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) 

Rock Mobster Archives: 2014 January 8-14

TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2014

1. Bonus material for Dylan's '30th Anniversary Concert' Blu-Ray, DVD, and CD (Examiner)
2. A Last Waltz on the Wild Side: In an excerpt from his in-progress memoir, former Rolling Stone writer Ed McCormack remembers his friend Lou Reed, and the small theft and turn on the dance floor that defined a friendship. (Vanity Fair)  
3.  Rosanne Cash: The 10 Best Road Trip Songs - (Esquire) 
4. Yoko Ono’s Sydney Exhibition Draws Crowds (WSJ) 
5. On Second Thought: Neil Young – Landing On Water (1986) (Something Else Reviews)
6. Harper, listen to Neil (The Province)
7. Throwing Muses touring w/ Tanya Donelly opening (dates) (Brooklyn Vegan)
8. The baffling revival of the vinyl LP (The Week) 
9. Linda McCartney: Retrospective, 1965-1997, Le Pavillon Populaire (Paul McCartney) 
10. Ronny Jordan, 1962-2014. (MOJO)  
11. JUST ANNOUNCED: Springsteen, Clapton, Phish, more (New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2014 )   2 p.m. ET

MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2014

1. The Secret Jewish History of Bruce Springsteen  (The Jewish Daily Forward) 
2. Brian Wilson to headline Hop Farm Music Festival 2014 (Uncut) 
3. A link to the tar-sands short film "Petropolis", is coming very soon. See what we are talking about for yourself.. Neil"  (Neil Young)  
4. An interview with Ray Benson of Western Swing Band Asleep At The Wheel who has a new solo album out next week that's not like Asleep At The Wheel. (American Songwriter) 
5. "Muscle Shoals": By the Singing River (chris morris's wasted space)
6. The 25 Greatest Austin Bands of All Time (Austin Post)  
7. Springsteen’s punk roots (NY Post)
8. The lost years of Woody Guthrie: The singer's life in Greystone Hospital (American Aljazeera) 
9. Ray Wise Hints At Twin Peaks “25 Years Later” (Welcome to Twin Peaks) 

SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 2014

1. "Tomorrow we start our concert tour with Diana Krall across Canada bringing light to Canada's broken treaties with her First Nations people. Please follow us as we go." (Neil Young/Honor The ACFN) 
2. Neil Young set to kick off Honour the Treaties tour: Shows are almost sold out, but not everyone is excited about Young's campaign against oilsands(CBC News/Aboriginal)
3. Neil Young still stubborn (The Globe and Mail)  
4. Inside Llewyn Davis: the book behind the Coen brothers film: Bob Dylan called him his first New York muse, yet Dave Van Ronk never gained the recognition he deserved. Inside Llewyn Davis draws on his story(Guardian) 
5. Rosanne Cash: Seeking A 'Thread' Through Southern History (NPR)
6. 'There was lots of waiting for the Rolling Stones to get their groove together': Chris Kimsey remembers recording with Keith Richards and the Rolling Stones in 1970 (Telegraph)
7. JOHNNY WINTER LIVE – NARROWS CENTER FOR THE ARTS – REVIEW BY AJ WACHTEL (Blues Blog)  
8. David Bromberg Quintet (You Tube Channel In Progress)

SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2014 

1. Bruce Springsteen Exploring Instant Live Recordings: Shows could start coming as soon as this month (Rolling Stone)  
2. Red Hot Chili Peppers Joining Bruno Mars' Super Bowl Halftime Show(Billboard)
3. Robyn Hitchcock leads first acts for Musicport, plus John Smith, Lucy Ward, New Rope String Band, and more (eFestivals)   
4. Lucinda Williams is playing intimate dates in LA including the Troubadour Info (The Scenestar) 
5. Podcast: In the third installment of the Johnny Cash Folsom Prison podcast series (Johnny Cash) 
6. Forgotten folk genius Jackson C. Frank's 1965 debut is reissued on Monday. Revisit his life and music via our interview with his muse and sweetheart, Katherine Henry (MOJO)  
7. Folk singer (Jim Glover) wary of Coen Brothers' portrayal (Herald Tribune)  
8. I’m not a collector... Monkees Convention (Michael NesmithFacebook)  
9. Actors’ Union to Discuss Pay for Touring Musicals (NY Times Arts)     
10. John Oliver: American politics a 'circus of crazy'(Boston Globe)    
11. ‘No Pants Subway Ride’ hits Boston, Jan. 12 (Boston Globe) 
12. An early look at next week's cover, “Playing in Traffic,” by Barry Blitt(New Yorker) 

FRIDAY. JANUARY 10, 2014

1. 'Definitive' Lou Reed biography to be published (Uncut)  
2. Pete Townshend will be discussing his musical career at the Questors Theatre in Ealing on Sunday, February 16 at 5:00 p.m.  (Ealing Music and Film Festival)
3. Get a taste of the Amazon.com Bonus Limited Edition of #‎HighHopes in this clip of "Cover Me" from the bonus Born In The U.S.A. Live bonus DVD, filmed this summer in London. (Bruce Springsteen) 
4. My musings on the music of the Coen brothers' movies: Part One Part Two  (Daniel Johnsons's Film Babble)
5. "Inherit the Whoop, Whoop!": The Trial That Rocked America (ICP) (Hairpin)
6. CD Reissue (Batdorf & Rodney)  
7. Hello, I’m Johnny Cash’s Car (Craigslist) 
8. Preview: As he looks forward to a career tribute, Gregg Allman finds grace in his second life -(Arts Atl) 
9. Peter Frampton and Jerry Shirley of Humble Pie interview, “Rockin’ The Fillmore.” (Rock Cellar Magazine)  
10. Aretha Franklin Postpones Radio City Shows (NY Times Arts) 
11. Mike Nesmith will join Mickey Dolenz for the 2014 Monkees Convention (TheMacWire)
12. YOU'LL NEVER GUESS HOW EASY IT IS TO PISS OFF PHISH FANS (Baeble Music)
13. Sony Pictures Classics Picks Up Woody Allen’s ‘Magic in the Moonlight’ (Variety)
14. Official photos of the Lego Simpsons House—one of the best sets ever (Lego Gizmodo) 
15. Louis CK Releasing Unseen Movie From 1998 Starring Steve Carell (AOL)
16. Coming Soon: The Holocaust Documentary Hitchcock Was Almost Too Scared to Make (Foreign Policy)  
17. Poet Saul Williams celebrates the legacy of Amiri Baraka, who passed away today at 79. (The Fader)  

THURSDAY,  JANUARY  9, 2014 

1. Paul Remembers Musician Phil Everly (Paul McCartney) 
2. Preview Bruce's interview with SiriusXM Radio's E Street Radio here! Tune in to Channel 20 this Friday at 10:30 am ET to hear the complete piece. Bruce SpringsteenBruce on SiriusXM/E Street Radio(Bruce Springsteen)
3. It's official...Beck will be playing Coachella 2014...April 13 & 20 (Beck/Coachella)
4. Rolling Stones Really Coming to Israel this Time (Jewish Press) 
5. Derek Trucks & Warren Haynes To Leave Allman Brothers Band After 2014 (Jambase)
6. CONCERT NEWS! Eric Clapton will headline the LFO2014 Festival on 28 June. Visit the WE! site for complete details.(Where's Eric?)
7. Graham Parker and The Rumour Official Bootleg Box  (Graham Parker)
8. The Psychedelic Furs announce first U.S. tour dates of 2014, promise ‘more dates soon’(Slicing Up Eyeballs) 
9. STING, PUFF DADDY, ANDY SUMMERS, AND THE CASE OF THE MISPLACED BAJILLION DOLLARS (Dangerous Minds)
10. Happy 70th Birthday, Jimmy Page! (BP Fallon) 
11. Moment in Music // Michael Bloomfield (Moment:Jewish Politics/Culture/Religion)
12. Quick Questions for Steven Mandel - Producer/Engineer For Elvis Costello and the Roots(Note-Tation)  
13. Movie's score right on track (Record.net) 
14. The LP Is Back [CHART] (Hypebot) 
15. Barnes & Noble's Former Flagship Location On Fifth Ave Has Permanently Closed(Gothamist)
16. The World's Worst Wax Museum - In Pictures (Guardian) 

WEDNESDAY  JANUARY  8, 2014 

1. Stream Bruce Springsteen’s new album. “High Hopes” (Bruce Springsteen) 
2. The Everly Brothers Cover The Beatles, Insanely (MOJO)
3. Neil Young is electric during solo acoustic concert at New York's Carnegie Hall  (NY Daily News) 
4. 'We seem to be losing friends by the day': Graham Nash's touching tribute to Levon Helm (Something Else Reviews) 
5. David Crosby: “I Would Do A Byrds Tour In A Minute” (MOJO) 
6. 'Lucinda Williams': Music review (Reissue) (NY Daily News)
7. First Look: Ringo Starr's Music Video for The Powerpuff Girls Comeback(TV Guide)
8. "Me and my girlfriend had a nice vegetarian curry with my brother Ray and his girlfriend the other night. We had a lovely evening-It was a wonderful way to kick off a new year! Happy 2014 everyone, Love, Dave"(Dave Davies' Facebook page) 
9. Here They Come! Complete Paul Revere & The Raiders Catalogue Now Available Digitally  (The Second Disc)
10. J&R, New York's Last Classical Record Store, Faces Uncertain Future(WQXR) 
11. Pixies to play surprise gig on Monday at Calvin Theatre in Northampton(MassLive)
12. Rolling Stone's 500 Worst Reviews of All Time - (Rate Your Music)
13. The Greatest Music Producer You’ve Never Heard of Is . . . (Tom Wilson)(Texas Monthly)
14. Did You Know About This Legendary Recording Studio Above The Gowanus Canal? (Gothamist)
15. Pioneering musician Houston Wells dies (Echo News)