News 11/02/09

Bob Dylan Examiner: Bob Dylan Missouri set list, plus Salina concert footage;Three tour debuts as Dylan plays Kansas, plus watch more Dylan-Baez duets; Dylan rolls into Rockford with four tour debuts, plus audio from Tulsa.; Dylan's setlist from Chicago, night one (plus vintage video); Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan: Episode 26, "Halloween"; Dylan in Chicago, night two: 11 different songs, no guitar ;Rare Bob Dylan Halloween CD unmasked; Bob Dylan treats Chicago Halloween crowd, two songs performed live first time ever (with audio); >; Bob Dylan's official site does not include Tom Waits cover in set list

Rock’s Royal Genes, in Endless Recombinations Music Review | 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts /Rock’s Hall of Famers Mix It Up (NY Times)

Pink Floyd 30 Greatest Songs (Chronological) (Mojo)

Gail Zappa: The Future of Music (Huffington Post)

Patti Smith Bowery NYC December 29-31 (Ticketmaster)

Jesse Winchester: The Long Road Home (Crawdaddy)

Art Review | 'Who Shot Rock & Roll' Every Picture Tells a Story, Don’t It? (NY Times)


‘This Is It’: No. 1, but Still Disappointing (NY Times)

Elton John Recovering in Hospital From Flu, E-Coli (AP/NYT)

News 10/28/09

Springsteen's Line-Up (rockhall 25)

Springsteen Still Set to Perform at Historic Rock Hall of Fame Concert (Jeff Beck in for Clapton) (Rolling Stone)

Bob Dylan fans drive YouTube back ; New archival Isle of Wight and Dylan find; Is Dylan misguided? (NJN Network)

X Announces West Coast X-Mas Show Dates to Celebrate 2009 Legends of Punk to Release Two New X-Mas Songs Digitally (PR-inside)

Roger Daltrey Leaks The Who: Rock Band? (1 Up)

Bob Weir Will Scare the Children Once Again (relix)

On-Air review of "Bob Dylan: Prophet Mystic Poet" (10:05to end)(WAMC Book Picks)

News 10/27/09

Music by Robyn Hitchcock. The song playing in the trailer is Robyn's "I Just Wanna Be Loved."


BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND CANCEL SPRINT CENTER SHOW DUE TO DEATH IN FAMILY (Lenny Sullivan, Bruce's cousin and the assistant road manager of the E Street Band); "WRECKING BALL" RELEASED AT iTUNES STORE (brucespringsteen.net)

Depp, Richards light up Spike TV's 'Scream 2009' (AP)

Dee Anthony, Manager to Rocker Peter Frampton, Dies at 83 (NY Times)

Ailing Eric Clapton Pulls Out Of NY Concert (NY Times)

Top of the Pops recoveries (Missing Episodes)

Studios’ Quest for Life After DVDs (NY Times)

Like other bands in the digital age, U2 is struggling to grab new listeners (OK-Cleek)

News 10/26/09

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Mission of Burma will be playing two shows at the Paradise on 1/15 and 1/16 and two at the Bowery Ballroom on 1/29 and 1/30. (Mission Of Burma)

10/26, KANSAS CITY SHOW CANCELLED Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band Cancel Sprint Center Show Due to Death In Family (Backstreets)

Coming around again: Record-contract limbo behind her, Carly Simon revisits her classics and makes new album a family affair (Boston Globe)

Leonard Cohen Hints at Retirement at Sold-Out New York Show (Spinner)

Stephen Stills on Howard Stern's Sirius XM show tomorrow

A Night with Bob Dylan and Soupy Sales (Examiner)

Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon on Jimmy Fallon , 11/5 Thursday (Van Morrison cancels "The View") (Interbridge)

Live: Elvis Costello Swings by the Financial District (Village Voice)

See Paul McCartney at Monday's Frank Loesser tribute -- first photos and report! (Beatles Examiner)

News 10/25/09

Interview: Lucinda Williams on Getting Paid $250 for Her First Record, Mad Men, and Her Favorite Place in New York City (Village Voice)(also getting married on stage, and her new song for Bob Dylan's Hank Williams project)

Dylan video from Salina yesterday, no guitar in Tulsa tonight (Bob Dylan Examiner)

Clip Job: Dylan Meets the Press; Clip Job: Mods vs. Rockers at Dylan Concert!>(Village Voice Clip Job)

YouTube suspends thousands of accounts (NJN Network)

2009 Bridge School Benefit Concert Reviews (Thrasher's Wheat)

Pink Floyd star leaves £24m to his children - but nothing to his three wives (Mail Online)

News 10/24/09

Bob Dylan Examiner :
Dylan mixes it up in Utah, plus footage from Arizona
Bob Dylan - Joan Baez 1976 live duet released
Dylan from Magna to the Magness: Two tour debuts in Denver, plus Utah footage
More information on Joan Baez CD, "How Sweet The Sound", featuring 1976 Dylan duet
Three tour debuts as Dylan plays Kansas, plus watch more Dylan-Baez duets

Ray Davies Interview (Prefix)

Record dealer turns up ultra-rare 'Sgt. Pepper'(Goldmine)

Woodie Guthrie box set full of treasures (Goldmine)

Roger Daltrey @ Orpheum Theater 10/17/09 (LAist)

R. Crumb: God Gets Graphic (NY Times)

SUBLIME LEAD SINGER BRADLEY NOWELL’S ESTATE ISSUES STATEMENT REGARDING THE USE OF NAME SUBLIME (Radio Facts)

Bob Dylan Christmas Album Reviewed: Jewish Ex-Christian Kills Christmas via Songs (Faster Times)

Show Review + Photos + Setlist: Lucinda Williams at the Pageant, October 17, 2009 (scroll down to read amazing letter about getting tickets) (Riverfront Times)

Baroque and Roll: Townshend on Purcell (BBC Radio 4)

News 10/23/09

Soundtrack : Track Listings
1. Friday On My Mind-Easybeats
2. My Generation-The Who
3. I Feel Free-Cream
4. Wind Cries Mary-Hendrix
5. A Whiter Shade Of Pale-Procol Harem
6. These Arms Of Mine-Otis Redding
7. The Happening-Junior Walker - Cleo's Mood Supremes
8. She'd Rather Be With Me-The Turtles
9. 98.6-The Bystanders
10. Sunny Afternoon-Kinks
11. Father And Son-Cat Stevens
12. Nights In White Satin-Moody Blues
13. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me-Dusty
14. Stay With Me-Lorraine Ellison
15. This Old Heart Of Mine-The Isley Bros
16. Let's Dance-David Bowie

Mickey Hart to Appear on the History Channel (Relix)

WXPN Welcomes Ronnie Spector's Christmas Party (WXPN World Cafe)

Juliana Hatfield's New Album, Peace and Love, Coming in January (Paste)

Bob Weir and Phil Lesh Reunite in New York (Relix)

McCartney London presale (Paul McCartney)

Coming soon: photos of James McCartney's band "Light" (Charlie Whatley)

Pink Floyd articles, plus Woody Guthrie, Roger Daltrey (MOJO Magazine)

Pink Floyd Videos (Root)

Neil Innes: How Sweet To Be An Idiot (Dangerous Minds)

Fernwood 2Night: The Great Lost American Comedy (Dangerous Minds)

Pie-Splattered Comedian Soupy Sales Dies at 83 (NY Times)