Bob Dylan
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Who married Isis (on the 5th Day of May)? Expanded Version
The short answer being her brother Osiris, of course, both being the children of Seb (earth) and Nut (sky). Another brother, Set, killed Osiris and hacked him to pieces. Isis gathered his missing body parts, resurrected him, became pregnant with their son Horus and then Osiris went to be king of the Underworld. In The… Continue reading
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Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan – Vol. 2 Yonder Comes Sin: Dylan’s Gospel Period And All of His 1980s Work (The 50th Anniversary Series), Michael Gray: A Review
Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan – Vol. 2 Yonder Comes Sin: Dylan’s Gospel Period And All of His 1980s Work (The 50th Anniversary Series), Michael Gray, The FM Press, 2023, ISBN: 979-8988288718, $22.99 Towards the beginning of the ‘Jokerman’ chapter of this second volume of Michael Gray’s excellent magnum opus,… Continue reading
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Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan – Vol. 1 Language & Tradition (50th Anniversary), Michael Gray: A review
Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan – Vol. 1 Language & Tradition (50th Anniversary), Michael Gray, The FM Press, 2023, ISBN: 979-8988288701, $24.99 Towards the end of this book, the first in a projected three-part reissue of his monumental work on Dylan to mark the 50th anniversary of the first edition, Michael… Continue reading
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A note on one verse of Desolation Row
I’ve been thinking about this verse a lot recently, because that’s the kind of sad person I am: Ophelia, she’s ‘neath the window for her I feel so afraidOn her twenty-second birthday she already is an old maidTo her, death is quite romantic she wears an iron vestHer profession’s her religion, her sin is her… Continue reading
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The Philosophy of Modern Song by Bob Dylan: A Review
The Philosophy of Modern Song, Bob Dylan, Simon & Schuster, 2022, ISBN: 9781451648706, $45, but shop around Tradition is a matter of much wider significance. It cannot be inherited, and if you want it you must obtain it by great labour. It involves, in the first place, the historical sense, which we may call nearly… Continue reading
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Dylan in Dublin: Some Meandering Considerations
I’ll pick a number between 1 and 2,and I ask myself, what would Julius Caesar do?” ~ First off, let me clarify that this is not a review of the Rough and Rowdy Ways gig in the 3Arena; there are plenty out there if you’re interested. This is just a record of some thoughts flowing… Continue reading
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Who married Isis (on the 5th Day of May)?
The short answer being her brother Osiris, of course, both being the children of Seb (earth) and Nut (sky). Another brother, Set, killed Osiris and hacked him to pieces. Isis gathered his missing body parts, resurrected him, became pregnant with their son Horus and then Osiris went to be king of the Underworld. In The… Continue reading
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Conjectural reconstruction of Dylan's 'I Can't Make it Alone'
‘I Can’t Make it Alone’ is a song that was released on The Bootleg Series Vol 11: The Basement Tapes Complete in 2014. It feels like Dylan is improvising the lyrics as he goes along, and The Band are clearly improvising their backing, but it’s an enjoyable ditty which was, sadly, never revisited. The lyrics… Continue reading
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Some Thoughts on Bob Dylan’s Oxford Town
Four photographs that tell a story. The first, taken in Greenwood, Mississippi on 2nd July 1963, is of a young Dylan playing ‘Only a Pawn in their Game’ at a voter registration drive event. The second, on the 13th of December that same year shows Dylan and James Baldwin sharing a joke at the Tom… Continue reading
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