Rock Mobster Archives: 2014 July 15-21

JULY 21, 2014

1. Zimmy’s Needs Your Help | Minnesota Brown 
2. Watch Mick Jagger’s extended interview with Matt Lauer |www.today.com
3. New Songs of Justice: An Evening Honoring Pete Seeger(July 21) | centralpark.com
4. Concert Review: 'Monty Python Live (Mostly)' | variety.com 
5. Watch: Eddie Vedder covers John Lennon's "Imagine" for the first time ever | consequenceofsound.net
6. TV, movie legend James Garner dies | tv.msn.com

JULY 20, 2014

1. Patti Smith's Resilience of the Dreamer Celebrates The Rockaways - artnet News
2. Check out these vintage photos of New York City's 1970s punk playground |
3. motherjones.com
4. How Playing Music Affects The Developing Brain |commonhealth.wbur.org
5. Casey Kasem's Body Missing From Funeral Home | variety.com

JULY 19, 2014  

1. Showtime's David Nevins on 'Shameless,' Bob Dylan, 'Dexter' Finale | variety.com (Dylan 11/21)
2. PHOTOS | From the Archives: The Rolling Stones played a memorable concert at the Garden in 1972. The group was delayed after two members were arrested at T.F Green Airport following an altercation | Boston Globe. 
3. Boston Mayor Frees Rolling Stones From RI Police - New England Historical Society | newenglandhistoricalsociety.com
4. Joan Baez says universal songs are getting hard to find |www.straight.com
5. Lily Allen: Live from the Artists Den - Extended Interview |theartistsden.com
6. The Real Jersey Boy: Frankie Valli Looks Back (The Interview) |rockcellarmagazine.com
7. Mick Jagger talks ‘Get On Up’ film, L’Wren Scott with TODAY |today.com
8. The Lomaxes’ 1934 Louisiana Recordings Go Online | Folklife Today
9. NRBQ's enduring musical stew | marshfield.wickedlocal.com
10. Catching up with the ever-opinionated Jim Bouton at 75 - The Boston Globe
11. Two Lives Collide, and End, at an Elvis Shrine | nytimes.com
12. Watch the First Trailer for 'Homeland' Season 4 | variety.com
13. The Last Of The Original 91X Lineup, Steve West Exits |allaccess.com
14. Led Zeppelin | Music & Audio Recording Gear Reviews | Tape Op - the Creative Music Recording...| tapeop.com
15. Film Review: 'Magic in the Moonlight' | variety.com

JULY 18, 2014

1. RIP Johnny Winter, blues legend, dead at 70 | Consequence Of Sound
2. AJ Wachell interview with JOHNNY WINTER | BLUES BLAST MAGAZINE 
3. Bruce Springsteen at Ellis Island | huffingtonpost.com
4. Patti Smith to perform new work inspired by Velvet Underground vocalist Nico - Uncut.co.uk
5. How to Get Old: Muscle Shoals After Its 15 Minutes of FAME |pastemagazine.com
6. Want To Hear A Satisfying Noise? Clean Your Vinyls With Wood Glue | digg.com
7. Liam Gallagher Is Asking $4M for Union Jack-Draped Oasis |ny.curbed.com
8. How Neil Young Saved My Life | emptyhousefullmind.com
9. The Joy of the Guitar Riff - BBC Four
10. Watch: Dave Grohl and Pat Smear accompany Kristeen Young for performance on Late Late Show | consequenceofsound.net
11. Billy Corgan's Mad At Amazon For Leaking The 107-Song Adore Box Set Tracklist | stereogum.com
12. Fla. Has No Public Play Rights, Sirius Says In Turtles Suit - Law360
13. Pioneer announces PLX-1000 Turntable | Juno Plus 
14. Elaine Stritch, Acerbic Tony and Emmy Winner, Dies at 89 |variety.com
15. RIP MuchMusic | nowtoronto.com

JULY 17, 2014

1. RON HOWARD TO DIRECT NEW BEATLES DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM ABOUT THE BAND'S TOURING YEARS (The Beatles)  
2. Our Interview With Tommy Ramone Was One of His Last |villagevoice.com
3. Report: Adele Announces New Tour, New Album Called 25 |vulture
4. Tangled up in Bob: New play tells the story of Dylan’s friend and mentor - The Boston Globe
5. Paul Clayton : Martha's Vineyard Playhouse
6. Comcast / Time Warner merger would create customer service nightmare | finance.yahoo.com
7. New Lucinda Williams Double LP Features Bill Frisell and Tony Joe White | GuitarPlayer
8. Billy Joel’s Hamptons Beach House For Rent | variety.com
9. Conor Oberst Issues Statement In Response To Rape Accuser's Apology | stereogum.com
10. Paul McCartney re-releases Wings and solo albums as apps - Uncut.co.uk
11. London Celebrates The Monty Python Reunion By Putting A 50-Foot Dead Parrot In Potters Field Park | f-st.co
12. Jamaica Plain Historical Society - Jamaica Plain Historical Society Photo Gallery  (Green St. Station 2009 Boston Herald)| jphs.org
13. Yahoo Seeks to Bring the Concert to Your Couch | nytimes.com
14. Over 700 indie labels join forces for "Fair Digital Deals Declaration"   | consequenceofsound.net
15. 'Midnight Rider' Filmmakers Turn Themselves In to Authorities |variety.com
16. Lennie Sogoloff, 90; ran legendary jazz club Lennie’s-on-the-Turnpike - The Boston Globe

 

JULY 16, 2014

1. Neil Young’s heart of gold | timesofisrael.com
2. LISTEN! A unique audio tour of Woody Guthrie's years spent in NYC | blogs.wsj.com
3. David Bowie announces ‘More Music Soon’ ! DavidBowieNews.com | 
4. Members of REM, Dream Syndicate to Sing About Baseball at Helsinki Hudson | The Rogovoy Report
5. Segredo de capa é descoberto 28 anos depois - Dylanesco
6. 'Weird Al' Yankovic On Parody In The Age Of YouTube | www.npr.org
7. Guitarist Plays Along To Sobbing Japanese Politician | digg.com
8. Pixies release new album ‘Indie Cindy’ on cassette in cassingle-style sleeve | slicingupeyeballs.com
9. Johnny Cash tribute album announced | Uncut.co.uk
10. City Lights: Peter Noone is into something good | dailypilot.com
11. Tool reveal the real reason why they haven't released a new album in eight years | consequenceofsound.net
12. Sacha Baron Cohen’s next movie has already upset an entire town | avclub.com
13. Ageless punk rockers and the AARP | csmonitor.com
14. Conor Oberst rape accuser admits she was lying, issues public apology | consequenceofsound.net

JULY 15, 2014

1. Kinks legend’s agony after death of two sisters | express.co.uk
2. London's Tin Pan Alley: Danny Baker's Musical History Tour, Radio 2 Guitar Season - BBC Radio 2 (“I am happy that BBC promptly addressed my concerns and have corrected the inaccuracies that were in this Tinpan Alley documentary. I look forward to working with the BBC on many other future projects. - Dave Davies”)
3. Paul McCartney to do tiny venue theater show on Out There! Tour | www.examiner.com
4. Neil Young becomes PonoMusic CEO after the Kickstarter gold rush | theguardian.com
5. Neil Young & Crazy Horse at British Summer Time | joshblack.co.uk
6. Bob Dylan track from the 1980s used in tonight’s episode of ‘True Blood’ | Examiner 
7. The Damned drafts T.S.O.L. for short ‘Hallow-East Tour’ of U.S over Halloween | slicingupeyeballs.com
8. Lucinda Williams To Release Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone | American Songwriter
9. Radiohead to begin 'rehearsing and recording' new album in September | Uncut.co.uk
10. The Kabbalah of Prince (Seth Rogovoy) | forward.com
11. My Name Is New York: A Walking Tour of Woody Guthrie's New York, 1940-1967 | woodyguthrie.org
12. Ramones: Perfection Remembered, Perfection Forever | Brooklyn Bugle

Rock Mobster Archives: 2014 July 8-14

JULY 14, 2014

1. Gaza rockets torpedo Neil Young Tel Aviv gig | za.celebrity.yahoo.com
2. The 10 Most Essential Record Labels of the Post-Punk Era You've Probably Never Heard Of (And Why) | caughtinthecarousel.com
3. A Grammy Nominated Artist Shares His Royalty Statements.... | Digital Music News
4. The Death of the Last Ramone Closes a Remarkable Chapter in Music and Pop Culture | slate.com

JULY 13, 2014

1. Associate: Tommy Ramone, Last of the Ramones, Dies | nytimes.com
2. RIP, Tommy Ramone (July 11, 2014) The Ramones The Music's Over
3. Cowboy Jack Clement's final recording recasts the work of a great Nashville songwriter | Nashville Scene
4. ‘South Park’ All Seasons Moving to Hulu Under Exclusive Pact | variety.com
5. Concert Review) Buddy Guy, Mahaiwe, 7.11.14 | The Rogovoy Report
6. VOTW: Men Of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story | The Woody Allen Pages (unaired 1971 PBS TV show)
7. Tracy Morgan sues Wal-Mart in fatal N.J. crash | The Boston Globe
8. I’m standing for music. Join Project 72 #RespectAllMusic |project-72.org

JULY 12, 2014

1. An open letter from Roger Waters to Neil Young regarding upcoming Israel concert. | Thrasher's Wheat 
2. Eric Idle: “Monty Python never took very kindly to being told what to do” - Uncut.co.uk
3. Film tracks Boyce & Hart from California to Brill Building and back | goldminemag.com
4. Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle Remake Johnny Cash's 'Bitter Tears' | indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com
5. Charlie Haden, Veteran Jazz Bassist, Dead at 77 | billboard.com
6. Charlie Haden, Legendary Jazz Bassist, Dies at 77 | variety.com

JULY 11, 2014

1. Guided By Voices Is Once Again Firing On All Cylinders | courant.com
2. How Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Remade CSNY 1974 tour in HD | Digital Trends
3. Brian Ray: my best and worst gigs ever | musicradar.com
4. Monty Python's "Total Rubbish" CD and Vinyl sets reviewed along with an extensive photo gallery  | SuperDeluxeEdition
5. App Talk episode 27: Monty Python's The Ministry Of Silly Walks #AudioMo | audioboo.fm
6. Robin Thicke's new album sold less than 54 copies in Australia -- or, .000002% of the country's... | consequenceofsound.net
7. Gotta Groove Records celebrates rise of vinyl with bands, Indigo Imp beer and Cleveland Flea:... | cleveland.com
8. Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Dom Flemons finds himself again with Prospect Hill | charlestoncitypaper.com
9. A Conversation with Randy Newman | zocalopublicsquare.org
10. Bernard Sumner reveals details of his autobiography | Uncut.co.uk
11. Outdoor public DJ booths: coming soon to a park near you
12. consequenceofsound.net
13. The Peter Aiken Reply To Garth Brooks That The Media Doesn’t Want You To See | waterfordwhispersnews.com
14. This Is The Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Song | Brooklyn Bugle
15. Out of the Shadow - Rolling Stone South Africa (Sean Lennon) |rollingstone.co.za
16. Ken Thorne Dead: Oscar-Winning Composer Was 90 - Hollywood Reporter

JULY 10, 2014

1. Now playing: Hunter of Invisible Game | Bruce Springsteen 
2. Chasing The World's Rarest 78 RPM Records | soundcheck.wnyc.org
3. Review of For The Love of the Music : The Club 47 Folk Revival movie and soundtrack | "Pop Culture Classics.” 
4. If Jim Lauderdale Is A Song, More People Should Hear It |npr.org
5. Scarlett Johansson to Join Coen Brothers' 'Hail Caesar'| variety.com
6. Does Vinyl Really Sound Better than CD? | soundmattersblog.com
7. The Libertines to release new album in 2015 | consequenceofsound.net
8. Robin Thicke's Paula sells just 530 copies in first week of sales | theguardian.com
9. Latest trailer for Terry Gilliam's 'The Zero Theorem' grapples with why we exist | theverge.com
10. The Go-Go’s Charlotte Caffey: The Beat Goes On (Interview) | rockcellarmagazine.com
11. Pastafarians rejoice as Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is granted permission to register... | independent.co.uk
12. WNYC At 90: When Lead Belly Spoke With Woody Guthrie | soundcheck.wnyc.org
13. Why Concerts Stopped Being Fun | esquire.com

JULY 9, 2014

1. Music Vault unleashes 13,000 videos on YouTube today | usatoday.com
2. Beck to release music version of Song Reader, featuring Jack White, Jeff Tweedy, and Jarvis Cocker | consequenceofsound.net
3. Jeff Tweedy interviewed: "This is the biological reason why Hell exists."  | Uncut
4. Stop the presses: Ringo Starr makes comment on mystery 'Train Music' track | examiner.com
5. Random Noise: Wilko Johnson, Pink Floyd, Scott Walker and What Elvis Costello Needs to Apologize... | brooklynbugle.com
6. Courtney Love Joins the Cast of 'Sons of Anarchy' |  variety.com
7. 20 Best Hidden Tracks on Albums  | consequenceofsound.net
8. Garth Brooks cancels Ireland comeback shows | kspr.com
9. Conor Oberst Seeks Judgment Against Rape Accuser Who Killed His Record Deal | stereogum.com
10. Emma Watson crashes United Nations website with her Goodwill Ambassador announcement | motherjones.com

JULY 8, 2014

1. Ringo Starr Wants Peace Rally for 74th Birthday | hollywood.com
2. First Pictures : Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young CSNY 1974 blu-ray+DVD set  |  SuperDeluxeEdition
3. More details on Pink Floyd's new album: no Roger Waters, no plans for tour | consequenceofsound.net
4. Taylor Swift Writes About Music Industry's Future In Wall St Journal |stereogum.com
5. Tisziji Muñoz: The Guitarist Who Quit Music and Became a Yogi |wonderingsound.com
6. Jack White announces new Dead Weather single, White Stripes live album | consequenceofsound.net
7. Peter Murphy Nearly Melted Down at the El Rey on Saturday |laweekly.com
8. Facebook Has Removed Every Picture Of Dead Animals From The Page Of Texas Teen Kendall Jones | buzzfeed.com
9. Update on Man Who Murdered Dave Navarro's Mother | loudwire.com
10. Park Slope Record Store to Close After 42 Years - Park Slope - DNAinfo.com New York | dnainfo.com

Rock Mobster Archives: 2014 July 1-7

JULY 7, 2014

1. Sasha Frere-Jones: Brian Eno’s Quiet Influence | nyr.kr
2. Neil Young - Exclusive 06.07.2014 (Reykjavík, Iceland) | ruv.is
3. Ten most valuable albums of all time - Telegraph (um … really?)

 

JULY 6, 2014

1. Pink Floyd to release new album The Endless River in October | consequenceofsound.net 
2. Ratdog with no Bob Weir? | upstatelive.com
3. Giles Martin on the Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night at 50 | vanityfair.com
4. Bob Dylan storms into Poland’s ‘Rock Legend Festival,’ shakes things up | examiner.com
5. Ryan Adams Reluctantly Talks Vinyl To Old Millionaires At Exclusive NYC Club | stereogum.com
6. Dick Dale's 1962 Surf Rock Song 'Misirlou' (From Pulp Fiction) Played on Floppy and Hard Disk Drives | laughingsquid.com
7. Patti Smith, James Franco Join MoMA PS1 To Reopen Fort Tilden | forbes.com
8. DVD: Ronnie Lane Memorial Concert 2004 - One For The Road from Wapping Wharf | wappingwharf.com
9. Quick-Pickin' 'N Fun-Strummin' Home Guitar Course (1973) | metrotimes.com
10. When Should A 'Washed-Up' Band Pack It In? | npr.org
11. Don’t shred on me: TX music lovers mock gun enthusiasts with Open Carry Guitar Rally | rawstory.com
12. People prefer electric shocks to time alone with their thoughts | The Boston Globe

JULY 5, 2014

1. Concert Review: 'Monty Python Live (Mostly)' | variety.com
2. Photo Coverage: Randy Newman and Cast of Encores! FAUST Take Bows at New York City Center | broadwayworld.com
3. Why Crosby Stills Nash & Young's 1974 is the one album you should hear this week – video | theguardian.com
4. Jimmy Page wins Silver Clef Award | list.co.uk 
5. Eric Clapton Featured On Johnny Winter’s New Album, “Step Back/“ (Eric Clapton) 
6. New Music for Old People: A Tribute to Gerry Goffin, A Lyricist for All Time (By Al Kooper)| themortonreport.com
7. Backstage - Ravinia Blog - Bob Dylan played a whole concert on my guitar | backstage.ravinia.org
8. Headbanging caused brain bleed in Motorhead fan |washingtonpost.com
9. Streaming Radio Is Shortchanging Songwriters | Commentary |rollcall.com
10. Cyndi Lauper: Girls Just Want to Have Birth Control |thedailybeast.com
11. "Opie And Anthony" Host Fired After Racist Twitter Rant Calling Black People "Animals" | buzzfeed.com

JULY 4, 2014

1. Music Sales Continue to Plummet for Albums and Digital Downloads |variety.com
2. Rough Trade announce plans to open more record shops - Uncut.co.uk
3. Jack White in session - Jack White | bbc.co.uk
4. OUTBREAK OF A RARE AND UNIDENTIFIED CONTAGIOUS DISEASE! | Jack White
5. Jack White's Secret London Show Involved Interactive Theater, Creepy Medical Tests, And A Fake... | stereogum.com
6. Fan Records New U2 Song Blasting From Bono's Beach House -- Again \ stereogum.com
7. How The Beatles Invented the Stadium Tour \ esquire.com
8. DVD Review: A Hard Day's Night: Criterion Collection (DVD) | EW.com
9. The mysterious 'train song' from the Beatles' 'A Hard Day's Night' | latimes.com
10. Ringo Starr on A Hard Day's Night: "It was mad, but it was incredible" - Uncut.co.uk
11. Exclusive: Pattie Boyd on the Beatles and filming 'A Hard Day's Night,' part 1 | examiner.com
12. Monty Python live review: Side-splitting 'comedy history in the making' \ express.co.uk
13. Sir Mick dreams of London Rolling Stones museum \ www.dailystar.co.uk
14. The Kinks announce 50th anniversary reissue campaign - Uncut.co.uk
15. The Empty Hearts (Ex-Cars/Blondie) \ thenoise-boston.com
16. The Iranian 'Modern Family' Isn't So Modern | variety.com
17. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - CSNY 1974 | drownedinsound.com 
18. Graham Nash discusses the CSNY 1974 live box set (Music Radar) 
19. Grateful Dead's Bob Weir Reflects On Jerry's Death: 'I Don't Miss Him... He's Here' | Huffingtonpost.com
20. 'Midnight Rider' Filmmakers Charged with Involuntary Manslaughter in Sarah Jones Death  | variety.com
21. Confessions of a mourning consumer: How I killed my local bookstore | ZDNet
22. Terry Pratchett forced to cancel appearance by Alzheimer's | www.theguardian.com
23. ‘Life Itself’ celebrates Roger Ebert - The Boston Globe
24. Obituary: Paul Horn, 84; his flute playing was heard around the world |timescolonist.com

JULY 3, 2014

1. Gregg Allman has checked himself into the hospital and postponed his solo tour | Relix
2. Up to Its Old Tricks, Monty Python Reunites | nytimes.com
3. BWW TV: Watch Highlights of Randy Newman, Laura Osnes, Tony Vincent & More in Encores! FAUST | roadwayworld.com
4. Randy Newman's Faust: The Concert - Reviews - Jul 2, 2014 theatermania.com
5. Concert version of Randy Newman's musical version of 'Faust' at City Center reveals a curio | nydailynews.com
6. Interview: Marshall Blonstein Shares New Directions for Audio Fidelity Label | | www.themortonreport.com
7. Roger McGuinn's Folk Den (New Song) | ibiblio.org
8. Radio Canada International: Diana Krall and Elvis Costello thrill at the Montreal International Jazz Festival  (Elvis Costello) 
9. Robyn Hitchcock: The Man Upstairs - American Songwriter
10. Spoon : Vinyl Gratification (RSD Exclusive) | spoontheband.com| 
11. Forget Vinyl. Forget the Cloud. In the Future We'll Listen to Music on UV-Cured 3D-Printed Resin | smithsonianmag.com
12. Producers of Acclaimed Club 47 Folk Music Film Turn to Fans for Support, Ellis Paul music
13. Robin Thicke assaulted by Twitter users who knew he wanted it| avclub.com
14. Lou Reed's estate worth over $20M, executors say |usatoday.com
15. Rolf Harris guilty verdict ends a career in disgrace | Noise11  

JULY 2, 2014

1. A Major Discovery -- 149 Unknown Bob Dylan Acetates From His NYC Studio - Recordmecca
2. The Who To Record New Album | MOJO
3. CD Review: Skin and Bone (By Seth Rogovoy) chronogram.com
4. Lou Reed leaves $30m fortune | theguardian.com
5. Candi Staton recalls the late Bobby Womack, her friend of 60 years |  latimes.com
6. Cal Schenkel Is Dog: An Appreciation |philfountain.wordpress.com
7. New Jerry Lee Lewis album to feature Neil Young, Keith Richards and Robbie Robertson.  (Uncut)
8. Keith On Planet Rock - Full Interview - KeithRichards.com Official Blog
9. Jeff Beck cancels tour due "after seeking emergency medical attention" -...  | uncut.co.uk
10. Neil Young News: Crazy Horse's Billy Talbot Suffer Mild Stroke, Expects Full Recovery | neilyoungnews.thrasherswheat.org
11. Hunter of Invisible Game: A Short Film by Thom Zimny & Bruce Springsteen to premiere online, Wednesday, July 9. (Bruce Springsteen)
12. Exclusive: Listen to a Stunning Never-Before-Heard Bob Marley Track |esquire.com

JULY 1, 2014

1. Beck opens his own show in Detroit after support act cancels at last-minute |  consequenceofsound.net
2. SoundCloud May Actually Start Paying Artists | spin.com
3. Robyn performs three songs from his upcoming album “The Man Upstairs” for Sawyer Sessions Series |robynhitchcock.com
4. Paul Simon & Sting bring their critically-acclaimed "On Stage Together" tour to Australia and New Zealand in January and February 2015! (www.Paulsimon.com)
5. 'I can't take all this hanging out' – a classic Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young piece (1974) | theguardian.com
6. R.I.P. Filter, music magazine to cease publication |consequenceofsound.net