Posts Tagged Bob Dylan
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October 1, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
What’s Your Favourite Dylan Album?
I met this guy one night. A friend of a friend. Nice guy. And he asked me a question, almost immediately, and it really threw me off-guard. He asked me what my favourite Bob Dylan album was. Not whether I liked Dylan at all. Not whether I had a favourite song. The question, literally, was: “So Simon, what is your […]Archive
August 28, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: So Proud. So Very Proud.
We watched that West of Memphis documentary recently; the one that Peter Jackson financed. Eddie Vedder’s in there, the Bono of grunge. And he’s all this and that about atrocities and injustices and then up with an acoustic guitar to offer his own injustice and atrocity, barely covering Bob Dylan and doing to the song […]Archive
July 19, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Bob Dylan: Shadow Kingdom
Bob Dylan Shadow Kingdom Veep Bob Dylan’s Neverending Tour started in 1989. Maybe he knew it then, but we certainly didn’t. The shows have tumbled from stages ever since – a break here and there for Christmas or another holiday, sometimes a new album would be released and its songs wouldn’t even graze the setlist, […]Archive
June 30, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: On Twitter
Bill Cosby is free because a lawyer was paid a heap of money to prove they’re the best at lawyering. Justice has been severed. Elvis Costello said he was fine with Olivia Rodrigo making a song that sounded like his – because his song sounded like Bob Dylan’s and Bob Dylan’s song sounded like Chuck […]Archive
June 17, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 262: Ben Tolich (Mali Mali)
Hi and welcome to episode 262 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys and thanks to you readers and listeners. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it […]Archive
June 6, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Reviews: June 2021
Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. I’ve been doing it for about five years now. Most months. This was my first time in for 2021. This month I talked about two records from artists that have written their own songs but were here paying tribute to […]Archive
May 30, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Chrissie Hynde: Standing In The Doorway – Chrissie Hynde Sings Bob Dylan
Chrissie Hynde Standing In The Doorway: Chrissie Hynde Sings Bob Dylan BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd Recently I was at a local Bob Dylan tribute gig – a band that gets together and plays the songs. It was the eve of Bob’s 80th and the show was sold out and the friends in attendance were […]Archive
May 24, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: 80 Lines For Bob Dylan On The Occasion of His 80th Birthday
1. All the songs are great. Even the bad songs are better than most others by most others. 2. The best songs are better than anything. 3. The very best songs pitchfork the best songs and eat them just out of boredom. 4. And the songs better than the very best songs are so high […]Archive
May 24, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 259: Happy 80th Birthday Bob Dylan
Hello, welcome to episode 259 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys and thanks to you readers and listeners. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there […]Archive
April 30, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Mali Mali: Kill and Throw (ep)
Mali Mali Kill and Throw (ep) Home Alone Records Ben Tolich has been recording (and touring) as Mali Mali for the last decade. A handful of albums, each its own insular world, each almost impossibly perfect as finite statement – a set of songs that could have been imagined up in isolation without ever hearing […]Archive
April 14, 2021 by Simon Sweetman