Thoughts On The New Bob Dylan Video @1:10 PM
"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." 5
New Bob Dylan-Sampling Rap: Juelz Santana, "Mixing Up The Medicine" @1:10 PM
Harlem rapper Juelz Santana has a new song out that samples Bob Dylan's 1965 classic "Subterranean Homesick Blues." Produced by Kane Beatz, and featuring Alabama rapper Yelawolf (who looks a bit like Keith Richards, doesn't he?) voicing Dylan's lyrics on the hook, the song is pretty good. But it's frustrating, too. READ MORE 4
A Very Dylan Christmas @11:30 AM
You can listen to the track "Must Be Santa Claus" from Bob Dylan's Christmas album here. You know what? I kind of like it! Festive and energetic! [Via] 5
Bob Dylan Will Tell You Where To Go @12:00 PM
"You know I don't usually like to tell people what I'm doing, but I am talking to a couple of car companies about possibly being the voice of their GPS system. I think it would be good if you're looking for directions, and you heard my voice, saying something like, 'Left at the next street. No, right. You know what? Just go straight.' I probably shouldn't do it because whichever way I go, I always end up at one place – on Lonely Avenue. Luckily I'm not totally alone. Ray Charles beat me there."
—Noted wanderer Bob Dylan has a little fun on his radio show. 7
What Was Bob Dylan Looking For When He Got Arrested In New Jersey? @11:50 AM
Now we learn that Bob Dylan was detained by police in Long Branch, New Jersey last month after a couple reported seeing an "eccentric-looking old man" wandering around their backyard during a rainstorm. The 24-year-old policewoman who picked him up didn't recognize him, thinking he was an escaped mental patient when he told her his name and that he was considering buying the house. (There was a for-sale sign out front. But he was wearing sweatpants and two raincoats.) After driving him back to the hotel where he told her he was staying and checking a passport produced by his manager, she was embarrassed, and let him go with a sheepish "have a nice day." READ MORE 17
Dylan Does Lazarus @12:09 PM
Please enjoy this audio recording of Sirius XM radio host Wolfman Jack Bob Dylan reading Emma Lazarus' "The New Colossus." Also pay particular attention to the segue into a Lou Reed track. Dude is a pro. 0
Bob Dylan's Handwritten Version Of Other People's Lyric's Still Auctionable @4:00 PM
Little Robby Zimmerman Plagiarism Update: "Additional information has come to our attention about the handwritten poem submitted by Bob Dylan to his camp newspaper, written when he was 16, entitled 'Little Buddy.' The words are in fact a revised version of lyrics of a Hank Snow song. This still remains among the earliest known handwritten lyrics of Bob Dylan and Christie's is pleased to offer them in our Pop Culture auction on June 23." 5
Christie's Auctioning Dylan's First Plaigiarism? @11:12 AM
In the post below on the forthcoming auction of Bob Dylan's juvenilia, commenter "formerly it takes a lot etc." directs us to this message board, which points out that the "Little Buddy" poem is actually an old Hank Snow song, making this one of the earliest examples of Dylan's process of cultural collage. The Guardian comments, archly: "Dylan wouldn't be the first teenager to cheat on his homework, but he's almost certainly the first to find the end result so valuable. Christie's, who valued Little Buddy at £10,000, have yet to comment on the discovery that they are Snow's lyrics." 4
Buy Bob Dylan's 3rd Grade Spelling Test For $15K! @10:02 AM
Christie's will auction off a bunch of stuff Bob Dylan scribbled when he was a simple Midwestern teen, including a poem about an ill-fated dog ("A drunken man got mad at him/because he barked in joy/He beat him and he's dying here today") and a very early version of "Visions of Johanna," written as a yearbook inscription which reads, "Dear Brenda, Well I didn't see you too much this year but you know what went on in study hall was just kidding …" 3
New Beaty Stabby Bob Dylan Video Aims For Controversy @8:47 AM
In the space in the bizarre Venn diagram where old people, music bloggers, and publicists connect, you'll find that everyone is up in arms about this bizarre new Bob Dylan video, which, quite frankly, I do not get. Metaphor? Allegory? True Romance homage? Whatever. In any event, it's a definite step up from, say, previous efforts. 8
Bob Dylan croaks. @7:36 AM
With his 68th birthday less than a month away, Bob Dylan [ask your dad] today releases Together Through Life, his 33rd studio album. Early chatter from devoted fans was mainly positive, but the reviews are finally in. How are they? Remarkably consistent! READ MORE 8
Even the president of the United States sometimes must have to stand naked @3:57 PM
He's got an interesting background. He's like a fictional character, but he's real. First off, his mother was a Kansas girl. Never lived in Kansas though, but with deep roots. You know, like Kansas bloody Kansas. John Brown the insurrectionist. Jesse James and Quantrill. Bushwhackers, Guerillas. Wizard of Oz Kansas.
