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by Jochen Markhorst I           Thin air You’d have written that too. There’s nothing secret about it. You just do it subliminally and unconsciously, because that’s all enough, and that’s all you know. That was all that was dear to me. … Continue reading →

By Daniel Williams The year 2020 will not be fondly remembered by the world, that much is quite clear. However, one ray of light for many music fans in 2020 was the release of Bob Dylan’s 39th studio album, Rough … Continue reading →

The story so far… Can Bob Be Saved? Can Bob Be Saved? (Part II) by Larry Fyffe Exclusive to ‘Untold” – Gothic poet Edgar Allan Poe is noted for his influence on the French Symbolists. And, at least by me, … Continue reading →

  This is part of the ongoing series on the Never Ending Tour.  A full index to the articles can be found here. By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) We finish this survey of Dylan’s monumental 1994 year with a brief look at … Continue reading →

Dylan Obscuranti – the tracks so far. This is an imaginary album consisting of lesser known Dylan songs performed either by himself or (mostly) other people. You can hear the opening tracks on our You Tube channel or via the … Continue reading →

Part 1: Ramona are you betta, are you well? Part II:   Whatever will be by Jochen Markhorst But biographical lines can be drawn to more ladies. Mavis Staples, for instance, would be another educated guess. As a young lad … Continue reading →

Part 1: Can Bob Be Saved? by Larry Fyffe Here’s an illustration of a Post-Modern ‘cut- up’ song that I created; as the ‘composer’ thereof, I get to make the final cut; Bob Dylan And Robert Hunter get co-credits; and … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood In this series we take a look at songs with the same title as works by Bob Dylan.  So far we have covered… One song to the tune of another 1: You’re a big … Continue reading →

by Tony Attwood A list of all the episodes of “All directions at once” can be found here. In the last episode of All Directions at Once I pondered  Bob’s dilemmas in taking on the task of writing an album … Continue reading →

To Ramona (1964) part I by Jochen Markhorst I           Ramona are you betta, are you well? It is actually a rather innocent, charming scene in Dont Look Back, the ’67 Pennebaker documentary recording Dylan’s 1965 tour of the UK. It’s … Continue reading →

This is part of the ongoing series on the Never Ending Tour.  A full index to the articles can be found here. By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) In the previous three blogs for 1994, I considered Dylan’s loving and adventurous treatment … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe The writers of today have to deal with the Freudian School Of Thought, the Surrealist School, and that of the Symbolists, but most of all they have to deal with the Deconstructionists. The problem of uncovering an … Continue reading →

by Tony Attwood The idea of this little series is to create an album of some of the more obscure Dylan works that really ought to be known better than they are.   I’m taking this approach liberally – as was … Continue reading →

by John Henry Let’s face it, “Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts” seems to be completely out of place on Dylan’s famous “break-up” album, Blood on the Tracks. All the other tracks (including even the lightweight “Meet Me in … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst An index to the whole series of articles on Tombstone Blues is at the end of this piece XIII       I walk 47 miles of barbed wire  “I think I bought Highway 61 about a year after it came out. … Continue reading →

This article continues from All Directions 29: The greatest Dylan album ever?   A full index to the articles in this series which traces Dylan’s writing from 1959 onwards, can be found here. —————– By Tony Attwood In terms of songwriting, … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood The fact that this is article number 2000 on this site is pure chance, but somehow I rather like the notion that article 2000 turned out to be a song called “I’m not there.” The idea of … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood We recently launched a new idea – finding songs with the same title as a Dylan song, not written by Bob. The first episode of the new series is available here covering “You’re a … Continue reading →

By Orlando Pascal ‘You know he keeps on saying everything twice to me.’ Doubling, doubles and the mirror in Rough and Rowdy Ways. In Pickpocket (1959) by Robert Bresson, the director likes to fill the screen with doubles.  If he … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood There is a complete index to All Directions at once, here. In the last episode: All directions 28: Seeing the world through a fractured glass I took a look at Idiot Wind.  Now, having look at that masterpiece … Continue reading →