Everything is Broken

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Episode 26-Nashville Skyline Jul 03, 2021

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The Boys (played by Craig Calcaterra, Mike Ferrin & Steven Goldman) are Back in town! But, instead of hanging out at Geno's, they're breaking down Bob Dylan's Country tinged 1969 almost LP Nashville Skyline. It's short (The album, not the podcast), fun, and an arrow towards New Morning.

Episode 25--Clinton Heylin Jun 18, 2021

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A special anniversary edition of "Everything is Broken", as Steve, Craig & Mike welcome Clinton Heylin, Dylan biographer and author of "The Double Life of Bob Dylan: Volume I: 1941–1966 A Restless, Hungry Feeling." We nerd out talking to one of the foremost Dylan scholars and researchers. It's like a Birthday present for ourselves.

EPISODE 24-John Wesley Harding Jun 06, 2021

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Steven Goldman, Craig Calcaterra & Mike Ferrin talk about outlaws, biblical figures, and the desire to be one's huckleberry with Bob Dylan's 1967 album John Wesley Harding. The album ran counter to the counter culture of 1967 music but wasn't really pop culture. It makes for an interesting album & potentially interesting discussion

EPISODE 23-Shadows in the Night May 22, 2021

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Steven Goldman, Craig Calcaterra & Mike Ferrin Open the Great American Songbook, and find, stuffed deep in the spine on page 3781 Bob Dylan, and his 2015 Ode to Frank Sinatra "Shadows in the Night"

EPISODE 22-Planet Waves May 08, 2021

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Steven Goldman, Craig Calcaterra & Mike Ferrin talk about the 1974 "reunion" album, Planet Waves. Dylan & The Band got together in the studio for some laughs, hijinks, and a very uneven collection of recordings that came ahead of their "Before the Flood" tour

EPISODE 21-Highway 61 Revisited Apr 24, 2021

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Craig Calcaterra, Mike Ferrin, & Steven Goldman, mostly discuss, Highway 61 Revisited. "Mostly" because, really, what can be picked apart from an album that holds up well and still, well, owns.

EPISODE 20-Street Legal Apr 10, 2021

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Craig Calcaterra, Steven Goldman & Mike Ferrin talk about Bob Dylan's 1978 release Street Legal. It's the first real studio run for "The Dylanettes". It has a saxophone. It's got a really bad reputation. But, the album doesn't always miss and the panelist use it to learn how to love again.

EPISODE 19-Tempest Mar 27, 2021

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Craig Calcaterra, Steven Goldman & Mike Ferrin discuss 2012's critically acclaimed"Tempest", Bob Dylan's 35th and darkest studio album.

EPISODE 18- Time Out of Mind Mar 13, 2021

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Craig Calcaterra, Steven Goldman & Mike Ferrin discuss the "Final Comeback Album" (so far) of Bob Dylan's career: Time Out of Mind. They discuss whether it's dark or uplifting, whether the material was handled better by other musicians and producers, and whether The Braves should hit Ozzie Albies second to continue a grand tradition.

EPISODE 17-Another Side of Bob Dylan Feb 27, 2021

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Steven Goldman, Craig Calcaterra & Mike Ferrin discuss Dylan's move from protest singer to emotional troubadour & humorist in Another Side of Bob Dylan which shows, well, another side of Bob Dylan.

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