Today in Rock History – May 15th

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1967, Paul McCartney met American photographer Linda Eastman for the first time, during a Georgie Fame concert at the Bag O’Nails nightclub in London, England. They married on March 12, 1969. 1968, George Harrison and Ringo Starr attended the premiere of ‘Wonderwall’ at the Cannes Film Festival. 1968, At a press conference, Paul McCartney and [...]

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Never Run Away” by Kurt Vile

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Kurt Vile’s lo-fi bedroom records from the past have given way to a more produced sound on his latest record called Wakin’ On A Pretty Daze.  While some of the edges have been smoothed out production-wise, the songwriting is as sharp as ever on his most assured collection yet, as he comes to terms with [...]

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Careers In Combat” by Parquet Courts

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I love the Pitchfork Music Festival. It’s my one opportunity per year to feel a little ahead of the curve when it comes to discovering new music. Attending the festival gives me bragging rights about getting the chance to see bands before they make it big. Pitchfork is also the most user friendly of all [...]

Vinyl Frontier: Retro Reviews: Graham Coxen The Golden D

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by Andrew David James ….The Golden D? WTF? Apparently in 2000 that was Graham’s favourite chord. Hopefully, in subsequent years he has learned some others. Seriously speaking however Graham Coxon was an ever present throughout the 00’s, writing and recording 6 albums. The range of his conceits was quite staggering, the germ being here in this album. His [...]

Today in Rock History – April 1st

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1966, The Troggs recorded ‘Wild Thing’ at Regent Sound Studio in London. The song went on to be a No.1 US and No.2 UK hit in June the following year. 1966, John Lennon bought a copy of Timothy Leary’s ‘The Psychedelic Experience’ and ‘The Tibetan Book Of The Dead,’ where he read near the beginning [...]

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “99 Revolutions” by Green Day – Chicago Concert Review

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Can an artist who has been charged with being a party animal for an arena full of people still be the life of the party after coming off a stint in rehab? That question was answered this evening when Green Day took the stage for their rescheduled 99 Revolutions Tour supporting three recent album releases [...]

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Kill Your Sons” by Lou Reed

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After the huge success of the Transformer album and its top-twenty single “Walk On The Wild Side,” Lou Reed delivered his most beautifully disturbing album as a follow up. The concept album, Berlin was considered at the time to be a depressing mess, and it was not exactly what fans expected or wanted from their [...]

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Paul’s Not Home” by Gibby Haynes (with Jack White)

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Today’s Song Of The Day hails from a Third Man Records’ “Blue Series” single released by Jack White, who also plays guitar and sings on all three tracks. Gibby Haynes is the ex-captain of the Trinity University basketball team and ex-accountant who went on to be a founding member (along with Paul Leary) of Texas’ [...]

Even More Cowbell Music On The 3D RadioActivity

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I’m Uncle Marty, this is The 3D RadioActivity, and on this episode we are playing even more songs containing cowbells, I could do a month or two of this without repeating a tune, however we break it up to keep things light. In music, the composer writes to use the instruments of the orchestra. There [...]

Flying along with The 3D RadioActivity

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I’m Uncle Marty, we are cruising at altitude on The Award Winning 3D RadioActivity this week, as we feature a musical flying formation, so you can loosen your seatbelts and walk freely about the cabin, Miss Vickie will be your hostess. On this episode we are playing songs about Flight, the process by which an [...]