Bob Dylan Throws Us One to Obsess OverIs it a straight dead-end-town love song? A meditation on impending death? A heavily veiled allusion to his recent port-a-potty troubles?
NPR Streams Rare Dylan MaterialYou can now listen to the entirety of Dylan’s forthcoming double-disc rarities collection, making your cubicle a mellower place.
ByMatthew Perpetua
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New Beck Album Revisits ‘Highway 61’’Highway 61 Revisited is one of the first great anti-covers. Dylan looks burnt, shirt wrinkled — like he’s waiting for catering at the gig or something,’ Beck once wrote.
10 Terrible Musical SlumpsBut there’s a happy ending! Here’s our list of ten artists who, unlike R.E.M., overcame their slumps.
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Dylan Tribute Show Visited by the Ghost of ElectricityAt a 1966 concert at England’s Manchester Free Trade Hall, Bob Dylan was ruthlessly heckled by fans for using the devil’s preferred method of selling out, an electric guitar. At Saturday’s re-creation of the famed “Royal Albert Hall” concert, rock-and-roll Luddites finally saw redemption.
We Are All Bob Dylan: Williamsburg DylanIn I’m Not There, Todd Haynes imagines seven different versions of Bob Dylan. Some people say that’s six too many. We say Haynes is lazy. His film barely scratches the surface. Herewith, Bob Dylan No. 11: Williamsburg Dylan.
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We Are All Bob Dylan: Turkish DylanWhen Bob Dylan revealed that he was partly of Turkish descent, a strange sense of relief came over Turks everywhere.
We Are All Bob Dylan: Sandler DylanIn I’m Not There, Todd Haynes imagines seven different versions of Bob Dylan. Some people say that’s six too many. We say Haynes is lazy.
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We Are All Bob Dylan: Pop Genius DylanIn I’m Not There, Todd Haynes imagines seven different versions of Bob Dylan. Some people say that’s six too many. We say Haynes is lazy.
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We Are All Bob Dylan: Dr. Seuss Is Bob DylanIn I’m Not There, Todd Haynes imagines seven different versions of Bob Dylan. Some people say that’s six too many. We say Haynes is lazy.