Ray Padgett

People complaining Bob Dylan doesn’t talk on stage? On the 86 Heartbreakers tour you couldn’t shut him up! It's a “Whoops! All BobTalk” edition of the newsletter.

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Pretty good bit that "Blonde on Blonde on Blonde" by "Cob Dylan" is a tribute album to…Dark Side of the Moon cobdylan.bandcamp.com/album/blonde...

New Dylan Songs Heard Only on the 1986 Tour 1986-02-12, Entertainment Center, Sydney, Australia

Four seemingly original Dylan songs only heard on the 1986 tour with Tom Petty and then never again

(two of them feature Bob on DX7 synth!)

Stevie twirling her scarves while hollering out Katmandu

Funny that the one person here who could plausibly be connected to a Fleetwood Mac tour is the one person who's dead

This is my favorite one that came up, for obvious reasons

It's not even always old people. Why tf would Post Malone be going on "One Last Ride"?

One weird subgenre of AI tour slop is the "One Last Ride" tours. I just did a quick search and these all appeared on Facebook in the past 24 hours alone! (And there are way more)

I'm gonna try to catch the shows in Snydney and Caipo

Who's the special guest, Hank Williams?

Bon Iver's festival lineup includes something called Bon Dylan 👀

I wonder how "the rapper behind Cock Mobster" celebrated the Times They Are a-Changin' anniversary

Digits 23-25, by GOOOOOSE 10 track album

It gives me no joy to report that on top of Goose and Geese there is now also a Gooooose

Song Debuts and Stevie Nicks 1986-02-11, Entertainment Center, Sydney, Australia

After tagging along since they arrived in New Zealand, Stevie Nicks finally takes the True Confessions stage. Today in the newsletter.

Can't, I'll be busy at the Smoker and Pizza Pary

Dylan, Petty, and Knopfler Rock 'Em Dead 1986-02-10, Entertainment Center, Sydney, Australia

Mark Knopfler sits in, and Bob makes an unpopular fashion choice, today in the newsletter

Happy birthday to 'The Times They Are a-Changin',' released on this date in 1964

I always say you haven’t really heard A Minecraft Movie: Songs from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack unless you’ve heard it on Amazon Exclusive Lava Chicken Vinyl

YouTube video by 8-Bit Arcade - Official Murder Most Foul (8-Bit Bob Dylan Emulation)

What if Bob finally plays Murder Most Foul live this year but he plays the chiptune version?

YouTube video by 8-Bit Arcade - Official 8-BIT ARCADE - Mansion on the Hill (8-Bit Neil Young Emulation)

@tylerwilcox.bsky.social you're a sick man for this one

Poolside "Harvest Moon" is such a jam

Large television showing the boonta eve classic

They got the big game on at the bar

Kid knocked over and broke our wifi router during the pregame so looks like we’ll be watching this frozen image of Jon Bon Jovi this evening!

Bob Dylan Hosts a Late-Night Sing-Along in a Hotel Bar 1986-02-07, Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand

Two more performances in New Zealand by Dylan and Petty - one for a stadium of thousands, a second for a handful of drunks in a hotel bar

A Bob Dylan-Tom Petty '86 Miniseries 1986-02-05, Athletic Park, Wellington, New Zealand

40 years of True Confessions! I'm kicking off a new miniseries tracking the Dylan / Petty tour that Bob talks down in Chronicles but is secretly great.

First stop: New Zealand

YouTube video by Martyna Jakubowicz - Topic Śliczny, Gładki

They say you've never really heard "Handy Dandy" until you've heard it in Polish

Might have to start using this expression

Pretty much all of Small Change counts if you include Tom's parentheticals

A Bob Dylan-Tom Petty '86 Miniseries 1986-02-05, Athletic Park, Wellington, New Zealand

40 years of True Confessions! I'm kicking off a new miniseries tracking the Dylan / Petty tour that Bob talks down in Chronicles but is secretly great.

First stop: New Zealand