Wednesday, April 30, 2014

APRIL ANNIVERSARY

APRIL 30 
  • 1900 – Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
  • 1900 – Casey Jones dies in a train wreck in Vaughan, Mississippi, while trying to make up time on the Cannonball Express.
  • 1927 – Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
  • 1938 – The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit (a prototype of Bugs Bunny).
  • 1957 - Elvis Presley records 'Jailhouse Rock'
  • 1973 – Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces that top White House aides H. R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman and others have resigned.
  • 1982 - Author, musician, and Rolling Stone, Creem and The Village Voice critic and journalist Lester Bangs died of a heart attack, aged 33.
  • 1983 - Died: American Blues legend Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield).
APRIL 29 
  • 1953 – The first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.
  • 1967 – After refusing induction into the United States Army the day before (citing religious reasons), Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.
  • 1967 - The 14 hour Technicolour Dream benefit party for The International Times, with Yoko Ono, The Flies, Pink Floyd, Arthur Brown, The Move and Suzie Creamcheese. and attended by john Lennon, was held at Alexandra Palace in London.
  • 1968 - Opened on Broadway: The musical 'Hair' at the Biltmore Theatre in New York City.
  • 1974 – Watergate Scandal: President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings relating to the scandal.
  • 1976 - After a gig in Memphis, Bruce Springsteen took a cab to Elvis Presley's Graceland home and proceeded to climb over the wall in an unsuccessful attempt to meet the “King.”
  • 1992 – Los Angeles riots: Riots in Los Angeles, California, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 53 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.
  • 1993 - Bowie, Ian Hunter, and Rolling Thunder Revue guitarist and producer Mick Ronson died of liver cancer aged 46.
  • 2004 – Dick Cheney and George W. Bush testify before the 9/11 Commission in a closed, unrecorded hearing in the Oval Office.
  • 2004 – Oldsmobile builds its final car ending 107 years of production.
APRIL 28 
  • 1948 – Igor Stravinsky conducted the premier of his American ballet, Orpheus, in New York City at New York City Center.
APRIL 27 
  • 1810 – Beethoven composes Für Elise.
  • 1974 – Ten thousand march in Washington, D.C., calling for the impeachment of U.S. President Richard Nixon.
  • 1981 - Married: Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach.
APRIL 26 
  • 1965 – A Rolling Stones concert in London, Ontario is shut down by police after 15 minutes due to rioting.
  • 1978 - A TV special, Ringo, a musical version of The Prince and the Pauper with Ringo Starr playing Rrats Ognir, aired on American television.
APRIL 25 
  • 1988 – In Israel, John Demjanuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II.
APRIL 24 
  • 1800 – The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 USD to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress".
  • 1907 – Hersheypark, founded by Milton S. Hershey for the exclusive use of his employees, is opened.
  • 1913 – The Woolworth Building skyscraper in New York City is opened.
  • 1975 - Badfinger's Peter Ham committed suicide by hanging himself in his Surrey home, aged 27.
APRIL 23 
  • 1976 - Debut LP by the, The Ramones released on Sire Records.
  • 1978 - For the Sex Pistols' film 'The Great Rock n Roll Swindle,’Sid Vicious filmed his version of 'My Way'
  • 1985 – Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than three months.
  • 1991 - Johnny Thunders (John Anthony Genzale, Jr) of the New York Dolls died of a drug overdose.
APRIL 22 
  • 1876 – The first ever National League baseball game is played in Philadelphia.
  • 1957 - Elvis Presley had his custom built 'Music Gates' installed at Graceland.
  • 1964 – The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair opens for its first season.
  • 1969 - John Lennon changed his middle name from Winston to Ono, in a ceremony on the roof of the Apple building in London, .
  • 1970 – The first Earth Day is celebrated.
  • 1977 - The Jam released their debut single, 'In The City.’
  • 2013 - Died: Richie Havens, aged 72
APRIL 21
  • 1965 – The 1964–1965 New York World's Fair opens for its second and final season.
  • 1978 - UK folk singer Sandy Denny died aged 31.
  • 1993 - Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman married for the third time, this time to 33-year-old fashion designer Suzanne Accosta.
APRIL 20
  • 1939 – Billie Holiday records the first civil rights song "Strange Fruit".
  • 1986 – Pianist Vladimir Horowitz performs in his native Russia for the first time in 61 years.
  • 2014 - Rubin "Hurricane" carter died of prostate cancer.  He was 76.
APRIL 19
  • 1956 – Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.
  • 1980 - Brian Johnson joined AC/DC
  • 1987 – The Simpsons premieres as a short cartoon on The Tracey Ullman Show.
  • 1988 - Sonny Bono was inaugurated as the Mayor of Palm Springs.
APRIL 18
  • 1775 – American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
  • 1981 – The longest professional baseball game is begun in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The game is suspended at 4:00 the next morning and finally completed on June 23.
  • 2013 - Died: Album cover artist Storm Thorgerson, died aged 69.
APRIL 17
  • 1960 - Killed: 21-year-old US singer Eddie Cochran while touring the UK. The taxi in which he was traveling in crashed into a lamppost.
  • 1964 – Ford Mustang is introduced to the North American market.
  • 1969 – Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
  • 1970, -While performing at the White House at the invitation of President Richard Nixon, Johnny Cash sang his No.1 hit, 'A Boy Named Sue.’ He was asked to perform "Okie From Muskogee,” but Cash declined because it was not his song.
  • 1973 – George Lucas begins writing the treatment for The Star Wars.
  • 1983 - Producer and member of the band Mountain, Felix Pappalardi, was shot dead by his wife Gail Collins during a jealous rage.
  • 1991 - Live debut of “Smells Like Tenn Spirit” when Nirvana appeared at the OK Hotel in Seattle.
  • 1998 - Died: Linda (Eastman) McCartney, after a long battle against cancer.
  • 2008 - Died: Danny Federici of the E Street Band, of cancer at the age of 58.
APRIL 16 
  • 1941 – Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians throws the only Opening Day no-hitter in the history of Major League Baseball, beating the Chicago White Sox 1–0.
  • 1956 - The first single by Buddy Holly, ‘Blue Days, Black Nights,’ was released.
  • 1963 – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation.
  • 1964 - The Rolling Stones debut album was released in the UK.
  • 1969 - Detroit’s MC5 were dropped from Elektra Records after the band took out an advertisement in a local paper that included the company logo and said; "F*ck Hudsons." The band were protesting at the Michigan department store's refusal to stock their albums.
APRIL 15 
  • 1920 – Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy.
  • 1924 – Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
  • 1945 – The Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is liberated.
  • 1947 – Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
APRIL 14 
  • 1828 – Noah Webster copyrights the first edition of his dictionary.
  • 1865 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth (died April 15th).
  • 1939 – The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.
APRIL 13 
  • 1796 – The first elephant ever seen in the United States arrives from India.
  • 1965 - The Beatles recorded the song 'Help!'
APRIL 12 
  • 1954 - Bill Haley & The Comets recorded 'Rock Around The Clock' at Pythian Temple studios in New York City.
  • 1963 - Bob Dylan performed his first major solo concert at the Town Hall in New York City.
APRIL 11 
  • 1909 – The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
  • 1961 - Bob Dylan played his first live gig in New York City at Gerde's Folk City, opening for John Lee Hooker.
  • 1964 - New chart record: The Beatles with 14 songs on the Billboard Hot 100.
  • 1966 - Live debut for the Buffalo Springfield at The Troubadour in Hollywood, California.
  • 1968 – President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
  • 1981 - Eddie Van Halen married actress Valerie Bertinelli
APRIL 10
  • 1912 – The Titanic leaves port in Southampton, England for her only voyage.
  • 1962 - Former bass player for the Beatles, Stuart Sutcliff, died.
  • 1953 – Warner Bros. premieres the first 3-D film from a major American studio, entitled House of Wax.
  • 1958 - Singer Chuck Willis (“Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes”)was killed in a car accident aged 30.
  • 1967 - Marvin Gaye recorded his version of 'I Heard It Through The Grapevine.’
  • 1970 – Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons: “I have no future plans to record or appear with The Beatles again, or to write any music with John.”
APRIL 9
  • 1965 – Astrodome opens. First indoor baseball game is played.
  • 1976 - Phil Ochs commits suicide. He hung himself at his sister's home in Queens, New York.
APRIL 8 
  • 1820 – The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Melos.
  • 1967 - John Lennon took his Rolls Royce to coachbuilders J.P. Fallon, Ltd., in Surrey, to inquire if they could paint his car in psychedelic colors.
APRIL 7 
  • 1967 – Film critic Roger Ebert published his very first film review in the Chicago Sun-Times.
APRIL 6 
  • 1956 - Elvis Presley signed a seven-year contract with Paramount Pictures.
  • 1968 - Pink Floyd announced its founder, Roger “Syd” Barrett, had officially left the group.
  • 1971, The Rolling Stones launched their own 'Rolling Stones Records' record label.
  • 1974 – The Swedish pop band ABBA wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 with the song "Waterloo", launching their international career.
APRIL 5 
  • 1955 - Ray Charles married Della Beatrice Howard Robinson, his second wife.
  • 1980 - R.E.M.’s played their first ever gig
  • 1994 – American musician Kurt Cobain commits suicide.
APRIL 4 
  • 1960 - RCA Victor Records was the first record company to announce it would be release all Pop singles in mono and stereo simultaneously.
  • 1964 – The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.
APRIL 3

 APRIL 2


APRIL 1
  • 1955 - Promoted: George Martin became the head of A&R for EMI's Parlophone label.
  • 1970 – President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring the Surgeon General's warnings on tobacco products and banning cigarette advertisements on television and radio in the United States, starting on January 1, 1971.
  • 1976 – Apple Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne.
  • 1984 - Marvin Gaye was shot dead by his father
  • 2001 – Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, the first country to allow it.

APRIL BIRTHDAYS

APRIL 30 
  • 1896 – Reverend Gary Davis
  • 1908 – Eve Arden
  • 1923 – Al Lewis
  • 1925 – Johnny Horton
  • 1926 – Cloris Leachman
  • 1933 – Willie Nelson
  • 1943 – Bobby Vee
  • 1944 – Jill Clayburgh
  • 1945 – Mimi Fariña
  • 1964 – Barrington Levy
APRIL 29 
  • 1899 – Duke Ellington
  • 1917 – Celeste Holm
  • 1922 – Toots Thielemans
  • 1928 – Carl Gardner (The Coasters)
  • 1929 – Ray Barretto
  • 1931 – Lonnie Donegan
  • 1933 – Rod McKuen
  • 1935 – Otis Rush
  • 1936 – Zubin Mehta
  • 1938 – Klaus Voormann
  • 1945 – Tammi Terrell
  • 1947 – Tommy James
  • 1954 – Jerry Seinfeld
  • 1958 – Eve Plumb
APRIL 28 
  • 1878 – Lionel Barrymore
  • 1886 – Art Shaw
  • 1924 – Blossom Dearie
  • 1926 – Harper Lee
  • 1930 – Carolyn Jones
  • 1941 – Ann-Margret
  • 1949 – Bruno Kirby
  • 1952 – Chuck Leavell
  • 1952 – Mary McDonnell
  • 1953 – Kim Gordon
  • 1956 – Jimmy Barnes
  • 1964 – L'Wren Scott
  • 1966 – Too Short
APRIL 27 
  • 1759 – Mary Wollstonecraft
  • 1791 – Samuel Morse
  • 1922 – Jack Klugman
  • 1927 – Connie Kay (Modern Jazz Quartet)
  • 1927 – Coretta Scott King
  • 1932 – Casey Kasem
  • 1937 – Sandy Dennis
  • 1939 – Judy Carne
  • 1942 – Jim Keltner
  • 1944 – Cuba Gooding, Sr.
  • 1945 – August Wilson
  • 1947 – Pete Ham
  • 1947 – Ann Peebles
  • 1948 – Kate Pierson
  • 1951 – Ace Frehley
  • 1959 – Sheena Easton
  • 1976 – Isobel Campbell (Belle & Sebastian)
APRIL 26 
  • 1886 – Ma Rainey
  • 1917 – I. M. Pei
  • 1926 – J. B. Hutto
  • 1933 – Carol Burnett
  • 1938 – Duane Eddy
  • 1940 – Giorgio Moroder
  • 1942 – Bobby Rydell
  • 1943 – Gary Wright
  • 1960 – Roger Taylor (Duran Duran)
  • 1961 – Chris Mars
APRIL 25 
  • 1908 – Edward R. Murrow
  • 1917 – Ella Fitzgerald
  • 1923 – Albert King
  • 1928 – Vassar Clements
  • 1930 – Paul Mazursky
  • 1932 – Meadowlark Lemon
  • 1933 – Jerry Leiber
  • 1940 – Al Pacino
  • 1945 – Stu Cook
  • 1950 – Steve Ferrone
  • 1964 – Hank Azaria
  • 1964 – Andy Bell
APRIL 24 
  • 1904 – Willem de Kooning
  • 1934 – Shirley MacLaine
  • 1942 – Barbra Streisand
  • 1945 – Doug Clifford
  • 1954 – Captain Sensible
  • 1957 – David J
  • 1959 – Paula Yates
APRIL 23 
  • 1891 – Sergei Prokofiev
  • 1928 – Shirley Temple
  • 1936 – Roy Orbison
  • 1939 – Ray Peterson
  • 1942 – Sandra Dee
  • 1943 – Hervé Villechaize
  • 1947 – Glenn Cornick
  • 1949 – David Cross
  • 1954 – Michael Moore
APRIL 22 
  • 1922 – Charles Mingus
  • 1923 – Bettie Page
  • 1923 – Aaron Spelling
  • 1935 – Paul Chambers
  • 1936 – Glen Campbell
  • 1937 – Jack Nicholson
  • 1937 – Jack Nitzsche
  • 1939 – Mel Carter
  • 1944 – Joshua Rifkin
  • 1946 – John Waters
  • 1950 – Peter Frampton
  • 1951 – Paul Carrack
APRIL 21
  • 1915 – Anthony Quinn
  • 1924 – Ira Louvin
  • 1932 – Elaine May
  • 1947 – Iggy Pop
  • 1947 – John Weider
  • 1949 – Patti LuPone
  • 1951 – Tony Danza
  • 1959 – Robert Smith
  • 1970 – Glen Hansard
APRIL 20
  • 1893 – Harold Lloyd
  • 1893 – Joan Miró
  • 1908 – Lionel Hampton
  • 1923 – Tito Puente
  • 1937 – George Takei
  • 1943 – Edie Sedgwick
  • 1947 – Ken Scott
  • 1948 – Craig Frost
  • 1949 – Jessica Lange
  • 1951 – Luther Vandross
  • 1959 – Clint Howard
  • 1962 – Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf
  • 1964 – Andy Serkis
APRIL 19
  • 1928 – Alexis Korner
  • 1933 – Jayne Mansfield
  • 1934 – Dickie Goodman
  • 1935 – Dudley Moore
  • 1942 – Alan Price
  • 1944 – Bernie Worrell
  • 1946 – Tim Curry
  • 1947 – Mark Volman
  • 1967 – Dar Williams
APRIL 18
  • 1857 – Clarence Darrow
  • 1946 – Hayley Mills
  • 1946 – Skip Spence
APRIL 17
  • 1897 – Thornton Wilder
  • 1934 – Don Kirshner
  • 1940 – Billy Fury
  • 1948 – Jan Hammer
  • 1955 – Pete Shelley
  • 1967 – Liz Phair
APRIL 16 
  • 1889 – Charlie Chaplin
  • 1924 – Henry Mancini
  • 1930 – Herbie Mann
  • 1934 – Robert Stigwood
  • 1935 – Bobby Vinton
  • 1939 – Dusty Springfield
  • 1947 – Gerry Rafferty
  • 1952 – Bill Belichick
  • 1952 – Billy West
  • 1953 – Peter Garrett
  • 1954 – Ellen Barkin
  • 1962 – Ian MacKaye
  • 1964 – Dave Pirner
APRIL 15 
  • 1452 – Leonardo da Vinci
  • 1843 – Henry James
  • 1894 – Bessie Smith
  • 1933 – Roy Clark
  • 1933 – Elizabeth Montgomery
  • 1944 – Dave Edmunds
  • 1965 – Linda Perry
  • 1968 – Ed O'Brien
APRIL 14 
  • 1932 – Loretta Lynn
  • 1941 – Pete Rose
  • 1945 – Ritchie Blackmore
APRIL 13 
  • 1743 – Thomas Jefferson
  • 1906 – Samuel Beckett
  • 1923 – Don Adams
  • 1935 – Lyle Waggoner
  • 1939 – Seamus Heaney
  • 1940 – Lester Chambers
  • 1944 – Jack Casady
  • 1945 – Tony Dow
  • 1945 – Lowell George
  • 1946 – Al Green
  • 1951 – Max Weinberg
  • 1954 – Jimmy Destri
APRIL 12 
  • 1898 – Lily Pons
  • 1912 – Hound Dog Taylor
  • 1919 – Billy Vaughn
  • 1932 – Tiny Tim
  • 1940 – Herbie Hancock
  • 1944 – John Kay
  • 1947 – David Letterman
  • 1950 – David Cassidy
  • 1957 – Vince Gill
  • 1964 – Amy Ray
APRIL 11 
  • 1715 – John Alcock
  • 1939 – Luther Johnson
  • 1939 – Louise Lasser
  • 1951 – Paul Fox (The Ruts)
  • 1969 – Cerys Matthews
  • 1987 – Joss Stone
APRIL 10
  • 1911 – Martin Denny
  • 1947 – Bunny Wailer
  • 1950 – Eddie Hazel
  • 1959 – Babyface
  • 1959 – Brian Setzer
  • 1979 – Shemekia Copeland
APRIL 9
  • 1895 – Mance Lipscomb
  • 1928 – Tom Lehrer
  • 1932 – Carl Perkins
  • 1935 – Avery Schreiber
  • 1938 – Rockin' Sidney
  • 1943 – Terry Knight
  • 1945 – Steve Gadd
  • 1953 – Hal Ketchum
APRIL 8 
  • 1892 – Mary Pickford
  • 1926 – Shecky Greene
  • 1929 – Jacques Brel
  • 1941 – Vivienne Westwood
  • 1942 – Roger Chapman
  • 1947 – Steve Howe
  • 1951 – Mel Schacher
  • 1962 – Izzy Stradlin
  • 1963 – Julian Lennon
APRIL 7 
  • 1920 – Ravi Shankar
  • 1922 – Mongo Santamaría
  • 1938 – Spencer Dryden
  • 1938 – Freddie Hubbard
  • 1939 – Francis Ford Coppola
  • 1939 – David Frost
  • 1943 – Mick Abrahams
  • 1947 – Florian Schneider
  • 1949 – John Oates
  • 1951 - Janis Ian
APRIL 6 
  • 1918 – Big Walter Horton
  • 1926 – Sergio Franchi
  • 1929 – André Previn
  • 1931 – Ram Dass
  • 1934 – Guy Peellaert
  • 1937 – Merle Haggard
  • 1944 – Anita Pallenberg
  • 1960 – Warren Haynes
  • 1960 – John Pizzarelli
  • 1965 – Black Francis
APRIL 5 
  • 1856 – Booker T. Washington
  • 1900 – Spencer Tracy
  • 1906 – Lord Buckley
  • 1908 – Bette Davis
  • 1916 – Gregory Peck
  • 1929 – Joe Meek
  • 1931 – Jack Clement
  • 1933 – Frank Gorshin
  • 1941 – Dave Swarbrick
  • 1942 – Allan Clarke
  • 1946 – Jane Asher
  • 1954 – Stan Ridgway
  • 1954 – Peter Case
  • 1966 – Mike McCready
APRIL 4 
1913 – Muddy Waters
1924 – Gil Hodges
1928 – Maya Angelou
1932 – Clive Davis
1932 – Anthony Perkins
1935 – Kenneth Mars
1939 – Major Lance
1939 – Hugh Masekela
1947 – Luke Halpin
1948 – Berry Oakley
1948 – Pick Withers
1949 – Junior Braithwaite
1952 – Gary Moore
1964 – David Cross
1965 – Robert Downey, Jr.

APRIL 3


 APRIL 2


APRIL 1
  • 1883 – Lon Chaney, Sr.
  • 1895 – Alberta Hunter
  • 1932 – Debbie Reynolds
  • 1939 – Rudolph Isley
  • 1942 – Annie Nightingale
  • 1944 – Rusty Staub
  • 1945 – John Barbata
  • 1946 – Ronnie Lane
  • 1948 – Jimmy Cliff
  • 1949 – Gil Scott-Heron
  • 1958 – D. Boon
  • 1973 – Rachel Maddow
  • 1974 – Richard Christy
  • 1980 – Bijou Phillips

Rock Mobster Archives: 2014 April 22-30

APRIL 30
  1. THE YOUNG AND THE RUSTLESS: A Neil Young Column by Bucks Burnett, No. 1, April 27, 2014(Thrasher’s Wheat/Neil Young News)
  2. Jeff Beck On Rod Stewart: "There's No Drive..." | MOJO
  3. Keith reveals new song for ‘Playing For Change’ | The Rolling Stones
  4. Lorde's Views on Journalism Aren't Just Wrong, They're Dangerous(Flavorwire)
  5. Robert McCormick's Daughter 'Appalled' by NYT Magazine Cover Story(Observer)
  6. The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir on Short-Shorts, LSD, and the “Karma” of Having Teenage Daughters(Vanity Fair)
  7. Otis Rush’s Double Troubles: the Bittersweet Saga of the Chicago Blues Genius Who Influenced...(Gibson)
  8. A Life in the Death of Joe Meek: Reclaiming a Studio Wizard’s Legacy on Screen - MusicFilmWeb
  9. Johnny Cash Boyhood Home Gets Preview Before Opening August 16(Johnny Cash Online)
  10. Craig Ferguson: 'I Wanted to Leave the Show Before I Stopped Enjoying It' (EXCLUSIVE)(Variety)

APRIL 29
  1. "We Need to End the Fossil Fuel Age": Music Legend Neil Young Protests Keystone XL Oil Pipeline | Democracy Now!
  2. Andy Warhol's Amiga computer art found 30 years later  (Verge)
  3. Lead singer of Village People does not want 'YMCA' played at Clippers games | Larry Brown Sports
  4. Under fire over net neutrality plans, FCC seeks early feedback | PCWorld
  5. Stream Roy Orbison's Never-Before-Heard 'The Way Is Love'(Spin)
  6. Musicians hit out at ban on guitars in British prisons(Guardian)
  7. Paul Simon, Edie Brickell downplay disorderly conduct arrests(CBS News)
  8. Paul Simon and Edie Brickell Arrested and Charged With Disorderly Conduct(NY Times)
  9. Craig Ferguson to Leave 'Late Late Show' in December  (Variety)
  10. Index - Guide to Collecting Vinyl Records(Music Stack)
  11. Elvis Costello Makes Carnegie Hall Debut June 24th & 25th (Elvis Costello) 
  12. Sarah Silverman Joins 'Masters of Sex' Cast(Variety) 
  13. The Motown Hit Inspired by Dylan(WSJ)
  14. Damon Albarn interview: 'Pop's gone back to showbiz. It's like the Beatles or Dylan never happened'(Guardian) 
  15. Robyn Hitchcock interview available in case you missed it.(Awkward interview) (Harvey Community Radio)
  16. Taste Talk with – Robyn Hitchcock Taste in Music (Taste In Music)
  17. Bobwiz - featuring Brian NankervisSpecial musical guest ROBYN HITCHCOCK.(Trybooking)
  18. Former Comcast and Verizon Attorneys Now Manage the FCC and Are About to Kill the Internet (Vice)
  19. State Farm, Carmax, Pull Back From Clippers Sponsorship(Variety)

APRIL 28
  1. Monty Python Stage Show to Play in Movie Theaters Worldwide(Variety) 
  2. Epic Lawsuit: American Idol Stars v. Sony Music - OnStage Magazine.com
  3. Neil Young’s lo-fi cover of Dylan’s ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ part of deluxe box set(Examiner)
  4. Ralph Gardner Jr. chats with composer and Beat movement pioneer David Amram.(WSJ)

APRIL 27
  1. 'The Americans' Teaser Highlights New Pete Townshend Song(Rolling Stone)
  2. Odd Wisconsin: Jerry Garcia's first visit to Wisconsin : Wsj(Madison)
  3. Recording engineer brings musicians’ visions to life - The Boston Globe
  4. Howard Kaylan's writes the joyous story of his nearly five decades in the rock ‘n’ roll circus....  (Record Collector News)
  5. Nothing found for Lou-reed-metal-machine-music(Diffuser) 

APRIL 26
  1. Derek's Weekly 45's: freaking out with The Turtles - Bedazzled! 
  2. Boston’s Jazz Week ties past to present(Bay State Banner)
  3. Ovation guitar factory in Connecticut is closing(Times Union)

APRIL 25
  1. "The Club 47 Folk Revival" Explores the Iconic History of Old Cambridge Folk Club(HuffPo)
  2. Goodbye, Net Neutrality; Hello, Net Discrimination(New Yorker)
  3. 'Rolling Stones Gear' Author Andy Babiuk Takes Us Behind the Scenes for the Making of a Classic...  (Guitar World)

APRIL 24
  1. Neil Young News: Maybe The Best Neil Young Concert Review EVER(Thrasher’s Wheat)
  2. Horses, teepees arrive on Mall for Keystone protest: After the Chicago shows:Neil Youngto join Daryl Hannah at protests against Keystone XL pipeline in Washington (Politico)
  3. Neil Young: “Jack White is a very talented man, it was fun to work with him” - Uncut.co.uk
  4. Henry Diltz Q&A: the story of Laurel Canyon and LA folk - Telegraph
  5. Why was transgender punk icon Jayne County banned from Facebook?(Dangerous Minds)
  6. When Things Go Wrong – Robin Lane’s Story(Boston Arts Diary)
  7. The Replacements confirmed to play Boston Calling festival this September(Slicing Up Eyeballs)
  8. 'Midnight Rider' Star Pulls Out of Movie After Fatal Accident(Variety)
  9. Fender to Close New Hartford Facility, Cease U.S. Production of Ovation | Vintage Guitar® magazine(Vintage Guitar)
  10. Lost & Found: Bill Frisell's ES-175(Fret Board Journal) 
  11. Shecky Greene Quits Friars Club Over Gilbert Gotfried's Act(The Interro Bang)Record Store Day organisers respond to Paul Weller boycott - Uncut.co.ukStarbucks to Open in Former Bleecker Street Records Space(Curbed)
  12. The Ox and the Loon Special Event Honoring the Who’s John Entwistle and Keith Moon This April 24...  (Modern Drummer)
  13. Looking back on the Bob Dylan-led Hurricane Carter benefit at the Astrodome(blog.chron.com)
  14. First Watch: The Milk Carton Kids, Live From Lincoln Theatre(NPR)
  15. How Coachella Became Just a Place to See and Be Seen(Selfies, sponsors and celebrities) (Variety)
  16. Les Paul « The New Jazz Archive 
  17. Keith Levene to finish PiL’s ‘Commercial Zone’ 30 years later, release album ‘the right way’ (Slicing Up Eyeballs)
  18. Video premiere: Joseph Arthur's 'Coney Island Baby'  (USA Today)
  19. Mary Gauthier Signs to Six Shooter for 'Trouble & Love' • News • exclaim.ca
  20. Long Beach weekend atmosphere thrills Roger Daltrey, as he promotes Teen Cancer America(Motor Sports Talk NBC Sports)
  21. When the People Cheer: How Hip-Hop Failed Black America(Questlove) (Vulture)
  22. The Kinks' Dave Davies Shares Health Advice with Ailing AC/DC Guitarist Malcolm Young(mcbeasty.com
  23. Bryan Ferry announces 8-city North American tour this September, October(Slicing Up Eyeballs!)

APRIL 22 
  1. New twist in John Oliver's career (Boston Globe)
  2. Willie Nelson to receive fifth degree black belt | www.stillisstillmoving.com
  3. That to play a record is to learn how to die(The High Fidelity Report)
  4. 20 Awesome Things People Saw at the 1964 World’s Fair(Mental Floss)
  5. Netflix to Raise Prices $1 to $2 per Month for New Subscribers(Variety)