Rock Mobster Archives: 2014 January 1-7

TUESDAY  JANUARY  7, 2014

1. Phil Everly: The Final Interview - (Paste)
2. Mansion where John Lennon wrote songs for Sgt Pepper goes up for sale... but at £14million you might need a little help from your friends(Daily Mail UK Online)  
3. The Secret Jewish History of Cher (Forward) 
4. Jack White Wrapping Production on Two Albums (Paste)
5. 9 Things Every Musician Needs To Know About The Sound Guy (Digital Music News) 
6. The Allman Brothers Band will return to The Beacon Theatre for ten nights in March! Tickets go on sale January 10th at 10am (Live Nation NYC)    
7. Leave It to Ben & Jerry's to Write the Best Tweet About Colorado's New Marijuana Law (Adweek)

MONDAY,  JANUARY  6, 2014    

1. Phil Everly: The Final Interview (Paste)     
2. A free 3-track CD single from the Hyde Park shows. 'Tumbling Dice', 'Doom and Gloom' and 'Beast of Burden', the last of which isn't available on the original audio releases of these shows. (iTunes) 
3. Yo, Coen bros - Dave's been robbed! (Christine Lavin) (Philly.com)
4. Earl Scruggs Center in Shelby nears grand opening date (Charlotte Observer)

SUNDAY,  JANUARY 5, 2014  

1. Don Everly on Losing His Brother Phil Everly (Billboard)  
2. Phil Everly, musical brother was 74 (video) with Paul Simon quote * (LA Observed)   
3. Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong on Phil Everly and "Foreverly" (WSJ)    
4. "Lucinda Williams" Re-issue: Pre-order Lucinda Williams' 1988 reissued self-titled album here & gain exclusive access into the making of the album. (Pledge Music)
5. John Fogerty posts “Vanz Kant Danz” video on Facebook after death of Saul Zaentz(Facebook)  
6. ‘That’s the band I want’: Levon Helm played a role in the Blues Brothers legend(Something Else!) 
7. Jack White Finishing Up Next Album  (Billboard)   
8. "Does danger cure?" Postcard From Leonard Cohen (& Also Marianne) To Redmond Wallis 1965 (1 Heck Of A Guy)
9. Here's what R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck listens to when he travels (WSJ)  
10. Cartoonist R. Crumb Assesses 21 Cultural Figures, from Dylan & Hitchcock, to Kafka & The Beatles (Open Culture)  
11. Digital Music Sales Decrease For First Time in 2013 , Vinyl up (Billboard)
12. Gracenote to Help Launch Music Services (WSJ/Speakeasy)
13. Don't be fooled by satirical website's hoax story: "Marijuana Overdoses Kill 37 in Colorado(Ch. 7).   
14. 'The Country You Destroyed': A Letter to George W. Bush (From Ralph Nader) (Common Dreams)

SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 2014  

1. Phil Everly, early country-rock music pioneer and influence, dead at 74 (Examiner)
2. Bob Dylan and Phil Everly (Examiner) 
3. Pete Townshend discusses John Fahey on new DVD release (PeteTownshend.net)
4. Simon Townshend talks The Who, Quadrophenia, new music and brother Pete (Music Radar)
5. You might have been expecting photos of "The Beatles' Second Album" from the 'US Albums' box set today.. SURPRISE! Here's the lovely gatefold version of "Help!" instead. (SuperDeluxeEdition)  
6.  Some Good News and Not So Good News for Thrasher's Wheat in 2014 (Thrasher’s Wheat)
7. Awards 2013 (Shindig Magazine)  
8. Peter Buck to 'Blow Your Mind' on sophomore album, due in February (Oregon Live)
9. A Dylan a Day: “Tempest”(chris morris's wasted space) 
10. FLOOD SONGS, DYLAN, AND THE MISSISSIPPI BLUES (Rutgers Raritan Quarterly)
11. Hundreds Of Phish Fans Busted For Drugs At MSG (Stereogum) 

FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 2014    

1. Paul McCartney makes $40 million during six-show Japanese tour (Music Times)  
2. We're covering one "US Album" a day for The Beatles. Today photos of the of CD of 1964's "Meet The Beatles!" from the 2014 US Albums box set (SuperDeluxeEdition)  
3. MUSIC FROM BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN’S NEW ALBUM TO BE HEARD FIRST IN UPCOMING BROADCASTS OF “THE GOOD WIFE” AND ON CBS.COM The Album “High Hopes” Will Be Available Exclusively on CBS.com Prior to Its Release    (CBS)    
4. Jimi Hendrix's London flat to be turned into permanent museum (Uncut)
5. One Direction’s “Midnight Memories” fasted selling alum of 2013 (Guardian UK)
6. Brian May undergoing 'urgent' tests for cancer (Uncut)   
7. The Greatest Rock Tour: Bob Dylan & The Band in 1974 -- 40 Years Later (IndieWire)
8. A Dylan a Day: “Together Through Life” (chris morris's wasted space)   
9. TOM SCHOLZ by A.J. Wachtel (Noise) 
10. Former Sarasotan Gregg Allman on upcoming album, film and Dickey Betts (Ticket Sarasota) 
11. Watch Patti Smith Read from Virginia Woolf, and Hear the Only Surviving Recording of Woolf’s Voice  (Open Culture)
12.  13 Companies That Did Social Media Right This Year (Buzzfeed Business)   
13. Isaac Asimov Predicts in 1964 What the World Will Look Like Today — in 2014(OpenCulture)  

THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 2014 

1. Tom Morello: “Bruce Springsteen is the only friend of mine I subscribe to a fanzine about” (Uncut)    
2. *WORLD EXCLUSIVE* We've taken some photos of the forthcoming The Beatles "U.S. Albums" box set. Check out all the pics and some read early thoughts here (SuperDeluxeEdition)
3. How the Beatles Took America: Inside the New Issue (Rolling Stone) 
4. The Other Elvis - Elvis Costello on his love affair with the South (Garden & Gun Magazine)  
5. A Dylan a Day: “Modern Times”A Dylan a Day: “Modern Times” (chris morris's wasted space)  
6. The Decider: Joyce Linehan convinced Elizabeth Warren to run for Senate and helped Marty Walsh become mayor. But will the former punk-rock promoter ever take center stage? (Boston)
7. World’s Largest Vinyl Record Mounted Atop The Forum In Inglewood(CBS Los Angeles)

WEDNESDAY,  JANUARY 1, 2014   

1. ‘JFK Customs destroyed 11 of my instruments’ (Slipped Disc)
2. Ray Davies on Kinks reunion: “It’s as close as it's ever been to happening" – exclusive (Uncut)   
3. EXCLUSIVE: BEATLES PHOTOS FROM RINGO STARR'S NEW BOOK (Esquire)  
4. SAVE THE LIVE ALBUM (New Yorker)
5. Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst Auditioned for the Lead Role in Inside Llewyn Davis (Paste)
6. When Jimi Hendrix Met Little Richard. Brother Leon remembers Jimi's first encounter with rock’n’roll’s Georgia Peach (MOJO)   
7. Beyoncé Responds To Criticism Of Challenger Disaster Sample(Stereogum)  
8. What The Hell Is Happening At Fukushima Reactor 3? (Crooks and Liars)