A Story Born In the Healing Garden
EPHEMERA. Briana Loewinsohn. Fantagraphics. In Ephemera, the colors are muted, while flowers, bushes and trees, exuberant in their abundance, dominate every page. But it’s the colors that stay with us – the … Continue reading
Dylan’s “Mixing Up the Medicine” Writes An Incredible Journey
There is no end to this story and there never will be. Sean Wilentz (Introduction at page 22) I asked Dylan what feeling he sought in his role as pseudonymous … Continue reading
The Complete Budokan 1978 Shows Us Everything A Live Record Can Be
BOB DYLAN – THE COMPLETE BUDOKAN 1978. Bob Dylan. Produced by Tetsuya Shiroki with Heckel Sugano; chief engineer/remix Tom Suzuki. Liner notes by Edna Gundersen. Bob Dylan At Budokan originally … Continue reading
New Release From Public Citizen Rises Up Against “Business as Usual”
THE CORPORATE SABOTAGE OF AMERICA’S FUTURE. And What We Can Do About It. Robert Weissman. Joan Claybrook. Foreword by Joseph W. Cotchett. Public Citizen. …[T]he oil industry is not a … Continue reading
Blood In the Tracks Finally Recognizes the Six Musicians Behind Bob Dylan’s Classic
BLOOD IN THE TRACKS. The Minnesota Musicians Behind Dylan’s Masterpiece. Paul Metsa and Rick Shefchik. University of Minnesota Press. Dylan had been searching for a way to start writing songs … Continue reading
Bob Dylan In Minnesota Offers New Insights On the North Star State’s Favorite Son
BOB DYLAN IN MINNESOTA: TROUBADOUR TALES FROM DULUTH, HIBBING & DINKYTOWN. K G Miles. With contributors: Paul Metsa; Ed Newman; Marc Percansky and Matt Steichen. McNidder & Grace. On September 4, … Continue reading
“Blood Shine”
Blood Shine (who) Is poem (I) Look in Your eyes And see The rusty wide Electric Sheen (of) God’s suffering by John Aiello April 2023
“Music Man”
Music Man On Dylan’s The Philosophy of Song (who) Is poet (sifts) To sort (sorting) These stillborn pledges Of memory (in) To the Actual voice Of a life by John … Continue reading
Bob Dylan Spotlights the Music That Drives Us
THE PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN SONG. Bob Dylan. Simon and Schuster. “It ain’t whatcha write, it’s the way atcha write it.” Jack Kerouac, from the essay, “Are Writers Made or Born?” … Continue reading