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On this day in 1983 Cyndi Lauper played the first show of her 1983 tour at the Ripley Music Hall in Philadelphia, PA. Today we have a live recording of Money Changes Everything from that show.
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Hotpants Romance are performing at La Cantine De Belleville in Paris, France tonight. Today we have Hotpants Romance covering the Tullycraft song Wild Bikini. This song appears on the Wish I’d Kept A Scrapbook tribute album.
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On this day in 1997 Modest Mouse played a house party in Sioux Falls, SD. Today we have Polar Opposites by Modest Mouse.
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On this day in 1982 The Cure released the 7″ single Let’s Go to Bed in the UK. In the wake of Pornography, perhaps the darkest Cure album, Robert Smith wrote “Let’s Go to Bed” as a sarcastic reflection on pop music, but he disliked the song and was initially upset that it was released. Today we have an interview with Robert Smith talking about the single and an acoustic version of Let’s Go To Bed. Happy Friday!
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English pop singer, Kim Wilde was born on this day in 1960 in Chiswick, West London. Wilde burst onto the music scene in 1981 with the single “Kids in America”, which reached #2 on the UK Singles Chart. At the time there was some controversy when she refused to perform live. After a few test performances in Denmark in September 1982, Wilde embarked on a full UK tour in October. Today we have The Muffs performing the song Kids In America. This version was featured on the Clueless movie soundtrack.
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On this day in 1970 Luna 17 successfully landed on the surface of the Moon. The Soviet spacecraft carried a vehicle that roamed the Moon’s terrain and performed experiments. The Luna Program officially launched 24 spacecraft between 1959 and 1976, although more were launched. Those that failed to reach orbit were not publicly acknowledged at the time, and not assigned a Luna number.
Dean Wareham (from the band Luna) played in Seattle last night, where he performed an entire set of songs from the Galaxie 500 catalog (it was great). Today we have Hefner performing a cover of the Galaxie 500 song Oblivious.
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On this day in 1965 The Beach Boys released the album Beach Boys’ Party! In August 1965, Brian Wilson was working on his next studio album, which would become Pet Sounds. Capitol Records requested a new album for the holiday season and since a live album, Beach Boys Concert, had already been released the previous year, the “live party” idea was selected. Although presented as a live recording, the individual songs were actually recorded in the studio – laughter and background chatter were mixed in during post-production. Today we have I Get Around/Little Deuce Coupe from Beach Boys’ Party!.
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On this day in 1995 Sonic Youth, The Amps and Bikini Kill performed at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA. Today we have the song by Blood One by Bikini Kill.
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On this day in 1980 Oingo Boingo, The Police, and XTC performed at UC Santa Barbara in southern California. In 1982 XTC took a break from touring and subsequently never played live again. Today we have an interview with Andy Partridge explaining this decision.
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Today we have a zombie spin on the Tullycraft song “Superboy & Supergirl.” Here is Swedish singer/song writer Nils Folke Valdemar performing Zombieboy & Zombiegirl. Happy Halloween!
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