Posted on Sep 17, 2009 under Dave Lamont, Kelli Craig, Shappy, Today in Rock |
They made the announcement on who is joining the show. Kelly Craig will be there one day a week and they hired Shappy full time as the production manager. They also announced that Dave Lamont will be back Friday mornings for a sports talk.
- 1923 - Hank Williams was born.
- 1933 - The first 33 1/3 RPM record and players are launched by RCA Victor. (a.k.a. “singles”, “12 inch”, etc..)
- 1967 - The Doors make their only appearance on the Ed Sullivan show. Even though the band agrees to change the line “Girls we couldn’t get much higher” in the song “Light My Fire“, they sing it anyway. They are banned from the show.
- 1967 - The Who play “My Generation” at the Smothers Brothers comedy tour. Keith Moon (drummer) places explosives in his drum to set off a flash explosion. Unfortunately, he doesn’t realize it was already done by the stage crew. The resulting blast damages Pete Townsend’s hearing.
- 1975 - Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” goes gold.
- 1976 - Queen host a free concert in London’s Hyde Park. 15,000 attend.
- 1991 - Guns ‘N Roses release the “Use Your Illusion I & II” albums. It can be purchased either as a double album or two single albums.
- 1997 - Fleetwood Mac reunite and starts a tour to support “The Dance” album.
- 2006 - The cartoon likeness of the White Stripes, along with the voices of Meg and Jack, appear in a surreal segment of The Simpsons. Bart is a drummer who crashes into Meg’s kit. Following a brief chase the Stripes end up on a garbage barge.
Posted on Sep 16, 2009 under Site News |
As long as there are no “technical difficulties” (meaning no podcasts) the YCW update will be late today - I will be out of reach from their show most of the day today (and won’t be able to hear it on web radio).
Posted on Sep 14, 2009 under Questions Answered |
Rob got question #4 correct today - it is the amount of time they expect the retractile roof on the new Marlins stadium to open up.
User Magicalbob posted this on the forums last week: http://youcantwin.net/comm/index.php?topic=13.0
Great job Magicalbob!
Question #5 is:
Question #5 What is it legally that a man can that a woman cannot?
Posted on Sep 11, 2009 under Dave Lamont, Guests, Interviews, Show Topics, South Florida events |
I don’t know how much or how often I’ll be able to make posts like this since I do start work at 7am Mon-Fri but I’ll see if I can and update the post as the show goes on.
Dave Lamont is back, even if it is just for the day, I’m sure most people appreciate hearing his voice back on the radio.
The interview with Alice Cooper went extremely well. Alice is performing at the Pompano Beach Amphitheater (tickets start at $33). Alice announced that $1 of every ticket will go to the food bank. Alice also commented that even though he loves to play golf, his “character” on stage hates golf. 
There will also be a contest where one person will win the opprotunity to “throw out the balloons” during the concert’s closer, “School’s Out” (which Alice said is the main “party” song). Alice was a great interview, down to earth and he at least tried to be funny.
Ben Bailey from the Cash Cab was on talking about the Cash Cab and his comedy shows. Ben actually had to go to a cab school and get licensed to drive a cab before he could do the show, including a drug test and background check (neither of which he was “prepared’ for). Ben is also appearing at the Improv Comedy Club in Hollywood this weekend. Tickets are still available.
Posted on Sep 11, 2009 under Dave Lamont, Today in Rock |
First, a big welcome back to Dave Lamont. They should bring him back to the show.
- 1943 - Mickey Hart (Grateful Dead - drummer) was born.
- 1953 - Tommy Shaw (Styx / Damn Yankees - guitarist) was born.
- 1963 - “The Great White Wonder“, a collection of Bob Dylan songs, appears in L.A. record stores. It`s thought to be the first bootleg and reportedly sells over 350,000 copies.
- 1964 - Laurie Yarham wins a Mick Jagger impersonation contest in London. Um, wait, he looks a lot like Mick’s younger brother, Chris? (It was Chris who won the contest - I wonder if he got to keep the prize?)
- 1967 - Harry Connick, Jr. was born.
- 1967 - The Beatles single “All You Need is Love” officially hits 1,000,000 sales. They also start filming “The Magical Mystery Tour“.
- 1977 - One of the oddest Christmas carols is recorded. Bing Crosby sings a duet with David Bowie. Crosby sings “Little Drummer Boy” while Bowie sings “Peace on Earth“.
- 1979 - The Who launch their first US concert with Kenney Jones (who replaced Keith Moon). Tom Petty & The Hearbreakers also launch a US tour.
- 1986 - The MTV Video Music Awards held in both Universal City (CA) and New York has a live performance by Van Halen broadcast from New Haven, CT.
- 1987 - Peter Gabriel’s hit “Sledgehammer” cleans house at the MTV music awards winning best male performance, best overall performance in a video, best concept video, and several others. Aerosmoth perform “Walk This Way” with Run DMC.
- 1996 - David Bowie is the first major recording artist to release a song (”Telling Lies”) exclusively on the Internet.
- 1996 - A major, though typical, argument between Liam and Noel Gallagher results in the cancellation of the remaining dates on an Oasis U.S. tour.
- 2005 - Jimi Hendrix’s childhood home is relocated across the street from the legendary guitarist’s grave site. The lot is purchased by the treasurer of the James Marshall Hendrix Foundation. The house, the subject of a four year court battle, was moved from its original site in 2001.
- 2007 - Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder performs at the Toronto International Film Festival for the world premiere of the movie Body Of War, a documentary about an Iraq war veteran paralyzed by a bullet wound. Vedder composed two songs for the film saying he was motivated to contribute music partly by the deaths of nine fans during the band’s set at Denmark’s Roskilde Festival in ‘00. “I have a hard time thinking that . . . Dick Cheney or George Bush (have) had this close an experience with tragic death right in front of them,” states Vedder.
- 2007 - Heart frontwoman Ann Wilson’s debut solo album “Hope & Glory” is released. The set’s first single is a remake of Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song.” “Our version starts a little like a little dot on the horizon, but by the time it’s done you’ve been overrun by all the barbarians,” says Wilson. The album has 11 covers including “Goodbye Blue Sky” (Pink Floyd), “We Gotta Get Out of This Place” (The Animals) and “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall” (Bob Dylan). Sister Nancy, Wynonna, Lucinda Williams and k.d. lang contribute.
- 2007 - Genesis release their “Turn It On Again” compilation. It is a two disc set with 34 tracks that include works from Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins.
- 2008 - The Eagles cancel their Houston, TX show due to hurricane Ike.
Posted on Sep 10, 2009 under Today in Rock |
Something must be in the water around January that improves dexterity - a lot of drummers and guitarists are celebrating their birthdays today!
- 1925 - Roy Robinson was born.
- 1939 - Cynthia Lennon (John Lennon’s first wife) was born.
- 1945 - Jose Feliciano was born.
- 1946 - Danny Hutton (Three Dog Night - vocal) was born.
- 1949 - Barriemore Barlow (Jethro Tull - drummer) was born.
- 1950 - Don Powell (Slade - drums) was born.
- 1950 - Joe Perry (Aerosmith - guitar) was born.
- 1957 - Siobhan Fahey (Bananarama / Shakespear’s Sister - vocal / keyboard / guitar) was born.
- 1960 - Dave Lowry (Cracker - guitar)) was born.
- 1964 - Rod Stewart releases his first single, “Good Morning Little School Girl“.
- 1966 - Robin Goodrich (Bush - drummer) was born.
- 1966 - The Monkees release their first major single, “The Last Train to Clarksville.
- 1973 - The BBS bans the Rolling Stone’s song “Star, Star” because of the repeated f-bombs. (I guess that was before beeps?).
- 1983 - The Clash announce that Mick Jones has been removed from the group. Neither recover.
- 1988 - Interesting spread of genres on the charts - #1 is Guns ‘N Roses - Sweet Child of Mine, #2 is Robert Palmer - Simply Irresistible, #5 is Van Halen - When It’s Love, AC/DC’s Flick of the Switch is also on the charts.
- 1994 - The Oasis’ debut album, “Definitely Maybe” is released. Laim and Noel never stop fighting afterwords.
- 2005 - Green Day, U2, Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington, Audioslave, 3 Doors Down, Staind, Kid Rock, Motley Crue, Dave Matthews Band and Nine Inch Nails (fronted by former New Orleans resident Trent Reznor) perform at ReAct Now: Music & Relief, for victims of Hurricane Katrina. The massively destructive hurricane rolled through New Orleans. The program airs live on MTV, MTV2, VH1, VH1 Classic and CMT. Viewers call-in donations to the American Red Cross and other relief organizations. “To see a place you have spent a good portion of your life in destroyed is overwhelming,” writes Reznor. His performance of “Hurt” and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ acoustic rendition of “Under the Bridge” are among the show’s highlights.
- 2006 - On the 18th Season opener, Metallica get animated on the Simpsons. James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujilio all record their own voices.
Posted on Sep 09, 2009 under Today in Rock |
Sorry I haven’t had this posted too much recently, to say work has been busy would be the understatement of the year but I should be posting this back on a regular basis.
- 1941 - Otis Redding (Dock of the Bay) was born.
- 1946 - Doug Ingle (Iron Butterfly - singer, organ, songwriter) was born.
- 1952 - Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) was born.
- 1954 - Alan Freed begins to work on WINS in New York.
- 1971 - John Lennon releases his “Imagine” album.
- 1971 - David Bowie signs with RCA records for North America.
- 1978 - Foreigner’s second album, “Double Vision” peaks at #3 on the US chart.
- 1992 - Van Halen’s “Right Now” video wins the MTV’s Best Video award. Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” wins best alternative music video and best new artist video. During the performance, Chris Novoselic throws his bass in the air, it lands on his head and knocks him unconscious. Cobain also got into a large argument with Axle Rose backstage.
- 1996 - Bill Monroe (Bluegrass legend) died.
- 1998 - Former Sex Pistols Johnny Rotten appears on the Judge Judy show. He is accused of using his head (as in a head-butt) to resolve a contract dispute.
- 2005 - Foo Fighters and U2 perform on Shelter From the Storm to raise special aid for the victims of hurricane Katrina.
- John Mellencamp, Neil Young, and Willie Nelson headline Farm Aid.
- 2007 - 15 years later, at the MTV Music awards, Kid Rock gets into a fight with Tommy Lee. Meanwhile, Britney Spears stumbles though the show’s opening while the Foo Fighters are “holed up”
in their hotel suite.
- 2008 - AC/DC releases the director’s cut verison of their No Bull concert video (from their 1996 concert in Madrid, Spain).
- 2008 - John Mellencamp performs at a benefit in New York City to raise money for the National September 11 Memorial and Museum.
- 2008 - Peter Buck’s Rickenbacker guitar is stolen after an R.E.M. concert in Helsinki, Finland. Buck had used the guitar live and in the studio since 1982. The band offers a “no questions asked” reward for the guitar’s return.
- 2009 - Rock Band, The Beatles Edition, is released for Wii, XBox, and Playstation 3. Also released is a complete studio catalog in a boxed set.
- 2009 - Mark Knopfler (Dire Straights) headlines an invitation only benefit for the Prince’s Trust charity to raise money for disadvantaged youth in the UK.
