No 40 ounces of caffeinated Slurpee goodness for me this weekend, which is probably a good thing. I did get brought into a wiffle ball game as a closer, striking out one and giving up a hit on a pitch I threw between my legs. Good times...
So, as I'm sure you all have noticed from the music I play that I'm a big supporter of local and independent music. With the consolidation of record labels and radio stations, we all need to do our part in making sure independent music is getting heard and not just what the big corporations want us to hear. One great way to do that is to support listener powered KEXP. KEXP is a public radio station that offers a mix of music that can't be heard anywhere else, entertaining listeners in Seattle at 90.3, in the South Sound at 91.7, and streaming live around the world at KEXP.org. After you hear some great artists on KEXP and you want to go out and buy their album, why not go to an independent record store while you're at it. Sonic Boom Records can be found in Fremont, Ballard, and Capitol Hill, with their new Vinyl Shop open underneath the Fremont location.
Not registered to vote yet? Well what are you waiting for? Register today! I'm not joking around. Seriously. Don't make me come over there.
Happy Last Week of June,
Larry
The Nut Bar
Name That Band Contest!
Okay, time for some fun. Some of the folks from Hello From Waveland have started a new band and are looking for a name. As a way to give them a hand I'm offering up a contest of sorts, something I'll call the "Name that Band Contest!" Send me your entries for a band name by Saturday, July 3rd and the entry with the best name will get a CD (I'll let you pick). Then, if the band picks your name they'll give you something extra special, in addition to the satisfaction of seeing the name you came up with in lights.
Shows This Week
6/28
The Three Imaginary Girls are guest bartenders! - Hattie's Hat (6pm)
Rachael Yamagata, Jonathan Rice - Crocodile
6/30
Melissa Auf Der Maur, Kane Hodder - Graceland
DJ Premiere (of GangStarr), DJs Haul & Mason, DJs Scene & B-Mello - Chop Suey
7/1
Al Green - Paramount Theatre
7/2
No Vote Left Behind presents: DJ Mama Cassarole, DJ Super Jew, The New Fangs - Hideaway
Rush - White River Amphitheatre
7/3
MC5 (w/Evan Dando and Mark Arm), Suffrajet - Neumo's
The Playlist (sorry, no timestamps this week)
Rachael Yamagata - 1963
Graham Travis - So Wonderful
Guster - Amsterdam
The Long Winters - Cinnamon
Snow Patrol - Run
Ryan Adams - Wish You Were Here
The Stills - Let's Roll
The Veils - Lavinia
Coldplay - Clocks
The Flaming Lips - It's Summertime
The Format - Tune Out
South - Colours in Waves
Pretty Girls Make Graves - All Medicated Geniuses
Mission of Burma - What We Really Were
McLusky - Falco vs. The Young Canoeist
Murder City Devils - Lemuria Rising
Modest Mouse - The World at Large
The Postal Service - We Will Become Silhoettes
Jem - Come on Closer
Basement Jaxx - Right Here's the Spot
Stereolab - Hillbilly Motorbike
Tahiti 80 - Soul Deep
Belle & Sebastian - Asleep on a Sunbeam
Sun Kil Moon - Gentle Moon
Iron & Wine - Naked as We Came
M. Ward - Let's Dance
Menomena - The Late Great Libido
The Decemberists - Los Angeles, I'm Yours
The Jayhawks - Tailspin
The Mellors - Route 44
Rocky Votolato - The City is Calling
Jesse Sykes - Your Eyes Told
The Radio Nationals - Black Lung
Pedro the Lion - The Fleecing
Bobby Bare Jr. - Let's Rock & Roll
Wilco - Muzzle of Bees
The Minus 5 - The Town that Lost Its Groove Supply
Billy Bragg - She Came Along to Me
Neil Finn - Human Kindness
Nada Surf - Fruit Fly
Camper Van Beethoven - Take the Skinheads Bowling
The Ramones - Suzy is a Headbanger
The Streets - Blinded by the Lights
DJ Nu-Mark - Hands On
Lifesavas - Resist
Lyrics Born - The Last Trumpet
Mr. Lif - A Glimpse at the Struggle
The Roots - You Got Me
Ramsey Lewis - Do What You Wanna (Mr. Scruff's Soul Party Mix)
TV on the Radio - Dreams
A.C. Newman - Drink to Me, Babe, Then
The New Pornographers - It's Only Divine Right
PJ Harvey - Shame
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