Positively Bob Dylan

In memoriam Michael Jackson

Mike Hobo — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:03:06 +0000

In loving memory of one the world’s biggest artists of our time, Michael Jackson who died yesterday at the age of 50, I’d like to post the only recorded song ever with the participation of both Michael Jackson and Bob Dylan. Bob’s part starts at 3:45…

“We are the World” (1984)

Join Mike Hobo on Facebook!

Mike Hobo — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:52:19 +0000

Be among the first Bob Dylan fans to join Mike’s brand new Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=99319637756 – You can post your Bob Dylan-related Links and Videos there and share your opinion on his current Tour and his new studio album!

Thanks!
Mike

Limited Edition Swiss Watch & Memorabilia Exhibition

Mike Hobo — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:47:31 +0000

The free lunchtime concerts of this year’s 12th Annual Oris Spirit of Jazz Concert Series will coincide with an exhibit celebrating the music of Bob Dylan. The exhibition of rare Bob Dylan memorabilia and photographs, including original posters and a selection of original album covers, will be on display at the Tourneau TimeMachine Exhibit Hall on 57th & Madison Avenue in New York from now on through August.

Exhibit hall viewing hours are 10:00 AM-6:00 PM on Mon – Wed; Fri and Sat. 10:00 AM-7:00 PM on Thursdays and from 11:30 AM-5:30 PM on Sundays. The displayed items are provided by ICON Collectibles of Sony Music, who offer original music memorabilia art prints for sale. You can browse many items online and buy them on their website.

The Spirit of Jazz Concert Series is presented by Oris Swiss Watches along with WGBO-Jazz 88. Since 1997, Oris has created a series of Limited Edition watches, each one dedicated to jazz and blues legends. This year Oris honors Bob Dylan with an Oris Limited Edition Timepiece, limited to 3,000 pieces worldwide.

Beyond Here Lies Nothin’ Music Video

Mike Hobo — Sun, 24 May 2009 12:52:59 +0000

The first video from the new album “Together Through Life”, directed by former stuntman and stunt coordinator Nash Edgerton (Star Wars, Batman Returns, The Matrix) and featuring TV-actress Amanda Aardsma and Joel Stoffer (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull):

You can post your comments and submit your rating to “Beyond Here Lies Nothin’” and the new album “Together Through Life” on tweedlr.com.

Ugliest Girl in the World Remix

Mike Hobo — Sun, 17 May 2009 16:10:45 +0000

Here’s a brand new demo of a remix I’ve been working on during the past weeks. I just finished it minutes ago and decided to publish it here for the first time. Let me know how you like it. It’s based on Bob Dylan’s funny 1988 track “Ugliest Girl in the World” from the album “Down In the Groove”. Enjoy!

Artist: TLH (The Lonesome Hobo) feat. Zimmy
Title: “I Made Love (With the Ugliest Girl)”
Version: Public Demo (May 17, 2009)

If you want to, you can also rate the original song here.

New Bob Dylan releases in spring 2009

Mike Hobo — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:44:38 +0000

Only two more days until the worldwide release of Dylan’s new studio album “Together Through Life”. Check out “I Feel A Change Comin’ On” on bobdylan.com and post your rating and comment at http://tweedlr.com/albums/62/together-through-life/.
In the meantime you might have noticed that Sony/Legacy has released additional remastered Digipak versions of “The Basement Tapes”, “New Morning”, “Before the Flood” and “Dylan & The Dead” during the past weeks. Most of the other classic albums had already been remastered between 1999 and 2005. Unfortunately Sony did not take the chance to add bonus material to the new re-releases. Anyway due to the improved sound quality it’s definitely worth listening to the albums again.

Heylin presents “Revolution in the Air”

Mike Hobo — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:36:14 +0000

On Monday, March 30, Clinton Heylin – author of the biography “Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades” and “Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions” – will speak about his new book “Revolution in the Air: The Songs of Bob Dylan, 1957-1963″. The most comprehensive book on Dylan’s song lyrics ever written, including songs that no one has ever heard, is the first of two volumes that tracks the creation of Dylan’s first 300 songs. It will possibly change how Dylan’s lyrics are interpreted and understood. Arranged in a surprising chronology of when each song was actually written rather than when it appeared on albums, it uncovers surprising facts spanning Dylan’s career up prior to Blood on the Tracks. Newly discovered manuscripts, anecdotal evidence, and a seemingly limitless knowledge of every Bob Dylan live performance contribute to this definitive resource.
Heylin’s event will take place on Monday, March 30 at 7pm at Spoonbill & Sugartown, Booksellers (218 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11211). It is free and open to the public. A book signing and Q&A will follow.

New Dylan exhibition in Berlin

Mike Hobo — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:55:06 +0000

Egbert Baqué, founder of the Egbert Baqué Contemporary Art Gallery in Berlin opens the exhibition “A Tribute to Bob Dylan” on March 28. Eleven artists approach the subject in very different ways: through portrait paintings, songs, lyrics, visual elements, related literature or other representations of an era.
Egbert Baqué has always been interested in Bob Dylan. Ever since founding the gallery, every year he has been hosting a Bob Dylan birthday party with a solo concert “Baqué Plays Dylan”. The current exhibition is taking place concurrently with Dylan’s European tour and the release of his new studio album “Together Through Life”, which will be released on April 28. “Eine Hommage an Bob Dylan/A Tribute to Bob Dylan” will be opened until May 24, 2009.

UPDATE FROM MAY 20, 2009:
The exhibition was extended and will now be shown until June 6.

The Best YouTube Bob Dylan Remixes & Mash Ups

Mike Hobo — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:10:19 +0000

It’s one more month until Bob’s yet untitled new studio album will be released in April. So if you’re hungry for something new after 2006’s Modern Times you could check out the following unreleased remixes by YouTube users that I’ve picked out for you…Let me know how you liked the tunes (btw: Sorry to say that these tracks/videos are NOT created by me, so don’t post all your compliments here )

“In My Time Of Dyin’” (Remix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kErsKcZLEA
» rate the original song here

“Threat of the Man In The Long Black Coat” (Bob Dylan vs. Jay-Z Mash Up)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cFmfsyQs_E
» rate the original song here

“Hot ‘n Cold – Knockin On Heaven’s Door” (Katy Perry vs. Bob Dylan Mash Up)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he1NxbEzIT4
» rate the original song here

“Mr. Tambourine Man – Hey Ladies” (Bob Dylan vs. Beastie Boys Mash Up)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxk5fzYJH4I
» rate the original song here

“Subterranean Homesick Blues” (Melophonic Remix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBZ5EWR45JQ
» rate the original song here

“Justify My Summer Dayz Thug” (Bob Dylan vs. Jay-Z Mash Up)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roXsTZO2-pQ
» rate the original song here

And what do we learn from that? Not only that it’s fun – and sometimes even works amazingly well.- It’s the fact that you just can’t killl a great song! So keep on remixing, mashing and sampling Bob Dylan tunes…it’s just a new way of doing something similar to what Bob did himself with old melodies and lyrics, creating something new.

Bob Dylan poetry special

Mike Hobo — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:30:48 +0000

The poetry community writerslounge.net is currently featuring Bob Dylan in their first poetry special. Registered writers can upload and publish their Dylan-related poem for free. You can post your personal appreciation in the form of a poem, just like Dylan himself did in 1962 for one of his idols, Woody Guthrie, in “Song to Woody”. Or you can submit a poem or even song lyrics that you might have written in reference to Dylan’s life or work.- Participate here!
In cooperation with writerslounge.net the best poem(s) – that’s the ones that receive the highest rating by readers – will also be published and promoted on positively-bobdylan.com.