WHY T BONE STAKED HIS FUTURE ON DYLAN’S CHANGING TIMES AND A MUSICAL SPIRAL

WHY T BONE STAKED HIS FUTURE ON DYLAN’S CHANGING TIMES AND A MUSICAL SPIRAL

A state-of-the-art recording of Dylan’s Blowin’ In The Wind has been snapped up for almost £1.5 million. The disc with a difference is the first new studio recording of the song since Dylan wrote it in 1962. It was sold by Christie’s in London. The sale exceeded the original price estimate which was set as …

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RE-GRETA!

RE-GRETA!

It’s not easy being green if your a pop fan is it Greta! As bands and performers better suited to the Eurovision Song Contest filled the dope and juniper air with plinky-plonky rubbish, the weekend hippies in posh wellies and camper vans discarded their empty water bottles, muesli and sausage wrappers, their roaches and dimps, …

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Will Carolyn, 82, finally face justice over Emmett Till?

Will Carolyn, 82, finally face justice over Emmett Till?

Last month LA musician and writer Andrew Brel sent The Society his thoughts on the background to this horrendous story of mindless racism hatred, lies, callousness and child murder. His writing sparked memories of Emmett’s story and Bob Dylan’s ballad which rails against Emmett’s death, racism and the authorities. And of course Bobby Gentry. Andrew’s …

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Final ride of the Hells Angel who ‘killed’ the 60s

Final ride of the Hells Angel who ‘killed’ the 60s

Biker Barger dies still claiming Stones caused Altamont death riot The hippy ethos of love and peace was battered out of existence at Altamont in Canada as the Rolling Stone’s gave their free festival answer to Woodstock, in 1969. Rock’n’roll had descended into drugged decadent anarchy – Morrison wasn’t there, he was about to slam …

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BURNY WRECK-ELLESTONE

BURNY WRECK-ELLESTONE

‘Vlad’s first-class, I’d take a bullet for him,’ says ex-F1 boss Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has said his friend Vlad Putin invaded the Ukraine ‘unintentionally’! Really? Well, that’s alright then isn’t it! Here’s what Putin did ‘unintentionally’ to the country of blue and yellow one fine day in late winter when he wasn’t, perhaps, …

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Robot scribes are no joke – seriously!

Robot scribes are no joke – seriously!

But will they finally close the book on us humans with one-from-the-heart? By MICHAEL PILGRIM Michael is a developmental editor with more than 12 years in the industry Michael Pilgrim – Developmental Editor How will AI written books affect the publishing industry? Here are some thoughts. – Even when AI can write a perfect book, …

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