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Bob Dylan to Get Presidential Medal of Freedom

John Johnson — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:41:19 CDT

Bob Dylan will get the nation's highest civilian honor later this spring, reports Bloomberg . Dylan, 70, will be one of 13 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He's already got scores of Grammys, an Oscar, and a Pulitzer, and the Wall Street Journal 's Speakeasy blog can't help but...

Favorite to Win Nobel for Literature Is ... Bob Dylan?

John Johnson — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:00:50 CDT

A lot of people are apparently pushing for Bob Dylan to win the Nobel for literature tomorrow. As far-fetched as it sounds, the British-based betting company Ladbrokes says the odds of Dylan winning have plunged from 100:1 to 5:1 in the last 24 hours, reports the Guardian . "Everything...

NYC's Storied Chelsea Hotel Closes Doors

Tim Karan — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:33:36 CDT

It looks as though rock and roll could lose one of its most storied landmarks. The Chelsea Hotel in New York City will be closed to guests for an indefinite period of time, reports the New York Times . A developer is set to spend $80 million on the dingy throwback...

New Tapes Air Bob Dylan's Heroin Addiction

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 24 May 2011 09:22:18 CDT

Bob Dylan turns 70 today, but he confesses in a previously unheard interview that along the way he “kicked a heroin habit in New York City” in the early ‘60s. “I got very, very strung out for a while, I mean really, very strung out. And I kicked the habit....

Stewart, O'Reilly Face Off Over White House Rapper

Rob Quinn — Tue, 17 May 2011 03:30:00 CDT

Jon Stewart accepted Bill O'Reilly's challenge and the pair debated rapper Common's White House appearance on last night's O'Reilly Factor. O'Reilly insisted that it was a mistake to have invited a rapper who "celebrates" a cop killer to a White House poetry night, while the Daily Show host maintained that...

Judges Really Like to Quote Bob Dylan

Matt Cantor — Sun, 15 May 2011 17:44:05 CDT

When judges want to give their opinions a lyrical flourish, many turn first to Bob Dylan. He’s the most-cited musician in court opinions and briefs, experts tell the Los Angeles Times . That’s because his early songs give voice to political and legal concerns—and they emerged when today’s judges were...

Dylan in China: 'a Whole New Kind of Sellout'

Mark Russell — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 05:58:10 CDT

Bob Dylan's recent concert in China represents "a whole new kind of sellout," writes Maureen Dowd in the New York Times , "even worse than Beyoncé, Mariah and Usher collecting millions to croon to Gadhafi’s family, or Elton John raking in a fortune to serenade gay-bashers at Rush Limbaugh’s fourth wedding....

Bob Dylan Gets First Gig in Vietnam

Matt Cantor — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 06:07:41 CDT

Decades after making his name with Vietnam-era antiwar songs, Bob Dylan is set to perform in Vietnam for the first time, the AP reports. He’ll play in an 8,000-seat university stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, and planners expect the show to sell out. “Bob Dylan is a very...

Bob Dylan to Play First China Gigs

Rob Quinn — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 05:30:56 CST

Chinese authorities, with their heavy-handed crackdown on protests , have made it clear that the times are definitely not a-changing if they can help it. They are, however, letting Bob Dylan play his first-ever shows in the country, the AFP reports. Dylan will play concerts in Beijing and Shanghai next month...