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Monday, November 3, 2025
at 0615s CET

Dylan related
1. BS18: Bob Dylan’s New Bootleg Revisits His Folky Beginnings (The Heights) from Cliff Warnken
2. BS18: "A vivid chronicle of Bob Dylan's rapid ascent and growth as an artist": The latest edition of The Bootleg Series tracks Dylan from Minnesota to Greenwich Village (Louder) from Cliff Warnken
3. The Bob Dylan Week In Review (Daily Dylan)
4. What Bob Dylan Persona Are You? Quiz (NSF) from Ugur Oral
   
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5. ‘The world said I was dead - in so many ways I was’: Paul McCartney on the lost years after the Beatles (theguardian) from Martin Cowan (amazon.com - .co.uk - .de)
   
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6. Facebook’s Holiday Ad Longs for a Platform That No Longer Exists (wersm) from Cliff Warnken
7. "Knockin' On Dylan's Door (BobFest)" "Incredible Treasures from Bootleg Series Vol. 18" Select: Listen Live 88.1 FM WCWP 9-11 pm EST (WCWP 88.1 FM) from G. Walsh
8. Route 66 - Show 326 (Mixcloud) by Steve Lockwood
9. Max Sanders Single Release - 11/01/2025 - Maple Leaf Bar Live 8:20 to 20:00 Shelter from the Storm (YouTube) from Ron Mura
10. Bob Dylan - Paris October 17, 2011 - Like A Rolling Stone (Video clip) (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
11. Bob Dylan in the Attic: The Artist as Historian - Freddy Cristóbal Domínguez (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
12. Dylan pleads, take heed, for "The Times They Are A-Changin' " -- New York, NY, January 21, 1998 (YouTube) from Carol Casper
    
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13. Bob Dylan – I Was So Much Younger Then Vol. 2 Review (Cult Following) from Cliff Warnken
14. The film A Complete Unknown will be shown in Knighton Fri Nov 21 (Shropshire Star) from Cliff Warnken

Sunday, November 2, 2025
at 0600 CET

Dylan related
1. BS18: Open the Window, Hear the Howl: Bob Dylan’s Origin Myth, Remixed, Rewired, and Still Breathing (The FM Club) by Craig Danuloff, from Jacob Daniel
2. BS18: Bob Dylan Chronicles His Greenwich Village Years With Massive ‘Through The Open Window’ 8CD Bootleg Series Box Set (Noise11) from Cliff Warnken
3. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (the Bob Dylan Commentaries) from Eric Dylan DeBeck
4. Charlie Daniels and A Complete Unknown - Soapbox Jr. (Charlie Daniels ) from Scott Miller
5. Songs of Revolution: Analysing Literary Impact of Bob Dylan Songs (IJIRT) from Scott Miller
6. German: Der Mann am Klavier Besondere Brüsseler Bob-Beobachtungen ("I'm in a cowboy band") by Thomas Waldherr
7. The Producers Are A-Changin’ (Culture Sonar) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken
8. TELL TALE SIGNS: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Rare & Unreleased Recordings Bob Dylan (Laura Hird) from Scott Miller
9. Resolution and Independence Bob and John Prine (First of the Month) by Matt Borushko
10. Discography Deep Dive: Bob Dylan (Tim Lee Songs 2021) from Scott Miller
    
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11. The Making Of Marianne Faithfull’s Broken English: “Before I die I’m going to show you bastards who I am…” (Mojo) from Scott Miller
12. Peter Watkins, Oscar-winning director of The War Game, dies aged 90 (theguardian) from Scott Miller
13. Everything Fab Four Fest: Time to Celebrate the Beatles’ ‘Rubber Soul’ (Something Else!) from Scott Miller
14. Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Gene Clark (Americana UK) from Scott Miller
    
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15. The Dylan Hours: Streams live every Sunday, 9 - 11 am Pacific Standard Time. Today: DYLAN DE LOS MUERTOS + MORE TREATS FROM THE BOOTLEG SERIES, VOL. 18: THROUGH THE OPEN WINDOW 1956 - 1963 (thesocalsound.org) from Lisa Finnie
16. Paris night 2 — When I Paint My Masterpiece. Bob Dylan and his band. (YouTube) from Cliff Warnken
17. Bob Dylan with a glorious It's All Over Now, Baby Blue. Paris night 2. 2025. (YouTube) from Cliff Warnken
18. Now spinning: 'Bob Dylan Bootleg Series Volume 18: Through The Open Window, 1956-1963' (CNN) from Scott Miller
19. Bob Dylan the concert series (number 51): 14 October 2016 (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
20. Episode #1,093 – Jay Siegel of the Tokens discusses recording background vocals with Bob Dylan and his friendship with Al Kooper. (The Paul Leslie Hour) from Paul E. Leslie II
21. Is Bob Dylan father of rising American novelist? Sam Sussman’s debut story stirs Buzz (Y net) from Cliff Warnken
22. Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding Album Reaction (YouTube) from Douglas Schlachter
23. Bob Dylan 01-Nov-1978 ~ Dane County Memorial Coliseum, Madison, USA (Audio, Complete Set) (YouTube) from mr tambourine
24. Kreative Kontrol Ep. #1034: Sean Wilentz on Bob Dylan’s ‘Through The Open Window’ Excerpt (YouTube) from Vish Khanna
25. Bob Dylan - FULL SHOW - Paris October 30, 2025 (YouTube) from Cliff Warnken
26. The master exchanging his gifts (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
    
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27. Time 100 Most influential people No, Bob is not on the list (TIME)
28. Fake Bob picture (from flash.cafex.biz)
29. The Chaotic Magic of Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue (New Yorker 2019) from psamdancin
30. Bob Dylan – Best of The Rolling Thunder Revue (Pt. 5) Review (Cult Following) from Cliff Warnken 1400
31. Author Talk: Boy from the North Country with Sam Sussman Nov 3 in Indianapoli (Newsbreak) from Cliff Warnken

Saturday, November 1, 2025
at 0610 CET

Dylan related
1. Last night's Bob Dylan Paris II setlist (Bob Links)
2. “I’m The Enemy of Treason, The Enemy of Strife” – Bob Dylan, Paris, 31st of October 2025 (Johnny B.) by Johnny Borgan
3. Becoming Bob Dylan: Sean Wilentz on ‘Through The Open Window’ (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken, Jacob Daniel
4. The Untold Story of Bob Dylan’s ‘Complete Unknown’ Era Wilentz (The Daily Beast) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken, Jacob Daniel
5. Bob Dylan – The Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through the Open Window 1956 – 1963 (Cult Following) from Cliff Warnken
6. Out now: "Bootleg Series Volume 18: Through The Open Window, 1956-1963" (Bob Dylan Center on Facebook) from Scott Miller
7. German: Lanxess Arena in Köln informiert: Strenges Verbot während Konzert von Bob Dylan (Der Westen) from Scott Miller
8. French: Bob Dylan au Palais des congrès, une expérience mystique (Les Echos) from Scott Miller
9. Bob Dylan ‘Bootleg Series’ Albums Ranked (Ultimate Classic Rock) from Scott Miller
10. The Philosophy of Modern Song: I got a woman (and Just like a woman) (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
11. Bob Dylan’s earliest New York tapes see the light — and they complement Timothée Chalamet biopic (NY Post) from Cliff Warnken
12. Bob Dylan: Through the Open Window this Sunday 11/02 at 4 pm. (kalw) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken
13. St. George’s United Church hosts “A Bob Dylan Tribute” fundraising concert Nov 21 near Vancouver (Comox Valley Record) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken
    
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14. Are Music Biopics Just Expensive Fanfiction? Here’s the Best and Worst of the Genre (Cultured) from Scott Miller
15. More Casting News Revealed For Filmed Beatles Biopics (Best Classic Bands) from Greg Brodsky
16. Remake, remodel and remix! Johnson Somerset's remixes of Bryan Ferry tracks astonish (John's Substack) by John Nogowski
    
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17. BS18: Bob Dylan Through The Open Window: The Bootleg Series Vol 18. Review (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
18. Bob Dylan - PARIS 2025, Oct 30 - First and last Song (YouTube) from Cliff Warnken
19. Bob Dylan - Masterpiece in PARIS Oct 30, 2025 (YouTube) from Cliff Warnken
20. Bob Dylan — Desolation Row. Paris night 2. October 31, 2025. nightly moth recording (YouTube) from Cliff Warnken, Jacob Daniel
21. Cocaine (Home of Bonnie Beecher, Minneapolis, MN - Dec. 22, 1961) (Bob Dylan on YouTube) from Scott Miller
22. Bob Dylan - Ramblin' Round (Take 2) (Bob Dylan on YouTube) from Scott Miller
23. Girl from the North Country (Freewheelin' Alternate Take, NYC, 1963) (Bob Dylan on YouTube) from Scott Miller
24. Liverpool Gal (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1963) (Bob Dylan on YouTube) from Scott Miller
25. House Of The Rising Sun (Informal Recording, NYC, 1963) (Bob Dylan on YouTube) from Scott Miller
26. Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan and the Protest Movement (Through The Open Window: The Bootleg Series Vol. 18) (YouTube) from Scott Miller
27. Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone - Manchester October 10 2011 (YouTube) from andrew nieurzylas
28. Bob Dylan live , What Good Am I , Chicago 1989 (YouTube) from Steve Lockwood
29. Bob Dylan (with "Tom Waits") - Jesus Gonna Be Here - October 31, 2009 - Chicago, IL (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
30. Bob Dylan: Martin Carthy Part 7 (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
    
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31. Two Nights in Paris (by Matthew Ingate) (Flagging Down the Double E's) by Ray Padgett
32. Bob Dylan - Full Show - Lingen October 24, 2025 (YouTube) from Leo Ensel
33. The long and unexpected afterlife of the Timothée Chalamet look-alike contest (Independent) from Cliff Warnken
34. An Evening with the Music of Bob Dylan, presented by the Bob Dylan Regulars The Kraken, Carrboro NC, Saturday Nov 8 (Facebook) from Peter White 1500
35. Bob Dylan and Elvis Costello – Tears of Rage Review (Cult Following) from Cliff Warnken
36. Without the song, ‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’ may have been largely forgotten (AP News) from Scott Bauer 1600
37. Ep. #1034: Sean Wilentz on Bob Dylan’s ‘Through The Open Window’ (Kreative Kontrol) from Vish Khanna 1700