British Invasion Playlist and Thoughts

21 tracks from the United Kingdom to commemorate the wedding of Prince William and Princess Catherine and one song from Alabama to the people of Alabama and the South. I raise my coffee cup to royal couple. My prayers go to my fellow Americans. The South shall rise again.


PLAYLIST
1-The Cure “Friday I’m In Love”
2-PJ Harvey “This is Love”
3-Pet Shop Boys “West End Girls”
4-Dusty Springfield “Son of a Preacher Man”
5-Pet Shop Boys featuring Dusty Springfield “What Have I Done to Deserve This?”
6-Bush “Come Down”
7-Mumford & Sons “The Cave”
8-Spice Girls “Say You’ll Be There”
9-Friendly Fires “Paris”
10-Blur “Song 2”
11-The Kinks “Sunny Afternoon”
12-Franz Ferdinand “This Fire”
13-Travis “Sing”
14-Adele “Rolling in the Deep”
15-Rolling Stones “Satisfaction”
16-The Beatles “She Loves You”
17-Lynard Skynard "Sweet Home Alabama"
18-Fatboy Slim “The Rockafeller Shank”
19-Jamiroquai “Virtual Insanity”
20-Delphic “Doubt”
21-The Beatles “Glass Onion”
22-Elton John “Tiny Dancer”

The unofficial anthem for Alabama



The unofficial anthem for tiny dancers and karaoke singers



To help, visit redcross.org or contact your local Red Cross and/or charity and relief aid organizations. If you have the time, passion, and energy, start your own food or clothing drive.

Peace and love,

Eduardo

R.I.P. Empire Carpet Man

The Empire Carpet Man, a.k.a. Lynn Hauldren, died on Tuesday. He was 89. The advertising copywriter has been the spokesman for Empire Carpets for nearly 40 years.

He was known as a key singer in the barbershop quartet arena, recording several albums with the quartet, Chordiac Arrest, and a vocal ensemble called Chicago Natural Gas.

FIVE EIGHT EIGHT, TWO THREE-HUNDRED, EMPIRE!

Friendly Fires

This group from the UK have some very catchy and charming hooks and songs, including this track from her second album, Pala, which hits the streets on May 24th. They will also be in Chicago, performing at Lincoln Hall on Tuesday, May 31st. Tickets are 20 bucks, which is a pretty good deal. Drinks at the place, not so much, unless you enjoy spending $4.50 on some stale Bud Light.



Here is "Paris", released in 2008.

PLAYLIST FOR APRIL 22 SHOW

I wanna thank Diana once again for being such an awesome co-host. "The Attagag" received its highest ratings ever thanks to her awesomeness. I will def think about and try to have a co-host for the show either over the summer or next autumn.

Here is the playlist from the show. Tune in next week when I have all music from the UK.

PLAYLIST


EMF “Unbeliveable”
G Love “Milk and Sugar”
Foo Fighters “Dear Rosemary”
The Saturdays “Higher”
The Raveonettes “Recharge and Revolt”
The Band Perry “Double Heart”
White Stripes “Seven Nation Army”
Adele “Rolling in the Deep”
Maddi Jane “Jar of Hearts” (cover track from Christina Perry)
Garbage “Only Happy When It Rains”
Rihanna “Only Girl in the World”
Coldplay “Clocks”
Katy Perry “Firework”
Jimmy Eat World “Sweetness”
Ramon Ayala “Mil Flores de Mayo”
Kat DeLuna “Whine Up”
Muse “Uprising”
Shakira “Loca”
They Might Be Giants “The Sun”
Queen “We Will Rock You”
Mike Posner “Bow Chicka Wow Wow”
Cyndi Lauper “True Colors”
Will.i.am featuring Nicki Minaj “Check It Out”
Depeche Mode “Just Can’t Get Enough”

Happy Birthday Queen Elizabeth

To commemorate Her Majesty's 85th Birthday, here is the Sex Pistols with "God Save the Queen", a satirical track that was released during the Queen's Silver Jubilee in 1977. The single was barred from airplay in the UK. It peaked at #2 on the BBC Singles Charts regardless.

IN THE YEAR 2000: FLASHBACK SHOW

THEN AND NOW

In 2000
Rob Lowe was on NBC’s “The West Wing” as Sam Seaborn. He earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.

Tina Fey was a writer for “Saturday Night Live”. She made her debut as co-anchor of “Weekend Update” alongside Jimmy Fallon, who was the star of the show. He is unable to keep from "breaking" during every other sketch, making him appear unprofessional.

Edie Falco was starring in the HBO series “The Sopranos” as the matriarch of the complex Sopranos family dealing with several demons.

In 2011
Rob Lowe is on NBC’s “Parks and Recreation” as Chris Traeger. (“Ann Perkins!”). He will most likely earn an Emmy nomination (and win) for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

Tina Fey is a multiple-Emmy, Golden Globe, and SAG Award winner, creator and star of “30 Rock”. She also has a successful film career (Baby Mama, Date Night, and Megamind).

Jimmy Fallon is the host of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. He is still unable to keep a straight face during monologues or skits, making him appear unprofessional.

Edie Falco is starring in the Showtime series “Nurse Jackie” as the complex nurse dealing with several demons.


On HBO in 2000: “The Sopranos”, “Sex and the City”, “Band of Brothers”, “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
On HBO in 2011: “Game of Thrones”, "Funny or Die Presents", “Mildred Pierce”, “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (this fall)

GAS PRICES
2000: $1.56 a gallon
2011: $4.29 a gallon (as of 4.15.2011)


PLAYLIST
1) Destiny’s Child-Say My Name
2) Green Day-Minority
3) Linkin Park-One Step Closer
4) Hoku-Another Dumb Blonde
5) Nine Days-Absolutely (Story of a Girl)
6) Shaggy-It Wasn’t Me
7) SR-71-Right Now
8) Moby and Gwen Stefani-South Side
9) Rage Against the Machine-Renegades of Funk
10) Aaliyah-Try Again
11) Foo Fighters-Breakout
12) Beck-Sexx Laws
13) Incubus-Drive
14) Bush-The Chemicals Between Us
15) Britney Spears-Lucky
16) Matchbox 20-Bent
17) Mya-Case of the Ex
18) N*Sync-Bye Bye Bye
19) Macy Gray-I Try
20) Vertical Horizon-Everything You Want

Playlist for April 8, 2011

Today's show was kinda lousy. I promise next week's show is going to be excellent. I won't have any homework due at noon Friday so I can fully dedicate 110% of my energy to giving you the best morning drive show available on the Internet.

Peace.

Eddie

PLAYLIST

Green Day “Holiday”
Sex Pistols “Anarchy in the UK”
NIN “Capital G”
Oh Land “White Nights” (Remix)
R.E.M. “Losing My Religion”
OK Go “White Knuckles”
Robert Plant “Falling in Love Again”
Rage Against the Machine “Testify”
The Fratellis “Flathead”
Death Cab for Cutie “You are a Tourist”
Foster the People “Pumped Up Kicks”
All Time Low “I Feel like Dancin’”
The Strokes “Call Me Back”
Bob Dylan “Times They Are a Changin’”
Biz Markie “Just a Friend”
Simple Minds “Don’t You Forget About Me”
Local H “Eddie Vedder”
Lit “Miserable”
The Raveonettes “I Wanna Be Adored”
Friendly Fires “Photobooth”
Klaxons “Golden Skans”
White Lies “Farewell to the Playground”

New Music from Death Cab for Cutie

While the world seems to focused on Foo Fighters' new album (which should be available now before I resort to trying to find it on Torrent), Death Cab for Cutie released their new album this past week. Here's the first single off the album, Codes and Keys.

Queens of the Stone Age: Out of place at the Riv

The Riviera Theatre | 1 April 2011

A trend in music has developed over the past year or so. Rather than a band continue the cycle of releasing a new album every year or two, following by a tour to support the new album (and repeat this process until the inevitable breakup) the band will take a break and look back. This retrospective will come in the form of a re-release of a debut or earlier work (often the “signature” album of the band), followed by a small tour. Weezer followed this formula (sort of) when they were last in town. Their latest album, Hurley, was released last September. When they performed in Chicago in January, they played songs from their albums Weezer (The Blue Album, released in 1994) and Pinkerton (released in 1996).
Queens of the Stones will re-release their self-titled debut on April 19th.
     They have been touring the country since March 16th and the intimate yet stuffy Riviera Theatre in Uptown was one of their stops. The material off that album, which was released in 1998, is vastly different than their latter-day works, particularly their last studio album, Era Vulgarius, which was released a decade later. The debut is more hardcore and has more intense riffs than “Little Sister” and “No One Knows.”


One question I asked myself before I arrived at the Riviera was why on Earth would QotSA perform at such a small venue. Unless they were trying to state that they wanted to go back to their roots (which is too obvious and trying too hard, especially when re-releasing an early work), they definitely could (and should) have played at a larger venue. The Riviera is way too small and overheated for a hard rock concert. They could perform and sell out the Chicago Theatre or a mid-size amphitheatre like Northerly Island.
     It also doesn’t help that mosh pits were formed behind every other song and people were lighting up cigarettes and (possibly) marijuana during the opening act, which was a 1950s era rockabilly band that one spectator called “The Four Seasons”, and the first half of OotSA’s set. It was like being in a concert from 2000 or in a foreign country where no smoking ordinances exist. (I attended a concert at a discreet hole-in-the-wall in Mexico City over spring break. They still have ash trays at the tables and sell cigarettes along with drinks at the bar.)

     The mosh pits were different than what I’ve seen in other concerts. These were civilized mosh pits. Every time someone flew down, several other mosh pit participants would help them back up, ask if he was okay, and they would continue their action. The mosh pits were unusually synchronized. The guys involved took turns running around, slamming into each other’s chests, heads, and sides, and jumping up and down constantly while the wall of people immediately surrounding the mosh pit kept them inside the circle and/or shielded the rest of the crowd.
     I would have enjoyed QofSA’s performance more if I was able to hear lead singer Josh Homme’s voice throughout a majority of the songs. (I did hear him loud and clear during the encore when they performed 4 songs, including “Little Sister”) I’m still not sure if his barely audible singing was intentional or accidential. To be honest, the mosh pits were a bit more distracting and entertaining. I’m sure some of them forgot that the band was performing right in front of them at one point or another. #

Playlist for April 1, 2011

PLAYLIST

Lenny Kravitz “Fly Away”
Phoenix “Lisztomania”
Foo Fighters “Rope”
Heartless Bastards “Out to Sea”
Elton John “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”
Paulina Rubio “Te Quise Tanto”
Paulina Rubio “Don’t Say Goodbye”
Delphic “Counterpoint”
TV on the Radio “Will Do”
LEN “Steal My Sunshine”
Peter Bjorn and John “Breaker”
Taio Cruz featuring Travie McCoy “Higher”
Adele “Rolling in the Deep”
Queens of the Stone Age “Feel Good Hit of the Summer”
Darwin Deez “Bad Day”
Gold Panda “Vanilla Minus”
The Airborne Toxic Event “Changing”
Interpol “Barricade”
Mana “Angel de Amor”
The Raveonettes “Love in a Trashcan”
Sleigh Bells “Rill Rill”
Edward Maya “Stereo Love”
Dan Black “Symphonies”
The Kills “Tape Song”
Bloc Party “Flux”
Sick Puppies “Riptide”
White Lies “Farewell to the Fairground”
Kings of Leon “Radioactive”
The Zombies “Time of the Season”
Duck Sauce “Barbra Streisand”

New Music!

TV on the Radio's new single "Will Do". Great song. Their new LP, Nine Types of Light, hits shelves and iTunes on April 12th. 

http://www.youtube.com/user/bluedemondancer?feature=mhum

Also check out this dance channel from DePaul's very own Bluedemondancer. She has over 75 music videos to date.