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Friday, May 10 2019, 6AM
Good morning and happy Friday. Today marks the one-year anniversary of Scott Hutchison's death. This year-old article, entitled "Why Losing Frightened Rabbit's Scott Hutchison Hurts So Much," is still true: pitchfork.com
The family of Scott Hutchison have announced details of ‘Tiny Changes’, a new mental health charity in memory of the late Frightened Rabbit frontman.
The name of the charity is inspired by a line from the song ‘Heads Roll Off’, (“While I’m alive, I’ll make tiny changes to Earth”) which has become a mantra for Frightened Rabbit fans working towards good causes in Hutchison’s memory since his passing. Go to the Tiny Changes website here: maketinychanges.co.uk
Watch Scott Hutchison perform this song in the KEXP studio: www.youtube.com
Read The Stranger's obituary of much loved Seattle musician Shawn Smith: www.thestranger.com
The Cinematic Orchestra will be in Seattle, playing The Neptune Theatre on Monday, November 18th, 2019. Roots Manuva is English rapper and producer. Rodney Hylton Smith.
"Love, love, love...
It's an open field..." Here's the official video for "Kyoto": www.youtube.com
When this track was being recorded, bass player (and vocalist) Paul Simonon fixed his eyes on a record company executive outside in the control room. This enabled the singer to draw up all the required emotion as he sang or spat out the lyrics.: www.songfacts.com
They'll be nearby (well, in British Columbia), performing at the Capitol Ballroom in Victoria on Saturday and Sunday, September 7th and 8th, 2019. Watch a 2017 live performance in the KEXP studio: www.youtube.com
Operators will perform at Neumos on Sunday, June 9th, 2019, in support of their new album, "Radiant Dawn." : www.kexp.org
Hungry? Duran Duran released their album "Rio" on this date in 1982 (That's 37 years ago, John.)..
Thanks, Suzanne, for this fine request. Our best to you and to all teachers! "Follow the day and reach for the sun!": www.youtube.com
Bob Mould talks about his optimism in this recent interview: nowtoronto.com
Great title! "I'm building up my problems to the size of a cow…" Watch The Wonder Stuff perform it live in Sydney: www.youtube.com
“It’s about nothing, really,” CVB’s David Lowery said of the "Skinheads" song.. “But it’s one of those songs that the more you repeat the mantra the more you understand it.”
Congratulations, John, on your graduation today...and kudos to Alison for her love and support. Here's a live performance of this beautiful song: www.youtube.com
This song celebrates the beauty of the Pacific Northwest (and it couldn't be prettier than today.) Guitarist Tony Ruland said, " When we demo live or whatever, we’re all just a bunch of dorks, playing in a garage, or going out in the woods on a hike. So yeah, we are lucky enough to live in a pretty place, and it’s nice to come home to, especially when you’re in big cities every day."
These Furs will be at The Showbox SoDo on Tuesday, July 30th, 2019.
Don't you like this song by Shane MacGowan and Sinead O'Connor? "I want to be haunted by the ghost....of your precious love....": www.youtube.com
Happy birthday, Paul Hewson, aka Bono, born on this date in 1960. Bono along with Gavin Friday and Maurice Seezer wrote three songs for inclusion in the film “In the Name of the Father”. They recorded two of the songs themselves, and the third was recorded by Sinéad O’Connor. One of the songs that Bono recorded with Gavin Friday was “In the Name of the Father”, the title track on the soundtrack, and the first music you hear in the film.
Odesza will be playing a sold-out show with Death Cab for Cutie at Bellingham's Civic Stadium on Saturday, May 18th, 2019. Watch a live performance from the KEXP studio in 2017: www.youtube.com
Thank you, Steve, for this request...and for your extraordinary volunteer service to KEXP. Adrian Cronauer (the movie Good Morning Vietnam was based on his life) said that this was the most requested song on Armed Forces Radio when he was in Vietnam. At the 2012 SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, Bruce Springsteen talked about this song when he gave the keynote speech. After reciting the lyrics, he said, "That's every song I've ever written."
John Fogerty claims he wrote “Fortunate Son” in just 20 minutes. Read how this song became the anthem for Vietnam rmembrances: pitchfork.com
See both aliens AND skateboarders in the video for "Freedom of Choice": www.youtube.com
Learn more about this band, one of the leading lights of the British ska revival in the 70's and 80's: www.allmusic.com
"Hit, feel, rap, sweat..." You'll want to memorize the lyrics to this debut single by the British new wave band Haircut One Hundred, released in October 1981 : genius.com
Ahhh......the Friday song. On Thursday, May 23rd, KEXP presents Music Heals: Addiction & Recovery, featuring a full day of on-air programming dedicated to music’s power to heal, overcome addiction, inspire recovery and reduce the stigma around substance use disorder.: www.kexp.org
"I am watching it drip down the sides..." Watch the video for "Cake": www.youtube.com And here's a recipe for B-52 Cake (all chocolate and alcohol): www.geniuskitchen.com
Singer Rick James appeared in the video for the Cake song "Love You Madly." In the clip, James is judging a cooking competition between band members along with comedian Phyllis Diller and TV personality Jeff Smith. Billboard called the video "fresh, witty, and downright fun.": www.youtube.com
There's a long history of roller skating in popular music, from Melanie's 1971 kitschy folk-pop "Brand New Key" to classic roller disco cuts like Peaches and Herb's "Roller Skatin' Mate" and Vaughan Mason and Crew's "Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll" all the way to De La Soul's "A Roller Skating Jam Named 'Saturdays'".But you'd be hard-pressed to find a track that captures the glide and wobble and sheer fun of cruising on eight wheels quite like Matias Aguayo's "Rollerskate": pitchfork.com
"Hey, Ladies!" John picked this song as a KEXP song of the Day. Get it for free here: www.kexp.org
Ranking Roger died in March at the age of 56.: www.nytimes.com
Watch the poignant encore for George Michael's last show: www.smoothradio.com
This is a cover of a Rolling Stones song. The band felt free to change the lyrics from the Rolling Stones' original, which was necessary because they didn't have them. Lead singer Sean Dickson sang what he could remember and made up the rest.
Among the lines to come out:
"I'm free to sing my song though it gets out of time,,,
I'm free to choose what I please any old time "
Among the new lyrics:
"I'm free to be who I choose...
To get my blues any old time." Despite the changes, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are credited as composers for The Soup Dragons song.
It was on May 10th, 1988 that Prince released the album "Lovesexy."
"The artist has been granted something rarely afforded to women: the space to make mistakes—and still be considered great." Read a 2018 Atlantic article on the complicated female genius of Lauryn Hill: www.theatlantic.com.
"Party" features guest vocals from American rapper André 3000, J.Cole, and background vocals from Kanye West and Consequence.: www.youtube.com
You know, that sounds like the USC Trojan Marching Band (...just sayin'...): music.avclub.com
Straight off Dan's playlist, here's Sonic Youth's "Kool Thing." And...here's Sonic Youth performing it live in 1993: www.youtube.com
This is the fourth single from Alyse Vellturo's debut album, due out on May 24th. “‘temporary tantrum’ was written about that moment in the relationship when you realize you’ve been played,” Vellturo says in a statement. “Although in that moment it’s heart breaking and you feel like the biggest idiot, you know that eventually you will come out on the other end and use that experience to grow.”
It was twenty-five years ago (That's a quarter-century, John.) that Weezer released their self-titled debut album, also known as "The Blue Album."
Another anniversary! On this date in 1994 (again!), Sunny Day Real Estate released their debut, "Diary." Here's a biography of the band: www.amoeba.com
This album is 26 years old today. Last year, on its twenty-fifth anniversary, The Quietus revisited it: thequietus.com
The song's title refers to an incident in New York City in 1986, when two then-unknown assailants attacked journalist Dan Rather, while repeating "Kenneth, what is the frequency?" Watch the official music video: www.youtube.com
Mike Scott said that he'll "never forget writing this song." He said: "I had all my writing on pieces of paper. I was fixing the papers, and the song needed a third verse. I had had the first two verses for about six or eight weeks, so I wrote the third verse in the studio. The music got written that day in the studio as well. I had the chords, but the tone of the song came from Steve Wickham's fiddle accompaniment."
Donovan Leitch was born on this date in 1946. Happy 73rd birthday, Donovan!: donovan.ie
This song made the list of "best summer songs of all time": www.rollingstone.com
Do you notice a "sun" theme here? Perhaps it won't be so hot in Seattle when Built to Spill plays The Showbox on Friday and Saturday, october 25th and 26th, 2019.
Toward the end of the song, Bill Withers holds a note for 18 seconds. "Lovely Daaaaaaaaay." This might be the longest held vocal note of any hit song.
More sun! Watch Violent Femmes performing this song live: www.youtube.com
John Richards selected this fine song as a KEXP Song of the Day. It's available for free download right here: www.kexp.org
Here are boats and dolphins jumping out of the water...and Julian Cope: www.youtube.com
The phrase "to live in cloud-cuckoo land" means "to have impractical ideas." The expression comes from the name Nephelokokkygia, suggested for the capital city of the birds in the air in "The Birds"" by the Athenian playwright Aristophanes (d c380 BC).
See this Irish band performing "Call Me Blue" live in the music video for the song: www.youtube.com
The music video, directed by Scott Hicks, was originally planned to be filmed on an airport runway, in South Australia, but was cancelled due to a bad weather and filming took place in a nearby airport hangar.: www.youtube.com
"She don't care no more...
She gets paid on Friday..." Read the lyrics to "Friday": www.azlyrics.com
Here's a live version of this wonderful song: www.youtube.com
Here's the story of "Mr. Blue Sky": www.smoothradio.com