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March 8, 2009 - March 14, 2009 Archives

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Um, really?

4:26 PM Thu, Mar 12, 2009 | | Write a comment
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I get e-mail, and sometimes I think someone's punking me: NEW YORK, March 12, 2009--Toto founder, keyboardist, singer and main composer David Paich has been invited to perform at the United Nations for the inaugural Millennium Development Goals (M.D.G.) Awards......

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 Tags  Archbishop Desmond Tutu   Armand Assante   David Paich   Toto  

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Song of the Day, Guy I'm Talking to This Afternoon Edition

11:16 AM Thu, Mar 12, 2009 | | Write a comment
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The new record came out this week, and it's excellent: "Beachland Ballroom," Glenn Tilbrook and the Fluffers......

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 Tags  Beachland Ballroom   Glenn Tilbrook and the Fluffers   Song of the Day  

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Prince making three-night stand on Leno

3:51 PM Wed, Mar 11, 2009 | | Write a comment
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I get more e-mail: Six-time Grammy® winner Prince will perform on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno for an unprecedented three consecutive nights on March 25, 26 and 27 in support of his forthcoming CD releases. ... In addition, Prince......

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 Tags  Bria Valente   Jay Leno   Prince   Tonight Show  

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STOP! Billboard time!

3:34 PM Wed, Mar 11, 2009 | | Write a comment
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Can't touch this! Sorry. U2 blows through the album chart this week, with No Line on the Horizon selling 484,000 copies and debuting at number one. Billboard sez it's U2's seventh number-one album, tying them with Led Zeppelin for third......

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 Tags  Billboard   Jonas Brothers   Neko Case   Taylor Swift   U2  

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Song of the Day, Oklahoma Edition

2:41 PM Wed, Mar 11, 2009 | | Write a comment
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Winner of an online contest in which 458 songs were nominated, sez my e-mail. Nominations for the rock song were collected from February to July 2008. More than 2,498 nominations were submitted for 458 songs. After verifying that each recommendation......

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 Tags  Do You Realize   Oklahoma   Song of the Day   The Flaming Lips  

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Jimmy Boyd, 1939-2009

5:45 PM Tue, Mar 10, 2009 | | Write a comment
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He had a hit with the original version of "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" when he was 13; he was 70. "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," Jimmy Boyd......

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 Tags  I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus   Jimmy Boyd  

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New Devo record this fall

5:33 PM Tue, Mar 10, 2009 | | Write a comment
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I get e-mail: The fall of 2009 will bring a new DEVO studio album, their first one since 1990's Smooth Noodle Maps. It'll mark their first new music since the strong fan reaction that greeted the 2007 single "Watch Us......

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 Tags  Devo   SXSW  

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Why I love Metal Sludge, Part 4,882 and 4,883

4:49 PM Tue, Mar 10, 2009 | | Write a comment
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It's mostly about the old '80s-metal types, with some occasional nods to today's metal dudes, which means that my personal attachment to the music they cover is somewhere between none and, um, noner. But they can make you laugh by......

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 Tags  Jason Becker   L.A. Guns   Metal Sludge  

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Song of the Day, Brown Spring Weekend Edition

3:18 PM Tue, Mar 10, 2009 | | Write a comment
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Caught this while writing the previous post. "Lights Out," Santigold......

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 Tags  Lights Out   Santigold   Song of the Day  

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Nas at Brown Spring Weekend

2:44 PM Tue, Mar 10, 2009 | | Write a comment
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The Brown Concert Agency has announced the lineup for Spring Weekend, April 17-18, with rapper Nas at the top of the Saturday bill and indie-rock darlings Of Montreal heading up Sunday. April 17 sees Nas, the soul revivalists Sharon Jones......

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 Tags  Brown Spring Weekend   Deer Tick   Nas   Of Montreal   Santigold   Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings   Toubab Krewe  

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Song of the Day, Weather Appropriate Edition

2:49 PM Mon, Mar 09, 2009 | | Comments (1)
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Couldn't find a "proper" video for this, which brings up two questions: 1) Did Big Dipper really only make one proper video, as a YouTube search suggests? 2) Am I the only one who's old enough to remember when it......

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 Tags  Big Dipper   rapid aging   Wet Weekend  

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They tried to make her go to Coachella ...

10:57 AM Mon, Mar 09, 2009 | | Write a comment
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... she said no, no, no. She don't have the time, And she's been accused of a crime, They tried to make her go to Coachella, and she said no. No. No.......

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 Tags  Amy Winehouse   Coachella  

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