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November 2023

November 22, 2023

Murder Most Foul: Bob Dylan’s Song on the Kennedy Assassination

Today, November 22, 2023, marks the 60th anniversary of the assassination of President John F....

September 2023

September 09, 2023

“I’m out here a thousand miles from my home.” Why it makes sense why the Bob Dylan Center is in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Of the thirteen songs that appeared on his self-titled and first album, Bob Dylan, the...

February 2022

February 27, 2022

Will Bob Dylan perform “Murder Must Foul” in his March 10 show in Irving, Texas?

Bob Dylan will continue his Rough and Rowdy Ways tour on March 3 in Phoenix....

September 2021

September 12, 2021

What Good Am I?: Bob Dylan on Today’s 2nd Reading

Today's 2nd reading for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time is from James 2:14-18: What...

May 2021

May 20, 2021

Bob Dylan at 80. My top 80 greatest Bob Dylan songs. Today: 10 through 1 (Part 8)

On May 24, 2021, Bob Dylan turns 80. In honor of this occasion, I have...

May 19, 2021

Bob Dylan at 80. My top 80 greatest Bob Dylan songs. Today: 20 through 11 (Part 7)

On May 24, 2021, Bob Dylan turns 80. In honor of this occasion, I have...

May 18, 2021

Bob Dylan at 80. My top 80 greatest Bob Dylan songs. Today: 30 through 21 (Part 6)

On May 24, 2021, Bob Dylan turns 80. In honor of this occasion, I have...

May 16, 2021

Bob Dylan at 80. My top 80 greatest Bob Dylan songs. Today: 40 through 31 (Part 5)

On May 24, 2021, Bob Dylan turns 80. In honor of this occasion, I have...

May 14, 2021

Bob Dylan at 80. My top 80 greatest Bob Dylan songs. Today: 50 through 41 (Part 4)

On May 24, 2021, Bob Dylan turns 80. In honor of this occasion, I have...

May 12, 2021

Bob Dylan at 80. My top 80 greatest Bob Dylan songs. Today: 60 through 51 (Part 3)

On May 24, 2021, Bob Dylan turns 80. In honor of this occasion, I have...

May 10, 2021

Bob Dylan at 80. My top 80 greatest Bob Dylan songs. Today: 70 through 61 (Part 2)

On May 24, 2021, Bob Dylan turns 80. In honor of this occasion, I have...

May 08, 2021

Bob Dylan at 80. My top 80 greatest Bob Dylan songs. Today: 80 through 71 (Part 1)

On May 24, 2021, Bob Dylan turns 80. In honor of this occasion, over the...

October 2013

October 25, 2013

Bob Dylan’s amazing live version of Mr. Tambourine Man from 1995

When my brother, Jim, and I saw Dylan in Vegas on May 13, 1995, he...

October 22, 2013

Great cover of Bob Dylan’s pro-Israel song, “Neighborhood Bully.”

The band is called "Daniel Israel and Blood on the Tracks." The lyrics to the...

August 2013

August 13, 2013

Stephen H. Webb: In Defense of Dylan’s Voice

Over at First Things, my friend, Steve Webb, offers an apologetic for Bob Dylan's voice....

June 2013

June 07, 2013

The Rights of Error and the Death of Tolerance

That's the title of my latest installment over at The Catholic Thing. Here's how it...

August 2012

August 03, 2012

Strengthen the Things That Remain (Thoughts on Chick-Fil-A and Religious Liberty)

"Strengthen the Things That Remain" is the title of my most recent entry over at...

May 2012

May 31, 2012

Bob Dylan, still misunderstood by American liberals

So says Matthew Schmitz at First Things: Two days ago, Bob Dylan received the Presidential...

June 2011

June 20, 2011

Paul Cella on Sean Wilentz’s “Bob Dylan in America”

Over at What's Wrong With the World, Paul J. Cella reviews the book Bob Dylan...

May 2011

May 09, 2011

And that the ladder of the law has no top and no bottom: Bob Dylan’s lyrics find their way into many judicial opinions

(HT: Bill Glennen) From the LA Times: On summer nights in the mid-1960s, while black-and-white...

April 2011

April 24, 2011

Bob Dylan: “In the Garden”

Lyrics follow In the Garden (by Bob Dylan) When they came for Him in the...

April 10, 2011

Dowd, Dylan, and China

This morning, Maureen Dowd expresses her disappointment that prior to his performances in China, Dylan...

February 2011

February 25, 2011

Fr. Robert Barron on Keith Richards, Bob Dylan, and the New Evangelization

(HT: Frank Weathers)

December 2010

December 10, 2010

Bob Dylan: Little Drummer Boy

December 03, 2010

Should Bob Dylan retire?, or Everybody must get old!

John Jurgeson at the Wall Street Journal says "yes." Here's an excerpt: Most alarming to...

October 2010

October 22, 2010

Bob Dylan, live in Boston 1974, singing “Gates of Eden.”

A terrific performance. Lyrics follow Gates Of Eden by Bob Dylan Of war and peace...

October 11, 2010

What is his best song?

I'm totally taking this idea from my fellow patheos blogger, Scot McKnight, who on Jesus...

October 05, 2010

Bob Dylan & America – The Augustinian Artist

That is the title of a conversation that appears in the most recent issue of The...

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