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Friday, Nov 22 2013, 6AM
Good morning and happy Friday. "It.s good, so good, it's so good..." Watch the official video for "Just Like Honey" from the 1985 debut album, "Psychocandy": www.youtube.com
Ian Curtis was offered a job as a gigolo to "entertain" old ladies. Here's some more obscure facts about the troubled Joy Division frontman: www.clashmusic.com
Watch Built to Spill cover this song, "Age of Consent," and songs by Pavement, The Smiths, and many others: www.pastemagazine.com
Morrisey's autobiography, entitled "Autobiography," is being rushed out in hardback in time for the Christmas rush: www.theguardian.com
Read a biography of The Cure at their official website: www.thecure.com
Here's Canadian singer-songwriter Leslie Feist in an vintage NPR World Cafe performance: www.npr.org
Courtney Barnett has just announced a US tour which, unfortunately, does not include Seattle. Here's a Pitchfork interview with this rising Australian star: pitchfork.com
Read a KEXP album review of Neko Case's newest release, The Worse Things Get...": blog.kexp.org
Brooklyn musician Frankie Rose will perform at the Showbox at the Market on Friday, February 7, 2014: www.missfrankierose.com
Read an account of Phantogram's (and many others) performance at the Barsuk Records 15th Anniversary: blog.kexp.org
"Put Your Sad Down EP" is available now through School of Seven Bells' Facebook page: www.facebook.com
Go to Gavin Friday's official website to read his tribute to Lou Reed: gavinfriday.com
Siouxsie Sioux was born Susan Janet Dallion in London, England in 1957. Read a biography here: www.allmusic.com
Learn more about Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan, his music, and his struggles with heroin addiction: www.biography.com
Lorde's cover of Tears For Fears' "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" is part of the new "Hunger Games: Catching Fire" soundtrack: www.rollingstone.com
Get The Postal Service's "A Tattered Line of String," a recent KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
Here's the JFK Library report on the assassination of President Kennedy on November 22, 1963: www.jfklibrary.org
Living Colour's Corey Glover performed with Galactic in the KEXP studio last year. See live video here: blog.kexp.org
Handsome Boy Modeling School was a collaboration of producers Prince Paul and Dan the Automator: www.billboard.com
Deltron 3030 performed live for KEXP listeners this week. Go to the streaming archive for Monday, November 18th, at 3:00 p.m. to listen: kexp.org
"Baby have you got enough gas?" Memorize the lyrics: www.lyricsfreak.com As the review says, "this song is definitely NOT about a sports car": www.allmusic.com
Listen to John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats in an exclusive solo performance on KEXP in 2011: kexp.org
Junip's song, "Line of Fire," was a KEXP Song of the Day earlier this year: blog.kexp.org
Download this song, "In The City," for yourself as a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
See the Youtube video for "You Are My Joy": www.youtube.com
Lucius will be playing the Doug Fir Lounge in Portland on Wednesday, February 12th, 2014.
A beautiful drawing adorns Ladyhawke's website: www.ladyhawkemusic.com
Go here to Empire of the Sun's website to learn more about their tour dates and new album: www.facebook.com
Ahh....the Friday song. "Y'down with that?" Here are the lyrics: songmeanings.com
Pretty Lights will be playing the ShoWare Center in Kent, Washington tonight, November 22nd, 2013.
Doctor Who celebrates its 50th anniversary tomorrow with a Google Doodle: www.telegraph.co.uk
Pitchfork provided some sample music from Daft Punk's "Tron Legacy Soundtrack": pitchfork.com
Neil Finn will have a new album out on February 10th, 2014. See the video for "Divebomber" from this album: www.latimes.com
Alarm Will Sound will play Steve Reich's "Radio Rewrite," based on two songs by Radiohead: www.nytimes.com
Read "The U2 Paradox (Never has a band been more mockable, never has a band been more successful)": www.slate.com
Bob Dylan was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988: rockhall.com
Arcade Fire will be playing The Gorge Amphitheatre SOON---August 8, 2014.
Get "connected' with Stereo MCs by going to their official website: www.stereomcs.com
Download "Billie Holiday," A KEXP Song of the Day by Miike Snow: blog.kexp.org
Here's a KEXP album review, with videos, of Cut Copy's "Free Your Mind": blog.kexp.org
Underworld's Rick Smith discusses his extensive film music work with Danny Boyle: blogs.indiewire.com
Nine Inch Nails is playing tonight!!, November 22nd, 2013, at 8:00 p.m at KeyArena.
You can hear a session by Jonathan of Shearwater on KEXP on Tuesday, November 26th, 2013, at 12:00 p.m.
This terrific song and seventeen others are featured on "Live At KEXP Volume Nine," which is only available until the end of the year. All proceeds from album sales go to KEXP. You can order copies here: kexp.org
Purgatory/Paradise is out now in the UK and digitally worldwide. US pre-orders are set for a December 3, 2013 release: www.kristinhersh.com
Last year, Iggy told the New York Times that he wasn't ready to give up the carnal life: www.nytimes.com
Here's a "concise history for consumers everywhere": www.alternativetentacles.com
Here are "10 Public Enemy Songs Everyone Should Know": smokingsection.uproxx.com
