Who knew the final destiny of "Slow Train" was to be a yelly post-punk song?

Gotta be in the running for wildest albums covers of the 21st century

Actually wrote about that show a few years ago!

I’ve started a new series called Only Passing Through about cities Bob Dylan has played just once. I started with Las Cruces, NM, and now I’ve done Córdoba, Argentina. Fernet con coca, cuarteto, Evita, and lots of local drama surrounding this show. Dy-lan, Dy-lan!

Can I use autopen?

All the Record Store Day bullshit is worth it for this

Bob Dylan has played "Ballad of a Thin Man" 1,361 times live. Over all that time, the song has had a number of different arrangements—from sax solos to spooky echoes to a one-off Swing Revival version. I broke them all down:

Related to them having fun with their one-hit wonder status, their last album includes "Torturing James Hetfield," ripping on him for saying he was happy Metallica was played at Gitmo. They threaten to play him Chumbawamba's Greatest Hits, then a voice in the background croons "There's only one…"

Bruce and Joan singing Chimes of Freedom last night

Oh to live on…Margaritaville…

Joke's on you I'm sick of emails anyway

Has Chris “Snake” Davis ever been on a record with Jeff “Skunk” Baxter?

Then of course there are still the Shadow Kingdom songs he did not incorporate into subsequent setlists

Last-Played-in-2018 has some gems too

Dylan tour kicks off in a couple weeks. Here's a list of songs he last performed in 2019. Which feels like a nice sweet spot for possible surprises—exciting, but still entirely plausible.* (* Will The Circle excepted, that was a one-off with Neil Young)