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Bob Dylan: LIVE 1991 with Tim Heidecker
The Jokermen are joined by Tim Heidecker to savor a snapshot of Bob at his absolute nadir—Stuttgart 1991, widely regarded as his worst show ever—and wind up bouncing all over the place. 🌀🚨🌀 Wiggle Mode ACTIVATED 🌀🚨🌀
JOIN US ON THE JOKERMEN YOUTUBE CHANNEL THIS SUNDAY, 7/18, FOR A SHADOW KINGDOM POST-SHOW LIVE STREAM BEGINNING 15 MINUTES AFTER END OF SHOW
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01:09:0415/07/2021
🔓 Unlocked // Bob Dylan: ANOTHER SIDE OF BOB DYLAN
The Jokermen are readjusting to their bicoastal arrangement this week, so please enjoy this sample of the original album material, available only on the Jokermen Patreon. Subscribe now so that Evan has to go see that Bob Dylan musical.
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The Jokermen remark on English sickos, roommates, and the first "real" Bob Dylan album, a shitpost of a record from 1964.
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01:14:4309/07/2021
Bob Dylan: THE JOKERMEN TOP 10
The Jokermen celebrate being indoors together in the same physical location for the first time in the show's history by running thru their top 10 records (as of this particular moment in time, at least). No one get mad at Evan, he had just driven seven hours straight.
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01:01:1906/07/2021
Bob Dylan: GOING DEEP with Steven Hyden — Side B
Because one and half hours talking Bob with Steven Hyden simply isn't enough, here's another hour and a half.
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01:20:4528/06/2021
Bob Dylan: GOING DEEP with Steven Hyden — Side A
The Jokermen welcome the great Steven Hyden to the show to discuss his exhaustive ranking of all 39 of Bob's studio records. Strap in, it's a long one.
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01:23:2524/06/2021
Bob Dylan: DYLANOLOGY with John Semley
The Jokermen are joined by writer and professional podcast guest John Semley to discuss Clinton Heylin's sour new biography The Double Life of Bob Dylan, John's review of said bio, and the phenomenon of Dylanology in general. You don't need a Weberman to know which way the wind blows.
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01:11:3117/06/2021
Bob Dylan: RENALDO & CLARA with Will Sloan
The Jokermen welcome Will Sloan back to the show to celebrate the achievement of their first Patreon goal: a whole fucking episode about "Renaldo & Clara." Boy is this movie long!
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58:4514/06/2021
Bob Dylan: TOGETHER THROUGH LIFE — Side B
Wherein the "Change Trilogy" is discussed
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37:1508/06/2021
Bob Dylan: TOGETHER THROUGH LIFE — Side A
The Jokermen go back to basics with a classic episode on Together Through Life, Bob's second-most famous release from the year 2009. The great thing about this record is that you can just put it on. Just do it. Put it on.
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40:5904/06/2021
Bob Dylan: 80 YEARS, 80 COVERS — Side B
Right now, I can't read too good, don't send me no more birthday wishes, no
Not unless you mail them from 𝕯𝖊𝖘𝖔𝖑𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝕽𝖔𝖜
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01:23:3527/05/2021
Bob Dylan: 80 YEARS, 80 COVERS — Side A
The Jokermen celebrate Bob's 80th birthday with a collection of 80 covers from every genre imaginable. Join us as we get a little sentimental and tour the first half of the playlist.
Emotionally Yours,
Jokermen
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01:10:2324/05/2021
Steely Dan: TWO AGAINST NATURE with @baddantakes
The Jokermen conclude their Bob sabbatical with a deep dive into Two Against Nature, Steely Dan's Grammy-winning 2000 comeback record. This time they're accompanied by Alex, the mystery man behind @baddantakes, the premier Dan poster on Twitter dot com. It's a luscious invention for three, one summer by the sea.
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01:37:5121/05/2021
Van Morrison: LATEST RECORD PROJECT VOLUME 1 — Side A
The Jokermen take a brief Bob-break this week with a spirited conversation about one of Evan's favorite artists, Van Morrison, and his extraordinary new record, Latest Record Project Volume 1. Thank god for the blues.
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01:02:4218/05/2021
Bob Dylan: MODERN TIMES with Cut Worms — Side B
I'm the oldest son of a crazy man, I'm in a cowboy band...
CHECK OUT CUT WORMS' DOUBLE LP NOBODY LIVES HERE ANYMORE
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55:0211/05/2021
Bob Dylan: MODERN TIMES with Cut Worms — Side A
The Jokermen are joined by Max Clarke of the great Cut Worms to roll and tumble all across Modern Times, a very modern-sounding record.
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51:2207/05/2021
Bob Dylan: "LOVE AND THEFT" with Jack Ladder
The Jokermen pour themselves a fine scotch, light up a Cuban, and contemplate Bob's first release of the new millennium, the immaculate "Love And Theft." Australia's own Tim Rogers, AKA Jack Ladder, joins for a classy, refined episode about a classy, refined album.
JACK LADDER'S MODERN CLASSIC "HURTSVILLE" + TICKETS FOR ACTUAL LIVE SHOWS (!) AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE HERE
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01:34:5230/04/2021
Bob Dylan: BEST OF THE 90s
The Jokermen close out season 3 with a Highlands-sized look back at Bob's Nineties output, complete with sequenced playlist. Crazy how "Born In Time" is his best song of the decade.
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01:42:3727/04/2021
Bob Dylan: LIVE 2002 with Tyler Wilcox — Side B
RIP ZEVON — LIFE'LL KILL YA
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01:06:1119/04/2021
Bob Dylan: LIVE 2002 with Tyler Wilcox — Side A
The Jokermen are joined by Tyler Wilcox (Aquarium Drunkard, Pitchfork, Uncut) as they move into the new millennium and take a taste of the Never Ending Tour.
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01:09:2215/04/2021
🔓 Unlocked // The Traveling Wilburys: VOLUME 3
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The Jokermen return to the Wilburyverse one last time and find it a strange and unsettling place.
Dedicated to Lefty Wilbury (1936-1988)
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01:15:4307/04/2021
Bob Dylan: MASKED & ANONYMOUS with Will Sloan
The Jokermen return to the movies alongside Will Sloan of The Important Cinema Club Podcast with a discussion of MASKED & ANONYMOUS (2003), Bob's strangest motion picture yet. Is it a misunderstood masterpiece or another HEARTS OF FIRE?
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58:4401/04/2021
Bob Dylan: LIVE 1984 with Cian Nugent — Side B
Song To Slane. A Slane Rain’s A-Gonna Fall. The Times They Are A-Slaneging. It Ain’t Me Slane. It’s Alright, Slane. Queen Slane Approximately. Slane Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands. I Dreamed I Saw Slane Augustine. Slane Lady Slane. Early Mornin’ Slane. Slane On The Window. Planet Slane. Buckets of Slane. Black Diamond Slane. Is Your Love In Slane? Man Gave Slane To All The Animals. Every Grain Of Slane. Union Slanedown. Never Gonna Be The Slane Again. Driftin’ Too Far From Slane. When Did You Leave Slane? Shooting Slane. Under The Slane Sky. Trying To Get To Slane. Slanee Dee & Slanee Dum. Spirit On The Slane. If You Ever Go To Slane. Slane In Blood. I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To Slane.
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01:17:3325/03/2021
Bob Dylan: LIVE 1984 with Cian Nugent — Side A
The Jokermen are joined by musician/genuine Irishman Cian Nugent to explore the single most significant performance of Bob Dylan's career. At last, the Slane Train has arrived.
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53:3622/03/2021
Bob Dylan: LIVE 1969 with Steve Gunn — Side B
Isle of vibes.
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49:4815/03/2021
Bob Dylan: LIVE 1969 with Steve Gunn — Side A
The Jokermen are joined by Steve Gunn, singer/songwriter/guitarist par excellence, to chat about the extraordinary vibes of Bob's big comeback show at the Isle of Wight in 1969. It doesn't get any better than this, folks.
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01:20:3411/03/2021
The Passionate & Objective Jokerfan: I LOVE BOB DYLAN! with Matt Farley — Side B
It was in the reign of George III that the aforesaid personages lived and quarrelled; good or bad, handsome or ugly, rich or poor, they are all equal now.
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01:16:2104/03/2021
The Passionate & Objective Jokerfan: I LOVE BOB DYLAN! with Matt Farley — Side A
The Jokermen are joined by Matt Farley, self-proclaimed greatest songwriter of all time, to discuss his 2008 release as The Passionate & Objective Jokerfan, "I Love Bob Dylan!" Come for all the Bob talk, stay for Matt's burning hot takes about Daniel Lanois and Shot of Love.
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01:15:5501/03/2021
Bob Dylan: TIME OUT OF MIND with Jonathan Rado — Side B
Well my heart's in the Highlands...
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58:1422/02/2021
Bob Dylan: TIME OUT OF MIND with Jonathan Rado — Side A
The Jokermen are joined by Jonathan Rado, their most famous guest yet, to discuss a late-era masterpiece. Brought to you by Heaven's Door Whiskey™.
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59:1318/02/2021
🔓 Unlocked // Bob Dylan: THE BOOTLEG SERIES, VOLUME 3
Please enjoy this complimentary taste of the high-quality content available exclusively on the Jokermen Patreon. Consider it a belated Valentine. Now do please subscribe—a trip back to the Wilburyverse awaits.
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The Jokermen conclude their inquiry into the initial Bootleg Series trilogy with a speed-run through fifteen years of Bob's career. Yes, we talk about "Series of Dreams" again—but you'll want to stick around until the end for a SHOCKING revelation. Evan sings a lot in this one too.
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01:29:3415/02/2021
Bob Dylan: MTV UNPLUGGED — Side B
CW: Marvel Cinematic Universe hate
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51:0411/02/2021
Bob Dylan: MTV UNPLUGGED — Side A
The Jokermen discuss MTV Unplugged and consider Bob Dylan at the end of history. Surely, nothing interesting or important would ever happen again after the year 1995.
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01:17:2808/02/2021
Bob Dylan: WORLD GONE WRONG — Side B
Chill vibey low-T ep for you to listen to while you sleep
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59:4601/02/2021
Bob Dylan: WORLD GONE WRONG — Side A
The Jokermen discuss a wide variety of folk artists, from the Mississippi Sheiks to Blind Willie McTell to all the dudes who put together bootlegs of Bob concerts called like, "Shot of Tucson — Live in Tucson 1982."
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50:3328/01/2021
Bob Dylan: GOOD AS I BEEN TO YOU — Side B
Diamond Joe Biden
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45:1121/01/2021
Bob Dylan: GOOD AS I BEEN TO YOU — Side A
The Jokermen discuss Good as I Been to You, Bob Dylan's 28th studio album. Many things can be said about this album—listen now to find out what some of them are.
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59:4318/01/2021
Bob Dylan: UNDER THE RED SKY with Sam France — Side B
Toward a unified theory of Under the Red Sky and its place in Bob Dylan's discography.
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42:3611/01/2021
Bob Dylan: UNDER THE RED SKY with Sam France — Side A
The Jokermen welcome returning champion/honorary third Jokerman Sam France back to the show to kick off season 3 with Under the Red Sky. It's the 90s now — groovy baby yeah!
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54:1207/01/2021
Bob Dylan: CHRISTMAS IN THE HEART
Have yourself a merry little Christmas. See you next year.
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01:40:2723/12/2020
Bob Dylan: BEST OF THE 80s
The Jokermen revisit the most [INSERT ADJECTIVE] decade of Bob Dylan's career. The sound quality is "classic" on this episode as an "intentional throwback" and not because I need a new mic cable.
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02:30:2321/12/2020
Bob Dylan: BEST OF THE 70s
In this Self Portrait-sized double episode, the Jokermen go song by song through their personal playlist picks of the best songs of the 1970s and reassess the Three Star System rankings of each album from 1967 to 1979. Opinions are our own.PLAYLIST LINK https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5fgGdNCP4bqph6sOWeJRc9?si=Y7M5qjk2RRqWWuq17arg
02:35:3114/12/2020
Bob Dylan: OH MERCY — Side B
This side has "Most of The Time" on it. What a great song. Love that song
01:12:5210/12/2020
Bob Dylan: OH MERCY — Side A
The Jokermen speak on Bob Dylan's 1989 Lanois-produced opus "Oh Mercy". Ian says "vibes" like a million times which is a good sign.
01:07:4107/12/2020
The Traveling Wilburys: VOLUME 1 — Side B
Legends by fate. Wilburys by choice. The Jokermen go to the end of line discussing side B of Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
01:06:3525/11/2020
The Traveling Wilburys: VOLUME 1 — Side A
The Jokermen discuss the most ambitious crossover event of all time.
01:10:4123/11/2020
Bob Dylan: DYLAN & THE DEAD with Walter Martin & Milan McAlevey — Side B
Continued conversation on Bobby, Jerry, and the fluctuating critical estimation of Dylan & the Dead through the years. Featuring guests Walter Martin and Milan McAlevey.check out Walter Martin's latest album "The World at Night" on http://www.waltermartinmusic.comand keep an eye out for Milan McAlevey's upcoming solo album (produced by Walter Martin) in the near future
48:3619/11/2020
Bob Dylan: DYLAN & THE DEAD with Walter Martin & Milan McAlevey — Side A
The Jokermen are honored to be joined by two (2!) guests: Walter Martin of The Walkmen and musician Milan McAlevey to discuss the 1989 live album "Dylan & the Dead", and the alternately fascinating and frustrating nature of this truly rock-historic crossover event.check out Walter Martin's latest album "The World at Night" on http://www.waltermartinmusic.comand keep an eye out for Milan McAlevey's upcoming solo album (produced by Walter Martin) in the near future
38:2116/11/2020
Bob Dylan: HEARTS OF FIRE with Betsy Wright
the Jokermen are back At The Movies! Joined by Betsy Wright of Ex Hex to (loosely) discuss the 1987 Bob star vehicle, "Hearts of Fire".
36:4712/11/2020
Bob Dylan: DOWN IN THE GROOVE with Betsy Wright
The Jokermen are joined by esteemed Jokerwoman Betsy Wright of the great Ex Hex to scrape the absolute bottom of the Bob Dylan studio LP barrel with 1988's "Down In The Groove".
01:06:0509/11/2020
Bob Dylan: KNOCKED OUT LOADED — Side B
Brownsville Girl
47:0305/11/2020