Real America Is As It Is Made
The entire genre of “Real America” is predicated upon the rural, urgent, rough, and weird being more real than the polished humans we present
Tagged: Bob Dylan
Saturday Spins: The Many Shades of Blonde on Blonde
To make the double feature work, I will do my typical track by track, but do a little comparison between the two Blonde on Blonde albums.
On Marketing Bob Dylan
A lot of this can all be explained with one simple phrase, 1960s Bob Dylan is not the same Bob Dylan of today.
Thanksgiving Spin: The Last Waltz
Celebrating Thanksgiving with one of the world’s greatest vanity projects ever, The Band’s The Last Waltz
Saturday Spins: The Beatles Rubber Soul
I know I placed the “underrated” moniker on this album, but that is through the lens of a casual fan of the Beatles, not a fanatic.
Saturday Spins: Bob Dylan’s Rough and Rowdy Ways
With this release Bob Dylan became the first artist to chart in the Top 40 in seven consecutive decades
Searching for Little Richard
Richard Wayne Penniman, best know by his stage name “Little Richard,” passed away yesterday at the age of 87.
Saturday Spins: The Traveling Wilburys
For the uninitiated, the Traveling Wilburys were formed in 1988 by George Harrison (The Beatles), Jeff Lynne (ELO) Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, and Tom Petty.
Non-Traditional Christmas Songs for Consideration
Before you break out the Bing Crosby or dust off the Michael Bublé; hell, before you even play one bar of José Feliciano or Mariah Carey…
Saturday Spins: Bob Dylan Travelin’ Thru
What makes this set so special is that includes Dylan’s work with the Man in Black, Johnny Cash
Review: ‘Joker’ Is a Disturbing Look at a Broken Man
This is not a super hero movie. There is nobody in a spandex costume. Nobody has super powers. There are minimal special effects.
Saturday Spins
In order to put my ~600 LPs and EPs to good use, and to continue my war against streaming music and other low-quality ways to digest music, I have conceived the idea of reviewing...
“The Harrow and the Harvest”: Dylan in the Doorway Cryin’
(I’m going to take a page out of William Brafford’s book and write about Gillian Welch’s The Harrow and the Harvest until I feel like stopping. But really, you should listen to the music...
Dylan Revisionism
Noted Creed apologist Joe Carter points us to this sure-to-be contentious Bob Dylan takedown. Let the arguments begin!
