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21 Freewheelin 219 In his editorial to
ISIS number 112 Derek Barker called the Internet a ‘nondescript soulless
monster’ and he expressed his abhorrence at the possibility that this
beast of technology is going to condemn us to live in a world without
papers, books and magazines. I do not think that Derek has any great cause
for concern for who among you in the Dylan world could imagine life
without the wonderful ISIS appearing on your door mat every couple of
months? By the same token, who among you could imagine life without a
daily visit to Karl Erik Anderson’s equally wonderful Expecting Rain
website? The fanzine and the ‘net can surely co-exist to provide Dylan
folk with endless pastures of plenty. Here at Freewheelin House we aim to
offer the best of both worlds – a monthly fanzine that you can read on the
‘net and, at the same time, a hard copy paper version – all you have to do
is print it off. And which ever way you want to do it this month you will
find in Take 21 (Freewheelin number 219) the usual mix of fact, fun and
flannelette from our regular Dylan minds. Now, on the subject of Dylan
print magazines, we must not forget the revered publication that started
it all off. We must also not forget The Telegraph’s rightful heir. So
check out The Bridge at http://www.two-riders.co.uk/. In
the meantime, we hope that you enjoy Freewheelin-on-line Take 21. It comes
with love from us to you. Oh, and of course, it’s absolutely
free.
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22 Freewheelin 220 A couple of simple questions for you. Complete the following lines:
‘She’s got everything she needs, she’s an artist she ….
…. ……’. ‘Shake the dust off of your feet … …
….’. Now although the Minnesota Maestro was so sure about the dangers of
glancing over your shoulder that he warned about it in not one, but two
songs, and also named a film after it, ‘looking back’ can be fun. And this
is exactly what the Freewheelers do in this month’s issue of our internet
magazine: we take a traditional look back over the last year’s worth of
Dylan (and not-so-Dylan events). What figures highly among those events is
the film ‘Masked and Anonymous’ and indeed if you want to know more about
this particular epic of Dylan outpourings then the place to be on Saturday
27th March is at the UK Dylan Convention, held in tribute to
our dear departed Freewheeler the late John Green. At JGDay4 the Webmaster
of the M&A website, Trevor Gibb, will be in attendance and we also
hope to spring some surprises on the film. This year's event is being
organized by our own M&A (Memorable and Adorable) Keith Agar so
it is bound to be a perfect day. For more details of the event visit the
JGDay4 bulletin
board. We hope to see you there but in the meantime, don’t hesitate to
keep on looking back at Take 22. As many times as you want. It won’t cost
you a dime.
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23 Freewheelin 221 In his second article
for Freewheelin Michael Crimmins writes about Dylan’s live performance at
the Philharmonic Hall in New York on the 31st October 1964: a
performance that can soon be appreciated in the comfort of your own home
by virtue of the release of The Bootleg Series Volume 6, ‘Bob Dylan
Live 1964’. Michael speaks of course with some authority on the
subject of live performances as he is the lead singer and founder member
of the wonderful band ‘Dylanesque’, who can be found at http://www.dylanesque.co.uk/. So
keep a look out for Michael's band and also look out for Michael's article
on Live ’64 in this issue of Freewheelin-on-line. There are many other
interesting things to look out for in number 23 (Freewheelin number 221)
like the conclusion of Chris Cooper's extensive survey of Renaldo &
Clara, or Paula Raddice’s reviews of new Dylan books, or John Stokes’
trawl through the punctuation in Dylan songs or Jim Gillan’s conversation
with God. Coupled with the usual Freewheelin features and sprinkled with
words from other Freewheelers, this is one to enjoy. So don’t delay –
download today. You can take it away for nothing.
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24 Freewheelin 222 We here at
Freewheelin House can’t quite understand all this hullabaloo about Dylan
appearing in an advert for ladies underwear. One of our residents, Jim
Gillan, saw all this coming way back last year so we were quite prepared
for it. Indeed if you switch on to Jim’s article in Freewheelin-on-line
Take 21 you will see that he has some profound things to say concerning
the matter of underwear, with such musings being long before the popular
press crashed in with all their theories and mindsets concerning Bob and
that TV commercial. But that was then and this is now: in the
present we want to make no secret of the situation that this month our
stockings are full and overflowing. We have C.P. Lee on Dylan and the
Beach Boys; Mark Carter on A.J. Weberman; Michael Crimmins on Woody
Guthrie; Paula Radice on Masked and Anonymous; John Stokes on Dylan and
Prince and Jim Gillan on those secrets and other things. All
this is bundled together with the usual Freewheelin features which makes
this issue of our Dylan internet magazine (taken from Freewheelin magazine
number 222) one that you shouldn’t let pass you by. And of course
there is nothing to buy - just click and it’s yours. Right now.
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25 Freewheelin
223 When Freewheelin first opened its account 222 issues ago, there
were two main features included in issue 1 of the mag. The first was Chris
Cooper's ‘Magnetic Movements’, a summary of Dylan’s current outings caught
on tape, and the second was an item called ‘Pages and the Text’, which was
a bibliography of Dylan’s current outings caught by the press. Now, almost
19 years later, those two items are still main features of Freewheelin
magazine, although the bibliography is now called ‘20lbs of Headlines’ and
is compiled by the irrepressible Mark Carter. Joining Chris and Mark we
also have the feature ‘The Whole Wide World is Watching’ which is a
summary of Dylan’s outings caught on the Web as seen by Martin Stein. But
it’s not only those regular features that we have on offer this month. In
issue 223 (Freewheelin-on-line Take 25). We have an illustrated peek at
what went on at the Freewheelers 4th Annual UK Dylan
Convention; Michael Crimmins provides an interesting reworking of the song
‘Señor (Tales of Yankee Power)’; Paula Radice has lots to say about M.J.
Gilmour’s book ‘Tangled Up in the Bible: Bob Dylan
and Scripture’; Patrick Webster looks at the 1970’s, in a Dylan and
postmodern sense; and Mark Carter concludes a searching article with the
words ‘I wonder what we’ll do when he’s no longer here’. The ‘he’ of
course being the Maestro of Cool, the Electrified Poet Laureate, the
Motorcycle Madonna from East of Eden, the one and only R. Dylan Esq.
If you are here for just a lick or for a lifetime, take 25 with you…for
nothing.
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26 Freewheelin
224 Freewheelin-on-line has great pleasure in announcing that we
have two new residents at Freewheelin House, namely Bob Fletcher and Trev
Gibb. Bob is a long time Dylan fan and his writings provide a new approach
to the way in which Dylan touches our lives; Trev is well known for his
wonderful works with the Masked and Anonymous website and his searching
articles in other Dylan magazines. Both Bob and Trev have articles in this
month’s internet magazine which is taken from Freewheelin number 224.
Joining Bob and Trev we have many other items to keep you in front of your
screen or for you to download and read at leisure. For instance there is
an intriguing article by C.P. Lee which investigates the link between ‘The
Times They Are A’ Changin’’ and ‘The Highland Division’s Farewell to
Sicily’; Chris Cooper goes technical with an article on Bit-Torrent; there
are some surprising conclusions about the Dylan song ‘Cross the green
Mountain’; we have the first part of an unedited interview with Larry
Charles together with no less than two articles from that shaker and mover
Jim Gillan. All this and the usual Freewheelin features makes Take 26 a
precious angel. Take it away for we’d like to shine our light on you…for
free!
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27 Freewheelin
225 We
are reliably informed that a good many visitors to the library of
Freewheelin house download and print off the latest edition of
Freewheelin-on-line every month. They then collate the pages into a fancy
binder to produce a printed version of the magazine. Now we don’t mind
this at all, in fact we would encourage such activities but a word of
warning this month: your paper tray must be fully loaded because Take 27
is a bumper 60 page issue. There are so many things to look out for
including the first hand account of Dylan’s ’65 show at the Royal Albert
Hall from Richard Lewis, compete with ticket stubs and photographs; there
is an amazing Jimi Hendrix photo to start a revolution by C.P. Lee; our
new boys Bob Fletcher and Trev Gibb have pertinent things to say and there
is the final installment of the unedited Larry Charles interview. The
other Freewheelers chime in with some interesting views on all things
Dylan and one of our old boys – Patrick Webster links ‘Licence to Kill’
with The Passion of the Christ. What more is there? Well, lots really as
you will find out when you reach for that button to view the
225th issue of Freewheelin. So if you want to make it yours,
and your paper tray is full, take it away for free with our
compliments.
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28 Freewheelin
226 In a
moment of intrepid inspiration one of the Freewheelers, namely Bob
Fletcher, set about asking various luminaries and other friends and
strangers to write, in 25 words, what Bob Dylan means to them. Cramming an
entire galaxy of thoughts into just 25 words is like trying to count every
grain of sand on the beach at the Savanna-la-mar, but there were some
great responses. One of my favourites is: ‘Hibbing skinny Judas Jesus
bleeding sweet Woody Woodstock words that don’t chart smash, motorcycle
crash, Beatle hash, Minnesota flash, never ending bash, Don’t Look Back’.
Wow! To read more, go to Bob’s pages in Take 28 of our internet
fanzine which, in hard copy form, is Freewheelin number 226. Whilst you
are looking for Bob’s pages, don’t miss an honest to goodness article by
Mark Carter concerning the thorny subject of the current state of the
Maestro’s voice. There’s lots more you shouldn’t miss this time around
including reports on this summers UK shows and the usual Freewheelin
features, amongst which is Magnetic Movements - Chris Coopers view of the
current crop of Dylan’s own magnetic movements - on film. You may read
about these films elsewhere on the ‘net but you’ll read them here first.
So there’s so much not to miss. And there’s no reason why you should
miss anything, because it’s all free. It’s a Dylan
takeaway.
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29 Freewheelin
227 2425 7th Avenue East is
an address that should be etched in the mind of any serious Dylan
aficionado. It was at this address, in the town of Hibbing, that the
young Bobby Zimmerman spent his formative years and where he was
confronted with the influences of music and literature that saw him
develop into the legendary Bob Dylan: the same Bob Dylan who now confronts
and influences us all with his very own music and literature. In her
article in this months freewheelin-on-line Paula Radice reports on a visit
she and her friend Monica Butcher made to Hibbing in the summer of this
year. Paula’s wonderful travelogue brings Hibbing to life and tells of the
many characters she met who were acquainted with the Zimmerman family. And
there are photographs too! We also have a staggeringly mind blowing
article by C.P. Lee on the birth of the blues which is headed by a rare
Bob-shot. Chris Cooper makes public his road diary of the UK 04 tour and
Patrick Webster provides a very controversial interpretation of Nashville
Skyline. I dare anyone to read this one and not blush! In fact the further
you delve into the nigh on 70 pages of Take 29 (which is the electronic
son of Freewheelin 227) it is bound to make you embarrassed. How on earth,
you may think, could we possibly make all this Dylan material so freely
available whether you be living in America, Amsterdam or Paris? Just treat
it as a slow train of good fortune, arriving at your station right now. No
need for a ticket, you just get on board. Enjoy the ride with our
compliments.
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30 Freewheelin
228 In
the year 2525, when some genetically modified Dylan fan cheats the system
and looks back with a human passion at his hero’s career, he may think of
the same in two distinct parts: before and after ‘Chronicles’. Before: the
poet, performer, singer, songwriter who has delighted us time sharers with
his wondrous works; and after: the Nobel prize winner famed for his
masterpieces of literature derived from a head packed full of people he
knew and places he went. For come on, lets face it: the book is that good.
Take 30 of Freewheelin-on-line (taken word for word from Freewheelin 228)
falls into the ‘before Chronicles’ category. But don’t let that put you
off for there is still a lot of Dylan to get to grips with in this issue.
For instance C.P. Lee gets deeper and deeper into the Blues with Dylan;
Michael Crimmins gets struck by Lay Down Your Weary Tune; Paula Raddice
talks Paul Williams and Bob Fletcher searches for the hat Dylan wore in
Renaldo & Clara. You want more? There’s a great deal of it here. And
it’s yours for the taking. Just press the button and watch it fall right
into your lap(top).
