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Friday, Apr 5 2013, 6AM
Good morning. Here are the "juiciest parts" of Neil Young's memoir, "Waging Heavy Peace": www.spin.com
Neil Young had been trying to get in touch with Kurt Cobain before the latter's death to encourage him in his music. He said that when Cobain left "It's better to burn out than to fade away" in his suicide note, it "struck a deep chord inside of me."
Click here to hear "Locomotive" by Mad Season, a "supergroup" formed from Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Walkabouts, and Screaming Trees members: www.rollingstone.com
Here's a powerful set by former Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan, live from NYC's Cutting Room Studios: kexp.org
Chris Cornell and Soundgarden were featured in a KEXP documentary--"Grunge": blog.kexp.org
Here's a link to Terry Lee Hale's website: www.terryleehale.com
After R.E.M. disbanded, Slate Magazine featured and article on "how a post-punk band from Georgia changed rock 'n' roll forever": www.slate.com
See the band's "Spellbound" as part of a KEXP "Goth Video Roundup": blog.kexp.org Take this link to many articles about Siouxsie and the Banshees: www.rocksbackpages.com
Download Medicine's "Constant Love," a KEXP Song of the Day: blog.kexp.org
Enjoy this 2011 interview with Ray Davies: mmusicmag.com
Arctic Monkeys will be part of the impressive lineup at Sasquatch! 2013. Listen to a live acoustic performance by the band's Alex Turner: www.kexp.org
Go to Robert Earl Keen's website, lean back, and drive: www.robertearlkeen.com
Read a 2012 Spin Magazine article on "Joe Strummer's Complex Legacy," ten years after his death: www.spin.com
Ohh La La, wouldn't it have been fun to hear Ron Wood, Rod Stewart, and the band at the height of their "boozy, ragged glory"?: www.allmusic.com
Elliott Smith was dead at 34. He is one of the subjects of a KEXP documentary --"Death, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll." Go here to learn more about this reluctant star: kexp.org
Read an album review of the recently-released "Above": consequenceofsound.net
Here are "20 Cool Facts about Kurt Cobain": www.purplerevolver.com
Here's the Youtube video of Suicidal Tendencies performing "Institutionalized": www.youtube.com
Read an extensive biography of this Athens, Georgia band: www.allmusic.com
Here's a review of "Afraid of Heights," in which the reviewer notes that, at the rate at which Nathan Williams is ascending, he needs to cure himself of acrophobia: www.relix.com
The "Songs for Slim EP" is a benefit for Replacements' bassist Slim Dinlap, who had a stroke last year: blogs.citypages.com
Here's a Q and A with Merle Haggard, after 70 albums and more than 40 Number One hits: archive.mensjournal.com
Take this link to the IMDb description of the movie "Kids": www.imdb.com
Visit this Scottish musicians' website here: www.edwyncollins.com
Foals played live in the KEXP studio in 2011. See video of that performance here: blog.kexp.org
Go here to D-square's website: www.duranduran.com
This is the "earworm" (the current non-stop music) at the Richards' home. Hear it and other terrific songs by this band from SXSW, 2013: www.kexp.org
Allmusic says that "after Nirvana, nothing was ever the same....": www.allmusic.com
the Undertones are currently touring in Europe. Here's a link to their website: www.theundertones.com
Go here to find out about "the entire Pixies catalog, all in one place": www.pixiesmusic.com
Quentin Tarantino says that "Kill Bill Vol. 3 is probably not happening": www.hitfix.com
Take this link to Underworld Live: www.underworldlive.com
Daft Punk was the subject of a KEXP documentary --"Electronic Innovators": blog.kexp.org
Listen to this KEXP documentary --"Grunge--Alice in Chains": blog.kexp.org
OMD is playing at Showbox at the Market tomorrow night, Saturday, April 6, 2013.
The Jesus and Mary Chain's essential 1985 debut, Psychocandy, will be reissued in a "paint splatter" vinyl edition for this year's Record Store Day (April 20), according to the band's Facebook page. Apparently, it's only 1,000 copies. Read more and see the video for "Just Like Honey": www.spin.com
The Black Angels will play Seattle's Neptune Theatre on Monday, may 13, 2013. Here's a live performance from the Triple Door in 2010: www.kexp.org
Here's a blog dedicated to "the best band in the world": smellslikenirvana.tumblr.com
Go to Wreckless Eric's website to see his worn-out Blustone boots: wrecklesseric.com
A biography, discography, merch, and much, much more are here: www.stanridgway.com
Tones on Tail was a project of Daniel Ash of the group Bauhaus. See a Youtube video of "Go!": www.stanridgway.com
Our condolences to those whose fathers have died recently. Here's a link to a biography of Gerry & The Pacemakers: www.allmusic.com
Conor O'Brien writes that "'Nothing Arrived' is our jangly tribute to the great lottery of life.": www.npr.org
Badly Drawn Boy is singer/songwriter Damon Gough. See him performing live in the KEXP studio with the Seattle Whistle Choir: blog.kexp.org
Listen to those harmonies and read a biography of this group that ""bid fair to become Britain's answer to CSN&Y: www.allmusic.com
Read the New Yorker article on R.E.M.'s breakup in September, 2011: www.newyorker.com
John Darnielle and The Mountain Goats played live for KEXP listeners in December, 2012: kexp.org
Here are the lyrics to "All Apologies": www.metrolyrics.com
Wow! Prince is playing two shows at the Showbox at the Market on April 18, 2012, and two shows at Showbox SoDo on April 19, 2013.
Read this "Midnight Album Spotlight --Introducing Reuben Gonzalez," a member of the Buena Vista Social Club: blog.kexp.org
Here's the Youtube video of The Soggy Bottom Boys' version of this old, old song: www.youtube.com
Get out on the lonesome highway and read this biography of Hiram King "Hank" Williams; www.biography.com
This is one of the songs from the soundtrack to "High Fidelity." The Beta Band performed in the KEXP studio in 2001: kexp.org
