Saturday, August 10, 2013

Rock Mobster Archives: 2013 August 29-31

Saturday, August 31, 2013 
  1. DIFFERENT DRUM: THE POWER OF LINDA RONSTADT’S VOICE (New Yorker)

  2. Micky Dolenz Talks About The Monkees Present... And 

    The Monkees' Future (HuffPo)

  3. Neko Case opens up about her latest album on NPR's Listen Live party (NPR)
  4. Elton John set for stage return after appendix operation (Mirror UK)
  5. Moby Releases Song With Wayne Coyne (Noise 11)
  6. SAN FRANCISCO'S TOMPKINS SQUARE LABEL PRESENTS THE FIRST-EVER VINYL REISSUE OF DINO VALENTE'S 1968 SELF-TITLED CLASSIC ON EPIC RECORDS (Soundcloud) 
  7. Ozzy Osbourne nearly burns down mansion while frying up a snack(Mirror UK)
  8. The Beatles' Isolated Vocals of the Complete Side 2 of Abbey Road (That Eric Alper)
  9. House of Blues to reopen as New Hampshire family mourns loss of 19-year-old woman (Boston Globe)
  10. Tributes paid to ‘keeper of language’ Irish poet and Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney, who has died at 74 (Irish Times)

Friday, August 30, 2013
  1. Sightings: Robyn Hitchcock Sat in With Chris Pickering Last Night at The 5 Spot; Anyone Know What He's Doing in Town?(Nashville Scene) 
  2. $2 Tuesday Playlist 8-27-13: I turned around only to see the singular Robyn Hitchcock! (Tim Hobbs)
  3. Photographer Bob Gruen recalls John Lennon’s only post-Beatles concerts(Examiner)
  4. Legendary Beatles Strawberry Field gates painted yellow: Mystery message daubed on iconic tourist attraction(Liverpool Echo)
  5. Zappa’s ’200 Motels’ Is Readied for Its Close-up (Variety)
  6. The Dead Weather working on new songs in the studio yesterday… (and searching for bodies)(Third Man Records)
  7. Mastertapes with David Crosby: Radio 4 | 7 October. Be in the audience(BBC)
  8. Man Arrested After Attempting to Set Ryman Auditorium on Fire(Taste Of Country)
  9. These Tift Merritt Traveling Alone deluxe sets came in today - and we can't stop staring. It's available Sept. 17(on vinyl too!)(Yep Roc)
  10. Death Cab for Cutie to Release Anniversary Edition of Transatlanticism(Paste Magazine)
  11. Peter Hook, former bassist for both Joy Division and New Order is hoping to release a whole stash of master tapes filled with material from both bands.(Paste Magazine)
  12. Neil Young’s Studio Prowess Is More Than Meets the Ear(Variety)
  13. 6 Things Every One Direction Fan Needs To Know About Joy Division(Buzzfeed) 
  14. Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Facing Boycott In Germany Over 'Anti-Semitic' Inflatable Pig(NY Daily News)
  15. Ted Nugent's Wife Arrested In Dallas For Gun Possession(Breitbart)
  16. Rolf Harris formally charged with child sex offences (Noise 11)
Thursday, August 29, 2013
  1. Take a first look at Rolling Stone's cover story on Bob Dylan and the making of Self Portrait before it hits newsstands this Friday(Rolling Stone) 
  2. EP #27: Greil Marcus full hour interview. He discusses Bob's music, career, and influences. (Kreative Kontrol)
  3. The Band plays on: Legendary New York Shows get deluxe deep dive - Watch Robbie and his son Sebastian talk about the new upcoming release from The Band. (MSN)
  4. HUFF 2013 a Hitchcock thriller - Pop surrealism fans take note: British master bound for Halifax (Robyn Hitchcock interview, new album news) (Chronicle Herald)
  5. Beatles’ secretary Freda Kelly finally breaks her silence: Protecting John Lennon’s affairs, sleeping at Ringo Starr’s house (Fox News)
  6. Meet The Man Behind Pink Floyd’s Iconic Battersea Power Station Album Cover (Time Out)
  7. BluesFest 2013 takes place at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall this Autumn. (Bluesfest.co.uk)
  8. Stream 'Boardwalk Empire Soundtrack Volume 1' (Elvis Costello, Patti Smith, Matt Berninger (of The National), Rufus Wainwright, Neko Case and more)(Paste Magazine) 
  9. Who Needs 'It Girls' When You Have Joan Jett and Lou Reed? Not Saint Laurent (PHOTOS)(HuffPo)
  10. Eric Clapton will headline the Baloise Session, an indoor music festival, in Basel, Switzerland on 13 and 14 November (Where' Eric)
  11. The Boot shares another new track from Mark Knopfler's Privateering, in stores September 10! (The Boot) Also: Mark has added a second date in Oakland, on October 28. The MarkKnopfler.com presale starts Tuesday, September 3 at 10 am PDT. 
  12. TALKING HEAD DAVID BYRNE’S LOST ‘TALKING HEADS’ VIDEO PROJECT FROM 1975 (Dangerous Minds)
  13. Huey Lewis is No Duck: A Golfer/Rocker Speaks(Jim Sullivan Ink) 
  14. Jimmy Webb Records With Joe Cocker, Art Garfunkel, Crosby and Nash (and Carly Simon, Brian Wilson, Kris Kristofferson, Amy Grant, Lyle Loveltt, the Jordanaires, Marc Cohn, America, Justin Currie, Keith Urban and Rumer)(VVN Music) 
  15. Engelbert Humperdinck lays down his duet with Gene Simmons (KISS) in LA (VIDEO)(Noise 11)
  16. Yippie and Peace Activist Mayer Vishner Is Dead, Apparently a Suicide(Bedford and Bowery)
  17. House of Blues to shut down tonight after woman, 19, dies, two others injured, in apparent drug overdose (Boston Globe)
  18. Here is how The Times covered the March on Washington in its Aug. 29, 1963 edition; and here is how Times readers who were there that day recall their experiences (NY Times)
  19. On the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington we present a selection of pictures—most of which never ran in LIFE—commemorating that day.(Life.com) 
  20. Joan Baez: "It's the most powerful speech I've ever heard." (BBC) 
  21. 16 concert films (and one concert series) by famous directors (AV Club)
  22. Old wave: The 10 least essential albums of 1983 (AV Club)
  23. Dylan's back pages - August 28 -March on Washington (63), Meet the Beatles (64), Forest Hills (65) (Examiner)
  24. Bob Dylan and Martin Luther King, Jr. (Dylan audio @ 11m) (Examiner)
  25. The Who confirm full track-listing and release date for Tommy Super Deluxe Edition (Uncut) 10 am ET 
  26. Now that's a wrap party: John Cusack enjoys surprise show from Beach Boy Brian Wilson after he finishes playing legendary musician in new biopic (Daily Mail)
  27. August 27, 2013: Taking a look back into CBS6's archives, 41 years ago today, a big controversy between spac and "The Grateful Dead."  (WRBG CBS6)
  28. Across the Great Divide: The Band, “This Wheel’s On Fire” from Music from Big Pink (1968) (Something Else Reviews)

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