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Tuesday, May 5, 2026
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Dylan related
1. Goin' Back to Woodstock (short story) Subscr. (Bob Dylan on Patreon)
2. Bob Dylan Agreed to Make ‘A Complete Unknown’ After James Mangold Honored This Moving Request (Collider) from Scott Miller
3. Bob Dylan’s Song of the Year: 1974. Three possibles but only one still shines on eternally in the dark. (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
4. The 1983 song Bob Dylan thought he ruined: “That could’ve been a great song” (Far Out) from Scott Miller
5. Bob Dylan: Isis (spirit-rockmusic.eu) from Scott Miller
6. On this day in 2006, Bob Dylan debuted “Theme Time Radio Hour,” (Bob Dylan Center on Facebook) from Scott Miller
7. REVIEW OF “WHISKEY”, THEME TIME RADIO HOUR, EPISODE 102 (The Dylan Review) from Scott Miller
8. Bob Dylan as Filmmaker: Film Screening & Book Release Brooklyn, Sat May 16 (Gallery 198) from Mike Smith
   
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9. Talkin’ Greenwich Village: The Heady Rise and Slow Fall of America’s Bohemian Music Capital by David Browne (California Review of Books) from Scott Miller
10. Mick Jagger Will Hit Tonight Show Wednesday to Announce New Stones Album, “Foreign Tongues,” And Two New Singles (Showbiz411) from Harold Lepidus
11. 63 Years Ago, The Beatles Scored Their First of 11 Straight No. 1 Hits—Inspired by a Newspaper Column (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
12. Remembering When Rick Nelson Was Booed off the Stage, but Got the Last Laugh Thanks to a Hit Single in 1972 (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
13. Why Lennon and McCartney’s US Chart Debut Wasn’t With the Beatles (Ultimate Classic Rock) from Scott Miller
14. Phone-Free Events Rise by 567% Globally (tovima) from Steven Zweifler
    
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15. Ricky Nelson - Lonesome Town (1958) (YouTube) from Scott Miller
16. 1963 Del Shannon - From Me To You Before the Beatles invaded (YouTube) from Scott Miller
17. Bob Dylan & the Heartbreakers - Lonesome Town (Ricky Nelson cover) Shoreline Amphitheatre 8/5/86 (YouTube) from Scott Miller
18. "Bob Dylan Hotline #4: Dylan for Beginners (We love the 80s) on Apple Podcasts and Spotify (Definitely Dylan) by Laura
    
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19. Missing David Bowie photo found in loft after 56 years (BBC) from Martin Cowan
20. Buddy's Gone (YouTube) by Paul Robert Thomas 1200
21. Bob Dylan 29 4 2026 Soon After Midnight (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
22. Reverb exhibition to open at ACMI this May The cultural impact of vinyl records and music (The Indian Sun) from Cliff Warnken 1400

Monday, May 4, 2026
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Dylan related
1. The Times’ odd take on Dylan’s place as one of the ‘Greatest Living American Songwriters’ (Media Nation) from Cliff Warnken, Steven Zweifler
2. Beauty, Pleasure, Mozart, and Bob Dylan (Peter Saint-Andre) from Cliff Warnken
3. Bob Dylan Eats Alligator in the Bayou 1976-05-04, LSU Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, LA (Flagging Down the Double E's) by Ray Padgett
4. Dylan 85 Røverstaden, 24. mai (Oslo konserthus)
   
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5. ‘Stax Does the Beatles’ Compilation Gets Reissue; Stars Speak by Harvey Kubernik (Best Classic Bands) from Greg Brodsky (Vinyl: amazon.com - .co.uk - .de)
6. “It’s a hell of a town”: 10 locations of famous album covers across New York City (Far Out) from Steven Zweifler
   
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7. "Knockin' On Dylan's Door (BobFest)" "Recap of Bob 2026 tour, plus Traveling Wilburys gems" Select: Listen Live 88.1 FM WCWP 9-11 pm DST (WCWP 88.1 FM) from G. Walsh
8. 10 Great Jazz Spins On Bob Dylan Songs (Lament For A Straight Line) from Cliff Warnken
9. Bob Dylan / Crossing the Rubicon. Abilene, Texas. May 1, 2026. — nightly moth recording (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
10. Bob Dylan / Theme Time Radio Hour. First episode — Weather. First aired twenty years ago tonight (Notes from various mornings and nights) from Jacob Daniel
    
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11. In search of a great Woodstock band, Dylan and riding with Van Morrison (The Joker and the Thief)
12. What Bob Dylan’s Supper Club was really like (The Joker and the Thief)
13. The Truth about Life, Sung Like a Lie: Dylan’s Timeless Arrows from Consolation Row Downloads pdf (Tidsskrift.dk) from Cliff Warnken 1400
14. Kenneth Womack - With the Beatles: Mal Evans' Illustrated Journey, book Dec 1, 2026 from amazon.com - .co.uk - .de. from Harold Lepidus
15. “The songs are different every night because he never sings them the same way. I don’t know anyone who knows as many songs as Bob Dylan”: 38 bassists appeared on Bob Dylan albums before Tony Garnier came onboard. In the 37 years since, no others have (Guitar World) from Cliff Warnken
16. Bob Dylan once pitched Elvis Costello a studio album collaboration after ‘chaotic’ duet (Cult Following) from Cliff Warnken 1600

Sunday, May 3, 2026
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Dylan related
1. Last Night in Abilene (by Erin C. Callahan) 2026-05-01, Abilene Auditorium, Abilene, TX (Flagging Down the Double E's) ftom Ray Padgett
2. Bob Dylan: How I found the man who shouted 'Judas' By Andy Kershaw (The Independent) from Scott Miller
3. Quote of the Day by Bob Dylan: “Sometimes it's not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don't mean” – A powerful thought that redefines how we see life by the legendary singer-songwriter and Nobel laureate (The Economic Times) from Scott Miller
4. Span Architecture restores New York residence associated with Bob Dylan (de zeen) from Scott Miller, Steven Zweifler
5. May He Stay Forever Young: 80 Things We Love About Bob Dylan (Village Preservation) from Scott Miller
6. 80 things I love about Bob Dylan (Nik Dirga) from Scott Miller
7. Bob Dylan links to Kershaw (fandom) from Scott Miller
8. Bob Dylan Word Search in Albums Part 1 (NSF) from Ugur Oral
9. One of the Most Talked-About Shows of the Rolling Thunder Revue 1976-05-03, The Warehouse, New Orleans, LA (Flagging Down the Double E's) by Ray Padgett
   
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10. BBC radio DJ Andy Kershaw dies aged 66 (theguardian) from Scott Miller
11. Letters and photos from Beatles’ early days to go on show in Hamburg (theguardian) from Scott Miller
12. Robert Forster from The Go-Betweens on his debut novel, Songwriters on the Run (ABC News) from Glenn Henry
13. Frøkedal & Familien (Frøkedal)
    
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14. Is It Rolling, Bob? Talking Dylan Andy Kershaw (Apple Podcasts) from Scott Miller
15. Bob Dylan - Andy Kershaw's Ghosts Of Electricity documentary. Manchester 1966. (YouTube) from Scott Miller
16. Andy Kershaw at Hay Festival 2012 talking about Bob Dylan (YouTube) from Scott Miller
17. What are George Harrison’s 5 Biggest US Hits? (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
18. Boxing, the Sweet Science, in 15 Songs (Best Classic Bands) from Greg Brodsky
19. Bob Dylan / ‘Til I Fell in Love with You / Stockton, California. April 3, 2006. A soomlos recording (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
20. Bob Dylan / High Water (For Charley Patton). Stockton, California. April 3, 2006. Soomlos recording (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
21. Bob Dylan ~ A Rough & Rowdy Tempest (A 2013 - 2025 Double Live Album Compilation) (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel 0900
22. Route 66 - Show 337 (Mixcloud) from Steve Lockwood 1400
    
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23. SUNDAY MORNING COMING DOWN (powerlineblog) from Cliff Warnken
24. Robbie Robertson once shared the meaning behind one of Bob Dylan’s most elusive lyrics (Cult Following) from Cliff Warnken