Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 1-22-24

“I’ll give you a million dollars to go and record another album. This is not happening, this is shit.”-         The initial reaction of Doug Morris, then-president of Atlantic Records, after listening to what became INXS’s Kick album 

The late Michael Hutchence of INXS was born on this date in 1960. A handful of the group’s songs are included on today’s playlist.

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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 8-26-23

Hearing this band’s early demos, a friend remarked that they sounded like garbage. Voila! This band now had a name. (An alternate version of the origin of their name comes from a journal entry producer Butch Vig wrote as the band kept recording: “I hope that all this garbage will become something beautiful!”)

Garbage’s Shirley Manson was born on this date in 1966. The band is well-represented on today’s playlist.

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