MUSIC NEWS YOU CAN USE...FOR OCTOBER 9TH

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS...

THE MASTER OF THE SO-CAL SOUND...JACKSON BROWNE...IS 58
THE 50-FOOT-QUEENIE HERSELF, POLLY JEAN HARVEY...IS 36
AND BORN ON THIS DAY BACK IN 1940...ONE OF THE GREATEST, MOST ICONIC SONGWRITERS EVER...AND MY FAVORITE BEATLE...JOHN LENNON

SPEAKING OF THE FAB FOUR...ON THIS DAY IN 1965..THEY STARTED A FOUR WEEK RUN AT NUMBER ONE WITH "YESTERDAY"...

AND BACK IN 1993...NIRVANA ENTERED THE ALBUM CHARTS AT NUMBER ONE WITH THEIR THIRD RECORD ......... IN UTERO...IT WOULD BE THE BAND'S LAST STUDIO ALBUM...

YOUR MUSIC NEWS FOR THIS MONDAY...

**** PORTLAND'S OWN MODEST MOUSE HAS PUSHED BACK THE RELEASE OF THEIR NEW ALBUM...
"WE WERE DEAD BEFORE THE SHIP EVEN SANK"...IT WAS DUE OUT DECEMBER 19TH...BUT WILL NOW SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY SOMETIME EARLY NEXT YEAR...

****FORMER REPLACEMENTS FRONTMAN PAUL WESTERBERG HAS ENDORSED A GUITAR THAT WILL SOON BE ON SALE AT WAL-MART...MANUFACTURED BY "FIRST ACT"...IT FEATURES A SLIM BODY...AND PUNK ROCK PLAID PATTERN ON THE PICK GUARD...IT'S ALREADY ON SALE AT AMAZON.COM AND WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE IN WAL-MART STORES...
THE PRICE TAG? $159....IT'S CHEAP...BUT IT WORKS...KINDA LIKE THE REPLACEMENTS...

AND FINALLY...
****A GREAT BOOK...AND A PRETTY DECENT MOVIE..."HIGH FIDELITY" IS NOW BEING TURNED INTO A BROADWAY MUSICAL...
YEP..THE STAGE VERSION OF NICK HORNBY'S ODE TO ROCK AND RELATIONSHIPS... IS IN PREVIEWS NOW IN BOSTON AND WILL HIT THE GREAT WHITE WAY IN LATE NOVEMBER...
SINGING...DANCING....MUSIC GEEKS...?? SOUNDS LIKE KARAOKE NIGHT AT CHOPSTICKS...