Happy Birthday, Bob!

By at 24 May, 2011, 12:03 pm

Bob Dylan That Hibbing, Minn., native who was born Robert Allen Zimmerman but has been known as Bob Dylan since he first started performing in New York’s Greenwich Village some 50 years ago — and who has lived in Los Angeles probably longer than anywhere else — turns 70 on May 24. Like most Dylan-related […]

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Dylan at the Santa Monica Civic

By at 4 September, 2008, 10:49 am

There we were standing for two hours in a room that more like a high school auditorium than a concert hall — no chairs on the floor, general admission, only seats in the bleachers in the back — the floor raked downwards toward the stage, so the better sight line was about a third way […]

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At Kerouac’s Grave

By at 23 April, 2008, 4:30 pm

Lowell, Mass is famous for many things including its history as a factory town where many young women worked and who fought hard for decent work conditions and a union. However, the first thing that comes to mind for me when you say Lowell is that it is the place where Jack Kerouac was born […]

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At Kerouac’s Grave

By at 23 April, 2008, 4:30 pm

Lowell, Mass is famous for many things including its history as a factory town where many young women worked and who fought hard for decent work conditions and a union. However, the first thing that comes to mind for me when you say Lowell is that it is the place where Jack Kerouac was born […]

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