Rock Mobster Archives: 2014 August 15-21

AUGUST 21, 2014

1. McCartney, Bon Jovi among stars at Apollo fundraiser |usatoday.com
2. Watch Paul McCartney and Jamie Foxx Get Down in the Hamptons | people.com
3. Next McCartney Archive Series Releases - Dates Pushed Back |beatlesblogger.com
4. Unknown Dylan Songs Get Music by Elvis Costello, Marcus Mumford and Others |artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com
5. Laurie Anderson interview: “It’s been a wonderful, kind of hallucinatory year” | timeout.com
6. How Spotify's Music-Obsessed Culture Keeps Employees Hooked | f-st.co
7. Hear Lauryn Hill's "Black Rage (Sketch)," Dedicated To Ferguson | stereogum.com
8. Watch: Music Icon David Byrne Looks Back During ‘Stop Making Sense’ Q&A | filmlinc.com
9. Sports Illustrated and, Maybe in a Few Years, a Driver’s License| nytimes.com (Mo’ne Davis)
10. GErDE's FoLK CiTY at 50: SNEAK PEEK of GERDE'S documentary August 22nd | folkcityatfifty.blogspot.com
11. Pics: An R.E.M. fan meets his heroes at the ballpark |usatoday.com
12. ZZ Top, Jeff Beck make hoax 'Sixteen Tons' performance a reality | fw.to
13. Bob Geldof bringing reunited Boomtown Rats to U.S. for shows in New York, Boston | slicingupeyeballs.com
14. Bob Dylan concert Tramps 7/26/99 (Subscription needed) |concertvault.com
15. Real Kids Don't Get Old: John Felice returns with a new Real Kids album | Interviews | i94bar.com
16. How Long Do CDs Last? It Depends, But Definitely Not Forever |npr.org
17. How A Simple Request Sparked George Takei's 27-Year Love Story | www.huffingtonpost.com

AUGUST 20, 2014

1. Lost On The River: The New Basement Tapes
2. Listen To Complete Version Of “Almost Like the Blues” From Leonard Cohen’s New Popular Problems...| 1heckofaguy.com
3. Nebraska concert by Willie Nelson, Neil Young 'will be telling the stories' of Keystone XL...| omaha.com
4. This GIF shows 30 years of music industry change |consequenceofsound.net
5. Peter Wolf Tells Must-Hear Tales of Rock Stardom with Kenny Young - 100.7 WZLX 
6. Bob Marley musical to make premiere in Baltimore |news.msn.com
7. Kate Bush asks fans not to take photographs at her forthcoming live... | uncut.co.uk
8. R.E.M.’s Peter Buck to release new 4-song, 7-inch EP ‘Opium Drivel’ this fall | slicingupeyeballs.com
9. Nicole Atkins Covers Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Dancing in the Dark’ (Exclusive Song Premiere) | blogs.wsj.com
10. Rare Beatles photos discovered at London children's home - Uncut.co.uk
11. California record store owner defends his clerks ... good for him! : The Entertainer| gazettetimes.com
12. Vintage Album Sleuth Hunts Down Locations of Covers |visualnews.com
13. WMBR REUNITES 80 BOSTON BANDS FOR 50 YEARS OF ROCK CONCERT SERIES | digboston.com
14. David Bromberg Band: David Bromberg Archives Vol 1 to be released in September | bromberg.fanbridge.com
15. 'Pastafarian' fights to wear spaghetti strainer for ID photo |ctvnews.ca
16. With Sid Vicious' Help, Acura Aims to Shake Up Sedan Advertising | adweek.com
17. David Letterman Tribute To Robin Williams On CBS ‘Late Show’ - CBS Chicago

AUGUST 19, 2014

1. Has Bob Dylan’s ‘Shadows’ album been delayed? |examiner.com
2. Life Lessons From Bob Dylan’s Brilliant Jewish Singer-Songwriter Son-in-Law | tabletmag.com
3. Beatles' Mono LPs Given a First Listen: Catalog Box Set Preview | www.billboard.com
4. Watch Neil Young's trailer for his new Director's Cut of Human Highway -...| uncut.co.uk
5. Jackson Browne – The Birds Of St. Marks: MOJO Premiere | MOJO
6. Cover Art For Leonard Cohen’s New Album “Popular Problems” | Heck Of A Guy - The Other Leonard...| 1heckofaguy.com
7. Listen To “Almost Like The Blues” From Leonard Cohen’s New Popular Problems Album | Heck Of A...| 1heckofaguy.com
8. Tame Impala Accused Of Plagiarizing Their Biggest Hit From Argentine Pop Star| stereogum.com
9. Wally's Cafe: The South End’s Relic Of America’s Jazz Age |artery.wbur.org
10. George Takei, unleashed! | www.salon.com
11. Box Set Looks Back On Pioneering '5' Royales | npr.org
12. Matthew McConaughey visits Fenway Park - The Boston Globe
13. 5. Moulty | hearpitch.org (Moulty makes the podcast circuit}
14. Tina Fey’s Fox Pilot Cabot College Is Dead | vult.re
15. Don Pardo, Longtime Saturday Night Live Announcer, Dead at 96 | tvline.com
16. Norma McCarty, Actress and Wife of Ed Wood, Dies at 93|variety.com
17. Penny Marshall Remembers Robin Williams | newyorker.com
18. Monty Python Live (mostly) - One Down Five To Go |montypythononlinestore.com
19. With 6 million votes per month (and growing), Ranker conquers the world of lists | builtinla.com
20. Baby Bird Lands On Singer’s Guitar Mid-Song. The Singer’s Reaction Is Priceless.| themetapicture.com

AUGUST 18, 2014

1. Why drive to McCartney at Candlestick was a long and winding slog | sfchronicle.com
2. Should We Be Excited.. or Scared? (McCartney and … ) |ultimateclassicrock.com
3. Patti Smith Interview | the-talks.com
4. Tori Amos, up close and very personal - The Boston Globe
5. Electric Würms are ‘Fixing a Hole’: Exclusive premiere from upcoming Flaming Lips album | dangerousminds.net
6. American Studio Historic Marker Unveiled | wths-tn.org
7. A Flaming Viking Funeral Fit For A Heavy Metal King |ultimateclassicrock.com
8. Facebook to flag satirical articles to stop users falling for the Onion's jokes | independent.co.uk
9. Dog becomes town's newly elected mayor (VIDEO) |dogheirs.com

AUGUST 17, 2014

1. Chip Monck: Melbourne man worked with Rolling Stones, Woodstock, Bob Dylan | smh.com.au
2. "I still think I'm twenty-years-old": DiS meets Richard Thompson| drownedinsound.com
3. Bob Dylan adds intimate gig in Brisbane on August 27 |examiner.com
4. MoMA and Warhol Museum to digitize all of Warhol’s films and videos | dangerousminds.net
5. Craig Ferguson to Host New Talkshow (EXCLUSIVE) |variety.com
6. Twitter / willienelson: Willie is just beside himself ... | (Nobel Peace Prize for Willie Nelson for Farm Aid !!!)  twitter.com
7. Morrissey Insists Yes He Was Dropped By Label, But Never Actually Signed A Recording Agreement... | stereogum.com
8. Chicago music venue bans EDM concerts |consequenceofsound.net
9. Here's a post from SCOTT SPRAY, the bassist in JOHNNY WINTER's last band: Here's an interview with Tommy Curiale and myself from a few months ago. Click the link and turn to page 16. |Blues-E-News.com    
10. ATP, Zeitgeist Release More Statements In Ugly Jabberwocky Fallout | stereogum.com
11. Paul McCartney reveals unseen photograph from The Beatles final gig -... | uncut.co.uk
12. George Harrison – Handwritten Letter From “Rubber Soul” Era With Bealtes Content - Recordmecca
13. How To Be Smarter About... Van Morrison's 'Astral Weeks' |soundcheck.wnyc.org
14. 'Simpsons' Star Yeardley Smith Joins 'Revenge' |  Variety.com 
15. Tribute shows: Groups say it’s all about the music |capecodonline.com
16. RIP, Billy Rath (August 16, 2014) Bassist For Johnny Thunders And The Heartbreakers The... | themusicsover.com
17. R.I.P. Rick Parashar, producer for Pearl Jam and Temple of the Dog | consequenceofsound.net
18. BREAKING NEWS: Kiss Banned on Radio Stations, Simmons Clarifies Suicide Comments | ultimateclassicrock.com
19. Gene Simmons Apologizes For Telling Depressed People To Kill Themselves | stereogum.com
20. Michael Brown: slain black teenager was an aspiring rapper |consequenceofsound.net
21. Casey Kasem burial to be in Norway | bbb.com 
22. Riley Keough, Elvis Presley’s granddaughter, engaged to Ben Smith-Peterson | nydailynews.com
23. Couple who had 271 unseen Picasso paintings worth millions stashed in garage are charged with...| dailymail.co.uk

AUGUST 16, 2014 

1. Paul McCartney Concert To Draw The Curtain On Candlestick Park - CBS San Francisco | sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com
2. George Harrison – Handwritten Letter From “Rubber Soul” Era With Bealtes Content - Recordmecca
3. Bob Dylan – Dylan Owned Alternate “Early Morning Rain" Acetate - Recordmecca
4. Q&A: Michael Cera On His Surprise Album True That | stereogum.com
5. Morrissey hasn't been dropped by record label, says Morrissey's record label | consequenceofsound.net
6. Paint the rainbow: the Scribble Pen that lets you draw in 16 million colours | theguardian.com
7. Ray Davies – Album By Album - Uncut.co.uk
8. Yes’ Jon Anderson: “Punk didn’t affect us. I was a punk, The Who and The Kinks were punks, so there was always punk music | uncut.co.uk 
9. This guy crashed 50 music festivals, and now his film is premiering on MTV | consequenceofsound.net
10. Photographer Photographs Two Mimes in 1974, Only Realizes 35 Years Later that One Was Robin Williams |petapixel.com

 

AUGUST 15, 2014

1. Record Industry Considering a Standard, Global Album Release Day|www.billboard.com 
2. Discussions Magazine Music Blog: An EXCLUSIVE interview with ROBYN HITCHCOCK! | discussionsmagazine.com
3. Beck will be performing on the season premiere of Austin City Limits. Saturday October 4th. | (ACL)
4. WHO TICKETS SCAM WEB SITE The Who the-who-tour.com
5. Family Values: Keith and Theodora Richards | harpersbazaar.com
6. Graham Nash on 'CSNY 1974' and Watching Stephen Stills and Neil Young Battle | Guitar World
7. Neil Young film confirmed for festival screening - Uncut.co.uk
8. AC/DC Biographer Not Expecting to See Malcolm Young Return |loudwire.com
9. Nina Simone: A Revolutionary Voice Of The Civil Rights Movement |soundcheck.wnyc.org
10. Video: Mitch Easter reunites Let’s Active for first performance in 24 years| slicingupeyeballs.com
11. 35th Anniversary reissue for Madness' "One Step Beyond.." in October with 14 previously unreleased tracks and a DVD (SDE)
12. DEATH - "We're Gonna Make It" Video (Stereogum Premiere) |stereogum.com
13. Anarchy In Dover When Joe Stevens Brings His Sex Pistols Pix September 13th, 2014 | rock nyc | rocknycliveandrecorded.com
14. Celine Dion cancels tour to care for ailing husband | Noise 11
15. This app promises to save concerts from cellphones |consequenceofsound.net