Tullycraft Tuesday
It’s been a while since we’ve featured a Tullycraft cover that was sent to us, but today seems as good as any to revisit Tullycraft Tuesday. The Gloombuttons are Rachel and David. I’m told they started writing songs together after seeing Tullycraft at the Athens Popfest. I can only assume this must be because they thought to themselves, “Gosh, if this terrible band can put out records, we certainly can!” Today we have Every Little Thing by The Gloombuttons. Enjoy! Perhaps this will inspire other bands to send us their own versions Tullycraft songs for future installments of Tullycraft Tuesday.
Sad Day
Legendary television producer Stephen J. Cannell died yesterday at age 69. Cannell created or co-created nearly 40 television shows in the 70s and 80s including The Rockford Files, The A-Team, The Greatest American Hero, and 21 Jump Street.
We were big fans, and on the second Tullycraft album, City Of Subarus, we gave props to Mr. Cannell on the song Ticket Tonight.
“Roll the stone and rock the file for Stephen J. Cannell!”
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On this day in 2004 Chris Munford had a small gathering at his house and together with some friends Tullycraft recorded the song Molly’s Got A Crush On Us. A recording of this event/song appeared on the Disenchanted Hearts Unite album. Click here if you would like to see video of this infamous vocal party. Happy Friday!
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On this day in 1990 the Chicago White Sox played their final game at Comiskey Park defeating the Seattle Mariners 2-1. The White Sox had been playing at Comiskey Park since 1910. A new ballpark opened in 1991 and it was renamed U.S. Cellular Field in 2003. Today we have The 1910 Fruitgum Company by Helen Love.
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American author Herman Melville, died on this day in 1891. Melville wrote the novel Moby-Dick which was originally misunderstood by contemporary audiences and critics. He died at his home in New York City at the age 72. Almost completely forgotten at the time, his New York Times obituary called him “Henry Melville”. It was not until the “Melville Revival” in the early 20th century that his work won recognition, most notably Moby-Dick which is often considered one of the greatest literary works of all time. Today we have the song Northern Whale by The Good, The Bad & The Queen.
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On this day in 1967 The Doors played at the KRNT Theatre in Des Moines, IA. The performance occurred before The Doors had “caught on” in Iowa and the show was ill attended. Today we have the song Doors by Kids in the Hall alumnus Bruce McCulloch.
On this day…
On this day in 1983 Minor Threat played their very last show at Lansburgh Center in Washington, D.C. They opened for the D.C. band Trouble Funk.
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On this day in 1980 New Order performed at Maxwell’s in Hoboken, NJ. Tonight at Maxwell’s Jenny and Johnny and Love As Laughter are both playing. Today we have a demo version of Ceremony recorded by New Order on September 7, 1980.
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On this day in 1988 Billy Bragg released Workers Playtime, his fourth record but third full length album. I’m a big Billy Bragg fan and of all his albums this may be my favorite. Today we have a demo recording of Little Time Bomb taken from an expanded version of Workers Playtime released on the Yep Roc label in 2006.
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If you don’t know already, the UK band Allo’ Darlin is playing in Seattle on Friday, October 29 at the Rendezvous Jewel Box Theatre. This venue is tiny and tickets are very limited so if are interested in going to this show I would suggest that you purchase yours asap! Joining them on the bill will be Math & Physics Club and The Special Places. How awesome is this show?!! Tickets are only $9 – and they are available here. Today we have Let’s Go Swimming by Allo’ Darlin. Happy Friday!
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