeley on Sunday, August 25th. Playing Portland's Moda Center on Wed, Aug 28th.
Playing Seattle's Climate Pledge Arena on Thursday, August 29th. Playing Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, NY on Wed, Sept 18th. More dates here: www.kingsofleon.com
Brand new from the Black Keys. For their 12th album together, Ohio Players, The Black Keys give a nod to Ohio's very own Dayton Funk Band of the same name.
Another from the incredible sound track. Read more about the soundtrack here:
www.avclub.com
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Argentine band based out of Buenos Aires that formed in 1985. The last full-length we've seen from them was in 2016, find more of their work here: www.fabulosos-cadillacs.com
Orquesta Akokán is a Latin jazz ensemble formed by musicians from Cuba and New York, United States.
www.orquestaakokan.com
Included in the 1997 film Grosse Pointe Blank released on this day in 1997.
Watch the music video for the Jam track here: www.youtube.com.
New sixth record and first in 11 years out now from Gossip! The trio worked with producer Rick Rubin.
What a soundtrack!
This song is about hope and courage for individuals who have experienced adversity in their lives but have overcome it.
The1972 album, I Can See Clearly Now, by the American singer Johnny Nash, includes two of his biggest hit singles, the title track and "Stir It Up." "I Can See Clearly Now" - bit.ly
Closing out Grosse Pointe Blank soundtrack morning!
Read more about the awesome sound track here:
www.avclub.com
Happy Thursday - you've got it tuned into The Midday Show with Cheryl Waters. Today we've got Meatbodies joining us Live on KEXP at noon. This is a FREE performance open to the public, so come down and join us!