News & Rumors
(you decide which is which)

Monday, 20th May, 2013
9:17 am -	Yet another opportunity to vote for the Kinks at UltimateClassicRock.com.
9:16 am -	According to this article, Ray was at a charity fundraiser on Saturday.
9:15 am -	Here's an article on Misfits.
Friday, 17th May, 2013
9:10 am -	You can listen to the entire new Dave album I Will Be Me on SoundCloud.
9:07 am -	A short interview with Ray from Q magazine last year is now online.
8:48 am -	Ray's Mastertapes session from last October will be re-aired on BBC Radio 6 on Sunday, 26 May at 04:00.
Thursday, 16th May, 2013
11:17 am -	GettyImages has photos of Ray and Noel Gallagher from the Ivors.
10:54 am -	According to these tweets, Ray is presenting an award to Noel Gallagher at The Ivors today.
Wednesday, 15th May, 2013
9:41 am -	Here's an article on the Kinks and their 10 greatest songs.
Monday, 13th May, 2013
1:28 pm -	Listen to Midnight In L.A., a song off Dave's upcoming album.
1:26 pm -	There's a new t-shirt design in the official Kinks merchandise store.
Friday, 10th May, 2013
2:36 pm -	Here's an article on the Kinks' ban in America in the '60s.
12:45 pm -	The Kinks are part of a Friday Double Feature today on FM93 WXRT today. Also check out this Kinks Klassics playlist.
Thursday, 9th May, 2013
12:42 pm -	Tickets for the Spanish Kinks fan Konvention are on sale for €10 at this link. The konvention is on 8th June in Madrid and includes a concert by The Village Green Experience. Contact konvencionkinks@gmail.com with any questions. Be sure to check out the Facebook page for the event, and this promo video.
12:42 pm -	This blog post includes quotes from the upcoming God Save The Kinks biography by Rob Jovanovic.
11:31 am -	The Kast of Kinks will join the Norwegian Kinks-tribute band "Kinky Way" in a joint venture concert in Fredrikshalds Teater, Halden Norway the 31st of August 6.30 PM. Famous Norwegian guitarist Frode Alnæs (Dance with a Stranger) will be playing lead guitar with "Kinky Way". The concert is named "A Kinky Night at the Theatre". Tickets are available at www.billettservice.no.
11:26 am -	Here is Alex DiBlasi's lecture on Preservation that he gave at the class in NYC last Saturday.
Monday, 6th May, 2013
9:36 am -	Dave Berry's version of "This Strange Effect" is used a number of times in the 2008 Mexican film Blue Eyelids.
9:18 am -	The Kinks are featured in an episode of Pop, Etc. on French radio France Inter.
Thursday, 2nd May, 2013
2:26 pm -	George Ince and Ray Davies talk songwriting in a blog post by the Dartington school.
9:32 am -	Here's a follow-up to altrockchick's review of Arthur.
Wednesday, 1st May, 2013
9:00 am -	Here's a video of Blondie drummer Clem Burke doing drum tracks for the Melvins’ cover of “Attitude”.
8:57 am -	Here's a (mostly negative) blog review of Arthur.
8:54 am -	Here's an interview clip with Ray.
Monday, 29th April, 2013
8:52 am -	Here's an article on "Starmaker".
8:50 am -	Listen to a podcast of the Top Ten Songs By The Kinks.
8:42 am -	There's a new art print of Ray for sale.
Friday, 26th April, 2013
12:30 pm -	There will be a class on Preservation Act 1 and Preservation Act 2 in New York City on Saturday, May 4th. "This class will discuss the themes and musical inspirations of The Kinks' Preservation rock opera."
Thursday, 25th April, 2013
1:48 pm -	Here's an article on Ray's songwriting course this summer.
9:07 am -	Here's a recent photo of Ray at Konk.
Tuesday, 23rd April, 2013
2:40 pm -	You can vote for the Kinks in the Absolute Radio Icons poll.
2:02 pm -	Listen to a cover of "Attitude" by the Melvins (feat. Clem Burke of Blondie) at the Spin web site. Be sure to read Buzz Osbourne's description of the song.
1:58 pm -	The latest issue of Hound Dawg Music Magazine has a Q&A with Andy Pyle, and a piece on VGPS.
9:25 am -	The publishing date of Rob Jovanovic's Kinks biography God Save The Kinks has slipped a month to June 3rd.
9:08 am -	Dutch sportscaster Mart Smeets talks about his ideal musical evening, and includes Ray's performance of "Days" at Glastonbury following the death of Pete Quaife. (The part with Ray starts at 5:50 min.)
Monday, 22nd April, 2013
3:38 pm -	Here's a new Spanish Kinks blog: Kinkdom Come.
Friday, 19th April, 2013
2:30 pm -	Here's a blog post on the Kinks' hair and Ray's book.
Wednesday, 17th April, 2013
8:42 am -	Dave's show at the Bull Run in Massachusetts is now sold out.
8:32 am -	Here's part 2 of the blog about Dave Davies and George Harrison.
Monday, 15th April, 2013
2:19 pm -	Here's a photo of Ray from yesterday afternoon.
12:22 pm -	According to this Facebook post, "Sunny Afternoon" won the Dutch Radio voting.
9:19 am -	Here's an article on Unit 4+2, a band Bob Henrit was in before Argent and the Kinks.
9:17 am -	Here's a blog post on Something Else.
9:14 am -	Here's an article about The Beautiful Old compilation that Dave appears on.
9:13 am -	BBC Radio Scotland has a blog post on Ray and the Kinks, as well as a radio show segment (Kinks part starts about 26 minutes in).
9:04 am -	You can vote for "Sunny Afternoon" to be played on Dutch radio. (After selecting "Sunny Afternoon", slide the arrow to the right then click "Stem".)
Friday, 12th April, 2013
8:59 pm -	Dave's new album is available to pre-order on Amazon.com.
8:46 am -	Here's a blog post on VGPS.
Thursday, 11th April, 2013
8:54 am -	Listen to a cover of "God's Children" by the band Woods.
Wednesday, 10th April, 2013
9:09 am -	Here's a blog post on Americana.
Tuesday, 9th April, 2013
9:05 am -	A couple articles on Americana here and here.
9:00 am -	Here's a cover of "Destroyer" by the band Owl.
8:58 am -	"I'm On An Island" was used on last night's episode of the BBC TV programme "The Hairy Bikers' Best of British".
Monday, 8th April, 2013
9:22 am -	Andy Miller's VGPS book has been published in Spanish.
9:20 am -	The Great Lost Kinks Album is featured at Cool Album of the Day today.
Friday, 5th April, 2013
9:02 pm -	The publishing date for Ray's book Americana is set for Oct. 1st, 2013. You can pre-order it through Amazon.com or BookDepository.
Tuesday, 2nd April, 2013
11:57 am -	The Kinks' first album came in at #30 on BBC Radio 2's Top 100 Favourite Albums.
9:02 am -	This ad for Uncle Toby's Oats on Australian TV uses "All Day And All Of The Night", features a Word Of Mouth t-shirt, and even name-checks the Kinks.
Monday, 1st April, 2013
2:58 pm -	The Kinks are the first band to be inducted into the Ultimate Classic Rock Hall of Fame.
9:33 am -	The Kinks won the Ultimate Classic Rock Hall of Fame final by a very narrow margin against the Beatles.
9:09 am -	Here's another article on the Leisure Society mentioning Ray.
Thursday, 28th March, 2013
10:16 am -	Don't forget to vote for the Kinks.
10:15 am -	This article on the Leisure Society's new album name-checks Ray.
Tuesday, 26th March, 2013
11:25 am -	Don't forget to vote for the Kinks again today.
9:32 am -	Uncut has an article on Dave's new album and tour.
9:31 am -	Dave's web site has the track list for his new album, I Will Be Me, and gives a release date of June 4th 2013.
9:30 am -	Here are some recent photos of Konk.
Monday, 25th March, 2013
11:36 am -	Ray will be holding his songwriting course again this summer, Aug. 10 - 17.
10:05 am -	The Kinks narrowly won against the Rolling Stones in the semifinal voting of the Ultimate Classic Rock Hall of Fame, and have moved on to the final round against the Beatles. Voting is open now, and continues until midnight Sunday. You can vote once per day.
Friday, 22nd March, 2013
10:21 am -	The Kinks are mentioned (with a photo) in this book review of Mod: A Very British Style.
Thursday, 21st March, 2013
10:17 am -	There's still time to vote for the Kinks vs. the Rolling Stones. You may vote once per day, so be sure to vote again.
10:16 am -	Here's is some video from the Roundhouse Gala 2013.
10:09 am -	Here's a blog post on the current gallery exhibition at Konk. There will also be an art/music event at Konk on Thursday, 28th March at 7pm: "In conversation with Ian Emes" plus music with Daisy Chute and George Ince. Admission is £5.
Wednesday, 20th March, 2013
11:01 am -	Tribute band The Kinx are back on the road, with their next gig at the Cavern Club in Liverpool this Friday, 22nd March. Tickets are £10 at the door. They've introduced a "Ray Davies unplugged" element into the show, where "Ray" will be doing 3 or 4 acoustic numbers between the sets.
Tuesday, 19th March, 2013
1:06 pm -	Be sure to vote for the Kinks in the Ultimate Classic Rock Hall of Fame.
9:53 am -	Dave Davies will be hosting Satsang Weekend 4 this Spring.
9:52 am -	German beat group The Dukes of Hamburg are releasing a 7" vinyl single featuring covers of two Kinks songs, "I Gotta Move"/"I Need You". Listen to an mp3 of "I Gotta Move" on the web site.
9:43 am -	Here's the Lord and Taylor shoe commercial featuring the Word of Mouth shirt. Apparently Lord and Taylor is also selling the shirt.
Monday, 18th March, 2013
10:58 am -	The WBAI interview with Dave this past weekend has been archived online. (Show name "Morning Dew", dated March 17.) The new song "Living In The Past" starts at 1:06:45.
10:55 am -	There's a Lord and Taylor shoe commercial currently airing, and one of the models is wearing a Kinks Word of Mouth t-shirt.
10:18 am -	According to the Hofner web site, Dave has joined their roster of artists who play Hofner guitars.
10:09 am -	Dave's song "The Lie" is included in this blog post on the 8 best protest songs.
10:06 am -	Bob Lefsetz's blog has a piece about the Kinks that he wrote for the Rhino Records web site in 2007.
Friday, 15th March, 2013
12:54 pm -	Here's an article on the art exhibition at Konk.
11:54 am -	Dave Davies will be interviewed on WBAI Sunday March 17th, at 1AM EDT. Includes a world premier airing of Dave's new song "Living In The Past".
10:15 am -	Here's a list of Top 10 Kinks Songs.
Thursday, 14th March, 2013
1:39 pm -	Be sure to vote for this song, written during one of Ray's songwriting courses. Voting ends on 21st March.
9:21 am -	Here's a new interview (video) with Ray, about the art exhibition at Konk.
9:19 am -	"Lola" is discussed in this article.
Wednesday, 13th March, 2013
10:52 am -	There will be a Kinks tribute this Saturday, 16th March, at Beedees, 433 Dagu Lu, Shanghai, China, featuring the Spondees, Paul Meredith, Brooke Palmer, Lars Jensen, Stone Bones, Milk From Macau, Zhou Yong and Asbury Edens. "It will be an evening of Kinks songs and all for a good cause. 5 Rmb from every drink sold will go to Roots and Shoots and the Million Tree Project." Check out the flyers here and here.
Friday, 8th March, 2013
12:35 pm -	A couple more pictures of Ray at Roundhouse on this Facebook page.
11:57 am -	Some pro-shot photos of Ray at the Roundhouse Gala last night.
11:34 am -	Ray's Facebook page was updated with this status: "Ray had a great time last night at the Roundhouse Gala with his band and the Crouch End Festival Chorus performing Shangri-La, Victoria, You Really Got Me and Waterloo Sunset. He then went on to perform All Day and All The Night with just his band."
8:55 am -	Here's a photo of Ray with the chorus at last night's Roundhouse gig.
Thursday, 7th March, 2013
11:30 am -	More Roundhouse rehearsal pics here and here.
9:02 am -	Here's a blog post on how the Kinks reunited two brothers.
Wednesday, 6th March, 2013
3:30 pm -	Here's a tweeted photo from a rehearsal for the Roundhouse gig. And another pic here.
11:33 am -	Here's a parody of "All Day And All Of The Night", called "Wilbur and Orville Wright".
10:03 am -	Check out & vote for (next week) this song, written by four people while attending Ray's songwriting course in 2011.
8:53 am -	There are rumors on Twitter (such as this one) that Ray will be playing Hard Rock Calling this year.
Monday, 4th March, 2013
10:09 am -	The Dutch Riffers will be playing Kinks songs and their own songs at De Smeerpaal in Harlingen, in the north of Holland, on Sunday, March 17th at 17.00. (Check out their version of I'm Not Like Everybody Else.)
9:53 am -	Here's an illustration of Ray.
9:52 am -	There is another art show at Konk, from 1st March to 26th April.
9:45 am -	There's a new clothing store in Madrid called Kinda Kinks.
9:35 am -	Here's a blog post on Dave and George Harrison.
9:34 am -	Some additional info from Russell Smith about tracks to be included on the upcoming deluxe reissues of Lola vs. Powerman and Muswell Hillbillies: "The Good Life" and the demo of "Nobody's Fool" will be on Lola and "Lavender Lane" will be on Muswell.
9:20 am -	Check out the new song and video from Kinks fan Rico's music project Mr. Songbird.
9:16 am -	Vote for the Kinks in the Ultimate Classic Rock Hall of Fame.
9:15 am -	According to this tweet, the Crouch End Festival Chorus is apparently rehearsing "Waterloo Sunset" with Ray for the Roundhouse gig.
Friday, 1st March, 2013
2:34 pm -	Here's a tweet about trying to book Ray (possibly for this venue in New Orleans?).
9:52 am -	Here's a photo with Ray at Konk yesterday.
Thursday, 28th February, 2013
4:25 pm -	Here's a recent photo of Ray.
1:36 pm -	According to this article, a new musical called "Carnaby Street: The Musical" will include "You Really Got Me". (Why not "Dedicated Follower of Fashion"?) It says Ray is "considering an offer to write a new title song for the musical, in classic 60s Kinks style."
9:06 am -	There will be a Spanish Kinks fan konvention in Madrid on Saturday, 8 June 2013. Here's the Facebook event for it. (And don't forget the Nordic Kinks fan konvention the following weekend!)
Wednesday, 27th February, 2013
10:29 am -	"Nothin' In This World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl" is featured in this article about favorite movie songs from NPR's All Songs Considered.
Tuesday, 26th February, 2013
8:45 am -	According to this post on the Steve Hoffman forums, Andrew Sandoval mentioned on a radio show that two tracks on the upcoming deluxe reissue of Lola vs. Powerman will be "Lavender Lane" and "Anytime", from Ray's private collection and previously unheard. The deluxe Lola and Muswell reissues may be followed up with a "super deluxe" Everybody's In Showbiz, according to Russell Smith.
Monday, 25th February, 2013
8:44 am -	In this interview with Johnny Marr of the Smiths, he cites Ray as an influence.
8:41 am -	According to this tweet, the Crouch End Festival Chorus will be performing with Ray in March (presumably at the Roundhouse Gala).
8:39 am -	Here's a blog review of the Lola vs. Powerman album.
Friday, 22nd February, 2013
2:49 pm -	Ray will be one of the performers at the Roundhouse Gala 2013 on 7 March at The Roundhouse in London. Seats are £500 and tables start at £5000.
9:07 am -	Tom Kitts, author of Ray Davies: Not Like Everybody Else, will be the guest on Michael the Molar Maven’s radio show today, Friday, February 22, from 1:00-4:00pm EST. Kitts and Michael will spend all three hours discussing and playing the music of the Kinks. The show will be streamed live at the Old Westbury Web Radio web site. The show will be re-webbed at approximately 1:00am Saturday and will be posted by Saturday morning as a podcast site at stjamesinfirmary.net, where it can accessed at listeners’ convenience.
Thursday, 21st February, 2013
11:24 am -	There will be a Kinks tribute show on Saturday, March 30th at the Off Broadway Nightclub in St. Louis, Missouri.
10:44 am -	According to this article, BMG is set to acquire Sanctuary Records (which includes the Kinks' Pye catalog) from Universal Music.
9:04 am -	This article on aging quotes "Celluloid Heroes".
Wednesday, 20th February, 2013
4:37 pm -	From Jonathan Lea's Facebook page earlier this week: "I'm very happy to hear that Dave Davies has finished his new album 'I Will Be Me.' The 5 tracks I've heard are fantastic (Dave/Kinks fans will be very happy) and I'm extremely proud that The Jigsaw Seen appear on 2 of them."
Monday, 18th February, 2013
11:25 am -	Here's a photo of Ray with Olivia Sebastianelli.
11:23 am -	You can vote for The Kinks (first album) in this BBC Radio 2 poll.
11:21 am -	A couple drawings of Ray here and here.
11:08 am -	Here's a blog post on the 1965 NME Poll Winner's Concert.
Friday, 15th February, 2013
12:59 pm -	Happy 69th birthday to Mick!
11:12 am -	This Brevity comic from last week features the Kinks.
Wednesday, 13th February, 2013
12:54 pm -	The Kinks Facebook page has a photo of Pamella Moo (Talenthouse Kinks Cover competition winner) with Mick and Ray.
Tuesday, 12th February, 2013
3:32 pm -	There's a nice 8-page article on The Kinks in this month's issue of the Spanish magazine This Is Rock.
9:24 am -	Here's another article on Natalie Hynde's environmental activism, mentioning Ray as being supportive.
Monday, 11th February, 2013
2:30 pm -	Mazda Canada is using a version of "All Day And All Of The Night" (performed on cellos) in this video.
9:57 am -	There's a free iPhone/iPad app from Universal Music called Living Sleeve Notes, for the Waterloo Sunset compilation that came out last summer. From the description: "When run whilst listening to the album the ‘Living Sleeve Notes’ app will recognise what song is playing and display relevant information accordingly."
9:16 am -	You can listen to Kinks cover contest winner Pamella Moo's cover of Sunny Afternoon, recorded at Konk.
Friday, 8th February, 2013
12:48 pm -	There's a new audio interview with Dave from the Dreamland show on the UnknownCountry.com web site.
Thursday, 7th February, 2013
8:59 am -	Here's a blog post on "Waterloo Sunset".
8:57 am -	Here's a blog post on VGPS.
Wednesday, 6th February, 2013
9:49 am -	This article on Olivia Sebastianelli name-checks Ray.
9:46 am -	Here's an article on the Imaginary Man documentary.
9:45 am -	Here's a review of the BBC box set.
9:35 am -	Here's an article on the Top 10 Dave Davies Kinks Riffs.
Tuesday, 5th February, 2013
9:34 am -	Here's a blog post on "David Watts".
Sunday, 3rd February, 2013
12:10 pm -	Happy 66th birthday to Dave Davies!
Friday, 1st February, 2013
4:25 pm -	Roger Rowley, an actor who participated in the Kinks musical workshop in December, has posted a few videos of his Kinks covers on Facebook. (Check out "The Money-go-round"!)
4:21 pm -	Here's another photo of Ray from the "Old Times" after-party.
2:29 pm -	The London Evening Standard magazine has a new interview with Ray.
9:34 am -	WhatsOnStage.com has a photo of Ray at the after party for the play "Old Times" last night. (See photo 7.)
9:11 am -	This Bashful Badger blog post offers casting suggestions for the Kinks movie.
9:07 am -	This new Strange Brew podcast features a couple Kinks songs.
Thursday, 31st January, 2013
1:46 pm -	There's a rumour that Ray will be a support act on the Who's upcoming UK tour, according to this tweet.
Wednesday, 30th January, 2013
9:15 am -	Here's a photo of Pamella Moo (winner of the Talenthouse Kinks cover competition) recording at Konk.
9:12 am -	"Have A Cuppa Tea" was used on the UK TV show Homes Under The Hammer yesterday.
Tuesday, 29th January, 2013
10:23 am -	Ray is #8 on this list of The 50 Most Stylish Rock Stars of All Time.
9:49 am -	Rob Jovanovic tweeted that he has submitted the final revision of his Kinks book. Amazon gives a publishing date of 2 May 2013.
9:45 am -	The Kinks are name checked in this interview with the new president of the Poetry Foundation, Robert Polito.
Monday, 28th January, 2013
9:41 am -	There's a recent photo of Ray on Twitter.
9:25 am -	Here's another Ham & High article on the art show at Konk.
Friday, 25th January, 2013
4:28 pm -	The "Imaginary Man" documentary is being re-aired on BBC4 tonight at 21:30 GMT.
Thursday, 24th January, 2013
12:09 pm -	The Cob Gallery in London will be hosting a Dmitri Galitzine exhibition called God Save The Village Green from 8th February to 16th March (and a private view on 7th February).
9:30 am -	There are photos from the art show at Konk on artist Gina Bold's web site.
Wednesday, 23rd January, 2013
1:50 pm -	Dave posted on his Facebook page a nice family photo from the 100th birthday party of Ray and Dave's aunt.
Tuesday, 22nd January, 2013
9:50 am -	Here are 14 free (and legal) Kinks covers.
9:05 am -	"You Really Got Me" is used in the new French film Paulette. Watch the trailer here.
8:54 am -	According to this tweet by Andrew Sandoval a couple weeks ago, he's working on the deluxe editions of Lola vs. Powerman and Muswell Hillbillies.
Monday, 21st January, 2013
2:56 pm -	The Daily Mail has an article on Ray's daughter Natalie's environmental activism.
11:58 am -	New on the Kast Off Kinks web site: video and photos from the 2012 fan konvention at the Boston Arms, as well as a page from the Kinks Night/Singalong the night before.
11:53 am -	You can watch Elliot Smith perform "Waterloo Sunset" from a 2000 TV show that never aired. "Waterloo Sunset" starts around 18:15.
11:01 am -	This Citroën commercial featuring "You Really Got Me" is in heavy rotation on French TV.
Friday, 18th January, 2013
11:24 am -	"Lola" is at #31 and "Waterloo Sunset" is at #4 on this BBC list of the top 40 singles that went to #2 in the charts.
11:16 am -	According to this interview with the screenwriters, the Kinks movie will begin casting soon.
11:11 am -	Here's some more on the Gatehouse cake cutting.
11:07 am -	Here's an article on the art show at Konk.
11:07 am -	According to this article, the Kinks footage from Beat Beat Beat will air on Sky Arts TV this Sunday at 3:10am GMT (repeating next Wednesday and Friday).
Thursday, 17th January, 2013
10:14 am -	This article says that Ray cut the cake at the anniversary celebration of the Upstairs at the Gatehouse theatre in Highgate village on Sunday.
Monday, 14th January, 2013
10:41 am -	Here's a Bashful Badger blog post on Ray and Dave.
9:11 am -	Here's a blog post on See My Friends.
Thursday, 10th January, 2013
9:11 am -	Ray's Westport Festival show last June is in this blog list of the top 10 gigs of 2012.
9:03 am -	The Kinks are Rock's Most Underrated Band, according to this article.
Tuesday, 8th January, 2013
9:44 am -	Tribute band Kinda Kinky! will be performing the VGPS album this Friday night in Northfield, MN, followed by a set of "hits and should-have-been-hits". Here's the Facebook event for the show.
9:43 am -	Here's a blog post on Kinks songs involving tea.
Monday, 7th January, 2013
9:51 am -	Here's a blog review of Everybody's In Showbiz.
9:13 am -	VGPS was picked as the #1 album of 1968 by the Psychobabble blog.
Friday, 4th January, 2013
4:31 pm -	OK Go's version of "Father Christmas" is currently available as a free download.
Thursday, 3rd January, 2013
11:30 am -	A quote from Ray is included in this article on memorable music quotes from 2012.
11:26 am -	Contact music has some more quotes from Ray's Uncut interview.
Wednesday, 2nd January, 2013
7:25 am -	A reminder that there's a new interview with Ray in the new issue of Uncut magazine. You can read an extract here.
7:22 am -	Here's an article on "Waterloo Sunset".
Tuesday, 1st January, 2013
7:35 pm -	This Daily Express article features quotes from Ray's interview in the latest issue of Uncut magazine.
Friday, 28th December, 2012
12:53 pm -	Here's an article on "Have Another Drink".
7:53 am -	"Powerman" was played over the end credits of The Revolution Will Be Televised on BBC Three.
6:54 am -	Here's a blog post on the Kinks.
Monday, 24th December, 2012
10:27 am -	The Strange Brew podcast features an hour of songs by Ray and Dave Davies.
Sunday, 23rd December, 2012
12:17 pm -	This article includes a Ray Davies interview and exclusive video.
Friday, 21st December, 2012
11:07 am -	You can listen to a clip from Mastertapes of Ray giving some songwriting tips.
9:53 am -	Here's a blog post on "Four More Respected Gentlemen".
5:22 am -	In this interview with Paul Weller he mentions Ray as an influence (at one minute, 10 seconds in).
5:17 am -	Here's an article on "Sweet Lady Genevive".
Wednesday, 19th December, 2012
4:09 pm -	"Father Christmas" was featured in the recent Christmas episode of the Fox animated show Bob's Burgers.
4:06 pm -	Don't forget about the Kinks tribute shows happening this week: the Muswell Hillbillies at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton, Massachusetts tomorrow (Thursday), Kinda Kinky! at Eagles #34 in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Friday, and The Kinx at the Papplewick Village Hall in Nottinghamshire, UK this Saturday.
Monday, 17th December, 2012
9:28 am -	Universal appears to have done another run of the Kinks at the BBC box set, just in time for Christmas.
9:26 am -	The next gig for Kinks tribute band The Kinx is this Saturday, 22nd December, at Papplewick Village Hall in Nottinghamshire. Tickets are £8 at the door. Doors open at 7:30pm. 50% of the ticket price goes to the local church music fund at Papplewick church. Tickets can be booked in advanced by calling 0115 9634383 or 0115 9632346.
9:23 am -	This article talks about being on a flight with Ray.
9:20 am -	"Father Christmas" was featured on CoolAlbumOfTheDay.com.
9:18 am -	Here's an article on "Father Christmas".
9:02 am -	A couple photos of Ray from the Kinks musical workshop last week: here and here.
Friday, 14th December, 2012
11:05 am -	The Dave Davies shop is taking pre-orders for Fortis Green 2, a reissue of his "Fortis Green" CD which includes a bonus track. The release date is 23rd December 2012.
Thursday, 13th December, 2012
3:23 pm -	This Google Chromebook ad uses "Father Christmas".
3:22 pm -	According to this Facebook post, a musical based on the first 5 years of the Kinks is being workshopped at Sadler's Wells this week.
Tuesday, 11th December, 2012
10:47 am -	Here's a blog post on Ray.
Monday, 10th December, 2012
10:55 am -	Here's a blog post on the art show at Konk.
10:28 am -	Here's a video of Ray presenting the Blake Society Tithe Grant.
10:26 am -	Here's an article on "Father Christmas".
Thursday, 6th December, 2012
9:57 am -	There will be an extensive new interview with Ray in the February issue of Uncut magazine, due out on 3rd January. Also, don't forget to pick up a copy of Uncut's special Ultimate Music Guide on the Kinks, on sale now.
Monday, 3rd December, 2012
2:48 pm -	Geoff Edgers' (he of the "Do It Again" film) new TV series is set to premiere January 22nd on the Travel Channel. Here's a promo.
10:11 am -	Part 2 of Ray's Mastertapes episode airs tonight at 23:00 GMT.
10:03 am -	This blog post includes a 1965 photo of Dave in Paris.
Friday, 30th November, 2012
8:54 am -	Absolute Radio will rebroadcast the Waterloo Sunset interview with Ray this Sunday, 2nd December, at 6.00pm GMT.
Thursday, 29th November, 2012
9:32 am -	Here's a blog post on the Kinks.
9:11 am -	According to ModCulture.co.uk, Uncut magazine has "The Kinks: The Ultimate Music Guide" on the shelves this week. You can also get it from backstreet-merch.com.
9:07 am -	Here's a blog post on X-Ray.
9:07 am -	Here's a blog post about Ray's Mastertapes episode.
Wednesday, 28th November, 2012
9:33 am -	You can listen again to part 1 of Ray's Mastertapes episode.
Tuesday, 27th November, 2012
3:02 pm -	Here's a blog post on the Talenthouse Kinks cover contest.
9:18 am -	"Circle Of Steel", the Jigsaw Seen track that features Dave Davies on harmony vocals, is now available as a $1 download (as Apple Lossless, FLAC, or other formats).
9:00 am -	VGPS is included in Dodson And Fogg's Chris Wade's list of Desert Island Discs. Also check out the debut album by Dodson And Fogg.
8:49 am -	Another snippet of Ray's Mastertapes show, plus a write-up. Part 1 starts on BBC Radio 4 in a couple hours.
Monday, 26th November, 2012
12:22 pm -	Tribute band Kinda Kinky! will have their 2nd annual holiday show on Friday, December 21st, 2012 at the Minneapolis Eagles #34.
11:26 am -	There's a brief segment of Ray's Mastertapes show on the BBC web site. Part 1 ("the A-Side") of the show will air tomorrow at 15:30 (GMT), and part 2 ("the B-Side") will air next Monday.
11:20 am -	Here are some photos (Facebook link) from a private viewing of the art show at Konk.
11:19 am -	Here's an audience video of Ray at the fan club konvention at the Boston Arms last week.

<-- Next 6 months

Previous 6 months -->

---

KindaKinks.net

E-mail Dave Emlen