In the first few weeks of this year fans have connected through twitter.com/FutureHeartDay to make Wayne Coyne a 50th Birthday message and help Steven Drozd get on XMU (no pun intended).
So, what else has been going on in 2011…
…deaths, birthdays, TV appearances, the lowest selling Billboard chart-topper in SoundScan history, Billboard create new chart for “Uncharted”, Wilco formed their own record label, Menomena split, the state of the Obama’s union and the RIAA, Paste acquired by Wolfgang’s Vault, major labels price fixing lawsuit …
…Deerhoof, Iron and Wine, The Strokes, PJ Harvey, The Chrome Pony, Decemberists, Smith Westerns, Jack White and Third Man’s latest projects, Wire, Gang of 4, Drive By Truckers, Matt and Kim…and a 60 disc Grateful Dead set!
Here’s the top stories, songs, TV appearances and trivia from the start of the year as tweeted – or retweeted – by twitter.com/FutureHeartDay:
RIP Charlie Louvin — @Thirdmanvault RT "some fantastic Louvin Bros footage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWp7MGY3II4"
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 26, 2011
http://youtu.be/CNcKMmPC4Rk Trish Keenan #RIP
— SAVIO SAVIO (@saviosaviomusic) January 15, 2011
Wish Daniel a Happy Birthday! Call (936) 463-4688. He'll also be in Austin at the "Hi, How Are You?" wall tomorrow at 2pm.
— Daniel Johnston (@danieljohnston) January 21, 2011
RT @FutureHeartDay: Over 50 fans make video for Wayne's birthday! http://tinyurl.com/yhohlqb Happy birthday to one of our Creativity…
— Creative Oklahoma (@OK_Creativity) January 13, 2011
Wayne watching bday vid http://tiny.cc/xd5sp RT at everyone involved w/ proj @thebodyelectrk @aerocat @amymergirl @NotSoRadical @redqueen67
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 15, 2011
@waynecoyne From all of us, we hope the bday vid inspired you as much as you've inspired us-though that's not possible http://tiny.cc/xd5sp
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 16, 2011
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti performed "Round and Round" last night on Jimmy Fallon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUq0BSEc0mk #whoneedstv
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 20, 2011
http://twitter.com/FutureHeartDay/status/26026885817303040
Black Keys score highest SNL ratings since Betty White with Jay-Z – Watch/read more http://www.spin.com/articles/watch-black-keys-rock-snl
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 10, 2011
Colbert's Grammy votes; Black Keys and Vampire Weekend throw down in a "SellOut Off" http://tinyurl.com/4d9k7bx It's funny because it's true
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 12, 2011
Watch Monsters of Folk Full ACL Episode at http://video.pbs.org/video/1726171249
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 10, 2011
Local Natives "Wide Eyes" live on Fallon, Jan 4th http://tinyurl.com/26cruoq #songoftheday @arnoldooo @Marcia__Oliver @chrishutchinson
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 10, 2011
No Age – "Fever Dreaming" on Late Show with David Letterman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrGXbtBdum8
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 10, 2011
Okkervil River debuted new song on Jimmy Fallon Jan 10th http://tinyurl.com/66wfwlg @rockstonic @macaronnie @dayyyson
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 12, 2011
Cee-lo interviews himself http://tinyurl.com/4e9mnvp Gwyneth Paltrow/Cee Lo SNL Jan 15 http://tinyurl.com/4txpe2m http://tinyurl.com/47hbzat
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 17, 2011
Higher education going viral (Cee-lo's F You in sign language) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HCiCRJ8kVg
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 10, 2011
Arcade Fire and Cee Lo Green to Perform at the Grammys http://www.grammy.com/news/grammy-performers-announced
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 14, 2011
The National, Arcade Fire and Mumford and Sons Nominated for Brit Awards http://www.spinner.com/2011/01/13/brit-awards-2011-nominees/
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 14, 2011
http://twitter.com/FutureHeartDay/status/32248376040886273
CAKE on Jimmy Fallon tonight. http://fb.me/QChBAxnK
— CAKE MUSIC (@CAKEMUSIC) January 12, 2011
Cake tops Billboard with lowest selling #1 in SoundScan history; others crack jokes at them http://tiny.cc/2tjc1 #allthenewsthatfittoprint
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 19, 2011
@oklahomarock MTV Cribs ep with Wayne Coyne on tonight! @toenolla @Tara_Skye @harmonicasolo @the3rdgirl @pattymac1026 @WhatJustin @simonjmay
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 26, 2011
DVR Alert: @theFlamingLips play VH1 Rock Honors: The Who (from 2008). VH1 Classic @ 10pm CST! @WayneCoyne @StevenDrozd @KliphScurlock
— OklahomaRock.com (@oklahomarock) January 26, 2011
Exclusive: Wilco forms own label, aligns with Silver Lake's Anti- Records: Chicago's rock 'n' roll shape-shifter… http://lat.ms/f4nwZJ
— 13th Floor Elevators (@texaspsych11) January 26, 2011
Portishead curate ATP I'll Be Your Mirror -special guest Jeff Mangum – Asbury Park, NJ http://tinyurl.com/4vvmmyy #nolongerinNY #startsaving
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 26, 2011
Hear a Pink Floyd set from Fillmore West, April 1970 http://tiny.cc/kszj0 Rare "Cymbaline" and "Embryo" – entire "Atom Heart Mother" suite
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 19, 2011
@stevendrozd RT @SpinnerTweet John Bonham once nearly beat up Sting. Find out why: http://aol.it/h9aXa7
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 19, 2011
Photo gallery of @theflaminglips Freak Out on New Year's Eve in Oklahoma City – http://t.co/DE5Y15Q
— QRO Magazine (@qromag) January 8, 2011
Year in Festivals: Austin City Limits Day 3 http://tiny.cc/x501w Flaming Lips, National, Dawes, Warpaint, Ted Leo, Band of Horses, Midlake
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 8, 2011
Review of Broken Social Scene NYC Webcast Show http://www.spinner.com/2011/01/19/broken-social-scene-live-youtube-terminal-5/
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 19, 2011
New PBJ music video #PeanutButterandJelly http://www.nme.com/nme-video/peter-bjorn–john—breaker-breaker-nme-exclusive/753240462001
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 19, 2011
http://oregonmusicnews.com/blog/2011/01/09/brent-knopf-says-farewell-to-menomena/
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 10, 2011
Thom Yorke interviews Flying Lotus (video) http://bit.ly/fIAxE5
— Radiohead News (@radioheadnews) January 26, 2011
Thom Yorke posts new Office Chart: http://bit.ly/fh5aI2
— Radiohead News (@radioheadnews) January 12, 2011
FUNNY INTERVIEWS
Satomi in Time Out Japan http://www.timeout.jp/en/tokyo/feature/1786/Deerhoof-Vs-Time-Out… http://fb.me/MLSUOyUf
— greg saunier (@gregsaunier) January 25, 2011
Deerhoof's Satomi plays secretary (and sings) Go! Team's new video "Secretary Song" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q41DBQ_psRk #workinggirl
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 26, 2011
Deerhoof Konono No.1 Collaboration? http://exclaim.ca/News/deerhoof_talk_split_seven-inch_series_konono_no1_collaboration_vinyl_reissues
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 14, 2011
Deerhoof vs. Evil out today http://tinyurl.com/4kjbls9 Hear all of it and 20+ other full new albums, Iron and Wine etc http://aol.it/5rDDh5
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 25, 2011
Iron and Wine WB debut "Kiss Each Other Clean" out today; here's "Tree By the River" on Conan last night http://tinyurl.com/4m84cak
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 25, 2011
@daytrotter RT Iron and Wine visited our studios and laid down these beautiful tracks! Listen and download http://bit.ly/fCAIRa
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 12, 2011
Iron and Wine played their new album in full last week, live in NYC – NPR recorded it http://tinyurl.com/38e58px Then they hit Fallon
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 10, 2011
exclusive – check out the new Strokes album cover… http://twitpic.com/3olm1u
— Julian Casablancas (@Casablancas_J) January 9, 2011
The Last Living Rose' by PJ Harvey. A short film directed by Seamus Murphy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWBrWhrKchQ
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 14, 2011
Norman's @The_Chrome_Pony's music video for "Love in a Genocide", via @DeloCreative – http://bit.ly/g66Hl0
— OklahomaRock.com (@oklahomarock) January 23, 2011
Watching Chrome Pony at the Deli..!!Cool blue lights and a horse head http://yfrog.com/h2119ej
— Wayne Coyne (@waynecoyne) January 22, 2011
sy rarities and oddities up now @sonicyouth.com/main on mixtape #8
— Sonic Youth (@thesonicyouth) January 19, 2011
Just realized: Daydream Nation demos are on the new Sonic Youth Mix Tape I tweeted last week http://www.sonicyouth.com/jukebox/jukebox.html
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 24, 2011
SYR9 'Simon Werner A Disparu' OST download available to order at http://bit.ly/e3HOQy
— Sonic Youth (@thesonicyouth) January 24, 2011
1989…live BBC TV Session featuring 'Dead" ! …check it out:… http://fb.me/RpBWWpJw
— PIXIES (@PIXIES) January 10, 2011
Tame …live from Brazil SWU Festival last October
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQYGFr04yAA&feature=related http://fb.me/G9tZ1L8a— PIXIES (@PIXIES) January 17, 2011
More chances to see Pixies' perform Doolittle http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2011/01/20/pixies-canada-tour-dates-doolittle/
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 20, 2011
1988 Caribou live…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQgIOUwVZ1w&feature=related http://fb.me/DafgazVQ— PIXIES (@PIXIES) January 11, 2011
The Decemberists Look Back to Roots for 'The King is Dead' http://tiny.cc/jihoc Listen to the new album http://tiny.cc/dm5cr #morefreemusic
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 19, 2011
Thanks, Wilco, for giving Smith Westerns an even bigger chip on their shoulder.
— melissa geils (@mgeils) January 28, 2011
Cold War Kids Perform 'Louder Than Ever' Live at Third Man Records Video Premiere http://tiny.cc/sm2k8
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 19, 2011
Song Premiere: Jack White Produces Sweden's First Aid Kit http://n.pr/gyWfeR
— All Songs Considered (@allsongs) January 18, 2011
Wire interview about album, 'Red Barked Tree' http://aol.it/dFJ4PM and review http://bit.ly/fPMqhv
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 12, 2011
Gang of Four love Kenny Rogers. http://aol.it/fNTNrj
— AOL News (@AOLNews) January 21, 2011
Drive-By Truckers 'Used to Be a Cop' #FreeMP3 http://tiny.cc/w8p51
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 19, 2011
Free MP3 of the Day on Amazon- REALLY GOOD! 'In The Cool Of The Day' by Daniel Martin Moore (MP3 Do… http://amzn.to/hVNVJZ
— Rich Cruse Photo (@CrusePhoto) January 25, 2011
First Watch: Jonsi at the Wiltern 1 song, take a look http://bit.ly/icqukF
— All Songs Considered (@allsongs) January 25, 2011
Matt and Kim new video for "Cameras" http://www.mtv.com/videos/matt-and-kim/614040/cameras.jhtml#id=1656318 #fileunderbloodandviolence
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 20, 2011
I made it on here. Cool. http://aol.it/g5W9VA #agingrocker #fishingforcompliments
— Steven Drozd (@stevendrozd) January 11, 2011
The dude from Muse and Kate Hudson?? Really?? http://www.usmagazine.com/momsbabies/news/kate-hudson-is-pregnant-2011121
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 14, 2011
Guitarist Nels Cline and painter Norton Wisdom @winterjazzfest in NYC. http://twitpic.com/3obymw insane live art
— All Songs Considered (@allsongs) January 9, 2011
http://twitter.com/FutureHeartDay/status/30410369365188609
Pictures from @whiteseamusic's show at Bardot, ths Monday last. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=360912&id=409307104477
— SAVIO SAVIO (@saviosaviomusic) January 15, 2011
Flaming Lips Zaireeka party in Singapore! http://tinyurl.com/4crv3ap@abcdetc http://preview.tinyurl.com/4uunwwp
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 21, 2011
It's a relief when you think someone is dead.. But turns out they have just been washing dishes. http://yfrog.com/h59b2elj
— J Michelle Martin (@AgentTabitha) January 18, 2011
Met Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips last night and he put me on a guest list for their concert February 3rd, last night was awesome! :)
— The Slugpuppies (@TheSlugpuppies) January 5, 2011
Grateful Dead new box set – entire Europe '72 tour – over 60 discs! http://aol.it/g20MfW #wow #whoknewtherewasthatmuchmoneyintiedye
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 20, 2011
Trey Anastasio announced 'Acoustic & Electric' Winter Tour 2011 with his solo band
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 14, 2011
January 19, 1988 – the 5 primary Psychedelic Poster artists from the Fillmore/Avalon era. Wes Wilson, Alton… http://fb.me/TepCadqQ
— Jay Blakesberg (@jayblakesberg) January 17, 2011
Jam Cruise Raided for Drugs by Federal Agents http://www.spinner.com/2011/01/11/jam-band-cruise-raid-drugs/
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 14, 2011
Politics and music: Get the scoop on where Obama lands with the RIAA: http://bit.ly/gLl6K3
— Crawdaddy Magazine (@crawdada) January 26, 2011
Paste acquired by Wolfgang’s Vault (which also own Crawdaddy! and Daytrotter) http://bit.ly/hGG9sm #bringthemagazinebackinprint
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 25, 2011
Paste on literal album covers http://bit.ly/g6yy3m from Yoshimi taking on a pink robot to Rush moving pictures and – of course – Herb Albert
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 12, 2011
Members of The Hold Steady, Death Cab, Decemberists, Yo La Tengo and more, all on one album? Surely you jest, @yeproc! http://bit.ly/i8wCn5
— Paste Magazine (@PasteMagazine) January 6, 2011
Free mp3 Premiere: Modern Skirts – "Happy 81" http://bit.ly/i6EKxm
— Paste Magazine (@PasteMagazine) January 17, 2011
Billboard create new chart for "Uncharted" http://bit.ly/hAdVI4 Traphik top first Uncharted Chart http://tiny.cc/k0pf0 #ineverheardemeither
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 24, 2011
Major Labels get hit with Price Fixing lawsuit: http://bit.ly/gQQ0YV
— Crawdaddy Magazine (@crawdada) January 10, 2011
What's your definition of happiness? Check out today's feature articles on the great pursuit of happiness at http://bit.ly/aDSZsy
— Psychology Today (@PsychToday) January 18, 2011
the healing power of light:
http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/27113/— Jonny Dix (@artking) January 21, 2011
"One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries." -A.A. Milne
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 14, 2011
@theFlamingLips homepage http://tiny.cc/spj82 links to my vid on Steven's scores http://tiny.cc/idz23 I guess that means they approve. Yea!
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 22, 2011
https://psychexfutureheart.wordpress.com/ more shameless self promo… #agingrocker #fishingforcompliments #softsymphonicpsychrock
— Steven Drozd (@stevendrozd) January 6, 2011
@stevendrozd tweeted my blog! (if I got any info wrong or left out any of your solo work let me know and I'll fix it) #fishingforcompliments
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 6, 2011
http://twitter.com/jakefogelnest/status/28907620584660992
Daily Flaming Lips Quote "To spend your time flying around on top of people’s heads you’ve got to have a good bubble" http://tiny.cc/xg8m0
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 8, 2011
@STARDEATHontour Did your Daytrotter session get posted yet? I've been waiting!
— The Future Heart (@TheFutureHeart) January 10, 2011
Artist of the year (so far)… Yuck? The Go! Team? Wanda Jackson? British Sea Power? Braids? Click here to join the discussion…
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