Updated: 2010-07-31 19:40:38
Tune in this Sunday at 9pm with me, Melanie Walker, for Rewind: The History of Dance Music In Detroit. It's the first in a series of several shows about the birth of electronic music as told through the great cities...
Updated: 2010-07-31 16:35:45
It seems there has been a resurgence of psychedelic music recently, though some might say it never left! Groups like MGMT or the Australian band Tame Impala come to mind Today special ingredient is "psychedlic rock" for the Honey-Do List....
Updated: 2010-07-30 14:21:10
It's Friday, and we need a theme for today's 9:30 Coffee Break. What's fun? What says "it's the weekend"? Well, it occured to us that we've never done a set about one of humankind's favorite fun activities: getting naked. For...
Updated: 2010-07-30 12:13:23
Birthdays: Blues guitarist Buddy Guy is 74. Singer-guitarist Seth Avett of The Avett Brothers is 20. Today in: 1954 - Elvis Presley made his professional debut in Memphis. It was his first concert to be advertised. 1970 - The Beatles...
Updated: 2010-07-30 04:01:01
Numbers 1, 2 & 3 remain unchanged this week and The Black Keys make a strong debut with "Howlin' For You" at 6. We lost Michael Franti's "Sound of Sunshine," and the voters picked The Avett Brother's ohn Prine cover, "Spanish...
Updated: 2010-07-29 14:59:00
From our arts reporter Marianne Combs: If you've never been persuaded to check out an art gallery before, this is the weekend to overcome your inhibitions. There's a little something for just about everyone on offer at galleries all over...
Updated: 2010-07-29 14:40:42
Neil Young performs at Northrup Auditorium tonight, and you never know quite what to expect from one of the 20th century's must fiercely independent musicians. An innovator, a free thinker, and eternally a rebel, we want to pay tribute to...
Updated: 2010-07-28 20:48:59
I just read an article on a website that a Bosnian guy’s housegot hit by meteorites already 6(!) times. He has installed a reinforced roof from the money he got when he sold a meteorite to a Dutch university. Because of the extreme minute chance of getting hit only once, he’s quite sure the aliens [...]
Updated: 2010-07-28 14:53:24
Everyday for the 9:30 Coffee Break, we ask you to help us put together a list of songs that adhere to a different specific topic. Today, we want to make a list of lists: songs that contain a listing of...
Updated: 2010-07-28 12:04:20
Birthdays: Bassist Marc Perlman of The Jayhawks is 49. Today in: 1957 - Jerry Lee Lewis made his television debut on "The Steve Allen Show." 1958 - Billboard magazine warned that driving along listening to rock & roll music could...
Updated: 2010-07-27 15:16:58
This morning's trivia match concept with Sean McPherson of Trivia Mafia was about "dates," so we got to thinking: What are the qualities of a bad date? When you're bored, or your date is dumb or offensive, when you get...
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Birthdays: Singer Juliana Hatfield is 43. Singer Pete Yorn is 36. Today in: 1976 - John Lennon was granted permanent U.S. residency following a lengthy battle with immigration officials. 1979 - A firebomb was thrown through a window of an...
Updated: 2010-07-27 06:59:30
Well, that would be free music, of course!
Updated: 2010-07-22 00:28:37
Philosopher Dan Dennett makes a compelling argument that not only don’t we understand our own consciousness, but that half the time our brains are actively fooling us.
Did I mention I love to hear & see him speak? One of my other faves is Richard Feynman, I will try to digg up some stuff for [...]
Updated: 2010-07-22 00:21:10
Ray Kurzweil’s latest graphs show that technology’s breakneck advances will only accelerate — recession or not. He unveils his new project, Singularity University, to study oncoming tech and guide it to benefit humanity.
Updated: 2010-07-22 00:16:41
For the last 12 years, Carter Emmart has been coordinating the efforts of scientists, artists and programmers to build a complete 3D visualization of our known universe. He demos this stunning tour and explains how it’s being shared with facilities around the world.
Updated: 2010-07-20 22:20:59
Various Artists “Forty One Sixty The Songs of The Shambles” (Blindspot Records 109)
The curious title of this Shambles tribute album stems from the fact that this was the address where the band’s fearless leader, Bart Mendoza, once lived and wrote many of their tunes there. 4160 Bachman Place, San Diego, California was actually the exact [...]
Updated: 2010-07-20 15:30:53
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Did you hear about the gay dyslexic who came to the World Cup to blow a Zulu fella?
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“Eleven Unsung Heroes of Early Rock and Roll” by Dick Stewart (Lance Monthly Press)
Selling lots of records proves people like the music. But massive commercial acceptance doesn’t necessarily match artistic brilliance or integrity. As the title of this excellent book states, “Eleven Unsung Heroes of Early Rock and Roll,” touts eleven musicians who experienced mainstream [...]
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Skid Roper “Rock and Roll Part 3” (Blindspot Records 145)
Singer, songwriter and master of a million instruments, Skid Roper initially rose to prominence in the eighties, performing and recording with the wild and wacky Mojo Nixon. Come the nineties, Skid Roper embarked on a solo career, and here’s his third album, the appropriately titled “Rock [...]
Updated: 2010-07-12 07:18:52
Psychedelic Multiple Realities You create your own reality . Home Contact Twitter Subscribe by Email Notifications Profile XML Feed Buy Trippy Psychedelic Posters made by Web420.com Cool Facebook Groups and a Useful Firefox Extension for Facebook 07 11 10 Cool Facebook Groups and a Useful Firefox Extension for Facebook 11:18:52 pm by Web420 Categories : Art Forums Information Tags : community facebook firefox group hippy van illusion optical illusion painted vw plugin psychedelic social network trippy vw van Cool Facebook Groups . One Million Conscious People United A group to get conscious people together to discuss important issues , share photos , videos , and more The group is mainly for people to learn and expand their understanding of the world . No matter how much you know , there
Updated: 2010-07-04 17:28:07
I just love Bill Hicks, I don’t know of a better standup comedian than he was. Enjoy!
Updated: 2010-07-04 01:10:42
