Friday, December 27, 2013

Rock Mobster Archives: 2013 December 8-14

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2013  
  1.  PUSSY RIOT TO BE FREED!! (voiceproject.org)
  2.  Neil Young and Crazy Horse Europe 2014 Concert Tour Dates (Thrasher’s Wheat)
  3.  R.E.M. musicians on lineup for Hot Stove Cool Music show -(The Boston Globe) 
  4.  Led Zeppelin to follow Spotify rollout with remastered catalogue in 2014. “I’ve done my bit,” Jimmy Page tells MOJO 
  5. Calgary Herald Editorial: Neil Young’s Hypocrisy (& The Damage Not Done) (Thrasher’s Wheat)
  6. Special Taping Announcement: Steven Van Zandt (The Interrobang)
  7. Rock legend Tommy James ‘spellbound’ by Asheville’s Underhill Rose in NYC, shares insights on his career (Sound Observations)  
  8. (Concert Review) Matisyahu, Club Helsinki Hudson, 12.11.13 (Rogovoy Report)
  9. Dec. 13, 1975: Patti Smith’s ‘Horses’ Released; World Never Same Again(gvshp.org)  
  10. Ian McLagan dismisses any chance of The Faces reuniting in 2015 - (Uncut.co.uk) 
  11. Inside Capitol Records' Newly Redesigned Digs (Exclusive) (Hollywood Reporter) 
  12. Q&A: Steve Van Zandt on 'Lilyhammer,' his favorite Springsteen song and memories of Gandolfini (Mercury News)  
  13. R.I.P. Singer-Songwriter Roger Tillison by Peter Stone Brown (American Songwriter)
  14. Dying singer Ray Price sends farewell message to fans (www.chron.com)

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2013  
  1. Ry Cooder: “Musicians now have to be corporate entertainment”(Uncut) 
  2. "Crumbs on the Trail": A Conversation with Nora Guthrie About Her Father, Woody Guthrie(Pop Matters)   
  3. Michael Bloomfield's "From His Head to His Heart to His Hands" CD/DVD Box Set Review(Premiere Guitar)  
  4. Cellist Leyla McCalla (Carolina Chocolate Drops) Pays Tribute to Langston Hughes(WSJ)

Thursday, December 12, 2013 
  1. The Beatles to release new 13CD box set of their US albums (Uncut)
  2. European Copyright Laws Lead to Rare Music Releases (NY Times) 
  3. Fake Bob Dylan Twitter account exposed, debunked, suspended(Examiner)
  4. Iggy Pop contributes this bad-trip White Christmas cover for all-psych Xmas covers album. Has he been at the egg-nog? (MOJO)  
  5. Mary Chapin Carpenter to play with the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall on February 28, 2014 & March 1, 2014 (Mary Chapin Carpenter) 
  6. Keith Richards: 'I Had a Sound in My Head That Was Bugging Me': Turning 70 next week, he talks about 'Street Fighting Man' (WSJ) 
  7. Syd Barrett Blog Denounces Roger Waters (Syd Barrett Pink Floyd)
  8. The 33 1/3 Author Q&A: Andy Miller (The Kinks)(33 1/3) 
  9. In honor of Martin Sharp, ABC Australia is airing two radio programs (for the first time since they originally aired) which Sharp produced about Tiny Tim in 1974. Here is the first, "Tiny Tim: a Collage." (ABC.net) 
  10. Eric Clapton bids farewell at Martin Sharp's funeral (Express UK)
  11. AMAZING SHADOW SCULPTURES BY TIM NOBLE AND SUE WEBSTER (This Is Marvelous) 
  
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 
  1. Toto agree CBS was dumb to soundtrack Mandela memorial with ‘Africa’ (Stereogum)
  2. “Inside Llewyn Davis” movie review (Village Voice) 
  3. Report: iTunes to release digital only compilation to counter Beatles bootlegs (Examiner)
  4. First word on a huge series of Beatles celebrations going on in New York for the Beatles 50th anniversary (Examiner)
  5. Out Among The Stars, A Lost Johnny Cash Album, Coming March 25, 2014 (Johnny Cash) 
  6. Joan Jett to SeaWorld: Stop playing 'I Love Rock 'n' Roll' (Orlando Sentinel)
  7. DAVE MASON ANNOUNCES 2014 ‘TRAFFIC JAM’ TOUR (Ultimate Classic Rock)
  8. Bob Marley estate suing Raising Cane's Chicken over "One Love" slogan. (Vulture) 
  9. Mudhoney to play at Full Tilt Ice Cream (Seattle Times)
  10. A World Of Dreaded Fear: Revisiting Band Aid's Lyrical Crime Scene (Quietus) 
  11. Lou Reed Remembered documentary to be broadcast this weekend (Uncut)
  12. The Wall Street Journal is streaming the previously unreleased live version of "I'm Waiting for The Man" from White Light White Heat’s 45th Anniversary Edition! (WSJ)  
  13. Bette Midler to Star as Mae West in HBO Biopic (Variety) 
  14. Carlos Santana on the conviction and charisma that inspired his rock career (PBS Newshour)
  15. A Dylan A Day: “Saved” (Chris Morris’s Wasted Space)
  16. Willie Nelson, ‘Family Bible’ – Exclusive Song Premiere (The Boot)
  17. Baby, she was born to ride! Bruce Springsteen watches proudly as daughter Jessica show jumps dressed as white swan (Mail Online) 
  18. Slade's Noddy Holder to earn £800,000 this year from 'Merry Xmas Everybody'  (NME) 
  19. Led Zeppelin launching on Spotify today, says NYT  (The Verge) 
  20. Tiny Tim: The Martin Sharp Collage (ABC.net) 
  21. How Ted Koppel and ABC TV Tried to Steal my Life Work (Nate Thayer)
  22. 14 Tips on How to be Successful as a Musician in a Working Band (Hub Pages) 
  23. Pinterest Is Gaining Ground on Facebook and Twitter for News(Mashable)
  24. Dr Brian May accepts position at the Herschel Museum of Astronomy (Noise 11) 
  25. Get Ready For The Streaming-Music Die-Off: The streaming era is the next music industry ice age. (Read Write) 
  26. The Power of Process: What Young Mozart Teaches Us About the Secret of Cultivating Genius (Brain Pickings)  
  27. Master Jazz Guitarist Jim Hall Dead at Age 83 (Acoustic Guitar) 
  28. Milton Olin Jr. Dead: Former Napster COO Fatally Struck By Police Car (HuffPo)
  29. 20 Jokes Only Musicians Will Understand (Buzzfeed) 

Tuesday, December 10, 2013 
  1. Neil Young’s ‘Honour the Treaties’ tour born in greened-up ’59 Lincoln on road to Fort McMurray (aptn.ca)
  2. Nora Guthrie on Woody Guthrie’s Wardy Forty - Greystone Park Hospital Revisited (Restless and Real) 
  3. New York Dolls estate fight (NY Post)
  4. A Dylan a Day: "Slow Train Coming" (Chris Morris’s Wasted Space)
  5. Man Forced To Watch Concert With His Own Eyes (The Shovel)
  6. Larry McKinley, Minit Records co-founder and voice of the New Orleans Jazz Fest, has died(NOLA)
Monday, December 9, 2013 
  1. The Pixies name Paz Lenchantin as new bass player. New tour, new bassist for the reconstituted indie overlords (MOJO)  
  2. Neil Young And Crazy Horse to play London's Hyde Park. (Uncut)   
  3. Watch the extended interview with the Rolling Stones’ lead guitarist, Keith Richards  (60 Minutes Australia)   
  4. It’s All Good: Bob Dylan & St Augustine ...And God saw everything he had made, & behold, it was very good.(Cinch Review)     
  5. A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG FOLK SINGER(“Inside Llewyn Davis”)(New Yorker)  
  6. The story of Free guitarist Paul Kossoff, with some help from Joe Bonamassa  (Premier Guitar)
  7. Days After Defending Star of David Pig, Roger Waters Laments ‘Power’ of ‘Jewish Lobby,’ Compares Israeli Policy to Nazis (Algemeiner)
  8. Happy Birthday Gregg Allman: The night Gregg met Eddie Murphy - Watch The Allman Brothers on Saturday Night Live 1982 (Jambase)  
  9. Five record labels to watch in 2014. (Fader)  
  10. Rock 'n' roll rip-off: Failed rockstar, big spender (CNBC)

Sunday, December 8, 2013 
  1. Mumford & Sons and the Worst Marketing Buzzword of 2013 Enough with the marketing jargon about authenticity.(Inc.) 
  2. Keith Richards ready to roll back the years (NZ Herald) 
  3. Rolling Stone Keith Richards' last artwork discovered in NZ (NZ Herald)
  4. It's life by the strings for Jim Irsay's guitar man (How Bob Dylan brought together Colts owner Jim Irsay and the caretaker of his priceless guitars)(Indy Star) 
  5. Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica: Newly remastered and still astonishing... (Uncut)   
  6. Ray Davies: 'I'm haunted by the songs I have written but never recorded'  (Guardian)
  7. WARREN ZEVON Bonus Tracks And Rarities (2013)(Willard Wormholes) 
  8. Macaulay Culkin is in a band that does Velvet Underground covers about pizza (A.V. Club) 

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