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This character called "Bob Dylan"
Greil Marcus's newest, and probably last, book about Dylan is his best in many years. This is why I thought so.


Too Dark to See
Here's what I thought of Bob Dylan's new book. Bottom line: don't go in the basement.


The Magic Circle
The Revolver Super Deluxe Box set enables us to hear the album as we always have, but differently. Here's what I wrote about it.


Talking about Get Back with Tim Riley
Speaking of Beatles, here's a conversation I had with author Tim Riley (Tell Me Why: A Beatles Commentary) late last year about the Get...


"Superstar" at 50
A nice write-up, from Religion News Service's Kathryn Post, about the 50th anniversary of Jesus Christ Superstar, for which I provided a...


Her eyes have seen it all
My contribution to the annual summertime "Your Enthusiasm" series at Hilobrow. CARBONA YOUR ENTHUSIASM "is dedicated to punk songs of the...


Dusty
Dusty in Memphis, one of the all-time greats, was released 50 years ago today. You know how you have first exposures that you always...


Altogether not bad
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978), which is coming out from The Criterion Collection, was an altogether not-bad movie, as I recall, whose...


Get back to where—?
The news that Peter Jackson will be assembling a new version of the Beatles' Get Back-Let It Be footage is interesting and exciting....


Missing time
The third installment in my pre-Halloween series: Robert M. Coates, parallel reality, and the ghost story without ghosts.
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