Tag Archive: Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan vs. “Dylanologist” A.J. Weberman

“These are the telephone tapes made by A.J. Weberman of two phone calls (Jan 6th & 9th, 1971) to Bob Dylan regarding an article published by Weberman concerning Bob Dylan. Weberman became infamous… Continue reading

When Your Favourite Songs Started Life As Crummy Demos

Song writing is an evolutionary process. On countless occasions have human beings began brilliant anthems only to later banish their work to wooden drawers, never to lay eyes on it again. Here you… Continue reading

Another Dylan List

The seventieth birthday of Mr. Bob Dylan arrives on Tuesday. As a result I’ve curated a highly personal and therefore stringent playlist of his music. Tragically, since Bob Dylan (or rather Sony BMG)… Continue reading

Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues

Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues [SUB POP/BELLA UNION] 9 Typically when a new band begin to produce and perform their material for a baying crowd and an expectant label, each member is metaphorically… Continue reading

Iron & Wine – Kiss Each Other Clean

Iron & Wine – Kiss Each Other Clean [4AD] 7.5 Sam Beam’s departure from Sub Pop can’t have arrived at a more fitting time for him; his band and his style have outgrown… Continue reading

John Lennon Remembered: The Beatles’ Experimental Songwriting

“Happiness is a Warm Gun” The idea eventually surfacing in the Beatles’ avant-garde popular music is that their language more so in sound than in sense is the material of  emotional human connection,… Continue reading