Archive for July, 2009
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The Ramones - Pinhead
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Music News & Notes
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DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA to release new album in September
Ascendance Records is gearing up for the release of the second album from DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA entitled ‘SING ALONG SONGS FOR THE DAMNED AND DELIRIOUS’
The unique genre-hopping Swedish sextet has already garnered an ever-growing army of fans on the strength of their [...]
Keeping the Album Alive
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by Sean Highkin
You hear people say it all the time: the MP3 killed the album. And to an extent, it is true. The advent of iTunes has made it easier to pick and choose songs, and even if you do choose to buy the album, it’s really just files on [...]
This Date In Music History-July 31
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Birthdays:
Will Champion – Coldplay (1978)
John Lowery - Marilyn Manson (1971)
Jim Corr - The Corrs (1964)
Robert Townsend - Pop Will Eat Itself (1964)
Norman Cook – Housemartins (1963)
Malcolm Ross - Aztec Camera (1960)
Bill Berry – R.E.M. (1958)
Daniel Ash – Bauhaus (1957)
Karl Green - Herman’s Hermits (1947)
Gary Lewis (1946)
Bob Welch (Fleetwood Mac from [...]
Classic Rock Videos
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Ramones, Baby I love you!
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Top Ten Most Valuable Records
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I did a post last week and after searching the Internet for the world’s Top Ten Most Valuable vinyl records, one can be sure that the lists can be subjective, vary from country to country and will fluctuate over time. For instance, the copy of John Lennon & Yoko Ono [...]
Bird And Animal Names In Rock And Roll History- part twenty-three
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Let’s continue our series about “bird” and “animal” group names in rock and roll history:
Based out of Los Angles hails the rock band led by Grant Lee Phillips called Grant Lee Buffalo. Playing alternative pop rock, the group released five albums, “Fuzzy” (1993), “Mighty Joe Moon” (1994), “Copperopolis” (1996) and [...]
Music News & Notes
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Echo And The Bunnymen Plan New Album And Tour
Liverpool veterans Echo and the Bunnymen have confirmed details of their next album, which is set to be released on October 12.
‘The Fountain’ will be preceded by a single, ‘I Think I Need To Know’ on 28th September.
The forthcoming album, which will [...]
Classic Rock Videos
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Ramones - I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend (1980)
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Mr. Music ~ Jerry Osborne
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I am continuing our new feature: Ask “Mr. Music.” Now in its 23rd year of syndication (1986-2008), Jerry Osborne’s weekly Q&A feature will be a regular post every Wednesday from now on. Be sure to stop by Jerry’s site (www.jerryosborne.com) for more Mr. Music archives, record price guides, anything Elvis, [...]
This Date In Music History - July 29
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Birthdays:
Randy Sparks - New Christy Minstrels (1933)
Neal Doughty - REO Speedwagon (1946)
Simon Kirk - Bad Company (1949)
Geddy Lee - Rush (1953)
Patti Sciafa - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (1953)
John Sykes - Thin Lizzy/Whitesnake (1959)
Martin McCarrick - Therapy (1962)
Miles Hunt - The Wonder Stuff (1966)
Simon Jones - The Verve [...]
Founding member Jeff Hanna talks about the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
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By FIELDING BUCK
The Press-Release
Here are excerpts from an interview with Jeff Hanna, founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
On the band’s origins:
“‘66 is when we started playing together and getting paid. We were a jug band, which is a really rootsy concoction, music that was mostly written in [...]
Music News & Notes
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New Megadeth album cover art revealed
Megadeth have released the cover art for the upcoming album called “Endgame.” This is their twelfth studio album in two-and-a-half decades and is scheduled to be released on September 15 through Roadrunner Records.
Frontman Dave Mustaine spoke about the lyrical content of the new album, stating:
“I’ve [...]
Meryl Streep Unleashes Her Inner Child
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Meryl Streep as Julia Child in Julie and Julia
You could always count on Meryl Streep to give a great performance, but now the 60-year-old’s become a bankable movie star, too.
The transition began with The Devil Wears Prada which earned Streep another Oscar nomination and the attention of Hollywood after the [...]
Sex and the City 2 Casting Call
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Thousands of wanna-bes are planning to risk long lines, heat exhaustion and thunderstorms – not to mention broken ankles from their 6-inch heels – for a bit part in the “Sex and the City” movie sequel.
“Think you’ve got the look? Show off your sense of style in the newest Sex [...]
Iron Man 2 Set Visit
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IGN Movie paid a visit to Iron Man 2 in Los Angeles where spoke at length with Robert Downey Jr., director Jon Favreau and and Marvel Studios Kevin Feige about the sequel, which just wrapped this month. (Beware spoiler alert)
[Please be advised that this article is potentially spoiler-ish for some.] [...]
Where the Wild Things Are
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Release date: Friday October 16, 2009
Genre: Family, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Spike Jonze
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Screenplay: Spike Jonze, Dave Eggers
Producer(s): Gary Goetzman, John B. Carls, Maurice Sendak, Tom Hanks, Vincent Landay
Cast: Catherine Keener, Max Records, Mark Ruffalo, Lauren Ambrose, James Gandolfini, Catherine O’Hara, Forest Whitaker, Michelle Williams, Michael Berry, Jr., Paul [...]
Le Carré - Call for the Dead (1961)
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John Le Carré. CALL FOR THE DEAD. Gollancz, London, 1961.
Current Selling Prices
£4000+ /$6000+
MODERN FIRST EDITION / ESPIONAGE
Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again…in fact I dreamt of a fine/fine ‘Rebecca’ and a shelf full of Gollancz first editions all pristine in their yellow jackets. Orwell was there, Dorothy [...]
Star Trek Sequel a Two-Parter?
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Star Trek screenwriter Roberto Orci revealed that the next Trek movie might be the first instalment of a two-part story.
Speaking to io9 at Comic-Con, he was asked if they had any further meetings about the sequel, and he replied: “Nothing was decided [at the last meeting]. It was really about… [...]
New Music Releases ~ July 28, 2009
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Angus Khan - Black Leather Soul
10 Ft. Gangja Plant - Bush Rock (vinyl)
A-ha - ‘Foot Of The Mountain’
Amadou & Mariam - The Magic Couple
Anthem In - The Cloudbusting
Ashley Tisdale - Guilty Pleasure
Bad Secrets - Bad Secrets
Band of Skulls - Baby Darling Doll Face Honey (vinyl)
Bear McCreary - Battlestar Galactica: [...]
Music News & Notes
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Michael Jackson autobiography to be reprinted
Late singer’s 1988 memoirs to be issued later this year
Michael Jackson’s 1988 autobiography ‘Moonwalk’ is set to be reprinted later this year.
The rights to the book have been bought by Heinemann publishers in the UK and Harmony Books in the USA and Canada.
The reprint will [...]
Classic Rock Videos
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RAMONES - Rock n Roll Highschool - 1980 - BBC Live
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Beatles Records Increase In Value
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I found this very interesting. Beatles vinyl will always be at a premium and this list shows the prices in 1976 and the value in 1996. These prices obviously have changed, but this is a great example of how the demand for Beatles records has driven the price upward.
Thirty rare [...]
Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record Sales
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Week Ending 07/25/2009
1. 45 - Brute Force “King Of Fuh” / “Nobody Knows” Apple 8 - $8,023.16
2. 78 - Dock Boggs “Old Rub Alcohol Blues” / “False Hearted Lover’s Blues” The Lonesome Ace - $4,000.00
2. 78 - Dock Boggs “Lost Love Blues” / “Will Sweethearts Know Each Other There” The [...]
Music News & Notes
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Classical Gas
Classical music fans now have a fantastic site to find their favorite music, all for the price of $9.95 a month or $99.50 a year.
Classical Archives (www.classicalarchives.com) bills itself as “the ultimate classical music destination.”
“Archives” delivers just about everything that today’s classical-music fan might desire, and it does so [...]