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"Those who later formed the Weatherman organization produced a paper at the Students for a Democratic Society Convention in Chicago in June of 1969. With a nod to Bob Dylan, the sponsors titled their epistle: 'You Don’t Need A Weatherman to Know Which Way the Wind Is Blowing.'"http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=26243 "Dubbing itself the Weathermen, this new organization took its name from a line in Bob Dylan’s 'Subterranean Homesick Blues'—'you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows'—and within months had set off bombs at the National Guard headquarters and set in motion plans to bomb targets across the country"http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/weatherunderground/film.html...

Ok, so I'm surfing my XM Radio channels and I hear the most amazing thing: "Ring of Fire," sung by Johnny Cash . . . in Spanish ("Anillo de Fuego"). Then I look at the scanner to see what channel I'm on---I thought I picked "Classic Rock"---and indeed, I'm on the right channel. It's the "Bob Dylan Show," where he hosts a show with his personal favorites. Ok, this sounds interesting. Dylan (I'm sure you can here his voice here) then says, "In any language, we don't want to end up in that ring of fire. That leads me to...

Bob Dylan says Barack Obama is 'changin' America His 1964 track 'The Times They are a-Changin' became the anthem for his generation, symbolising the era-defining social struggle against the establishment. Now Bob Dylan - who could justifiably claim to be the architect of Barack Obama's 'change' catchphrase - has backed the Illinois senator to do for modern America what the generation before did in the 1960s. In an exclusive interview with The Times, published in T2 today, Dylan gives a ringing endorsement to Mr Obama, the first ever black presidential candidate, claiming he is "redefining the nature of politics from...

Thanks to Bob Dylan, rock 'n' roll has finally broken through the Pulitzer wall. Dylan, the most acclaimed and influential songwriter of the past half century, who more than anyone brought rock from the streets to the lecture hall, received an honorary Pulitzer Prize on Monday, cited for his "profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power." It was the first time Pulitzer judges, who have long favored classical music, and, more recently, jazz, awarded an art form once dismissed as barbaric, even subversive. "I am in disbelief," Dylan fan and fellow...

Dylan had blown into NYC in the early 1960s and hung out at Gerde’s Folk City in Greenwich Village. Gerdes was a long room - on one side was a bar and a cash register - then a half wall and on the other side, some round tables, chairs, and a very small stage with a microphone. We, the New World Singers, a group that some thought might one day inherit the mantle of the Weavers, were at that time myself, Gil Turner, Delores Dixon and Happy Traum. Delores was a black woman, a New York City school teacher who...

Next came ....extraordinary turnabouts in John's life. A television addict for many years ....he enjoyed watching some of America's best-known evangelists—Pat Robertson, Billy Graham, Jim Bakker, and Oral Roberts. In 1972 he had written ...to Roberts confessing his dependence on drugs and his fear of facing up to "the problems of life." He expressed regret that he had said that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus ...snip...he said,...Explain to me what Christianity can do for me. Is it phoney? Can He love me? I want out of hell." ....snip.... Over the following months he baffled those close to him...

The Austin City Limits Music Festival, ACL Fest if you're cool, has announced the 2007 band line up. The 2007 ACL Fest will feature 130 bands on 8 stages over a 3 day weekend from September 14-17 in Zilker Park just south of Downtown Austin. Bob Dylan, The White Stripes, Queens of the Stone Age, Wilco and the Killers will be ACL's headliners. Also featured as a "headliner" is Bjork. ACL Tickets are available for $145 each for all three days from the official ACL website. The ACL Fest box office will located on Barton Springs Road directly across the...

Pope once tried to bar Dylan concert March 08, 2007 5:16 PM EST VATICAN CITY, Mar 8, 2007 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Pope Benedict XVI tried to bar Bob Dylan from a Roman Catholic youth rally in Italy, fearing he was a prophet whose message differed from Pope John Paul II's. In his memoirs about his predecessor, Pope Benedict recalled events of the World Eucharist Congress in Bologna, Italy, in 1997, and the 300,000-plus crowd about to hear Dylan's songs and their messages that didn't necessarily mirror church teachings, the Telegraph said Wednesday. "The Pope appeared tired, exhausted. At that...

POPE Benedict XVI tried to prevent his predecessor, John Paul II, from attending a Bob Dylan concert. The hardline pontiff makes the confession himself in a book due out next week. Dylan's booking for the 1997 church-arranged event raised eyebrows at the Vatican, given his history of drug abuse. Pope Benedict, who has labelled rock "the work of the Devil", said: "I had reasons to be sceptical and still am. I doubted whether it was in good taste to allow such a performance in front of the Pope." At the time, Pope Benedict was Cardinal Ratzinger and in charge of...

I’m determined to stand whether God will deliver me or notThere are always two important questions about music. The first is “Do I like it?” and the second is “Do I get it?” I have loved Bob Dylan’s music ever since I first heard him in the ’60s, so much so that it is difficult to believe not everyone shares that love. Still, even if you don’t like Dylan’s music, you need to understand it. He has had too great an impact on our world to ignore it. And in a world where increasingly the next generation finds their deepest...

You will probably want to know One or Two things about your Folk Hero: - He is a Well-Known anti-Conservative - He has Promoted Drugs in many songs, including his Hit "Everybody Must Get Stoned" (!!!) - He Is no a Christian of birth. No, he is not! And alot of you would say, well, This Is Okay. I do too. But! he Perverted the Christian Faith for several Years. - He has participated in Celebrating Unusual Lifestyles. - He has had Children out of Wedlock. - There are many songs which Celebrate the Flaunting or Ridiculing of Authority. -...

This is the kid we have been helping send boxes to the troops, http://www.capecodcares4thetroops.com He has surpassed 1000 boxes on his own and has been taking care of our Marines and others,send this far and wide and see if we can get him in the segment.......

10/02/2006, Volume 012, Issue 03 A good deal of hoopla greeted the grizzled rock-musician Neil Young's musical assault on George W. Bush earlier this year. His album Living With War included a hundred-voice choir singing a song entitled "Let's Impeach the President." For those survivors of anti-Vietnam war protests, and their younger would-be imitators, it was a moment for a sharp intake of breath and the tantalizing hope that maybe now, after all, music really could change the world. I mean, everyone has to sit up and take notice of Neil Young, right? Young's crusading album included another song called...

Bob Dylan`s 'Modern Times' (Columbia) ascends from 2 to 1 on European Top 100 Albums, fuelled by a No. 2 debut in Italy and climbs of 3 to 2 in Holland and 6 to 5 in Wallony. It also holds at No. 2 in the fellow Belgian region of Flanders. Dylan`s 2001 album 'Love & Theft' also debuted at No. 2 on the pan-European chart, holding there a second week before falling away from 4 to 13 to 22. 'Modern Times' takes over at the top from Iron Maiden`s 'A Matter of Life and Death' (Capitol/EMI), despite that album`s latest...

It's a great feeling to look at the record sales charts in both popular and indie record stores and see that the #1 spot is the same: Bob Dylan - Modern Times. It's about time we see a record sell for it's lyrics, it's melodies and it's overall quality. Too long we've been putting up with the mediocre and the overproduced pop fare. Bob Dylan finally has the spotlight once again with his newest release, marking it as his first number one album since 1976's "Desire." Honestly, with the songwriting abilities of Dylan, who deserves the number one spot more?

For the first time in 30 years, Bob Dylan tops The Billboard 200 with "Modern Times." Not only is it the legendary songwriter's first album to reach the throne since "Desire" in 1976, it's also his highest debuting album and his best sales week since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data in 1991. The Columbia set moved 192,000 copies in the United States in its first week. "Modern Times" is Dylan's third consecutive top 10 studio set, following 1997's "Time Out of Mind" and 2001's "Love & Theft." Aside from "Desire" and "Modern Times," only two other Dylan albums assumed the...

Forget the Reuters “fauxtography” scandal (well, don’t actually forget it) — the Dylan world is rocked this morning by a completely unsourced quote published in the Christian Science Monitor, in an article that attempts some kind of overview of Dylan’s career coinciding with the release of Modern Times . (Thanks to RCB for the tip.) Here it is, in context (bolding mine): Dylan, who declined to comment for this article, remains, as ever, an enigma. (Three years ago, he called himself “a 62-year-old Jewish atheist.'’) But he’s more open than he’s ever been about his past, even opening himself to...

Visions of Dylan Though often associated with political activists like Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young or Joan Baez—both musically and politically—Bob Dylan was no Chief in the protest politics of the 1960s--he wasn’t even an Indian, Kemosabe. Bringing it all back home, it would be more fitting to call Bob the Lone Ranger: Dylan rode solo, as is made clear in Bob Dylan: the Essential Interviews. This entertaining review is written by Harvard’s professor of English, Louis Menand, and is found in the most recent issue of the New Yorker. Professor Menand quotes from one of Dylan’s interviews: Mr. Dylan,...

Fans hail return of Dylan Early critical reception to Bob Dylan's first album for five years suggests the 65-year-old is far from ready for retirement. The living legend's 44th album, Modern Times, earned five-star reviews in Uncut and Rolling Stone magazines, with the latter calling it a "masterwork". The BBC News website asked six Dylan fans to explain their enduring fascination with the man and his music. "He has said enough important things for us to be interested in what he has to say next" Katie Melua, singer-songwriter "The music, the voice, the lyrics all combined to be something really...

Bob Dylan's Modern Times. Released Aug 29,2006. I purchased this CD today and listened to it in it's entirity. It's an excellent album, and has some really good moments on it. I think Bob Dylan fans will like this release. I purchased a limited edition version that has a DVD in it also. The CD has 10 new Bob Dylan songs on it, and the DVD has 4 previously released songs... (I've not viewed the DVD yet). The CD starts fast and plays strong. Songs 4, 5, and 6 come together in a strong way making my favorite portion of...

"I don't really have a herd of astrologers telling me what's going to happen. I just make one move after the other, this leads to that." Is the voice familiar? I'm sitting in a Santa Monica seaside hotel suite, ignoring a tray of sliced pineapple and sugar-dusty cookies, while Bob Dylan sits across from my tape recorder, giving his best to my questions. The man before me is fitful in his chair, not impatient, but keenly alive to the moment, and ready on a dime to make me laugh and to laugh himself. The expressions on Dylan's face, in person,...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bob Dylan says the quality of modern recordings is "atrocious," and even the songs on his new album sounded much better in the studio than on disc. "I don't know anybody who's made a record that sounds decent in the past 20 years, really," the 65-year-old rocker said in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine. Dylan, who released eight studio albums in the past two decades, returns with his first recording in five years, "Modern Times," next Tuesday. Noting the music industry's complaints that illegal downloading means people are getting their music for free, he said,...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bob Dylan says modern recordings sound "atrocious," and even the songs on his new album sounded much better in the studio than on disc. "I don't know anybody who's made a record that sounds decent in the past twenty years, really," the 65-year-old rocker said in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine. Dylan, who released eight studio albums in that time, returns with his first recording in five years, "Modern Times," next Tuesday. Noting the music industry's complaints that illegal downloading means people are getting their music for free, he said, "Well, why not? It ain't...

On July 29, 1966, something happened to Bob Dylan while he was riding his motorcycle near his Woodstock, New York, home. Forty years and a small library of biographies later, it’s still hard to be much more precise or detailed than that. What really befell Dylan on that day remains, like so much in this pop-culture icon’s closely guarded life, cloaked in mystery. Ill-defined or not, the accident has been treated as a major event in Dylan’s life; at least one biographer divides the founder of folk-rock’s career into “pre-“ and “post-accident.” What made the event so significant? Since 1961,...

It’s a special thing when artists who’ve achieved greatness in their own right join forces to create a new musical entity. We’ve been blessed with a number of these “supergroups”: Blind Faith, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Velvet Revolver and Golden Smog, to name just a few. When a supergroup clicks, it can be magical. But when they don’t work…look out. The Million Dollar Quintet It’s a little-known fact that the Million Dollar Quartet —Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins— was originally a quintet. The fifth member of this historic December 4, 1956, Sun Studios jam...

Well, the neighborhood bully, he's just one man, His enemies say he's on their land. They got him outnumbered about a million to one, He got no place to escape to, no place to run. He's the neighborhood bully. The neighborhood bully just lives to survive, He's criticized and condemned for being alive. He's not supposed to fight back, he's supposed to have thick skin, He's supposed to lay down and die when his door is kicked in. He's the neighborhood bully. The neighborhood bully been driven out of every land, He's wandered the earth an exiled man. Seen...

Bob Dylan has announced no plans for his 65th birthday on Wednesday, but around the world and in the hometown he couldn't wait to escape, the musician who has insistently resisted labels will be celebrated as the voice of a generation. Dylan's spokesman, Elliott Mintz, responded to questions about Dylan's birthday and touring plans by saying only that he had passed along the inquiry.

The Gospel Of JudasIn a many dark hour I've been thinkin' about this That Jesus Christ Was betrayed by a kiss But I can't think for you You'll have to decide Whether Judas Iscariot Had God on his side.

Article Last Updated: 12/19/2005 08:18 AM a denver post special report Letting go: Dylan's last days Two parents face an agonizing test of faith and love for their son By Kevin Simpson Denver Post Staff Writer DenverPost.com Dave Walborn lifted his son upright, all 32 pounds of him, slipped one hand behind his lolling head and gazed into the open but vacant blue eyes. He spoke out loud the words that would move him and the boy's mother, Kerri Bruning, one step closer to an excruciating decision. "Dylan, it's OK if you want to go," he said. "I don't want...

See that picture? That's Richard J. Elrod. He's been partially paralyzed since 1969 after suffering a broken neck. More on him later. Yesterday I had a couple of posts on the husband-and-wife professors who were formerly members of the 1960s domestic terror organization, the Weather Underground. The professors are Bernardine Dohrn of Northwestern University and Bill Ayers of the University of Illinois-Chicago. Feel to drop by Marathon Pundit for more on information on them. On October 8, 1969, The Weather Underground decided to jumpstart the "People's Revolution," in Chicago. They blew up a statue of a policeman (that statue...

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) - Legendary musician Bob Dylan has signed on with XM Satellite Radio as host of a weekly program, according to an XM statement Thursday. Dylan will play records, interview guests, take e-mails and offer commentary on music and other topics. "Bob Dylan epitomizes the American music experience and his unflagging integrity and vision defines everything we hope for XM to be," Lee Abrams, XM's chief creative officer, said in a statement. XM said this is the first time Dylan has ever hosted a radio program. The hour-long show will begin in March 2006 on XM's deep album...

Early Dylan poems sold at auction Poems written by Bob Dylan in his college days have fetched $78,000 (£45,000) in a New York auction. The 16 pages of poems are the first known time Robert Zimmerman used the Dylan name and come from his stint at the University of Minnesota in 1959-60. The selling price was the highest auction price to date for the acclaimed songwriter, according to Christie's. The European buyer was not identified. Eric Clapton's 1959 electric guitar sold for $36,000 (£20,970). The Fender composite Stratocaster was sold to an American buyer. Medallion The title page to Dylan's...

Not Dark Yet: In Search of Bob Dylan #4: A Direction Home JARED BLAND Perhaps it's the recent chill in the Toronto air, perhaps it's the old ‘starting a new life phase' bit, or perhaps it's the unavoidable preponderance of media attention on the man lately, but these past few weeks I've found myself re-entering the world of Bob Dylan in the way that I imagine all truly obsessive people do from time to time after being dragged away by other preoccupations, musical or otherwise. Since I'm a romantic, I like to cling to the first reason, and imagine that...

Anybody watching the Dylan special on PBS tonight? I'm a little surprised at some of the comments of the formerly reclusive folk/rock star. He seems like the kind of guy I could have a beer with...unlike his long-ago paramour, Joan Baez, or communist mentor, Pete Seeger.

In the fall of 1964 I was living in a rented room in north London. The house was owned by a lady who had misplaced her husband somehow — I don’t recall the details. She had a son and a daughter living at home. The daughter was in her early twenties, and working. The son was about my age — I was 19 — and a student at the local art college. I didn’t know much about the art-school scene, and the little I knew I didn’t much like, so I can’t say I found the guy very simpatico. We...

Mickey Jones can always say that it was Bob Dylan who wanted to see him at the Whisky A Go-Go. He can also lay claim to being in Dylan's band on the famed 1966 tour when crowds booed the singer for going electric, prompting Dylan to whip around and demand that Jones "play f****** loud." Jones, a veteran character actor who lives in Simi Valley, Calif., played drums on Dylan's historic and controversial 1966 world tour. A DVD featuring home movies Jones took of that tour came out last year, and now Jones is included in Martin Scorsese's Dylan documentary...

<p>About an hour into Bob Dylan: No Direction Home, Joan Baez—in an interview that will be edited by your PBS station—recalls an invincible young Dylan imagining what they'll be saying about him in the future: "A bunch of years from now, all these assholes are going to be writing about all this shit I write, and I don't know where the fuck it comes from and I don't know what the fuck it's about, and they're going to write about what it's about." Here we are. This documentary comes complete with a Starbucks tie-in, an Apple logo, and a celebrity director's credit. That director is Martin Scorsese, who has surely coveted access to this footage—donated by D.A. Pennebaker, Murray Lerner, and others—having already shot Dylan as the pièce de résistance to his documentary about The Band, The Last Waltz. But before you get too excited about this crossroads meeting, viewer, beware: This project was co-produced by Dylan's manager Jeff Rosen. Scorsese was brought in well after Rosen had already conducted the interviews and approved the material. What will all these assholes be saying about Dylan? In this "Martin Scorsese Picture," whatever the Dylan people want.</p>

AS NATURE turns to reveal its autumnal hues, and the chill in the wind forces shoulders to hunch themselves against the elements, we find ourselves in what can only be described as Bob Dylan season, a momentously high-profile flurry of activity that finds rock'n'roll's most enigmatic songwriter on an unprecedented mission to explain himself to us. This month his publishers are putting out The Bob Dylan Scrapbook 1956-66, based on his personal archive and including a reproduction from his high school yearbook, facsimiles of handwritten lyrics and even his platform pass from when he sat a few feet away from...

A handful of Bob Dylan fans are steaming that his latest CD goes on sale at Starbucks today. But nothing is ever simple with Dylan; in this case it's tangled up in brew. Bob Dylan Live at the Gaslight 1962, a portrait of the artist as a young folkie, will be sold exclusively at Starbucks. Also today, the two-CD soundtrack to Martin Scorsese's buzz-heavy Dylan documentary, No Direction Home, goes on sale everywhere from iTunes to Target. The simultaneous release of competing CDs by the same artist — completely counter to the way the music business usually works — is...

Dylan Song 'Changed the World' - Poll Bob Dylan's song "Like a Rolling Stone" topped a poll on Friday to find the 100 songs, movies, TV shows and books that "changed the world" in the opinion of musicians, actors and industry experts. Dylan's 1965 single beat Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" into second place in the survey for "Uncut" magazine. Paul McCartney, Noel Gallagher, Robert Downey Jr, Rolling Stone Keith Richards and Lou Reed were among those who gave their views for the poll. "I absolutely remember where I was when I first heard it. It got me through adolescence," rocker...

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press Writer 57 minutes ago Convicted sex offender Joseph Edward Duncan bragged to his 8-year-old captive during more than six weeks on the run, telling her how he used a shotgun and hammer to kill her family after staking out their home for days, court documents show. Shasta Groene remembered it all and has been providing authorities with details that are building a strong case against Duncan. Duncan was charged Tuesday with three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of first-degree kidnapping in the deaths of Shasta's mother Brenda Groene, 40, her brother Slade,...

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - A convicted sex offender, already facing kidnapping charges in the abduction of two Idaho children, will be charged with murder in the slayings of three people found dead at the children's home, a prosecutor said Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT I'm a WomanMan seeking a ManWoman Age: to ZIP: The kidnapping charges against Joseph Edward Duncan III will be handled in federal court because the youngsters were taken across a state line, Kootenai County Prosecutor Bill Douglas said. Federal prosecution will follow the state's case, he said. Duncan, 42, is being held in the abduction of Dylan and Shasta...

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho — The human remains found in Montana last week belong to kidnapped Idaho boy Dylan Groene (search), DNA testing has shown, according to Capt. Ben Wolfinger of the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office. Wolfinger said in an e-mail that the FBI lab in Quantico, Va., had positively identified the remains. "Out of respect for the Groene family and to maintain the integrity of the investigation and prosecution of this matter, there will be no further comment regarding these results," Wolfinger wrote in the e-mail, adding that investigators continue to follow-up on other leads. Convicted sex offender Joseph Edward...

Then, we turn to the mystery in Idaho that has cops searching for a cold-blooded killer. Eight-year-old Shasta Groene, (search) who was kidnapped from the home where her mother and two others were killed, has been released from a hospital and is back at home with her dad. We’ll get an update on her condition from Steve Groene, who is still holding out hope that his missing son, Dylan, will be found alive. And former LAPD detective Mark Fuhrman gives us an inside look at rapist Joseph Duncan's (search) role in the mystery as he unravels this twisted tale. Plus,...

Officers Says Store Video May Show Idaho Girl Seeking Help Before She Was Found at RestaurantBy Nicholas K. Geranios Associated Press Writer Published: Jul 5, 2005 COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - A newly discovered videotape shows Shasta Groene and her alleged abductor at a store hours before she was rescued, and an officer said Tuesday it looks as if the 8-year-old girl was trying to get someone to recognize her. Authorities said they had found human remains that might be her missing 9-year-old brother, Dylan. Dylan and Shasta had been missing since May 16, when the bound and bludgeoned bodies...

Troubling Questions Surround Case of Idaho Girl Found After Six WeeksBy Nicholas K. Geranios Associated Press Writer Published: Jul 3, 2005 COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - A day after missing 8-year-old Shasta Groene turned up with a registered sex offender at a Denny's restaurant in her hometown, investigators struggled with a troubling question: What happened to her 9-year-old brother Dylan? The man with Shasta, Joseph Edward Duncan III, was arrested and charged with kidnapping, but he has requested a lawyer and is refusing to talk to authorities, Kootenai County Sheriff's Capt. Ben Wolfinger said Sunday. Duncan won't be appointed a...

Sunday, June 26, 2005 In his 1974 song "Rednecks," Randy Newman lays a trap for the listener. Calling up the most boorish images of white Southerners ("We talk real funny down here/ We drink too much and we laugh too loud/ We're too dumb to make it in no northern town"), Newman invites the superior laughter of northern white liberals, the folks who'd bristle at pickaninny dolls but smile at Bubba jokes. And then he unsheathes his knife. His proclamation that good old boys are "too ignorant to realize" that the North has given blacks their freedom is followed by...

This summer's family wedding season has drawn to a close for me. The last stop found me in Duluth, Minnesota (not Duluth, Georgia; there would be no runaway brides at this ceremony) from where hails my maternal lineage. These are a hearty breed of Norwegian and Ojibwa stock. Lutheran. Hard working. Honest. Humble. And very, very liberal. Now, I'm not about talking your sanctimonious, excruciating Northeast liberals here, but rather genuine progressives with big, if bleeding, hearts. One of my uncles is a Vietnam Vet and a genuine ex-hippie. My two other uncles share his progressive enthusiasms. For example, one...

An American Traitor: Guilty As Charged By Henry Mark Holzer and Erika HolzerFrontPageMagazine.com | June 10, 2005For three decades Jane Fonda obfuscated, distorted and lied about virtually everything connected with her wartime trip to North Vietnam: her motive, her acts, her intent, and her contribution to the Communists’ war effort.  With the aid of clever handlers, she so successfully suppressed and spun her conduct in Hanoi that many Americans didn’t know what she had done there, and, more important, the legal significance. Three years ago, our book, “Aid and Comfort”: Jane Fonda in North Vietnam (McFarland & Co.), laid bare...

COEUR D'ALENE, IDAHO -- Three people were found slain in a home, and an Amber Alert was issued Tuesday for two missing children who live there, authorities said.