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Bernadette Peters leans forward to discuss the recording of the "Sunday in the Park with George" album with Stephen Sondheim and producer Thomas Z. Shepard in June 1984. |
10 Stephen Sondheim songs we'll never stop listening to [NPR]
See photos inside the Broadway community’s Times Square tribute to Stephen Sondheim [Playbill]
PJ Harvey announces Let England Shake vinyl reissue, shares demo [Pitchfork]
Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood’s new band The Smile rehearse on Instagram. [Stereogum]
Neil Young to Unearth 1987 Lost Recordings Summer Songs [Spin]
Brian May Addresses Controversial Comments Made About Trans People: ‘My Words Were Subtly Twisted’ [Spin]
Lin-Manuel Miranda Says Putting Hamilton on Disney+ Amplified Demand for the Broadway Show [Playbill]
Broadway's The Lehman trilogy to be adapted into television series [Broadway.com]
Dave Grohl is doing some Hanukkah sessions. Check out the archive of the week here. [Spin]
Yo La Tengo have been playing their playing their traditional Hanukkah Run back to the Bowery Ballroom. Check out this week's jams here. [Jambase]
Wilco’s Solid Sound Fest 2022 dates (tickets on sale this week) [Brooklyn Vegan]
R.E.M. release newly restored version of ‘Electrolite’ video. [Spin]
Kim Gordon releases ‘Grass Jeans’ to benefit Texas abortion rights group. [Spin]
Phoebe Bridgers covers Tom Waits’ “Day After Tomorrow” for annual Christmas charity release. [The Line of Best Fit]
NPR's list of best albums of 2021is out. Here is their number 1 pick:
Music History
[Courtesy of calendar.songfacts.com ]
November 29
2001: George Harrison succumbs to lung cancer at age 58. His final hours are spent with his wife, son, and musician Ravi Shankar at his side.
November 30
1979: Pink Floyd's album The Wall is released, seeing out the '70s in spectacular fashion as it sells over 13 million copies. The powerful concept album's themes of isolation and despair resonate with legions of fans, and it even spawns a #1 single - "Another Brick In The Wall (part II)".
December 1
1991: Thinking there are 31 days in November, Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell continues his hunting trip, causing the band to miss their next show opening for Van Halen in Memphis.
December 2
1957: Al Priddy, a disc jockey at the Portland, Oregon, radio station KEX, is fired for playing the Elvis Presley version of "White Christmas," which the station has banned, their program manager saying it "desecrates the Spirit of Christmas and transgresses the composer's intent." The story makes national news, but it turns out to be a brilliant publicity stunt - Priddy is back on the air two weeks later, with the station claiming letters were pouring in to support the DJ. As part of the stunt, Priddy recorded the GM calling in to "fire" him for playing the song and played the conversation on his show before he left.
December 3
1994: Adam Sandler performs "The Chanukah Song" on the Weekend Update segment of Saturday Night Live, enlightening us to the fact that Harrison Ford, Paul Newman and David Lee Roth
(among many others) are, in fact, Jewish. Released as a single the
following year, the song reaches #10 US and becomes a seasonal favorite.
December 4
1971: During a Frank Zappa concert, the Montreux Casino in Switzerland catches fire when someone fires a flare gun, inspiring Deep Purple's "Smoke On The Water." Deep Purple are there to record their album Machine Head the following day, but end up using the Grand Hotel and including the song as a last-minute addition.
December 5
1993: Onetime Gin Blossoms guitarist Doug Hopkins commits suicide at age 32. Hopkins was fired from the group before the release of their debut album, New Miserable Experience, but the biggest hits from that album, "Hey Jealousy" and "Found Out About You," were songs he wrote.
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