Tuesday, December 13, 2005

she was workin' in a topless place and I stopped in for a beer...

You just went out and got Sirius Satellite Radio because you're a diehard Howard Stern aficionado and now Bobby Zimmerman decides to have a weekly music show on XM Satellite Radio. So what do you do? Music or dirty jokes and strippers? Well, don't tell anyone, but Dylan plans to trump Howard by interviewing only folk-singing strippers on his show. It should be interesting to hear his DJ banter - Bobby isn't much for banter, based on the few times I've heard him (try to) speak.

Bob Dylan to host weekly radio music show - Reuters

Legendary folk rocker Bob Dylan will start a new career as a radio DJ when he launches a new weekly music show on XM Satellite Radio next March. The station said on Tuesday the show would feature music hand-picked by Dylan, writer of some of the enduring classics of popular music since the 1960s such as "Mr Tambourine Man," "Like a Rolling Stone" and "The Times They Are A-Changin'."

"Dylan will offer regular commentary on music and other topics, host and interview special guests including other artists and will take emails from XM subscribers," XM said. Now 64, Dylan's anti-establishment folk songs were the anthems of a generation and he has released over 44 albums in a career spanning more than four decades.

"Songs and music have always inspired me. A lot of my own songs have been played on the radio, but this is the first time I've ever been on the other side of the mic," Dylan said in a statement. His memoir "Chronicles Vol. 1," published in October 2004, was a huge best-seller in the United States.

XM Satellite and its main rival Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. are battling for supremacy in the nascent market for subscription radio and both have been luring high profile names to their stables to boost their profiles. XM says it has more than 5 million subscribers.

lyrics - Tangled Up in Blue

2 comments:

Bored Housewife said...

Hubby has XM. I'll have to check that out...

Did you know (I bet you did) that Bob Dyland and the Beatles met one time, and changed the course of each other's music? dylan went electric and the beatles added depth to their lyrics...AND Bob introduced them to WEEEEEED!!! That tripped me out. It's like learning that Santa Claus taught the Easter Bunny to hop.

Johnnyk said...

Yes, Lisa, I have heard that story and it seems to be valid. I love Dylan, but in concert he's a little hard on the ears these days. The voice is a wreck. I wish he would consider playing smaller venues, it might help. ANYWAY, are you just laying around the shanty today putting a good buzz on?