Music News February 2013

• Trent Reznor's How To Destroy Angels released the new video How Long from their upcoming album Welcome Oblivion.  (NPR)
• The Beatles's I Want To Hold Your Hand became the number one single on February 1, 1964.
• Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich announced new tour dates.  (Rolling Stones)
• Dave Grohl released his much publicized documentary Sound City.  (Spin) 
• Sonic Youth's guitarist Lee Ranaldo was born in Long Island on February 3, 1956.
• Guitarist Gary Moore died in a hotel room in Spain on February 6, 2011.  He was 58.

Music News January 2013

• Director of The Rolling Stones' film Crossfire Hurricane, Brett Morgen, talked about Kurt Cobain movie he's been working on.  (NME)
• John Paul Jones, Led Zepplin's bassist, keyboardist and composer, was born in Kent, England on January 3, 1946.
• Jimi Hendrix's new album People, Hell and Angels will be available on March 5th featuring twelve previously unreleased tracks from 1968 to 1969.  (Rolling Stone)
• The Door's manager Danny Sugarman died of lung cancer on January 5, 2005.
• Syd Barrett, guitarist and songwriter of Pink Floyd, was born in Cambridge, England on January 6, 1946.
• Syd Barrett’s paintings shed lights on the artist.  (Syd Barrett)

Apple Oatmeal Cookies

There is no better pick-me-up than a fresh baked cookie.  This recipe gives the traditional sugar cookies a grown-up update with healthy oats and apples.  Pair them with coffee or hot cider.  This delicious sweet treat will melt in your mouth and melt away your winter blues.

Happy holidays to you, sweet things.  Have a cookie and cheers!

Music News December 2012

• The Doors drummer John Densmore was born in Los Angeles on December 1, 1944.
• Neil Young was sued by Geffen Records on December 1, 1983 because his new music for the label was "not commercial in nature and musically uncharacteristic of his previous albums.”
• Post impressionist artist Georges-Pierre Seurat was born in Paris on December 2, 1859.  He is known for the pointillism painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.  (Artic)
• Metallica launched a new record label, Blackened Recordings.  The band will release its 2009 live concert Quebec Magnetic on December 10.  (Metallica)
• Radiohead released 2011 New York Roseland Ballroom concerts for charity.  (Yahoo)
• Led Zeppelin received Kennedy Center Honors from the President on December 2.  (CNN)

Music News November 2012

• Roger Waters sets to release modern-day production of The Wall in 2012.  (Rolling Stone)
• Grammy Awards winning singer K.D. Lang was born in Alberta on November 2, 1961.
• Pete Townshend referred to Apple as a digital vampire that is bleeding artists and destroying copyright.  (Rolling Stone)
• Vanilla Ice's song Ice Ice Baby became the first number one rap single on November 3, 1990.
• Film score composer John Barry was born on November 3, 1933 in Yorkshire, England.  He was most known for his Bond film scores.
• Adam Ant was born in London on November 3, 1954.

Music News October 2012

• Metallica's guitarist Kirk Hammett published the book Too Much Horror Business: The Kirk Hammett Collection showcasing his horror collections.  (Rolling Stone)
• Rolling Stone released new music video Walk Like A Giant from their upcoming album Psychedelic Pill.  (Rolling Stone)
• Elton John was the first musician to be honored in New York Madison Square Hall Of Fame on October 1, 1977.
• Morrisey's rep said The Smiths are never going to reunite amid the Coachella reunion rumor.  (Rolling Stone)
• Guitarist 'Big Jim' Sullivan died on October 2 at age 71.  He was one of the most prolific session guitarists.  He played with many big name rock acts including David Bowie and the Kinks.  (Rolling Stones)  (Telegraph)
• Punk rock singer Richard Hell was born in Lexington, Kentucky on October 2, 1949.

Music News September 2012

• Songwriter Hal David died on September 1st at the age of 91.  He's the award-winning songwriting partner of Burt Bacharach.  (Rolling Stone)
• Rolling Stones will release a compilation album GRRR! with two new tracks Gloom And Doom and One Last Shot in November.  (Billboard)
• U2 released their first record U2-3 EP on September 1, 1979. 
• Clash received GQ Men of the Year award on September 2, 2003.
• Freddie Mercury was born on September 5, 1946 in East Africa.  Recommend this interesting biography film, Freddie Mercury, the Untold Story.
• Thom Yorke's Atoms for Peace will release their new single Default on September 10th.  Their new album is scheduled to be released in 2013.  Listen to the track here.

Music News August 2012

• Jerry Garcia of Grateful Dead was born in San Francisco on August 1, 1942.  He was inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Grateful Dead in 1994.  He died of a heart attack on August 9, 1995. 
• Bob Dylan talked about his upcoming new album Tempest.  (Rolling Stone)
• The Stone Roses to release new studio album in 2013.  (The Sun)
• Thom Yorke's Atoms For Peace unveil remix of the track Other Side - Stuck Together.  (NME)
• Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was born near Horsham, West Sussex, England on August 4, 1792.
• Rick Derringer was born in Fort Recovery, Ohio on August 5, 1947.  His band The McCoys recorded Hang on Sloopy in the summer of 1965 when he was 17 and it became a number one single.

Music News July 2012

• Blur will debut two new tracks Under The Westway and The Puritan on July 2nd.  (NME)
• Television icon Andy Griffith died at his home in Dare County, NC on July 3rd. He was 86.
• Brian Jones and Jim Morrison died on July 3rd.  Brian Jones was found dead at the bottom of his swimming pool in 1969 in Sussex and Jim Morrison was found dead in a bathtub in 1971 in Paris.  Read No One Here Gets Out Alive for more details.
• Radiohead lend its song Everything In Its Right Place to Homeless Polar Bear in London.  (Rolling Stone)
• Ringo Starr was born in Liverpool, England on July 7, 1940.
• Syd Barrett died in Cambridge, England on July 7, 2006 at age 60.

Music Headlines June 2012

• Jerry Cantrell received Stevie Ray Vaughan award in Los Angeles on May 31st.  (Rolling Stone)
• Ronnie Wood was born in Middlesex, England on June 1, 1947.  Listen to his weekly radio program at ronniewoodradio.com.
• Alanis Morissette was born in Ottawa, Ontario on June 1, 1974. 
• Guns N' Roses banned fans from wearing Slash t-shirts to their UK gigs.  (NME)
• Tom Petty reveled in a recent interview "The Rolling Stones were so worried they'd ripped me off Mick Jagger wrote me a note".  (Q Magazine)
• David Bowie released his first album, David Bowie, on June 2, 1967.

Music Headlines May 2012

• Link Wray who pioneered overdrive and distortion guitar sound and invented the power chord was born in Dunn, North Carolina on May 2, 1929.
• Adam Yauch or most well known as MCA of Beastie Boys passed away on May 4 after battling the cancer since 2009.  He was 47.  (LA Times)
• National Astronomy Day is on May 7.  (Astronomy.com)
• Against Me! singer Tom Gabel comes out as a transgender.  (Rolling Stone)
• Robert Johnson was born in Hazlehurst, Mississippi on May 8, 1911.  Eric Clapton has called Johnson "the most important blues singer that ever lived". Johnson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  (Youtube) 
• French comics artist Jean Giraud aka Mœbius was born on May 8, 1938.  He passed away on March 10 this year.

Music Headlines April 2012

• Illinois celebrates Cheap Trick Day every April 1.  (Yahoo)
• 100 best tracks of the 60s.  (NME)
• Patti Smith will release her 11th studio album on June 5.  (Rolling Stone)  
• Neil Young trademarks new digital audio format.  (Rolling Stone)
• New Neil Young & Crazy Horse album is set to release on June 5.  (neilyoung.com)
• Marshall Amps inventor Jim Marshall died on April 5, 2012.  He created the legendary Sound of Rock.  (NME)

Music Headlines March 2012

• The first FM radio station began broadcasting in Nashville on March 1, 1941.
• REM drummer Bill Berry collapsed from brain aneurism onstage in Switzerland on March 1, 1995.
• Ralph McQuarrie, Star Wars concept art creator, died in Berkeley, California on March 3.  (Entertainment Weekly)
• David Gilmour was born in Cambridge, England on March 6, 1946.
• Country singer Townes Van Zandt was born in Fort Worth, Texas on March 7, 1944.
• Alice in Chains former bassist Mike Starr Found Dead on March 8, 2011.  (Billboard)

Music Headlines February 2012

• Neil Young & Crazy Horse will perform at Paul McCartney tribute.  (Rolling Stone)
• Leonard Cohen releases his 12th studio album Old Ideas.  (NPR)
• Ringo Starr releases his 17th solo album Ringo 2012.  (NPR)
• Sonic Youth's guitarist Lee Ranaldo was born in Long Island on February 3, 1956.
• Spain's Prado Museum discovers the oldest Mona Lisa replica.  (MSNBC)
• MIA flashed her middle finger during Super Bowl half time show with Madonna on February 5, 2012.

Music Headlines January 2012

• Cee Lo Green upset John Lennon fans when he performed Lennon's iconic Imagine on New Year's Eve Times Square broadcast with the altered version of lyrics "nothing to kill or die for and all religion's true."  (Rolling Stone)
• Paul McCartney's new LP is set to call Kisses On The Bottom.  Yes, you hear that right.  (The Sun)
• Elton John wants Justin Timberlake to portrait him in the upcoming biopic.  (LA Times)
• John Paul Jones, Led Zepplin's bassist, keyboardist and composer, was born in Kent, England on Jan 3, 1946.
• Danny Sugarman, The Door's manager, died of lung cancer on January 5, 2005.
• Syd Barrett, guitarist and songwriter of Pink Floyd, was born in Cambridge, England on January 6, 1946.

Music Headlines December 2011

• John Densmore, the drummer of The Doors, was born in Los Angeles on December 1, 1944.
• George Harrison's Vox UL730 amp and cabinet used in Revolver and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band will be auctioned off in London.  (Rolling Stone)
• Neil Young was sued by Geffen Records on Dec 1, 1983 because his new music for the label was "not commercial in nature and musically uncharacteristic of his previous albums.”
• Post-impressionist artist Georges-Pierre Seurat was born in Paris on December 2, 1859.  He is most famous for the painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, using the technique of pointillism.  (Artic)
• German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg was born on December 5, 1901  (deceased on February 1, 1976).  He received Nobel prize in Physics in 1932 for the creation of quantum mechanics and the discovery of the allotropic forms of hydrogen.

Music Headlines November 2011

• The Beach Boys' released The Smile Sessions box set on November 1 featuring their previously unpublished works from mid-60s.  (NPR)
• Roger Waters sets to release modern-day production of The Wall in 2012.  He is scheduled to kick off a new 36-show North American tour on May 1st.  (Rolling Stone)
• The Cure announced that they will release a live album of their 2011 Festival headline set. 
• Grammy Awards winning singer K.D. Lang was born in Alberta on November 2, 1961.
• Pete Townshend referred to Apple as a digital vampire that is bleeding artists and destroying copyright.  (Rolling Stone)
• Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice became the first number one rap single on November 3, 1990.

Egg Potato Salad

Halloween came early this year.  After experience the horror of awful grocery store egg potato salad, my stomach suffered extreme post-traumatic stress disorder for good 48 hours.  Yeah, that bad.  The salad had a wet slushy messy texture like Slurpee that you can pretty much suck it up with a straw.  It is a simple dish with only two major ingredients.  How can anyone screw it up?  Well... Anyway, little chef decided to roll up the sleeves and whip out a proper egg potato salad.

Music News October 2011

• Elton John was the first musician to be honored in New York Madison Square Hall Of Fame on October 1, 1977.
• Neutrinos and the speed of light.  (Wired)
• Why the speed o light matters?  (MSNBC)
• Bruce Springsteen is said to release the new album, Arcade At Night, on November 8.
• Dave Grohl is working on a documentary about Sound City Studios, where he recorded Nirvana’s Nevermind.
• Hang On Sloopy by The McCoys was number one single on October 2, 1965. It was written by Wes Farrell and Bert Russell.

Music News September 2011

• Pearl Jam launches 20 Days of Pearl Jam Countdown to the release of the Pearl Jam Twenty film and soundtrack starting September 1st. http://www.pj20.com
• U2 released their first record U2-3 EP on September 1, 1979. 
• How rockers helped free The West Memphis Three.  http://is.gd/0hCPUE
• Clash received GQ Men of the Year award on September 2, 2003.
• Freddie Mercury was born on September 5, 1946 in East Africa (deceased on November 24, 1991).  Recommend this interesting biography film, Freddie Mercury, the Untold Story.