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July 22, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 228 – Bob Dylan, Auckland, 2018
There was just an urge. An absolute urge. I had to see Bob Dylan again. I’d seen him three times – but not for years. In fact it was 20 years since my first time seeing him and at least a decade since my last… But I had never travelled to see him – and I just got the […]Archive
June 7, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Five Songs For Friday: 30 – Rolling Thunder Reviewed!
Bob Dylan is never far from my mind, my heart, my stereo – if he’s not on the turntable, he’s in my thoughts in some way or another, often informing the music that I’ve chosen to listen to. It’s that deep. He is one of the great musical forces for me – and surely the most […]Archive
May 15, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 304
Bob Dylan, Fort Collins Stadium Radio Broadcast, Colorado May 23rd 1976 (2017) It’s a dirty bootleg – it says it’s limited to 500 copies and is on a ‘label’ called BAD JOKER – I ask no questions and access the music. I know this recording well – it was released on TV also and is readily available […]Archive
April 19, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 315
Bob Dylan, Good As I Been To You (1992) Last year was a big year for me reconnecting with Bob Dylan – he’s always there of course. But the gig last year (which was great) had me going back through everything. Everything! I was in deep – going through the podcasts (many) and all the albums and Dylan’s own radio show archive […]Archive
September 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Reviews: Bob Dylan Gig Review (August, 2018)
Earlier this year I got hooked – all over again – on Bob Dylan. I’m never not hooked on Bob Dylan by the way. I was turned onto his music as a teenager, or maybe at age 12 even. And since then I’ve been a fan. But obviously, when you listen to music obsessively, you can carry a […]Archive
August 27, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Bob Dylan (August 26; Akld)
Bob Dylan Spark Arena Sunday, August 26 It was my fourth time seeing Bob Dylan – my first in over a decade, first away-gig too; he gave up on Wellington after the 2007 leg of his Never-Ending Tour, he’s been back to New Zealand two or three times since. But I really felt the need […]Archive
August 12, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 382
Bob Dylan, Another Side of Bob Dylan (1964) I’ve recently decided I am going to try to own everything by Bob Dylan on vinyl – I have a few already, so I’m not starting from zero. But I will be re-buying some of the 80s albums I guess – I had them, gave them away, […]Archive
July 21, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 389
Bob Dylan, Masterpieces (1978) You just know what you know – especially when there was no internet. So all I knew was that Masterpieces was a life-changer. Possibly the most important album I ever heard. It opened all the doors. In fact it blew them right off their hinges. And if it was only supposed […]Archive
June 17, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 398
Bob Dylan, Triplicate (2017) I am enjoying Bob Dylan’s roll through the standards, serving up evergreens whenever/however he feels like it – this time a triple album, three separate 30-minute, 10-song mood-pieces. I’m still digesting this one in fact – hence the move to the LP, an easier way to take it all in in […]Archive
May 30, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Dylan Wrote Infidels When He Was 42
I have been thinking a lot about “Infidels” just lately, Bob was about my age now when he made it. That’s not worth thinking about too much – obviously. He had made 21 albums ahead of it though, so it wasn’t a case of beginner’s luck. Some people talk about it like it was a […]Archive
May 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman