I swear I'll share more than just Bob Dylan news, but fresh off the wire comes the news that Modern Times is Number 1. No question that it deserves all the recognition it's receiving, the album is quite fantastic imo. Tracks on the record are shaping up to be personal classics for me as I'm diving into a busy fall.
For the first time in 30 years, Bob Dylan tops The Billboard 200 with "Modern Times." Not only is it the legendary songwriter's first album to reach the throne since "Desire" in 1976, it's also his highest debuting album and his best sales week since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data in 1991. The Columbia set moved 192,000 copies in the United States in its first week.
"Modern Times" is Dylan's third consecutive top 10 studio set, following 1997's "Time Out of Mind" and 2001's "Love & Theft." Aside from "Desire" and "Modern Times," only two other Dylan albums assumed the plateau on the chart: 1974's "Planet Waves" and the 1975 classic "Blood on the Tracks."
A track by track review is necessary at somepoint, until then I'm looking forward to seeing Mr. Dylan play Fargo, North Dakota this weekend with my parents. He'll be wrapping up the last tour date on his summer minor league ballpark run. He has yet to debut any songs from "Modern Times" in his set, which I'm guessing he is saving them for the shows this fall. Get the disc if you haven't got around to it ...
source:
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003117383
check out Bob Dylan's cover art for his new record coming out on August 29th. It should be fantastic (duh)
"Song titles include Thunder on the Mountain, Spirit on the Water, Workingman's Blues and When the Deal Goes Down. Dylan plays keyboard, guitar and harmonica on the album, and sings the vocals."
I thought this was pretty cool ..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5164192.stm
The songs of Bob Dylan are to feature in a Broadway musical set in a circus called The Times They Are A-Changin'.
The show will be choreographed by Twyla Tharp, who adapted Billy Joel's hits for the production Movin' Out.
As well as the title track, it will include Subterranean Homesick Blues, Mr Tambourine Man and Blowin' in the Wind.
Meanwhile, Dylan is to headline a peace concert in the Basque city of San Sebastian, where the banned separatist group Eta is demanding independence.
The rock legend's songs will be used in The Times They Are A-Changin' to tell the story of a young man's relationships with his demanding father and a beautiful circus performer.
The three roles are played by Michael Arden, Thom Sesma and Caren Lyn Manuel respectively.
The musical received its US premiere last February at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California.
It received mostly encouraging reviews from newspaper critics in the state.
The San Diego Union-Tribune described it as "exciting", while the San Francisco Chronicle praised the production's "dynamic performances and imaginatively acrobatic choreography".
Dylan is currently on a world tour and Tuesday's gig at San Sebastian's Zurriola Beach is expected to attract some 50,000 fans.
'Milestone'
The event's organisers said it would be "a happening that will be remembered as a milestone in the path of peace".
Dylan, 65, will appear after musician Mikel Laboa, whom the organisers described as a "living legend of Basque music".
Eta declared a permanent ceasefire in March after an armed campaign lasting more 30 years. It is blamed for more than 800 deaths.
Spain's prime minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, said last month his government would begin negotiations with the group.
"We are living days of hope when at last peace is possible," the concert organisers said.
"The gathering of thousands of people united by the music and over political ideas of any kind looks like the best way to symbolise this moment."
from the bbc....
Yo!
Travis here..I'm testing out this vox thing to see if it will be my space (ha!). My friend kyle told me I should check out and he usually knows what he's talking about when it comes to this stuff. I'd like to have a site where I can post setlists, the records i'm listening to, movies/book, concert reviews, photos, tech stuff, tour dates. Pretty much all of the things I spend time obsessing over :)
That's it for now, we'll see what happens..