Highway 78 Revisited
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Highway 78 Revisited

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Bob Dylan accused of sexually abusing 12-year-old girl in 1965

Bob Dylan accused of sexually abusing 12-year-old girl in 1965

A representative for the singer-songwriter said the “claim is untrue and will be vigorously defended”.

  • byNoah Goldberg andMolly Crane-Newman
Todd Haynes doco seeks the genesis of the Velvet Underground

Todd Haynes doco seeks the genesis of the Velvet Underground

The most often-repeated thing said about the Velvet Underground is Brian Eno’s quip that the band didn’t sell many records,but everyone who bought one started a band.

  • byJake Coyle
Bob Dylan’s turbulent ride from hicksville to top of the world

Bob Dylan’s turbulent ride from hicksville to top of the world

In a new biography,Clinton Heylin has produced an authoritative account of Dylan’s first 25 years.

  • byMichael Dwyer
A wounded Jakob Dylan bares his scars in a new album

A wounded Jakob Dylan bares his scars in a new album

The themes his father wrote about – making art from heartbreak,disillusionment with love and politics,spirituality and fury – are the manna of Exit Wounds.

  • byCat Woods
Happy birthday Bob Dylan,the man who was true to his heart
Opinion
Opinion

Happy birthday Bob Dylan,the man who was true to his heart

Bob Dylan’s body of work is a legacy beyond eclipse.

  • byWarwick McFadyen
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Bob Dylan is turning 80 – but his best is yet to come

Bob Dylan is turning 80 – but his best is yet to come

He started making his best records at 55. He’s a quarter-century better than that now.

  • byMichael Dwyer
Remembering Anita Lane:much more than Nick Cave’s muse

Remembering Anita Lane:much more than Nick Cave’s muse

The enigmatic Australian singer-songwriter has died at 61.

  • byMichael Dwyer
Scramble to recover after vaccine eggs in one basket
Letters
Letters

Scramble to recover after vaccine eggs in one basket

The decision to favour AstraZeneca over other vaccines may be the most consequential decision of Scott Morrison’s prime ministership.

Happy 80th birthday to the man who gets you closer to the meaning of life than any other bastard since Shakespeare
Opinion
USA

Happy 80th birthday to the man who gets you closer to the meaning of life than any other bastard since Shakespeare

Last year I wrote to Bob Dylan asking if I could interview him on a tape to be kept under lock and key for 50 years.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
Demolish Packer’s Pecker and reclaim the park it was meant to be

Demolish Packer’s Pecker and reclaim the park it was meant to be

After the scandal Crown’s casinos,we could turn its Sydney tower into public housing and call it Packer’s Penance. Better still,tear it down.

  • byElizabeth Farrelly