Pages tagged “bob dylan”

Rothbury

Rothbury’s lineup is the most hippified in our guide, but it’s balanced by...  read more

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Documenting the Dylanologist: The Ballad of AJ Weberman Streaming Until Tomorrow

Bob Dylan fans may tend towards the passionate, but none come close to the level of superfan AJ Weberman, self-proclaimed Dylanologist and devoted Dylan stalker/trash-digger. Now, James Bluemel and Oliver Ralfe's 2006 documentary, The Ballad of AJ Weberman, is streaming on DailyMotion.com until tomorrow, offering a fascinating peek into the life of a man who has made the pursuit of Bob Dylan his life's work....  read more

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Album Stream: Away We Go Soundtrack

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There are plenty of reasons to be excited about new film Away We Go. It features the writing of the genius behind McSweeney's, Dave Eggers, it's directed by celebrated filmmaker Sam Mendes, and stars SNL's Maya Rudolph and The Office heart-throb John Krasinski (with a cuddly beard!) Oh, and the music is good too! Click above to listen to the soundtrack, featuring music from Alexi Murdoch, George Harrison, The Stranglers, Bob Dylan and The Velvet Undeground.As to whether Away We Go is actually any good, check out Paste's review of the film....  read more

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Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan and Ringo Starr Plan Collaboration

A collaboration to end all collaborations? Probably not, but this one's awfully notable nonetheless. Sir Paul McCartney, his fellow ex-Beatle Ringo Starr, and Bob Dylan are joining forces to collaborate on new material....  read more

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Take Two: Ten Perfectly Imperfect Musical Outtakes

Recording an album can be a tedious process, and musicians in the studio are well accustomed to hearing "take two” from a producer. But sometimes, when the tapes are left rolling, they pick up a little something extra from within the studio—a sneeze here, a bit of conversation there. Whether it’s the authenticity of the recording, the secret peek it offers into the artist’s process, or sheer amusement, the imperfections caught on tape during recording sessions are often what makes a song so great—and sometimes these bloopers are compelling enough to make it onto the actual album, not just a...  read more

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Ten Songs About Print Journalism

Once upon a time, being a newspaperman (or woman) was something to stand up and shout about. Journalism was a noble occupation. Reporters and critics worked for peanuts but fought the good fight. The public loved us, believed us, hung on to every word of our investigative stories and critical analyses. We were in the trenches, dodging threats and insults from criminals, corrupt politicians (and cranky rock stars), ferreting out Truth for the sake of Justice and the American Way. That was a long time ago....  read more

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Classic Paste: The Best of Issues 1-10 (2002-2004)

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(JUST A FEW MORE REASONS TO HELP SAVE PASTE)In a little more than two weeks, I'll celebrate my 6th anniversary at this magazine. When I started as Paste's second-ever intern on June 1, 2003, we were still a tiny operation. Only five of us were in the office full-time: publisher Nick Purdy, editor Josh Jackson, assistant editor Jason Killingsworth, myself (who would go on to become associate editor) and my intern cohort, Steven Bevilaqua. Other important folks—like senior/film editor and future Paste president Tim Porter, design director José Reyes, and future associate publisher Joe Kirk—were working part-time, since Paste couldn't...  read more

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Don't Look Back: Paste's Bob Dylan Archives

In preparing for today's Dylan Takeover of PasteMagazine.com, we thought it might be fun to...  read more

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When I Paint My Masterpiece: Bob Dylan Art from Paste's Archives

Over Paste's seven-year history, Bob Dylan has been the subject of a few beautiful works of art specially commissioned for the magazine...  read more

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They've Got the Neutron Bomb: Bob Dylan, John Coltrane, Leonard Cohen and Harry Smith as the Four Horsemen

In their new book Apocalypse Jukebox: The End of the World in American Popular Music, David Janssen and Edward Whitelock, two English profs at tiny Gordon College in Barnesville, Ga., document...  read more

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