THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DYLANOLOGY VOLUME ONE COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF THE POETRY OF NOBEL PRIZE WINNER BOB DYLAN, HUMAN OR OTHERWISE CENTER FOR ADVANCED DYLANOLOGICAL STUDY 318 Third Ave Suite 520 New York, New York 10010 Sunday, February 16, 2020 1 – V1 A. J. WEBERMAN: DYLANOLOGIST THE DYLANOLOGICAL METHOD SHTICK DRECK: THE LOST TWO MONTHS CRYPTO-RACIST, NEO-CONFEDERATE POETRY BLOWIN IN THE WIND HARD RAIN 1962 ONLY A PAWN IN THEIR GAME 1963 LIKE A ROLLING STONE 1965 IF DOGS RUN FREE 1970 SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK BLUES 1965*** LOVE MINUS ZERO (NO LIMIT) 1965 CAN YOU PLEASE CRAWL OUT YOUR WINDOW? 1966*** PAY IN BLOOD 2012 SOON AFTER MIDNIGHT 2012 THE EARLY ROMAN KINGS 2012*** GEORGE ZIMMERMAN, JOEL GILBERT AND BOB DYLAN TIN ANGEL 2012 TRANSITION FROM FOLK TO POETRY-ROCK IT TAKES A LOT TO LAUGH A TRAIN TO CRY 1965*** IT AIN’T ME BABE 1964 MY BACK PAGES 1964*** ONE OF US MUST KNOW (SOONER OR LATER)*** RESTLESS FAREWELL 1964 2 – V1 THE WICKED MESSENGER 1968 ALL I REALLY WANT TO DO 1964*** SENIOR 1978*** PATRIOTIC POETIC MASTERPIECES TOMBSTONE BLUES 1966 GATES OF EDEN 1965*** IT’S ALRIGHT MA I’M ONLY BLEEDING MAGGIE’S FARM 1965 HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED 1965 SHE BELONGS TO ME 1965*** ANGELINA 1981 IT’S ALL OVER NOW BABY BLUE 1965 VISIONS OF JOHANNA: 1966*** DESOLATION ROW 1965 BALLAD OF A THIN MAN 1965 SAD EYED LADY OF THE LOWLANDS LES FLURES DE MAL TINY MONTGOMERY 1967 LO AND BEHOLD! 1967 PLEASE, MISSUS HENRY 1967 QUINN THE ESKIMO (THE MIGHTY QUINN) 1967 LAY, LADY, LAY LIVING THE BLUES 1969 3 – V1 BAND OF THE HAND (IT’S HELL TIME MAN!) 1986 HUCK’S TUNE 2007 LINER NOTES ANOTHER SIDE OF BOB DYLAN THE WEIGHT ONE MORE WEEKEND 1969 THE RUMOR 1970 DIRGE 1973 TO RAMONA 1963 SPANISH HARLEM INCIDENT 1964 MR. TAMBOURINE MAN 1964 DOWN ALONG THE COVE 1968 I’LL BE YOUR BABY TONIGHT 1968 CRIPPLE CREEK 1968 WINTERLUDE 1970 I THREW IT ALL AWAY 1969 COUNTRY PIE 1969 TONIGHT I’LL BE STAYING HERE WITH YOU 1969 SEEIN’ THE REAL YOU AT LAST 1985*** ROMANCE IN DURANGO 1975*** JUST LIKE TOM THUMB’S BLUES LEOPARD SKIN PILL BOX HAT AUTO-BIOGRAPHICAL AS I WENT OUT ONE MORNING 1968 4 – V1 CHANGING OF THE GUARDS 1978*** NO TIME TO THINK 1978 JOKERMAN 1983*** HIGHLANDS 1997*** ROLLING AND TUMBLING 2006*** STUCK INSIDE OF MOBILE WITH THE MEMPHIS BLUES AGAIN 1966*** BLACK CROW BLUES 1964 THE BALLAD OF FRANKIE LEE AND JUDAS PRIEST 1968** SERIES OF DREAMS 1989*** QUEEN JANE APPROXIMATELY 1965*** ARTHUR McBRIDE 1992 CANDADEE-I-O 1992 DELIA 1993*** TWO SOLDIERS 1993*** HIGHLANDS 1997 SUICIDE ATTEMPT INTRODUCTION TO DYLAN’S SUICIDE ATTEMPT ONLY A HOBO 1961 MAN IN THE STREET 1962*** OTHER KINDS OF SONGS 1964 FROM A BUICK SIX 1965 DESOLATION ROW 1965 5 – V1 ABSOLUTELY SWEET MARIE 1966*** LILLY ROSEMARY AND THE JACK OF HEARTS 1974 ??? SARAH 1975 I PITY THE POOR IMMIGRANT 1968 ??? JESUS FREAK PERIOD ONE MORE CUP OF COFFEE FOR THE ROAD 1975 SISTER OH SISTER 1975 IN THE GARDEN 1980 PRECIOUS ANGEL 1979 DEADMAN 1981 WHEN HE RETURNS 1979 SHOT OF LOVE 1981 SAVED 1980 WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU 1980*** SOLID ROCK 1980 PRESSING ON 1980*** SAVING GRACE 1980 EVERY GRAIN OF SAND 1981 MAN OF PEACE 1983 YOU GOTTA SERVE SOMEBODY 1997 PROUD JEW PERIOD 6 – V1 I AND I 1983 NEIGHBORHOOD BULLY 1983 LICENSE TO KILL 1983 TOUGH MAMA 1973 SOMETHING THERE IS ABOUT YOU 1973*** FOREVER YOUNG 1973*** WEDDING SONG 1973 SELF-HATING SICK JEW PERIOD T.V. TALKIN’ TIME 1990 10,000 MEN 1990 TWEEDLE-DEE DUM AND TWEEDLE-DEE DEE 2001 RING THEM BELLS 1989 NETTIE MOORE 2006 SHAKE MAMA SHAKE 2009 NARROW WAY 2012 MELLENCAMP’S ISRAEL HATING SONG*** BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN’S ANTI-ISRAEL SONG HICKEY PICKS UP A NAIL POSITIVELY HIV STREET I AIN’T NEVER GONNA BE THE SAME AGAIN 1985 UNDER YOUR SPELL 1986 DEATH IS NOT THE END 1988 THE DISEASE OF CONCEIT 1989 7 – V1 MAN IN THE LONG BLACK COAT 1989 MOST OF THE TIME 1989 WHAT GOOD AM I? 1989 TRYING TO GET TO HEAVEN 1997 NOT DARK YET 1997 I AIN’T NEVER GONNA BE THE SAME AGAIN 1985 UNDER YOUR SPELL 1986 HARD TIMES ARRANGED BY BOB DYLAN IN 1992 THE DISEASE OF CONCEIT 1989 MOST OF THE TIME 1989 WHAT GOOD AM I? 1989 NOT DARK YET 1997 COLD IRONS BOUND 1997*** LOVE SICK 1997 CAN’T WAIT 1997 STILL A MILLION MILES FROM YOU 1997 MISSISSIPPI 2001 AIN’T TALKIN’ 2006 SCARLET TOWN 2012 THE DYLAN WEBERMAN MYTHOLOGY TELL ME THAT IT ISN’T TRUE 1969 TAKE ME AS I AM 1970 WENT TO SEE THE GYPSY 1970 8 – V1 SOME OTHER KINDS OF SONGS 1964 THE BIRTHDAY PARTY WHEN I PAINT MY MASTERPIECE 1971 BILLY 1 1972 BILLY 4 1972 IDIOT WIND 1974 YOU’RE GONNA MAKE ME LONESOME WHEN YOU GO 1974 ISIS 1975 WHERE ARE YOU TONIGHT? (JOURNEY THROUGH DARK HEAT) 1978 DURING HIS SPEECH AT THE MUSICARE AWARDS DYLAN MAKES REFERENCE TO THE TIME HE PINNED ME DOWN TO THE GROUND MAN GAVE NAMES TO ALL THE ANIMALS 1979 WHEN THE NIGHT COMES FALLING FROM THE SKY 1985*** CONGRATULATIONS OCTOBER 1988 TWEETER & THE MONKEY MAN 1988 DIAMOND JOE 1992 STANDING IN THE DOORWAY 1997 HIGHLANDS 1997 SUGAR BABY 2001 NETTIE MOORE 2006 SPIRIT ON THE WATER 2006 SHAKE MAMA SHAKE 2009 IT’S ALL GOOD 2009 I FEEL A CHANGE COMIN’ ON 2009 9 – V1 IF YOU EVER GO TO HOUSTON 2009 LONG AND WASTED YEARS 2012*** THE TITANIC: A METAPHOR FOR DYLAN’S CAREER DUQUESNE WHISTLE BLOWIN' 2012 ROLL ON JOHN SLOW TRAIN 1979 ROCK POETS REACT TO BOB DYLAN ROCK POETS REACT TO DYLAN IN POETRY HEY JUDE A MESSAGE TO DYLAN MAGGIE MAE OB-LA-DI, OB-LA-DA ROCKY RACCOON MEAN MISTER MUSTARD IMAGINE PEACE 2011 YOKO’S FATHER WAS JAPANESE WAR CRIMINAL PAUL McCARTNEY PANCHO AND LEFTY, TOWNES VAN ZANDT, A.J. WEBERMAN AND THE DEVIL*** LOU REED TAKE IT EASY BY GLENN FREY MEMO FROM TURNER IS A MESSAGE TO BOB DYLAN PAINT IT BLACK IS ABOUT DYLAN LEONARD COHEN 10 – V1 YOU CAN CALL ME AL 1986*** 11 – V1 A. J. WEBERMAN: DYLANOLOGIST Alan Jules Weberman, born May 26, 1945 is a Brooklyn native who descends from a long line of Torah Jews. Alan attended P.S. 241 and Lefferts Junior High School in Brooklyn where he first achieved media exposure on local television as the President of the Haystacks Calhoun fan club, a 601 pound professional wrestler from Morgan’s Corner, Arkansas. It was on to Erasmus Hall High School, where he met Neil Hickey, the beatnik nephew of “Crazy Joe” and Larry “Kid Blast” Gallo, the most notorious Mafia gangsters in Brooklyn in the 1950’s. Neil and Alan had an act called The Progressive Bible Readers that entailed loud drumming so they rehearsed at Joey and Larry’s parents’ house because no one would call the cops with a noise complaint. When Alan was fifteen years young Neil turned him on to pot one week after Alan bought his first pack of Marlboros. After smoking a jay he threw away the cigarettes. But he was a sloppy pot head and left roaches under his bed. As a result, his parents shipped him off to Michigan State University in order to get him away from the bad influences in New York. Weberman made many friends in East Lansing, where he turned major marihuana and ibogaine (an addiction interrupter) advocate Dana Beal onto his first joint. During the summer of 1963 Weberman hitchhiked from East Lansing to Progresso in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico where he lived under very primitive conditions. When he was in Mexico City he stayed at the Hotel Commerico, the same cheap hotel near the bus station where Lee Harvey Oswald stayed that same summer. He returned to East Lansing on a route that took him through Dealey Plaza in Dallas. Back in East Lansing he started a hippy commune called ‘The Smoke Shop’ and got a job at The Pizza Pit, where he met his first love, Debra Dixon, whose ancestry traced back to the Mason / Dixon line. Weberman made many friends at MSU and became a major bad influence. Two days before he was going to drop Morning Glory seeds with two six-foot tall twins he was arrested for sale of 5 marijuana cigarettes and expelled from college. Weberman was facing twenty years minimum mandatory sentence on the sale and an additional ten years minimum mandatory sentence after the cops vacuumed his pockets and found traces of reefer. He returned to New York City in February 1964 where he got a job as credit manager of the Lawrence Employment Agency and went to a psychiatrist who specialized in drug abuse, Dr. Milton Kurian, who had previously examined Lee Harvey Oswald. After paying off the D.A. and the shrink he copped a plea in Michigan and eventually graduated with honors from the City College of New York. In January 1968 he moved to 6 Bleecker Street on the Bowery and became an underground journalist and rock critic at The East Village Other from 1966 until its demise in 1971. In 1970 Alan began to use the initials A. J. at this time. A. J. stood “A Joint,” slang for marijuana cigarette. A. J. became an underground publisher when he bootlegged the book Tarantula, by Bob Dylan. In the late 12 – V1 1960’s, A. J. taught a Dylanology class at The Free University, then taught a class at the Alternate University.