Category Archives: bob dylan
European Psychedelic Art — Bob Dylan
Lyrics to Bob Dylan's "I'm Not There (1956)"
Each of the last few years has had a strange cycle of Bob Dylan frenzy, generally culminating in a Significant Fall release. 2007 is no different and November offers Todd Haynes’s gimmicky biopic I’m Not There. It’s hard to imagine … Continue reading
do you want to make a deal?
For reasons that I hope will become eventually obvious, for about six months I’ve had Bob Dylan’s song “Like a Rolling Stone” on the brain. In itself, Dylan on the brain is not unusual, but the song choice is odd– … Continue reading
French-Canadian Kerouac
For reasons bizarre & untold, I’ve been trying to make sacrifices to the Book God via the purchase of books at full cover, an almost unheard of sin. A few days ago, I acquired the newly released unexpurgated, unedited hardback … Continue reading
tangled up in blues
Throughout the Kingdom, it has been long contended that the apogee of American songwriting is found in 4 of the cuts from Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks. While arguments are had as to which make the list, at least … Continue reading
Glenn Danzig has Bob Dylan's Disease
Amongst those who dubiously self-identify as Dylanologists (a stupid term coined by the vile A.J. Weberman, arguably the most loathsome of all 60s counter-culture figures) it has been long recognized that Bob Dylan suffers from a rare form of mental … Continue reading