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W♥M232: Morrissey v Bowie

W♥M232: Morrissey v Bowie (34 mins) Read More Morrissey "Oh here is your audience now, and they're screaming: get off the stage..." - Morrissey. The Mopefather Morrissey's World Peace is None of Your Business is one of his finest album. … David Bowie There is no one closely associated with the Holiday Christmas spirit than Bing Crosby.... who could forget his rendition of "White Christmas" or his duet with the The Thin White Duke David Bowie? …

This is a bonus episode of W♥M, starring Vu, Emily and Cristina.

Random topics (warning: contains spoilers):

Emily's show of 2014 year is Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.

Doctor Who is out of control for nerd people.

Cristina finally on the Game of Thrones train! Game of Thrones is Vu's favorite show.

The secret history of David Bowie and Morrissey.

At one time (circa 1992-1995), Bowie and Morrissey were friends. Post-1995, Bowie and Morrissey were no longer friends. What happened? Apparently, among the 228 Morrissey cancelled tour dates, Morrissey dropped out of the David Bowie's The Outside Tour, forcing him to find an opener replacement at the last minute.

In an interview with the Times Magazine (Saturday, Nov. 6, 1999), Morrissey said he left the tour due to pressure: ""I have never spoken about this up until now because, in spite of everything, I do respect David [Bowie]. I simply have to play Star Man or Drive-in Saturday and I will forgive him for anything. But I left that tour because he put me under a lot of pressure, and I found it too exhausting."

Last year, when Morrissey wanted to use a photo of David Bowie and Morrissey together for his re-mastered/reissued of "The Last of the Famous International Playboys" single, Bowie did not grant permission... and in typical Morrissey fashion, he also added that "Bowie has no legal rights to the photograph."

Plus: extra bonus - David Bowie's teeth!!!

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W♥M231: Santa in the Ghetto (21 December 2014) Vu + Cristina W♥M230: Best of 2014 Albums (20 December 2014) Vu + Emily W♥M229: Hating You For Christmas (15 December 2014) Vu + Emily W♥M228: Christmas Will Be Magic (08 December 2014) Vu + John W♥M227: Reissues Reissues Reissues (25 November 2014) Vu + Emily W♥M226: Riot Grrrls 2014 (23 November 2014) Vu + Emily

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W♥M231: Santa in the Ghetto

W♥M231: Santa in the Ghetto (54 mins) Read More Run-DMC It St. Patrick's Day tomorrow, and in the spirit of the season I'm posting up this mash up of Run-DMC's It's Tricky and The Dubliner's Whiskey in the Jar. The Pogues's version is involved also, as MacGowan's slurring gets a feature. .…

The Christmas episode with Cristina and Vu.

Christmas 2014:

Band Aid 30 recorded the new 2014 version of "Do They Know It's Christmas" to fight Ebola.

The Godfather of Soul, James Brown's "Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto" from the holiday album A Soulful Christmas (1968).

They Might Be Giants' "Santa's Beard", a song about a cheating wife with Santa Clause from Lincoln (1988), but later collected on EP Holidayland in 2001.

Run D.M.C.'s "Christmas in Hollis" single from the compilation album A Very Special Christmas (1987)

The samples from "Christmas in Hollis" was taken from Clarence Carter's "Back Door Santa", the song was taken from the compilation album Soul Christmas (1968).

BONUS:

She Wants Revenge is a darkwave band.

Placebo's Brian Molko got compared to Suede's Richard Oaks.

Cristina's new favorite band is Turkey's She Past Away (should that be 'she passed away'?). The band's only album is 2012's Belirdi Gece.

Much Music, MTV, Palladia, telephone services.

Vu has seen the Selena (1997) movie.

Cristina has seen the INXS Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of INXS 2014 movie.

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W♥M230: Best of 2014 Albums (20 December 2014) Vu + Emily W♥M229: Hating You For Christmas (15 December 2014) Vu + Emily W♥M228: Christmas Will Be Magic (08 December 2014) Vu + John W♥M227: Reissues Reissues Reissues (25 November 2014) Vu + Emily W♥M226: Riot Grrrls 2014 (23 November 2014) Vu + Emily W♥M225: Party Line (16 November 2014) Vu + Sally

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W♥M186: Goblin

W♥M186 (80 mins) Read More Podcasts The legendary Ryan is back on W♥M Radio! We recorded a special "tech-talk" section, but I will have to save it for a future non-music podcast. .…

Cristina makes her annual W♥M Radio appearance!

Empire of the Sun
The Australian duo is currently on tour in America in support of their latest album Ice On The Dune, which Cristina thinks is too pop and did not like it. Vu still hasn't heard it, but will experience those new songs live when he sees them in Minneapolis on September 16th at the State Theatre.

See their entire tour dates listed here.

Depeche Mode/Justice/Afrika Bambaataa
Expensive concert tickets. If Vu is lucky, he's getting one ticket to see Depeche Mode tomorrow (August 27th). Cristina, on the other hand spent $50 to see DJ duos Justice. On the opposite pricing ($0), she randomly saw Afrika Bambaataa for free.

Morrissey
Morrissey is on Vu's death-watch, however, Cristina offered a brighter perspective on the last tour cancellation.

While we wait to hear more touring announcements from Morrissey, Specticast is releasing Morrissey 25: Live From Hollywood High in theaters this week (August 29th) as a live event movie.

Check with your local theater listing for dates and times.

Peelander-Z
Peelander-Z lost Peelander-Red last year, so Cristina talked about the final Red show.

Peelander-Z is back with Purple who played on their eight studio album called Metalander-Z, this time inspired by 80s "metal" bands like Cinderella, Def Leopard, AC/DC and Motley Cru, etc.

Metalander-Z comes out September 10th, via Chicken Ranch Records… just in time for their September tour:

09/11 Pittsburgh, PA @ 31st St. Pub
09/12 Toledo, OH @ Frankie’s
09/13 Canton, OH @ The Auricle
09/15 Chicago, IL @ Riot Fest
09/17 Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium
09/19 Madison, WI @ The Frequency
09/20 Ames, IA @ The Maintenance Shop
09/22 Denver, CO @ Riot Fest
09/26 Norman, OK @ Opolis
09/27 Dallas, TX @ Three Links
09/28 Austin, TX @ Mohawk
10/25 Jefferson, LA @ House of Shock Haunted House
10/26 Mobile, AL @ Alabama Music Box

Howard Jones/The Fixx/Greg Kihn Band
Some random 80s heroes. We love all three of Howard Jones' hits, "What is Love?" and "the two other ones". The Fixx is back with their classic lineup, releasing a 10th studio album called Beautiful Friction in 2012.

Speaking of 80s, The Greg Kihn Band had two big hits ("The Breakup Song" and "Jeopardy"), which you can probably hear live at one of their show. Oddly enough, he is releasing a novel called Rubber Soul, which is an imagined mystery story about the Beatles. Who said they don't write them like that anymore? The book comes out September 3rd.

Catch Greg Kihn at these "kihncerts":

Sep 03 Rubber Soul Release San Francisco, CA
Oct 12 Kihncert 2013 Morgan Hill, CA
Oct 19 Ramona Mainstage Ramona, CA
Nov 01 Firehouse Arts Center Pleasanton, CA
Nov 02 Firehouse Arts Center Pleasanton, CA

Goblin
Italian instrumental/soundtrack/prog rock band, Goblin, will be playing a number of live dates in the U.S., for the first time ever. Dates are set in October (Halloween, anyone?), so be sure to check them out if the show is not already sold out.

10/01 The Loft - Atlanta, GA
10/03 Orange Peel - Asheville, NC
10/04 Ottobar - Baltimore, MD
10/05 Underground Arts - Philadelphia, PA
10/06 Music Hall Of Williamsburg - New York, NY
10/07 Webster Hall - New York, NY
10/09 Sinclair Boston, MA
10/10 Le National - Montreal, QC
10/11 Opera House - Toronto, ON
10/12 Crofoot Ballroom - Detroit, MI
10/13 Metro - Chicago, IL
10/15 Gothic Theatre - Denver, CO
10/17 Rickshaw Theatre - Vancouver, BC
10/18 Neumos - Seattle, WA
10/19 Hawthorne Theater - Portland, OR
10/20 Regency Ballroom - San Francisco, CA
10/21 Egyptian Theater - L.A., CA
10/22 Egyptian Theater - L.A., CA
10/23 Egyptian Theater - L.A., CA
10/25 Housecore Horror Festival - Austin TX
10/27 Goblin Play Suspiria - Austin TX

Bonus: Norman Reedus and the Walking Dead, The Bridge (U.S. version), The Baby (1973 Horror movie), IAMX's inability to walk straight, Vu's confusing Cult/Church moment, and Asia Argento's naked ambition.

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W♥M111: NXNE

W♥M111 (30 mins) Listening options: Archive.org: W♥M111

NXNE is coming, June 13-19, 2011, in Toronto, Canada. I am flying in on the 12th, and I guess will be doing touristy things in the city. If you want to hang out, send me a note. The music portion, as far as looking at the schedule, doesn't actually start until Wednesday, the 15th. Which means, I have a lot of time to kill, perhaps I'll attend some of the movies that NXNE has to offer (I am probably going to try and make it to "Upside Down – The Creation Records Story", a documentary about Creation Records). I have gone on record and stated that I think Alan McGee is a genius.

Bands on NXNE that Cristina and I touched on:

Men Without Hats: Love them. Can't believe they are still around. Basically cannot wait to hear them play their big two hit songs, "The Safety Dance" ("because if your friends don't dance, then they're no friends of mine!") and "Pop Goes the World".

Evan Dando and Juliana Hatfield: I haven't seen either bands (Lemonheads or Juliana Hatfield Three), so I am definitely excited to see them for the first time. Lara claims that Dando brings a sort of time machine with him: to the year 1992.

The Pharcyde: Cristina seems more excited about this 90s hip hop band, who, to be honest, I was never into hip hop - but if they are playing, I'll check them out!

Art Brut: I think they're really, really funny. They also love their comic books (they have a fascination with American comics, because they're from the UK). I've seen them before, but I'll love to see them again. See below for more Art Brut dates:

6/15 - Chicago at Double Door
6/16 - Cleveland at Beachland Ballroom
6/17 - Toronto at Mod Club
6/18 - Montreal at Il Motore
6/20 - Boston at Brighton Music Hall
6/21 - Hoboken at Maxwells
6/22 - DC at Black Cat
6/23 - Brooklyn at Music Hall Williamsburg
8/27 - Los Angeles at Sunset Junction Festival

Peelander-Z: Recently added to the bill. They're playing a few dates, one of which I cannot make it to. It'll be good to see them again.

Washington: Also a late addition (she wasn't on the initial lineup), but I'll finally get a chance to see her. She canceled her Minneapolis show, so this will be my first time seeing her in Canada. First song of the show is Washington's "Sunday's Best".

Click "read more" to see the entire schedule for NXNE (or head over to nxne.com). So many of the bands starts at 9pm, so it's definitely not an all-day party as far as it compared to SXSW.

BONUS
Two interesting Peelander-Z projects coming up, including Peewonder-Z, the sister band of Peelander-Z, and TheBlackCherry, a side project of Peelander-Green (aka Cherry) and Peelander-Black.

Both Peewonder-Z and TheBlackCherry are playing at Death By Audio in New York on June 9^th, details on fb.com

Also, Australia's The Panda Band has return with their single, "The Fix", which is available as a free download. Second song of the show is Panda Band's "The Fix".

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W♥M110: "Macho Man" Randy Savage RIP

W♥M110 (24min) Listening options: Archive.org: W♥M110

Cristina and I did a "Macho Man" Randy Savage and NXNE recording, which I had to split up in two parts. The first part is about Macho Man, which did run a little too long (about ten minutes).

As a child growing up in the 80s and 90s, I watched a lot of WWF (later WWE, no thanks to the World Wildlife Fund). Was never a fan of NWA (later WCW), the league that generally had "Nature Boy" Ric Flair as champion. As Cristina said, they were also considered a second-rate wrestling compared to WWF.

I have a lot of good memories of watching Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, André the Giant, Big John Studd, Jake the Snake, Hulk Hogan, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, the Heart Foundation, and, of course, "Macho Man" Randy Savage. They were all so colorful! They were always fueding with each other.

A little trivia, but did you know many stars of wrestlers are from Minnesota? Sure, we all know Jesse "The Body" Ventura is from here, but Minnesota is home of these wrestlers: Barry Darsow, Greg Gagne, Verne Gagne, "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig, Nikita "The Russian Nightmare" Koloff, Bam Neely, "Mean" Gene Okerlund (technically not a wrestler), "Ravishing" Rick Rude, and Tom Zenk.

Bonus section: HBO's Game of Thrones! What a great show, I'm really enjoying the plot. Episode eight, to air next Sunday, will feature George R.R. Martin's script for the show (most of the previous episodes were written by David Benioff & D. B. Weiss, based on Martin's first book of A Song of Ice and Fire).

Other bonus song is Phoebe Cates & Bill Wray's song "Just One Touch", which appeared on the soundtrack for the sex comedy film, Private School (1982).

Join us next week for an epic NXNE preview podcast!

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W♥M107: Cover Lover Special

W♥M107 (57min: archive )

Part of the Cover Lover series: this week is Cristina's choices.

This show is pretty epic. We planned on five cover songs and maybe 30 minutes of talk-time. Unfortunately, we derailed. As usual. We spent a lot of time talking about the Runaways. Well maybe it was mostly Cristina talking about the movie, since I haven't seen it. But it was good, the whole thing reminds me of The Fabulous Stains. Incidentally, we kept referring to the punk band as The Professionals, but, in fact, the band was called The Looters (which I have misheard as The Losers when I first saw the movie - which on retrospect, that is a better name).

Grace Jones' version of "She's Lost Control", changing the meaning of the song from the original Joy Division version.

Bimbo Jet's "El Bimbo", which is based on an obscure Afghan song, "Tanha Shudham Tanha" by Ahmad Zahir. According to Wikipedia, it is Paul Mauriat's version that appears on Police Academy.

"Falling in Love" is an old German song, and was covered by many bands, including: Kevin Ayers, The Beatles, Christina Aguilera (dance version), Nina Simone, and Claudine Longet. But the version Cristina loves is the Adicts' version.

Song of the week is Adicts' "Falling in Love".

"Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)" is a classic punk song from The Buzzcocks. The cover version by Fine Young Cannibals is pretty awesome too. Mostly because Roland Gift brings his own element to it with his vocals.

Luna was a 90s dreampop band from New York, who was probably most famous for that revenge-song “Slash Your Tires” off their debut album, Lunapark. After several years and dropping off their major Warner Brothers label, they released The Days of Our Nights under an indie label. Obviously, the album didn’t do that well, but on the album, they closed out with Guns n Roses cover “Sweet Child o’ Mine”. What I generally like about covers is that they try something different, and what’s different here is Dean Wareham’s calm, sad, dreamy vocals over the screamy metal quality of Axl Rose. Other covers we mentioned was Sheryl Crow and Ruby Isle's version. You can read the Ruby Isle/Mark Mallman details and free download here.

Bonus material includes:
Vu remembers man/woman Jane Child. Upon listening to her nowadays, she reminds me of La Roux. No seriously.
The Fighter movie and The Heavy band, "How Do You Like Me Now?"
Richard Cheese's "Ice Ice Baby". Yeahhhh baby.

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W♥M105: News of the Week

W♥M105 (27min: archive/podomatic/mypodcast)

Cristina and Vu talks news, despite just recovering from illness (illnesses?). There's just something about the start of a new season that does this to us. Next week we're doing the cover lover show - but this will take some multiple editing with multiple people - so send me your cover songs and if you want, I will call and have you included in the show.

Topics as follows:

BEADY EYE
Since Noel Gallagher left Oasis in late 2009, the rest of the band sort of just continued on as brother Liam eloquently puts it, “business as fookin’ usual”, writing new material under the guise of Beady Eye. A name I absolutely hate. I read somewhere that they sounded like “Oasis back to its roots” and I can tell you after listening to the album Different Gear, Still Speeding: it’s not to its original roots, but rather just a continuation of where Oasis left off. What I liked about it is that there are songs that tries to do something different (for instance, Oasis would’ve never had girl back up singers or fast-paced piano playing), but they still sound pretty much like “new” Oasis. Still, it should be interesting to see them live, how they match up to their former band - I suspect it’ll be pretty much exactly live minus Noel Gallagher.

MIKE STARR
Mike Starr, ex-Alice in Chains, passed away March 8th. He was the bassist up until Dirt (1993), and was displaced by another Mike (Inez) bassist. It would seem that he was a meth addict, having been arrested earlier last month for possessing controlled substances. I am coming under the conclusion that he died of a drug-related incident, but I haven’t seen any confirmation. On a related topic, singer Layne Staley died of a drug overdose in 2002.

SXSW 2011
SXSW just ended. The massive music+interactive+movies festival drew over 2,000 plus bands in the area. This year is supposed to be the “biggest yet’, and Dan was reporting LIVE from his iPhone by sending in pictures with brief commentaries to each band. He was really impressed by Carl Broemel from My Morning Jacket. He said he actually saw him by accident because he and his wife was getting brownies at St. David’s Bethell Hall and heard the music.

Song of the week is Carl Broemel's "Heaven Knows", which is available as a free download on his website.

BONUS:
Dexter explained and a bit about Wayne and the Flaming Lips.

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W♥M103: Potpourri (Outtakes #3)

W♥M103 (57min: archive/podomatic/mypodcast)

It's President's Day, so there's no new podcast this week.... instead here's another outtake episode.

New Vuart: What Jeopardy will be like in 2012

Failed podcast show with ******: the origin of ****** and Dungeon and Dragons. This show was interrupted because I had to leave in an emergency, so basically this is the only recording we've done.

Cristina talks Midnight Juggernaut and CMJ, this was never used on account that the regular show ran too long

Random magazine talk with Kristen whilst Sally goes to the toilet

Cristina and Vu talks gossips about Robert Rodriguez, Rose McGowan, Machete, "Don't!", and Buff

Music: La Sera and La Roux

Song of the week: Freemasons' "Heartbreak (Make Me a Dancer)", featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor on vocals

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W♥M100

W♥M100 (68min, 47mb)

This took ages to edit, it's over one hour and it's only part one. I have about two more hours to edit for part two, but I suspect part two are more or less throwaway bits because all relevant stuff (music-related) are put into part one.

So, one thing is certain: when Cristina and I get going, we tend to go off the rail. So a conversation will start with one topic and end up completely different, but the steps that gets there makes sense - at least to us.

We talked about a lot of things, but I've only included these items in part one:

Britpop, early W♥M, Coast, etc.

Peelander-Z

And Toni Halliday and Curve and Chatelaine.

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W♥M098: Do They Know It's Christmas?

W♥M098 [download (23min, 15mb)] (alternative)

Cristina's favorite Christmas songs:

The Damned - "There Ain't No Sanity Clause"
The Weather Girls - "Dear Santa"
Band Aid - "Do They Know It's Christmas?"

It's always a winding road when we talk, mostly because we get distracted so easily. The good news is that 90% of that is taken out in post-production. The bad news is that most of that randomness will appear on W♥M Radio #100.

Other music I used for #98: Black Box's "Everybody Everybody", The Weather Girls' "It's Raining Men", Peggy Lee's "Johnny Guitar", Black Box Recorder's "Andrew Ridgley", and Shakespeare's Sister's "Stay".

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