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Was Dylan Touring The Boss' Backstreets?

Mat Probasco — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:51:08 CDT

When police detained Bob Dylan last month they may have inadvertently busted up a nine-month rock heritage tour by the music legend, speculates ABC News. Clueless New Jersey cops picked up Dylan wandering around just blocks from a house where Bruce Springsteen penned Born to Run , Thunder Road , and Backstreets...

Best Rock Documentaries

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:47:01 CDT

In honor of Woodstock—which happened 40 years ago this weekend—and the “seminal documentary” that captured it, John Farr shares his list of the 10 best rock concert/performance films—all of which are “meant to be played loud,” he writes on the Huffington Post. “So crank it!” A Hard...

Neil Young's Latest Redefines Compilations

Matt Cantor — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:53:01 CDT

Neil Young leaves other retrospectives in the dust with a look back at his career that spans 10 Blu-ray discs or DVDs, or eight CDs, the Chicago Tribune reports. Neil Young Archives: Volume 1, 1963-1972 contains everything from high school band recordings through Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young to his...

Neil Young: Don't Forget Farmers in Bailout

Nick McMaster — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:12:19 CST

Neil Young puts down his guitar and picks up his pen today on behalf of family farmers. In an essay in the Boston Globe , Young argues that tight credit, declining prices, natural disasters, and the overall economic gloom has many of them on the brink. The situation is as dire...

Neil Young: Detroit's Dinosaurs Can Go Electric

Rob Quinn — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:27:34 CST

Motorists considering electric cars can hang on to their Cadillac dreams as well, writes Neil Young at the Huffington Post. Barack Obama's plan to get a million electric vehicles on American roads within a decade is possible—and the cars don't need to be tiny or even have new designs,...

Musicians Plug Upgrades to Flat-Sounding Digital

Laila Weir — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:23:00 CDT

Musicians dissatisfied with the sound of digital media are releasing albums as higher-quality downloads, on high-definition DVDs and even on vinyl, USA Today reports. Last year, Amazon and iTunes agreed to boost the quality of their MP3s, but some groups are using even better versions to eliminate what Neil Young...

Neil Young Steering His '59 Lincoln Green

Rob Quinn — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:12:39 CDT

Neil Young has shifted gear in his quest to make the world a better place, reports the AP. The Canadian rock legend known for his protest songs is working with a Wichita mechanic to convert his 1959 Lincoln Continental to run on an electric battery. Young hopes the prototype could...

Hey Hey, My, My, It's Spider Man

Peter Fearon — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:39:59 CDT

A new spider species has been named for rocker Neil Young, an outspoken advocate for environmental issues, Reuters reports. A biologist and Neil Young fan who discovered the species named it Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi. It's not the first such honor for a singer. A beetle was recently named Orectochilus orbisonorum after...

Blu-Ray Never Sleeps

Laurel Jorgensen — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:52:46 CDT

Fans of Neil Young will soon be able to buy his entire music archive on Blu-ray discs, the AP reports. The first 10-disc set, out this fall, will cover the prolific rocker’s career from 1963 to 1972 and will include some previously unreleased songs, videos, and handwritten manuscripts. Buyers will...