On this day in 1989 NEW ORDER released their fifth album, Technique. Part of the album was recorded on the island of Ibiza. For this record the band incorporated Balearic beats and acid house into their techno sound. Today we have a live recording of the Technique album track Love Less performed by Tullycraft. This recording appeared on the Singles CD.
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Matt Johnson (from Matt & Kim) turns 28 today. Happy Birthday Matt! Today we have a mash-up between the Beastie Boys and Matt & Kim called Good Ol' Fashion Rump Shaker . Happy Friday!
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On this day in 1997, the third full-length Built to Spill album, Perfect from Now On was released. It was the band's first major label release on Warner Bros. The original recordings of the album were destroyed by heat when producer Phil Ek was driving from Seattle to Boise to record overdubs. After this initial set-back, the band rehearsed some more and re-recorded the album at the Avast! Recording Company in Seattle, WA. Today we have a live recording of the song Stop The Show by Built to Spill.
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On this day in 1984 Michael Jackson was filming a Pepsi Cola commercial at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, CA. During a simulated concert, pyrotechnics accidentally set Jackson's hair on fire. He suffered second-degree burns to his scalp. Today we have the song The Secret Fire by Boyracer from the album, Flickering B+W.
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On this day in 1788, the first 736 convicts banished from England to Australia landed in Botany Bay. Over the next 60 years, approximately 50,000 criminals were transported from Great Britain to the "land down under," in one of the strangest episodes in criminal-justice history. Generations later the great grandchildren of these criminals would go on to form bands like: The Go-Betweens, The Birthday Party, AC/DC, & INXS. Today we have the song Rock n Roll Friend by The Go-Betweens.
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On this day in 2005 Bright Eyes released two albums, I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning and Digital Ash in a Digital Urn. Both albums were released on Saddle Creek Records. The single "Lua" (from I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning) reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales Chart. Today we have a non-album version of Lua performed by Conor Oberst & Gillian Welch.
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If you happen to be near Winooski, Vermont tonight (Sat Jan 23), be sure and swing by the Monkey House to catch The Smittens.
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Daniel Johnston was born in Sacramento, California on this day in 1961. He grew up in the northern panhandle of West Virginia between Ohio and Pennsylvania near Chester, West Virginia. He began recording music in the late 1970s on a $59 Sanyo boombox. If you haven't already seen the 2006 documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston, you must. Today we have the song Mind Movies by Daniel Johnston from the album, Is And Always Was. Happy Friday!
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On this day in 1959 Carl Switzer, better known as Alfalfa from the Our Gang comedies, was shot and killed. Following his childhood acting career, Switzer became a hunting guide and bartender in Northern California. He was shot during an argument over a $50 debt. Authorities ruled the shooting "justifiable homicide." Today we have a live recording of the song Rumble with the Gang Debs performed by Tullycraft.
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Rainn Wilson was born in Seattle on this day in 1966. Happy Birthday Dwight!
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On this day in 1980 Eddie & the Subtitles, Dred Scott, The Go-Go's and Middle Class performed at the Hong Kong Café in LA's historic Chinatown. The show cost $5.50.
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On this day in 1892 the Springfield College newspaper (in Springfield, Massachusetts), featured an article about a "new game" invented by James Naismith. They called it "Naismith Ball", but the world would soon come to know the game by another name... basketball.
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On this day in 1978 the Sex Pistols played their last show every at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom. Their encore consisted of one song - an extended version of The Stooges "No Fun". Before throwing down his microphone and walking offstage, Johnny Rotten said to the audience: "Ah-ha-ha. Ever get the feeling you've been cheated? Good night". Rotten announced his official departure from the band three days later on January 17, 1978. Today we have the Sex Pistols version of The Who classic Substitute.
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On this day in 2008 Chris was at our practice space by himself, past midnight mixing the song "Welcome to the Big Ten Conference". At the time we were still trying to figure out how to put things back together after the fire that had occurred at our space months earlier. Chris assembled the gear he required in the corner of the room and went to work straight away. Thank you Chris! The song was featured on the Magic Marker 10th Anniversary 7" box set.
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Happy birthday Melanie Chisholm! In 1994 Melanie C formed the Spice Girls along with Melanie Brown, Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton, and Victoria Beckham (at that time Victoria Adams). By the late 90's she was known to most of the world as Sporty Spice.
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On this day in 2007, author J. K. Rowling completed the seventh and final Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Rowling completed the book while staying at the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh, Scotland. She left a signed statement on a marble bust of Hermes in her room which read: "J. K. Rowling finished writing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in this room (652) on 11 January 2007". Today we have the song Black Magic by Jarvis Cocker. Cocker appeared as lead singer of the band The Weird Sisters in the movie Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. He also contributed to the film's soundtrack.
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On this day in 1941 William Randolph Hearst, owner of the Hearst newspaper chain, forbid any of his 28 newspapers from accepting ads for Orson Welles' Citizen Kane. The film, which was loosely based on Hearst's life had been co-written by Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz and directed by the 26 year old Welles. Hearst had used all of his resources and influence in an unsuccessful attempt to prevent the film's release. Welles and the studio, RKO, resisted the pressure, but Hearst and his Hollywood friends succeeded in getting theater chains to limit bookings of Citizen Kane, resulting in mediocre box-office numbers for the film. Today we have a new Nana Grizol song, Cynicism from their soon to be released album, Ruth. Happy Friday!
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On this day in 1996 the band Noise Addict (featuring a 16 year old Ben Lee) played at the Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco, CA. At one point during the set Lee said to the audience, "You all seem pretty uptight for Americans," in response to the lackluster response his band was receiving. There were a couple people jumping up and down in front, but that was about all the enthusiasm that was visible. Today we have Noise Addict covering the Jonathan Richman classic Back In Your Life.
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It is 2010 and Tullycraft has finally joined Facebook. What took us so long you might ask? Well, without going into it too much, let's just say that we had an unhealthy allegiance to Friendster. If you would like to join our brood on Facebook you may do so here.
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Today is Corianton Hale's birthday.
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