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Together Through Life – Bob Dylan

Together Through Life, the album just released by Bob Dylan, has entered both the U.S. and U.K. charts at the ...

Bob Dylan Tells President Sarkozy What He Thinks of Globalism (from 2009 Rolling Stone Interview)

I think it's actually too much to look at every interesting bit of Bob Dylan's 2009 Rolling Stone interview all ...

Bob Dylan on Being an Honorary Texan and on George W. Bush

The new Rolling Stone interview with Bob Dylan conducted by author Douglas Brinkley -- which consists of varying content in ...
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Media Monkeying as Usual: Bob Dylan Accused of “Backtracking” on His “Endorsement” of Barack Obama

The UK Times Online has a response today to the excerpts from Bob Dylan's interview with Bill Flanagan that were ...
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Bob Dylan on Barack Obama: The Real Story (At Last)

It was in the UK Times last June where the whole "Bob Dylan endorses Barack Obama" story got started, so ...

Some mail: On Paradise, and Van Morrison (Not Necessarily Related)

Thanks to Helen K. for her fascinating response to the previous post: You wrote: "There is one verse, however, that ...

“Spirit on the Water” and a Place You Might Call Paradise

Regular readers of the writings in this space might not be unfamiliar with the suggestion that there is a way ...

Van Morrison In Dylan-Slam-Shock?

Well, maybe. (Thanks to Rich for the tip.) Van Morrison generally gives interesting interviews, when he can bring himself to ...

What if Bob Dylan Had Emerged in a Different Time?

Thanks to reader Jason for his very gracious e-mail: I haven't familiarized myself enough with your work on Bob Dylan ...

Violent Anti-Israeli Protests Across Europe

From Norway to Greece to Ireland and places in-between, the protests against Israel's right to defend its citizens are ubiquitous ...

Neighborhood Bully: Israel, Gaza and a Column in Haaretz

Without any of the irony of Bob Dylan's song from 1983, a writer named Gideon Levy in the Israeli newspaper ...

Bob Dylan: An Unintelligible Bellhop in a Wild West Hotel

In the Canadian newspaper London Free Press, James Reaney writes on Bob Dylan's recent show in London, Ontario. Guitarist Paul ...
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The Audio: What Bob Dylan Really Said (About Life, the Universe, Barack Obama and Everything) On Election Night 2008 in Minnesota

No doubt everyone’s heard it already by now, but for the record, here is an mp3 file of Bob Dylan’s ...

Who’s That Girl (from the Red River Shore)?

A few days ago I wrote a little about the newly released song "Red River Shore" from Bob Dylan's Tell ...

“Dylan, Judaism and Israel in 1987”

At his blog, Yisrael Medad reproduces an article that was published in 1987 in an Israeli publication. Written by an ...

Israel at 60

And while on the subject of proofs of God's existence ... happy birthday to the state of Israel. Every empire ...

Q &A with Paul Westphal on Bob Dylan

Paul Westphal has enjoyed a storied career in American basketball. As a player, he was drafted by the Boston Celtics ...

How Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind” Came To Be (by Bob Cohen)

I was really delighted a few days ago to receive an email from one Bob Cohen with the text of ...

Bob Dylan, Barry Goldwater, etc

There's a piece by Paul J. Cella at Redstate called "The irony of Bob Dylan." It's largely a reaction to ...

Q & A with Joseph Bottum on Bob Dylan

Joseph Bottum is the Editor of First Things: The Journal of Religion, Culture and Public Life. He is also a ...

Q & A with Robert Spencer on Bob Dylan

Robert Spencer's bio at Jihad Watch states that he "has been studying Islamic theology, law, and history in depth since ...

Q & A with Ben Stein on Bob Dylan

Actor, writer, economist, etc: Ben Stein is difficult to label, as all good Bob Dylan fans should be. He had ...

Bob Dylan and the Wall Street Journal on Bad Sounding Music

From the Wall Street Journal Online, "Are Technology Limits In MP3s and iPods Ruining Pop Music?" If it seems like ...

20/20 Hindsight (Outtakes from Bob Dylan’s 1985 Interview on ABC TV)

In 1985 Bob Dylan did an interview for ABC's 20/20 TV show. He was interviewed by Bob Brown. The broadcast ...