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...Dylan stepping away from a bare musician’s role and toward a more auteristic philosophy, prompted by Daniel Lanois’ production. The arrangements on that album were lush and spacious, propelled by lively performances from seasoned studio musicians—his tightest band since the mid-70s. Dylan produced the three albums that followed on his own (credited as “Jack Frost”) but he’s maintained the standard that Lanois set, framing his wry, enigmatic lyrics with an organic, energized sound anchored by longtime collaborator, bassist Tony Garnier.But...
...that he’s retired from teaching at the various university writing programs where he taught in the ’70s and ’80s, Ashbery’s daily schedule is relatively relaxed. He spends much of his day at home in Hudson or New York City reading books of poetry sent to him by publishers, keeping up with current events, and listening to music, mostly twentieth century classical pieces by composers like John Cage and Elliott Carter. “I’m very disorganized,” he laughs...
...Tell me about the beginning of your career. Was it really hard to get started as a female stand-up comedian? In those days, when I started stand-up in the late '70s, it felt so easy to get into stand-up because there were so few people doing it and so few women. I always saw it as a tremendous advantage, and I always tell women that if you're in the minority in whatever you do, there are advantages to that which I think are enormous. Especially in a performing way. It sets you apart. It was kind...
...national nightmare is over" - and his pardon of his predecessor, Richard Nixon. "Ford had some of the same problems," says Larry Sabato, a political science professor at the University of Virginia. "Many people were so focused on getting Nixon or re-fighting Vietnam that the pressing agenda of the '70s was lost in the mists of the past...
...Darkness on the Edge of Town) that have both cash and nostalgia in abundance. Rap? Not many reissues. The Grateful Dead? Too many to count. Older bands fare better for technological reasons; advances in transferring music from analog to digital mean that most records from the '70s and '80s sound demonstrably better, even to amateur ears. "That's a big selling point," says Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys, who are in the midst of reissuing three of their early albums. "People who care about sound really care. Our records were too tinny and didn't have enough...