Posts tagged as Bob Dylan
Pablo Dylan, "Top Of The World"
"I mean, really, my grandfather, I consider him the Jay-Z of his time." READ MORE
Your Potential Existences, In Order Of How Tolerable They Would Make Your Still-Inevitable Servitude To Another (Be It Satan Or God)
37. Bread subsister
36. Floor sleeper
35. Visually impaired individual
34. Possessor of a physical disability
33. Impecunious person
32. Milk drinker
31. Dome dweller
30. Firearms hobbyist
29. Hairstylist
28. Building-industry tradesman
27. Cotton fetishist
26. Law enforcement agent
25. Rug-cutter
24. Religious authority
23. Paramour
22. Overqualified larcenist
21. Pseudonymous expatriate
20. Participant in games of chance
19. Up-and-comer
18. Armored vehicle owner
17. Crooked municipal politician
16. Medical professional
15. Industry professional
14. Member of American diplomacy corps
13. Expectant beneficiary
12. Oversized-mattress reposer
11. Successful pugilist
10. Substance-addled musician with misogynist streak
9. Entertainment executive
8. Well-accessorized patrician
7. Mansion resident
6. Property magnate
5. Financial services proprietor
4. Caviar consumer
3. Silk aficionado
2. Whiskey imbiber
1. Extremely wealthy individual
People Should Stop Saying Mean Things About Bob Dylan
"I never liked him. He seems sort of unpleasant and uncomfortable." READ MORE
Rock Stars Need To Stop Writing Good Books
Oh, man! Bob Dylan is going to write six more books for Simon & Schuster! That's great, because his first one was so totally excellent. But also, six more? Really? Six? When am I going to have time to read six more books by Bob Dylan? (Especially seeing as I have to spend so much time watching his old music videos on YouTube.) READ MORE
Brave Korean Folk-Hero Bear Captured After Nine Days Of Freedom
"A mountain climber told us that a dozen aluminium cans of beer and other beverage cans were torn apart around the cart. We are positive that the bear was responsible for it." READ MORE
Bob Dylan: Neither A Cheeser Nor A Grinner
"Here's what I love about Dylan: He was exactly as you'd expect he would be. He wouldn't come to the rehearsal; usually, all these guys are practicing before the set in the evening. He didn't want to take a picture with me; usually all the talent is dying to take a picture with me and Michelle before the show, but he didn't show up to that. He came in and played 'The Times They Are A-Changin'.' A beautiful rendition. The guy is so steeped in this stuff that he can just come up with some new arrangement, and the song sounds completely different. Finishes the song, steps off the stage – I'm sitting right in the front row – comes up, shakes my hand, sort of tips his head, gives me just a little grin, and then leaves. And that was it – then he left. That was our only interaction with him. And I thought: That's how you want Bob Dylan, right? You don't want him to be all cheesin' and grinnin' with you. You want him to be a little skeptical about the whole enterprise." READ MORE
Moonshine Enjoys Resurgence In Popularity: 'Moonshiner' Still a Great Song
"It's a symbol for us. The way the Confederate flag used to be. But the flag today has taken on so many unfortunate associations, nobody feels good about showing it anymore. So we've embraced moonshine: making it, moving it, drinking it. Moonshine has become a point in our identity. It's a way of saying, ‘I'm from here.'" READ MORE
Bun B, "Let 'Em Know," And Aging In Rap
The new song from Bun B really does seem, as the venerable MC says at the outset, to have been "a long time coming." It was produced by Gangstarr's DJ Premier, and so brings together two of hip-hop's very most revered practitioners. Bun and Premier are both from Texas, too, though Premier made his name after moving to Brooklyn in the late '80s. What's most interesting about the song to me today, besides the mesmerizing beat and the jaw-dropping rhymes ("When I get to gladiatin' on haters like Leonidas/Niggas just gonna have to admit that he the tightest..." Triple exclamation points) is how old these guys are. Premier is 44, Bun is, at the very, very least 37 or 38. (He was recently quoted talking about having children aged 24 and 25.) READ MORE
Thoughts On The New Bob Dylan Video
"Bob is the ultimate bad boyfriend, always so cool because he's so completely uncool, and always desperately desirable because he's never what you want him to be. So to the true Bobbista this video is just great. For a horrible moment you think the dude on the squeeze-box at the beginning is Bob in his final metamorphosis (he's got that Bob head angle, looking upwards and kind of quizzical, like a dog who's not quite sure if he's going to bite you or jump over your shoulder), but then you get a glimpse of Bob side-on. Yes, it's really Bob. You think, cool, Bob hasn't turned into an accordion artist. Cooler: he hasn't died."
