The Dylan Daily Newsletter - 2 January 2007

(New issue of the Newsletter - emailed to subscribers yesterday. To ensure you receive your own free copy of future issues, please subscribe using the box in the left column of the Dylan Daily web site - www.dylandaily.com)



The DYLAN DAILY Newsletter

Welcome to the 2 January 2007 issue of the Dylan Daily newsletter. It lists articles recently published on The Dylan Daily web site (http://www.dylandaily.com), helping you catch up on any articles you may have missed.

I value your info and insights on matters Dylan - particularly your gig reviews - info@dylandaily.com

The “Dylan industry” shows no sign of slowing down, so make sure you log on to The Dylan Daily first thing every working day: the daily update is now posted before the start of the European workday.

Thanks for your interest.


Gerry Smith,
editorial@dylandaily.com



EUROPEAN TOUR 2007

The big Dylan news at the moment concerns the spring Euro tour and Theme Time Radio Hour. Here’s a reminder of the itinerary for Dylan’s Euro 2007 spring tour:

March: 28 Stockholm; 30 Oslo.

April: 1 Gothenburg; 2 Copenhagen; 4 Hamburg; 5 Münster; 6 Brussels; 8 and 9 Amsterdam; 11 Glasgow; 12 Newcastle; 14 Sheffield; 15 London; 17 Birmingham; 19 Düsseldorf; 20 Stuttgart; 21 Frankfurt; 23 Paris; 25 Geneva; 26 Turin; 27 Milan; 29 Zürich; 30 Mannheim.

May: 2 Leipzig; 3 Berlin; 5 Herning.

And, for UK readers, here’s the schedule for the remainder of the BBC Radio broadcasts of the wonderful Theme Time Radio Hour series:

BBC 6 Music at 2100 every Friday from 12 January.
BBC Radio 2:
21.03.07 @ 2100-2200
28.03.07 @ 2100-2200
04.04.07 @ 2100-2200
06.04.07 @ 2000-2100
07.04.07 @ 2000-2100
08.04.07 @ 2000-2100
09.04.07 @ 2000-2100
11.04.07 @ 2100-2200
18.04.07 @ 2100-2200
25.04.07 @ 2100-2200
07.05.07 @ 2100-2300 (2 shows)

BBC Radio shows are streamed online and also accessible from their websites for seven days after broadcast (UK only, for licensing reasons, apparently).


NEW ARTICLES ON THE DYLAN DAILY - http://www.dylandaily.com

* Dylan on baseball
* Tickets for Dylan Brit shows still on sale
* Theme Time Radio Hour – encore
* Theme Time Radio Hour: setting the agenda, yet again
* Dylan in Europe, spring 2007

* Those dates again for Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour on BBC Radio
* Dylan’s literary influences outlined in a fine website
* More Dylan collectables
* The £300/$600 Dylan book - for the fan who has everything
* Renaldo & Clara

* Smaller venues on Dylan’s Euro tour, March-May 2007
* For the Dylan fan who has everything…
* Stunning new video – Thunder On The Mountain
* Euro tour, March-May 2007
* Four April 2007 English gigs - booking starts 0900 Friday 8 Dec

* Dylan covers dominate magazine racks in 2006
* Dylan cover/major feature make new MOJO a must-buy
* Dylan/Stones’ Like A Rolling Stone: rock’s highest peak
* Greil Marcus on Dylan
* Highway 61 Revisited: a fine new book

* Rare Tracks in The Collection, from Apple iTunes
* The (Dylan) Collection from iTunes: a suitable Xmas present?
* Rare Tacks in The Collection, from Apple iTunes
* The (Dylan) Collection from iTunes: a suitable Xmas present?
* New de luxe version of Don’t Look Back due in February

* Promising new study Of Highway 61 Revisited
* Programme themes/setlists for the Dylan-as-DJ series on BBC radio
* BBC to broadcast Dylan’s US radio series
* Trager v Gray: a tale of two encyclopedias


EARLIER ARTICLES ON THE DYLAN DAILY - http://www.dylandaily.com

* Dylan Daily – first anniversary
* First the Encyclopedia… now, the T shirt
* No Dylan in Top 100 albums
* Back Pages gig coming soon
* Top 20 albums: comment

* Dylan – The Musical
* The ideal Dylan backing band: encore
* Your 3 second guide to the latest gig: Toronto, 7 Nov 2006
* Your ideal Dylan backing band?
* Dylan on Dylan - at 50% discount

* Dylan Top 20 albums: an alternative view
* Modern Times – Album Of The Year in new issue of Uncut
* Roger McGuinn does Dylan in mesmerising London gig
* Bob Dylan Convention/6th Annual John Green Day: a third view
* Bob Dylan Convention/6th Annual John Green Day: another view

* Spanish boots?
* Saturday’s Bob Dylan Convention/John Green Day
* Bob Dylan - the Musical
* Dylan’s literary borrowing: the 1960s?
* Lyrics 1962-2001 – new, paperback edition

* More on: Ovid, and on The Top 20 albums poll
* Modern Times and Ovid
* The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia – reprint, with updates and corrections
* The Top 20 Dylan albums – new expert ranking
* Rough Guide: competition winners

* Modern Times Is Rubbish
* High praise for Modern Times songs on new N American tour
* Spanish books of…
* Rough Guide winners - and more copies to win in new competition
* Boots of Spanish plastic?

* Last call: win a free copy of the new Rough Guide to Bob Dylan
* Rare acetate being auctioned: to you, $2,000
* Free copy of the new Rough Guide to Bob Dylan
* Win a free copy of the new Rough Guide to Bob Dylan
* Modern Times's influences analysed in new issue of Uncut

* Free from The Dylan Daily – the new Rough Guide to Bob Dylan
* Bob Dylan Album File & Complete Discography: encore
* Free! New! The Rough Guide to Bob Dylan - from The Dylan Daily
* New - Bob Dylan Album File & Complete Discography
* Dylan’s literary influences

* Al Kooper – the overlooked
* Modern Times blooper
* Michael Gray’s Bob Dylan Encyclopedia at 33% discount
* Series of D...ylan films at New York’s Morgan Museum
* Must-hear Dylan lecture series at New York’s Morgan Museum

* Must-see Dylan programme at New York’s Morgan Museum
* Modern Times and Henry Timrod again
* The new Rough Guide – encore
* Modern Times lyric fragments from Civil War-era poet?
* High praise for the new Rough Guide to Bob Dylan

* Rolling Stone Dylan cover, and the new edition of The Rough Guide
* New: Dylan on Dylan - The Essential Interviews
* A sad ol’ lonesome day
* Blonde On Blonde does the trick
* Slate’s review of Modern Times – encore

* Modern Times DVD – yet another missed opportunity
* Honest With Me: Musical Stories on Bob Dylan




ADMIN
Please "Forward" this issue of the newsletter to a few like-minded friends. Then, if they like what they see, they can register via the web site to receive their own free copy.

And why not bookmark http://www.dylandaily.com - to make it easy to re-visit the site? New reviews and commentaries are added to the Daily Update page on the web site early in the European working day.

The newsletter is delivered free, by email, twice a month. You can access the full content of this newsletter much earlier - as it is published - in DAILY UPDATE on the web site: http://www.dylandaily.com

The newsletter is sent to you because you have subscribed via the web site. To unsubscribe your email address, please go to the web site (http://www.dylandaily.com); you'll enter the site at the Daily Update page; in the Subscribe area at the top of the left column, please enter your subscribed address in the "Your Email" box; select "Unsubscribe"; and then click "Go"; you'll be automatically unsubscribed.



(c) Music for Grown-Ups Ltd 2007