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News Nobel Prize Committee: Dylan Given Prize ‘Mostly To Mess With Roth’
In an exclusive on-the-record interview with The Backward, three members of the Nobel Prize Committee broke off from listening to Abba to explain their reasons for awarding the Literature Prize to a 1960s folk singer who sounds like a punctured accordion. “Oh, yah. We gave it to him mostly to keep screwing with Philip Roth’s…
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Fast Forward Bob Dylan’s Harlem Townhouse Hits Market For Cool $3.7M
Wanna live in the Bard’s brownstone? Better start saving now. The opulent four story Harlem townhouse where Bob Dylan lived for 14 years has just hit the market for a cool $3.7 million. “Dripping with details,” the brownstone sits on Striver’s Row, a stretch of West 139th Street that attracted affluent African Americans during the…
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Fast Forward LISTEN: Bob Dylan Releases First Single From First Triple Album
Those hoping for a new Bob Dylan album will have their wishes granted threefold on March 31 when the Nobel laureate releases “Triplicate.” Those hoping for an album that’s a little less Frank Sinatra-esque than his last two releases, “Fallen Angels” and “Shadows in the Night” may have to wait a little longer. According to…
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49 Reasons Why 2016 Wasn't as Bad as You Think Dylan at Tanglewood
Going into Bob Dylan’s concert at Tanglewood on July 2, 2016, I was prepared to hate it, having absolutely no interest in hearing him sing Frank Sinatra songs live (or on record, for that matter). Leave it to Dylan, then, to perform a scorching two-hour show. He alternated some of his moodiest, angriest, late-period rockers…
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The Schmooze Patti Smith Forgot Bob Dylan Lyrics at Nobel Prize Ceremony — but it Worked in Her Favor
(JTA) — Punk-rock singer Patti Smith was so nervous when performing a Bob Dylan song at the Nobel Prize ceremony that she forgot the lyrics to one of his songs. She was accepting the award for literature on behalf of the Jewish singer, who said he could not attend the ceremony on Saturday in Stockholm,…
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Fast Forward Bob Dylan Plans Sweden Gig After Nobel No-Show — Will He Give Speech To Score Prize?
Nobel literature laureate Bob Dylan will perform in Sweden in April, offering the singer a chance to give the lecture that is a requirement for getting the $870,000 prize. The media-shy Dylan declined to attend the Nobel ceremony on Saturday. But he is scheduled to perform in Stockholm on April 1 and 2 and in…
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Fast Forward Dylan’s Sweet Thank You Note to Nobel Committee
Nobel laureate Bob Dylan sent a message on Saturday thanking the Swedish academy for awarding him the Nobel prize for literature, an honor the American singer and songwriter believed was about as likely as “standing on the moon.” “I’m sorry I can’t be with you in person, but please know that I am most definitely…
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Culture READ: Bob Dylan’s Witty Nobel Speech
NOTE: The following is the speech written by Bob Dylan and delivered by the United States Ambassador to Sweden Azita Raji, at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2016. The speech is reprinted here in its entirety © The Nobel Foundation 2016. Good evening, everyone. I extend my warmest greetings to the members of the Swedish…
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