Eric Topol’s Super Agers Tells Us How To Live Longer & Better
SUPER AGERS. An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity. Eric Topol. Simon & Schuester. Ninety-five percent of Americans over sixty have at least one chronic disease and almost as many have two. … Continue reading
Revisiting A City Lights Classic
Selected Poems of Philip Lamantia – 1943-1966: Pocket Poets No. 20. Philip Lamantia. Edited by Garrett Caples. City Lights Books. I am returning to my original sources – like an … Continue reading
1974 Live Recordings & Shadow Kingdom Document the Life of America’s Greatest Troubadour
THE 1974 LIVE RECORDINGS. Bob Dylan. Sony Legacy. First off, we have the Live 74 set. This box compiles a retrospective of the most anticipated tour in rock history. Back in 1960s, … 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
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
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