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Bob once wrote Time Passes Slowly but at the moment I feel it passes faster than ever. I hope I will find more time to write in this blog.
We have changed the radio sites again due to listener`s requests and this took quite a long time but now that they are finished we can proudly present Radio Dylan which offers you nothing but Dylan rarities and Radio Not Dark Yet broadcasting a wide variety of artists whom most of our readers/listeners like. Feel free to join and give us some information about what songs you would like to hear.
Bob was not awarded any grammies this year. Though nominated twice - Best Male Rock Vocals for Beyond Here Lies Nothin`and Best Americana Album for Together Through Life - he remained empty-handed losing the two categories to Bruce Springsteen and Levon Helm. Could have been worse.

Radio Playlist

I have changed some sections of our website. You can listen to our own radio playlist in "Not Dark Yet Radio", a section which will be updated regularly with interesting recordings. If you would like to hear one of your favourite songs just send me a mail and I will try to include this recording.

In "Bob Dylan Radio.Com" you can listen to Dylan all day long. The station comes from Canada and offers you lots of interesting recordings.

In "Podcasts" you will find streams from various sources including concerts and interviews.

Not Dark Yet Website

A month has passed since I last wrote a post in this blog. I have been busy putting up the main website recently so I couldn`t find the time to post here.
I would like to thank everybody for their mostly positive reactions to this site and hope you will like it in future as well.
Some didn`t like the basic idea that much of the material - especially in the news section - comes from external sources. I chose this principle simply due to the fact that through this we have the possibility of always having a very up-to-date and comprehensive survey of what is going on in the Dylan world.
Most of the items and texts published on this site are my own. This is especially true for the offers and of course this blog here in which I will go on publishing posts about my thoughts on Bob Dylan regularly.
As for the news site please feel free to send me information so I will be able to publish them there.
Keep on keepin`on.

Little Drummer Boy Video

Little Drummer Boy

Some Extracts From Dylan`s Exclusive Interview For Streetpapers:

BILL FLANAGAN: Is recording a Christmas album something you’ve had on your mind for a while?BOB DYLAN: Yeah, every so often it has crossed my mind. The idea was first brought to me by Walter Yetnikoff, back when he was President of Columbia Records. B.F: Did you take him seriously?B.D.: Well, sure I took him seriously.B.F: But it didn’t happen. How come?B.D.: He wasn’t specific. Besides, there was always a glut of records out around that time of year and I didn’t see how one by me could make any difference.B.F: What was Christmas like around your town when you were growing up? B.D.: Well, you know, plenty of snow, jingle bells, Christmas carolers going from house to house, sleighs in the streets, town bells ringing, nativity plays. That sort of thing.B.F.: Your family was Jewish – as a kid did you ever feel left out of the Christmas excitement? B.D.: No, not at all. B.F.: What’s your idea of a good Christmas Dinner?B.D.: Mashed potatoes and gravy, roast turkey and collard greens, turnip greens, biscuit dressing, corn bread and cranberry sauce. B.F.: Why did you pick Feeding America, Crisis UK and The World Food Programme to give the proceeds of this record to? B.D.: Because they get food straight to the people. No military organization, no bureaucracy, no governments to deal with.B.F.: Do you still send out Christmas cards?B.D.: I haven’t for a while.B.F.: Do you have a favorite Christmas album?B.D.: Maybe the Louvin Brothers. I like all the religious Christmas albums. The ones in Latin. The songs I sang as a kid. B.F.: A lot of people like the secular ones.B.D.: Religion isn’t meant for everybody.B.F.: What sort of gifts do you like to give?B.D.: I try to match the person with the gift.B.F.: Are you a last minute shopper?B.D.: Always.B.F.: Do you drop any hints about what you hope to get from your family?B.D.: Nope. Their well-being - that’s enough of a gift for me.B.F.: I know we’re out of time but I have to ask, what’s the best Christmas gift you ever got?B.D.: Let me think… oh yeah, I think it was a sled.

Some more news

In the biography section you can listen to a podcast hosted by Patti Smith.
In the podcast section you will find the two Tom Waits covers from the last tour very soon.

Bob`s Christmas Party