Rock Mobster Archives: 2014 May 8-14

MAY 14, 2014 

1. Stephen Sutton dead: Roger Daltrey pays tribute |Mirror UK 
2. all record shops on one map | recordshops.org 
3. Confirmation that Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" appears on the new "Extended 80s" in a PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED remix. It's different throughout, not just a bit of intro and into the song.    (SuperDeluxeEdition) 
4. Talking Blues With John Mayall at 80 |nodepression.com
5. Emmylou Harris | interviewmagazine.com
6. Former Member of the Ramones to Play at Casey’s | The Rogovoy Report 
7. Steve Hunter on Lou Reed's Guitar Legacy | GuitarPlayer
8. Exclusive: East Village Radio is signing off after 11 years |EV Grieve: 

MAY 13, 2014

1. Your Old CDs Aren't Just Aging; They're Actively Dying |theatlantic.com
2. An astute exploration of why we like the silly things that we do |sunday-guardian.com 
3. Our recent interview with Jack Bruce (Rock Cellar) : 
4. Once a Mod, always a Mod | bbc.co.uk 
5. Brian May interview (Rock Cellar) 
6. ‘Sugar Man’ director death was suicide, family says |variety.com

MAY 12, 2014

1. Hidden Sony code hints at August 26 release date for new Dylan album | Examiner 
2. LAPD Investigating Justin Bieber for Attempted Robbery |variety.com 
3. Interview with David Kinney, author of 'The Dylanologists" (Part one) | Examiner 
4. Theatre review: Sunny Afternoon at Hampstead Theatre |hamhigh.co.uk
5. Josh Freese, David Minehan round out new Replacements lineup | punknews.org
6. Radio Free Albemuth In Theaters June 27 – New Trailer |wordofthenerdonline.com (The film also features music from Ralph Grierson and the elder statesmen of alternative rock, Robyn Hitchcock.)
7. The Record Theater: The Beatles' Second Album (Capitol 2080) in Mono | axs.com
8. Daltrey planning new Wilko album | bbc.com 
9. Last night - Neil Young: "Since I Met You Baby" | Video | The Tonight Show | NBC Performed in recording booth and vinyl pressed.  
10. Apple Preparing HD Audio Playback for iOS 8 Alongside New In-Ear Headphones and Lightning Connector| macrumors.com
11. Conchita Wurst, Austria's popular bearded lady, won the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. | online.wsj.com 
12. You can now listen to Beck's performance from KCRW on Spotify  
13. First Listen: Conor Oberst, 'Upside Down Mountain'   | npr.org
14. China Plays A 25-Year-Old Kenny G Song On A Loop Every Day At Closing Time | stereogum.com
15. Dan Hicks ready to roll after cancer treatments|mercurynews.com 
16. Oscar-Winning Director of 'Searching for Sugar Man' Found Dead | variety.com
17. Report: Gregg Allman, ‘Midnight Rider’ producers make deal, drop lawsuit | EW.com| insidemovies.ew.com
18. Richard Thompson on The KFOG Morning Show 5-12-14 |soundcloud.com 
19. Beach Boys Week: Beach Boys at the Movies | 333sound.com
20. Interview with Robbie Robertson [Part 1 of 4] |openvault.wgbh.org
21. Game of Thrones’ Hidden Monty Python and the Holy Grail Reference |Vulture
22. Walmart to Sell Marijuana in Colorado, Washington |nationalreport.net 
23. The Emerson, Lake & Palmer masterpiece has returned. Introduce yourself to Brain Salad Surgery - the Super Deluxe Edition (Legacy)  
24. The Replacements once again enlist Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong for festival set | VIDEO: (Slicing Up Eyeballs) 
25. Rock band Procol Harum blamed for abducting Nigerian schoolgirls in terrorist group mix-up | dailystar.co.uk 
26. Spend Mothers Day with Johnny Thunders: Boston area debut for doc on the late punk-rocker, at...  | Jim Sullivan Ink
27. Legendary DJ Casey Kasem Missing | wtae.com

MAY 11, 2014 

1. Jimmy Page attends Berklee commencement concert - The Boston Globe
2. Bumbershoot 2014: The Replacements, Elvis Costello, Mission of Burma, Dream Syndicate | slicingupeyeballs.com
3. Chrissie Hynde:'I Swore I'd Never Go Solo, But Here We Are'’| huffingtonpost.co.uk 
4. Julian Cope’s ‘Krautrocksampler’ in PDF form | dangerousminds.net 
5. An Enterprising Band Made $20,000 Scamming Spotify | gawker.com
6. Encore: Jack White on Austin City Limits | acltv.com
7. Roger Daltrey: It was ‘amazing’ to work with terminally ill Dr. Feelgood rocker Wilko Johnson | blog.siriusxm.com

MA Y 10, 2014

1. Paging Dr. Jimmy Page - The Boston Globe 
2. The Prestige: David Bowie IS Nikolai Tesla | Brattle Theatre Film Notes
3. "Monty Python's Total Rubbish" - new career spanning 9LP and 9CD box sets coming. (SuperDeluxeEdition)
4. Meet The Empty Hearts: Members of Blondie, Cars, Romantics, Chesterfield Kings Form New Band | billboard.com
5. KFDM Channel 6 :: News - Top Stories - Legendary musician Jerry LaCroix dies

MAY 9, 2014

1. 'Daily Show's Larry Wilmore to Replace Stephen Colbert | variety.com
2. Music industry comfortably numb to Roger Waters’ bigotry| nypost.com
3. Blues Tells the Truth: Why Jefferson Airplane’s Jorma Kaukonen Loves the Blues - American Blues. Scene
4. Exclusive: Listen to a Lost Roy Orbison Track| esquire.com
5. The Rock and Roll Chemist: The Kinks | rnrchemist.blogspot.com

MAY 8, 2014

1. The Biggest Record Pressing Factory In the US Is Expanding | gizmodo.com
2. Jack White's New ULTRA LP Generates A Hologram When It Spins| io9.com
3. Trigger (Willie Nelson's guitar)  texasmonthly.com
4. Prince Gets Masters Back, Which Labels Say 'Scares Us Silly'  | billboard.com
5. Resurrected Wax Trax Records! to open Chicago pop-up store for 1 day next month| slicingupeyeballs.com
6. William and Harry enjoy a private tour of Graceland | dailymail.co.uk
7. 'The Flintstones' Movie in the Works at Warner Bros. | variety.com
8. Emma Stone Joins Joaquin Phoenix in Woody Allen's Next Film (EXCLUSIVE)| variety.com