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For a Throwback Thursday and happy birthday FUV Live pick, we celebrate
Ezra Koenig with a fond memory of his band s appearance at our SXSW live broadcast in 2013.
A couple of months before
Vampire Weekend released its third album,
Modern Vampires of the City, the guys closed out the Public Radio Rocks Day Stage with a floor-shaking set. So during the day today, you ll hear highlights on FUV, and you can turn up the whole Vampire Weekend performance anytime in the FUV Live Vault.
[Recorded: 3/15/13]
Horoscope and birthdays for April 8, 2021
Francis Drake
Thursday, April 8, 2021
ARIES (March 21 to April 19): You feel restless today. You have that feeling you’re waiting for something but you’re not sure what. You’re all dressed up with no place to go.
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): A friend might surprise you by doing or saying something unexpected today. Or, possibly, you will meet someone who is a real character.
GEMINI (May 21 to June 20): Be aware of what you say and do today, because you might impulsively say or do something that everyone else notices. After all, you don’t want to end up with egg on your face.
By Keefer
Apr 8, 2021
1977 - The Clash released their self-titled debut album on CBS. In the United States, the Clash s debut studio album was released one year after Give Em Enough Rope, so it was their second release in the US. CBS in America had decided that the album was not radio friendly , so it was initially only available in the States during 1977-1978 as an import, and as such became the best-selling import of the year, shifting over 100,000 copies. The album is widely celebrated as one of the greatest punk albums of all time.
1994 - Kurt Cobain s body was found in his Seattle home by an electrician sent to install a burglar alarm. He was believed to have died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound three days earlier. A suicide note was found that said, I haven t felt the excitement of listening to as well as creating music, along with really writing . . . for too many years now .
Todayâs Highlight in History:
On April 8, 1864, the United States Senate passed, 38-6, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolishing slavery. (The House of Representatives passed it in January 1865; the amendment was ratified and adopted in December 1865.)
On this date:
In 1513, explorer Juan Ponce de Leon and his expedition began exploring the Florida coastline.
In 1820, the Venus de Milo statue was discovered by a farmer on the Greek island of Milos.
In 1911, an explosion at the Banner Coal Mine in Littleton, Alabama, claimed the lives of 128 men, most of them convicts loaned out from prisons.
In 1913, the 17th Amendment to the Constitution, providing for popular election of U.S. senators (as opposed to appointment by state legislatures), was ratified. President Woodrow Wilson became the first chief executive since John Adams to address Congress in person as he asked lawmakers to enact tariff reform.