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
I am a fan of talent. I’m a bigger fan of good people. Marty Casey is both. I put together a charity concert in Chicago to raise money for a college scholarship our family starting in the honor of my dad who died by suicide. Marty found out about the concert and asked to perform … Read More
We play a game called My 3 Songs. I pick a topic. Present it to my listeners. They chime in with their 3 favorite songs about said topic. This time around “Laughing within a song”. A song that contains some sort of actual laughing. As always NEXTers thank you for your comments and playing along. … Read More
Robert Johnson, legendary blues musician who influenced Muddy Waters, The Rolling Stones, and thus, everyone else, was born today in 1911 (or close to today). Hazlehurst, Mississippi was his birthplace but what about the rumor and the crossroads? Most people go to the junction of Highway 61 and Highway 49 and have their photograph taken. … Read More
