28 Comments

1. July 30th, 2009 / 8:10 am Gunter V—

   Love it.

2. July 30th, 2009 / 4:10 am Gunter V—

   Love it.

3. July 30th, 2009 / 8:35 am audri—

   classic bob. i love his reasons for going electric/contracting TB.

4. July 30th, 2009 / 4:35 am audri—

   classic bob. i love his reasons for going electric/contracting TB.

5. July 30th, 2009 / 9:47 am Justin Taylor—

   Thanks for posting this, Ken. This is prime Dylan, but it’s also prime Hentoff- do people know who he is? He was a Village Voice columnist for 50 years (till this January) and like a million other things too. You can go read his wiki if you care, but the point is- a living legend, now in his mid 80s.

   “I can’t really think that there is any rock ‘n’ roll. Actually, when you think about it, anything that has no real existence is bound to become an international phenomenon. ” I couldn’t agree with Bob more on this one.

6. July 30th, 2009 / 5:47 am Justin Taylor—

   Thanks for posting this, Ken. This is prime Dylan, but it’s also prime Hentoff- do people know who he is? He was a Village Voice columnist for 50 years (till this January) and like a million other things too. You can go read his wiki if you care, but the point is- a living legend, now in his mid 80s.

   “I can’t really think that there is any rock ‘n’ roll. Actually, when you think about it, anything that has no real existence is bound to become an international phenomenon. ” I couldn’t agree with Bob more on this one.

7. July 30th, 2009 / 11:52 am alan—

   Oh, yeah. This is one of my favorites too. Less an interview than a collaboration, by the way.

8. July 30th, 2009 / 7:52 am alan—

   Oh, yeah. This is one of my favorites too. Less an interview than a collaboration, by the way.

9. July 30th, 2009 / 3:11 pm Gian—

   “Art, if there is such a thing, is in the bathrooms; everybody knows that.”

   Nice.

10. July 30th, 2009 / 11:11 am Gian—

    “Art, if there is such a thing, is in the bathrooms; everybody knows that.”

    Nice.

11. July 30th, 2009 / 3:43 pm Paul Siegell—

    yes! thanks so much for posting this, ken.

12. July 30th, 2009 / 11:43 am Paul Siegell—

    yes! thanks so much for posting this, ken.

13. July 30th, 2009 / 4:16 pm Derek White—

    “a dog with his leg caught in barbed wire.”

    I read both Chronicles and Tarantula this year and would recommend both. It’s only a matter of time before he gets a pulitzer in literature. Gonna get some tacos and read the rest of this. Maybe I’ll even get the original playboy from 1966. I recently got a playboy from 1967, and besides the sharon tate spread (shot by Polanski) it was worth it for the smell of it alone, a blast back to 1967, and it was only a few bucks on eBay.

14. July 30th, 2009 / 12:16 pm Derek White—

    “a dog with his leg caught in barbed wire.”

    I read both Chronicles and Tarantula this year and would recommend both. It’s only a matter of time before he gets a pulitzer in literature. Gonna get some tacos and read the rest of this. Maybe I’ll even get the original playboy from 1966. I recently got a playboy from 1967, and besides the sharon tate spread (shot by Polanski) it was worth it for the smell of it alone, a blast back to 1967, and it was only a few bucks on eBay.

15. July 30th, 2009 / 4:23 pm Paul Siegell—

    seriously, this just might be the greatest interview of all time.

16. July 30th, 2009 / 12:23 pm Paul Siegell—

    seriously, this just might be the greatest interview of all time.

17. July 31st, 2009 / 1:34 am ryan—

    i love Tarantula! i’ve yet to read Chronicles, but am sure i’ll dig that one too

18. July 30th, 2009 / 9:34 pm ryan—

    i love Tarantula! i’ve yet to read Chronicles, but am sure i’ll dig that one too

19. July 31st, 2009 / 1:35 am ryan—

    this was fantastic, thanks for linking it, ken

20. July 30th, 2009 / 9:35 pm ryan—

    this was fantastic, thanks for linking it, ken

21. July 31st, 2009 / 1:41 am Justin Rands—

    thanks, ken.

22. July 30th, 2009 / 9:41 pm Justin Rands—

    thanks, ken.

23. July 31st, 2009 / 3:17 am Sleeping Fish—

    Chronicles is his autobiography, its kind of cool of weird and nonlinear the way he tells it. One of the better autobiographies I’ve ever read. I think there’s a part two or something. I think there’s a volume 2 which goes back to his earlier years, where he didn’t spend enough time in volume 1… not sure if vol 2 is out yet.

24. July 30th, 2009 / 11:17 pm Sleeping Fish—

    Chronicles is his autobiography, its kind of cool of weird and nonlinear the way he tells it. One of the better autobiographies I’ve ever read. I think there’s a part two or something. I think there’s a volume 2 which goes back to his earlier years, where he didn’t spend enough time in volume 1… not sure if vol 2 is out yet.

25. July 31st, 2009 / 3:18 am Derek—

    why did this thing call me Sleeping Fish, that was weird.

26. July 30th, 2009 / 11:18 pm Derek—

    why did this thing call me Sleeping Fish, that was weird.

27. July 31st, 2009 / 4:58 am Ken Baumann—

    Glad you all are enjoying.

28. July 31st, 2009 / 12:58 am Ken Baumann—

    Glad you all are enjoying.