You win the Nobel Prize in literature, after being the best songwriter in the world for 50 years, and have more to say. So you invent a new genre (imaginary letters between famous dead folks) and release them as *PDF Files on Patreon* and prove conclusively that you deserved the award. Mr. Bob Dylan
I can’t tell you how much I wish the Dylan merch table was those cool show posters and one lousy tour shirt. I just don’t know why he allows the mass-plastic-junk-merch thing to go on - on his site or at the shows. (And do not insult him or me by saying $$.)
Fantastabulouserific. Get it. The detail of these players gets lost in lousy sound systems and noisy crowds and armpit tapes. But on a soundboard you here how much and how well it’s all happening. And that singer…
The always spectacular @emmaswiftsings.bsky.social did a bunch from her recent LP last night on the shores of NJ/NYC and then closed with a few from her ‘Great Jewish Thinkers’ series. Here’s a beautiful clip of a little Leonard…
New Siri beta enabled. It can see the screen while you talk to it. Welcome to the new world.
Who’s ever heard Clyde King vocals on Union Sundown? You’d think after 47,000 plays I might have noticed that.
What’s next? Probably Desire. Although Planet Waves is particularly tasty on SACD.
Time for an album or two in birthday tribute. 🎂 Pulled out the rarely accessed SACD box for the occasion.
You write this for the New York Times and fail to realize that the fact that you can name six versions of one guy (there actually are more) that each could be considered for Greatest Songwriter of All Time, means that the one man who’s all of them at once CLEARLY is. Another ridiculous list.
These letters Dylan is writing on Patreon are incredible - deserving of the kind of attention and excitement and commentary we give a new album (or at least a new concert cover). What letter would Bob wrote to Elvis Presley (for example) now we know. The media may be missing this, but you shouldn’t.
How great is Wiggle Wiggle! - till you go blind - don’t think twice (!!) - til your heart grows cold as ice
There are several, been researching myself. This is most favored by audiophile crowd. amzn.to/4mzUqTV