Zappagram #76: Justice for Tupac
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“Out of anger comes controversy, out of controversy comes conversation, out of conversation comes action.”
—Tupac Shakur
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:: NEW MUSIC EVERY WEEK
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ZAPPAGRAM #76
ZAPPAGRAM PLAYLIST (ALL WEEKS)
MUSIC NEWS
:: WHAT’S GOING ON
Man Charged With Murder in Connection to Tupac Shakur’s Killing
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2023 Ceremony to Stream Live on Disney+
U2 Share ‘Atomic City’ Video Ahead of Las Vegas Residency
Bruce Springsteen Postpones Remaining 2023 Tour Dates Due to Peptic Ulcer Disease
Foo Fighters Announce Summer 2024 Stadium Tour
PJ Harvey Hints at 2024 North American Tour
Elvis Costello and the Imposters Announce 2024 Southern Tour
‘The Smiths Are Dead’ is a New Commodore 64 Game About Morrissey
Daft Punk Continue Accessing Random Memories With ‘Drumless Edition’ LP
Billie Eilish’s ‘Happier Than Ever’ Follow-Up Album Has Entered ‘Final Stages’
Boygenius Announce The Rest EP, Featuring 4 New Songs
Pet Shop Boys Announce 30th Anniversary Reissue of Relentless
Iron & Wine Announces Documentary and Concert Film Who Can See Forever
Asteroid Named for Cocteau Twins’ Elizabeth Fraser
Tina Turner Gets New Career-Spanning Box Set Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll
Nirvana Biography Come As You Are Getting Annotated “Super-Expanded” Edition
Quincy Jones Receives First Peace Through Music Award From U.S. State Department
Mick Jagger Suggests Rolling Stones Back Catalogue Could Be Given to Charity
Jack White’s Third Man Hardware Unveils Anniversary Edition of Triplegraph Guitar Pedal
Nashawn Breedlove, Actor and Rapper Who Battled Eminem in 8 Mile, Dead at 46
The Association’s Terry Kirkman Dies at 83
Britney Spears Gets Welfare Check After Dancing with Knives
Cher Accused of Hiring Men to Kidnap Her Own Adult Son, Court Documents Reveal
ASSHOLE OF THE WEEK
:: BECAUSE THERE’S ALWAYS ONE
This week’s AOTW is Brian Warner, a.k.a. (asshole known as) Marilyn Manson.
Z-REX
:: ZAPPA’S RECOMMENDATIONS
- Boomtown: The lost gem and the genius of David and David by Keith R. Higgons (also check out Keith’s very excellent podcast Abaondoned Albums)
- 40 Life Lessons From 40 Years of the Melvins by Jamie Ludwig
- Nick Cave on Why the ‘Kubler-Ross’ Grief Model is ‘Bullsh-t’ by Kory Grow
NEW RELEASES
:: RECENTLY DROPPED MUSIC
Animal Collective: Isn’t It Now? [listen]
Blonde Redhead: Sit Down for Dinner [listen]
Ed Sheeran: Autumn Variations [listen]
Friendship Commanders: MASS [listen]
Green Day: Dookie (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) [listen]
Gunship: Unicorn [listen]
Jason Isbell: Southeastern (10th Anniversary Reissue) [listen]
Say She She: Silver [listen]
Slow Pulp: Yard [listen]
U2: Atomic City (single) [listen]
Wilco: Cousin [listen]
RELEASE RADAR
:: UPCOMING RELEASES
- OCT 6 -
Dogstar: Somewhere Between the Power Lines and Palm Trees
Heatmiser: The Music of Heatmiser
Hüsker Dü: Tonite Longhorn
Ilsey: From the Valley
Incubus: Morning View XXIII
Joni Mitchell: Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975)
Meat Puppets: Camp Songs
Omar Apollo: Live for Me EP
Sufjan Stevens: Javelin
Van Halen: The Collection II
- OCT 13 -
Boygenius: The Rest EP
Holly Humberstone: Paint My Bedroom Black
Margo Price: Strays II
Ringo Starr: Rewind Forward EP
- OCT 20 -
Blink-182: One More Time...
Bombay Bicycle Club: My Big Day
Devo: 50 Years of De-Evolution 1973–2023
Duff McKagan: Lighthouse
The Rolling Stones: Hackney Diamonds
The Shins: Chutes Too Narrow (20th Anniversary Remaster)
- OCT 27 -
Black Pumas: Chronicles of a Diamond
DJ Shadow: Action Adventure
The Gaslight Anthem: History Books
José González: Veneer (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
The Kills: God Games
Nirvana: In Utero (30th Anniversary Super Deluxe)
Prince: Diamonds and Pearls (Super Deluxe Edition)
Taylor Swift: 1989 (Taylor’s Version)
ON THIS DATE
:: MUSICAL HAPPENINGS OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
- OCT 2 -
Birthdays: Don McLean (1945) • Richard Hell (1949) • Mike Rutherford of Genesis (1950) • Sting (1951) • Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes and Thunderbitch (1988) • Tom Petty, found unconscious at his home in Los Angeles, not breathing and in cardiac arrest, he was taken to UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica where he died at 8:40pm. (2017)
- OCT 3 -
Birthdays: Eddie Cochran (1938) • Chubby Checker (1941) • Lindsey Buckingham (1949) • Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954) • Tommy Lee (1962) • Gwen Stefani (1969) • Woody Guthrie died. (1967) • Sinead O’Connor ripped up a photograph of Pope John Paul II, on the US TV show 'Saturday Night Live', as a protest over sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church. The incident happened as Sinead ended her live performance and out of nowhere, produced a photograph of Pope John Paul II, which she ripped into pieces. There was stunned silence in the studio and the station went to a commercial. NBC was fined $2.5 million dollars by the Federal Communications Commission.
- OCT 4 -
Birthdays: Jim Fielder of Blood, Sweat & Tears (1947) • Chris Lowe of Pet Shop Boys (1959) • Richard Reed Parry of Arcade Fire (1977) • Janis Joplin was found dead at the Landmark Hotel in Hollywood after an accidental heroin overdose. (1970)
- OCT 5 -
Birthdays: Steve Miller (1943) • Brian Johnson of AC/DC (1947) • Bob Geldof (1951) • Harold Faltemeyer (1952) • Elton John released his seventh studio album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. (1973)
- OCT 6 -
Ginger Baker of Cream died at the age of 80. (2019) • Eddie Van Halen died at the age of 65 and American singer-songwriter Johnny Nash died of natural causes age 80. He is best known for his 1972 hit 'I Can See Clearly Now'. (2020)
- OCT 7 -
Birthdays: Kevin Godley (1945) • John Mellencamp (1951) • Toni Braxton (1967) • Thom Yorke (1968) • Lewis Capaldi (1996) • John Lennon was awarded his green card—permanent residency status—at a hearing in New York which overturned previous efforts by the U.S. Government to deport him. (1976)
- OCT 8 -
Birthdays: Johnny Ramone (1948) • Teddy Riley of Blackstreet (1967) • Bruno Mars (1985) • U2 celebrated their first #1 hit in the UK with “Desire.” The Irish rockers’ 12th single appeared on the album Rattle and Hum, which featured both live and studio recordings. In addition to being a career landmark for U2, the high-energy track (built on a classic Bo Diddley beat), also broke chart records in the U.S., becoming the first song to top both Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks and Mainstream Rock Tracks charts. The following year, “Desire” earned a Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group.
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