Rock Mobster Archives: 2014 January 15-21

TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2014

1. Health update (John Prine) 
2. Prominent Canadians support Neil Young's anti-oilsands campaign: Neil Young's tour raised more than $500,000 (CBC News) 
3. Listen to the beautiful first single off Beck's new album (Vulture)  
4. Ken Burns Making Documentary on Country Music (ABC News) 
5. The Rutles Confirm Dates For May UK Tour (Stereoboard)
6. Beatle Mania in my hometown of Sunderland Nov.30th 1963 (Dave Stewart) 
7. Watch Springsteen Cover The Ramones In Asbury Park (Stereogum)
8. The legendary John Sinclair mourns Detroit rock art king Gary Grimshaw in a missive to MOJO: “He was a beautiful cat” (MOJO)  

MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2014 

1. Chris Christie Couldn't Bring Himself to Watch Springsteen Mock Him(Gawker) 
2. Exhibit captures U.S. debut of The Beatles (Columbus Dispatch)
3. Neil Young mesmerizes with once in a lifetime show (Calgary Herald) 
4. First Listen: Laura Cantrell, 'No Way There From Here' (NPR)
5. Would You Feel Differently About Snowden, Greenwald, and Assange If You Knew What They Really Thought? by Sean Wilentz (New Republic)

SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2014

1. ‘From His Head to His Heart to His Hands:’ Audio/Visual Scrapbook Honors Michael Bloomfield (Elmore) 
2. Dylan's Guitar: Credit Michael Bloomfield and Paul Butterfield (No Depression)
3. Patti Smith Covers Rihanna's "Stay," Her Favorite Song of 2013 (Also “Heroin,” “Perfect Day,” and “Beautiful Boy” 12/30) (Cover Me Songs) 
4. Dave Rawlings Machine Is "Going to California" with Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones (Cover Me Songs)   
5. Musician Jim Glover depicted in film Inside Llewyn Davis (WMNF)  
6. Elvis Presley's Last Love, Ginger Alden, Reveals Memoir Cover (Exclusive) (Hollywood Reporter)
7. Shelf Assessment: The Beatles (SuperDeluxeEdition) 
8. Interview: Kenney Jones, Drummer of Small Faces, Faces With Rod Stewart and The Who, Looks Back (and Forward) (HuffPo) 
9. WHEN WOODY MET TOMMY (ELO Beatles Forever)
10. 'I'll Take You There': The Staple Singers' Rise From Church To Fame(NPR)
11. Is This Thing On? (VIRAL: Is a hit-machine for audio possible?) (DIGG)
12. Bill Murray here: OK, I'll TALK! I'll TALK! (Reddit) 

SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2014

1. Coming soon: fans will be able to purchase special USB wristbands online and at tour venues, and use to redeem one live show download, starting with the January 26th concert in Cape Town. Downloads will be available within approximately 48 hours of the show, and online orders will begin next week! (Bruce Springsteen/Facebook)
2. Album Preview: Bruce Springsteen - High Hopes (Bruce sat down with iHeartRadio’s Jim Kerr ) (iHeartRadio/Q104.3)
3. Bruce and the E Street Band: "Additional tour dates expected to be announced." (Backstreets) 
4. THE BEATLES 50th (Life Magazine, March 11, 2014 issue)
5. Annie Lennox is a believer in 60's Monkees classic track (Aberdeen TV)
6. An interview with T Bone Burnett: "This music is the music that grew up out of the ground..." (Uncut)  
7. Moby is requesting musicians to cover 'Almost Home' (Reddit)
8. Jerry Garcia's website got a major makeover last night (Relix)
9. Musicians are canceling shows at SeaWorld’s marine parks in the wake of a documentary critical of animal treatment. (Boston Globe)
10. From Classical Giant to Clearance Bins (J&R)(NY Times) 
11. 'Superman-Batman' Pushed to May 6, 2016 (Variety)
12. Watch: Denver marijuana shop ready for Patriot fan invasion (Boston Globe)

FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2014 

1. Report: Neil Young and Jack White team up for covers album (Consequence of Sound) 
2. Neil Young takes shot at Keystone Pipeline (CTV News)
3. David Crosby Interview: MOJO Magazine, by Sylvie Simmons(MOJO Magazine)
4. Looking Into You: A Tribute to Jackson Browne:Ben Harper, Don Henley with Blind Pilot, Lyle Lovett, Keb’ Mo’, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen & Patti Scialfa, and Lucinda Williams (Music News Nashville)
5. Rolling Stone SLAMS Bruce Springsteen With Rare 4½-Star Review (Slate)
6. Blunder Road: Springsteen Runs Over Christie(New Yorker) 
7. THE ROLLING STONES – 14 ON FIRE TOUR SET TO ROCK SHANGHAI (Rolling Stones)  
8. Rolling Stones To Release Charlie Is My Darling Soundtrack (Noise 11)
9. THURSTON MOORE’S BLACK METAL BAND TWILIGHT ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM AND SPLIT UP ON SAME DAY! (Please Kill Me)
10. First episode of The Johnny Cash TV Show podcast series, Kris Kristofferson, Marty Stuart and Bill Walker (the show’s musical director)(Legacy Podcast)
11. 50 Years Later: The Greatest Beatles Performance of All Time (Atlantic) 
12. Out Of Print “Velvet Underground” LP Gets Reissued (Blurt) 
13. Oscars: Today's Snubs and Surprises (Variety) 
14. Holy Technology Batman Is Heading To DVD (Noise 11) 
15. Bringing Human Rights Home – Backstage Pass Sweepstakes (January 26) (Amnesty USA)
16. Massive 2,000-Capacity Music Venue May Be Coming To East Williamsburg (Gothamist)
17. Russell Johnson, the actor who played "The Professor" on "Gilligan's Island," has died, his agent said. (Boston Globe)   
18. Dave Madden of ‘The Partridge Family’ Dies at 82(Variety) 
19. Final female 'Oz' Munchkin Ruth Duccini dead at 95 (NW Times)
20. Death of Consett's own Jerry Lee Lewis: Freddie Fingers Lee  (Northern Echo)
21. What happens to your online presence when you die? What you can do now to help your friends and family get at photos and more once you're gone (Boston Globe)   
22. Best Buy Shares Collapsing After Bad Holiday Sales (Slate)
23. News report from 1981 about the Internet. (Wimp) 

THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 2014

“SPECIAL  BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & NEIL YOUNG EDITION”!!!!

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN:

• A Long Road To 'High Hopes': An Interview With Bruce Springsteen (NPR)
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon 1/14/14 (Full Episode) 
• Here's Jimmy and Springsteen singing "Gov. Christie Traffic Jam" (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon) 
• Bruce & the E Street Band played a whopping 3 songs from "High Hopes" while at Late Night with Jimmy Fallon yesterday including "High Hopes," "Heaven's Wall," and "Just Like Fire Would." Watch here (Bruce Springsteen) 
• 'Deluxe' version of Bruce Springsteen's new album with DVD is excellent. A few thoughts and photos of the packaging here(SuperDeluxeEdition) 
• Swaving inside Studio 6A: Our report from yesterday's 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon' taping with Bruce Springsteen. (Backstreets) 
• “Governor Christie Traffic Jam” (Lefsetz Report)

NEIL YOUNG:

• Check out Peter Mettler's outstanding film Petropolis. See for yourself what Big Oil is doing to the Boreal Forest and the Athabasca. (Vimeo via Neil Young) 

• Neil Young (Read multiple posts)

• Neil Young responds to criticism from Prime Minister’s Office(Global News)
• Neil Young and Crazy Horse lead pack of veterans on the way to Israel (Jerusalem Post)
• Neil Young as giving as it gets at Massey Hall (The Star)

NEWS:

1.  LEONARD COHEN IS PLAYING FEDERICO GARCÍA LORCA’S PIANO ON COVER OF 1989 I CAN’T FORGET 45 RPM SINGLE (Dr H Guy)
2. Dom Flemons Writes About Touring With Boo Hanks (Music Maker)
3. Hearts Of Fire (1987) (Walrus Video)
4. ‘He would just tear it up’: Robbie Robertson wanted Otis Redding to cover a key Bob Dylan song (Something Else! Reviews)
5. Original Fleetwood Mac guitarist Jeremy Spencer announces tour dates and new album. (Uncut) 
6. Morrissey signs worldwide record deal, promises new album, tour in 2014 (Slicing Up Eyeballs)
7. Van Ronk on Bobby and Joan and Paul and Artie (Our War)
8. Harry Nilsson’s 13 Works Of Genius On Film. 20 years after his death, we salute one of rock’s most singular talents(MOJO) 
9. The Phish Talmud: A written oral history of Phish's ancient, mystical music. Hasidic tales of holy hippies. Secular music in Jewish prayer. Try to answer: Why do Jews love Phish? (IndieGogo)
10. Anna Rose Takes a Stooges Cover to the Western Nightclub [Premiere] (Cover Me)
11. Americana's Pre-Grammy Salute & Tribute to the Everly Brothers: Remembering Phil Everly (Troubadour) 
12. Brian May has been told that he does not have cancer. (Brian May) 
13. Lucinda Williams Brings Her 1988 Breakthrough Disc Back to Life (Village Voice) 
14. Little Feat announce 13 disc box set (Uncut)  
15. Sub Pop Signs Alabama-Based Lee Bains III & Glory Fires (Paste)  
16. Photo of the Week: Crazy Tennesseans on WSM (Field Trip South)
17. MORE IS MORE IN INDEPENDENT FILM (New Yorker)
18. Paul Williams Gets Musicians Paid At ASCAP, And Inspires Daft Punk (Soundcheck)
19. Peabody Essex Museum hosts musical flight of fancy: There's the Byrds, the Yardbirds, and now in Salem, there's just regular old birds. (Boston Globe)

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2014

1.  DARK AMBIENT LEGEND DEATHPROD AND LED ZEPPELIN’S JOHN PAUL JONES PREP DEBUT ALBUM CLOUD TO GROUND(Fact)
2. Photos of the CD reissue of The Beatles' "Yesterday and Today" from The US Albums box (SuperDeluxeEdition)  
3. The Doors tribute band Strange Days on playing with Robby Krieger(Examiner) 
4. Buzzcocks launch PledgeMusic campaign to fund first new album in 8 years (Slicing Up Eyeballs) 
5. Concert Review: Bettye LaVette, Club Helsinki Hudson, 1.11.14 (Rogovoy Report) 
6. Mike Oldfield's "Man On The Rocks" will be issued as a 3-disc box set and 2CD deluxe edition. (SuperDeluxeEdition)  
7. Song of the Day: Robyn Hitchcock - Fix You (Download) (KEXP) 
8. Low aims to play entire catalog over seven Fitger's gigs (Star Tribune)
9. Folk Legends Tom Paxton And Janis Ian Announce Together At Last UK Tour (Stereo Board)
10. The Psychedelic Furs announce first U.S. tour dates of 2014, promise ‘more dates soon’ (Slicing Up Eyeballs)