Saturday, August 10, 2013

Rock Mobster Archives: 2013 August 08-14

Wednesday, August 14, 2013
  1. Paul McCartney hires stars for new album (Contact Music)
  2. Getting by with a little help from Paul McCartney (Edmonton Journal) 

  3. The Last Beatles Photo Shoot (Messy Nessy Chic)

  4. Eric Clapton Honors J.J. Cale (McCabe's Guitar Shop) (Where's Eric?)
  5. Sony Reissuing Expanded Edition of Jimi Hendrix Box Set (Rock Square)

  6. Led Zeppelin To Be Honored In Denmark (Led Zeppelin)

  7. As memory dims, Glen Campbell plays on (USA Today)
  8. 50 Years of The Ronettes’ ‘Be My Baby’: An Oral History (Radio.com) 
  9. Would You Buy a $70 Flannel Shirt from John Fogerty? (New Republic) 
  10. Every song by The Waitresses ever compiled into one collection (Noise 11) 
  11. Bananarama's first six albums to be reissued as 2CD+DVD sets (Super Deluxe Edition) 
  12. Pre-orders for the 180 gram, double-disc White Stripes ELEPHANT reissue. (Third Man Records)

  13. Patti Smith to pay tribute to poems of Robert Louis Stevenson on stage(Guardian)

  14. Order Barrence Whitfield & The Savages Bloodshot debut album 'Dig Thy Savage Soul!' (Bloodshot Records)

  15. Boston Calling Music Festival Returns for Second Edition in September (Q&A with Co-Founder Brian Appel) (Berklee Groove)
  16. Charlatans’ drummer Jon Brookes has died, aged 44. Lois Wilson offers a personal tribute (MOJO) 
  17. Died On This Date (August 13, 2012) Brent Grulke / Creative Director For South By Southwest(The Music’s Over) 

  18. Memorial Services for George Duke to Stream Live on CentricTV.com(Eurweb)

  19. How It Came To Be (Grateful Dead logo)(The Bear)

  20. Get a Joan Baez guitar string bracelet & support the Resource Center for Nonviolence (Wear Your Music)

  21. 25 Artists You Should Be Following On Instagram(HuffPo)
  22. August 13, 1951: Martin and Lewis: Top money act in show business.(Life)
  23. Alfred Hitchcock 'Directs' a Life picture story, 1942 (Life) 
  24. Incredibly Detailed Close-Ups of Van Gogh’s Masterpieces (Twisted Sifter)

  25. The Way I See It by Andy Pratt (SoundCloud) 

  26. Michelle Obama to release a rap album (Boston Globe) 


Tuesday, August 13, 2013

  1. “Hoarder House” Full of Records (Apollo Music/Audiophile Records) 
  2. New sign highlights Rick Danko's old 'stomping grounds'(Simcoe Reformer)
  3. Rusty Anderson picks 14 essential guitar albums(Music Radar)
  4. The Bayonets new single "Whatcha Got" is now RELEASED on thebayonets.com and brianray.com. (Brian Ray) 
  5. 'Bad Dancer' with Adam Horovitz & Mike D. from new @YOKOONO PLASTIC ONO BAND album is out (Yoko Ono)
  6. Who Is Harry Nilsson And Why Is Van Dyke Parks Talking About Him? (Aquarium Drunkard) 
  7. 'Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013': Deified and Defiant (Pop Matters)
  8. Mark Knopfler has announced four US dates this October. Presales begin August 13, at 10 am PDT. (Mark Knopfler)
  9. Quadrophenia scooter will be on display!(Who Convention)
  10. OUT THIS WEEK - Nik Kershaw's "The Riddle" 2CD deluxe, Stone Temple Pilots 2LP reissues, Crosby, Stills & Nash "CSN" 24K Gold remaster plus more (Super Deluxe Edition)
  11. John Fogerty Is Still Square, but He's Kinda Cool, Too (Pop Matters)
  12. Lady Gaga's new single 'Applause' leaked, scrubbed from internet by loyal fans(nj.com)
  13. Pre-order the great Tony Joe White's latest album, Hoodoo (Yep Roc)
  14. The Jam’s All Mod Cons revisited, 35 years on, by bassist Bruce Foxton: “If this bombed, we’d be out on our ear... (MOJO) 
  15. Violent Femmes First Aussie Reunion Shows For Falls Festival(Noise 11) 
  16. On The Road To Spearfish with Crazy Horse’s Billy Talbot(Jambands) 
  17. Listen: Stephen Colbert Explains Exactly What Happened With Daft Punk(Pitchfork)

 

Monday, August 12, 2013 (Slow Music News Day)
Sunday, August 11, 2013
  1. Werner Herzog Made a Documentary About Texting While Driving. And It’s Haunting(Slate) 
  2. Singer Eydie Gorme dies at 84 (CBS News)
  3. Neil Young and Crazy Horse will play at Folk Fest despite guitarist’s injury (Ottawa Citizen) 
  4. Jack White Fires Back at Karen Elson in Court (Rolling Stone)
  5. Jody Payne, Willie Nelson guitarist, dies at 77 (AP)
  6. Who’s Roger Daltrey Giving Special Performance At OC Fair For Good Cause (CBS Local LA)
  7. Elizabeth Banks Films "Love and Mercy" (Brian Wilson)
  8. Beady Eye's Gem Archer hospitalized with severe head trauma following accident(NME) 
  9. One Track Mind: Adrian Belew, Greg Lake, Tony Levin and John Wetton remember King Crimson (Something Else Reviews)
  10. Amy Poehler will star in Inside Out, and other super exciting Disney Pixarcasting announcements (Vulture)
  11. Arctic Monkeys – “Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?” Video(Stereogum)

  12. One of the founders of The Bridge Folk Club, Louisa Jo (Louis) Killen, has died. (A few years ago, Louis Killen decided to fulfill an almost lifelong desire and came out as a woman: Louisa Jo)(Sing Out)


Satuday, August 10, 2013
  1. ARLO GUTHRIE JOINS GERDE'S FOLK CITY DOCUMENTARY (Gerde's Folk City at 50)
  2. David Bromberg concert at the Falcon to be filmed 8/13 (Live at the Falcon) (Concert Window) 
  3. Linda Thompson: “Working with Richard Thompson is just like having another session player, only a really, really good one” (Uncut) 
  4. Paul McCartney's Leather Trousers' Discovered By Bridlington Pensioner(NME)
  5. Roger Daltrey to play the OC Fair, for charity (Interview) (Daily Pilot)
  6. Led Zeppelin Frontman Robert Plant Joins Twitter and Instagram (NME) 
  7. Alice Cooper's Mansion in Greenwich, Conn. In 1971, shock rocker Alice Cooper and the band needed a place to live and rehearse. Their manager rented a stately mansion in Greenwich, Conn. (WSJ)
  8. Vintage photos of The Sex Pistols, Tom Jones and Paul Weller feature in Carnaby Echoes exhibition (London Evening Standard) 
  9. Listen: The Clash interview with John Wilson (Front Row BBC 4)
  10. We Want The Airwaves: The WFNX Story (Facebook)
  11. The Good Listener: How Do You Break Into Music Journalism? (npr) 
  12. Dream Syndicate frontman Steve Wynn gives new life to the old hits(Boston Globe)
  13. Riot Fest & Sideshow: The Replacements, Blink-182, Iggy And The Stooges, Public Enemy, Airborne Toxic Event, Guided by Voices, The Dismemberment Plan, Alkaline Trio, Superchunk, Yo La Tengo, and more...(TicketFly)
  14. The Band: Helm film update, Robertson book, new compilation, farewell Mrs. Danko (Examiner)
  15. Tom Rush Marks Half-Century Career With Live Concert CD/DVD Due August 13 (Music Nashville News)
  16. Loretta Lynn to be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (CMT) 
  17. The Tennessean's obituary of Cowboy Jack Clement (Tennessean) 
  18. Jack Clement, Producer and Country Songwriter, Dies at 82 (NY Times)  
  19. Happy Birthday, Andy Warhol: Here Are 85 Facts Instead Of Candles(Buzzfeed)
  20. My Visit With John Lennon at the Dakota, 1978 (HuffPo)
  21. Sony to reissue some classic box sets by Hall and Oates, Judas Priest and "Tracks" from Bruce Springsteen in September, in compact, shelf-friendly packaging. (Super Deluxe Edition)
  22. MARK KNOPFLER, ‘I USED TO COULD’ – SONG PREMIERE (Ultimate Classic Rock) 
  23. Exclusive: Nick Lowe, “Without Love” (Live From Yep Roc 15) (American Songwriter)
  24. The Melvins cover Butthole Surfers (AV Club)  
  25. Standing in solidarity with shushing people who talk and text in movie theaters (Vulture)

 

Friday, August 9, 2013
  1. TOUR DATES CANCELED: Neil Young and Crazy Horse Europe Tour(Thrasher’s Wheat)
  2. David Gilmour’s Children Get Roles In ‘Downton Abbey’ (Star Pulse)
  3. Karen Black Dies at 74 (Variety) 
  4. Humble Pie's 4-CD 'Rockin' the Fillmore' coming from Omnivore (Grateful Web)
  5. Patti Smith, St Vincent and The National to appear on Boardwalk Empire soundtrack (Uncut)
  6. Willie Nelson Records All Female Duets Album (VVN Music)
  7. Good to the Last Rocking Drop (Maxwell's, Hoboken)(NY Times)
  8. ROLLING STONES SONG FEATURED IN TRAILER FOR ROBERT DE NIRO’S ‘THE FAMILY’ (Ultimate Classic Rock)
  9. Revamped site (Robert Plant)
  10. Yoko Ono Grinds Guitars With Thurston Moore at Poland's Transatlantyk Festival (Hollywood Reporter)
  11. GET UP, STAND UP: The day Bob Marley personally asked me to stand up(Purple Clover)
  12. Neko Case Watch the lyric video for "Night Still Comes" (Refinery29)
  13. The F.B.I. Investigation of the song “Louie Louie” (50th anniversary)(Louie Report)
  14. CBS and Time Warner Cable are only hurting themselves in their feud(Vulture)

 

Thursday, August 8, 2013
  1. How Entertainers Are Bullied Into Not Performing In Israel (Forbes)

  2. Listen to Elvis Costello’s Exclusive Song From ‘Boardwalk Empire’ (Elvis Costello)

  3. Daft Punk bailed on The Colbert Report last night, but Stephen Colbert emerged victorious (AV Club)
  4. Sneak peek at 'CBGB': Rupert Grint's inner punk (USA Today) 

  5. Beck, Giorgio Moroder, Cat Power, Jim Jarmusch, more will take part in Doug Aitken's "Station to Station" Happening (Pitchfork)

  6. Moby DJ Set – One Night Only  Thursday 19 September – Chinese Laundry, NSW (Funf) 
  7. George Duke’s Label Releases Statement About His Death Including Cause(Eurweb) 
  8. New Show Added In Buenos Aires (Bruce Springsteen)
  9. Roy Orbison’s "Candy Man" Song Commemorated In Limited Edition Replica of Original Magazine Ad(prweb)
  10. Greil Marcus re-evaluates his Self Portrait ‘what is this shit?’ Dylan review: “This is just terrific!”(Uncut) 
  11. Marin Town to Honor Late Grateful Dead Musician with “Jerry Garcia Day"(Patch) 
  12. Sean Hannity Blasts Ryan Adams Following Twitter Spat (Stereogum)

  13. 8/9: The Monkees at Mesa Arts Center (Micky Dolenz interview) (Az. Central) 

  14. David Bowie - David Bowie's Spooky Recording Studio Up For Sale(Contact Music)
  15. Brian May Schedules (Knee) Surgery (Queen Rock Band)
  16. Pee-wee Herman Expected to Make TV, Film Return (Paste) 
  17. Walking through 'Andy Warhol's New York City' (NY Daily News)
  18. Final AmericanaramA: Bob Weir, John Doe, two Dylan covers, MMJ's 'Glory Days' (Video)
  19. Bob Odenkirk and David Cross Harvard Book Store In-Store September 20(Harvard Book Store)
  20. An early Orson Welles film is rediscovered in Italy! (NY Times)
  21. No, online news isn't killing newspapers. Online advertising is (Slate) 
  22. Members Of Opening Band Walking Among Crowd During Intermission Like Gods Among Men (Onion)
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