How to Listen to Dylan

Ok, if you’re a true Dylan fan this is old news to you by now.  But, just in case you haven’t heard:  Columbia announced it will be releasing Tell Tale Signs:  Volume 8 of the Bob Dylan bootleg series on October 7, 2008.  Everyone here at the “How to Listen to Dylan“  world headquarters is ecstatic.  We love the bootleg series around here, especially the past 4 volumes.  As you know the past several bootleg series releases were concert recordings from the 60’s and 70’s.  But, volume 8 is different as it’s mostly outtakes from some of his most recent recording sessions (seven songs were culled from the 1989 Oh Mercy sessions with Daniel Lanois–Nice!) and some concert tunes from  the dawn of this new millennium.

Remember the single “Series of Dreams”?  It was released in 1990 as an outtake from the Oh Mercy sessions.  Well, in our opinion that song was friggin’ awesome.  So, if you can’t wait until volume 8’s release on October 7–then download or dust off “Series of Dreams” and start audibly dreaming about what volume 8 has in store for you.  We had a premonition that you won’t be disappointed!

Yours Truly,

Judas Priest

VP of Propaganda/Howtolistentodylan.com World Headquarters

Our site has been up and running for about a month now and so far it’s been a lot of fun. We just made it to the 1st page of Google for our keywords: Bob Dylan Discography. Thus, the traffic has been pouring in at a steady pace and we’ve met a lot of interesting characters via the web. One added benefit of starting your own niche site is that you meet others that are interested in the same thing. We’ve discovered an amazing amount of Dylan related sites that we didn’t even know existed. There are sites dedicated to his live shows, his lyrics, the banter he says between songs at live shows and even a “family tree” of all his musical friends and contacts. One of the best sites we’ve found is a webcast radio station called TANGLED UP IN BOB.  You can tune in for free at: http://radio.thewalrus.ca/ .

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If you’re a Dylan fan, you’ve probably seen her for most of your Dylan-listening career.  However, you probably never even knew who she was—until now.   Suze Rotolo, the not-so-famous woman locked in Dylan’s arm on the infamous “Freewheelin’” album cover, has written a book about her relationship with Bob Dylan.  The book–A Freewheelin’ Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties—is getting mixed reviews.  Some say it’s boring and reveals nothing new about the enigmatic Dylan.  Others are praising the book as a sensitive page-turner that gives the Dylan fan a much-needed female perspective on his life.

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Wow!  What a first week.  We launched last Thursday and have since had over 2,000 visitors.  First, thanks to everyone who has taken minutes out of their lives they’ll never have back to view our little hunk of cyberspace.  The responses have been all over the board (no pun intended).  Let me give you a few positive highlights from e-mails and forum posts we’ve received:
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