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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 →

Bob Dylan And The Sign Of The Cross Parts I and II Bob Dylan and the Sign of the Cross Parts III and IV Now when I was just a bawling runt I saw what I wanted to be And … Continue reading →

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   by Jochen Markhorst   IV         … Continue reading →

Never Ending Tour 2009 part 1 Contending forces: Courting Disaster Never Ending Tour: the full index of articles By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) It was the best of years, it was the worst of years. It was the year of both … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood I should explain as a prelude that these articles are written as I search for and listen to the cover versions – at the start I am quite often not sure where the trail leads or whether … Continue reading →

Bob Dylan And The Sign Of The Cross Parts I and II by Larry Fyffe Jesus says to the apostle Peter: And I will give unto thee the keys to the kingdom (Matthew 16:19) The monopolization by structured and dogmatic … Continue reading →

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 by Jochen Markhorst   III         The Man Comes Around Somebody seen him hanging around At … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe Part I From the Gnostic point-of-view of  the Cosmos, both big and small, the material part thereof is a world of darkness ~ either through ignorance, or, worse still, through the presence of evil. Earth is no … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith and Tony Attwood In this series Aaron in the US selects versions of a song which Dylan did not write, but has recorded, and Tony in the UK writes a personal commentary as the song is playing.  … Continue reading →