November 6 - 12, 2022

Seven Days in Dylan News

News Links:
- Our Post With *EVERYTHING* About The Release
  - Includes track listings
  - Includes front/back cover shots
  - Includes full press release
  - Includes links to all streaming platforms
  - Includes production details
- Press Release at bobdylan.com
- The Time Out Of Mind Sessions (SuperDeluxe)
- Time Out Of Mind Focus on Latest BS (Rolling Stone)
- Fragments Come Together (Tinnitist)
- Dylan Reveals Bootleg Series (Consequence of Sound)
- Prior Cover Versions of TOOM Songs (Cover.Me)
- Old Interview with New Engineer Michael H. Brauer (gearspace)
  - Some Dylan talk in the middle
- Liner Notes writer Stephen Hyden Shares Some Thoughts (Evil Speakers)

The box set can be ordered now for Jan 27, 2023 delivery.

The RR Auction Results (RR Auction)
- Photo Candid – Sold for $2276
- Photo Candid – Sold for $3670
- Photo Candid – Sold for 24,361
- 24 Handwritten Poems – Sold for $249,563
- 42 Love Letters – Sold for $669,875
- Signed Photo – Sold for $19,721
- See link above for others.
- Dylan Lover Letters Auction for $670K (Hollywood Reporter)
- Dylan Collection of Love Letters Sells (Billboard)
Steve Forbert Interview (bobdylan.com)
- Asked about Time Out Of Mind and Later Dylan
Chalamet Ready To Be Bob; Says Movie On Track (Variety)
Christian Bale to Play Pete Seeger (Latestly)
Archive of Newport Folklorist Heading To Smithsonian (YahooNews)
- “McCormick said he pulled the plug on Dylan during his rehearsal with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band because he needed the stage so a group of former inmate singers he’d assembled, who’d never performed together, could rehearse.”

We’ve now collected 70 REVIEWS of The Philosophy of Modern Song.

Some of the better / more interesting recent reviews:
- - Roadmaps for the Soul: Dan Chasen (New York Review of Books)
  - A Response To Dylan’s POMS: Amanda Petrusich (The New Yorker)
  - The Jokes On You: John Carvill (PopMatters)
  - Bob Dylan Has No Philosophy: Geoff Dyer (Unherd)
The New York Times Best Seller List: 11/20/22 – POMS #5
Buyers Question Dylan Signatures (iHeart Radio)
Buyers To Get Refunds (iHeart Radio)
- Simon & Schuster put ‘hand signed’ copies of the book on sale for $599 but people quickly determined they were signed by machine. After much dust, S&S has agreed to issue refunds and the books are no longer for sale.
A 76 Page Discussion of the Matter (Autographs Live)

Heaven’s Door Spirits Decade Series Release #01 (The Whisky Mash)
A Talk with Rolling Thunder’s Designer (Flagging Down The Double E’s)
20 Years of Dylan Posters and Ticket Stubs (Flagging Down The Double E’s)
Wanted Man (Pt.2) (Pt.3) (Pt.4) (Untold Dylan)
Dylan Covers: Sooner Or Later (Untold Dylan)
Other People’s Songs: Highway 51 (Untold Dylan)
Drawn Blank in Provence (Steve and Carole in Vence)
- Lovely photos in this post of the Provence exhibit

New Blonde on Blonde Liner Notes (Vinyl Me Please)
New Review: Oh Mercy (Cult Following)
Review: Girl From The North Country (Luton Today)
Warning: Books Made From Wikipedia Articles (Come Writers and Critics)
TODAY: Is the 50th Anniversary of the first serious book on Bob Dylan – Michael Gray’s SONG & DANCE MAN: The Art of Bob Dylan