Tag Archives: Bob Dylan

Positively 231st Street: Bob Dylan, the Bronx, and Me

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

In the summer of 1966, the Jack & Agnes Carrolls misguidedly moved from 89th and Third in Manhattan to Brookview Road in Windsor, CT – a town that lacked virtually everything, including sidewalks. I did not go with them. Hell, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Absolutely Sweet Marie, Blonde on Blonde, Bob Dylan, Boston Globe, Dan Kennedy, Designated Tsker, Fourth Time Around, Jo Schneider, John Lennon, Media Nation, Melbourne 1966, Mike Hogan, Misericordia Hospital, Nobel Prize in Literature, Norwegian Wood, Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands, Tsk Six, Ty Burr, Vanity Fair, Visions of Johanna | 4 Comments

Dead Blogging ‘A Century of Style’ at MassArt

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled over to MassArt yesterday to catch A Century of Style: Masterworks of Poster Design (through December 3) at the Paine Gallery and, say, it was swell. From the website: A Century of Style: Masterworks of Poster … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A Century of Style: Masterworks of Poster Design, A. M. Cassandre, Alphonse Mucha, Bally, Bob Dylan, Egon Schiele, Fiat 1500, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Herbert Matter, John Lennon, Ludwig Hohlwein, MassArt, Milton Glaser, Paine Gallery, Richard Avedon, Robert Bachelder, Roger Broders | Leave a comment

You Don’t Need a Weatherman to Know Which Way Dylan Blows

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

It’s not like the Bard of Hibbing hasn’t gone commercial before. There was that 2004 Victoria’s Secret ad, which featured Dylan on LuciferCam. And, of course, Dylan’s 2014 Chrysler Super Bowl spot. But this new one is … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bard of Hibbing, Bob Dylan, Chrysler, Fortune, IBM, It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding), Jeopardy winning computer, Jonathan Vanian, LuciferCam, Super Bowl ad, Victoria's Secret, Watson | Leave a comment

Round Midnight at the Global Worldwide Headquarters (Bob Dylan’s ‘4th Time Around’ Edition)

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

In the hardworking staff’s desk drawer is a 5 1/2″ x 4″ x 2 1/4″ black wood box with a ceramic top (crafted in 1970 by our great friend Margaret Ahlrichs – hey! we have all these friends in common!) featuring a black-and-white profile … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 4th Time Around, Beatles, Bob Dylan, Margaret Ahlrichs, Meghan A.T.B. Reese, Norwegian Wood, Rachel Belinky, Ron Talley, Vimeo, William McKeen | Leave a comment

Lou Reed And The Boston Tea Party

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Sunday’s New York Times features a nice trip down Memory Lane about Lou Reed’s days in Boston. The author: Tony Lioce, in 1967 a “third-generation Italian-American kid from Providence, R.I.”, now a “bartender in San Francisco.” When Backstage Was No Big … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bob Dylan, Boston Tea Party, Hubback Machine, Lou Reed, New York Times, Perfect Day, Rock Minuet, Tony Lioce, Velvet Underground | 2 Comments

Like A Trolling Stone

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Bob Dylan, it turns out, is a transmedia pickpocket. The legendary song/writer has already been accused of lifting material for his 2006 album “Modern Times” from obscure Civil War poet Henry Timrod; stealing passages from Junichi Saga’s Japanese gangster novel “Confessions of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Archibald MacLeish, Arts Beat, Bob Dylan, Chronicles: Volume One, Confessions of a Yakuza, Gagosian Gallery, Henry Timrod, Jack London, Junichi Saga, Love and Theft, Modern Times, New York Times, song/writer | 2 Comments

“Look Out, Kid, It’s Something Google Did”

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Every now and again Google creates an online ad, and it’s usually cherce. Here’s the latest – for Google’s stalky/creepy Instant Search – via MediaPost: Come to think of it, the Googletron is more than a little like Maggie’s Farm, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bob Dylan, Google, Instant Search, Maggie's Farm, Subterranean Homesick Blues, the Googletron | Leave a comment