Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize for Literature

Bob Dylan Plays Concert for One Insanely Lucky Superfan

Bob Dylan: "Anybody Can Make A Video" (Radio.com Minimation)

"On Minimation, we comb through the archives of legendary New York radio station WNEW-FM and animate interviews with legendary rock artists. This installment is taken from a 1985 interview with Bob Dylan, where he discusses his feelings about the then-budding art form of music videos. This minimation was created for Radio.com by Elliot Lobell.

Bob Dylan’s 1966 short film for “Subterranean Homesick Blues” is often cited as being one of the first music videos. Shot and released decades before there was any real outlet for the medium, it was something of a curiosity at the time. But in 1985, when this interview was recorded, it was a much different era. MTV was becoming a dominant cultural force, and it was pretty much mandatory that artists made at least one video (if not more) to promote their new albums. Ever the contrarian, Dylan’s mood on music videos had cooled by then.

“I don’t mind making videos,” he said. “It’s fake, it’s like making a movie, it’s all fake.” This, by the way, was two years before he’d co-star in the otherwise-forgettable 1987 flick Hearts of Fire , which he co-starred in with Rupert Everett and pop singer Fiona.
“Anybody can make a video. Anybody. All you need is a camera.”

Oddly enough, his son Jesse Dylan, went on to be a director of films as well as videos: his resume includes clips by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (“A Face in the Crowd”), Tom Waits (“God’s Away on Business”) and the Black Keys’s immortal “Lonely Boy” (which, to be fair, anybody could have made). Oh, and also a little 2008 video called “Yes We Can” that possibly helped get a president elected."

Top 10 Things That Sing Better Than Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan Chrysler Superbowl advertisement

"We believe in the zoom and the roar and the thrust."

Bob Dylan - Pretty Saro -- Bob Dylan's The Bootleg Series Vol. 10 Another Self Portrait (1969 - 1971)

Bob Dylan - Pretty Saro from Columbia Records on Vimeo.

Bob Dylan -- Another Self Portrait

Bob Dylan - Another Self Portrait Documentary Short from Columbia Records on Vimeo.

John Lennon blind audition on the Voice

I've never seen 'The Voice', but I 'Imagine' this is how it would go...especially at the end!

Bob Dylan Lays Off 2,000 Workers From Songwriting Factory

Bob Dylan Lays Off 2,000 Workers From Songwriting Factory

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"Here it is. My 4th Annual Super Bowl Half Time Show song leak. This one is from none other than Bob Dylan, who is replacing Beyonce who dropped out after her inauguration lip synching scandal.

“Running Out The Clock” is a previously unreleased song from Dylan’s 1983 “Infidels” album. I guess it makes sense… the football metaphors and references.

I hope you enjoy and know I’ll be back next year with another leak."
TIM HEIDECKER

Watch Old Computer Equipment Play Dylan’s “The Times They Are A-Changin’”

By Caroline Stanley on Nov 6, 2012

"Bob Dylan is one of the most frequently covered artists we can think of, and yet we can’t recall ever seeing one of his songs re-imagined quite like this. Using a pile of old photocopiers, modems, scanners, fax machines, and hard drives, director Chris Cairns has created a computer orchestra that can play a surprisingly rousing version of “The Times They Are A-Changin’,” thanks a little programming magic by Isthisgood?. Click through to behold the resulting video, Scrapheap Symphony



Below, a behind-the-scenes clip that reveals how they did it:"

Bob Dylan´s HAND LETTERING EXPERIENCE

" I´ve been thinking for a lot of time on doing a personal project where I could get out of the computer for a little bit, and have pleasure doing something handmade. Getting back to the basics.

Inspired by Bob Dylan´s Subterranean Homesick Blues video, where he flips cards with the lyrics as the song plays, I decided to recreate those cards with handmade type. I ended up doing all the lyrics, and not just some of the words, as Dylan did.

There are 66 cards done in one month during my spare time using only pencil, black tint pens and brushes. The challenge was not to use the computer, no retouching was allowed. Getting a letter wrong meant starting the page over.

I had a lot of fun doing this project, researching, practicing and getting deeper on typography.

There are some intentional misspellings and puns on the original song video, so I tried to keep that in a certain way.

You can watch the original movie here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKfrjk6suAQ

Get in touch with some of my work visiting www.leandrosenna.com"

From Bob Dylan's upcoming 'Tempest' album

The real Dylan, doing the only pre-released song Early Roman Kings, which is used on the soundtrack for the new season of Strike Back.

From Bob Dylan's upcoming 'Tempest' album

Bob Dylan's Titanic by Tim Heidecker from Tim Heidecker on Vimeo.

Can't wait until the real Dylan sings his real song on the Titanic! The album comes out on September 11th.

Bob Dylan receives Presidential Medal of Freedom

Bob Dylan, John Glenn, et al, received the highest civilian honor awarded by the United States today from President Obama.

In response to Levon’s passing

April 19, 2012

"He was my bosom buddy friend to the end, one of the last true great spirits of my or any other generation. This is just so sad to talk about. I still can remember the first day I met him and the last day I saw him. We go back pretty far and had been through some trials together. I'm going to miss him, as I'm sure a whole lot of others will too."

 Bob Dylan

The Story Behind "Forever Young" by Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger sings 'Forever Young' for 50th anniversary of Bob Dylan's debut

Bob Dylan: To my fans and followers

Bob Dylan has written a letter to his fans (first one I recall in his almost 70 years), about the 'controversy' surrounding his trip to China and the reports that he accepted censorship of some of his songs. Read it here.

Jimmy Fallon channels Dylan