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In 1982, Kevin Mitnick (age 17) allegedly hacked into NORAD with his Commodore VIC-20 and inspired the movie WarGames. To commemorate the film's 25th Anniversary, select theaters will be screening WarGames TONIGHT in cities across the country. This is a one-night only event! Some of those cities include: Boise, Kalamazoo, Reno, Philadelphia, Sioux Falls, Olympia, and Seattle. Click here for a complete list of theaters and cities. Today we have the song Yeah, Tonight by PLASTIC MASTERY.

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Vanessa Williams, the first African American woman to be crowned Miss America, resigned her crown on this day in 1984 (ten months into her reign) when nude photos of her, prior to her pageant days, had surfaced. Williams believed the photographs were private and had been destroyed. Hugh Hefner, the publisher of Playboy, was initially offered the photos, but turned them down. Hefner stated: "Vanessa Williams is a beautiful woman. But the photographs clearly weren't authorized and because they would be the source of considerable embarrassment to her, we decided not to publish them. We were also mindful that she was the first black Miss America." Days later, Bob Guccione, the publisher of Penthouse, announced that his magazine would publish the photos in their September 1984 issue. Today we have the song Miss Nude Black America by BMX BANDITS.

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Steve Albini was born on this day in 1962. In addition to playing in the bands Big Black, Rapeman, and Shellac, Steve is also the owner and engineer of Electrical Audio, a recording studio located in Chicago. He estimates that he has recorded 1,500 albums, mostly by rather obscure bands, but he has also worked with some higher profile artists including: Pixies, Superchunk, PJ Harvey, Cheap Trick and Nirvana. Today we have the song Heart Beat by BIG BLACK.

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12 years ago today...

THE SPICE GIRLS single, "Wannabe" reached the top of the UK Singles Chart on this day in 1996. It remained there for seven consecutive weeks, and received a platinum certification. By the end of 1996 it had topped the charts in 22 countries. In January of 1997 the song was released in the United States topping the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks, becoming The Spice Girls only number-one single in the US. It eventually became the best-selling single by a female group in history topping the charts in 31 countries. Today we have a video of The Spice Girls performing the song in Turkey in 1997.

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Dutch film director, Paul Verhoeven was born on this day in 1938. In 1995, he made the poorly received movie Showgirls, about a stripper in Las Vegas trying to start a career as a showgirl. The film won seven Raspberry Awards including worst film and worst director. Paul Verhoeven was the first director to accept the award in person. After Showgirls, Verhoeven made the Sci-fi film, Starship Troopers (1997), based on a controversial science-fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein. Today we have the 'studio angst' version of Sun Blows Up by CARS CAN BE BLUE. Happy Friday!

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Disneyland opened on this day in 1955 in Anaheim, California. Opening ceremonies were led by Walt Disney. Disneyland holds the distinction of being the only theme park to be designed, built, opened, and operated by Walt Disney himself. Today we have the song Disney Time by JARVIS COCKER.

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was released on this day in 2005. The book was the sixth of seven novels in J. K. Rowling's popular Harry Potter series. It sold nine million copies in the first 24 hours of its release, and I'm pretty sure Jenny (Tullycraft) bought at least one of those copies. Today we have the song Save Ginny Weasley by HARRY and the POTTERS.

TULLYCRAFT TUESDAY

Today's MP3 is the song She's Got The Beat from The Singles. This CD is a 22 song collection of seven inch singles, compilation tracks, and a couple live radio performances. It’s next to impossible to track down the various compilations, out of print singles and split singles that Tullycraft has appeared on, so this collection does most of leg work for you. The Singles was just made available on our merch page. If you’re interested, you may order a copy here.

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On this day in 1969, the circulation of high-denomination bills was officially discontinued by the Federal Reserve. This included the $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 bills. They are still technically legal tender in the United States, but most of these bills are effectively gone. There are only about 200 $5,000 and 300 $10,000 bills known to still be in existence. The decision to discontinue the bills was an executive order by President Richard Nixon in an effort to combat organized crime. Today we have the song Hard Earned Money by FISHBOY. If you caught Fishboy at the Sunset on Saturday, then you are lucky. They were great!

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The Harper Lee novel, To Kill a Mockingbird was first published on this day in 1960. It won the Pulitzer Prize and has become a classic of modern American fiction. The novel was loosely based on Harper Lee's observations of her family and neighbors, as well as an event that occurred near her hometown in 1936, when she was 10 years old.

TONIGHT (Friday, June 11th), TULLYCRAFT will be playing an in-store at Easy Street Records in West Seattle. The store is located at 4559 California Ave SW (in the Alaska Junction area of West Seattle). The show starts at 10PM. Hopefully, we'll see some of you there. Today we have the song Corner Store by JONATHAN RICHMAN. Support small businesses!

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On this day in 1890, Wyoming was admitted as the 44th U.S. state. Today we have the song Wyoming by THE LUCKSMITHS from the album A Good Kind Of Nervous. Hopefully, this makes up for not posting "Aviatrix" on the July 2nd post.

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Happy Birthday! All of these people were born on July 9th: Lee Hazlewood, Bon Scott (AC/DC), Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse), John Tesh, O.J. Simpson, Courtney Love, Marc Almond (Soft Cell), Tom Hanks, Fred Savage (The Wonder Years), Jack White (The White Stripes) and Spencer Elden, the baby on the cover of Nirvana's Nevermind album. Today we have THE CAT'S MIAOW covering The Magnetic Fields' song Born On A Train.

Show(s) on Saturday!

I know most of the "show-going" people in Seattle will be seeing The Vaselines this Saturday (July 12th), but for those of you who couldn't get tickets, Tullycraft will be playing at The Sunset (in Ballard) with Fishboy and BOAT. The Denton, Texas band, Fishboy released what I considered to be one of the best pop albums of 2007, 'Albatross: How We Failed to Save the Lone Star State with the Power of Rock and Roll', and BOAT have a terrific new 7" EP called Topps. Doors are at 10PM. No matter where you end up, this is going to be a great evening for music in Seattle. A while back, Dave Crane (from BOAT) sent me some of the demos he was working on for their new 7" EP. Today we have the demo version of the song Four Beds For Boat by D. CRANE. You may purchase the hi-fi version on their Topps 7" at the show. 

Beware of Tullycraft T-shirts!

If you thought the new Tullycraft T-shirts were dangerous, check out what happens when you wear one of the Postage Stamp Ts!