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By Tony Attwood This is part of the series “All directions at once” which seeks to explore how Dylan’s writing evolved and developed over time. Recent episodes are 39: Beyond Street Legal: Bob and Helena unravelled (partly) 40: 100 twists … Continue reading →

Previously in this series: The Mythology Of Bob Dylan The Mythology of Bob Dylan part II   by Larry Fyffe The Puritan creed predestines individuals to be members of God’s Elect; Saint Peter holds the keys to the pearly gates … Continue reading →

Tonight is the night (or day if you are in parts of the world with different time zones) when our friend on Untold Dylan, Filip Łobodziński, and his fellow musicians are performing a live Dylan concert on line.   The starting … Continue reading →

Beautiful Obscurity  This series, compiled by Tony Attwood, takes a new look at the best ever – or at least some of the more unusual – cover versions of Bob Dylan’s music.  Previously we have had… Beautiful Obscurity: Acquaraggia play … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Dylan.pl the band of Untold Dylan contributor and chief Polish correspondent Filip Łobodziński, is playing live on the internet on Sunday (or Monday very early in the morning if you are in Australia). The concert lasts 50 … Continue reading →

More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part IX – final by Jochen Markhorst More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part I More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part II: Johnnie, that’s called songwriting More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood This article follows on from All Directions at once: the first five directions which showed us that Bob exploded into the world of composition by writing not just many different songs, but songs for which the lyrics … Continue reading →

Bob Dylan And Subtle Irony by Larry Fyffe Contend a number of Christian theologians – The religion of Christianity holds that the bodies of the dead in the ‘afterlife’ get resurrected back to life, but without carnal desires; it’s a … Continue reading →

Jochen: More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part I More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part II: Johnnie, that’s called songwriting More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part III: Do right man More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part IV: Exquisite … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood The Beautiful Obscuriti series aims to find little known or even unknown reworkings of Bob Dylan’s music, and with this in mind I have been sent a copy of the album Pontifex by Acquaraggia from which I’m … Continue reading →

  Bob Dylan and Stephen Crane (part I) Bob Dylan And Stephen Crane (Part II) Bob Dylan And Stephen Crane (Part III)   by Larry Fyffe The Red Badge Of Courage” is an Existentialist/Naturalist  novel, the story of which takes … Continue reading →

  By Tony Attwood A new look at the best ever cover versions of Bob Dylan’s songs.  In the series this far… What makes a beautiful obscurity  “The 100 Greatest Cover Versions of Bob Dylan songs ever” Beautiful obscurity: revisiting … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst More Than Flesh And Blood part I: Lousy poetry More Than Flesh And Blood part II: Johnnie, that’s called songwriting More Than Flesh And Blood part III: Do right man More Than Flesh And Blood part IV: … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe Bob Dylan and Stephen Crane (part I) Bob Dylan And Stephen Crane (Part II) There was a man Who lived a life of fire Even upon the fabric of time Where purple became orange And orange purple … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood A new Dylan Album This is an album made up of tracks either by Dylan himself or other artists covering his work, which I think might be unknown to many fans.   The songs are drawn from all … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst Previously in this series… More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part I: Lousy poetry More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part II: Johnnie, that’s called songwriting More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part III: Do right man … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood The most recent editions of the “All Directions at once” series are… 40: 100 twists before trying Christianity 41: the Slow Train to the end of the year In the on-going series, “All directions at once,” I’ve … Continue reading →

Previously published: Bob Dylan and Stephen Crane (part I)   by Larry Fyffe In the onomatopoeic lines below, though he be influenced by the neo-Romantic sentiments of Friedrich Nietzsche, and the dark tenets of anti-Romanic Naturalism of modernist writers, the poet … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood The aim of this little series is to look at a few Dylan songs and find some cover versions that take different approaches, including maybe one or two that you might not know.  Or if not, at … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst Previously in this series… More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part I: Lousy poetry More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part II: Johnnie, that’s called songwriting More Than Flesh And Blood (1978) part III: Do right man … Continue reading →