Choose Your Own Adventure - The October 2024 Spin Challenge

15-Oct On this date in 2006, Patti Smith closes down the celebrated Manhattan music club CBGB, playing the last show at the venue. The club closes after an extended dispute between club owner Hilly Kristal and the Bowery Residents Committee. Rock fans try to preserve the building as a historical landmark, but those efforts fail and a men's clothing store moves in. Expert: Play a musician/band who boycotts playing in Israel in protest of the Palestinian occupation.

Declan Macmanus cancelled shows in Israel in support of Palestinians...



Elvis Costello With The Metropole Orkest - My Flame Burns Blue

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MTD Tally - 97.5
 
Day 15

Expert

Since I happen to be listening to one of the 6,000 signatories of the Musicians for Palenstine Letter AND the likelihood of anyone else playing this record for the challenge today is pretty small, might as well knock this one out-
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Skylar Gudasz - Country

Points: 87.5 + 10=97.5
 
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15-Oct On this date in 2006, Patti Smith closes down the celebrated Manhattan music club CBGB, playing the last show at the venue. The club closes after an extended dispute between club owner Hilly Kristal and the Bowery Residents Committee. Rock fans try to preserve the building as a historical landmark, but those efforts fail and a men's clothing store moves in.. Expert: Play a musician/band who boycotts playing in Israel in protest of the Palestinian occupation.

When I was in Ireland over the summer I did a Black Cab tour in Belfast that took us through both the Protestant and Catholic neighborhoods that were the epicenter for the 'troubles'. It was eye opening for me as someone who viewed it from afar as it was happening to see it through the eyes of people that lived through it (and continue to do so). My daughter who didn't have as much historical context picked up on the correlation and kinship the Catholics in Belfast feel with the Palestinans. Well worth doing if you ever make it that way.

That's a bit of a preamble for todays spin. Fontaines D.C. (from Dublin) cancelled a gig in Istanbul because the company that sponsored the venue has holdings in Israel.

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Fontaines D.C. Cancel Istanbul Concert in Solidarity With Palestinian People

Fontaines D.C. canceled its Istanbul concert in solidarity with Palestinian people, calling on Zorlu Holdings to divest from Israel.
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Fontaines D.C. ~ Romance

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13-Oct Woodwind Instruments.

Hard: Play an album that features a contrabassoon or bagpipes

Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You

Bagpipes on the track "Blood and Butter."

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15-Oct On this date in 2006, Patti Smith closes down the celebrated Manhattan music club CBGB, playing the last show at the venue. The club closes after an extended dispute between club owner Hilly Kristal and the Bowery Residents Committee. Rock fans try to preserve the building as a historical landmark, but those efforts fail and a men's clothing store moves in. Expert: Play a musician/band who boycotts playing in Israel in protest of the Palestinian occupation.
= 97.5 Points

Roger Waters - Amused To Death
Roger has boycotted playing in Israel as well as urged fellow musicians to do the same.
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14-Oct

Swans - Filth (signed)

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Lineup of this 1983 debut: Michael Gira, Jonathan Kane, Robin Mosimann, Norman Westberg, Harry Crosby.

Lineup of latest record The Beggar from last year: Michael Gira, Kristof Hahn, Dana Schechter, Chris Pravdica, Phil Puleo, Larry Mullins, Ben Frost.


Point total: 1.5
 
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