News & Rumors
(you decide which is which)
| Friday, 26th May, 2023 | |
| 9:13 am - | "INLEE" is mentioned in this article on songs in "The Sopranos". |
| 9:10 am - | The Kinks are mentioned in the Netflix series "Cunk On Earth" (season 1, episode 5). |
| Wednesday, 24th May, 2023 | |
| 11:18 am - | Here's a new interview with Ray. |
| 9:39 am - | Henny Stahli (ex-"The Kinky2") has uploaded the songs of his Kinky Radioplay "End Of The Season" on YouTube, without the dialogues, 33 minutes. 7 Kinks-covers and a few songs of his own songs, all re-mixed and re-mastered. |
| 9:33 am - | The Kinks are mentioned in this article on Eric Clapton. |
| Tuesday, 23rd May, 2023 | |
| 9:32 am - | Here's a new cover of "After The Fall" by Circles. |
| 9:04 am - | According to this tweet, Ray is mentioned in this new book. |
| Monday, 22nd May, 2023 | |
| 9:31 am - | Here's an article on the Jem Records Ray Davies tribute album (to be released on August 11). "Starting on May 27, disc jockey Chris Carter will debut one song a week on his 'British Invasion' show, which is broadcast on SiriusXM satellite radio's Underground Garage Channel (channel 21)" |
| 9:29 am - | The Kinks are mention in this article on the rock group Fanny. |
| 9:27 am - | Here's part 2 of the Parlogram video on The Kinks' early albums. |
| 9:18 am - | Dave is mentioned in this video on the Gibson Flying V and Explorer. |
| Sunday, 21st May, 2023 | |
| 7:31 am - | Happy 80th birthday to John Dalton! |
| Friday, 19th May, 2023 | |
| 1:48 pm - | The Kinks' 1994 appearance on Top of the Pops will be repeated on TV tonight. |
| 10:55 am - | Here's a cover of "Sitting By The Riverside" by Dan Kelly & The Alpha Males. |
| 10:46 am - | Here's a cover of "Victoria" by Tim Rogers & The Temperance Union. |
| 10:42 am - | Here's a cover of "Sunny Afternoon" by The Cat Empire. |
| 9:05 am - | "Supersonic Rocket Ship" is #3 in this article on songs about rockets. |
| 9:03 am - | A list of Paul Charles book tour dates can be found here. |
| 8:58 am - | The latest Ted Rocks Covers blog post features "A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy", released 45 years ago today. |
| Thursday, 18th May, 2023 | |
| 9:15 am - | Here's a new interview with Dave. |
| 9:14 am - | "Sunny Afternoon" is included in this slideshow on summer songs (slide 37). |
| 9:08 am - | The Kinks are mentioned in this article about the Mary Quant documentary film. |
| 9:00 am - | Here's a video on The Kinks' early albums. |
| Wednesday, 17th May, 2023 | |
| 3:47 pm - | Ray is mentioned in this article on Paul Charles. |
| 3:46 pm - | Here's an article on "Lola". |
| 3:46 pm - | Here's an article about the Kinda Kinks album. |
| Tuesday, 16th May, 2023 | |
| 10:24 am - | Here's a cover of "YRGM" by The Apes. |
| 10:23 am - | Here's an article about The Kinks and John Wayne Gacy. |
| 10:21 am - | The Kinks are mentioned in this article on Green Day's song "Warning". |
| 10:14 am - | Here's an interview with Dave. |
| 10:09 am - | "Muswell Hillbilly" is quoted in this article. |
| 10:07 am - | Here's an article about "Victoria". |
| Friday, 12th May, 2023 | |
| 11:29 am - | Here’s a new interview with Dave. |
| 9:25 am - | Here’s an article on Ray's review of Revolver. |
| Thursday, 11th May, 2023 | |
| 9:33 am - | According to this review of the film Blackberry, "Waterloo Sunset" plays over the end credits. |
| Wednesday, 10th May, 2023 | |
| 12:52 pm - | Here's the podcast (mentioned here yesterday) that mentions Ray. |
| Tuesday, 9th May, 2023 | |
| 3:46 pm - | A GoFundMe for Dave Quaife's funeral has been started by his son. |
| 11:29 am - | Here's a tweet about an upcoming podcast with a story about Ray. |
| Monday, 8th May, 2023 | |
| 11:17 am - | Shel Talmy has posted the blueprint of "It's All Right" and "You're Looking Fine" on Facebook. |
| 9:18 am - | Here's a blog post on The Kinks' 60th anniversary and their 10 best albums. |
| Friday, 5th May, 2023 | |
| 9:40 am - | Here's an article on Misfits |
| Thursday, 4th May, 2023 | |
| 9:28 am - | Here's another new interview with Dave. |
| 9:26 am - | You can watch the Q104.3 interview with Dave on YouTube. |
| 9:22 am - | Here's a video of Ray and Dave performing an acoustic version of "Scattered", from 1993. |
| 9:16 am - | "Strangers" was played in the latest episode of the Ted Lasso TV show (season 3, episode 8). ("A Well Respected Man" was played in episode 2 of season 3, as well.) |
| Wednesday, 3rd May, 2023 | |
| 9:17 am - | Steven Van Zandt talks about the Kinks' US ban in this article. |
| 9:12 am - | Dave talks about football in this interview (in French) from 2021. |
| 9:09 am - | The Kinks and Ray are mentioned in this interview with Ian Hunter. |
| 9:06 am - | The Kinks are included in this article on artists who have played in Stevenage and Hitchin. |
| Tuesday, 2nd May, 2023 | |
| 1:51 pm - | Dave's full interview with Ken Dashow will air today at 5PM EDT on Q104.3. |
| Monday, 1st May, 2023 | |
| 10:32 am - | Ray, Dave, and The Kinks are mentioned in this book. (Looks like an update to a 2017 release of the book.) |
| 10:08 am - | Here's an article on the Tom Petty album that was inspired by The Kinks. |
| 9:21 am - | Here's an album cover by the band Los Paniks that pays tribute to The Kinks. |
| 9:20 am - | "Who'll Be The Next In Line?" was played during the 7th inning of the St. Louis Cardinals at LA Dodgers baseball game on Friday night. |
| Friday, 28th April, 2023 | |
| 1:07 pm - | Dave's team is looking for good quality bootleg recordings (particularly soundboard) of his live shows. If you have something that might be of interest, please send me an email. |
| 12:44 pm - | According to this tweet, Ben Crosland will be performing his jazz arrangements of Kinks songs at the Clissold Arms on Saturday, 1st July. Tickets available here. |
| 10:26 am - | Pete Quaife's brother Dave has passed away. Dave started the Pete Quaife Foundation after Pete passed away, to raise funds to provide entertainment to children undergoing dialysis treatment. |
| 10:09 am - | The official Kinks YouTube channel has posted a video of the 60th anniversary launch event. |
| 10:07 am - | Here's a Kinks concert from 1994. |
| Thursday, 27th April, 2023 | |
| 1:15 pm - | According to this tweet, The Journey: Part 1 will be featured on a radio show this Sunday. |
| 9:49 am - | On the TV show "The Masked Singer" last night, the Mantis sang a cover of "YRGM". |
| 9:30 am - | A new cover of "Strangers" by Gabriel Mann was played at the end of the TV show "A Million Little Things" last night (season 5, episode 12). |
| 9:27 am - | Ron Sexsmith talks about Ray in this radio interview. |
| 9:24 am - | Ace Frehley mentions The Kinks in this interview. |
| Wednesday, 26th April, 2023 | |
| 11:19 am - | According to this tweet, Paul Charles talks about working with Ray and other artists in this radio show. |
| 9:29 am - | Ray is mentioned in this article on Harry Belafonte. |
| 9:24 am - | Lola vs. Powerman... is included in this article on concept albums. |
| Tuesday, 25th April, 2023 | |
| 10:10 am - | Here's a bit of audio from a recent interview with Dave, on The Kinks' creative process. |
| 10:08 am - | Here's a review of GTPWTW. |
| 10:03 am - | The Kinks are mentioned in this article. |
| 9:57 am - | This article, quoting a 2015 interview with Paul Weller, he cites Ray as an influence. |
| Monday, 24th April, 2023 | |
| 11:05 am - | Here's a new interview with Mick. |
| 11:01 am - | Here's a new cover of "Sunny Afternoon" by Jacob Kety with Sam Popkin and David Montis. |
| 10:48 am - | "Sunny Afternoon" is included as part of the small "Gimme Five... Lazy Songs" feature of the latest issue (#355, June 2023) issue of Mojo magazine. |
| 10:34 am - | Here's an audience video of the Kast Off Kinks performing "WHATGTG" in Bishop's Stortford a couple days ago. |
| 10:30 am - | Here's a blog post on The Kinks. |
| Friday, 21st April, 2023 | |
| 10:07 am - | Here's an article about Paul Charles' memoir Adventures In Wonderland. It doesn't specifically say that there's anything about The Kinks in the book, but his 2004 book Playing Live does have stories about The Kinks and Ray. |
| Thursday, 20th April, 2023 | |
| 4:45 pm - | The official Kinks Youtube channel has a new video: The Kinks: The Journey Official Sightseeing Tour. |
| 11:21 am - | A couple more video reviews of Kinks albums by Mazzy, who reviewed The Journey earlier this week: The RCA Theatrical Years and The Arista Stadium Rock Years. |
| Tuesday, 18th April, 2023 | |
| 9:31 am - | Ray's Mastertapes radio shows were repeated yesterday and today. |
| 9:12 am - | Here's a new cover of "ADAAOTN" by the band "yeah, sure": on Spotify or YouTube. |
| 9:10 am - | Here's a video review of The Journey compilation. |
| Monday, 17th April, 2023 | |
| 10:52 am - | Here's a video by Rebecca G. Wilson of Dave receiving a copy of Dick van Veelen's book The Kinks - Een oer-Engelse band. |
| 10:01 am - | Shel Talmy has posted The Blueprint of "A House In The Country" and "This Is Where I Belong" on Facebook. |
| 9:55 am - | Dave's tweet on the passing of Mary Quant: "We're all devastated she was an icon of the time." Mary Quant is one of the names mentioned in the Kinks song "Where Are They Now?". |
| 9:17 am - | According to this article former Kinks tour manager Phil McDonnell has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Total Production Industry. |
| Friday, 14th April, 2023 | |
| 9:27 am - | Here's another article (with a cartoon poster of The Kinks) about the Kinks tribute gig in Hoboken, New Jersey. |
| Thursday, 13th April, 2023 | |
| 3:19 pm - | According to this article there will be a Kinks tribute gig at the Hoboken Spring Arts & Music Festival on Sunday, May 7th. |
| 9:36 am - | The Kinks' and Ray's booking agent Paul Charles has a new memoir, Adventures In Wonderland, available to pre-order here (paperback) or here (hardcover). |
| 9:30 am - | Here's an article on the Kinks performing in Illinois during their 1965 US tour. |
| Wednesday, 12th April, 2023 | |
| 9:11 am - | Some 1965 photos of The Kinks by Bent Rej. |
| 9:07 am - | The Kinks are mentioned in this article about "Louie Louie". |
| Monday, 10th April, 2023 | |
| 9:51 am - | Adam Smith has compiled a YouTube playlist of every bit of Kinks footage from 1964-1971 he could find on YouTube. |
| 9:47 am - | "Celluloid Heroes" is mentioned in this article on songs about Los Angeles. |
| 9:47 am - | Ken Reid mentions Ray in this interview (around 34:49). |
| 9:46 am - | "YRGM" is #40 in this article on greatest guitar anthems. |
| Friday, 7th April, 2023 | |
| 10:32 am - | Here's an article about Kinks "reunion saga". |
| 10:31 am - | Dave is mentioned in this article on the Gibson Flying V. |
| Thursday, 6th April, 2023 | |
| 3:02 pm - | The Kinks covers list is now up to 10805 covers! Also check out Stefan's lists of Kinks covers on 7" vinyl singles that he put together on Discogs.com. |
| Wednesday, 5th April, 2023 | |
| 11:34 am - | According to this Instagram post, there will be two Kinks tribute gigs in NYC on April 9th. |
| 11:32 am - | Songs from The Journey compilation will be played on this radio show today. |
| 11:29 am - | According to this article, "Picture Book" is used in the film Art For Everybody. |
| Tuesday, 4th April, 2023 | |
| 10:12 am - | Here’s an article on Dave’s appearance yesterday. |
| 10:10 am - | Some photos and video clips from Dave’s Rough Trade talk yesterday here and here. |
| 10:08 am - | Here’s an article on Ray. |
| 10:07 am - | Here’s an article on "Waterloo Sunset". |
| Monday, 3rd April, 2023 | |
| 6:52 am - | You can listen again to the interview with Ray, Dave and Mick. It's also on Spotify. |
| 6:51 am - | Here’s an article on “Stop Your Sobbing". |
| 6:49 am - | Here’s an article quoting a recent interview with Mick. |
| 6:48 am - | The Kinks are mentioned in this review of a new album by Agony Street. |
| Sunday, 2nd April, 2023 | |
| 7:55 am - | Here’s a blog post on The Kinks and Rasa. |
| Saturday, 1st April, 2023 | |
| 9:53 am - | The Journey- Part 1 is in the UK charts: #11 in the album sales chart, #9 in the physical albums chart, and #8 in the vinyl albums chart. |
| 9:49 am - | The Journey is discussed on this radio show. |
| Friday, 31st March, 2023 | |
| 8:33 am - | Here’s a new interview with Ray. And an article about the interview. |
| Thursday, 30th March, 2023 | |
| 5:15 pm - | Ray, Dave and Mick will be on the Tim Burgess Listening Party radio show this Sunday, at 10:00PM (BST). |
| 5:13 pm - | "Lola" is in this article on controversial songs. |
| 5:05 pm - | You could win a trip to London on May 20 and 21 (Italian residents only?). |
| 5:03 pm - | Ray is mentioned in this radio show (1:27:12 in). |
| 5:01 pm - | Here’s EEL doing a cover of "YRGM" (actually a mashup with "My Favorite Monster"). |
| Wednesday, 29th March, 2023 | |
| 9:51 am - | Here's a new interview with Mick. |
| 9:51 am - | "Lola" is mentioned in this article on banned songs. |
| 9:50 am - | Here's The Kinks on "Top Of The Pop" in 1983, doing "Come Dancing". |
| 9:45 am - | "Last of the Steam Powered Trains" is mentioned in this article. |
| 9:44 am - | Ray is mentioned in this article on knighted musicians. |
| Tuesday, 28th March, 2023 | |
| 12:37 pm - | According to this tweet there will be a show about Ray on Polish radio Trójka. |
| 9:17 am - | Here's an article on The Kinks. |
| Monday, 27th March, 2023 | |
| 10:08 am - | Here's an article about The Kinks. |
| 10:06 am - | The Kinks are mentioned in this article (paywalled) on Crouch End being the best place to live in London. |
| 10:01 am - | Here's another photo of Ray at Les Aldrich on Saturday. |
| 9:59 am - | Here's another article about The Journey, Part 1 compilation. |
| Saturday, 25th March, 2023 | |
| 3:27 pm - | Here’s a photo of Ray from today at the Les Aldrich Music shop. |
| Friday, 24th March, 2023 | |
| 3:17 pm - | The official Kinks YouTube channel has a new slideshow video for "TTEOTD". |
| 9:52 am - | Here's a Mojo article on "Waterloo Sunset". |
| 9:22 am - | Here's an article about The Journey - Part 1 compilation. |
| 9:20 am - | Here's another article on the coronation playlist, which includes "Waterloo Sunset". |
| Wednesday, 22nd March, 2023 | |
| 9:34 am - | Here's an article on the closing of the Les Aldrich Music shop in Muswell Hill. |
| 9:30 am - | The Kinks are included in this article on the 5 best British Invasion rock bands. |
| Tuesday, 21st March, 2023 | |
| 4:18 pm - | There's a Ray Davies tribute album due for release (on CD and vinyl) on 22 August 2023. |
| 4:16 pm - | Here's a blog post on GTPWTW. |
| 9:12 am - | Here's an article on "Waterloo Sunset". |
| Monday, 20th March, 2023 | |
| 1:06 pm - | According to this tweet, Ray, Dave and Mick are upcoming guests on Tim Burgess's Listening Party on Absolute Radio. Some articles about it here, here and here. |
| 12:58 pm - | You can watch Yo La Tengo covering "This Is Where I Belong" yesterday at the 9:30 Club in D.C. |
| 12:51 pm - | Shel Talmy has posted the Blueprint of "Afternoon Tea" and "And I Will Love You" on Facebook. |
| 12:47 pm - | Here's another article about "Waterloo Sunset" being in the Coronation Celebration Playlist. |
| 12:44 pm - | Here's a video of the Boston Rock Opera's 1998 performance of Preservation. |
| 12:38 pm - | You can see the Mojo CD tracklist in this eBay item (second photo, of the back cover). |
| 12:37 pm - | Face To Face is included in this article. |
| 12:20 pm - | According to this Facebook post, the suit Ray wore in the "Come Dancing" music video (a.k.a. 'the Terry Hall Ghost Town suit') is on display at the Coventry Music Museum. It's usually kept in the fashion museum just behind Russell Square Tube Station, in the Horse Hospital. |
| Friday, 17th March, 2023 | |
| 9:14 am - | This Instagram post has video of Ray, Dave and Mick attending a Kinks60 event at The Gatehouse last night. |
| 9:13 am - | This Instagram post shows the Kinks 60 pin badge. |
| 9:10 am - | Artist Daniel Østvold has created a special edition of his Kinks Kartoon book (originally published in 2020) for the Kinks' 60th anniversary. |
| Thursday, 16th March, 2023 | |
| 12:41 pm - | According to this Instagram post, there will be an interview with Ray in the April 2023 issue (#118) of the German magazine Classic Rock (with Ray on the cover). |
| 10:19 am - | The May 2023 issue of Mojo magazine will include a 60th anniversary sampler CD of Kinks songs compiled by Ray, Dave and Mick. |
| 9:30 am - | "Waterloo Sunset" is #5 in this article. |
| Wednesday, 15th March, 2023 | |
| 9:17 am - | Here's an article on The 20 Best Kinks Songs of All Time. |
| 9:16 am - | Ray is included in this article on "musicians who couldn't stand The Beatles". |
| Tuesday, 14th March, 2023 | |
| 1:26 pm - | According to this tweet the "Throughline" podcast will have episodes on The Kinks. |
| 1:24 pm - | According to this article there's a Kinks song in the next season of the "Ted Lasso" TV show. |
| 10:02 am - | Here's an article on "Sunny Afternoon". |
| Monday, 13th March, 2023 | |
| 4:22 pm - | Dave will be doing a live Q&A and signing event at Rough Trade in NYC on Monday, April 3rd at 6pm. The event is free, but you'll need a ticket. |
| 10:37 am - | Here's an article on The Kinks' 20 greatest songs. |
| 9:21 am - | An item signed by Dave will be auctioned off at the Pet Rock fundraiser, which benefits the Humane Society of Northwest Indiana. Saturday, March 25th in Hobart, Indiana. |
| 9:14 am - | The May 2023 issue of Uncut magazine has a review of The Journey - Part 1 compilation (with a 9/10 rating). |
| 9:12 am - | The Kinks' first album is #16 in this article on the best albums from 1964. |
| 9:11 am - | "Education" is included in this article on the best songs that start with the letter 'E'. |
| 9:10 am - | Here's a blog post on a re-conceptualized Four More Respected Gentlemen album. |
| 9:09 am - | The Kinks are #11 in this article. |
| Friday, 10th March, 2023 | |
| 11:04 am - | The Session Man documentary film about Nicky Hopkins (which includes an interview with Dave) has been completed, and has been submitted to several film festivals. They have launched a crowdfunding campaign to cover the music clearance costs needed before the film can be shown. (You can view the trailer at the crowdfunding page.) |
| 11:01 am - | Here's an article (in Spanish) on Ray. |
| 10:59 am - | The Kinks have albums included in these "top 100 best albums from..." articles: 1965 (#17, 26, 30 and 38), 1967 (#18), and 1968 (#8). |
| 10:57 am - | Duncan Maitland mentions Ray and The Kinks in this interview. |
| Tuesday, 7th March, 2023 | |
| 3:51 pm - | Here's an article on three songs that Ray wrote for other artists. |
| 9:27 am - | Misfits is in this "call for papers" list. |
| Monday, 6th March, 2023 | |
| 9:22 am - | Wes Gottlock has re-editted his book Manhattan's East Village - Three Decades of Madness and it now contains numerous mentions of The Kinks at the Fillmore East, the Palladium, etc. Also a lot of 60s-80s references to other British Invasion groups. |
| 9:14 am - | "Waterloo Sunset" is mentioned in this article. |
| 9:13 am - | Here's a blog post on "Too Much On My Mind". |
| 9:13 am - | Pete Quaife is mentioned in this article. |
| 9:06 am - | Here's an article on "Art Lover". |
| 9:05 am - | Here's a video of the Kast Off Kinks performing "Shangri-La" this past Friday. |
| 9:02 am - | Here's a cover of "Waterloo Sunset" by Betty & Mickey. |
| Friday, 3rd March, 2023 | |
| 11:12 am - | The 12" vinyl version of the Starstruck Kinks tribute album is available to pre-order today. If you pre-order today, you'll be entered to win a rejected 12" reference acetate of the album that will ship tomorrow. |
| 9:26 am - | Be sure to check up the upcoming tour dates for the Kast Off Kinks (either here or on the Kast Off Kinks web site). |
| 9:23 am - | Here's a piano instrumental cover of "Sunny Afternoon". |
| 9:21 am - | You can vote for "YRGM" as the greatest guitar anthem of all time. |
| 9:18 am - | According to this review the 1960s U.S. ban on The Kinks is included in the new book Whole World in an Uproar: Music, Rebellion and Repressions - 1955-1972 by Aaron J. Leonard. |
| Thursday, 2nd March, 2023 | |
| 10:39 am - | The Kinks are mentioned in this interview with rock journalist/PR Barbara Charone. |
| 10:28 am - | There's a mention of The Kinks' recent clash with Twitter's algorithms in the latest issue of Private Eye magazine (issue #1593), in the "From The Message Boards" column. |
| 10:01 am - | An artist has reimagined "Waterloo Sunset" as a film poster. |
| Wednesday, 1st March, 2023 | |
| 2:33 pm - | Lola vs. Powerman... is one of the albums picked by Ace Frehley in this article. |
| Tuesday, 28th February, 2023 | |
| 9:40 am - | Rob Kopp has contributed to a blog post on Kinks covers by the Spanish Blogs Dream Team: The best cover of every Kinks song from 1964-1971. |
| 9:37 am - | Here's a video on Songs Ray Davies Wrote for Other Artists. |
| Monday, 27th February, 2023 | |
| 2:31 pm - | Here's a new interview with Dave where he picks his 14 favorite tracks from Muswell Hillbillies and Everybody's In Show-Biz. |
| 9:46 am - | According to this tweet an old interview with Ray will air on Hospital Radio Ipswich at 8pm today. |
| 9:45 am - | "I Go To Sleep" is included in this article on songs about sleep. |
| 9:44 am - | The Kinks are mentioned (twice) in this review of a recent Green Day concert. |
| 9:41 am - | Not Kinks-related, but here's an article about development around the Archway Tavern. |
| 9:40 am - | According to this article, Kinks tribute band The Minks will play at Club Fox in Redwood City, California on Saturday, April 8th. |
| Friday, 24th February, 2023 | |
| 9:33 am - | According to this article, "I Go To Sleep" was played at the Prada fall/winter fashion show. |
| Thursday, 23rd February, 2023 | |
| 9:39 am - | Here's a live cover of "Do It Again" by Rusty Pistol. |
| 9:30 am - | "Waterloo Sunset" is #1 in this article on songs about London. |
| 9:30 am - | Here's The Kinks performing "Sunny Afternoon" from a 1993 TV appearance. |
| Wednesday, 22nd February, 2023 | |
| 9:47 am - | At a recent Roger Daltrey gig, James asked him about The Kinks and received an answer. |
| 9:37 am - | The Kinks are mentioned in this article on London music. |
| 9:36 am - | "Sunny Afternoon" is #16 in this article on songs about summer. |
| 9:36 am - | "YRGM" is #18 in this article on the best rock songs. |
| 9:33 am - | Shel Talmy has posted the Blueprint of 'Got My Feet On The Ground' and 'I Am Fee' on Facebook. |
| 9:01 am - | U.S. fans can enter to win a copy of the vinyl release of The Journey, Part 1 compilation. |
| 8:59 am - | "YRGM" is included in this article on songs that influenced modern heavy metal. |
| 8:59 am - | The Kinks are mentioned in this article on an abandoned Tube station. |
| 8:58 am - | The Kinks are #5 in this article on famous British rock bands of the 1960s. |
| 8:57 am - | "Sunny Afternoon" is #11 in this article on songs about the sun. |
| 8:56 am - | "Lola" is included in this article on banned songs. |
| Friday, 17th February, 2023 | |
| 3:14 pm - | A request from Doug Hinman for info on certain 1969/70 Kinks gigs: "I am reaching out to the fanbase to see if I can get any clues to Kinks shows missing from my book, All Day And All Of The Night, published back in 2004. Their return to the US in October 1969 and prior to their return to the charts with Lola later in 1970 saw the band playing a number of small clubs as they weren't able to command a billing in larger venues, especially during the weekdays of their US tours, which resulted in almost invisible, unconfirmable dates. These shows were usually booked on short notice and weren’t advertised in any newspapers, at least any available online, likely only by handbills, newsletters or radio promotion and with no copies of itineraries either published or surviving, knowledge of the gigs have vanished to time. I am looking for people who would have gone to any of these shows and could confirm the venue name, or at least in one case, Baltimore 1970, I am aware of a surviving handbill sold years ago by the It’s Only Rock & Roll auction house but was never able to confirm the information. The mystery shows in question are:Oct 1969 - small club, Poughkeepsie, NYIn a few cases I have clues as to the venues but need to keep those to myself in order to be able to confirm any stories as valid. As knowledge of these gigs would likely rest in persons age 70 or older, the clock is ticking on being able to ever document these mystery gigs. I would of course also be interested in any gigs from this era which were not included in my book. Younger fans might have older siblings, friends, parents or even grand parents who might hold memories from this era. Ask around. I can be reached at doughinman@comcast.net. Many thanks!" |
| 3:02 pm - | A couple more things about Dave's tweets here and here. |
| Thursday, 16th February, 2023 | |
| 1:01 pm - | According to this review, Yo La Tengo covered "TTEOTD" and "God's Children" at their concert in Seattle last night. |
| 10:45 am - | A couple more articles on Dave's tweets here and here. |
| 9:44 am - | The list of Kinks covers now has 10782 entries! |
| 9:42 am - | Here's an article on Dave's tweets to Elon Musk (after Twitter flagged the official Kinks 60th anniversary tweets as "sensitive content"). |
| Wednesday, 15th February, 2023 | |
| 12:48 pm - | Happy 79th birthday to Mick Avory! |
| 12:43 pm - | On the official Kinks store you can pre-order the 60th anniversary "The Journey, Part 1" compilation. The 2-LP set will come with a free poster, and the 2-CD set will come with 3 art cards. "Poster and art cards available while stock lasts." |
| 12:38 pm - | The Kinks' YouTube channel has a short 60th anniversary video. |
| 12:37 pm - | A couple articles about the 60th anniversary compilations here and here. |
| 12:34 pm - | Here's an article on "Lola". |
| 12:33 pm - | Tim Easton performs a cover of "Oklahoma U.S.A." in this tweet. (The full version is available to his Patreon subscribers.) |
| 12:29 pm - | "Sunny Afternoon"/"INLEE" is included in this article on double-sided hit singles. |
| 11:36 am - | Here's an article on 5 deep cuts from the Kinks that you should be listening to. |
| Tuesday, 14th February, 2023 | |
| 10:09 am - | More official Kinks social media 60th anniversary posts: Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. |
| 10:08 am - | Ray is mentioned in this article on the closing of the Les Aldrich Music shop in Muswell Hill. |
| Monday, 13th February, 2023 | |
| 11:44 am - | The first page of the official Kinks web site has been updated 60th anniversary artwork. Also an image on The Kinks' Instagram story. |
| 11:36 am - | According to this article, the new "Funny Woman" TV series includes music by The Kinks. |
| 11:35 am - | Episode 3 of the second season of the Netflix series "Clarkson's Farm" features the "VGPS" song, about 2 minutes, 15 seconds in. |
| Sunday, 12th February, 2023 | |
| 4:56 pm - | Here’s a new interview with Mick Avory and Dave Clarke. |
| Friday, 10th February, 2023 | |
| 10:27 am - | Bob Henrit has a new book: Crash, Bang, Wallop! The people and products behind the beat from the 1950s to the millennium. Here's the flyer for the book. Available on 14 Feb. from all book retailers or directly from the publisher. |
| 10:20 am - | A couple articles with quotes from Dave about Burt Bacharach here and here. |
| 10:02 am - | The latest post of the "Albums That Should Exist" blog is about the 2019 VGPS concert by the Wild Honey Orchestra. |
| Thursday, 9th February, 2023 | |
| 4:14 pm - | Alex Lipinski has posted a photo and story about meeting Ray in 2007. (That Facebook link isn't working for me right now -- it could be a temporary glitch.) |
| 3:25 pm - | A new compilation album called The Journey, Part 1, featuring tracks from The Kinks' Pye and RCA eras, will be released on 24 March 2023 as a 2-LP (info here or here) and 2-CD set (info here or here). "This is a key part of BMG's high-profile, worldwide Kinks 60th anniversary campaign, 2023-24, featuring a host of Kinks media events, comprehensive marketing and BMG audio/audio-visual releases." |
| 1:34 pm - | According to this tweet, Dave was on BBC TV news today talking about the death of Burt Bacharach. |
| 10:03 am - | "Johnny Thunder" is #20 in this article on songs with the name John or Johnny in the title. |
| 9:58 am - | "VGPS" is mentioned in this article on Kate Bush. |
| Tuesday, 7th February, 2023 | |
| 11:11 am - | Ron Sexsmith mentions Ray in this interview. |
| 10:02 am - | According to this tweet, Ray was the featured songwriter on The Radio Caroline show today (should be available to listen again soon). |
| Monday, 6th February, 2023 | |
| 3:05 pm - | According to this article, "Waterloo Sunset" is on the Coronation official playlist. |
| 1:53 pm - | Happy 75th birthday to John Gosling! |
| Friday, 3rd February, 2023 | |
| 9:35 am - | Happy 76th birthday to Dave Davies! |
| 9:34 am - | Ray and "The Tourist" are mentioned in this article, a summary of John Cusack's 2008 guest DJ appearance on radio station KCRW. |
| Tuesday, 31st January, 2023 | |
| 9:06 am - | The Kinks and "Dandy" are mentioned in this review of a Peter Noone concert. |
| Monday, 30th January, 2023 | |
| 3:32 pm - | Shel Talmy has posted the Blueprint of "Come On Now" and "End Of The Season" on Facebook. |
| Friday, 27th January, 2023 | |
| 9:10 am - | Johnny Cronin mentions The Kinks in these articles: here and here. |
| 9:08 am - | Thom Widdett mentions The Kinks in this interview. |
| Thursday, 26th January, 2023 | |
| 10:40 am - | Here are some tweets about the suit Ray wore in the "Come Dancing" music video (scroll down to see the photos of it). Here's an interview (paywalled) with the owner Roger Burton. |
| 10:34 am - | Here's a new cover of "Destroyer" by Blak29 with Jyrki 69, Tommy Victor and Johnny Kelly. |
| Wednesday, 25th January, 2023 | |
| 9:59 am - | "Father Christmas" is played at the end of episode 10 of season 1 of the Netflix series "Blockbuster". |
| Tuesday, 24th January, 2023 | |
| 1:17 pm - | There will be a tribute night to the Beatles and the Kinks this Thursday, 26 January, at Saint Tropez Cocktails in Barcelona, Spain. |
| 12:49 pm - | According to this review, The Kinks are included in this new compilation of "British Toytown Pop". ("Phenomenal Cat" is the track included.) |
| 9:14 am - | Here's a blog post (in Italian) on Muswell Hillbillies. |
| Monday, 23rd January, 2023 | |
| 9:19 am - | Dave, Ray and The Kinks are mentioned in this article on Chrissie Hynde. |
| 9:17 am - | Here's an article on David Bowie's "Fashion" and The Kinks' "Dedicated Follower of Fashion". |
| 9:15 am - | The Kinks are #20 in this list of classic pop rock bands. |
| 9:07 am - | The Kinks' Golden Hour compilation is included in this article on favourite best-of collections. |
| 9:04 am - | Here's a podcast (in Spanish) on The Kinks. |
| Friday, 20th January, 2023 | |
| 12:37 pm - | This article talks about a Kinks 60th anniversary vinyl giveaway. |
| Wednesday, 18th January, 2023 | |
| 2:27 pm - | Here's an article about Dave's Living On A Thin Line book (now out in hardcover). |
| 2:26 pm - | According to this article, Ray is in a Slim Harpo documentary, debuting next week. |
| 2:24 pm - | "Come Dancing" is mentioned (twice) in this article. |
| Tuesday, 17th January, 2023 | |
| 9:17 am - | Here’s a new "Lola" parody. |
| 9:16 am - | VGPS is included in this article on Charlie Honey's album picks. |
| Monday, 16th January, 2023 | |
| 10:22 am - | Shel Talmy has posted The Blueprint of "Rainy Day In June" and "Too Much On My Mind" on Facebook. |
| 10:20 am - | Ray is mentioned in this article on Chrissie Hynde. |
| 10:17 am - | Here’s an article on "YRGM". |
| Thursday, 12th January, 2023 | |
| 1:02 pm - | Stan Endersby of Mapleoak talks about Pete Quaife in this interview. |
| Wednesday, 11th January, 2023 | |
| 6:53 pm - | Dave is quoted in this article on the death of Jeff Beck. And another one here. |
| Monday, 9th January, 2023 | |
| 9:45 am - | Here's a video of Wheat's performing "Starstruck" live in the studio. |
| 9:44 am - | Here's a video montage put to "Waterloo Sunset". |
| 9:34 am - | Phobia is in this article on albums turning 30 in 2023. |
| Friday, 6th January, 2023 | |
| 1:20 pm - | Richard Littlejohn parodies "A Well Respected Man" in this article. |
| 9:14 am - | "Waterloo Sunset" is #1 in this article on songs about London. |
| Thursday, 5th January, 2023 | |
| 4:15 pm - | Here's a cover of "Days" by Emma Gilmour. |
| Tuesday, 3rd January, 2023 | |
| 10:39 am - | Here's a new cover of "INLEE" by James Walker. |
| 9:13 am - | From Henny Stahli (ex-The Kinky2): "In 1999 I recorded a radioplay with some Kinks-songs and a few of my own, together with guitarplayer Jos Meulman, titled End Of The Season - A Radioplay by YUROW. Recently I re-mixed and re-mastered the radioplay to bring it up to a '2023-standard'. I've put it on YouTube. If you got 53 minutes to spare, please have a go. Best with headphones! Kinky regards, Henny" |
| 9:11 am - | Suggs mentions Ray (in "best influence on you") in this interview (paywalled). |
| 9:08 am - | Here's a photo of Ray at the Gatehouse theatre a couple weeks ago. |
| Thursday, 29th December, 2022 | |
| 3:46 pm - | Here's a review of the concert in Chicago a couple weeks ago for the release of the Starstruck tribute album. |
| 3:44 pm - | Ray and The Kinks are mentioned several times in this book on David Bowie and Marc Bolan. |
| Monday, 26th December, 2022 | |
| 2:29 pm - | Shel Talmy has posted The blueprint of "Bald Headed Woman" on Facebook. |
| 2:25 pm - | Here's an article on "Father Christmas". |
| Friday, 23rd December, 2022 | |
| 9:50 am - | "Starmaker" is included in this article on songs released in 1975. |
| Thursday, 22nd December, 2022 | |
| 12:06 pm - | Here's a review of the "Summer In The City" musical, which mentions Ray in the audience. |
| 10:24 am - | According to this tweet Ray was in the audience during the press night performance of the new musical Summer In The City. One of the actors sings "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" in the show. |
| 9:55 am - | The Kinks are mentioned multiple times in this video on How Punk Became Punk. |
| Wednesday, 21st December, 2022 | |
| 9:38 am - | Here's another article about the Bob Dylan interview where he mentions "Waterloo Sunset". |
| 9:36 am - | Here's an article on Dave's support of the Grand Arcade in North Finchley. |
| 9:34 am - | Dave was on "Tonight with Andrew Marr" to pay tribute to Terry Hall. You can watch Dave's segment here. |
| Tuesday, 20th December, 2022 | |
| 11:08 am - | "Come Dancing" is mentioned in this article on songs about siblings. |
| 11:08 am - | Bob Dylan mentions "Waterloo Sunset" in this interview. And here's an article about the interview. |
| Monday, 19th December, 2022 | |
| 9:51 am - | There's a new interview with Dave in The Telegraph (paywalled). Here's a non-paywalled version. |
| 9:50 am - | Here's an article on "Dead End Street". |
| 9:48 am - | The Muswell Hillbillies / Everybody's in Show-biz box set is included in this article on recent box sets. |
| 9:46 am - | Here's a video about "Father Christmas". |
| Thursday, 15th December, 2022 | |
| 9:52 am - | Here's a 2021 interview with Dave, talking about the VGPS album. |
| 9:42 am - | Genesis' Tony Banks talks about "YRGM" in this article. |
| Wednesday, 14th December, 2022 | |
| 10:09 am - | The album Starstruck: A Tribute to The Kinks is available now as a digital download. You can also order a CD version (limited edition of 1000, shipping on or around December 19). There are also two singles from the album: "Father Christmas" b/w Shel Talmy Mono Mix by The Riverboat Gamblers (available as a digital download or a 7" vinyl single) and another single to be announced later this month. |
| Tuesday, 13th December, 2022 | |
| 10:16 am - | "YRGM" is included in this article about key changes in songs. |
| Monday, 12th December, 2022 | |
| 12:10 pm - | The Kinks' first album is included in this article about vinyl deals. |
| 12:08 pm - | "Deadend Street" is mentioned in a video about Little Green Street in London in this tweet. |
| 12:07 pm - | There's a quote from Dave on Jimi Hendrix in this article. |
| 12:06 pm - | Here's an article on Ray, The Beatles, and the 1966 World Cup. |
| 12:03 pm - | Here's a blog post on Ray and Charles Dickens. |
| 12:03 pm - | Here's an article on Ray's thoughts about The Sopranos. |
| 11:59 am - | Here's a cute video someone put together (9 years ago) for "Tired Of Waiting". |
| 11:58 am - | According to Amazon, the US release of Dave's Living On A Thin Line book is Jan. 17, 2023. |
| Friday, 9th December, 2022 | |
| 5:05 pm - | UK residents can enter to win a Muswell Hillbillies/Everybody's In Show-Biz box set. Contest terms here. |
| Thursday, 8th December, 2022 | |
| 9:33 am - | According to tweets here and here, Ray has reviewed a new book, We Danced On Our Desks by Philip Norman. |
| 9:30 am - | "Waterloo Sunset" is mentioned in this article as a possible national anthem if London became an independent city state. |
| 9:26 am - | Here's a video slideshow of a 1967 article on Ray. |
| Wednesday, 7th December, 2022 | |
| 9:13 am - | Noel Gallagher mentions Ray in this article. |
| Tuesday, 6th December, 2022 | |
| 10:22 am - | Shel Talmy has posted The Blueprint of "Mr. Reporter" on Facebook. |
| 10:20 am - | "ADAAOTN" was played in the first episode of the Paramount+ series "The Offer". |
| 10:19 am - | Van Halen's cover of "YRGM" is included in this article. |
| 10:15 am - | "Days" is quoted in this article about gaslighting. |
| 10:13 am - | Here's updated blog post about Ron Sexsmith's Kinks covers. |
| 10:09 am - | You can watch Ray and Pete Mathison perform "To The Bone", plus an interview, from 1995. |
| Thursday, 1st December, 2022 | |
| 9:06 am - | "Father Christmas" is quoted in this review of the film Violent Night. |
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