Jon Dennis
@jondennis.bsky.social
Never have a motto — that’s what I always say.
CD3: Melbourne, 20/4. “This used to be called Visions of Johanna. Now it’s called Mother Revisited.” Bob’s voice hoarse, delivery even more cranky than usual but also gentler. Electric set fragment: magnificently deranged. Audience screams at Tom Thumb’s Blues. Bob: You know Tom Thumb?” 8/10
November 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
CD3: Melbourne, 20/4. “This used to be called Visions of Johanna. Now it’s called Mother Revisited.” Bob’s voice hoarse, delivery even more cranky than usual but also gentler. Electric set fragment: magnificently deranged. Audience screams at Tom Thumb’s Blues. Bob: You know Tom Thumb?” 8/10
CD2: Sydney, 13/4 electric set. Tell Me Mama opens super-confrontational and set continues in that vein. “It used to go like that, and now it goes like this,” says Bob before I Don’t Believe You - the blueprint for future live performances. Baby Let Me Follow You Down thin-wild-mercury style. 10/10
November 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
CD2: Sydney, 13/4 electric set. Tell Me Mama opens super-confrontational and set continues in that vein. “It used to go like that, and now it goes like this,” says Bob before I Don’t Believe You - the blueprint for future live performances. Baby Let Me Follow You Down thin-wild-mercury style. 10/10
Chaos in the Vatican in 1159
November 14, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Chaos in the Vatican in 1159
Getting into Bob Dylan’s 1966 Live Recordings. CD1: Sydney, 13/4 acoustic set. Speaking voice sounds stoned. Some guitar tuning problems but Bob’s singing is phenomenal. Audience hugely enthusiastic. Harmonica playing impressive too. Must have strong lungs. 9/10
November 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Getting into Bob Dylan’s 1966 Live Recordings. CD1: Sydney, 13/4 acoustic set. Speaking voice sounds stoned. Some guitar tuning problems but Bob’s singing is phenomenal. Audience hugely enthusiastic. Harmonica playing impressive too. Must have strong lungs. 9/10
I'd just like to belatedly apologise for killing music with all that home taping I did in the 1980s.
November 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I'd just like to belatedly apologise for killing music with all that home taping I did in the 1980s.
#nowplaying Surprising how similar it is in some ways to Postcard. Not such a radical departure as I’d thought.
November 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
#nowplaying Surprising how similar it is in some ways to Postcard. Not such a radical departure as I’d thought.
#nowplaying Excellent songs including by Donovan (Lord of the Reedy River alone worth the price of admission), Harry Nilsson and George Martin and produced by P McCartney. Some of Paul’s granny music but also weird folk, exquisite arrangements and singing. Purchased from a charity shop last week.
November 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
#nowplaying Excellent songs including by Donovan (Lord of the Reedy River alone worth the price of admission), Harry Nilsson and George Martin and produced by P McCartney. Some of Paul’s granny music but also weird folk, exquisite arrangements and singing. Purchased from a charity shop last week.
#nowplaying Super-creepy new purchase that didn’t arrive in time for Halloween.
November 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
#nowplaying Super-creepy new purchase that didn’t arrive in time for Halloween.
My favourite movie with my name in it
November 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
My favourite movie with my name in it
William Burroughs' celebrated cut-up technique let him down at Halloween.
October 31, 2025 at 3:17 PM
William Burroughs' celebrated cut-up technique let him down at Halloween.
#nowplaying “Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy … [continues]”
October 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
#nowplaying “Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy … [continues]”
Facadism in 1952 (cartoon by Saul Steinberg)
October 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Facadism in 1952 (cartoon by Saul Steinberg)
A Christmas treat for everyone who's enjoyed his hilarious antics in politics.
October 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
A Christmas treat for everyone who's enjoyed his hilarious antics in politics.
Billy Cobham joyous at the Union Chapel last night. Great to see the musicians so clearly enjoying themselves.
October 26, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Billy Cobham joyous at the Union Chapel last night. Great to see the musicians so clearly enjoying themselves.
In the UK as in the US, Reform/Trump/Musk have spent more and made the government less efficient. Incompetent and dishonest.
October 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
In the UK as in the US, Reform/Trump/Musk have spent more and made the government less efficient. Incompetent and dishonest.
Hatless, I take off my cycle-clips in awkward reverence. #nowplaying
October 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Hatless, I take off my cycle-clips in awkward reverence. #nowplaying
In which George Harrison reveals his entry into “the avocado scene”.
October 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
In which George Harrison reveals his entry into “the avocado scene”.
"Keith Godwin’s The Architect in Society, a sculpture set in the wall which shows a body being crushed between concrete lintels – a hilarious image of architectural self-pity." - Owen Hatherley on south London modern (where I have lived most of my life). @lrb.co.uk www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
October 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
"Keith Godwin’s The Architect in Society, a sculpture set in the wall which shows a body being crushed between concrete lintels – a hilarious image of architectural self-pity." - Owen Hatherley on south London modern (where I have lived most of my life). @lrb.co.uk www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Gladiators - Trenchtown Mix Up is an all-time great for me.
October 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Gladiators - Trenchtown Mix Up is an all-time great for me.