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The DylantantesTalkin' Bob Dylan SpinnerpaloozaA Million $ Bash Roundtable
We change it up a bit in the spirit of holiday festivities and the New Year. Today, we’re going to have a pretty open roundtable. Our regular Bashers will have the opportunity to let loose in response to some open-ended prompts and will be selected to speak via a randomized spinner.
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Rob “Rockin’ Rob” Reginio teaches modern literature at Alfred University. He's currently at work on a book about Dylan's album John Wesley Harding.
Nina Goss is Editor of or contributor to the volumes Tearing the World Apart...2025-01-2054 minThe DylantantesTalkin' Planet WavesA Million $ Bash Roundtable
The 1974 album Planet Waves marked a series of firsts for Bob Dylan. It was his first official album with The Band. It was his first record not on the Columbia label. And it was, believe it or not, his first No. 1 album.
The music represents, if not a return to form, a reset after the release of Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid and the Columbia-compiled revenge album called simply Dylan. Compositionally, it’s a musical way station between 1970’s New Morning and 1975’s Blood on the Tracks.
The songs feel p...2024-09-3022 minThe DylantantesTalkin' The Basement Tapes, Part 2: The Dylan OriginalsA Million $ Bash Roundtable
Last time we discussed just the covers that Bob Dylan and the members of what would become The Band recorded during the 1967 Basement Tapes sessions. Be sure to check out part 1 if you missed it.
Today we are back with part 2 to explore the Bob Dylan originals recorded during those sessions.
The common explanation is that Dylan was cranking out new compositions during what was otherwise his bucolic hiatus in Woodstock, NY, in order to sell them to others to record. If that is true, then the recordings we have...2024-08-1923 minThe DylantantesTalkin' The Basement Tapes, Part 1: The CoversA Million $ Bash Roundtable
“It feels like this is probably what it sounds like in his head all the time.” -Graley Herren
The Basement Tapes occupy a unique place of honor in the pantheon of Dylan legends. Coming just after two other legendary events—the “going electric” performance and subsequent tour and Dylan’s motorcycle accident—the 1967 recordings were a collaboration between Bob Dylan and his previous backing group who would soon after become the members of The Band. The tracks they laid down—first in Dylan’s house in Woodstock, NY, and then literally in the basement of...2024-07-2220 minThe DylantantesTalkin' Under the Red SkyA Million $ Bash Roundtable
Only one year after the triumphal release of “Oh Mercy,” Dylan came out with 1990’s “Under the Red Sky.” The album is known for its all-star musicians—George Harrison, Slash, David Crosby, Bruce Hornsby, Al Kooper, David Lindley, and others—and was produced by Don Was. It is filled with the language and structure of children’s songs and music—which is befitting an album dedicated to “Gabby Goo-Goo,” likely Dylan’s then-toddler daughter, Desiree Gabrielle Dennis-Dylan. There are counting songs, fairytales, and echoes of nursery rhymes. But the songs often sport an ominous feel that is har...2024-06-1121 minThe DylantantesTalkin' Street-LegalA Million $ Bash Roundtable
Bob Dylan’s 15th, 16th, and 17th studio albums, Planet Waves, Blood on the Tracks, and Desire, had been solid successes when he released Street-Legal in 1978. The album was not universally well received by critics although it was a commercial success.
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The band was mostly drawn from the large ensemble performing during Dylan’s Japanese and Australian tours and notably included a chorus consisting of Dylan’s future wife Carolyn Dennis, veteran singer Jo Ann Harris, and He...2024-04-0221 minThe DylantantesTalkin' "Love and Theft"A Million $ Bash Roundtable
Bob Dylan’s 31st studio album, “Love and Theft,” was released on September 11, 2001. The album’s lyrics are among the first to be heavily researched for references to and lifts from other works, and there are many—perhaps most notably some lines from Japanese true crime writer Junichi Saga’s Confessions of a Yakuza. The songs are rich with characters—men and women, real and fanciful—and events— as devastating as a flood and as benign as the sound of fornication in the room next door. And there is humor, including some hardcore dad jokes.
Ther...2024-03-1822 minThe DylantantesWomen Covering DylanA Million $ Bash Roundtable
As much as we love Bob Dylan’s many versions of his own music, we at Million $ Bash would be remiss if we did not discuss some of the gazillions of covers of Dylan’s work. Given the buzz emanating from Cat Power’s reconstruction of Dylan’s set from his 1966 British tour, it makes sense to discuss specifically covers of Dylan by women.
There is an Extended Version of this episode available on FM+. Details below.
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Rob “Rockin’ Rob” Reginio teaches modern literatu...2024-02-0622 minThe Dylantantes“Ring dancing Christmas carols”: Christmas in the HeartA Million $ Bash Roundtable
In this latest episode of the Million $ Bash roundtable, the gang goes at the surprise 2009 release of Christmas in the Heart, Bob Dylan’s first and perhaps only album of Christmas music, at least until there is a Bootleg Series box set of the session outtakes. The album is, unsurprisingly, contentious, and the M$B roundtable participants, despite their academic restraint, are not immune from the controversy. Enjoy this special holiday edition of the Million $ Bash!
M$B Roundtable Panelists:
Rob “Rockin’ Rob” Reginio teaches modern literature at Alfred Unive...2023-12-2449 min
The Dylantantes“Ring dancing Christmas carols”: Christmas in the HeartA Million $ Bash Roundtable
In this latest episode of the Million $ Bash roundtable, the gang goes at the surprise 2009 release of Christmas in the Heart, Bob Dylan’s first and perhaps only album of Christmas music, at least until there is a Bootleg Series box set of the session outtakes. The album is, unsurprisingly, contentious, and the M$B roundtable participants, despite their academic restraint, are not immune from the controversy. Enjoy this special holiday edition of the Million $ Bash!
M$B Roundtable Panelists:
Rob “Rockin’ Rob” Reginio teaches modern literature at Alfred Unive...2023-12-2449 minThe DylantantesPlay a Song for MeA Million $ Bash Roundtable
In this latest episode of the Million $ Bash roundtable, the gang talks about their contributions to the new collection, The Politics and Power of Bob Dylan’s Live Performances: Play a Song for Me, edited by our very own Erin Callahan and Court Carney and published by Routledge.
M$B Roundtable Panelists:
Rob “Rockin’” Reginio teaches modern literature at Alfred University. He's currently at work on a book about Dylan's album John Wesley Harding.
Nina Goss is Editor of or contributor to the volumes Tearing the World Apart: Bob Dylan and th...2023-12-111h 00The DylantantesPlay a Song for MeA Million $ Bash Roundtable
In this latest episode of the Million $ Bash roundtable, the gang talks about their contributions to the new collection, The Politics and Power of Bob Dylan’s Live Performances: Play a Song for Me, edited by our very own Erin Callahan and Court Carney and published by Routledge.
M$B Roundtable Panelists:
Rob “Rockin’” Reginio teaches modern literature at Alfred University. He's currently at work on a book about Dylan's album John Wesley Harding.
Nina Goss is Editor of or contributor to the volumes Tearing the World Apart: Bob Dylan and th...2023-12-111h 00
The DylantantesUnderrated DylanA Million $ Bash Roundtable
In this latest episode of the Million $ Bash roundtable, the gang takes on the Dylan songs they think deserve greater attention and recognition. Will sparks fly? Will inspiration flare? Well, there is only one way to find out!
We assembled our regular panelists for this roundtable, but when Nina Goss tried to join us, she ran into technical difficulty and offered only a ghost-like appearance. We missed her voice on the program, but she did get one word in, and that is alright.
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MDB...2023-10-3158 minThe DylantantesUnderrated DylanA Million $ Bash Roundtable
In this latest episode of the Million $ Bash roundtable, the gang takes on the Dylan songs they think deserve greater attention and recognition. Will sparks fly? Will inspiration flare? Well, there is only one way to find out!
We assembled our regular panelists for this roundtable, but when Nina Goss tried to join us, she ran into technical difficulty and offered only a ghost-like appearance. We missed her voice on the program, but she did get one word in, and that is alright.
Roundtable Panelists:
MDB...2023-10-3158 minThe DylantantesThe World of Bob Dylan 2023 PostmortemA Million Dollar Bash Roundtable
In June of 2023, the University of Tulsa Institute for Bob Dylan Studies held The World of Bob Dylan conference in Tulsa in conjunction with a new cultural event called Switchyard. The panelists start their postmortem of the World of Bob Dylan 2023 with a critique of this “mash-up.”
Roundtable Panelists:
Rob Reginio teaches modern literature at Alfred University. He's currently at work on a book about Dylan's album John Wesley Harding.
Nina Goss is Editor of or contributor to the volumes Tearing the World Apart: Bob Dylan and the 21st...2023-07-0848 min
The DylantantesThe World of Bob Dylan 2023 PostmortemA Million Dollar Bash Roundtable
In June of 2023, the University of Tulsa Institute for Bob Dylan Studies held The World of Bob Dylan conference in Tulsa in conjunction with a new cultural event called Switchyard. The panelists start their postmortem of the World of Bob Dylan 2023 with a critique of this “mash-up.”
Roundtable Panelists:
Rob Reginio teaches modern literature at Alfred University. He's currently at work on a book about Dylan's album John Wesley Harding.
Nina Goss is Editor of or contributor to the volumes Tearing the World Apart: Bob Dylan and the 21st...2023-07-0848 min
The Dylantantes PodcastThe Definitive Roundtable on FragmentsRoundtable Panelists:* Rob Reginio teaches modern literature at Alfred University. He's currently at work on a book about Dylan's album John Wesley Harding.* Nina Goss is Editor of or contributor to the volumes Tearing the World Apart: Bob Dylan and the 21st Century and Dylan at Play. She is a contributor to various anthologies and presented at the first World of Bob Dylan conference (2019), and Dylan and the Beats conference in Tulsa (2022). She teaches at Fordham University.* Court Carney is a professor of history at Stephen F. Austin State University, where he teaches co...2023-03-181h 04The DylantantesThe Definitive Roundtable on FragmentsRoundtable Panelists:
Rob Reginio teaches modern literature at Alfred University. He's currently at work on a book about Dylan's album John Wesley Harding.
Nina Goss is Editor of or contributor to the volumes Tearing the World Apart: Bob Dylan and the 21st Century and Dylan at Play. She is a contributor to various anthologies and presented at the first World of Bob Dylan conference (2019), and Dylan and the Beats conference in Tulsa (2022). She teaches at Fordham University.
Court Carney is a professor of history at Stephen F. Austin State University, where he teaches courses on Black history and cul...2023-03-171h 04
The DylantantesThe Definitive Roundtable on FragmentsRoundtable Panelists:
Rob Reginio teaches modern literature at Alfred University. He's currently at work on a book about Dylan's album John Wesley Harding.
Nina Goss is Editor of or contributor to the volumes Tearing the World Apart: Bob Dylan and the 21st Century and Dylan at Play. She is a contributor to various anthologies and presented at the first World of Bob Dylan conference (2019), and Dylan and the Beats conference in Tulsa (2022). She teaches at Fordham University.
Court Carney is a professor of history at Stephen F. Austin State University, where he teaches courses on Black history and cul...2023-03-171h 04
The Dylantantes PodcastThe Definitive Roundtable on The Philosophy of Modern SongJust a few months ago, Bob Dylan released his second book of prose (third book ever), and loftily entitled it The Philosophy of Modern Song. The reviews have been mixed, but the book has already become the latest folder for the academic industrial complex. Here at The Dylantantes, we have decided that enough is enough and that it is time to put an end to all the speculation and debate. We present to you The Dylantantes’ One and Only Definitive and Final Roundtable on The Philosophy of Modern Song.Roundtable Panelists:Rob Reginio, Nina Goss, Co...2023-01-0358 minThe DylantantesThe Definitive Roundtable on The Philosophy of Modern SongJust a few months ago, Bob Dylan released his second book of prose (third book ever), and loftily entitled it The Philosophy of Modern Song. The reviews have been mixed, but the book has already become the latest folder for the academic industrial complex. Here at The Dylantantes, we have decided that enough is enough and that it is time to put an end to all the speculation and debate. We present to you The Dylantantes’ One and Only Definitive and Final Roundtable on The Philosophy of Modern Song.
Roundtable Panelists:
Rob Reginio, Nina Goss, Co...2023-01-0300 minThe DylantantesThe Definitive Roundtable on The Philosophy of Modern SongJust a few months ago, Bob Dylan released his second book of prose (third book ever), and loftily entitled it The Philosophy of Modern Song. The reviews have been mixed, but the book has already become the latest folder for the academic industrial complex. Here at The Dylantantes, we have decided that enough is enough and that it is time to put an end to all the speculation and debate. We present to you The Dylantantes’ One and Only Definitive and Final Roundtable on The Philosophy of Modern Song.
Roundtable Panelists:
Rob Reginio, Nina Goss, Co...2023-01-0300 min
The Dylantantes PodcastInterview with Rob ReginioWhat Is It about Bob Dylan?Dr. Robert Reginio is our guest on The Dylantantes podcast.Rob Reginio is a professor English at Alfred University in Western New York. He is the editor of and contributor to the collection Samuel Beckett and Contemporary Art. He has published and presented widely on modernism and memory and has published pieces on Dylan and race and Dylan and Emmanuel Levinas. He is a member of the editorial board of The Dylan Review. He serves as the Hagar Professor of the Humanities at Alfred University and is currently at...2022-08-3048 minThe DylantantesInterview with Rob ReginioWhat Is It about Bob Dylan?
Dr. Robert Reginio is our guest on The Dylantantes podcast.
Rob Reginio is a professor English at Alfred University in Western New York. He is the editor of and contributor to the collection Samuel Beckett and Contemporary Art. He has published and presented widely on modernism and memory and has published pieces on Dylan and race and Dylan and Emmanuel Levinas. He is a member of the editorial board of The Dylan Review. He serves as the Hagar Professor of the Humanities at Alfred University and is currently at...2022-08-3000 minThe DylantantesInterview with Rob ReginioWhat Is It about Bob Dylan?
Dr. Robert Reginio is our guest on The Dylantantes podcast.
Rob Reginio is a professor English at Alfred University in Western New York. He is the editor of and contributor to the collection Samuel Beckett and Contemporary Art. He has published and presented widely on modernism and memory and has published pieces on Dylan and race and Dylan and Emmanuel Levinas. He is a member of the editorial board of The Dylan Review. He serves as the Hagar Professor of the Humanities at Alfred University and is currently at work on a book about...2022-08-3000 min