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Friday, May 2 2014, 6AM
Good morning and happy Friday. "It all started in 1976 as Easy Cure..." Read a biography of The Cure: www.thecure.com
Check out the picture of Moby in the water when you download "A Case for Shame (feat. Cold Specks)," a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
This Spin magazine article says that "Zooropa" almost killed U2's career 20 years ago: www.spin.com
Here's an old photo of Radiohead, posing with Iron Maiden posters: www.spin.com
Pearl Jam's Mike McCready talks about Layne Staley and the reissue of "Above" last year: www.musicradar.com
Temple of the Dog was formed in 1991 by Chris Cornell to pay tribute to his friend, Mother Love Bone's Andrew Wood. Read about the band here: www.allmusic.com
Screaming Trees were the subject of a KEXP documentary---"Grunge": blog.kexp.org
Modest Mouse performed "Dramamine" and much more in a live performance at Sasquatch! 2011: kexp.org
The Atlantic's wonderful article about "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" says that it's about how hard it is to communicate honestly: www.theatlantic.com
Here's a live performance by The National of songs from "Trouble Will Find Me": kexp.org
Peter Townshend's memoir, "Who I Am," was reviewed by the NY Times here: www.nytimes.com
7:08 AM
50th spin
Johnny Cash said, "I was evil. I really was." Read a 1971 interview by journalist Philip Norman: www.theguardian.com
Read a Drunkenwerewolf retrospective about Nick Drake: www.drunkenwerewolf.com
See the trailer for the new Elliott Smith documentary, "Heaven Adores You": www.pastemagazine.com
This Pitchfork review of Arcade Fire's "Funeral" gives it a tremendously high rating: pitchfork.com
A new The Jesus and Mary Chain biography, "Barbed Wire Kisses," is expected to be released this year: www.slicingupeyeballs.com
Read a KEXP Midnight Album Feature about "Earth - Sun - Moon": blog.kexp.org
Bob Mould will be playing the Sasquatch! 2014 Music Festival on Friday, May 23rd, 2014. He will be LIVE on the Morning Show on Tuesday, June 10th, 2014 at 9:00 a.m.
The listener who requested this song said that "it defined his youth." Visit AC/DC's official website: www.acdc.com
Pixies honored KEXP with an in-studio performance earlier this year. See live video of that session: blog.kexp.org
Read an interview (with photos) of "a misunderstood dude with a house full of awesome stuff," Ian MacKaye: brightestyoungthings.com
Rolling Stone calls this "the most important rock and roll album ever made": www.rollingstone.com
There are numerous current Billy Corgan posts at The Pantopticon, the official Smashing Pumpkins nexus: www.smashingpumpkinsnexus.com
Read a biography of James Osterberg (aka Iggy Pop), born April 21, 1947: www.biography.com
Exene Cervenka recently cleaned out her closet. Read about her estate sale: www.rollingstone.com
"Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand..." Read the lyrics to "Rio": www.azlyrics.com
Here's a Guardian obituary of Rick James, who died in 2004 at age 56: www.theguardian.com
The inscrutable Prince is "the artist who hides in plain sight": www.theguardian.com
When Frank Sinatra died in 1998, the NY Times called him "the singer and actor whose extraordinary voice elevated popular song into an art." Read the entire obituary: www.nytimes.com
Listen to a recent KEXP in-studio performance by Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks: kexp.org
It's hard to believe that an album that still sounds fresh and compelling was released in 1977: pitchfork.com
"The rise of R.E.M. from cult heroes to superstars during the New Wave era proved that deserving, non-gimmicky American rock bands could still make it on their own terms." See more at: rockhall.com
The KEXP blog features a Review Revue of "Meat Is Murder": blog.kexp.org
A few days after they were arrested for a domestic conflict, Paul Simon and wife Edie Brickell have released a new acoustic duet, "Like To Get To Know You": www.nydailynews.com
Learn more about these Glasgow artists when you read this Allmusic biography: www.allmusic.com
Jane's Addiction, incorrectly billed as "James Addiction," performed their first show ever in October, 1985 in California: www.janesaddiction.com
McKinley Morganfield, aka Muddy Waters, died on April 30th, 1983: www.muddywaters.com
According to guitarist Richard Fortus, Guns N' Roses may release a new album in 2015: www.nme.com
Stevie Wonder was a featured Saturday Afternoon Artist on the KEXP blog: blog.kexp.org
The movie, "The Harder They Come," is a cult classic: thehardertheycome.com
"If you were 12 in 1979, the Specials were easy peasy lemon squeezy the greatest band on the planet.": www.thespecials.com
Read more about Shuggie Otis at the Luaka Bop website: www.luakabop.com
Go here to the official Bill Withers website: www.billwithers.com
Read a KEXP album review of icon David Bowie's most current release, "The Next Day": blog.kexp.org
"Watch out, you might get what you're after..." The Talking Head lyrics are always interesting: www.azlyrics.com
Comparing Israel's policy toward the Palestinians to South African apartheid, Roger Waters has just asked The Stones to cancel a concert in Tel Aviv as they once stayed out of Sun City: www.nydailynews.com
Read the Guardian's obituary of troubled and talented Amy Winehouse: www.theguardian.com
Neneh Cherry has just released "Blank Project," her first album in 16 years. Listen to "Everything" from the new release: blog.kexp.org She'll be LIVE in the KEXP studio on Wednesday, May 14th, 2014, at 9:00 a.m.
Fatboy Slim is having a sale on "merch" at his official website: www.fatboyslim.net
Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden are embarking on a joint North American tour this summer: www.rollingstone.com
Motorhead is one of the subjects of the KEXP blog, "What's the Loudest Concert You Ever Attended?": blog.kexp.org
FRIDAYYYYYYYYYYY. Liars will be playing this year's Sasquatch Music Festival on Friday, May 23rd, at 3:05 PM on the Bigfoot Stage. www.sasquatchfestival.com