November 27 - December 3, 2022
Seven Days in Dylan News
THIS WEEK'S NEWS
"(I'm) adapting the John Grisham novel “Calico Joe” for Bob Dylan. “I said, ‘I’ll write it just to get notes from Bob Dylan,’ ” Clooney laughs. (The notes were good, by the way. “They were all about baseball.”) -- George Clooney on Dylan
- Poor George Clooney (with Dylan project reference) (Washington Post)
- Stacy Dylan: Rockin’ The Cause for Chrohn’s Disease (Jewish Journal)
- Wife of Dylan’s son Samuel
- Dylan’s grandson Lowell (14) has the disease
- Jacob Dylan playing benefit show
- Bob Dylan signed book auction (below)
- A GENUINE DYLAN SIGNED POMS BOOK AT AUCTION
- Night to Cure Crohn’s and Colitis – 4/18/22 7pm at Troubadour, West Hollywood
- New Dylan English Lit Course at Mount Royal University (Calgary Herald)
- Duluth Has Every Reason to Celebrate Bob Dylan (Duluth News Tribune)
Robbed With An Auto-Pen
"But now he’s gone and spoiled it all by writing a misogynistic survey of popular music, portentously titled The Philosophy of Modern Song, in which he stands accused of “mixing metaphors and spouting nonsense like an elderly uncle who bulk-emails links to Fox News segments”. Worse, the decision to offer a special edition at $599 has landed him in very serious trouble." - Liz Thompson
- The Signature Scandal Could Destroy His Legacy (inews.co.uk)
- Owners of Dylan Signed Art-Prints Get Refunds (Variety)
- Dylan’s Curious Book Signing Controversy (SpectatorWorld)
- Shirt Signed by Dylan and Band for sale (HFS)
- It’s Official: Dylan Never Signed Those books (MSN)
- Dylan Tangled Up In Green (Boston Globe) PAYWALL
- Do Authors use Autopen (The Guardian)
- What is Autopen – Dylan Issues Apology (SKPOP)
- The Signs They Aren’t A-Changing (Tedium)
- How Many Copies Must One Author Sign (Economic Times India)
The Philosophy of Modern Song
We’ve now collected 100+ REVIEWS of The Philosophy of Modern Song.
- See them all & read excerpts – Ranked by Quality or Date.
- Selection of The New This Week
- Music That Moves (The Millions)
- Review by John Nogowski (Freak Music Club)
- Review by Sasha Frere-Jones (4Columns)
- Bob Dylan’s Act (City Journal)
Writing About Bob Dylan
- In The Cold For Bob Dylan (Flagging Down The Double E’s)
- Wanted Man Pt.6 (Untold Dylan)
- Western Road Pt.1 Pt.2 (Jochen Markhorst)
- Notes on this Bootleg Series Vol.15 Outtake
- It’s All Over Now Baby Blue (Luke McKernan)
- Thoughts on Dylan, Recent Live Shows, and POMS Book
Reviews & Releases
- New Review: Chronicles Volume One (Cult Following)
- New Review: Under The Red Sky (Cult Following)
- New Review: Dylan’s 30th Anniversary Concert (Cult Following)
- Greil Marcus Now Writing on Substack (Free or Paid Subscriptions)
- Late Reviews of Dylan Live in Europe
- Dublin (Kevin Barrington)
- Bournemouth (Eden Murphy)
- Hull (Leigh Banks)
- Best of 2022 by Classic Rockers (Dirt Does Dylan) (Best Classic Bands)
IMAGE OF THE WEEK
Hand Signed Sign Gone
A Quick Update to the Halcyon Gallery Showcase Window Last Week
NEW PODCASTS
- Pod Dylan
- I’ve Made Up My Mind to Give Myself (Amy Maude)
- Jokermen
- Everything Is Broken
- Dylan.FM
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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