November 20 - 26, 2022
Seven Days in Dylan News
Robbed With An Auto-Pen
"The rare public statement says he is 'working with Simon & Schuster and my gallery partners' to address the controversy over prints and other items advertised as hand-signed. Dylan says he has only used the autopen process since he began suffering from vertigo in 2019." - Variety
- Dylan Gets Tangled Up In Autograph Controversy (New York Times)
- How Much Is A Special Edition Of Bob Dylan’s Book? (NPR Audio)
- Did Dylan Scam His Readers (Esquire)
- Details/Discussion on Issue and Refunds (Autograph Live)
- Handle With Car: Publisher Apologizes (Los Angeles Times)
- Autopen Issue (Come Writers and Critics)
- Dylan Says He Regrets Error In Judgment (Variety)
- Dylan Fans Will Receive Refunds (Variety)
- Bob Dylan Publisher Sorry (Billboard)
- I Don’t Blame Dylan For Not Doing Book Signings (The Sunday Times)
- BBC Discussion with Neil McCormick and Laura Tenschert at 2:41:30 (BBC)
THIS WEEK'S NEWS
"And it feels like he doesn’t know what he wants—but he knows what he doesn’t want, and by that process you arrive at something. You think it starts as one thing and then it can become the complete inverse." -- Lol Crawley on working with Dylan
- Lol Crawley on Shooting Shadow Kingdom (TheFilmStage.com)
- Lyrics for Desolation Row Hit Market for $425K (TMZ)
- What Has Dylan Done For Duluth? (Duluth News Tribune)
The Philosophy of Modern Song
We’ve now collected 95 REVIEWS of The Philosophy of Modern Song.
- See them all & read excerpts – Ranked by Review Quality.
- Selection of The New This Week
- Dylan and Tarantino Wrote The Same Book (Slate)
- Dylan Hard To Pin Down (PopMatters)
- Freewheelin’ Take On His Favorites (Boston Globe)
Writing About Bob Dylan
"With this information in mind, go back to Dylan’s commentary in Chapter 15 and it becomes clear that he is not really writing about the Whiffenpoofs, he is writing about Skull and Bones." -- Graley Herren
- Come You Whiffenpoofs of War (The Dylantantes)
- The Enduring Brilliance of Beatles/Dylan (Jon Friedman)
Reviews & Releases
- The Puzzle That is Bob Dylan – Greil Marcus / Folk Music (The Sydney Morning Herald)
IMAGE OF THE WEEK
Bob Dylan Autopen Masters
So far 17 different examples of Bob Dylan's signature have been found in 'The Autopen Series'. Who can collect them all?
NEW PODCASTS
- Is It Rolling, Bob?
- Pod Dylan
- I’ve Got My Mind Made Up (Amy Maude)
- Jokermen
- Murder Most Foul (Teaser)
- Hard Rain & Slow Trains
- Sign On The Window
VIDEO OF THE WEEK
SELLING POSTCARDS
Here are some new (or new-ish) Bob Dylan items you might want to order. We're going to be pulling together a fuller Dylan gift guide soon. Some are affiliate links that earn us a few pennies.
- “Merch” at The Bob Dylan Center
- Signed ‘Outtakes on Bob Dylan’ by Michael Gray (Route Online)
- The Philosophy of Modern Song – Book (Amazon)
- The Philosophy of Modern Song – CD (Amazon)
- Pledging My Time by Ray Padgett – Pre-Order With Bonuses (Indiegogo)
- Folk Music: A Bob Dylan Biography by Greil Marcus (Amazon)
- The Dylan Tapes: Talkin’ Early Dylan by Anthony Scaduto (Amazon)
- Bob Dylan Fragments: The Time Out Of Mind Sessions (Bootleg Series 17)
- 2CD: $27.98 at Amazon (US)
- 4LP: $99 at Amazon (US)
- 5CD DELUXE: $139.98 at Amazon (US)
- 10LP DELUXE: $230 at BobDylan.com (Numbered, Limited to 5000)
Prior Weeks
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