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SNL's new blooper reel includes a few outtakes from James Austin Johnson's Bob Dylan promo with John Mulaney. I'm begging some NBC intern to leak the full tape.

SNL's new blooper reel includes a few outtakes from James Austin Johnson's Bob Dylan promo with John Mulaney. I'm begging some NBC intern to leak the full tape.

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Maybe my favorite ten seconds on these tapes. Bob Dylan simply cannot stop thinking about pie.

Maybe my favorite ten seconds on these tapes. Bob Dylan simply cannot stop thinking about pie.

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Who's celebrating the Fifth Day of May

Who's celebrating the Fifth Day of May

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Bob Dylan's little Kristofferson joke on Theme Time Radio Hour after he played a John Prine song

Bob Dylan's little Kristofferson joke on Theme Time Radio Hour after he played a John Prine song

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It's the clip we've all been waiting for (or maybe just me). Bob Dylan on stage in Kansas City last night talking about how he ate too much barbeque before the show.

It's the clip we've all been waiting for (or maybe just me). Bob Dylan on stage in Kansas City last night talking about how he ate too much barbeque before the show.

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Happy anniversary to The Times They Are a-Changin', the truly cursed Bob Dylan Broadway musical that opened on this date in 2006 (and closed a couple weeks later). For "Like a Rolling Stone," they had the whole cast—wait for it—roll around on stones.

Happy anniversary to The Times They Are a-Changin', the truly cursed Bob Dylan Broadway musical that opened on this date in 2006 (and closed a couple weeks later). For "Like a Rolling Stone," they had the whole cast—wait for it—roll around on stones.

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The legend Weird Al criticizing what Spotify pays artists in the video he made FOR Spotify. 🐐🐐🐐

The legend Weird Al criticizing what Spotify pays artists in the video he made FOR Spotify. 🐐🐐🐐

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Bruce Springsteen talking about a dinner with Shane MacGowan on his radio show a couple years ago. "All I know is with the exception of Bob Dylan and Chuck Berry… I’m not sure about the rest of us, but I know they'll be singing Shane MacGowan songs 100 years from now."

Bruce Springsteen talking about a dinner with Shane MacGowan on his radio show a couple years ago. "All I know is with the exception of Bob Dylan and Chuck Berry… I’m not sure about the rest of us, but I know they'll be singing Shane MacGowan songs 100 years from now."

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This story Steve Albini tells Tim Heidecker™ Official about George Thorogood meeting Bob Dylan is, as he's the first to admit, maybe not true. But the way Steve tells it is so damn engaging it barely matters. RIP

This story Steve Albini tells Tim Heidecker™ Official about George Thorogood meeting Bob Dylan is, as he's the first to admit, maybe not true. But the way Steve tells it is so damn engaging it barely matters. RIP

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Tom Waits giving a rare musical performance in a new documentary about homelessness "In Australia, a matilda is a knapsack. When you're on the road, when you're on the run…and you're walking with a backpack, they say you're waltzing matilda. So this is a song about that."

Tom Waits giving a rare musical performance in a new documentary about homelessness "In Australia, a matilda is a knapsack. When you're on the road, when you're on the run…and you're walking with a backpack, they say you're waltzing matilda. So this is a song about that."

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Scorsese's Rolling Thunder movie premiered five years ago today. One of my favorite moments is this too-brief clip of Dylan performing for a bunch of old ladies playing mahjong.

Scorsese's Rolling Thunder movie premiered five years ago today. One of my favorite moments is this too-brief clip of Dylan performing for a bunch of old ladies playing mahjong.

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While we're at it, here's Bob Dylan talking about Shane MacGowan and the Pogues on Theme Time Radio Hour. Iconic delivery of "kiss my ass"

While we're at it, here's Bob Dylan talking about Shane MacGowan and the Pogues on Theme Time Radio Hour. Iconic delivery of "kiss my ass"

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The first soundboard tapes of the entire Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour have landed! Two shows this fall in Glasgow. Here's a taste. Link in reply.

The first soundboard tapes of the entire Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour have landed! Two shows this fall in Glasgow. Here's a taste. Link in reply.

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Happy Halloween. Here's Bob Dylan reciting Poe's The Raven and the witches scene in Macbeth.

Happy Halloween. Here's Bob Dylan reciting Poe's The Raven and the witches scene in Macbeth.

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83 year old Bob Dylan, shirt unbuttoned to the navel, flanked by Tony Garnier and Jim Keltner, ripping a harmonica solo on "Shooting Star." You love to see it.

83 year old Bob Dylan, shirt unbuttoned to the navel, flanked by Tony Garnier and Jim Keltner, ripping a harmonica solo on "Shooting Star." You love to see it.

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Obviously Bob Dylan's live-in-person "Baby Let Me Follow You Down" needle drop Happy birthday The Last Waltz!

Obviously Bob Dylan's live-in-person "Baby Let Me Follow You Down" needle drop Happy birthday The Last Waltz!

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Bob Dylan singing the Grateful Dead's "Brokedown Palace" in Tokyo a few nights ago for the first time ever.

Bob Dylan singing the Grateful Dead's "Brokedown Palace" in Tokyo a few nights ago for the first time ever.

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David Letterman and Paul Shaffer crash a Bob Dylan soundcheck, 1994

David Letterman and Paul Shaffer crash a Bob Dylan soundcheck, 1994

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Six months after Dubuque, a stage invasion clip I hadn't seen before in Evansville Indiana. It ends with a big group hug.

Six months after Dubuque, a stage invasion clip I hadn't seen before in Evansville Indiana. It ends with a big group hug.

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Elvis Costello covering Dylan's "Goodbye Jimmy Reed" in Chicago last night (after playing an actual Jimmy Reed song), then segueing it into his own "Mystery Dance"

Elvis Costello covering Dylan's "Goodbye Jimmy Reed" in Chicago last night (after playing an actual Jimmy Reed song), then segueing it into his own "Mystery Dance"

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Three studio reels from Bob Dylan's debut album just leaked! Here's a never-heard clip of Bob covering Woody Guthrie's "Ramblin' Round" in the 1961 sessions.

Three studio reels from Bob Dylan's debut album just leaked! Here's a never-heard clip of Bob covering Woody Guthrie's "Ramblin' Round" in the 1961 sessions.

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Tom Waits' Real Gone (his second to last album, seemingly) came out 20 years ago today! This "Day After Tomorrow" on the Daily Show remains one of the most powerful late-night performances ever.

Tom Waits' Real Gone (his second to last album, seemingly) came out 20 years ago today! This "Day After Tomorrow" on the Daily Show remains one of the most powerful late-night performances ever.

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2025's hottest trend is covering "Outlaw Blues." Jack White in Hiroshima last night:

2025's hottest trend is covering "Outlaw Blues." Jack White in Hiroshima last night:

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Never seen this before: Tom Waits playing a piano on the set of The Ballad of Buster Scruggs in 2018

Never seen this before: Tom Waits playing a piano on the set of The Ballad of Buster Scruggs in 2018

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