Michael Gray
@michaelgray1.bsky.social
I wrote the 1st critical study of Bob Dylan's work, over 50 years ago. And I'm still alive. Very fond of dogs. I'm English and regard myself as European.
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Lovely if you were there for the atmosphere (and more so if you were aware that Shane's widow was there too, and on their wedding anniversary) but listening to this recording, it would be hard to decipher more than a very few words if you didn't already know the song well:
Lovely if you were there for the atmosphere (and more so if you were aware that Shane's widow was there too, and on their wedding anniversary) but listening to this recording, it would be hard to decipher more than a very few words if you didn't already know the song well:
Bob Dylan — A Rainy Night In Soho. Dublin, Ireland. November 25, 2025
YouTube video by nightly moth
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November 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Lovely if you were there for the atmosphere (and more so if you were aware that Shane's widow was there too, and on their wedding anniversary) but listening to this recording, it would be hard to decipher more than a very few words if you didn't already know the song well:
Lovely if you were there for the atmosphere (and more so if you were aware that Shane's widow was there too, and on their wedding anniversary) but listening to this recording, it would be hard to decipher more than a very few words if you didn't already know the song well:
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Leaders of the Maasai ethnic group in Kenya seek a court order to demolish a Ritz-Carlton luxury safari camp, saying it blocks a route on the famous Serengeti wildlife migration.
Maasai Sue Marriott Over Ritz-Carlton Safari Camp
Tribal leaders say the tourism development blocks one of the main migration routes of the Serengeti
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November 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Leaders of the Maasai ethnic group in Kenya seek a court order to demolish a Ritz-Carlton luxury safari camp, saying it blocks a route on the famous Serengeti wildlife migration.
A reminder, a miniature sample, of what's on offer from "Song & Dance Man" 50th Anniversary Series, Vol. 2, published by the FM Press, NYC and still available in paperback (sorry about this) from you-know-who:
November 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
A reminder, a miniature sample, of what's on offer from "Song & Dance Man" 50th Anniversary Series, Vol. 2, published by the FM Press, NYC and still available in paperback (sorry about this) from you-know-who:
A 1965 interviewer tells Bob Dylan he prefers caruso as a singer. Dylan replies: "I happen to be as good as him... and can hold my breath three times as long if I have to." He'd proved that last claim five years earlier, at age 19, as the "Window" release shows on his 1960 'East Virginia Blues'.
November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A 1965 interviewer tells Bob Dylan he prefers caruso as a singer. Dylan replies: "I happen to be as good as him... and can hold my breath three times as long if I have to." He'd proved that last claim five years earlier, at age 19, as the "Window" release shows on his 1960 'East Virginia Blues'.
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Trump went to the Gatsby party as Tom Buchanan.
More Insta snaps from the let them eat cake ball at Mar a Lago
November 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Trump went to the Gatsby party as Tom Buchanan.
Yes. Grieve is one of the few decent ex-Tories - ex because of course Boris Johnson got rid of every decent one when he took power:
Dominic Grieve’s superb response to Farage’s ‘let’s leave the ECHR’ stunt in parliament, is spot on.
November 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Yes. Grieve is one of the few decent ex-Tories - ex because of course Boris Johnson got rid of every decent one when he took power:
A new short article about obsidian eyes:
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October 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A new short article about obsidian eyes:
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I finally got around to writing about "A Complete Unknown". It's here:
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Welcome to the Facebook site of The Bob Dylan Fan Club (www.thebobdylanfanclub.com). Started in June 2006 at the request of Bob, our purpose is to...
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October 28, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I finally got around to writing about "A Complete Unknown". It's here:
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Remarkable: what a find!
Nina Simone - Suzanne [ Live in Rome 1969 ] youtu.be/Y7rU9ss9Eng?...
Nina Simone - Suzanne [ Live in Rome 1969 ]
YouTube video by On The Spectrum
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October 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Remarkable: what a find!
Thanks to johnnogowski.substack.com :
in Larry Charles’ book “Comedy Samurai” he & Bob are making “Masked & Anonymous”; he tries to talk Bob out of something, saying it would be misunderstood. Whereupon Bob comes up with, off the cuff, a classic Dylanism: “What’s so bad about being misunderstood?”
in Larry Charles’ book “Comedy Samurai” he & Bob are making “Masked & Anonymous”; he tries to talk Bob out of something, saying it would be misunderstood. Whereupon Bob comes up with, off the cuff, a classic Dylanism: “What’s so bad about being misunderstood?”
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October 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Thanks to johnnogowski.substack.com :
in Larry Charles’ book “Comedy Samurai” he & Bob are making “Masked & Anonymous”; he tries to talk Bob out of something, saying it would be misunderstood. Whereupon Bob comes up with, off the cuff, a classic Dylanism: “What’s so bad about being misunderstood?”
in Larry Charles’ book “Comedy Samurai” he & Bob are making “Masked & Anonymous”; he tries to talk Bob out of something, saying it would be misunderstood. Whereupon Bob comes up with, off the cuff, a classic Dylanism: “What’s so bad about being misunderstood?”
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The Holy, Beat, and Crazy Next Thing. A signed Jack Kerouac episode from On The Road, written in London, was found in the estate sale of a 40-year dead, murdered mafia boss. You couldn't make it up (and Kerouac didn't, he only changed the names). Here's page one. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
October 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The Holy, Beat, and Crazy Next Thing. A signed Jack Kerouac episode from On The Road, written in London, was found in the estate sale of a 40-year dead, murdered mafia boss. You couldn't make it up (and Kerouac didn't, he only changed the names). Here's page one. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
Clearly a tad less marvellous than the originally released version, except for a beautiful, distinctively light-hearted (perhaps, in context, philosophically light-hearted) harp solo in the middle:
October 10, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Clearly a tad less marvellous than the originally released version, except for a beautiful, distinctively light-hearted (perhaps, in context, philosophically light-hearted) harp solo in the middle:
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
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October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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Meet seven month old puppy Dandelion. She's been suffering at NYC ACC for days. They could have sent this little dog to one of many New York City area vets who offer care to shelter animals for free or at a huge discount. Please get her out of there today.
Adopt, foster, rescue her.
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Adopt, foster, rescue her.
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September 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Meet seven month old puppy Dandelion. She's been suffering at NYC ACC for days. They could have sent this little dog to one of many New York City area vets who offer care to shelter animals for free or at a huge discount. Please get her out of there today.
Adopt, foster, rescue her.
Please repost 🙏
Adopt, foster, rescue her.
Please repost 🙏
TOMORROW NIGHT!
Friday Sept 26, 8pm
The Séamus Ennis Centre, Naul, Dublin:
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Friday Sept 26, 8pm
The Séamus Ennis Centre, Naul, Dublin:
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September 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
TOMORROW NIGHT!
Friday Sept 26, 8pm
The Séamus Ennis Centre, Naul, Dublin:
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Friday Sept 26, 8pm
The Séamus Ennis Centre, Naul, Dublin:
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This Friday - September 26, 8pm at Naul, Dublin:
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September 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
This Friday - September 26, 8pm at Naul, Dublin:
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Two weeks today, just outside Dublin, Ireland. Why not come over?
IS BOB DYLAN NOW HISTORY?
IS BOB DYLAN NOW HISTORY?
IS BOB DYLAN NOW HISTORY?
I'm returning to The Séamus Ennis Arts Centre stage, to give this new talk with audio & footage:
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IS BOB DYLAN NOW HISTORY?
IS BOB DYLAN NOW HISTORY?
IS BOB DYLAN NOW HISTORY?
I'm returning to The Séamus Ennis Arts Centre stage, to give this new talk with audio & footage:
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September 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Two weeks today, just outside Dublin, Ireland. Why not come over?
IS BOB DYLAN NOW HISTORY?
IS BOB DYLAN NOW HISTORY?
IS BOB DYLAN NOW HISTORY?
I'm returning to The Séamus Ennis Arts Centre stage, to give this new talk with audio & footage:
tseac.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
IS BOB DYLAN NOW HISTORY?
IS BOB DYLAN NOW HISTORY?
IS BOB DYLAN NOW HISTORY?
I'm returning to The Séamus Ennis Arts Centre stage, to give this new talk with audio & footage:
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There are parallels between Robert Browning & Dylan in my books, but today I found a parallel in their attitude to questions about their work. OED editor James Murray: "I believe Browning once answered a request for explanation of a passage with "I really do not know: ask the Browning Society."
September 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
There are parallels between Robert Browning & Dylan in my books, but today I found a parallel in their attitude to questions about their work. OED editor James Murray: "I believe Browning once answered a request for explanation of a passage with "I really do not know: ask the Browning Society."
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Final weekend of our summer sale. Use the voucher code SUMMER25 at checkout to get 25% off Bob Dylan titles:
A Route To Bob Dylan
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August 31, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Final weekend of our summer sale. Use the voucher code SUMMER25 at checkout to get 25% off Bob Dylan titles:
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Final weekend of our summer sale. Use the voucher code SUMMER25 at checkout to get 25% off. www.route-online.com/all-books/ca...
Manchester Music Books
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August 30, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Final weekend of our summer sale. Use the voucher code SUMMER25 at checkout to get 25% off. www.route-online.com/all-books/ca...
Published in Japan 52 years ago yesterday:
August 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Published in Japan 52 years ago yesterday:
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A very happy birthday to the original Bob Dylan scholar, Michael Gray @michaelgray1.bsky.social
Michael Gray on Meeting Bob Dylan in 1978
YouTube video by Route
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August 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
A very happy birthday to the original Bob Dylan scholar, Michael Gray @michaelgray1.bsky.social
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IS BOB DYLAN NOW HISTORY?
Seamus Heaney Arts Centre, Sept 26, 8pm: talk with audio & footage: for anyone young, is 84-year-old Bob Dylan now just a historical figure? What history might he embody? Why he might matters In two halves with an interval.
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Seamus Heaney Arts Centre, Sept 26, 8pm: talk with audio & footage: for anyone young, is 84-year-old Bob Dylan now just a historical figure? What history might he embody? Why he might matters In two halves with an interval.
Tickets:
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August 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
IS BOB DYLAN NOW HISTORY?
Seamus Heaney Arts Centre, Sept 26, 8pm: talk with audio & footage: for anyone young, is 84-year-old Bob Dylan now just a historical figure? What history might he embody? Why he might matters In two halves with an interval.
Tickets:
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Seamus Heaney Arts Centre, Sept 26, 8pm: talk with audio & footage: for anyone young, is 84-year-old Bob Dylan now just a historical figure? What history might he embody? Why he might matters In two halves with an interval.
Tickets:
tseac.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
IS BOB DYLAN NOW HISTORY?
Seamus Heaney Arts Centre, Sept 26, 8pm: talk with audio & footage: for anyone young, is 84-year-old Bob Dylan now just a historical figure? What history might he embody? Why he might matters In two halves with an interval.
Tickets:
tseac.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
Seamus Heaney Arts Centre, Sept 26, 8pm: talk with audio & footage: for anyone young, is 84-year-old Bob Dylan now just a historical figure? What history might he embody? Why he might matters In two halves with an interval.
Tickets:
tseac.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
August 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
IS BOB DYLAN NOW HISTORY?
Seamus Heaney Arts Centre, Sept 26, 8pm: talk with audio & footage: for anyone young, is 84-year-old Bob Dylan now just a historical figure? What history might he embody? Why he might matters In two halves with an interval.
Tickets:
tseac.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
Seamus Heaney Arts Centre, Sept 26, 8pm: talk with audio & footage: for anyone young, is 84-year-old Bob Dylan now just a historical figure? What history might he embody? Why he might matters In two halves with an interval.
Tickets:
tseac.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...