Big win for UVA over the Hokies last night, while my Missouri Tigers did not fare so well, and now absolutely MUST win at Kansas Saturday to have any hopes of ending up atop the Big 12. I hate all the “who’s in, who’s out, who are the #1 seeds” talk at this stage…it changes daily until the very end of the conference tournaments, so why bother? Highly-ranked Georgetown got blown out last night, and the Big East is not nearly as strong this year as it traditionally is, so what does that mean? The Top 10 is probably the most variable in recent memory heading into March Madness…which is fine by me - gives my Tigers & Hoos more of a chance to go farther this year, right? Came across an interesting article in a search for graduation rates the other night…

in closing, here’s Chris Cornell covering Whitney Houston covering Dolly Parton…

Girl/Boy songs tonight at 6pm, and we’ll start the Workday Wrap Up with a brand-new one from Carolina Chocolate Drops called “Country Girl”

Living For The City – The Soul Rebels
Tears Tears & More Tears – Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint
New Orleans is Sinking – The Tragically Hip
Tipitina – Professor Longhair

That Was Your Mother – Paul Simon
Miami – Counting Crows
Going Back To New Orleans – Dr. John
Aim Way High - Anders Osborne
Hey Pocky Way - Neville Brothers
Tried and True - Eric Lindell

Who Sold Louisiana? (Corner Lounge version) – Gina Sobel
Lake Pontchartrain – Ludo

And with tomorrow being Fat Tuesday, here are some tips from CNN about how to celebrate, and some background on the traditions beyond Bourbon St., if you ever get the chance to visit…I’ve never been, but hopefully one day! The Jazz & Heritage Festival lineup looks pretty awesome this late April/early May…

and you’ve been hearing us talk about it all day…please help the Broadcasters for Blood drive today at Charlottesville High School! It runs until 7pm tonight…

Workday Wrap Up 2/20/12 (Fruit theme)

Movement & Location – Punch Brothers (Chris Thile’s 31st b’day today*!)
Bonus new song of the day – I Won’t Give Up – Jason Mraz (whose San Diego avocado farm inspired tonight’s theme!)
Strawberry Fields Forever – Beatles
Linger (live in Cville) – Dolores O’Riordan (of The Cranberries)

Banana Pancakes – Jack Johnson
Blueberry Hill – Fats Domino
Black Horse & the Cherry Tree – KT Tunstall
Peaches – Presidents of the United States of America
Cherry Bomb – The Runaways

It’s A Shame About Ray – The Lemonheads
2 X 4 – Blind Melon
Strawberry Letter 23 – Shuggie Otis

* - other famous folks with birthdays today:
Cindy Crawford - 46
Charles Barkley - 49
Patty Hearst - 58
Walter Becker (Steely Dan) - 62
Sandy Duncan - 66
Sidney Poitier - 85
Kurt Cobain - born on this day in 1967 (would’ve been 45)

Staircase – Radiohead
Steal My Sunshine – Len
Walking on Sunshine – Katrina & the Waves

Brighter Than Sunshine – Aqualung
One Perfect Sunrise – Orbital
Soulshine (backstage at B’roo ’09) – Gov’t Mule
Who Loves The Sun – Velvet Underground
Sunshine of Your Love (2005 Royal Albert Hall) – Cream

Burning in the Sun – Blue Merle
Sun of a Gun – Oh Land
The House of the Rising Sun – The Animals

For all the lonely guys out there on Valentine’s Day, here’s a music tie in to the new Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue…seems like links to the SI site aren’t working as of this posting (not that I tried or anything!)…can’t imagine why, lol!

Valentine’s Day theme on the request lines tonight! We recently did a “song titles that start with love” theme, so tonight candy/hearts/flowers/kiss/Valentine’s songs are all welcome…

Workday Wrap Up 2/14/12 (Valentine’s songs theme)

My Valentine – Paul McCartney
All You Need Is Love – Beatles
Heart on Fire (Corner Lounge version) – Scars on 45

Love Struck Baby – Stevie Ray Vaughan
Genius of Love – Tom Tom Club
Signed Sealed Delivered – Stevie Wonder
Last Kiss – Pearl Jam
Part One – Band of Horses
Valentine’s Day – Steve Earle
Valentine – Old 97’s
All That Matters – Todd Snider

Loved One – INXS
Rag Mama Rag – The Band

The good - Adele, Jennifer Hudson (AMAZING Whitney tribute - how was she able to sing so well when she was clearly choked up? Just beautiful…) and LL Cool J

The bad - Nicki Minaj and Chris Brown (two performances AND an award, WHY??)

The ugly - were there really distracting sound issues during Paul McCartney’s sweet new Valentine’s song or was that just my TV? Luckily, they seemed to get sorted out about halfway through…Joe Walsh played the part of Eric Clapton very nicely. And did Dave Grohl not know he would be appearing during the electronic music segment when he gave a speech (that sounded good at the time) about not being perfect and recording with computers? And for those wanting more awards to be given during the telecast, has anybody watched the Golden Globes lately? Oof. The acceptance speeches are either boring or just when they get emotional, they get cut off and ushered off stage. I liked how the Grammys seemed to keep the dumb intro jokes to a minimum between performances and seemed to have way less collaborations than the past couple years. Although now that I think about it, there were lots of duets and tributes and that whole Beach Boys thing was pretty awkward. Gotta keep that cross-generational synergy going so that as many viewers of all ages stay tuned, I suppose! But then Adele and Jennifer Hudson clearly stole the show, in part by simply performing their song, with no frills or guests at all.

Thought Bon Iver’s speech was good too, in all its awkwardness…I think that’s basically what Eddie Vedder was trying to say when Pearl Jam won in the mid-90s and he ticked everyone off by questioning the meaning of the award.

Bruce started off the show with a bang, although he probably could’ve left off the traditional “Is anybody alive out there?” opening salvo, in light of the Whitney news. Nice tribute to Etta James from Ms. Raitt and Ms. Keys. Again, 2 artists, 2 instruments: simple = classy, Grammys! And a great ending too, with Sir Paul flanked by his own 2 guitarists, Joe Walsh, Dave Grohl, AND The Boss for an Abbey Road medley!

All in all, a pretty entertaining 3 1/2 hours…maybe less Kanye and Lady Gaga really IS more?

Workday Wrap Up 2/13/12 (H songs theme)

Ho Hey – The Lumineers
Head On – Jesus & Mary Chain
Hey Tonight – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Heaven (acoustic) – Los Lonely Boys

Hey Hey What Can I Do – Led Zeppelin
Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise – Avett Brothers
Hey Good Lookin’ – Hank Williams
Hoodoo Man Blues – Junior Wells
Helpless (live at The Last Waltz) – Neil Young w/ The Band & Joni Mitchell
Hit the Road Jack – Ray Charles

Hush – Deep Purple
This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody) – Talking Heads (the “home” song)

Lana Del Rey, meanwhile, despite reports that shewill not be touring after all this spring, claims that’s not the case. I thought her Letterman performance was slightly better than the SNL songs that garnered her so much flack. She at least was watchable, which I’m not sure I can say about Bon Iver this past weekend. Then again, she did debut at #2 in the U.S., and #1 in the UK her first week out with Born To Die. So the old adage about no such thing as bad publicity rings true once again…good to see Leonard Cohen at #3!

And here’s the John Legend/Kennedy Center story - thanks for the Marvin Gaye request (and all the others too!) on the Workday Wrap Up!

Workday Wrap Up 2/10/12 (Who/What/When/Where/Why theme)

What I Got – Blues Traveler
When the World Ends – Dave Matthews Band
Who Can It Be Now? – Men at Work
Nowhere Man – Beatles

(What’s So Funny Bout) Peace Love & Understanding – Elvis Costello
What’s the Frequency Kenneth? – R.E.M.
What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
What A Day That Was – Talking Heads
Where Is My Mind – Pixies
Who Are You – The Who

What’s Up – 4 Non Blondes
What’s The Matter Here? – 10,000 Maniacs

Earlier in the week, Metallica announced their own Orion Festival June 23-24 in Atlantic City, NJ. Looks like a pretty good lineup!

And we’re apparently just a week away from the Bonnaroo lineup announcement…some of the same folks put on the Hangout Festival in May down in Alabama, and they’ve announced quite a lineup already!

Workday Wrap Up 2/9/12 (Colorful artist names theme)

White Rabbits – Temporary
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Look Around
Wallflowers – The Difference

Jack White – Love Interruption
Jim White – Turquoise House
Living Colour – Open Letter (to a Landlord)
James Brown – Cold Sweat
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Weapon of Choice
Sarah White & the Pearls – Blue Skies, Exciting Days
Santigold – L.E.S. Artistes

Al Green – Love & Happiness
Screaming Blue Messiahs – Wild Blue Yonder

Air (w/ Victoria Legrand) - Seven Stars
Pat Benatar - Fire & Ice
Pointer Sisters - Fire

Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water
Widespread Panic - Chilly Water
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Fire
Brandon Flowers - Crossfire
Free - Fire & Water
Kinks - Waterloo Sunset

Big Blue Ball - Burn You Up, Burn You Down
Six Day Bender - Kick Out The Fire

By the way, this article puts M.I.A.’s antics as part of last night’s halftime show in good context…

Workday Wrap Up 2/6/12 (Future Halftime Show suggestions theme)

M.I.A. – Bad Girls
Beastie Boys – So What’cha Want
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals – Paris (Ooh La La) (live Corner Lounge at The Sound version)
David Bowie – Panic in Detroit

Pink Floyd – Run Like Hell
Mute Math – The Nerve
Van Morrison – Wild Night (the requester thought Van w/ B.B. King & Taj Mahal would be cool in New Orleans)
Mumford & Sons – The Cave
Dave Matthews Band – Louisiana Bayou (live 2005 Weekend on the Rocks version w/ Robert Randolph)

The Killers – When You Were Young
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Look Around