Positively Bob Dylan

When Zainab McCoy, visual and performing artist from Philadelphia who is currently living in Oslo contacted me, I was immediately astonished by the unique item she had to offer: Her late husband Hans Marius Stormoen translated Dylan’s “Chronicles, Volume 1″ into Norwegian. After his work was finished, Zainab asked him what to do with the original manuscript. His simple reply was “Put it in the trash. Or just do whatever you want to do with it”, she tells me. But of course this is not what you would do with a true collector’s item.
To everyone’s surprise, just before Bob Dylan’s book was going to be released worldwide and Stormoen was nearly halfway finished translating it, the phone rang. It was the Chief Editor of the Norwegian publishing house, telling him to immediately stop his translation, “Dylan has sent us a new manuscript”! On the same day the new version of the manuscript arrived from New York, the one that would later end up as the official book release. Zainab’s job was to read both versions and mark the changes that Dylan had made so that her husband could easily find them and not have to completely run through what he had already translated. A complicated task, as she confirms.
Back to the first, completely unedited manuscript: As Zainab told me, in the first manuscript you can hear Dylan’s voice, his casual unedited way of speaking and writing. It even includes Bob’s personal note to the editor “type written on the PC”. None of the manuscripts contain any handwriting by Dylan. Still since there were so many changes made from the first to the second manuscript, the original unpublished version remains an important item for every serious rarities collector and Bob Dylan fan.

Please note that the authenticity of the original Chronicles manuscript copies can be verified by Morten Malmø, Chief Editor at DAMM/EGMONT in Oslo, Norway, who personally hand delivered the first manuscript to Hans Marius Stormoen, who also translated several other works such as Bob Dylan’s “Scrape Book”. He died on June 1, 2006, whilst in the middle of translating Sharon Osbourne’s autobiography “Extreme”.

Supported by positively-bobdylan.com Zainab McCoy now exclusively offers to sell the original first manuscript to the highest bidder – THIS IS A CALL TO SERIOUS COLLECTORS ONLY! McCoy will request a face-to-face meeting with the eventual buyer to see and purchase the complete manuscript. It will NOT be sent via e-mail! In case you are seriously interested, you may contact her at hmstormo@hotmail.com.

Bob Dylan will be the host of a new music show on XM Satellite Radio sometime in spring 2006. The show will feature music hand-picked by Dylan, commentary on music and other topics, as well as interviews with special guests. Plus – and that might be another little surprise – he will answer e-mails from XM subscribers.
Now 64 years old, Bob Dylan said in a statement on his new career as a radio DJ: “Songs and music have always inspired me. A lot of my own songs have been played on the radio, but this is the first time I’ve ever been on the other side of the mic.”
XM Satellite is a leading subscription radio and has been luring other high profile names to boost its profiles. It features 160 commercial-free digital music channels and a playlist with access to over 2 million titles.
According to XM it has more than 5 million subscribers.

XM Satellite Radio Website: http://www.xmradio.com

Bob Dylan appeared on TV in the news magazine “60 Minutes”. CBS correspondent Ed Bradley spoke with Dylan in his first television interview in 2 decades.
In the broadcast Dylan talked about his career as well as his life, including the difficult relationships with both his family and the media.
The interview promotes the release of his autobiography “Chronicles, Vol. 1″ and was aired on CBS on December 5.

It seemed so impossible, yet it happened: During the past 3 years Dylan wrote his (first) autobiography entitled “Chronicles, Vol. 1″. It was released on October 5 and is also available as an audio book (CD and cassette) read by actor Sean Penn.
There’s two important facts that you need to know if you haven’t already read it: First, the book is written much like a Dylan song itself, mysterious and dark, it leaves a lot of space for interpretation, it’s neither complete nor chronological. And secondly, Dylan leaves out everything that might diminish his status as the unknown superstar. There’s not a single hint concerning his relationships, drugs, or religion. On bobdylan.com you can read that Chronicles focuses “on significant periods in Dylan’s life and career”, but what’s behind Dylan’s closed doors remains unknown. Read it, it’s a great piece of art, but if you want a complete biography you might very well better take a look at Clinton Heylin’s “Behind The Shades Revisited”.