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I know I promised some reviews and I will still get to them. I have the new Suzanne Vega, Satellite Party, Worldwide Spies, and a couple others that I need to get to. By the weekend I swear...
Elsewhere, its the 4th and I don't really have plans. In the past I have been fortunate enough to live in major metropolitan areas such as DC, St Paul/Minneapolis, St Louis, or Kansas City which has allowed me to see some amazing music on the 4th. However now in a small town in the middle of nowhere we don't have the venues/draw that those cities have. We also don't have the fireworks display that I have grown accustomed to. (I also would have to drive 20 minutes without accounting for traffic to see them). What we do have is a kickin' live band I have now seen 4 times (?) - Chubbs Toga! I am excited for the show and its walking distance from home so come 2am it'll be stumbling distance. I'll be back tomorrow with a review of the show.
Happy Independence Day
So my show is tonight on KUOI, the radio I work for. You can check it out at KUOI.org. Anyway, I was thinking about something fun to do and decided that the music tonight will be all covers...here's the tentative lineup (with the artist performing the tune, not the original artist):
I Wanna Rock and Roll - Toad the Wet Sprocket
Never Ending Story Them - New Found Glory
Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
Highway to Hell - Maroon 5
Always Something there to Remind Me - Marvelous 3
Pass the Peas - Mock Turtle Soup
Son of a Preacher Man - Melissa Ethridge
The Man Who Sold the World - Nirvana
Gettin' Jiggy Wit it - Phish
Take On Me - Reel Big Fish
The Weight - Shannon Curfman
Let's Get it On - Jack Black
Dancing Barefoot - U2
Help! - Howie Day
Angel from Montgomery - Susan Tedeschi
I Think I Love You - Less Than Jake
Video Killed the Radio Star - Ben Folds
Sexual Healing - Ben Harper
Like a Rolling Stone - The Rolling Stones
Mississippi - Sheryl Crow
Thunder Road - Counting Crows
Sweet Home Chicago - Eric Clapton
Gone Daddy Gone - Gnarls Barkley
99 Red Balloons - Goldfinger
Knocking on Heaven's Door - Guns n' Roses
Hurt - Johnny Cash
I Will Survive - Cake
Benny and the Jets - Beastie Boys
Used to Love Her - Voodoo Glow Skulls
Blue Monday - Orgy
All Along the Watchtower - Dave Matthews Band
So yeah, check out the show, KUOI.org, 8:30 PST
Ahh...back in the world of music. Stupid computer crashed but now its back on line. Thanks Bill.
Anyway. Its been 3 monthes (+) since I posted but oh well.
Got a position at the college radio station as Programming Director so I will attempt to effect change from within. Unfortunately the Music Director seems to be in direct opposition to my stated beliefs about music. Oh well. It will make for a good dichotomy at the station. Hopefully in the fall I can push through some shows that will force other music into the station. We'll see.
More specifically related to music:
Saw Left Hand Smoke last night at John's Alley. Great live show. Lots of fun, good songs, great guys. Check it out.
Reviewed new Tom Morello Album for the station - I was disappointed. It felt like spoken word poetry with some basic guitar playing in the background. Sorry all you Tom Morello fans, I loved Rage and still enjoy Audioslave but this was a letdown.
More reviews are forthcoming as well.
Comments
I had no idea someone had covered the Neverending Story theme song...ah the memories. Good stuff.
no cover can beat nina gordon's ( from veruca salt ) version of "straight outta compton" by nwa...it's a classic...
Yup that's a good one...
How about about half the stuff Richard Cheese does? Or the Ben Folds b-side "Bitches ain't shit"?