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W♥M is celebrating our seventh anniversary this January 25th, 2014.
Coincidentally, we are also celebrating the 200th episode of W♥M Radio.
Our guests Vu, John, and Emily, discussed:
Beatles in America - the 50th anniversary
90s band reforming:
Guns 'n Roses
Rage Against the Machine
My Bloody Valentine
Garbage
Afghan Whigs
How music has changed throughout the years
Music Blogs
MP3
iPhone changing the state of live music
Memorable Shows
Vintage Trouble
Prince
Gene
Vinyl Revival
Cassettes Revival
Song of the show: Prince and The New Power Generation's "Seven"
Bonus: More Beatles rants
Speaking of anniversary, The Beatles' landmark 50th anniversary in America is taking place this year. Capitol Records, not content with milking music fans from the previous 50th Anniversary or various remastered reissues, is launching a massive Beatles in America campaign.
The Rolling Stone latest issue (January 16th, 2014) featured a cover and rather lengthy article on the Beatles in America. Their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show drew in over 73 million viewers on February 9th, and launched a very successful career of the band.
Itunes has a whole page on The Beatles, touting Beatles music on "iTunes Radio". You can buy their entire discography for a pittance of $120.
A lot of bands that I grew up in the early 90s are riding that nostalgia train, which I really don't have a problem with. I was lucky enough to have caught them the first time around, so seeing them in their current state, some twenty years later, I can really appreciate them now.
So I would say that since 2010, there this might be the decade of the 90s revival bands. Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Green Day, Eve 6, Garbage, Limp Bizkit, NIN, My Bloody Valentine, Pavement, Smashing Pumpkins, Stone Roses, Blur, oh so many bands to name, are all giving it a last hoorah. Some people are saying they sold-out or cashing in, but who cares? I love it, and I think it's great for both fans who caught them the first time around and those who were too young to have seen them.
Of course, some bands are not around anymore, bands like Gene (Mel capture this great moment from nearly 20 years ago) and Oasis, for example.
All of Gene's albums are being re-released in double disc deluxe CD edition on February 7th, 2014, via Demon Music Group. I may have mentioned that they were all on vinyl, but the fact is only Libertine is on vinyl since they own the legal rights to it. Also, unfortunately, if you live in the US, you have to import this, as their release rights only extends to the UK.
To celebrate, there is a listening party at Camden Barfly in London, February 6th, 2014. London, can you wait? Not for Martin Rossiter, apparently. His name is clearly not mentioned on the promotional flyer, indicating that Steve Lamacq will be doing a Q&A with the band.
200 is a lot of episodes. If you are interested in download some old episodes, head over to archive.org.
This is what the first ten episodes look like:
Coincidentally, we are also celebrating the 200th episode of W♥M Radio.
Our guests Vu, John, and Emily, discussed:
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Rolling Stone #1200 (16 Jan 2014)
Rolling Stone LLC
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Itunes has a whole page on The Beatles, touting Beatles music on "iTunes Radio". You can buy their entire discography for a pittance of $120.
A lot of bands that I grew up in the early 90s are riding that nostalgia train, which I really don't have a problem with. I was lucky enough to have caught them the first time around, so seeing them in their current state, some twenty years later, I can really appreciate them now.
So I would say that since 2010, there this might be the decade of the 90s revival bands. Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Green Day, Eve 6, Garbage, Limp Bizkit, NIN, My Bloody Valentine, Pavement, Smashing Pumpkins, Stone Roses, Blur, oh so many bands to name, are all giving it a last hoorah. Some people are saying they sold-out or cashing in, but who cares? I love it, and I think it's great for both fans who caught them the first time around and those who were too young to have seen them.
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Gene Reissue Flyer
photo: facebook
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All of Gene's albums are being re-released in double disc deluxe CD edition on February 7th, 2014, via Demon Music Group. I may have mentioned that they were all on vinyl, but the fact is only Libertine is on vinyl since they own the legal rights to it. Also, unfortunately, if you live in the US, you have to import this, as their release rights only extends to the UK.
To celebrate, there is a listening party at Camden Barfly in London, February 6th, 2014. London, can you wait? Not for Martin Rossiter, apparently. His name is clearly not mentioned on the promotional flyer, indicating that Steve Lamacq will be doing a Q&A with the band.
200 is a lot of episodes. If you are interested in download some old episodes, head over to archive.org.
This is what the first ten episodes look like:
| Show | Guests | Song of the Show | Duration |
| 001 Reason is Treason | Vu | Kasabian - 'Reason is Treason' | 07:51 |
| 002 Flowers from the Man Who Shot Your Cousin | Vu and Ryan | Flowers From the Man Who Shot Your Cousin - 'Lay Down Your Arms' | 10:08 |
| 003 The Young Knives/Fancy Bastard | Vu and Ryan | The Young Knives - 'Weekends & Bleakdays (Hot Summer)' | 19:11 |
| 004 Morrissey | Vu, Christina (Valley Girl), and Ryan | Colin Meloy - 'Everyday is Like Sunday' | 16:39 |
| 005 Jill Barber and Mook is MIA | Vu and Ryan | Loons – 'The Way The Rain Drives In' | 20:12 |
| 006 Jazzcast | Vu and Dave | Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach - 'A Little Max' | 15:31 |
| 007 The Last Town Chorus, The Plastiscines, and the Coathangers | Vu and Ryan | The Plastiscines - '(Zazie Fait De La) Bicyclette' | 10:23 |
| 008 Luciano Pavarotti | Vu and Christina (Valley Girl) | Luciano Pavarotti - 'Caruso' | 08:00 |
| 009 We Heart Music's Diner | Vu | DNA/Suzanne Vega - 'Tom's Diner' | 14:16 |
| 010 Trevor from Ariel Publicity | Vu and Trevor | Adam Von Baron - 'In My House' | 17:17 |
NOTE: You can tell I was still trying to get the hang of recording audio for the podcast. I experimented with various audio recording software, but eventually picked Call Graph because it's free and it's reliable.
Go to Podcast Archive Page for more information.
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