Neil Diamond

Neil Diamond has a new album out, Home Before Dark, and it's great to hear the legend at it again. I've only had a chance to listen to the album once or twice so far, but the first track, If I Don't See You Again, is my favorite so far.

Late night talk host Jimmy Kimmel tried to make his post late night talk show host dream of becoming Neil Zarconia, a Neil Diamond impersonator, a reality on his show recently. It was no easy task for Kimmel, but with a little help from Diamond himself, Kimmel delivers a killer "Sweet, Caroline." Well, sorta. Neil Diamond embarks on a US tour beginning July 19th in St.Paul, Minnesota. And a round of applause to Kimmel whose recent digital shorts have been a lot f... MORE

The composer of the Monkee’s monster hit "I'm a Believer" as well as his own catalogue of numerous #1 Hot 100 hits is still going strong. Here’s a stream of a Diamond fav of mine http://www.reuters.com/article/blogBurst/entertainment?type=entertainmentNews&w1=B7ovpm21IaDoL40ZFnNfGe&w2=B7uKSLYIvxu3zDSUkrYJp2Xj&src=blogBurst_entertainmentNews&bbPostId=BBIuU0YLnhqFCz5BKHGvlF4TSBAMuYv1QH8LpB8t7c1WRN68x&bbParentWidgetId=B7uKSLYIvxu3zDSUkrYJp2Xj http://theofficialchart... MORE

Neil Diamond debuted for the first time ever on the Billboard Top 200 this week. Diamond’s Rick Rubin produced album Home Before Dark sold 146,000 copies its first week, nudging Madonna’s Hard Candy down two spots to Number Three. The crazy thing is that the last time Diamond came close to Number One spot was in 1973 with the soundtrack to Jonathan Livingston Seagull, when it topped at Number Two. So is that after all these years ladies still swoon over Diamond’s 68 ye... MORE

Home Before Dark to the safety to the womb where we keep the world at bay in the quiet of our room where we find once more the spark In the light, out of the dark

But with each birth, the inevitable death. The realization of our own mortality, it's evidence in every mirror, in every reflection... If I Don't See You Again What is it about the human spirit that needs closure? If I Don't See You Again At some unseen barrier, the hope that springs eternal gives way to the resignation or reality. Just don't go quietly

Ah yes, one more bite of the apple.Once you have tasted the fruit that is the joy of creation, it's sweet nectar is never far from your mind.This creative process is not something you turn off, not something to be ignored or swept under a rug and forgotten.It is how you express yourself, how you lay bare your soul and stand naked before the world.It is how you laugh and how you cry.It is youBut it cannot stay inside, it must be released...the birthing process.For an artist... MORE

Not many worthwhile CDs hit the shelves. Here are the ones worth checking out: ... Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark ... Gavin DeGraw - Gavin DeGraw ... Elvis Costello & The Imposters - Momofuku ... Eagles - Long Road Out of Eden ... Barenaked Ladies - Snack Time ... The Last Shadow Puppets - Age of the Understatement ... Chris Sligh - Running Back to You QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT ALBUM RELEASE ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS MONTH?

God, I've always loved this songSo much of it resonates in my life"He's got a good head if he'd apply it" "and report cards I was always afraid to show" If I close my eyesI can almost hear my motherCallin, Neil, go find your brotherDaddy's home, and its time for supperHurry on And I see two boysRacin' up two flights of staircaseSquirmin' into papas embraceAnd his whiskers warm on their faceWhere's it goneOh, where's it gone Two floors above the butcherFirst door on t... MORE

A song co-written with the esteemed Robbie Robertson of The BandDry your eyes and take your song out, its a newborn afternoon.And if you cant recall the singer you can still recall the tune.Dry your eyes and play it slowly like youre marching off to war;Sing it like you know hed want it, like we sang it once before.And from the center of the circle to the midst of the waiting crowd,If it ever be forgotten sing it long and sing it loud and come dry your eyes. And he taugh... MORE

Picture this. I'm nestled in a chair next to the music producer icon, the one and only Rick Rubin, (founder of DefJam Records; one of Forbes 100 most influential ppl in the world; co-head of Columbia Records), along with 10 other diligent reporters (Rollingstone, LA Weekly, Flaunt Magazine, etc..) in a quaint little listening den in Santa Monica earlier this wk. The occasion? To listen to the unreleased Neil Diamond album HOME BEFORE DARK (out May 6th). {Rick Rubin} N... MORE

Alternate title: there's a hole in my MOG, Dear Rummy, Dear Rummy; there's a hole in my MOG, Dear Rummy, a hole. Apparently, as far as I can tell, our friend, my friend, inrumford has decamped without so much as a fuck you or by your leave, an absence that is proving as compelling to me as the place the tongue worries where a tooth has been. C'est la vie, I suppose, but WTF?

Don't think I've ever heard this song. It's beautiful. Doubtless you'd know and love it. I am sure that the motions of the heart are never wasted. And yet I find myself thinking that I do not want to make heartspace for people who are going to vanish traceless.