Thursday, November 7, 2013

Rock Mobster Archives: 2013 November 15-21

Thursday, November 21, 2013
  1. Tonight @9pm - a benefit for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan by celebrating the music of Lou Reed. Featuring Jeffrey Lewis, Dawn Landes, Cal Folger Day, Turner Cody, Kristin Andreassen, Peter Stampfel and more! (Jalopy Theatre and School of Music/Facebook)
  2. The assassination of President Kennedy as reflected in pop music(Examiner) 
  3. Bob Dylan and President John F. Kennedy (Examiner)
  4. Beyond Beatles (JFK) (Mark Leiwsohn)
  5. Lucinda Williams will reissue her highly acclaimed 1988 self-titled album, also known as "The Rough Trade Album" on January 14th (American Songwriter)
  6. Robyn Hitchcock: The Kazimier, Liverpool (Liverpool Echo)
  7. Interview: Remember when @earlxsweat met Paul McCartney?(NPR Hip Hop)
  8. Rod Stewart will be back on the road in 2014 with residency dates at The Colosseum at Caesar’s Palace and 5 dates under the stars in the UK (Rod Stewart) 
  9. Todd Rundgren Starter (Pitchfork)
  10. Noel Gallagher: 'If there is an Oasis reunion, I won't be in it'  (NME)
  11. A Dylan A Day: “New Morning” (Chris Morris’s Wasted Space)
  12. Get your rocks off! Japanese CD of the Day is a brand new vinyl replica of The Rolling Stones' "Sticky Fingers" - working zipper and all! Best of all is how it sounds. (SuperDeluxeEdition) 
  13. Music legend Alice Cooper on 12 career-defining records (Music Radar)
  14. Norah Jones and Billie Joe Armstrong Cover the Everly Brothers (New Yorker) 
  15. Bob Dylan and The Grateful Dead Rehearse Together in Summer 1987. Listen to 74 Tracks. (Open Culture)
  16. 6 Mind-Blowing Easter Eggs Hidden in Famous Movies (Cracked)
  17. In the first part of a two-part interview Leo Sayer talks to SDE about his 40-year career in music and how he ended up writing songs for The Who's Roger Daltrey (SuperDeluxeEdition) 
  18. ArtsBeat: Lady Gaga Hits No. 1 (NY Times)  
  19. Lady Gaga's 'ARTPOP' flop expected to lose label reported $25 million in marketing costs (MSN)  
  20. Lady Gaga lashes out at the 'overflow of hate' on social media (Billboard) 
  21. Lawsuit Paid In Full: Samsung pays Apple $1 Billion sending 30 trucks full of 5 cent coins (Blade Brown Show) 

Wednesday, November 20, 2013
  1. Report: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr to Join Young Stars on CBS' 50th Anniversary Beatles Salute (ABC News Radio) 
  2. Monty Python reunion planned for new stage show (Telegraph)
  3. Rolling Stones confirm Adelaide Oval gig (Australian)
  4. Waitin' for My Man (Lou Reed) (By John Densmore)(HuffPo) 
  5. David Byrne Benefit Concert: Here Lies Love:The Concert for the Philippines at Terminal 5 on Nov. 25, 2013 (Ticketmaster) 
  6. “Forever Young” by Bob Dylan in Kohl’s Christmas commercial (Cinch Review) 
  7. Photos and thoughts on the Bob Dylan "Complete Album Collection" box set  (SuperDeluxeEdition) 
  8. 2014 SXSW Music Festival Announces Second Billing (HuffPo) 
  9. RANDY NEWMAN - MOVLP913 (Music On Vinyl)
  10. Ray Davies Planning New Album Based on "Americana" Book; Considering a Kinks Reunion Project (ABC News Radio) 
  11. Reviewed! Neil Young, "Live At The Cellar Door". Unveiled! Neil Young: The Ultimate Music Guide.. (Uncut) 
  12. Wes Anderson tribute album in the works, features Black Francis, Mike Watt, Kristin Hersh, more (Pitchfork) 
  13. 29 Reasons "UHF" Is The Greatest Weird Al Movie About A Fake TV Station Ever (Buzzfeed)
  14. Jemima Surrender and the endless royalty battle for songwriting credits between Robbie Robertson and The Band (Don’t Forget The Songs 365)
  15. Morrissey Denounces Melissa Bachman, Pippa Middleton, David Cameron In Epic Statement (Stereogum) 
  16. Still time to catch MOJO snapper Tom Sheehan’s new exhibition, or peruse our online gallery of some of his best shots (MOJO)  
  17. School Teacher Drugged Colleagues With Cream Puffs (The Daily Meal)
  18. Record collector sues his ex-girlfriend after she 'refused to give back 7,000 of his LPs when they broke up' (Mail Online) 
  19. From today's Joe Boyd newsletter… And late breaking bulletin my pal and touring partner Robyn Hitchcock has agreed to all my conditions. We recorded and mixed a cd in 7 days (with the invaluable assistance of the great engineer Jerry Boys) and we're both delighted with it. It will emerge on YepRoc sometime in 2014 (provisional title "The Man Upstairs") and you can judge for yourselves if the Boyd approach works or not.

Tuesday, November 19, 2013
  1. Bruce Springsteen to release new single “High Hopes” on Tuesday (Bruce Springsteen)
  2. Iggy Pop, The Clash Members to Host Holiday Season Shows on BBC Digital Radio Station (Hollywood Reporter) 
  3. The Velvet Underground’s White Light/White Heat is now a luxurious, in-depth MOJO Big Read, in assoc. with Universal. (MOJO) 
  4. SiriusXM Moves To Reduce Claims In Flo And Eddie Florida Suit (All Access)
  5. Harlem Street Singer: The Guitar Gospel of Reverend Gary Davis (Film Music Web)
  6. REFLEKTOR TOUR 2014 tickets(Arcade Fire)
  7. DAVID HIDALGO INTERVIEW: “I HOPE I DIDN’T PISS OFF BOB DYLAN” (Big Issue)
  8. A Dylan a Day: “Nashville Skyline” (Chris Morris’ Wasted Space)
  9. New video for "Like A Rolling Stone" by Bob Dylan (Cinch Report)
  10. Eyewitness account of Bob Dylan's exclusive Legion D'Honneur ceremony(Examiner)
  11. Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones joins Susanna for an exclusive performance of We Offer  (MOJO) 
  12. A day in the life: The Beatles' first appearance on American television (NBC News)
  13. Bill Wyman’s warning for new blues fans (Blues Magazine)
  14. Roger Daltrey Fears Rihanna Is Destroying Herself(Contactmusic.com) 
  15. Music Review: Box sets from the Beatles, Grateful Dead, Velvet Underground  (Newser)
  16. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds announce 19-date North American tour next summer | TOUR DATES (Slicing Up Eyeballs)  
  17. The Soulful, Swinging Sounds Of Stax: A Look Back (NPR) 
  18. Garth Hudson, founding member of The Band, will join The Last Waltz Philly tribute at The Trocadero on 11/30 (WXPN)
  19. Jay Z and Barneys Announce Substantial Changes in Partnership (NY Times Styles) 
  20. Mariah Carey puts wrong version of new song online (Noise 11)  
  21. Blu-ray Review: City Lights - The Criterion Collection (The Morton Report) 
  22. Emerson College to temporarily name schoold after Anchorman Ron Burgundy (CBS News)
  23. They're making a sequel to It's a Wonderful Life. (Vulture) 
  24. How To Open A Can Without a Can Opener (Prepper Journal) 
  25. One of Jeff Koons’s “balloon dogs” just fetched a record price, but who owns the rest of the litter? (Quartz) 
  26. Cat is summoned for jury duty in Boston; court rejects owners' appeal to disqualify him (Daily News)  
  27. How To Transform Yourself Into Batman Using a Black Cat (Laughing Squid)
  28. ICYMI: Clark Kent reports on Batkid heroics (Maddow Blog)
Monday, November 18, 2013
  1. Johnny Marr joined onstage by former Smiths bandmate Andy Rourke in New York (NME)  
  2. Mott the Hoople Newcastle City Hall 16th November 2013 (Vintagerock’s Weblog)
  3. Grateful Dead archivist David Lemieux spoke about the band's upcoming Record Store Day Black Friday release (Relix) 
  4. Harry Nilsson Rarities Collection. 12" 180 gram, numbered limited edition LP. These 12 rare Nilsson tracks have been especially selected for this release from The RCA Albums Collection, a career-spanning 17 CD collection, and include demos, outtakes and other rarities.#RSDBF(Legacy Records) 
  5. Roy Orbision: The Monument Vinyl Box - 4LP collection out soon(SuperDeluxeEdition) 
  6. The Kinks song "Oklahoma USA" was indirectly inspired by an event around this weekend in 1907 (Chimes Of Freedom)  
  7. Watch/Read Kanye West’s Lecture At The Harvard Graduate School Of Design (Stereogum)
  8. How Selling Out Saved Indie Rock (Buzzfeed) 
  9. Music Publisher Bob Beckham Dead at 86 (CMT)
  10. Did Lady Gaga host the best #‎SNL of the season?(HuffPo)
  11. Lady Gaga Disappoints on 'SNL' (Daily Beast) 

Sunday, November 17, 2013
  1. Joan Jett Kicked Off Thanksgiving Day Parade Float Because She's A Vegetarian(HuffPo)
  2. Joan Jett switches from Macy's South Dakota float after ranchers protest (Updated)(CNN)  
  3. A Dylan a Day: “John Wesley Harding”(chris morris's wasted space)
  4. Debut Series of Exclusive Elvis Costello & The Roots Live Performances. Before Elvis Costello & The Roots unveiled their remarkable collaborative album, 'Wise Up Ghost' , they dropped by New York City's MSR Studios to prep for their September record release show at the Brooklyn Bowl …(Spin)
  5. FESTIVAL OF IDEAS – RAY DAVIES (St. George’s, Bristol)

Saturday November 16, 2013
  1. Lou Adler: The Midas touch. His instinct for talent led him from rock to film to helping needy kids (The Jewish Journal)
  2. Review by Jeff Slate: 'Jimi Hendrix — Hear My Train A Comin'’ on PBS Tonight; Expanded Blu-ray and 'Miami Pop Festival' CD Out Today (Guitar World) 
  3. Janie Hendrix on Jimi Hendrix: New releases from the late, great guitar virtuoso. (Mrs. Robinson) 
  4. Lou Rocks Lincoln Center (Greg Mitchell Writer) 
  5. "For Lou playing as if your life depended on it was all that mattered." Guitarist Aram Bajakian reflects on what it was like playing guitar for Lou Reed. (Death and Taxes) 
  6. Hear Lou Reed Sing Leonard Cohen's "Memories" With Anjani Thomas - 2006 (1 Heck Of A Guy)
  7. Elvis Costello Triumphs Over Himself at UPAC (Rogovoy Report) 
  8. Elvis Costello Plays Solo Shows In New York (Noise 11)
  9.  First hand report on Bob Dylan’s ‘Mood Swings’ exhibit preview(Examiner)
  10. Why Yoko Ono still matters (The Conversation) 
  11. Legacy Records to Re-release Uncle Tupelo's Debut Album with New Demos, Live Cuts (Paste Magazine) 
  12. Taking Music Lessons As A Child Could Physically Change Your Brain(HuffPo)
Friday, November 15, 2013
  1. Beck Joins The Anti-Spotify Club, Shares Spotify Playlist (Stereogum) 
  2. Lou Reed’s New York Was Hell or Heaven (NY Times)  
  3. LOU REED’S SWEET SIDE: BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE ‘TRANSFORMER’ DOCUMENTARY (Dangerous Minds) 
  4. Lou Reed on Andy Warhol, Bob Dylan, Laurie Anderson, Setting Edgar Allan Poe to Music, and Why Record Labels Deserve to Die (Brain Pickings)
  5. A Dylan a Day: “Blonde On Blonde” (chris morris's wasted space)
  6. Hanging out with the Beatles (CBS News/60 Minutes Overtime) 
  7. Photos of The Beatles while recording virtually in Studio 2 (Beatles In Studio)
  8. ERIC CLAPTON ROCKS BASEL'S BALOISE SESSIONS (Where’s Eric)
  9. Don Cheadle will direct & star in a new Miles Davis biopic. (Rock Cellar Magazine)  
  10. To understand John Tavener, you need to listen to all 7 hours of his most important work, "The Veil of the Temple" (NS Culture)  
  11. Ray Davies, the Salon interview: “I can still perform most of my songs with dignity” (Salon)
  12. DVD review: GRAHAM PARKER – This Is Live (Get Ready To Rock)
  13. Kris Kristofferson: I'm losing my memory (Today NBC)
  14. The Beatles to Get CBS Grammy Special  (Hollywood Reporter)
  15. Rare John Lennon demo recordings featured in new Bermuda Tapes app out today (Beatles Examiner)  
  16. Tour dates (Ratdog)
  17. Radiohead approved music shop saved from closure (Uncut) 
  18. MY MEMORIES OF SEEING ELVIS COSTELLO LIVE 76 TIMES(Esquire)
  19. THE BLACK FRIDAY FAQ (Record Store Day)
  20. DVD Review: The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series (The Morton Report) 
  21. John Oliver to Leave ‘The Daily Show’ to Host Weekly Show on HBO (NY Times)  
  22. When Andy Kaufman was 20, he wrote a fan letter to Elvis (Letters Of Note) 
  23. Andy Kaufman's Brother Says Comedian is Alive, in Love and Has a Daughter (Hollywood Reporter) 
  24. A missing member of Pussy Riot has turned up in a Siberian penal colony(Rolling Stone)  
  25. Listen to the BSO conductor tell its audience on Nov. 22, 1963, that JFK had been assassinated (Boston Globe)   
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