Seven Days: November 27 - December 3, 2022
The Week in Bob Dylan
This is our weekly filtered roundup of everything important that happened in the world of Bob Dylan over the last seven days. Here’s what you need to know…
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The Most Import News
for Dylan Fans
Bob Dylan is supporting the a charity for Crohn’s and Colitis, a disease that affects his grandson - interestingly he’s *actually* signed a copy of The Philosophy of Modern Song which is being auctioned. Jacob Dylan is playing live at the benefit event.
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
The world was still digesting the Dylan Autopen Controversy this week, with many news outlets and pundits weighing in - nobody said anything particularly interesting. The spillover to Dylan’s paintings is significant, with an announcement of refunds on some very expensive prints from the last two years.
Back on the topic of books, some did go overboard:
"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)
Dylan's Curious Book Signing Controversy (SpectatorWorld)
Review of The Philosophy of Modern Song continue to come in, as the discussion of this book continues. We've now collected 100+ REVIEWS you can read here (sorted now by quality or date released).
The primary gallery for Bob Dylan’s artwork suddenly removed their ‘HAND SIGNED’ poster from the front window last week.
Worthwhile Links
"(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)
Western Road Pt.1 Pt.2 (Jochen Markhorst)
Notes on this Bootleg Series Vol.15 Outtake
Greil Marcus is Now Writing on Substack (Free or Paid Subscriptions)
New Dylan Podcasts This Week
Dylan.FM
Pod Dylan
I've Made Up My Mind to Give Myself (Amy Maude)
Jokermen
Everything Is Broken
Backlisted
For Yourself or as Holiday Gifts
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)
The Dylan Tapes: Talkin' Early Dylan by Anthony Scaduto (Amazon)
Bob Dylan Fragments: The Time Out Of Mind Sessions (Bootleg Series 17)
4LP: $99 at Amazon (US)
5CD DELUXE: $139.98 at Amazon (US)
10LP DELUXE: $230 at BobDylan.com (Numbered, Limited to 5000)
A nice new cover of Slow Train Coming by Nathaniel Rateliff and Bob Wier.
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