Indie SF...The Revolution Isn't On The Radio

It's a Friday night, just finished listening to the Valentines IGD special, the Olympics are probably on, and I just now realized I am wearing my last SMITHS tee that isn't, well, too gross to still wear (a familiar pic, backstage I believe, taken during the Morrissey hearing-aid period). Dang, now I REALLY feel old.

Meat Is Murder , the Smiths second longplayer was released February 14th, 1985. This is one of the biggest reasons my parents worried about me during my formative years (the Morrissey on a picnic blanket poster in my room didn't help).

The long awaited (and buzzed about) disc from VW is due in stores now...and you can stream it here courtesy of Indiesf.com and XL records:

https://www.beggarsgroupusa.com/digitalStream/index.php?playlist_id=42

Just in time for that krautrock-loving person on your list, the early Kraftwerk discs are out now as reissues featuring stunning sound (listened to AUTOBAHN this morning and it sounded amazing) and restored artwork, all packaged in slipcases. A boxset also available. Big thanks to Capitol/EMI/Astralwerks.

Its Saturday night and I just heard about Vic Chestnutts passing. The more I read, the more I feel he was yet another victim of our broken healthcare system. This is from the HuffPost:

Chesnutt slipped into a coma after taking a large dose of prescription muscle relaxants. He died in Athens, Georgia, on Christmas Day. Since being in a car accident as a teenager in 1983, Chesnutt was only mobile in a wheelchair.

The fabulous Americana mag No Depression has recently relaunched as an internet site and one you should definitely check out if you miss holding it in your hands: NoDepression.com

Hey Indie Nation,

The landmark in jazz recordings, Kind Of Blue, officially turned 50 this last week. We also lost George Russell recently, the man who set Miles Davis to "coloring outside the lines". We rebroadcast the 'Making Of Kind Of Blue' special over the weekend but it is still one of nearly a hundred podcasts you can listen to OR download off our site - just go to the right there and start perusing (almost every Independent Get Down is there).  Speaking of the I G D, last Fridays is already for you to listen to OR download along with the John Hughes inspired show from 2 weeks ago (its the one labeled Weird Science - duh).