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The Pinhook turns 4 years old this weekend, and WXDU is helping put on a great show in their honor. 

Come enjoy Pipe and Shark Quest, 10 pm this Friday November 2! 

WXDU is excited to host an in-studio interview & live performance from NYC free-improv duo The Home of Easy Credit TONIGHT at 7pm.  The duo, comprised of Danish multi-instrumentalist Louise Dam Eckardt Jensen and bassist Tom Blancarte, released a fantastic record earlier this year on Northern-Spy Records.  They will be stopping by to chat & play before heading to the NIGHTLIGHT in Chapel Hill for a live show later tonight with Horse Lords.  Be sure to tune in!!

Check our facebook and follow us on twitter (@wxdu) to catch times we'll be giving some free passes to MOOGfest out in Asheville, NC this weekend, October 25 and 26th. We'll also have passes to give away for the pre-fest Justice show on Thursday night. Check out their official website for more information, and tune in this week for a chance to win some valuable Friday or Saturday passes! 

Spider Bags is releasing two new records in one month, a single on Sophomore Lounge, "Papa was a Sh*thead," and a split single from Tangible Formats with Spider Bags and the Love Language covering Jay Reatard (amazing).

WXDU is thrilled to help out with a celebration at Duke Coffeehouse!

Thursday, October 25!!!

Bad Lovers and Sad Horse will be performing!

Admission is $5, or free with a Duke ID.

Doors at 8PM, the music will start at 9PM.

RSVP on Facebook here!!

WXDU is excited to be a sponsor of this year's Durham Monster Dash!  The DMD is happening on Friday the 26th of October.  Monster Dashers can run through a three mile course or take a kid friendly one mile walk and encounter monsters in spooky downtown Durham.  To learn more and register online go to the Durham Monster Dash website.  

This costumed fun run benefits the following charities that enhance children's lives through creative expression:

Girls Rock NC

Keep Durham Beautiful

KidZNotes

The Scrap Exchange

This event is presented by the Durham City-County planning department and co-sponsored by the Durham Police Department and WXDU Durham!

Tues night 6pm-8pm on "The Bull City Cosmic Hoedown", my guest will be piano player Tom Merrigan. Tom loves to sing and play boogie-woogie and stride piano -- and if you tune in this evening, you'll hear why -- as I talk to Tom about the music that inspires him, his own songwriting and the Durham Street Piano Project (where Tom hauls a small upright piano around town with the help of a small trailer and cart and plays on street corners and in front of bars and restaurants). Tom's wild and rollicking piano and vocal style is a great addition to the streets of Durham and will liven up any corner in a hurry! Tune in locally 6pm-8pm on 88.7FM or listen to WXDU online via your computer, phone or internet-capable-fridge.

WXDU and Three Lobed Records are live at King's Barcade from Noon until 5! Come hear the great lineup of performers. But if you can't make it to the show, just tune into WXDU and listen to the sets live on-air!

Tune in this evening for an interview and in-studio performance with Tamara Lindeman of The Weather Station in the WXDU studio. The Weather Station will be playing at Hopscotch this Friday (9pm at the Fletcher Opera Theater) in support of last year's All of it Was Mine, an album of modern folk that has garnered praise for its literate storytelling, vivid imagery, and intimate acoustics. We will also have some passes to give away for the Saturday night City Plaza performances at Hopscotch.

WXDU and Three Lobed Recordings' Day Party (Lineup found here; find us on facebook too) has shown up twice on Shuffle Mag's list of sets you do not want to miss during Hopscotch 2012.  Check out the lineup and make plans to come by Kings for this FREE party, Sept 7, 12-5p! 

Renowned musician John Lever, longtime drummer for many Manchester, UK-based bands, including The Chameleons, Weaveworld, Music for Aborigines, Wilson, Bushart, as well as solo material, will be live in the MCR with me, spinning his bands' music and music which influenced him!

We will be airing a brand new song from Chameleons Vox, his current band with The Chameleons vocalist Mark Burgess. The song is entitled "Heaven" from their upcoming full length release "Eden".

John will be talking about most of the songs will be playing. This coming Monday, 10am - noon EST.

Be sure to tune in for this very special show. Thanks, Alison