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)

News 10/22/09

Songwriters Hall Of Fame Unveils 2010 Nominees (American Songwriter)

1978 Recording Live at the El Mocambo Kicks Off The Costello Show Series of Live Albums From Elvis Costello (PR Newswire)

Howard Stern: Clarence Clemons Visits. 10/21/09. 8:15am (Mark's Frigin')

I want to know the story behind this picture: Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and Randy Newman (A Well Respected Tumblr)(Answer : Farm Aid 1985, I think)

News 10/21/09

List of complete albums Springsteen will play in a number of upcoming concerts (Bruce Springsteen)

Tiny Tim's 'I've Never Seen a Straight Banana': deeper truths about humanity from a sometime novelty (NT Daily News)

Clip Job: The Defend Bob Dylan Rally! (Village Voice)

Maxwell's NJ A crazy dream come true! The legendary Trashmen make their first ever New York area appearances this weekend! They will be performing their spectacular hit "Surfin' Bird" and much more "Trashmen music" (as guitarist Tony Andreason refers to it). Having witnessed them perform live as recently as last fall, we can testify to their amazing live show. As if that's not enough already, Sundazed Records has been kind enough to press up a live EP featuring unreleased tracks that will be given away to ticket holders. And two of the greatest rock'n'roll bands in the land, The Hi-Risers and The Neanderthals are also on the bill! This could be the rock'n'roll show of the year, if not the decade!
The same line-up is also at Southpaw in Brooklyn on Friday...(Maxwell's)

ARTIST CONFIDENTIAL: JOHN FOGERTY (Sirius XM)

A Minute With: John Cleese on Appeal Of "Fawlty Towers" (Reuters/NY Times)


Bono Op-Ed GuestColumnist:Rebranding America (NY Times)

News 10/19/09

Empire State Building To Be Lit Grateful Dead-style (NY History)

Dylan Las Vegas setlist, plus music from Hollywood night 3 (Bob Dylan Examiner)

Roger Daltrey Honors John Entwistle, Garth Hudson at L.A. Show (Spinner UK)

News 10/18/09

Beatles To Bowie: the 60s exposed (ngp.org.uk) also this article (art daily)

"Monty Python: Almost The Truth - The Lawyer's Cut" this week on IFC (IFC)

The Song Decoders (Pandora) (NY Times Magazine)

Ginger Baker Autobigraphy (Ginger Baker)and documentary (Rolling Stone)

Video clip of Dylan and Sexton in Phoenix last night, plus set list (Bob Dylan Examiner)

Recap: Robyn Hitchcock at Indie Memphis (Memphis Flyer)

Steve Ferguson, Rock Guitarist and a Founder of NRBQ, Dies at 60 (NY Times)

Amazing! R. Crumb : Sketching His Way Through Genesis and slide show(NY Times)

DVDs: Classic Hobgoblins of Big Screens - see Fawlty Towers DVD review and spot the mistake ! (NY Times) (Prunella Scales is the wife on Fawlty Towers, Connie Booth was his wife in real life. )

Jon Tevlin: Dylan spoof is even funnier now that Bob's done the songs (Minneapolis-St.Paul Star Tribune)

News 10/17/09

Monty Python take over Sirius XM channel(Sirius)

Bob Dylan Examiner :
More Dylan in Berkeley audio, plus Tuesday Los Angeles setlist
Video of Dylan live in L.A., plus set list for night two
Dylan tour debuts of "Chimes of Freedom" and "Rollin' and Tumblin'", plus video from L.A. night two
Joan Baez PBS documentary, featuring Bob Dylan, available for viewing here
Bob Dylan adds November 3 date to fall tour

Broken Social Scene, Iron & Wine to Do Olympics Neil Young Tribute Show (Pitchfork)

Brian Ray on Playing with Paul McCartney, Jimmy Page, Etta James and His Upcoming Album (Rock and Roll Report)

'Saturday Night Live' puts on a show sponsored only by Budweiser (no joke!)(Daily Finance)

Quite the Lineup: A Band Without an Album but With a History (or Three) (NY Times)

The Who - 1979 - The first seven shows of the 1979 tour! (Clock That Went Backwards Again)

Robert Klein Radio Hour with Aerosmith, George Martin (Wolfgang's Vault)

Monk's Moods (NY Times)

Dr David Gilmour - Doctor Doctor! (Neptune Pink Floyd)

White Stripes to Release Early Outtakes (Pitchfork)

Ravi Shankar Receives First-Ever George Harrison Humanitarian Award (George Harrison)

2009-10-10 - Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 - Crocodile Cafe - Seattle (Flicker)

Dave Rawlings Machine: New Album, Tour, and In-Store Performances (Facebook)

SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY NAMED SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR AT 29TH ANNUAL ASCAP AWARDS IN LONDON (ASCAP) Note: Sir Paul McCartney was named Songwriter of the Year and was recognized for the songs "All You Need Is Love," "Come Together" and "Hello Goodbye."


Live From Bonnaroo 2009 DVD (Anti) Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Phish, Beastie Boys, Snoop Dogg, Elvis Costello with Jenny Lewis, Andrew Bird, Coheed and Cambria, Rafael Saadiq, Santigold, Passion Pit, Amadou & Mariam, among many others.

D.C. Summit asks: who will save music? (Victoria Summit)

Flaming Lips to Cover Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon (Pitchfork)

Let's get The Who to number one (I'm The Facebook)

News 10/13/09

Information on unreleased Bob Dylan track from new "NCIS" soundtrack (Examiner)

Ray Davies in New York, NY - presale code (Wiseguys)

Tom Waits website updated; Glitter & Doom Live track list(Tom Waits/Anti)

In the Court of the Crimson King [2 CD Version] (allmusic)

Michael Jackson's burned hair from 1984 Pepsi commercial goes on sale (Examiner)

The world online premiere of John Fogerty's new music video, "When Will I Be Loved," is happening at AOL MUSIC, tomorrow, Wednesday, October 14. (John Fogerty)

XTC’s Psych Side Project Gets an Acid Flashback (Crawdaddy)

Download (legally) Lou Reed Concert Bottom Line (New York, NY); 05.11.1977
Tracks: 15 / Total Time: 1:24:57; Catalog: King Biscuit (Wolfgang's Vault)

Blue Cheer Founder Dickie Peterson Dies at 61 (Spinner)

News 10/12/09

From Bob Dylan Examiner:
Dylan's set list from Portland, Oregon; video from Seattle; plus possible Nobel literary prize?
Bob Dylan fall tour: Portland footage, plus five tour debuts in Eugene, Oregon
Bob Dylan performs first 'Mama You Been On My Mind' in six years, plus hear complete new track
Dylan at Berkeley: Setlist for Sunday, rare audio from Saturday.
Dylan adds November show, plus listen to "Christmas Blues"
Bob Dylan in Canton, Ohio: Second presale option announced, plus video of 'The Man In Me' live

Music Review | Bruce Springsteen : For Springsteen and Giants Stadium, a Raucous Last Dance (NY Times)

Suing Her Label, Not Retiring: Carly Simon Won’t Go Gently (NY Times)

Paul McCartney releases track listing for 'Good Evening, New York City' CD/DVD (Examiner)

Pete Townshend 49 minute podcast (October 5) (BBC)

October 9: It's Johnny's Birthday (Yer Blog)

Monty Python on LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON, NBC Wednesday 10/14 (actually early 10/15), and LIVE WITH REGIS AND KELLY October 15. VAN MORRISON on The View (10/26)
See Late Night TV Page

Advance praise for BOB DYLAN: Prophet, Mystic, Poet from critic Ed Siegel (dylanprophet)

News 10/10/09

Neko Case covers Nilsson


THEATER REVIEW | 'AMERICAN IDIOT': Staging Youth’s Existential Quest With Green Day Variations (NY Times)

Screenings Draw on a Career in Film, Stacked to the Eaves (Rare music footage including The Beatles, Elvis) (NY Times)

On tour: Leon Redbone; Dan Hicks.

SIX OF WAYLON JENNINGS' INFLUENTIAL RCA ALBUMS TO BE REISSUED ON THREE COLLECTORS' CHOICE CDs (Conqueroo)

Rufus Wainwright Channels Puccini For New Opera, Releases Live Set (Billboard)

News 10/08/09

Watch new MISSION OF BURMA video:


New Release: Various Artists: Later Live 2 With Jools Holland (Pitchfork)

Live Tonight: Dinosaur Jr. In Concert: Lou Barlow To Open Live Webcast From Washington, D.C. (npr)

Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch "Hopeful" He Has Beaten Cancer (Billboard)

Fiesta Latina (Los Lobos, others) at the White House on October 13, broadcast October 15 (PBS)

Felabrations 2009 – Celebrating The Life & Music Of Fela Kuti (Frolab)


Slip Kid (tribute to The Who with Gary Cherone) at the Regent in Arlington, MA, October 24 (Regent Theatre)

The Lefsetz Letter Pete Townshend Top 22-1 (Rhino)

Grateful Dead Scrapbook: Deluxe Edition (dead.net)

New Peel boxset due for release (john peel)

U2, Courtney Love, and Scarlett Johansson Live (Pitchfork)

8 Phrases That Don't Mean What You Think They Mean (asylum)

Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 - ACL 2009 (flicker)

Ray Davies - Berklee - Boston - 11/17 -tickets on sale October 9 (Ticketmaster)

October 5th, 2009: SydBarrett.com Solves 30-Year-Old Mystery (Syd Barrett)

plus . . John Lennon would have been 69 years old tomorrow

News 10/07/09

Jack White Directs, Stars in New Dead Weather Video (Paste)

Backstage Pass: Roger Daltrey: A reluctant solo artist (Goldmine)

Lou Reed's Berlin 1973 vs. Berlin Live 2008 (Crawdaddy)

NY Times Book Reviews : Paul Shaffer and Craig Ferguson (NY Times)

The Grateful Dead: Now Playing at the New-York Historical Society (Relix)

HBO Renews ‘Bored to Death’ (NY Times)

1971 Byrds: Dinky Pens “BB Class Road” (Crawdaddy)

13th Annual Guthrie Awards Dinner (Huntington's Disease Society of America)

News 10/06/09

Bruce Springsteen performs his new song Wrecking Ball at Giants Stadium

Dylan tour starts with surprises (Examiner)

Suzanne Vega chimes in with advance praise for Seth Rogovoy's "BOB DYLAN: Prophet, Mystic, Poet" (Dylan Prophet)

Stephen Stills scheduled for Howard Stern later in the month. He will perform an acoustic song, if he does not cancel.(See 10/5; 8:10 a.m.) (Mark's Friggin')

Monty Python reunion documentary (NY Times)

Mercedes Sosa, 'Voice of Latin America,' Dies at 74 (Spinner)

Paul Shaffer interview (Random House)

Beck: Irrelevant Topics - interviews with Tom Waits, Will Farrell, Shannon Theule (Farrell look-alike) (Beck)

Austin City Limits: Mud Central - and links to other stories (NY Times)

Q: The Podcast for Friday, October 2, 2009 American singer/songwriter Tom Waits (cbc.ca)via Eyeball Kid

Roger Daltrey to appear on Conan, October 16. (Interbridge)

Review: Dylan Seattle (Seattle Times)

Dylan has more surprises in Seattle, plus Phily date added (Examiner )

Thom Yorke’s New Band, From Many Angles (NY Times)

Paintings Made for The Who by John Davies on View at Idea Generation (Art Daily)

Dylan presale rewards the patient (Examiner)

Beyond here lies somethin' (Another Dylan Seattle review) (Crosscut)

Dylan's accent (The Atlantic)

Report: Never before released Paul McCartney song to be featured in upcoming film (Examiner)

News 10/03/09

Bob Dylan to play Boston, New York, in November

Rolling Stone Magazine previews new Dylan album (Rolling Stone)

Untangling the Octopus updated by Julian Palacios (Syd Barrett Pink Floyd)

Ramones biopic in the works (Billboard)

E Street Radio Tailgate Party: Giants Stadium’s Last Dance, Fri 10/9 5:00 pm ET (Sirius XM) Also Roseanne Cash Guest DJ debuts October 5

More on Letterman blackmail attempt (Popeater)

FARM AID 2009 (Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, and John Mellencamp, plus Wilco, Jason Mraz, Gretchen Wilson) to be broadcast on Willie's Place this Sunday, 2 PM ET (Sirius XM / Willie's Place) . . . plus Willie's personal letter (pdf), Farm Aid on Direct TV and farmaid.org, Farm Aid website

Paul Shaffer on Bob Dylan (Vanity Fair)

Bob Dylan adds November shows in Boston and (with Dion) New York (Examiner)

Original 1960's and 1970's Classic Rock & British Invasion 45's and LP's auction (tefteller)

Coldplay to appear on The Simpsons (Pitchfork)

News 10/02/09

Listen to Robyn Hitchcock and others cover Abbey Road tracks for Mojo Magazine (Soundbites) via Fegmaniax

Robyn Hitchcock performs "Dragonfly Me" (BBC)

Folk Alliance Lifetime Achievement Awards will be presented to Bob Dylan, Elizabeth Cotton, and The National Council for Traditional Arts (Dirty Linen)

Early review of new Dylan album (LA Times)

Wolfgang's Vault Opening Entire Concert Catalog (Billboard)

Watch Austin City Limits Music Festival- Free live broadcast October 2-4 (fuzztopia)

RIP Sam Hinton (Sam Hinton)

Who's Hotter? Beatles, Dr. Dre debate leads to police call (OC Register) via Beatles Examiner

EXTRAORDINARY CONCERTS,MUSIC FILMS AND BMI PANEL HIGHLIGHTED AT 2009 WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL (Including Neil Young, Johnny Depp, and the father of ukulele hip-hop) (Woodstock Film Festival)

Gregg Allman Confirms November Dates (Relix)

Bob Dylan updates (Examiner)

That's NOT Bob Dylan on the new Kris Kristofferson album (scroll down) (Searching For A Gem) also this from New West Records and the Examiner.

CBS News employee arrested in David Letterman extortion attempt (video) (Examiner)

Paul Shaffer's Dylan stories (Clusterflock)

Noah and the Whales equipment stolen in England (even their toothbrush) (Spinner)

Kanye West/Lady Gaga tour canceled (Examiner)

. . . and some people will never get Bob Dylan (Perez Hilton)