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
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
Reborn Looks Past Bitter Unknowns To A New Beginning
REBORN: A TRUE STORY OF LIFE AND DEATH. Feli Mercado. Balboa Press. In early spring, I received a query from an author looking to engage me as an editor to … Continue reading
Hymns To the Midnight Poet
THE COLLECTED WORKS OF JIM MORRISON. Jim Morrison. Forward by Tom Robbins. Introduction by Editor Frank Lisciandro. Harper Collins. My mind is calm & swirling like the marble pages of … Continue reading
Michael Baughman Takes Us On A Powerful Journey
AN OLD MAN REMEMBERING BIRDS. Michael Baughman. Oregon State University Press. One cold and windy morning about ten years ago, I was waiting for the bus at the shopping center … Continue reading
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