GROOVY NOODLES
THE ELM TREASON NEWSLETTER NUMBER 119
OCTOBER 27, 2023
TREASON NOODLES
– Work continues on the next music video from the new album “WITHOUT A TRIBE.” Realistically, a mid-November drop date is what we’re looking at.
– Another FREE CD campaign is happening right now in the hope of bringing more friends and fans into the Elm Treason eco-system. We’re using the song “Uptown Q” from our “BARE TONES” DVD as the “bait.” If you see this post come through your newsfeed, please don’t hesitate to pepper it with positive feedback and comments. 🙂 But ONLY if you mean it. 🙂
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OTHER NOODLES
– The last ever Beatles song, “Now and Then,” will arrive next week. A short documentary film about the making of the song will be released on November 1st, and the track itself will be available to listen to on November 2nd, followed by a music video made by Peter Jackson on November 3rd. All four Beatles — John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr — can be heard on the track.
– Bob Seger made a surprise appearance at Patty Loveless’ induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on Sunday, October 22nd. It was Seger’s first live performance since 2019.
– The Eagles have added six more dates to their “Long Goodbye” farewell tour. The new dates will span North America, adding shows in Phoenix, Austin, Houston, Chicago, Toronto and Hollywood, Florida. The shows extend the Eagles’ tour into 2024.
– Dokken‘s new album “Heaven Comes Down” drops on Friday, October 27th.
– Dream Theater has announced the return of co-founding drummer Mike Portnoy and will begin recording their first album with him since 2009’s “Black Clouds & Silver Linings.”
– A dog named after Poison‘s Bret Michaels is now living with his namesake after he was adopted from a shelter in Omaha, Nebraska.
– Smashing Pumpkins guitarist Jeff Schroeder, who has been with the group since 2007, has announced his departure.
– Heart will perform together for the first time since 2019 on New Year’s Eve in Seattle.
– Neil Young has announced a new album titled “Before and After.” The 13-track LP will arrive on December 8th and will feature solo acoustic re-recordings of songs from throughout Young’s catalog. There’s also one previously unreleased track, “If You Got Love.”
Your Answer Is…
Hello Treasonites!
We thought it’d be too predictable to name a favorite “scary” song this week… YAWN.
So, this week, it’s all about the marriage of music and movies… whether it be a musical, a concert film, a bio pic, whatever..
Someone asks you to “Name your favorite rock and roll movie.”
Your answer is….
Another Year Gone
Birthdays over the past week…
Happy 64th birthday to Weird Al Yankovic (Monday)
Glenn Tipton, guitarist for Judas Priest, celebrated birthday number 76 on Wednesday
On Thursday, Natalie Merchant, lead singer of 10,000 Maniacs, had her 60th birthday
Robert Trujillo, bassist for Metallica and Suicidal Tendencies, had birthday 59 on Monday
Celebrating his 66th birthday last weekend was Steve Lukather, guitarist for Toto
Yes founder and frontman Jon Anderson turned 79 on Wednesday
Charlotte Caffey, guitarist for the Go-Go’s, had her 70th birthday last weekend
Chad Smith, drummer for Red Hot Chili Peppers, was 62 on Wednesday
Bill Wyman, bassist for the Rolling Stones turned 87 on Tuesday
Turning 53 on Wednesday was Ed Robertson, frontman for Barenaked Ladies
Before the Elms sprouted
Some serious throwback action! (The first four are Back-in-the-Day-Bobby …. the last four, Flashback-Andy!)
Rock Stars and Their Parents
Frank Zappa with his mom and dad, Rosemarie and Francis.
Elton John with his mom, Sheila and stepdad, Fred.
Grace Slick with mother, Virginia, and daughter, China.
David Grohl and his Mom, Virginia
PHOTOS OF THE WEEK
Live at THE BITTER END in NYC, 2016
Live the THE TRASH BAR in Brooklyn, 2014
Six grapes dressed up for Halloween in amazingly realistic banana costumes… and why not?
OUR LATEST VIDEO
From our new album “WITHOUT A TRIBE,” here is the official music video for the song “UP TO ME.”
4 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
The beat-up sweater Kurt Cobain wore on Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged special sells at auction for $334,000. After Cobain died, Courtney Love gave it to the family’s nanny, who sold it to pay for cancer treatments.
17 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Sandy West, drummer for The Runaways, dies of lung and brain cancer at age 47.
17 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Forbes declares Kurt Cobain the top-earning dead celebrity, beating out Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Johnny Cash, George Harrison, Ray Charles, and Bob Marley.
18 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
After reuniting to play four shows in London at Royal Albert Hall in May, Cream play the first of three sell-out shows at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
22 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Apple introduces the iPod, an MP3 player that can hold about 1000 songs, making digital music portable. Most users fill their devices with songs ripped from their CD collections or downloaded from file-sharing sites like Napster.
23 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Trivia – SoundScan announces first-week sales of 1,054,000 for Limp Bizkit’s album Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water. It’s the last rock studio album to sell a million copies in a week.
28 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Blind Melon lead singer Shannon Hoon dies of a drug overdose at age 28.
30 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Time magazine puts Eddie Vedder on the cover with the headline “All The Rage.” Both Vedder and Kurt Cobain refused to speak with the magazine for the story, but they run it anyway in an attempt to explain why young people are listening to such angry music.
35 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
John Fogerty’s trial begins. He is accused of plagiarizing himself by using elements of his Creedence Clearwater Revival song “Run Through The Jungle” for his 1985 solo hit “The Old Man Down The Road.” The suit is brought by his nemesis and former label boss Saul Zaentz, who owns the publishing on “Jungle.” Fogerty wins the case.
46 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Lynyrd Skynyrd members Ronnie Van Zant and Steve Gaines die in a plane crash in Mississippi. Gaines’ sister Cassie, a backup singer with the group, is also killed along with two pilots and the band’s manager. Other members of the group are badly injured.
46 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Meat Loaf releases the landmark album Bat Out Of Hell. Written by Jim Steinman and produced by Todd Rundgren, it’s one of the most popular albums of the ’70s, eventually selling over 14 million copies in America.
62 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, who haven’t seen each other since primary school, run into each other at the Dartford train station in England – Keith is on his way to Sidcup Art College; Mick is headed to the London School of Economics. Noticing the Muddy Waters and Chuck Berry albums Mick is carrying, Keith strikes up a conversation. They later form The Rolling Stones.
115 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
The first two-sided vinyl record was offered for sale by the Columbia label in an ad running in this week’s Saturday Evening Post.
Our new record WITHOUT A TRIBE is getting some seriously awesome feedback from everywhere. We are STOKED! It is, we believe, our best work to date… and now it can be yours on CD, vinyl or digital formats. CLICK HERE to bring your copy home.
Learn Me Up
Me… All The Time
Let Each Season BREATHE!
Typo?
Autobiographical
Fact
Sure as Hell Is
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The Wall
Seen it so many times, I know it by heart. It’s in my (Andy’s) DNA.
little wierd, but i always watched “dazed and confused” for the tracks as much as the movie itself. “empire records” is fun too, and as per my usual birthday tradition i will be making my husband watch my favourite – ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
Great stuff, Cindy.
Dazed and Confused is a personal favorite.
Any time I (Andy) watch any of those films, it’s a kind of time warp.
I guess I don’t have that much experience with Rock movies. I liked That Thing you do. I thought the music for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood set an incredible vibe for the time the movie was set in. I love the song, There Are Worse Things I could do from Grease. And Grease ranks near the top. I’d say Let it Be, but that movie has eluded me for more than a half a century.
THIS IS SPINAL TAP!!!!
FM was a horrible movie with a great soundtrack.
Easily one of my (Andy’s) favorite movies … ever.
I thought for sure you’d include “A Hard Days Night” in there somewhere. 🙂
For me, it’s as good as it gets as far as rock and roll and roll flicks go.
Yes. For some reason, I blanked on Hard Days Night and Help! Help! is actually at the top of my list, I just had a brain fart in thinking about those two movies for some reason. Dementia, perhaps. LOL
Heavy Metal
The memories associated with it, for me (Andy), are priceless.
Great choice.
Help!
Thank you!
I totally blanked on Help! but that is BY FAR my favorite music from a Rock film.
I (Andy) love “Help!” The soundtrack is sensational.
But for me, in the Fab realm, a lean towards A HARD DAYS NIGHT..
Plus, the British version of the album is one of the best rock/pop albums ever released… in my humblest opinion.
Hard Days Night
Help
Phantom of the Paradise
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
That’s one hell of a movie night!
I (Andy) will bring the munchies!
It Might Get Loud – Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White talking guitars, their music, their bands.
Love it as well, Michael!
Pink Floyd The Wall, always The Wall!
So you thought you might like to go to the show….
Roadie, Rocky Horror, and Spinal Tep.
Spinal Tap is SOOOOOO quotable.
My (Andy’s) wife and I are always parrying lines from that film.
This is Spinal Tap and It Might Get Loud
Dig ‘em both, Lisa.
Nice call.
Two I really like are performance films. Stop Making Sense (Talking Heads) and Secret World Live (Peter Gabriel). Both great.
I (Andy) have seen both, especially the Talking Heads film, multiple times.
I love Peter Gabriel.
Thanks, Janet!
Trick or treat, Eddie and the Cruisers, and not exactly a rock and roll movie, but the music was the best part, heavy metal
I (Andy) remember watching Eddie and the Cruisers so many times back in the day.
Loved it.
Eddie and the Cruisers
Loved it!
I have got no rock and roll movie, but I love some soundtracks from movies. Crossroads and Paris Texas and Thelma and Louise..
That’s actually a great question to pose sometime, Ellen…
Favorite movie soundtracks!
Thank you!
The Commitments 💜
Oooh, yes! Well played.
Thanks, Siobhan! One of the first films I (Andy) saw with my wife.
I love the Rocky Horror Picture Show! I hope that counts!!
It does count!
And you’re not the only one to choose that movie this week.
“Across the Universe” — all new COVERS of BEATLES SONGS — and the STORY LINE FIT – just like “SPLHCB” <3
Indeed, some of those covers are quite good.
Good film, too.
Purple Rain, then FM. Neither were the best movies, but had awesome soundtracks!
Two great soundtracks, yes.
As far as the movies are concerned, Out of the two, I (Andy) preferred Purple Rain.
I’ve been listening to a lot of 60’s music lately, so I’m going with Dirty Dancing. May have a different answer next week…
Footloose came to mind, as as chariots of fire
American Graffiti