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Friday, Jan 10 2014, 6AM
Good morning and happy Friday. The Pixies will be LIVE on KEXP's Morning Show on Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 and will perform in a sold-out concert at the Paramount Theatre that evening.
Reviewing the definitive biography of The Smiths, "A Light That Never Goes Out," Salon magazine says, "No band captured the tormented teen soul like the Smiths.": www.salon.com
Read a Billboard biography of Catherine Wheel: www.billboard.com
Go back to 2007 to hear a live in-studio performance by The Wrens: blog.kexp.org
You can hear this song when (We Are) Augustines perform at Neumos on Friday, February 7th, 2014.
INXS' charismatic frontman Michael Hutchence was found dead in a hotel room in November, 1997. Here's an obituary: www.independent.co.uk
The Smashing Pumpkins' movie, "Oceania: Live in NYC," is available now: www.smashingpumpkins.com
One of the great New York City songs..... Here are the lyrics: www.metrolyrics.com
Poet Jim Carroll, who wrote "The Basketball Diaries, was also a talented musician. He was the subject of a KEXP documentary---"Poets and Music": blog.kexp.org
Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker will be holding the 2nd Annual Camp-In on January 23-25, 2014 in Athens, Georgia: www.campervanbeethoven.com
Exene Cervenka spoke recently about the "pending alien invasion": blogs.dallasobserver.com
Here are photos of "50 things you never knew about The Clash" (For example, Joe Strummer was born in Ankara, Turkey.): www.nme.com
Calling them "one of the most successful post-punk and goth bands," allmusic featured a biography of Siouxsie and the Banshees: www.allmusic.com
Yan is known as Yazoo in the United Kingdom. Take this link to the official website for Yaz: www.yazooinfo.com
This much-beloved song is available as a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
“Music for us is about articulating the feelings you can’t put into words.”---Nick Littlemore: empireofthesun.com
Read this article on "The La's: a band I had waited all my life to hear": sabotagetimes.com
Sign up for Hoodoo Gurus' newsletter here: www.hoodoogurus.net
You, too, can sing this song to your children and make them laugh. Here are the lyrics: www.sing365.com
"Punk Rock Girl" was originally written by lead singer Joe Genaro for a two-man side project, Ornamental Wigwam, comprised of himself and David Sculthise. Genaro brought the song to The Dead Milkmen wondering if they could perform it as a group; it worked, and went on to become the band's single most well known song. Other facts about the song: www.songfacts.com
Get a free download of "Never Knew Your Name" at Madness' official website: www.madness.co.uk
Here's an interview with Lynval Golding of ska band The Specials: entertainment.ie
See live video of The Wedding Present when they played for KEXP listeners at SXSW 2012: blog.kexp.org
Here's a KEXP album review revue of Fugazi's "Repeater": blog.kexp.org
Go here to the Ming City Rockers' Facebook page: www.facebook.com
In this interview, Ray Davies says that he can still perform most of his songs with dignity: www.salon.com
Ahhh....the Friday song! "sometimes the body needs to feel stressed.... (like a nail in a bike's back tire)...to appreciate the joy": songmeanings.com
Here's a Youtube video of "Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe": www.youtube.com
Is your favorite in this list of "10 Essential Beastie Boys' Songs"?: rockhall.com
A lawsuit by three members of Cheap Trick against a fourth was just tossed out by the Chancery Court: www.delawareonline.com
Here's a wonderful performance by Bob Mould at the Bumbershoot Music Lounge last year: blog.kexp.org
Read "The Over/Under: Husker Du": www.magnetmagazine.com
Here's a biography of "American punk rock band" Jawbreaker: www.spirit-of-rock.com
Welcome to the only official website for classic British band "The Godfathers": godfathers.uk.com
Read Taylor Hawkins' induction speech for Jane's Addiction at the Hollywood Walk of Fame: www.janesaddiction.com
Watch TV on the Radio's "Nine Types of Light" on the KEXP blog: blog.kexp.org
U2's Bono and The Edge have just written a song, "Ordinary Love," for the Film about Nelson Mandela, "Long Walk to Freedom." Read an interview here: www.deadline.com
On their Facebook page, Kins noted that they made one list of the most anticipated albums of 2014: www.facebook.com
Last year, Peter Hook talked about Ian Curtis' suicide, saying that :"...he wasn't curled up in a ball, head in his hands": www.salon.com
"The double LP, pink vinyl albums have arrived and are looking pretty good, even if we say so ourselves.": www.facebook.com
Here's Flesh Eating Zipper's list of "M83's Top 10 Best Songs": www.flesheatingzipper.com
Depeche Mode is currently touring in Spain, France, and Germany. They were featured in a KEXP documentary--"Pop Goes Electronic": kexp.org
Here's a 2006 interview and performance by Frank Black: kexp.org Hear him with The Pixies on Tuesday, February 18th, 2014, LIVE on The Morning Show.
Written during a self-imposed "exile" in Germany, this Iggy Pop song is a terrific running song: www.allmusic.com
In this video, The Toadies talk about their history and what they're doing now: on.aol.com
Read a KEXP album review of QOTSA's "...Like Clockwork": blog.kexp.org
Rusty Willoughby is playing with The Posies at a sold-out show at Neumos tonight, January 10th, 2014.
The KEXP blog featured "Twenty Questions with Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow of The Posies": blog.kexp.org
A 2009 NPR interview with The Posies talked about the economics of making music: www.npr.org
How much do you know about The Posies? Take this trivia quiz: www.funtrivia.com