they did a lot of drugs with a nazi chick and made one of the most classic, iconic, absolutely boring albums of all time. pretty straightforward i think
Charli xcx tells
@Billboard
that she wants to make a Lou Reed record:
“I kind of want to make a Lou Reed record, to be honest. That would definitely be a pretty big swing.”
it is may 5th, 2000. you are in the crowd at 30 rockefeller plaza watching steely dan perform “peg” on the today show. al gore is up in the polls. a few miles south, the twin towers stand tall, a potent symbol of the might of american capital. everything is going great 👍
David Berman on naming his band Silver Jews: “I realized that this thing that had been a millstone around my neck for years was actually my ticket out of my hellhole life”
💜 Happy 56th birthday DCB 💜 Rest easy 💜
extraordinary home recordings of the most essential rock songs ever written, made by the 24 year-old songwriter and his best friend/artistic companion, discovered by the grace of god after languishing in a storage unit for half a century?
yeah i’m thinking that’s like a C-
More to come on
@Beyonce
and
#COWBOYCARTER
on Every Single Album next week.
But you’d struggle to find an artist who has ever been this creative at 42. Gotta think more this weekend, but Paul Simon is probably the only one?
It usually fades with money and fame. It hasn’t 📈
steely dan songs i’ve been allowed to put on the wedding playlist:
- peg (crowd pleaser)
- time out of mind (not immediately apparent it’s about shooting heroin)
steely dan songs i haven’t been allowed to put on the wedding playlist:
- cousin dupree (self-explanatory)
Bob Dylan has just taken the stage in Charlotte, North Carolina for the second night of the Outlaw Fest tour
First song tonight is “Highway 61 Revisited” — the first time he’s played it in 5+ years
cover art: andy warhol
members: the meanest jewish boy in the world, german supermodel, welsh wunderkind of the avant garde, some guy’s younger sister who happens to be best self taught drummer of all time
and it sounds exactly like that would
Bob Dylan on television: “I’m no fan of packaged programs or news shows. I never watch anything foul-smelling or evil. Nothing disgusting, nothing dog ass.”
The time Kris Kristofferson consoled Sinead O'Connor after she was booed mercilessly for telling the truth on SNL in 1992.
It costs nothing to be a decent human being.
God speed Kris Kristofferson.
Charli xcx tells New York Magazine that lying is “so brat”:
“Lying is so fun, so brat. Who made this rule that you have to be truthful and honest in the press as an artist? The press is just a tool.”
Lou Reed and John Cale circa 1965: shooting heroin together, fucking women together, almost fucking each other, hating everybody and everything
Truly a romance for the ages ❤️
top 4 Dons:
1. salt & pepper sunglasses at night Don (~2000)
2. late-era melodica and track jacket Don (~2017)
3. business casual Don (~1991)
4. adjunct professor at an undergrad party Don (~1982)
Nobody ever talks about Street Legal. You'll never find a Dylanophile who mentions it in his fav Bob LPs list. Sure, the production is a bit glossy but I love the orchestral arrangements and many of the tracks : Guards, Stop Crying, Love in Vain, Yankee Power, … Underrated LP.
loving bob dylan, donald fagen, walter becker, van morrison, lou reed, john cale, warren zevon, norm macdonald, david letterman, and brian wilson is VALID 😤
thank you to
@timheidecker
for this dramatized reading of Bob’s Facebook statement on the autopen controversy
many believed it was written by a PR team, but hearing it this way makes it clear the words could have only ever come from Bob himself