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The Bob Cats Newsletter 2021-06-11 THE BOB CATS NEWSLETTER JUNE 11, 2021. CELEBRATING THE ART AND THE MANY LIVES OF BOB DYLAN • NOBEL PRIZE LAUREATE SONG & DANCE MAN. INSPIRED BY THEME TIME RADIO HOUR AND THE SPIRIT IN WHICH IT WAS MADE. ESTABLISHED 2006 BY PETER HOLST • 14 YEARS AND RUNNING. HTTPS://THEBOBCATSNEWSLETTER.WORDPRESS.COM Welcome to another edition of the Bob Cats Newsletter. It's night time in the big city and the heat is on. The cracked actor abides on the top floor of The Black Swan, checked boxers, 10-gallon hat, giant windows open to a black nocturnal sky, stars twinkle from a hundred years ago, a slow lascivious Caribbean breeze flutters through the pages of Canzoniere by Francesco Petrarca on a table by a bottle of Masi Agricola. He raises his glass saluting his very good friend doctor Theodore Stafolos across the Main Street in room #507 of The Saint James Hotel, who’s answering back waving a wintry glass of ouzo as the wife of a famous editor of Zeneca Publishing is putting on her make up in the bathroom. A streetcar named Orleans disappears into the shadows of The Elysian Park to the sounds of mating toads quacking like crazy in the wet grass by the silver songs of the Orson Creek. Hermine deMiele and Gustave Bosch wake up from their slumbers by a soft summer rain, hurrying in beneath the sheltering crown of an old oak tree rearranging their clothes, checking their watches, soaked to the bone, stained by grass, heads aching, guilt and hair brushed aside, limbs mellow, minds euphoric, looking for cab. ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER THE BOB CATS NEWSLETTER KEPT THE VIEW. THEME TIME RADIO HOUR THEME TIME RADIO HOUR • EPISODE 62: NUMBER ONE • JANUARY 2, 2008 • 1:01:46. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39a2NOwou10 ••• THE CONCERTS • VIDEO BERKELEY CALIFORNIA • OCTOBER 11, 2002 • 2:19:25. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBJuJN46l4s STATENHAL DEN HAAG NETHERLANDS • JUNE 10, 1989 • 1:18:50. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWXQC3JHL8A ••• THE CONCERTS • AUDIO FLORENCE ITALY • APRIL 18, 2009 • 48:29. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI-ncLUEtaI PARIS FRANCE • APRIL 30, 2002 • 2:28:46. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVvV3YpIxQU DENVER COLORADO • JUNE 5, 1999 • 1:41:02. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQaEm1iklj4 THE SUPPER CLUB • NEW YORK CITY NY • NOVEMBER 16, 1993. 2:03:51. http://dylanesco.com/o-verdadeiro-acustico-mtv-de-dylan/ WOLF TRAP FARM PARK • VIENNA VIRGINIA • JULY 21, 1991 • 1:04:20. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfNdHcAm0bU THE HAGUE NETHERLANDS • JUNE 10, 1989 • 1:18:43. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kglBpXx9nH4 ••• THE LYRICS COLD IRONS BOUND. https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/20141 BILLY 4. https://reclinernotes.com/2021/06/07/billy-4/ LOVE MINUS ZERO/NO LIMIT (1965) PART I: ROSE OF ENGLAND. https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/20131 LOVE MINUS ZERO/NO LIMIT (1965) PART II: A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE. https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/20134 LOVE MINUS ZERO/NO LIMIT (1965) PART III: I LOVE YOU, BUT YOU’RE STRANGE. https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/20153 ANOTHER DYLAN SONG: PHONE OPERATOR LOVE. https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/20185 NET 1998 PART 2 • FRIENDS AND OTHER STRANGERS. https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/20157 WHAT BOB DYLAN MEANS TO ME. https://thewriteplace.ie/music/what-bob-dylan-means-to-me ••• THE SONGS • VIDEO CAN’T WAIT • BRIGHTON ENGLAND • MAY 4, 2002. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uVnqU3wUFg TOMORROW NIGHT • WITH TRISHA YEARWOOD • LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA • MARCH 23, 1994. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfug81ut_R4&t=11s RING THEM BELLS • THE SUPPER CLUB • NEW YORK CITY NY • NOVEMBER 1993. https://vimeo.com/36172373?1&ref=fb- share&fbclid=IwAR2Q8LQ2A6IiLq_RFnXmDLFDsZJCQ4leYRqgzXR4JB92w2gME2b4zJZJ6A8 I’VE BEEN ALL AROUND THIS WORLD • SPRINGFIELD MASSACHUSETTS • OCTOBER 28, 1992. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF6AD3tpGRA LOVE CRAZY • BY TAMPA RED • INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA • OCTOBER 25, 1978. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgpBHOncXh4 LOVE CRAZY • TAMPA RED. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW1oNg51vHo MAMA, YOU BEEN ON MY MIND • 2 AUDIOS • 2 VIDEOS. https://www.needsomefun.net/bob-dylan-mama-you-been-on-my-mind/ I THREW IT ALL AWAY • THE JOHNNY CASH TV SHOW • JUNE 7, 1969. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93NnaKMDUSo&t=47s TALKIN' WORLD WAR III BLUES • CBC TV STUDIOS • TORONTO ONTARIO • FEBRUARY 1, 1964. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFWQaLUNEdA ••• THE SONGS • AUDIO WHEN I PAINT MY MASTERPIECE • PALO ALTO CALIFORNIA • OCTOBER 14, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1WgkZPQfaE TRYIN' TO GET TO HEAVEN • ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY • JUNE 6, 2004. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MgGPplc1wI I SHALL BE RELEASED • THE SUPPER CLUB NEW YORK CITY NY • NOVEMBER 17, 1993. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmT_5b7nytM BORN IN TIME • GOTHENBURG SWEDEN • JUNE 10, 1998. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FfTmN9Y4OU NEW MORNING • BRADLEY THEATER • TULSA OKLAHOMA • OCTOBER 30, 1991. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bixPaElO1rU SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK BLUES • CONCORD PAVILION • CONCORD CALIFORNIA • JUNE 7, 1988. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJO5iAj0nD0 CLEAN CUT KID • WITH TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS & THE QUEENS OF RHYTHM • TACOMA WASHINGTON • JULY 31, 1986. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGz6VaKfgDg LICENSE TO KILL • SHAKE A HAND • BY JOE MORRIS • WITH TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS & THE QUEENS OF RHYTHM • LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA • JUNE 6, 1986. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf0mxry74IQ MAN GAVE NAMES TO ALL THE ANIMALS • PORTLAND OREGON • DECEMBER 3 OR 4, 1980. https://vimeo.com/244705357?fbclid=IwAR3aXP9AcQUjRIYqxTuVDs_fjDfu1kR8zkB0FY_c04kmCJF6QfYUpPrPFig ••• THE ALBUMS & SESSIONS POD: BOB DYLAN: ALBUM BY ALBUM • 61 EPISODES. https://www.stitcher.com/show/bob-dylan-album-by-album ERIC CLAPTON AND BOB DYLAN • 10 SONGS. https://www.needsomefun.net/bob-dylan-with-eric-clapton-video-gallery/ ANOTHER SIDE OF BOB DYLAN • 1964. https://www.beachamjournal.com/journal/2021/06/the-album-another-side-of-bob-dylan-was-recorded-57-years-ago- today.html BOB DYLAN AT 80: THE MASTER MUSICIAN’S 39 ALBUMS RANKED • MAY 24, 2021. https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/bob-dylan-at-80-the-master-musician-s-39-albums-ranked-1.4571312 ••• THE VIDEOS & FILMS THE PERFORMATIVITY OF DON’T LOOK BACK. https://medium.com/@connorclift/the-performativity-of-dylan-dont-look-back-10d68971e1ac ••• THE INTERVIEWS GETTING TO DYLAN • BBC DOCUMENTARY • 1986. https://borntolisten.com/2021/06/11/bob-dylan-getting-to-dylan-essential-bbc-documentary-from-1986/ MATT DAMSKER & BOB DYLAN • SENATOR HOTEL • AUGUSTA MAINE • SEPTEMBER 15, 1978. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPWPP53lKF4 ••• THE BOOKS NEW WRITING ON BOB DYLAN: CHRIS GREGORY • DETERMINED TO STAND. https://rollason.wordpress.com/2021/06/07/new-writing-on-bob-dylan-chris-gregory-determined-to-stand-2/ ••• THE ESSAYS & THE ARTICLES BOB’S POEM FOR THE ISLE THAT CAUGHT HIM CROONING IN THE MOONLIGHT IN ’69 • JUNE 5, 2021. https://leighgbankspreservationsociety.blog/poetic-justice-for-the-isle-that-caught-dylan-moonlight-crooning-back-in-69/ OLDER THAN THAT NOW BOB DYLAN AT 80 • MAY 28, 2021. https://www.city-journal.org/bob-dylan-at-80?wallit_nosession=1 THESIS: YOU THAT BUILD THE DEATH PLANES: BOB DYLAN WAR AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS • MICHAEL L. PERLIN • 2020. https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2421&context=fac_articles_chapters SOUNDS LIKE A STRANGLED CAT: WHEN BOB DYLAN FLOPPED HIS 1959 AUDITION. https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/opinion/columns/7056273-Local-View-Sounds-like-a-strangled-cat-I-was-there-when- the-artist-who-became-Bob-Dylan-and-who-turned-80-on-May-24-flopped-his-1959-audition BOB DYLAN ON HIS LOVE FOR JOAN BAEZ. https://heavy.com/entertainment/bob-dylan-joan-baez/ PHILOSOPHY OF TIME AND DYLAN’S BLOOD ON THE TRACKS. https://cuizizai.wordpress.com/2020/02/24/philosophy-of-time-and-dylans-blood-on-the-tracks/ CHANGING POWER STRUCTURES AND DYLAN’S ROLLING THUNDER REVUE. https://cuizizai.wordpress.com/2020/03/03/changing-power-structures-and-dylans-rolling-thunder-revue/ DYLAN DESERVES WHAT HE HASN’T - LEGITIMACY THEORIES AND THE AMERICAN POET. https://cuizizai.wordpress.com/2020/02/20/dylan-deserves-what-he-hasnt-legitimacy-theories-and-the-american-poet/ BOB DYLAN PHD - BOB DYLAN’S HONORARY DOCTORATE FROM PRINCETON • JUNE 23, 2011. https://edlis-locusts.posthaven.com/bob-dylan-phd-bob-dylans-honorary-doctorate-f BOB DYLAN RECEIVES HONORARY PRINCETON DEGREE • JULY 9, 1970. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bob-dylan-receives-honorary-princeton-degree-187265/ ••• THE RADIO, THE PODS & THE NEWSLETTERS HARD RAIN & SLOW TRAINS: BOB & FELLOW TRAVELERS • THE GREAT PRETENDER: THE MUSIC OF CHRISSIE HYNDE • JUNE 10, 2021. https://player.whooshkaa.com/hard-rain-and-slow-trains-bob-dylan-and-fellow-travelers A HEADFUL OF IDEAS • SEASON 1 • EPISODE 8: SELF PORTRAIT: AN AMERICAN SYMPHONY • JUNE 9, 2021. https://chrisgregory.org/2021/06/09/podcast-a-headful-of-ideas-season-one-8-self-portrait-an-american-symphony/ BOB DYLAN: ALBUM BY ALBUM: EPISODE 24 • JOHN WESLEY HARDING • JUNE 7, 2021. https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL3Nob3cvNDQ4Mzc4Ni9lcGlzb2Rlcy9mZWVk/epi sode/aHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL2VwaXNvZGUvNDUxNzExNzA?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwiYxbPumI_x AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAg VI SNACKAR DYLAN • MAGNUS RINGBORG MED GÄSTER • AVSNITT 44: SVANTE LOVÉN • RED RIVER SHORE • JUNE 5, 2021. https://visnackardylan.podbean.com/ https://open.spotify.com/show/5mV1UaiskEXQ6pEuHwWJ7r?si=4GP9aWTfRCSLDWMV7YhTyw THE BOBCATS • A BOB DYLAN FAN PODCAST • EPISODE 10: DUNCAN HUME • JUNE 4, 2021. https://open.spotify.com/episode/6WG84Vnvg0meImVC5T5JOz?si=Nbz_iMLiRciNDNz6yGYO0A&fbclid=IwAR0ZQXn1Ovc5I ceLHjRu6F4NSp2igLfdH0gUtvFHNO2RddpuUv-mEKjcT7M&nd=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I39qdYIEodM LARRY CAMPBELL SPEAKS. https://www.vpro.nl/programmas/bobcast/aflevering-27.html ••• THE ARCHIVES THE THEME TIME RADIO HOUR. http://www.themetimeradio.com/all/ http://expectingrain.com/discussions/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=87014 EXPECTING RAIN. https://www.expectingrain.com/ NOT DARK YET.
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