Author Archives: TonyAttwood

  by Jochen Markhorst The Martian is a blood-curdling 2015 film by director Ridley Scott, and science fiction in the true sense of the word. The manned journey to Mars and subsequent catastrophe that leaves Mark Watney (Matt Damon) alone … Continue reading →

This article was originally published in Pop Matters, and is republished here by permission of the author. By Christopher John Stephens Sometimes the power and promise packed into a pop single can be heard in its opening notes. However, Bob … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith I stumbled across this potential unreleased Dylan track called “Maureen”…and here it’s performed by the Beatles! At the start George says, “here’s one Dylan wrote for Ringo”.   The story goes that is was written in 1968 … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe Though I no longer have any cents, here’s my two pennies’ worth for the river that whispers and complains, “I’ve hardly a penny to my name” (Tell Old Bill). Singer/songwriter/musician Bob Dylan has always had a sense of … Continue reading →

1: A song is like a painting, you can’t see it all if you’re standing too close 2: All directions at once: how Dylan’s lyrics empower those who wish to be empowered 3: All Directions at once: The prelude to the explosion (1959-1961) … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst Dignity Part 1: A bloody mess Dignity Part II: You can never play too much Bob Wills Dignity Part III: One line brings up another Dignity Part IV: I contain multitudes Diginity Part V: Nowhere to fade … Continue reading →

By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) In November 1992 Dylan released an album of traditional songs and covers. These were recorded in his own garage with only his producer and sound engineer present. Apparently he undertook the album because of a contract, … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe Philip Saville sees Bob Dylan perform in New York where the young singer/songwriter performs a number of folk songs: Oh the cuckoo is a pretty bird, and she wobbles as she flies But she never sings ‘cuckoo’ … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood I started out to do another in the series of Bob’s rarities – performances only heard once or twice on the Never Ending Tour.  But I got rather sidetracked, and rather than just delete all  the blind … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst “He saw right from his side and I saw right from mine, and we wore each other down for it.” Suze Rotolo opens the chapter “Breaking Fame”, the chapter from her autobiography A Freewheelin’ Time (2008) that … Continue reading →

Bob Dylan And Harold Pinter part 1 Bob Dylan And Harold Pinter (Part II) Bob Dylan and Harold Pinter Part III Hearts of Fire by Larry Fyffe ‘The Madhouse On Castle Street’ is a Post-Pinter TV play in that it … Continue reading →

by Tony Attwood Bob Dylan finished 1965 by getting married, writing “Visions of Johanna” and then going on tour.  That tour has since been described as leaving him utterly exhausted, and various accounts have him behaving irrationally at times during … Continue reading →

Details of all the articles in this series on the art work on Dylan’s albums can be found here By Patrick Roefflaer Released:                    July 8, 1970 Painter:                       Bob Dylan Photographers:           Al Clayton, John Cohen and David Redfern Art-director: … Continue reading →

by Aaron Galbraith This is the last in the series examining Dylan’s work as a session man for hire.  There are rumours of course of other Dylan sessions playing with his friends … is that Bob on harmonica on George … Continue reading →

Bob Dylan And Harold Pinter part 1 Bob Dylan And Harold Pinter (Part II) By Larry Fyffe Off to the Land of Blake, and Wordsworth’s Lakes, the young Bob Dylan flies. There, an association with BBC-TV director Philip Saville acquaints … Continue reading →

Dignity Regained Dignity Part 1: A bloody mess Dignity Part II: You can never play too much Bob Wills Dignity Part III: One line brings up another Dignity part IV: I contain multitudes by Jochen Markhorst V          Nowhere to fade … Continue reading →

A full index to the previous articles in this series is available here. By Tony Attwood After composing “Desolation Row” Bob Dylan might have been forgiven for taking a little break; he had after all created a monument, something that … Continue reading →

By Michael Johnson On the 16th and 17th of November, 1993, Bob Dylan did a two day season at New York’s Supper Club, doing two concerts a day, morning and evening, ten songs per concert. The recordings made at these … Continue reading →

This article originally appeared on “Pop Matters”. By Christopher John Stephens Director Joyce Chopra’s 1985 film Smooth Talk could have been a perfect adaptation of the difficult 1966 Joyce Carol Oates short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” Certainly … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith For this week let’s take a quick look at the videos put out by The Traveling Wilburys. I say “quick” as once you’ve seen one Wilbury’s video you’ve seen ‘em all. Still they are a lot of … Continue reading →