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Friday, Apr 4 2014, 6AM
Good morning and happy Friday. Kurt Cobain unhesitatingly named R.E.M. as an "established" rock band he much admired. Read a review of "Monster" here: www.rollingstone.com
Nirvana will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 10th. Here's a band biography: www.nirvana.com
In 2011, Pitchfork reviewed the 20th Anniversary edition of "Nevermind": pitchfork.com
Listen to a 2012 in-studio performance by Mark Lanegan for KEXP listeners from the Cutting Room Studios in NYC: kexp.org
Here are 5 insights from Ovation TV's recent documentary about Pearl Jam, including "Pearl Jam's progenitor, Mother Love Bone, was on track to conquer the world.": www.rollingstone.com
Here's a 2012 live in-studio performance by "urban folk troubadour" Terry Lee Hale: kexp.org
Last year, Pearl Jam's Mike McCready talked about Layne Staley and Mad Season's "Above" reissue: www.musicradar.com
Did you know that Layne Staley had a tattoo on his back of a hooded man with his eyes sewn shut? Here are more things you may not know about this late gifted artist: loudwire.com
"Kim Gordon:life after Sonic Youth" is the title of this Guardian article: www.theguardian.com
Listen to Seattle hip-hop duo Common Market performing "Connect For" and other songs in a live KEXP in-studio performance from 2005: kexp.org
Get "The House That Heaven Built," a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
"A mulatto..an albino..a mosquito..my libido..Yay!" Here are the lyrics to this seminal song: www.azlyrics.com
Enjoy live video of the Pixies in the KEXP studio in February: blog.kexp.org
Listen to this KEXP documentary---"Grunge: Mother Love Bone": blog.kexp.org
Here's a John Richards' blog post: "Friday on My Mind: Smashing Pumpkins": blog.kexp.org
R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe will induct Nirvana into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: www.nme.com
Here's a New Yorker article on how Bikini Kill sparked the riot-grrrl movement: www.newyorker.com
NPR asks if this album is "the best live rock record ever"?: www.npr.org
Here's a BBC review of "a truly memorable night": www.bbc.co.uk
Mudhoney!! On top of the Space Needle!! See the video of this live performance: blog.kexp.org
Jimi Hendrix called his music "electric church" because he believed that music was his religion. Learn some more things about local musician Hendrix here: www.clashmusic.com
This summer, Devo will be touring, their first tour since the death of Bob Casale (Bob 2). They will be playing Seattle's Neptune Theatre on June 25th, 2014: clubdevo.com
This is a cover of a NIrvana song. Watch The Vaselines performing live in the KEXP studio in 2010: blog.kexp.org
Read a biography of Huddie Ledbetter, better known as "Lead Belly": rockhall.com
Liner Notes: Kurdt Kobain: electric guitar, Chris Novoselic: bass, Mark Pickeral: drums
See the Youtube video of Kurt Cobain performing this song: www.youtube.com
According to Iggy Pop, Kurt Cobain wanted to collaborate with him and called him at two in the morning: www.nme.com
Green River was the subject of a KEXP "Grunge" documentary: blog.kexp.org
Visit the Melvins' website to learn, among other things, about Buzz' tour, which includes a June 20th performance at Neumos: www.themelvins.net
Read this article on Kurt Cobain's legacy, including an excerpt from Charles Cross' "Here We Are Now": hereandnow.wbur.org
Here's a review of Soundgarden's recent SXSW performance: www.rollingstone.com
Listen to a special live in-studio performance by Meat Puppets in 2009: kexp.org
April 2014, marks the 20th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death and the release of Blur's "Parklife." Here's an article that looks at both those events: www.theguardian.com
Read a KEXP album review of David Bowie's 2013 release, "The Next Day": blog.kexp.org
"The song itself is based at least in part on Hugh Mearns' nursery rhyme "The Psychoed" ("as I was going up the stair, I met a man who was not there, he wasn't there again today, I wish that man would go away")": www.allmusic.com
Read an interview with Calvin Johnson of Beat Happening and K Records: www.verbicidemagazine.com
Follow this link to Olympia, Washington band Some Velvet Sidewalk's official website: www.somevelvetsidewalk.com
Read a biography of Dub Narcotic Sound System: www.allmusic.com
Listen to Jay Reatard's cover of Nirvana's "Frances Farmer," which will appear in the compilation "In Utero: A Tribute," to be released for Record Store Day: www.rollingstone.com
"Things have never been so swell..I have never felt this well...." Here are the lyrics to "You Know You're Right": www.azlyrics.com
Go to Daniel Johnston's website to access a BBC interview: www.hihowareyou.com
Enjoy an intimate solo acoustic performance by John Darnielle on The Midday Show in 2011: kexp.org
This link takes you to the "worship and tribute fan site of Temple of the Dog, the supergroup of Grunge": www.templeofthedog.org
Get a 2010 Song of the Day, "Seeing Stars," by Satchel, on their first release in fourteen years: blog.kexp.org
Here's an Ultimate Guitar review of "Sap": www.ultimate-guitar.com
“If I Fell” was reportedly Kurt Cobain's favorite Beatles tune, and Nirvana often played it in concert when technical problems arose. He cited John Lennon as one of his heroes in his posthumously-published Journals - See more at: www.legacy.com
Cleveland.com is featuring a "Come as You Are" profile of Rock Hall inductee Nirvana: www.cleveland.com
Learn more about Screaming Trees in this KEXP documentary: "Grunge--Screaming Trees": blog.kexp.org
This song is a cover of a song by The Vaselines; it was a parody of a children's hymn which says that "Jesus wants me for a sunbeam." Read the lyrics here: www.azlyrics.com
Here's an album review of "Rust Never Sleeps": www.rollingstone.com
Dave Grohl's band after Nirvana. Watch Dave Grohl address SXSW 2013 on the KEXP Blog: blog.kexp.org