Public sale options historic objects from Bob Dylan’s life : NPR

Bob Dylan’s cultural endurance is proving as potent as ever, with an enormous public sale that includes historic artifacts from the crooner’s life and profession set for Jan. 18.

3 issues to know:

1. The gathering is from the oft-called “godfather” of rock journalism, Al Aronowitz, whose credentials embrace being the unique supervisor of The Velvet Underground and introducing Dylan to slightly unknown indie band known as The Beatles again in 1964.
2. The public sale lot contains greater than 50 objects and options early handwritten notes on Dylan’s hit, “Mr. Tambourine Man,” in addition to pictures, posters and a signed harmonica.
3. There’s additionally some unique artwork from the bard himself, together with a portray impressed by the work of Marc Chagall, in keeping with the detail-rich merchandise descriptions (which might be price perusing if you wish to know extra about this man’s outdated stuff).

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What’s up with Bobby as of late?

His Timothée Chalamet-led biopic A Full Unknown hit theaters this previous Christmas. As NPR’s Pop Tradition Completely happy Hour panel mentioned, the movie was successful for some folks and a miss for others, and is now the topic of loads of awards season chatter. (You possibly can hear from the meta-Bob himself, as Chalamet talks to NPR concerning the problem of portraying one of many largest names in American popular culture.)

As for the person himself, Dylan headlined the Outlaw Music Competition final 12 months alongside Willie Nelson, and tweets each every now and then to honor a late buddy or a very good restaurant. There is not any verdict from him on whether or not he loved the biopic or not.

And for those who’re determined for a chunk of Dylan memorabilia however do not have a number of thousand {dollars} to spend on the public sale later this week, you possibly can at all times buy a deal with of his very personal branded whiskey.

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• Take heed to the It is Been a Minute podcast, the place host Brittany Luse goes past the plain takes. As a result of tradition would not occur accidentally.
• Hear from three folks from Dylan’s life all depicted in A Full Unknown, courtesy of Contemporary Air.