Contrary to what their psychedelic rock n’ roll music may suggest, Crystal Antlers are actually quite lovely. They are dream boats floating atop a bathtub lake of Budweiser and ice. Sound insane? Well, it’s true! Please find the proof in the puddin’ below, video gold of the Long Beachers visiting our Hotbox and setting sail on a bountiful Bob Dylan “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” cover adventure. But you know what? IT IS NOT ALL OVER NOW. It is only the beginning…
Chances are you’ve had the pleasure of riding in a vehicle outfitted with GPS-assisted voiceover. Chances are they also drove you somewhat crazy! Which is why you choose to read the Tripwire! Jokes. If there’s any truth to be found in those first two sentences, relief of some kind may coming your way. Bob Dylan, owner of the world’s heaviest songbook and menace to North Jersey, is in talks right now to provide voice talents for automotive GPS systems, telling listeners on his XM show, Theme Time Radio Hour.
I am talking to a couple of car companies about being the voice of their GPS system. I think it would be good if you are looking for directions and hear my voice saying something like: “Left at the next street, no a right – you know what? Just go straight.” I probably shouldn’t do it because whichever way I go I always end up at one place: Lonely Avenue.
He probably shouldn’t do it because he’s very difficult to understand. Just a thought. (Twenty Four Bit via The Telegraph)
Rumors have been confirmed regarding a Bob Dylan Christmas album to come out in time for this December 25th. The songs “Must Be Santa,” “Here Comes Santa Claus,” “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” and “O Little Town of Bethlehem” have already been recorded at Jackson Browne’s recording studio in Santa Monica, CA. Though Zimmy is no longer in his born-again Christian phase, he apparently remains detached enough from his Jewish heritage to dedicate an album to baby Jesus. He’s not alone in the practice, as one of pop music’s best Christmas albums ever, A Christmas Gift For You, was recorded by fellow Jew and recent jail bait Phil Spector. However, aside from that one, the standards remain pretty damn low in the Christmas album world. (via Billboard)
One would be hard-pressed to find a more American pastime than baseball. Combine the nation’s beloved sport with some American musical all-stars, and you have a recipe for one mind-blowing summer tour. Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, and John Mellencamp will tour the country through mid-August, hitting ballparks from Pennsylvania to California. The seventh inning stretch will never be the same.
D.X. Ferris at Rolling Stone seemed to like what he saw; read his review here.
Tour dates are as follows:
7/13 Washington, PA at Consol Energy Park
7/14 Allentown, PA at Coca-Cola Park
7/15 New Britain, CT at New Britain Stadium
7/19 Syracuse, NY at Alliance Bank Stadium
7/21 Pawtucket, RI at McCoy Stadium
7/23 Lakewood, NJ at FirstEnergy Park
7/24 Aberdeen, MD at Ripken Stadium
7/25 Norfolk, VA at Harbor Park
7/28 Durham, NC at Durham Bulls Athletic Park
7/29 Sevierville, TN at Smokies Park
8/4 Round Rock, TX at The Dell Diamond
8/5 Corpus Christi, TX at Whataburger Field
8/7 Grand Prairie, TX at QuikTrip Park
8/11 Glendale, AZ at Camelback Ranch
8/12 Las Vegas, NV at Cashman Field
8/14 Fresno, CA at Chukchansi Park
8/15 Stockton, CA at Banner Island Ballpark
Eh, we’ve all done it as a kid. Wrote down our the lyrics to a certain song that spoke to us. Turns out a young Bob Zimmerman — later to be known as Bob Dylan — was doing the same thing when he was 16. The poem titled “Little Buddy” that famed New York auction house Christie’s will be auctioning June 23 is actually a Hank Snow song.
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