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The longer you live, the better you get
So said Bob Dylan at the tender age of 27 and indeed, he just keeps getting better! Here’s a link to the Smithsonian’s top 10 Dylan Moments. I am sure many of you out there have your own and I … Continue reading
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Bob Dylan at 70
I am just back from jamming with Sheish Money in readiness for my 40th Birthday Bash at Confit Bistro next Wednesday night. The riffs and words were flowing and so was the conversation. I won’t give away what we will … Continue reading
Counting Down to 40
So there’s twelve days left of my thirties… I was talking with a friend the other night, how my twenties were tumultuous and my thirties, a period of settling, so I am now looking forward to diving deeper into the forties … Continue reading
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I once loved a woman, a child I am told: the passing of Suze Rotolo
The world sure is a strange place… I have been digging Bob Dylan all over again these past few days, firing up the car speakers with Folksinger’s Choice which captures all the fire of a young Bob and then today I … Continue reading
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Melbourne Round Up
The weekend in Melbourne was huge! On top of having my poem, Birdwatching published in The Weekend Australian, and taking in readings at Fed Square (Kings in the Corner) and the launch of Famous Reporter at Collected Works, I also picked … Continue reading
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Short & Sexy: The New Penguin Box-set
Seems like 2011 is a great year for big birthdays… SpeedPoets turns 10, this Lost Shark turns 40, Dylan turns 70 and the Penguin Modern Classic clocks up a neat half century. And they are doing it in style by releasing a box set of … Continue reading
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Bob Dylan signs six book deal
Just this week, the Dylan rumour mill went into overdrive with the news that Bob has signed a six book deal with Simon & Schuster, two of which are rumoured to be the much anticipated follow ups to the stunning, Chronicles … Continue reading
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Bob Dylan Exclusive: The Witmark Demos
For many, the release of the legendary Witmark Demos is something of a goldmine… 47 tracks from a fledgling Dylan (1962 – 1964) that until now, have been the stuff of scrappy sounding bootlegs or legend. To celebrate the release, … Continue reading
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The Question of Culture – responses welcome!
Workshop #1 with Emily XYZ hit the mark, with each of the participants selecting a poem that they believed worked well to read to the group. The voices were diverse in style, content and experience which made for some really interesting discussion … Continue reading
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Teenage Dylan Poem Up for Auction
Christies Auction House has got its hands on a poem written in 1957 by a young Bobby Zimmerman for his summer camp newspaper. The poem, about the death of a dog at the hands of drunken man who beat him beacuse he … Continue reading
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