1948. Nick Drake is born in Rangoon, Burma. Raised in England. Releases three albums before his death in 1974. He didn’t find a wide audience when he was living. And if it weren’t for an ad, a generation of music lovers would have possibly missed out. I’m so thankful for the music he put out … Read More
and Chicago was never the same again. The Year? 1980. The Date? Today. The movie? The Blues Brothers. It premiered in Chicago. A movie that can not be described. Some call it a musical. Others, a comedy. Some, a buddy movie. Hell, you could just call it a bloated vanity project. The Blues Brothers started … Read More
Are you ready Westchester NY? Are you ready for the live music event of the summer? Lyle Lovett or Ben Harper at The Cap? Close but not quite good enough. Bob Dylan? Don’t make me laugh (oh and please don’t waste your time or money) (I mean it) Aimee Mann or Chris Isaak at Tarrytown … Read More
Remember you can hear both of these songs a few others on this week’s NEXT. Week 580. Tuesday’s Song of the Day I don’t know much about this Belgium band. I hope they kick it live. Monday’s Song of the Day Sure I played this a while ago but it was officially released on an … Read More
Cancer sucks. It’s Bonnaroo 2009. The Beastie Boys are headlining. No one knew anything was wrong. This will be the last time that The Beastie Boys play together. Adam Yauch (MCA) was soon be diagnosed with cancer. Yauch was an American rapper, musician, film director (Nathaniel Hornblower), and human rights activist. He was best known … Read More
Thank you for playing “My 3 Songs”. I know this one was tough…actually impossible but damn if you didn’t step up and kick it. I can’t wait to try this mix out at our next outdoor/BBQ get together. A little bit of everything. A few songs that hopefully someone perks up and says, “Bro…I didn’t … Read More
I believe this is the first thing Dave did post Nirvana. This or drumming for Tom Petty on SNL. He also recorded every part of the first Foo Fighters album but for one guitar part by Greg Dulli (on “X-Static”)…which leads us to…1994. On this date (see below…LIVE on MTV) Dulli does most of the … Read More
Happy B Day to Benny (do you think Benny the Bull is named after him?) You know that most of the time I just write…but this time I was too curious. Stay here. I’ll open a new window and check. Sadly, Benny is not named after Mr Goodman. Mr The Bull was named after Ben … Read More
Song of the Day Awful, cold, rainy day. Time for a bit of the Power Pop. Only 19 years old. Impressive. Wishing him all the best. Remember you can hear the Song of the Day (and other great new tunes) on this week’s new music radio program NEXT. It’s week 578 (an attempt at a … Read More
Song of the day: Monday I catch a whiff of early Liz Phair. That’s never a bad thing. She is so much more than “Sad Girl/Boys suck”. I hope. Plus it seems like most people are moving to Nashville lately…she’s bucking that trend. She lives in NYC. I may need to search her out for … Read More
