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RIP to Steve Almaas, bassist with Minneapolis Punk band the Suicide Commandos and guitarist with Cowpunk bands Beat Rodeo and the Del Fuegos;

Happy Caturday & released this week in 1978; The Cars

Flashback Fridays Released this week in 1981; The "Urgh! A Music War" soundtrack double album. This comp nicely sums up early 1980's underground ranging from Punk (Dead Kennedys, Chelsea, 999, Spizz 80, Joan Jett), Post Punk (Gang Of Four, Magazine, Echo & Bunnymen, Au Pairs), New Wave (XTC, Devo, Police, Wall Of Voodoo), Techno (Gary Numan, OMD), Power Pop (The Members, Go-Go's), Garage (The Cramps, Fleshtones, X, Alley Cats), Art Rock Weirdos (Pere Ubu, Oingo Boingo, Klaus Nomi, Toyah Wilcox, Skafish), Reggae/Ska (Steel Pulse, UB40), plus however you categorize Joolz Holland and John Otway. A glaring lack of Goth, Industrial, Hardcore, Rockabilly, Mods, New Romantics, Pub Rock and a few of these they did choose have been long forgotten and probably should have been passed over but otherwise it's an excellent primer of early 80's Campus Radio and zines.

RIP to 1960's Jamaican Ska horn player and bandleader Carlos Malcolm;

Throwback Thursdays Charts - June 1990 93.3 CFMU; The Cramps, Social Distortion, The Fall, Didjits, Damned, Breeders, Bad Brains, Jesus Lizard, Jesus Jones, Smashing Pumpkins, Babes In Toyland, Dead Milkmen, All, Revolting Cocks, Steelpole Bathtub, Manitoba's Wild Kingdom, Cancon from Change Of Heart, Ten Commandments, The Pursuit Of Happiness, Bootsauce, Cottage Industry, Look People, Lava Hay. Also the Wet Spots are playing with the Forgotten Rebels & Furnace Face.

CIUT onair at 5; Summertime Blues w/Joan Jett, The Undertones, Zombies, Motels, Go-Go's, Barracudas, Dishes, Scenics, Palace Guard, Buffalo Springfield, Teenage Head, Van Halen, Martha & Vandellas, Billy Stewart, King Uszniewicz, Stampeders, Christian D;

RIP to Commodores bassist Ron LaPreade; https://youtu.be/KzOJaHHlIcQ?si=SRAZsFP5M4zCrxkD

Blue Mondays Happy Birthdays to Pops Foster (1892), Pops Stoneman (1893), Frankie Trambaur (1901), Jimmy Blythe (1901), Fats Waller (1904), Benny Goodman (1909) & T-Bone Walker (1910);

Silent Sundays Happy 145th Birthday to Alla Namizova, the first female film auteur to treat film as High Art. Born in the Crimea and trained in ballet & theater her films, especially those with art designer Natacha Rambova were ambitious Art Nouveau projects based on the works of Beardsley, Oscar Wilde and Ibsen with absurdly lush costumes & sets and her exotic tragic Vamp persona. "Camille" (1921, with Valentino) was a success but the exotic "Salome" (1922) which she bankrolled herself, bankrupted her and along with her scandalous personal life after a few more flops she retired until she returned in some small roles in the 40's. She died in 1945 aged 66. Like Theda (who also played Camille & Salome) only three of her films are extant but at least they are her best in "Red Lantern", "Camille" and "Salome" and all are gorgeous.

Happy Caturday & released this month in 1984; The Psychedelic Purrs.

Throwback Thursdays Charts ~ May 1982; Joan Jett, Bowie, Pete Shelley, The Jam, Motels, Human League, Split Enz, Tommy Tutone, Sparks, Queen, Asia, Van Halen, Iron Maiden, Scorpions, Rainbow, Cancon from Teenage Head & the Spoons;

RIP Sonny Rollins. Besides being the last of the original 50's BeBoppers he also played the sax that made this Stones song; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKLVmBOOqVU

Tune In Today At 5pm For CIUT's Spring Funding Drive!

Blue Mondays Happy May Birthdays to King Oliver (1895), Jaybird Coleman (1896), Sidney Bechet (1897) & Big Joe Turner (1911);

Throwback Thursdays Charts - May 1980; Classics from Blondie, Gary Numan, The B52's, Pretenders, Boomtown Rats, Squeeze, Pink Floyd, Pat Benatar, Bob Seger, Cancon from Martha & the Muffins, Teenage Head & Red Rider. Wow, just wow;