I’ve been catching XM’s World Cup coverage with John Harkes and Dave Ungrady and between that and the coverage on Fox Soccer Channel I’m pysched in such a big way about the World Cup. I can’t wait for things to get under way next week. The coverage on XM starts on Friday, 6/9/06 12PM ET Germany vs. Costa Rica.
Another great week coming up on XM. Let’s see what’s in store.
Monday
Theme Time Radio With Your Host Bob Dylan: The First Four | The Village - XM 15 | 6AM - 6PM ET - Bob Dylan weaves his own brand of radio with themes, dreams and schemes. This Memorial Day Weekend relive The First Four shows about the Weather, Mother’s, Drinking, and Baseball.
Laugh USA’s Comedy Pinata: Comedy’s Greatest Memories | Laugh USA - XM 151 | 8PM - 9PM ET - A salute to the memory of past comedy greats: Rodney Dangerfield, Mitch Hedberg, Gilda Radner, Bob Hope, Flip Wilson, Benny Hill, to name a few.
Tuesday
Jammin’ Jazz | Beyond Jazz - XM 72 | 9PM ET- This week Michelle serves up live Galactic from this year’s New Orleans Jazzfest along with international jams from Germany’s Barbara Dennerlein and England’s New Mastersounds.
Wednesday
Theme Time Radio Hour with Bob Dylan | Deep Tracks - XM 40 | 10AM - 11AM ET - Bob Dylan weaves his own brand of radio with themes, dreams and schemes. This weeks theme is Coffee.
Thursday
From Be Bop To Hip Hop: Quincy Jones & Michael Jackson Collaborate | The Groove - XM 64 | 11AM - 11:45AM ET - Find out how Quincy Jones first met and worked with Michael Jackson! Together they worked on the Off the Wall album which was Michaelýs breakthrough CD that established him as a solo artist and one that had great talent. Youýll hear hits like “Rock With You,” “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough”, and many more.
Friday
Sonic Sound Salutes: Keener 13 Detroit, MI | The 60s - XM 6 | 4PM - 9PM ET - Terry “The Motormouth” Young transforms the 60’s on 6 into the Keener 13 Detroit, MI with their original jingles, air personalities, and local happenings.
Rock In Rio: Santana & Roger Waters | XM Live - XM 200 | 7PM - 10PM ET - Over 3.7 million people have attend Rock in Rio where 240 performances played over 470 hours of entertainment. The event is broadcast around the globe and brought to you by XM and Network Live’s Mainstage concert series. Tonight, hear Santana and Roger Waters from Rock In Rio!
Phryday Phish Phry | Hear Music - XM 75 | 2AM ET - Relive the memories with Phish recorded Live October of 2004 at Glen Falls Civic Center.
Saturday
Real Jazz Live | Real Jazz - XM 70 | 8PM ET - This week’s Real Jazz Live show features Freddie Hubbard’s Quartet at Keystone Korner in San Francisco June, 1982 with Billy Childs-piano, Herbie Lewis-bass and Louis Hayes-drums. Freddie calls this concert his “best playing on record”.
Sunday
Sunday Soundscape | The 60s - XM 6 | 9AM - 10AM ET - Phlash Phelps catches up in the studio with Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent of the Zombies, plus a conversation with Herb Alpert upon his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Rock in Rio is one of the biggest music events in the world. XM has coverage of the event starts tommorrow Friday, May 26th on XM Live - XM 200 starting @ 7 PM ET. The concert page is here.
David Gilmour has an upcoming Artist Confidential coming up on Monday, June 5th at 6PM ET on Deep Tracks XM 40. David Gilmour helps unravel his history, present and future in an Artist Confidential recorded at Sony’s legendary West Side studios. Accompanied by Phil Manzanera of Roxy Music fame, David plays selections from his newest work, as well as, engages in conversation with fans from around the World who showed up for this remarkable event.
Encore performances wil be aired:
Wednesday, June 7 at 9AM | Fine Tuning - XM 76
Friday, June 9 at 2PM | Deep Tracks - XM 40
Saturday, June 10 at 3PM | The Loft - XM 50
Sunday June 11 at 3AM | XM Café - XM 45
The Fred Essentials are one of my favorite XM Specials. Probably the only thing I enjoy more than The Fred Essentials is maybe IT. In any event, for those of you who haven’t heard The Fred Essentials it features artists such as The Smiths, Cure, New Order, Clash, Echo & The Bunnymen, U2, Jam, Talking Heads, XTC, Television, Pixies, Depeche Mode, English Beat, Elvis Costello, INXS, Husker Du, Siouxsie, Joy Division, REM, PIL and the list just goes on.
It’s usually an awesome 5 days or music and I’m sure this year will be no exception listen to Fred - XM 44 starting @ 6 AM ET to get in an the 80’s alternative goodness.
The X-Men are taking over XM on Thursday, May 25. Several stars of the new X-Men movie will be taking over several XM stations on Thursday. The skinny on Thursday event is here. I hope to see more of these takeovers in the future. I’ve enjoyed the few I’ve heard thus far, but this one looks like an awesome one !!!!
What an awesome week on XM !!! Highlights include X-Men takeovers, Fred Essentials, and Rock in Rio !!!!…oh and dont forget the 90th running of the Indy 500 !!!
Monday
Slip Stream Special: Bob Dylan Birthday Tribute | X Country - XM 12 | 11AM - Noon ET - X Country’s Slip Stream Special honors the birthday of Bob Dylan with Dylan’s music celebrated by X Country artists.
Front Row Fred | Fred - XM 44 | Noon - 1PM ET - Catch two classic performances and interviews from the XM Performance Theater. First up, Echo & The Bunnymen frontman Ian McCulloch. Then the band Berlin.
XM Cafe Live: Sister Hazel | XM Cafe - XM 45 | 9PM - 10PM ET - Sister Hazel recorded in the XM Performance Theater in April of 2003. Tune into hear favorite songs like Effortlessly, You’re Mistake, and many more.
Network Live’s: Mainstage Jack Johnson | Hear Music - XM 75 | 9PM - Don’t miss Jack Johnson recorded live from the Kokua Festival at the Waikiki Shell in Honolulu, Hawaii. Hear your favorite songs like “Banana Pancakes,” as well as, a special performances with Ben Harper and Willie Nelson.
Tuesday
Poe Man’s Radio | Radio Classics - XM 164 | Noon ET - Celebrate the master of the macabre, Edgar Allen Poe, with Suspense’s The Pit and the Pendulum starring Vincent Price; Escape’s The Fall of the House of Usher; Mystery In the Air presents The Black Cat with Peter Lorre and finally it’s an Edgar Allen Poe biography on The Cavalcade of America. artists.
Jammin’ Jazz | Beyond Jazz - XM 72 | 9PM ET - This week Michelle adds to your salute to Miles Davis’ birthday week with funky versions of Miles classics by other artists.
Wednesday
The Fred Essentials, Version 6 | Fred - XM 44 | Beginning At 6AM ET to Mon. - Days and days of essential music by The Smiths, Cure, New Order, Clash, Echo & The Bunnymen, U2, Jam, Talking Heads, XTC, Television, Pixies, Depeche Mode, English Beat, Elvis Costello, INXS, Husker Du, Siouxsie, Joy Division, REM, PIL and on and on.
Thursday
The X-Men Mutant Channel Takeover on the 80s | The 80s - XM 8 | 9AM ET. - Kelsey Grammer gives us a sneak peak of the new X-Men movie, The Last Stand. He also shows off his DJing skills, picking out some of his favorite tunes from the 80s and beyond.
Friday
Sonic Sound Salutes | The 60s - XM 6 | 4PM - 9PM ET - Terry “The Motormouth” Young transforms the 60’s on 6 into great stations from the 60s every Friday with their original jingles, air personalities, and local happenings. This week we feature WTMA Charleston, SC.
Beach Music on Soul Street | Soul Street - XM 60 | 5PM- 7PM ET - tart your Memorial Day Weekend on the Soul Street Beach, with Bobby Bennett and Scooter McGruder with special guest General Johnson. Yes BB & Scooter will be playing some of the greatest Beach Music of all time, too help you get your weekend off on the good-foot. It’s Beach Music Baby, only on Soul Street.
Saturday
Rock In Rio: The Darkness and Guns N Roses | XM Live - XM 200 | 7PM - 10PM ET - Over 3.7 million people have attend Rock in Rio where 240 performances played over 470 hours of entertainment. The event is broadcast around the globe and brought to you by XM and Network Live’s Mainstage concert series. Tune tonight to hear The Darkness and Gun N Roses from Rock In Rio.
Nick Colionne Live | Watercolors - XM 71 | 9PM ET - This Memorial Day weekend, Watercolors presents Nick Colionne Live from the Performance Theater at XM. Hear his exclusive recipe for smokin’ c-jazz as he performs in front of a live studio audience of fans and friends in this amazing XM event.
The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas: Program: # 187 | Sonic Theater - XM 163 | 9PM - 10PM ET - Of One Blood by Andrew White, starring David Schwimmer, Joey Slotnick, and Arye Gross is a poignant and disturbing play about the infamous murder of three civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964.event.
Sunday
Sunday Soundscape: Really Philly 45’s | The 60s - XM 6 | 9AM - 10AM ET - Terry Young hosts Philly songs from artists like the Delfonics, Chubby Checker, The Orlons, Len Berry and more.
90th Indianapolis 500 | IndyCar Series Racing - XM 145 | 1PM ET - Tune in to hear the 90th Indianapolis 500 beginning at 1PM ET on IndyCar Series Racing XM 145.
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Guitarist Jack Johnson will be taking the stage in another Network Live concert from the Kokua Festival in Hawaii on Monday, May 22nd @ 9 PM ET, The concert will air on Hear Music XM 75. No mention of encores as yet, but sounds like a good show
Well I’ve listened to a coouple of Theme Time Radio Hour Shows with Bob Dylan. I have to admit I’ve never been much of a Dylan fan. I really have a new found respect for Bob. It’s obvious XM has put alot of time and effort into this show. I thought it was going to be sort of like a Tom Petty’s Buried Treasure but it definitely isn’t It’s a very good mix that blends well together and Bob is turning out to be an awesome host. If you havent heard it yet definitely give it a listen.
The show schedule is Deep Tracks - XM40 - Wednesday @ 10:00 AM ET and encores on Friday 6 PM ET and Monday 8 PM ET
The Village - XM15 - Thursday @ 5 PM ET and encores Monday @ 5 AM ET and 11 PM.