The Pulitzer Prizes were announced today and Bob Dylan nabbed one. Not for a particular book for a piece of music. Instead, he was given a special citation “for his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power.” I’m sure Dylan could really care less but it’s […]
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Fabulous. Wonderful. Fascinating. Slightly flawed. Incomplete. All of these are perfectly appropriate descriptions of Martin Scorsese’s No Direction Home. The documentary was released this week on DVD and will air on the American Masters series on PBS next week. Perhaps what is most impressive is that the interviews with Dylan himself show him at his […] As you may have seen by now, the first volume of Bob Dylan’s autobiography, Chronicles: Vol. 1, was a finalist for, but did not win, the National Book Critics Circle award for biography. I bought the book the day it was released. While it was an enjoyable read, it was also uneven. Moreover, I wonder […] With the first installment of his autobiography on the way, Bob Dylan makes the cover of Newsweek, whose online site also has the interview and an excerpt. I don’t watch much TV but tonight it brought me true pain and a sign Armageddon is approaching. Not only is Bob Dylan’s song “Love Sick” being used in a Victoria’s Secret ad, Bob himself makes an appearance. The CEO of Victoria’s Secret offers the only explanation that makes any sense: “We asked him to […] |
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