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It’s just me romanticizing what I can’t have and being like ‘but what if…’”\n--\nWatch them sing from the back of a rental truck in the official video for \"Soft Spot\": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjqTrZUL_2U", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3635957, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3635957/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-31T09:25:04-07:00", "show": 66328, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66328/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3635956, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3635956/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-31T09:23:02-07:00", "show": 66328, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66328/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710608.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-76e673df-efe9-4735-9952-7c97c5d2e6ce/mbid-76e673df-efe9-4735-9952-7c97c5d2e6ce-11206267772_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia802905.us.archive.org/34/items/mbid-76e673df-efe9-4735-9952-7c97c5d2e6ce/mbid-76e673df-efe9-4735-9952-7c97c5d2e6ce-11206267772_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Baby Got Going", "track_id": "5e5d0aab-6b8b-37fe-8e77-cbd31a290ccb", "recording_id": "7b41d06a-4713-4281-a8c1-e360ae8034ee", "artist": "Liz Phair", "artist_ids": [ "149326c2-b8a3-48e3-b3d2-9b5b9593127f" ], "album": "whitechocolatespaceegg", "release_id": "76e673df-efe9-4735-9952-7c97c5d2e6ce", "release_group_id": "fbce2832-8614-346b-9e72-236827a22dd5", "labels": [ "Matador", "Capitol Records" ], "label_ids": [ "229bd4be-8cd7-442c-85b0-5007ea353abc", "abea2d3e-eabf-4480-ab24-9382dd642c73" ], "release_date": "1998-08-11", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Unlike her previous two albums, with themes of sex and relationships, Whitechocolatespaceegg focused more on motherhood and family, as Phair had recently gotten married and given birth to a son.\n--\nThat's producer Scott Litt on harmonica, drums, and background vocals.\nSee an intimate live performance on \"Breakfast with the Arts\": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NY8H2Qe3YI", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3635955, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3635955/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-31T09:17:41-07:00", "show": 66328, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66328/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/7981aa94-2734-46db-9cf9-89deb3ba0f87/26998710039-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/7981aa94-2734-46db-9cf9-89deb3ba0f87/26998710039-250.jpg", "song": "Dry the Rain", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "7f93c6dc-c9ae-4a1b-b75e-fc55438ca05b", "artist": "The Beta Band", "artist_ids": [ "0d82f0cd-107a-403f-a726-ac7287cbea65" ], "album": "High Fidelity", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "2c6ebb4a-f77a-3004-a872-0bc12c47d72b", "labels": [ "Hollywood Records" ], "label_ids": [ "6bb7c1b2-cb06-4381-9c59-02b1ae4aa96d" ], "release_date": "1999-10-11", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "“I will now sell five copies of the Three E.P’s by the Beta Band.”-- Rob (John Cusack) in \"High Fidelity\" \n-- \n26 years ago today, the film \"High Fidelity\" premiered in the US. 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According to an interview with the film's star, John Cusack, it was a challenge figuring out which songs would go where in the film because Rob, Dick, and Barry \"are such musical snobs.\" He and his screenwriting partners listened to 2,000 songs and picked 70 song cues.\n--\nWatch Steve Mason of The Beta Band perform \"Dry the Rain\" from our LIVE on KEXP Studio session from May 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVEeHIdN8D4", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3635953, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3635953/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-31T09:14:35-07:00", "show": 66328, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66328/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia801401.us.archive.org/28/items/mbid-1ff35526-5f4b-45c5-9ed8-c2a02909ef2d/mbid-1ff35526-5f4b-45c5-9ed8-c2a02909ef2d-33332266642_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721607.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-1ff35526-5f4b-45c5-9ed8-c2a02909ef2d/mbid-1ff35526-5f4b-45c5-9ed8-c2a02909ef2d-33332266642_thumb250.jpg", "song": "I Can’t Stand the Rain", "track_id": "e8f2df8e-ec90-3b41-bafe-efe51c25679d", "recording_id": "676fcb37-85a2-4ced-9560-0cf4bd8a81d9", "artist": "Ann Peebles", "artist_ids": [ "a7e05e3f-7459-4ba6-9041-8b5cacf6338c" ], "album": "I Can't Stand the Rain", "release_id": "64782000-ecbc-4dd8-8686-ad7e644f3f69", "release_group_id": "f1c09a35-7e36-377f-b67f-72a52dca1180", "labels": [ "Hi Records" ], "label_ids": [ "19eeed5a-1dbe-40bc-b6e9-5979a3a903d8" ], "release_date": "1974-01-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "This song originated from an offhand comment made by Peebles as she and her songwriting partners were preparing to head out to a Blues show one evening and it began tipping down with rain. \"It was pouring outside and I just said, I can't stand this rain,\" recalled Peebles. \"And I think it was Don who perked up: 'That's a good title.' We sat down and began to write. 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It featured a TON of really great music. 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