The oeuvre of the late avant-garde filmmaker and visual artist Jordan Belson (1926–2011), like most good art, defies any easy description and interpretation. “I’ve come to have a complete mistrust of words,” Belson remarked, saying that, “it’s a glorious thing if you don’t expect an explanation.”
His biographies of Charles Bukowski and Lawrence Ferlinghetti came to overshadow his own work. “I would love an interview,” he once said, “where Bukowski is not mentioned.”
Everyone remembers their first Dylan concert. Mine was historic: When Dylan switched guitars, from acoustic to electric, when crowds stormed the stage in protest. No, this was not the more famous concert in Newport. This was a few days later, in Forest Hills. A friend and I, two immigrant teens took
The massive new epic Bob Dylan project called "Mixing Up the Medicine" is getting a preview this Friday in the Hamptons.
No one has yet seen the 608 book coming from Callaway Editions so the Friday event has taken on an air of excitement.
Nicholas Callaway says the book approved and encoura
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