Lots of artists dust off unfinished recordings and tack them onto reissues, but when Carly Simon found a drawer full of old cassettes from her early years, she turned them into something new. Her song 'Songbird,' the last track on her new album 'Never Been Gone,' comes from a tape Simon discovered that had the beginnings of two different songs on it -- one about being alone in New York on the fourth of July and the other about a songbird.

"I played these two songs that weren't intended to be together and it felt as if they did belong together," Simon tells Spinner. "So I added a third verse, it being more about the songbird and how it still carries me into the future." Essentially, 'Songbird' was started about 40 years ago and was finally finished this past year. "The last verse was the last bit of recording done on the album," she says. "[My son] Ben really held my hand through it. I thought my voice wasn't nearly as good now. It was nearly as rich as it was."

Local political activists, musicians, and protesters opposed to the Bush administration joined forces for 'Gonzo Music Diaries,' a documentary about the downfall of revolutionary music and the breakdown of democracy. Circulating around the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City, filmmaker Roy Szuper, serial concert attendee Concert Joe and punk rock enthusiast Tony Petrozza set out to arrange a music festival as a form of objection towards the convention's presence. Some of New York's most iconic figures took part in this film, such as Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, musician David Peel, marijuana proponent Dana Beal and CBGB's founder Hilly Kristal.

The documentary analyzes many aspects of the state of New York City in 2004, from the dissolution of small businesses and the legalization of marijuana to the underground music scene and the demise of subversive musicians like the Ramones. John Holmstrom, the founder of Punk Magazine, comments, "A lot of musicians are playing it safe. The ambition now, by most bands, is not to piss people off or to be shocking or to create something new -- it's to create a hit record." This was the antithesis of those banded together for the protest -- no more war, lies, and Bush. So if you are one of those people who desire a change, watch the film after the jump, courtesy of our friends at SnagFilms.

As Spinner previously reported, My Morning Jacket made its animated television debut on FOX's 'American Dad.' Airing on Sunday night, the indie folk-rock band did more than just a three-second cameo.

The show featured 'American Dad' Stan Smith fighting his daughter's admiration for the band. However, after hearing frontman Jim James' falsetto, Stan ends up completely falling for the MMJ. The devotion gets trippy with a dream sequence set to the band's 'Touch Me I'm Going to Scream Pt. 2' where Stan flies with owls, heads to space and gives James a ride on his back.

Danish trio Mew are set to kick off a stateside jaunt next week in Philadelphia, but they'll take a break from their headlining trek to support one of their favorite bands of all time, the Pixies.

"I'm really excited for the show," Mew frontman Jonas Bjerre tells Spinner from the UK, where his band is currently on tour. "You know if I could travel back in time and tell my teenage self that I would be supporting the Pixies, I probably wouldn't believe myself. Too bad it's only one show, but it's going to be fantastic."

Surprisingly, Mew have never crossed paths with their heroes -- they've appeared on the same festival bills, but never on the same days. And although the Danes have caught the Pixies live, they never actually met the group that they are about to support on the Dec. 1 date of the 'Doolittle' tour in Washington, D.C.

The Arctic Monkeys arena tour rolled into Manchester's MEN Arena on Saturday (Nov. 21) night for a show which featured a little bit of Rod Stewart from singer Alex Turner.

The band has been back in the UK since Nov. 13 for their biggest UK tour to date and Turner chose Manchester as the place to treat fans in to an impromptu chorus of Rod Stewart's 'Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?' during 'Crying Lightning.'

Other surprises during the tour have included a rendition of new b-side 'Sketchead' at Wembley on Nov. 17 and a nightly airing of 'Mardy Bum'.

Michael Jackson's sequinned glove –the pop star's most iconic accessories – sold more $350,000 (£212,000) in New York on the weekend.

The glove, which Jackson wore on his left hand during his concerts and videos during his 1980s heyday – was one of a raft of the pop star's effects sold at the auction in New York.

Auctioneer Darren Julien said the 1983 television appearance where Jackson first performed the Moonwalk - wearing the glove - had been his "most historical performance." Including taxes and fees, the overall price for the glove was $425,000 (255,000).

Artist: Nite Jewel
Songs: 'Another Horizon'
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