February 6, 2026
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Last Updated: 2/6/2026 at 9:04 PM EST
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After The Flood: Inside Dylan’s Memory Palace
The Wall Street Journal / Wesley Stace
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Robert Polito's book 'After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan's Memory Palace' is reviewed as a major study of Dylan's post-1990 creative resurgence.
A Dylan-Tom Petty '86 Miniseries
Flaggin Down The Double E's / Ray Padgett
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The article revisits Bob Dylan's True Confessions tour opener with Tom Petty at Athletic Park in Wellington, New Zealand, assessing its troubled preparations and mixed reception.
Dylan's Late Career: New Insights From 'After The Flood'
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This article reviews Robert Polito's book After the Flood, assessing its portrait of Bob Dylan's late-career creativity and methods.
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Bob Dylan joined the Grateful Dead on tour in the late 1980s and recorded the live album Dylan & The Dead capturing collaborative jam performances.
Who: various artists; What: muses behind famous rock love songs; When: 1960s to 1990s; Where: in rock history.
The waltermartin Substack post revisits The Bob Dylan Goosechase and discusses a newly discovered Dylan rarity this season at waltermartin.substack.com.
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Robert Polito's book 'After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan's Memory Palace' is reviewed as a major study of Dylan's post-1990 creative resurgence.
Bob Dylan released the song "Not Dark Yet" on the album Time Out of Mind in 1997, now read as both personal meditation and cultural emblem.
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Bruce Springsteen released Streets of Minneapolis on Jan 28, 2026, in the United States, in response to the deaths of Minneapolis residents Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
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Bob Dylan released the song "Not Dark Yet" on the album Time Out of Mind in 1997, now read as both personal meditation and cultural emblem.
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Robert Polito's book 'After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan's Memory Palace' is reviewed as a major study of Dylan's post-1990 creative resurgence.
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The waltermartin Substack post revisits The Bob Dylan Goosechase and discusses a newly discovered Dylan rarity this season at waltermartin.substack.com.
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Timothee Chalamet recently funded a self financed musical performance on Saturday Night Live, prompting discussion about creative control and financial risk in televised moments.
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Timothee Chalamet explained to MusicRadar recently that he declined to host SNL under those conditions and self funded his Dylan material performances on Saturday Night Live.
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Timothee Chalamet claims on Saturday Night Live that he performed Bob Dylan songs in New York.
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Timothee Chalamet funded and performed a Dylan set on Saturday Night Live after being invited to host.
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On Jan 19, 2026, Men's Journal reported that Tucker Zimmerman and Marie-Claire Lambert died in a house fire in Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse, Belgium.
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Washington Post published on Feb 04, 2026 a review of the Bob Dylan After the Flood biography in its books section.
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Timothee Chalamet spent over six figures to perform Dylan songs on SNL, and spoke about the SNL performance at a London Q&A in early 2025.
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Who: various artists; What: muses behind famous rock love songs; When: 1960s to 1990s; Where: in rock history.
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Bob Dylan joined the Grateful Dead on tour in the late 1980s and recorded the live album Dylan & The Dead capturing collaborative jam performances.
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Bob Dylan and collaborators discuss Self Portrait sessions in Nashville and the Isle of Wight in a 2013 Uncut feature.
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After The Flood: Inside Dylan’s Memory Palace
The Wall Street Journal / Wesley Stace
Robert Polito's book 'After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan's Memory Palace' is reviewed as a major study of Dylan's post-1990 creative resurgence.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The article revisits Bob Dylan's True Confessions tour opener with Tom Petty at Athletic Park in Wellington, New Zealand, assessing its troubled preparations and mixed reception.
This article reviews Robert Polito's book After the Flood, assessing its portrait of Bob Dylan's late-career creativity and methods.
In this article, Bob Dylan's 1967 song I Shall Be Released is analyzed through its recording history, critical reception, and live performances across multiple decades.
Bob Dylan and collaborators discuss Self Portrait sessions in Nashville and the Isle of Wight in a 2013 Uncut feature.
In a Substack article, Bob Dylan's Instagram post The Articles of Faith is analyzed as commentary on faith, cults, and contemporary politics.
In a review for Mojo, the article evaluates Robert Polito's After the Flood and its interpretation of Bob Dylan's late career.
Dylan wrote and recorded Dark Eyes after midnight at the Plaza Hotel in New York, under producer Arthur Baker's guidance, as the closing track for Empire Burlesque.
LyricLab publishes a blog post analyzing Bob Dylan's Blowin' in the Wind on its website, connecting the song's folk roots to songwriting techniques.
In an online review, Cult Following examines Bob Dylan's live compilation As Good as New, documenting performances from the 2006 Modern Times tour.
On Jan 31, 2026, Cult Following published a review of Bob Dylan’s 2006 tour compilation As Good as New.
Eleven Manchester connected artists and their Dylan covers are surveyed, spanning 1963 to 2019 in the United Kingdom.
In an Untold Dylan article, Jochen analyzes Bob Dylan's Key West (Philosopher Pirate) by comparing its prosody and rhyme scheme with Nick Drake's songwriting.
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The post thematically revisits prophets and false prophets, echoing material and concerns from Rough and Rowdy Ways and the song “False Prophet,” and frames figures like Stafford Monk as a false prophet/demagogue.
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The post’s title, The Articles of Faith, explicitly alludes to Joseph Smith’s 1842 Articles of Faith and invokes creedal, Mormon-language framing.
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That Instagram post, titled The Articles of Faith (Excerpts from Chapter 5 — How Does it Look?), presents seven numbered statements/dialogues among Stafford Monk, Captain Carlsen, Wilkins, Doctor Farrell, and a Narrator.
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Robert Polito argues that Dylan’s album Rough and Rowdy Ways and the tour that followed function as his true Nobel lecture for the 2016 prize.
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