Author Archives: TonyAttwood

By Tony Attwood Not Dark Yet was for me, the moment I first heard it, (and has remained ever since), one of the very greatest of all the Dylan songs.   I recall even in my original review noting how pivotal … Continue reading →

“Marchin’ to the City” by Jochen Markhorst The four-part article series on “Marchin’ To The City”, an outtake from the Time Out Of Mind sessions, is a chapter from Jochen’s recent book “Time Out Of Mind – The Rising Of … Continue reading →

By mr tambourine September 25, 2022, Oslo, Norway, first Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour show in Europe and outside of the US. Having followed all the setlists and information since the Milwaukee 2021 show, and having listened to most of … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe In ancient Mesopotamian mythology, Inanna/Ishtar persuades her father, the Sky God, by threatening to do bad things, to unleash the Bull of Heaven to attack well-dressed Gilamesh, a city king, because he refuses her sexual advances. With … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood I am going to break all the unwritten rules with this one.   The fact is that I can’t imagine not having Belle Brigade’s “No time to  think” in this series about Dylan’s covers even though a) I … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst Man In The Long Black Coat (1989) Part 1: Things grow at night Man In The Long Black Coat (1989) Part 2: Une voix d’outre-tombe Man In The Long Black Coat (1989) Part 3: The Man Comes … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe Part I The ‘dissectors’ are invaluable in these times of Post Modernist literary endeavours where the artist deliberately leaves his or her ambiguous lyrics open to plausible interpretations by listeners and/or readers thereof. Employing both ‘high’ and … Continue reading →

By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) Never Ending Tour 2009 part 1 Contending forces: Courting Disaster NET 2009 part 2: contending forces: through the tears and the laughter Never Ending Tour: the full index of articles Publisher’s Note: This is article number … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe According to the tenets of Existentialism, the isolated, subjective human is lonesome, and anxiety-ridden, existing in a world where the ‘other’ is objectified – even more so in a technology-oriented society. For the writer below, fragments of … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst   VI         Some stupid with a flare gun There’s smoke on the water, it’s been there since June Tree trunks uprooted, ’neath the high crescent moon Feel the pulse and vibration and the rumbling force Somebody is … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe Sure it be that Julius Caesar has no pocket watch, but he likely travels a lot by “painted wagon”, not on a stallion as romanticized by poets, and painters. Placing his faith on the power of the … Continue reading →

Why does Dylan keep changing his songs Part 1 Why does Dylan keep changing his songs Part 2: Breaking the traditions by Tony Attwood Folk music, which for many, many centuries never written down, was constantly changed either because the … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood I am restricting myself to just two covers of this song, because these two cover versions are so utterly sublime, that I really don’t want to go on and listen to any other versions.  And indeed I’m … Continue reading →

Man In The Long Black Coat (1989) Part 5 Man In The Long Black Coat (1989) Part 1: Things grow at night Man In The Long Black Coat (1989) Part 2: Une voix d’outre-tombe Man In The Long Black Coat … Continue reading →

The online gambling industry has grown at a rapid rate over the past decade or so, and now accounts for a staggering amount of business. Altogether, online gambling crossed the $50 billion threshold back in 2017, and it’s only continued … Continue reading →

  by Larry Fyffe This article continues from Bob Dylan And Leon Redbone And when I hear the whistle of an old steamboat Down the Mississippi River Again I’m going to float (Leon Redbone: Mississippi River Blues ~ McWilliams/Rodgers) Leon … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbriath and Tony Attwood Aaron: Looking back through previous entries in the series. I realized there was one more track from Down in the groove left to discuss, that being Let’s stick together Let’s stick together was written … Continue reading →

Part 1 of Why does Dylan keep changing his songs is here. By Tony Attwood There are two fundamental traditions in western music. One is the classical-romantic tradition in which music was written down, and then played as the notation … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe From the Holy Bible: The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him And saith, “Behold the Lamb of God Which taketh away the sin of the world” (John 1:29) Somehow getting crucified saves everybody. But more … Continue reading →

by Patrick Roefflaer Released                                June 20, 1980 Pastel                                      Tony Wright Photographer                        Arthur Rosato Art-director                           Tony Wright At the end of the sixties, British record labels experimented with samplers: double albums with an eclectic selection of songs by artists … Continue reading →