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Tag Archives: Bob Dylan
Positively 231st Street: Bob Dylan, the Bronx, and Me
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
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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
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Dead Blogging ‘A Century of Style’ at MassArt
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
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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
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Round Midnight at the Global Worldwide Headquarters (Bob Dylan’s ‘4th Time Around’ Edition)
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
Lou Reed And The Boston Tea Party
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
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Tagged Bob Dylan, Boston Tea Party, Hubback Machine, Lou Reed, New York Times, Perfect Day, Rock Minuet, Tony Lioce, Velvet Underground
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Like A Trolling Stone
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
“Look Out, Kid, It’s Something Google Did”
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
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Tagged Bob Dylan, Google, Instant Search, Maggie's Farm, Subterranean Homesick Blues, the Googletron
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