Saturday, April 30, 2005


Small cow inspirational thought for the day, # 7
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This day in music history.

April 30, 1976, The Who's drummer Keith Moon paid nine cab drivers to block-off both ends of a New York street so he could throw the contents of his hotel room out of the window. Afterwards he realized he was in the wrong room.

Friday, April 29, 2005

This day in music history.

April 29, 1976, At a reunion concert of the original members of 'Spirit' bassist (Mark Andes) invites Neil Young on stage for the encore. However guitarist 'Randy Califoria' does not recognize Neil and tries to push him off the stage. Neil screams "Hey man, I'm Neil Young dude". The misunderstanding is cleared up and the band (with Neil) went on to play 'Like a Rolling Stone".

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Thursday, April 28, 2005

Tombstone Jesus # 2 close up


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This day in music history.

April 28, 1917, While eating barbecue Louis Armstrong accidentally bites his tongue and simotainiously invents 'Scat singing'.

Wednesday, April 27, 2005

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April 27, 1974, During a concert by Steve Miller and Boz Scaggs in Richmond, Virginia a riot erupted. The violence started when police tried to arrest some kids for smoking marijuana. The battle raged for 4 hours and when it was over 76 people had been arrested with scores on both sides injured. Steve Miller later said " Hey man, I'm not into riots. Its not cool, I'm the Pompatus of Love man".

Tuesday, April 26, 2005

This day in music history.

April 26, 1977, 'Studio 54' opens its doors for the first time. The clubs interior is decorated with black metallic walls, mirrored ceilings, neon sculptures and spot lit dance floors. At the height of the nights festivities Rod Stewart stands on a table waving a bag of cocaine and yells "Disco will never die!"

Monday, April 25, 2005

This weeks favorite Deadwood quote.

'Don't the decapitated deserve recreation?...As much if not more so then those of us not yet dismembered.'

This day in music history.

April 25, 1990, The 1968 Fender Stratocaster that Jimi Hendrix played at the Woodstock festival was auctioned off for $295,000. It would be sold again in 1993 for $1.300.000. If Jimi were alive today he would say "Hey! Let me out of here!"

Sunday, April 24, 2005

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I should have named you Shit Head.

The dog just told me that the last Day in music thing was a rip off and not even funny. I told her to shut the hell up. I think its time sleep. Good night,

This day in music history.

April 24, 2005, This bartender walks into a horse and says "Jesus is it dark in here".

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Saturday, April 23, 2005

This day in music history.

April 23, 1702, Johann Sebastian Bach applies unsuccessfully for organist's post at Jakobirche, Sangerhausen. He is told to go home and practice.

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Bunny dreams.
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Friday, April 22, 2005

This day in music history.

April 22, 1967, The music paper Disc & Music Echo conducts a poll to find out which 'Monkey' is most popular. Davy Jones received 63% of the votes, Mickey Dolenz 22%, Peter Tork 8%, and Richard Nixon 7%.

Thursday, April 21, 2005

This day in music history.

April 21, 1947, James Jewel Osterberg is born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In the late 60s he would change his name to Iggy Pop and in 1968 he formed the greatest punk rock band ever 'The Stooges'. Although he earned notoriety for his wild concert performances Iggy and the Stooges put out a few albums that will stand the test of time as some of the purest (and fun) Rock and Roll ever recorded.
DLAK note: If you are interested you should start with' Raw Power If that doesn't inspire you to go further check your pulse you may be dead.

Wednesday, April 20, 2005


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This day in music history.

April 20, 1959, 13-year old Dolly Parton released her first single 'Puppy Love', the song was written by Paul Anka and would be a hit for Donny Osmond in 1972. The song would be pulled from the store shelves and radio playlists when it is revealed that its about beastiality and Paul Anka had written the song for his moms poodle.

Tuesday, April 19, 2005

This day in music history.

April 19, 1967, Jimi Hendrix, The Walker Brothers, Engelbert
Humperdink and Cat Stevens, played at The Odeon in Birmingham,
England. At the end of his set Engelbert lit his guitar on fire. A stage
antic that Jimi would use for many years.

Monday, April 18, 2005

This day in music history.

April 18, 1955. Somebody steps on Carl Perkins foot.

This weeks favorite Deadwood quote.

'The world ends when your dead. Until then you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man and give some back.'

Sunday, April 17, 2005

This day in music history.

April 17, 1960, Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent were in a car crash while taking a taxi to London Airport. Eddie dies of severe head injuries later that night, he was 21. Vincent was injured in the accident. At the time of the accident Cochran's latest release
'Three Steps to Heaven' was climbing up the charts.



Saturday, April 16, 2005

Baja Rosa


Nectar of the Gods. Get it nice and cold first.
It says that its a mixture of Tequila and Strawberry
Liqueur but I think it must have some crack in it.

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This day in music history.

April 16, 1970, In an interview today Tony Iommi from the band 'Black Sabbath' denied their name has anything to do with black magic. Said Iommoi "Sure we have demonic images on our album covers. And a lot of our songs are about magic, the occult and satanic ritual but that's as far as it goes. We really only picked the name cause we like it".

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Friday, April 15, 2005

This day in music history.

April 15, 1965, The Beatles record themselves farting and burping for two and a half minutes. When the record is released it sells five billion copies and is the Beatles 578th number one hit.

Thursday, April 14, 2005

Favorite Deadwood quote of the week.

"I didnt fuck that horse".

This day in music history.

April 14, 1971, The Illinois Crime Commission issued a list of
'drug-oriented records' including Jefferson Airplanes 'White Rabbit',
Procol Harums 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale', The Beatles 'Lucy In The
Sky With Diamonds', Dean Martins 'The Pope Smokes Dope', Don
Ho's ' Dont Bogart That Joint' and Pat Boone's 'Crack Pipe Blues'

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

This day in music history.

April 13, 1956, Paramount Pictures signs Elvis Presley to a movie
contract for an undisclosed amount. Paramount hopes to equal
the success RCA has had selling Elvis records. At the time Elvis
accounted for 50% of RCA's total sales.

Tuesday, April 12, 2005


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This day in music history.

April 12, 1840, Adolphe Sax, (a native of Belgium) unveiled to the world for the first time his new invention he called the "Adolpheophone". Fortunitly his wife talked him into renaming it the "Saxophone"

Monday, April 11, 2005

This day in music history.

April 11, 1989, MTV bans the new video by N.W.A. The video
for "Straight Outta Compton" is said to be sympathetic to gangs.
When Ice Cube was told about the ban he said "Fuck those assholes".

Sunday, April 10, 2005

This day in music history.

April 10, 1943, Frank Sinatra made his first credited appearance
in a motion picture, singing "Night and Day" in "Reveille With Beverly".
He would go on to make over 60 movies including "From Here To
Eternity" (1953) for which he won the Oscar (For Best Supporting
Actor) his only acting Academy Award.

Saturday, April 09, 2005

This day in music history.

April 9, 1969, David Bowie met future wife Angie Barnett for the
first time at The Speakeasy Club, London. He told his friends he
had to have her because she looked so much like him and he always
wanted to fuck himself. They were married in 1970 and together
they had one son named Zowie Bowie.

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Friday, April 08, 2005

This day in music history.

April 8, 1807, The American writer Washington Irving coined the
term 'the blues, It would be another 100 years untill the first blues
records would be recorded.

Thursday, April 07, 2005

This day in music history.

April 7, 2000, DLAK completes its first CD "Epileptic Siesta"
The CD would have 0 top 40 hits and would quickly become
a cult classic. It is now highly coveted by collectors.

Wednesday, April 06, 2005

This day in music history.

April 6, 1968, Pink Floyd announced founder Syd Barrett had officially left the group. Barrett was suffering from psychiatric disorders compounded by drug use. He will be permanently replaced by David Gilmore, unfortunately David Gilmore cant write a decent song to save his life.

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Tuesday, April 05, 2005

This day in music history.

April 5, 1994, Kurt Cobain shot up some heroine and scribbled
some lines at the bottom of an already written suicide note . Then
he lay on the floor and shot himself to death. His body would be
found a few days later but his mind had been missing for years.

Monday, April 04, 2005


Small cow inspirational thought of the day.

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This day in music history.

April 4, 1983, Some asshole tells Axel Rose that he has a good singing voice.
-Satan laughing spreads his wings.

Sunday, April 03, 2005


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This day in music history.

April 3, 1974, Bob Marley got really stoned, took a nap then ate something. Then he got really stoned again and played guitar for a while. After that he went somewhere and when he came back he got really stoned. Then he got something to eat and went to sleep. He had a dream about a path by a lake.

Saturday, April 02, 2005

This day in music history.

April 2, 1971, Led Zeppelin plays at the Paris Theatre in London.
The band played "Immigrant Song" , "Heartbreaker." "Since I've
Been Loving You" , "Black Dog" , "Dazed and Confused" , "Stairway
to Heaven." , "Going to California" , "That's the Way" , "What is and
What Should Never Be," "Whole Lotta Love" . They also did a medley
that included "Boogie Chillen," "Truckin' Little Mama," Fixin' to Die,"
"That's Alright," "For What it's Worth," "A Mess of Blues," "Honey Bee,"
and "The Lemon Song" This show will go down in history as one of
the great rock concerts of all time. The young men in the front row
slammed their heads on the stage to the beat of the music. Jimmy
Page seeing this coined the term "Head Banger"

Friday, April 01, 2005

This day in music history.

April 1, 2000, Britney Spears releases a critically acclaimed song that will sell a half
a billion copies world wide and go down in history as the greatest pop song ever.
April fools! (Britney Spears sucks little ponies!)