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Bob Dylan revealed - just once! open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #BobDylan #KQEDPressConference #Highway61Revisited #BobDylan:ADescriptive,CriticalDIscographyandFilmography1961-2022 #JohnNogowski
Bob Dylan revealed - just once!
1965 San Francisco Press Conference remains classic Dylan
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November 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Maybe it wasn't "low" art? open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #PeteTownshend #TheWho #Quadrophenia #Tommy #BobDylan #BruceSpringsteen #ANewLiteraryHistoryOfAmerica #JoshuaClover
Maybe it wasn't "low" art?
"New Literary History of America" drew a distinction
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November 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Scotty Moore: Accidental Genius open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #ScottyMoore #ElvisPresley #SunStudios #SamPhillips #RCARecords #BillBlack
Scotty Moore: Accidental Genius
Elvis Presley's guitarist set a tasty standard
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November 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Nate Bargatze on remedial education open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #NateBargatze #Adultedication #Teaching
Nate Bargatze on remedial education
Why can't we fix our schools for everybody?
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November 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Thoreau got a raw deal open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #HenryThoreau #Walden #PondScum #NewYorker #KathrynSchulz #KenBurns #AmericanRevolution
Thoreau got a raw deal
Schultz's brutal New Yorker Takedown Was Literary Disobedience
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November 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Time to Testify about Spotify open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #BruceSpringsteen #U2 #TheBeatles #Nebraska #DeliverMeFromNowhere #ACompleteUnknown #BobDylan #Elvis #Spotify
Time to Testify about Spotify
"It's the silly songs they like. Daft punters" - Pete Townshend
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November 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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A helluva Hall now and then... open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #Cooperstown #BarryBonds #RogerClemens #JeffKent #CarlosDelgado #DonMattingly #DaleMurphy #GarySheffield #FernandoValenzuela #BaseballHallofFame
A helluva Hall now and then...
ERA Committee ballot opens a dark door, shows future electees
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November 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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A helluva Hall now and then... open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #BarryBonds #RogerClemens #JeffKent #CarlosDelgado #DonMattingly #DaleMurphy #GarySheffield #FernandoValenzuela #ERACommittee #Cooperstown #HallofFame #MLB
A helluva Hall now and then...
ERA Committee ballot opens a dark door, shows future electees
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November 6, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Babe 'n Lou, Papi and Manny - Who's best?
open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #MannyRamirez #DavidOrtiz #BigPapi #BostonRedSox #NewYorkYankees #WhiteyFord #BabeRuth #LouGehrig #WillieMays #WillieMcCovey #HankAaron #EddieMathews #StanMusial #WarrenSpahn #LastTimeOut #JohnNogowski
Babe 'n Lou, Papi and Manny - Who's best?
"Diamond Duels" examines baseball's historically great 3-4 combinations
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November 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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That voice, that calm, that magic open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #BobDylan #Highlands #TimeOutOfMind #JamesJoyce #TheDead #Death
That voice, that calm, that magic
Bob Dylan's "Highlands" and The Voice
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November 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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It's OK to still love baseball open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #Baseball #WorldSeries #Dodgers #BlueJays #BuckONeil
It's OK to still love baseball
Insane 7-game World Series rattles to the core but...
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November 3, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Remake, remodel and remix! open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #BryanFerry#RoxyMusic #remixes #Avalon #Boysandgirls #DrivingMeWild #Avonmore #Windswept
Remake, remodel and remix!
Johnson Somerset's remixes of Bryan Ferry tracks astonish
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October 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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What does Bobby Bowden say about FSU? open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #BobbyBowden #JeffBowden #MikeNovell #FloridaStatefootball
What does Bobby Bowden say about FSU?
"No swearing in heaven" - What would he say?
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October 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Hey, Kershaw: Baseball Don't Care open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #ClaytonKershaw #Dodgers #BobGibson #BabeRuth #MickeyMantle #CyYoung #JackieRobinson #LastTimeOut #DiamondDuels
Hey, Kershaw: Baseball Don't Care
Baseball goodbyes are almost always historically messy. This wasn't.
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October 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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History in the making - in front of me? open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #BruceSpringsteen #BornToRun #DeliverMeFromNowhere #Nebraska #Springsteenmovie
History in the making - in front of me?
Bruce Springsteen's first show AFTER "Born To Run" - I was THERE!
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October 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Gettin' on the good foot open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #JamesBrown #LiveAtTheApollo #GodfatherofSoul #Funk #Rockbottomrecords
Gettin' on the good foot
Dipping into James Brown and "Star Time"
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October 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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About damn time, wasn't it? open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #Blacksoxscandal #1919WorldSeriesfix #ShoelessJoeJackson #PeteRose #NBAbettingscandal #ChaunceyBillups #TerryRozier #Gamblingonprosports #Gambling
About damn time, wasn't it?
Mixing pro sports and gambling: Some kids never learn
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October 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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"Deliver Me From Nowhere" open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #BruceSpringsteen #Nebraska #Delivermefromnowhere #WarrenZanes
"Deliver Me From Nowhere"
Springsteen's "Nebraska", Warren Zanes' book and the movie
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October 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Figuring out Bruce Springsteen ain't easy open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #BruceSpringsteen #BornInTheUSA #Nebraska #DeliverMeFromNowhere
Figuring out Bruce Springsteen ain't easy
Does Steven Hyden's "There Was Nothing You Could Do" dumb him down?
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October 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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A thoughtful review of "Nashua" open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #NashuaTelegraph #DonaldTrump #RonaldReagan #1980Debate #NewHampshireRepublicanPolitics #LuisMiron #JohnNogowski
A thoughtful review of "Nashua"
Holy Cross professor sees the far-ranging impact of the Telegraph debate
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October 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Taking my turn with Ol' Bill open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #Hamlet #Shakespeare #Macbeth #Highschoolshakespeare #Literature
Taking my turn with Ol' Bill
How did I know my Shakespeare teaching methods worked?
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October 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Stanford loss just more of the same open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #FSUfootball #SeminoleNation #FloridaState #MikeNorvell #GusMalzahn #ACCFootball
Stanford loss just more of the same
Seminole skid shows no sign of ending under Norvell
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October 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Would Shakespeare have dug "Macbeth' on Apple TV? open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #Macbeth #Shakespeare #NoKingsDay #DenzelWashington #FrancesMcDormand
Does"Macbeth' on Apple TV point to today?
Watch an epic tragedy on "No Kings" day on Apple TV
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October 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Dylan: Still worth talking about... open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #BobDylan #BruceSpringsteen #NeilYoung #FarmAid40 #DeliverMeFromNowhere #BobDylanADescriptiveCritiicalDiscographyandFilmography1961-2022
Dylan: Still worth talking about...
Why NOT playing "Mr. Tambourine Man" was a good thing
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October 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Taking on "The Swamp" open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #JoeMuzzulla #Celtics #NashuaHighBasketball #Media
Taking on "The Swamp"
Sorry, Celtics' Joe Mazzulla, I beat you to it
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October 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM