I was so hoping this thread had been revived because there had been a release date for Volume 2 announced.
― Fifi live from gay Paree (staggerlee), Friday, 16 July 2010 00:05 (thirteen years ago) link
i just read this. so great. and so inspiring. i want to be a genius now.
I reread the New Orleans chapter every few months.
― I'm never gonna do it without the Lex on (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 16 July 2010 00:07 (thirteen years ago) link
some news:Bob Dylan has signed a six-book deal with Simon & Schuster, according to Crain's New York Business, encompassing two sequels to his acclaimed 2004 book Chronicles: Volume One as well as another book based on dialogue from his Sirius/XM radio show Theme Time Radio Hour.
It's unclear what the other three books are going to be. According to the Crain's, Dylan's literary agent Andrew Wylie was seeking an eight-figure deal for the books. (Dylan has not responded to Rolling Stone's request for comment).
― tylerw, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 16:39 (thirteen years ago) link
this is a pretty crazy article about chronicleshttp://newhavenreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/NHR-006-Warmuth.pdf
― tylerw, Monday, 29 October 2012 18:05 (eleven years ago) link
it's really funny how these traditions of borrowing and copying (on which Bob Dylan built his career) do not sit well in this age of legality and intellectual property.
― Poliopolice, Monday, 29 October 2012 18:45 (eleven years ago) link
^ cont'd.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/18/bob-dylan-s-da-vinci-code-revealed.html
― j., Sunday, 18 May 2014 14:36 (nine years ago) link
man this is good, kicking myself for taking so long to getting around to it
― Οὖτις, Monday, 9 October 2017 16:30 (six years ago) link
I've read this a few times -- this and Miles' are the two music autobiographies I frequently return to. And both feature encounters with Cecil Taylor and Thelonious Monk!
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 9 October 2017 16:44 (six years ago) link
probably my two faves as well
― niels, Monday, 9 October 2017 21:05 (six years ago) link
the ephemera that he champions in this book is really interesting, I didn't even know this existedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR6wtzIUtcs
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 15:41 (six years ago) link
so when he's talking about his post-motorcycle crash work, he offers some cheeky descriptions of Nashville Skyline and Self-Portrait, and also mentions an album based entirely on Chekhov's short works - wtf is he talking about here, John Wesley Harding? Or something that never came out? tyler?
― Οὖτις, Friday, 13 October 2017 16:24 (six years ago) link
Think he claimed or broadly hinted at one point that it was Blood On The Tracks? Oh yeah, here 'tis: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/dylans-bloody-best-album-40-facts-about-the-40-year-old-blood-on-the-tracks-20150121 You might wanna search "Chekhov" here and spare yourself the surrounding RS effusions.
― dow, Friday, 13 October 2017 16:39 (six years ago) link
looks like that's just RS speculation though
― Οὖτις, Friday, 13 October 2017 16:52 (six years ago) link
in chronicles he says something like "critics claimed it was autobiographical" which seems to point in the blood on the tracks direction ... but who knows. A lot of Chronicles is kinda suspect (even though I think it's great)
― tylerw, Friday, 13 October 2017 16:53 (six years ago) link
Iirc he borrowed a ton of passages from Really the Blues by Mezz Mezzrow, also worth reading if you haven't.
― JoeStork, Friday, 13 October 2017 17:02 (six years ago) link
some people think the whole book is an exercise in cut-up techniques. i wonder when there'll be a Room 237-style doc on Dylan conspiracy theories.
― tylerw, Friday, 13 October 2017 17:07 (six years ago) link
Current mood: Bob Dylan in the ‘We are the world’ video. pic.twitter.com/Ki8xzt08A8— Sam Hammond (@vomcruise) October 18, 2017
― Οὖτις, Friday, 20 October 2017 15:17 (six years ago) link
that's hilarious
― niels, Friday, 20 October 2017 18:27 (six years ago) link