In a year when the Amy Winehouse movie Back to Black showed just how wretched musical biopics can sometimes be, most critics and ticket-buyers seem pleased with James Mangold’s look at Bob Dylan’s early years in A Complete Unknown. The project is nothing but a big swing, daring to take on one of the biggest […]
Something is happening here and, given the hoopla over “A Complete Unknown,” probably even Mr. Jones has an idea what it is: Bob Dylan mania. Thanks to James Mangold’s new film, America is currently experiencing a spike of collective fascination with Dylan that probably hasn’t peaked quite this high since 1965, when the events of […]
In the first part of this Christmas drummer celebration, we interviewed seven classic rock stixmen: Ginger Baker (he counts for two), John Densmore, Clive Bunker, Doug Clifford, Jim McCarty and Micky Dolenz. Here we round out the set with Rick Allen, Artimus Pyle, Carmine Appice, Butch Trucks and Jim Keltner. At the end of this […]
You think you’re a Dylan expert? Test your knowledge with Rolling Stone‘s 25-question challenge Bob Dylan has all sorts of fans. There are causal ones who dig “Mr. Tambourine Man” and “Like a Rolling Stone,” are fairly certain he didn’t write “Stuck in the Middle With You,” and know about his days as a protest […]
Normally, when a movie like A Complete Unknown hits theaters, it takes a little creativity to emulate the looks shown on screen. But thanks to the good folks at Levi’s, who outfitted Timothée Chalamet in a custom wardrobe of ‘60s-era Bob Dylan bangers, all you need is a reliable internet connection. Earlier this morning, the […]
“You walk into the room with your pencil in your hand,” Bob Dylan sang on “Ballad of a Thin Man” in 1965, pitying and condemning journalists who know when something is happening, but “don’t know what it is.” As such, A Complete Unknown director James Mangold may be ready to scoff at everything beneath this […]
Mitch Ryder (left) and Samantha Fish (right) pose backstage prior to a performance at the Arcada … [+] Theatre. Sunday, November 10, 2024 in St. Charles, IL Photo by Barry Brecheisen Since 1994, Ruf Records hasn’t just celebrated blues history, the German label has found compelling ways to introduce the genre to new fans, pushing […]
“I was really looking for threads of continuity in Bob’s character and his taste level,” Phillips says, “and one thing I can say for sure in that excavation was denim. Bob has always worn jeans.” During pre-production, Phillips connected with Paul O’Neill, the design director of Levi’s Vintage Clothing, the brand’s sublabel that recreates and […]
Just in time for A Complete Unknownthe Bob Dylan partial biopic with Timothée Chalamet inhabiting the title role, anyone with serious disposable income can own an historic document from the period depicted in the film. In 1964, Dylan was crashing at the New Jersey home of a friend, journalist Al Aronowitz, when inspiration struck. While […]
Actor replicates singer’s blonde hair-and-outfit combo from Masked and Anonymous screening at 2003 Sundance Film Festival Timothée Chalamet capped a week of promoting A Complete Unknown Friday by channeling one of Bob Dylan’s most infamous looks at the film’s New York premiere event. A night after cosplaying a different Dylan outfit on The Late ShowChalamet […]
