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The Schmooze Moody Thoughts About Bob Dylan and Cher
What do Bob Dylan, Cher, and Rick Moody have in common? Stop thinking, “Well, Dylan and Cher both did projects with the word “burlesque” in them…” Here’s the answer: Once upon a time William G. Scheele, who was the equipment/stage manager for The Band and Bob Dylan from 1969 to 1976 and a photographer whose…
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The Schmooze Out and About: The New York Times Goes to KlezKamp; New Hanukkah Song From Matisyahu
Casting has begun for an Israeli version of Sex and the City. The latest issue of Jewish Quarterly features articles on Charlie Chaplin, Bob Dylan, the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, and Prostitution in Yiddish Song. At ZEEK, Louis Greenspan re-discovers Jewish philosopher Salomon Maimon. The New York Times discovers KlezKamp. Ingrid Pitt, a British horror movie…
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The Schmooze This Week in Forward Arts and Culture
Stephen Hazan Arnoff reviews two new books on Bob Dylan. Joshua Furst goes to see the current revival of Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America.” Philologos tries out Cockney rhyming slang. Benjamin Ivry watches the films of documentarian and social critic Frederick Wiseman. Gerald Sorin examines a collection of new American Jewish fiction. Devra Ferst looks…
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The Schmooze Monday Music: ‘The Mystery and the Hum’
If you’re a singer-songwriter, it’s difficult to imagine having a father-in-law more intimidating than Bob Dylan. But Peter Himmelman hasn’t let his marriage to Dylan’s daughter stop him from making music. Over three decades as a journeyman, Himmelman has recorded 18 albums, including five for kids, and scored soundtracks for film and television shows such…
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The Schmooze Out and About: Greil Marcus on Bob Dylan; Eli Wallach at Home
Can Israeli pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim create a classical music revival? Greil Marcus talks about 40 years of writing about Bob Dylan. An exhibit of Palestinian art opens in Jaffa. Israeli film ambassador Meir Fenigstein doesn’t think Israel will receive an Oscar nomination this year. Neither does The Arty Semite. Christopher Glazek rips into…
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The Schmooze Biggest Bob Dylan Memorabilia For Sale
Bob Dylan fans have a new piece of memorabilia to consider buying: the building which housed the synagogue in which 13-year-old Bobby Zimmerman – who was called to the Torah as Shabtai Zisel ben Avraham – celebrated his bar mitzvah, back in 1954. The Hibbing, Minn. building was converted from a synagogue to an apartment…
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Opinion Tunes for Atonement I: Kol Nidre and Father of Night
We’re back for Week 2 of our High Holy Day songfest as promised, this time in two parts. Part One includes Bob Dylan, Cantor Yossele Rosenblatt and Joe Cocker, plus the legendary Cantor Moishe Oysher, Jerry Lewis (in a serious moment, sort of), Larry David and the Red Army Chorus performing with the Leningrad Cowboys….
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The Schmooze Talkin’ Bob Dylan Bootleg Blues
Last week, Columbia Records announced that it will be releasing the ninth volume of Bob Dylan’s long-running Bootleg Series on October 19. Titled “The Witmark Demos, 1962 – 1964,” the new collection will consist of 47 demo recordings Dylan made for his music publisher, the eponymous M. Witmark & Sons. In addition, Columbia will release…
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