Sign On The Window

Sign on the Window isn't the Bob Dylan podcast you need, but it's definitely the one that you want! Each week we select a Dylan song at random, live with the song for a week (or two) and then get together to discuss. This week, we listen to 1993's "Jack-A-Roe."In this episode, we explore:Context (2:00) — including the different names "Jack-A-Roe" goes byThis song during Dylan's 80th birthday (5:00)Versions (10:00) — WGW and at the Supper ClubSong Itself (24:00) — the set-up, the conflict, the crux, the war, the penultimate non-rhyme, and the corny closeDoes this work today? (43:00)We're a Real Podcast and Playlist (50:30)Recommendations (1:02:00)Endings (1:13:00)As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – or listen to our dedicated playlist for this episode – and join the conversation on the usual suspects: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram.And if you're loving us

Sign on the Window isn't the Bob Dylan podcast you need, but it's definitely the one that you want! Each week we select a Dylan song at random, live with the song for a week (or two) and then get together to discuss. This week we dive into one of Dylan's most mysterious and enduring songs, 1967's "I'm Not There."In this episode... Context (5:00) Versions (11:45) — including talk of Sonic Youth, Pearl Jam, and if Dylan wrote or ad-libbed the song Kelly plays "I'm Not There" (18:00) Lyrics, in brief (21:00) The Feel of the Song (25:00) — including the importance of "1956" in the title, the difficulty getting into the song (especially without context), and the ache of the song The Artistry of the Song (35:00) — including talk of our relationship with Dylan's creative process (post-Cutting Edge) and Dylan's ability to not be precious about things (Kelly: "it's frustrating and cool that he doesn't care a lot of the time") Does this work in 2021? (41:00) We're A Real Podcast and Playlist (46

Sign on the Window isn't the Bob Dylan podcast you need, but it's definitely the one that you want! Each week we select a Dylan song at random, live with the song for a week (or two) and then get together to discuss. This week we return to Modern Times with the great "Ain't Talkin'."In this episode we feature the usual setup: Context (3:00) Music Talk (8:00) Song Itself — where we craft separate narratives from both the Modern Times and Tell Tale Signs versions (15:00) Does this song work today? (46:30) We'll clarify if we're a real podcast and talk our playlist (51:00) Recommendations (57:30) Endings (1:19:00)As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – or listen to our dedicated playlist for this episode – and join the conversation on the usual suspects: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram.And if you're loving us, consider our Patreon. For as little as one dollar you

Sign on the Window isn't the Bob Dylan podcast you need, but it's definitely the one that you want! Each week we select a Dylan song at random, live with the song for a week (or two) and then get together to discuss. This week is our annual St. Patrick's episode with Kindra. We spend the hour talking (and playing... and drinking to) "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue."This episode breaks down as: Intros (1:00) Drinks for Sally Grossman (7:00) Initial Thoughts (9:15) Context (11:30) Versions (17:00) Music (29:00) Verse 1 (34:00) Verse 2 (47:00) Verse 3 (55:00) Verse 4 (1:02:00) Does this song work in 2021? (1:06:00)We close with our playlist (1:08:00), recommendations (1:20:00) and endings (1:28:00).As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – or listen to our dedicated playlist for this episode – and join the conversation on the usual suspects: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram.

Sign on the Window isn't the Bob Dylan podcast you need, but it's definitely the one that you want! Each week we select a Dylan song at random, live with the song for a week (or two) and then get together to discuss. This week, it's 1978 in Oregon and Virginia and we talk "Changing of the Guards" in our first out-of-order podcast!In this mega-sized episode (brought to you by Bob R. and dropped phone calls) Context (7:00) Kelly's Music Room (10:30) Versions & Personnel (16:00) Song Itself — featuring vibes, "I" and "she/her," medieval s**t, tarot cards, religion and Battlestar (21:00) Does this song still work? (58:00) We're a Real Podcast and Playlist (1:01:00) Recommendations — featuring Kelly's early album updates, DMX, Cats, singing of "Keasbey Nights," and introducing The Room to the family (1:08:00) Endings (1:31:00)As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean R

Shifty Owns the World isn't the Crazy Town podcast you need, but it's definitely the one that you want! Each week we select a CRAZY song at random, live with the song for a week (or two) and then get together to discuss. This week, our first episode of this very real podcast, we listen to the masterpiece "Butterfly."In this episode, hosted by the ageless K Nasty, we talk: Context (2:00) Billboard breakdown (7:00) Song Itself (16:00) Music Video (26:30) Does this work in 2021? (30:30) Real Podcast and Playlist (35:00) Recommendations (37:00)As always, full show notes at our website (ignore everything else there). We also made a playlist you can listen to! Maybe this will become a regular feature?And if you're loving us, consider our Patreon. Again, this is a real podcast so ignore all the Bob Dylan material.Next episode: Definitely that other Crazy Town song we all know This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit signonth

Sign on the Window isn't the Bob Dylan podcast you need, but it's definitely the one that you want! Each week we select a Dylan song at random, live with the song for a week (or two) and then get together to discuss. This week we return to Self Portrait and Dylan's cover of the Everly Brothers' "Take a Message to Mary."In this episode, Kelly and Daniel explore: Context (5:00) The Everly Brothers (10:00) Song Itself — including its relation to the Everly Brothers, the effect of the generation gap within Self Portrait's time frame, and Dylan's voice (21:00) Does this song work today (40:45) Our weekly playlist (43:00) Recommendations (52:30) Endings (1:08:00)As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – or listen to our dedicated playlist for this episode – and join the conversation on the usual suspects: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram.And if you're loving us, consider ou

Sign on the Window isn't the Bob Dylan podcast you need, but it's definitely the one that you want! Each week we select a Dylan song at random, live with the song for a week (or two) and then get together to discuss. This week we listened to 1967's "Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)."In this episode, Kelly and Daniel hit on: Context (4:00) Versions & Covers (8:00) Music Time with Kelly (19:00) Song Itself — Theories (22:30) Does it work in 2021? (47:50) Our Playlist (50:30) Recommendations (57:30) Endings (1:09:30)As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – or listen to our dedicated playlist for this episode – and join the conversation on the usual suspects: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram.And if you're loving us, consider our Patreon. For as little as one dollar you get early access to every episode we do as soon as they're edited (and a dedicated feed ju

Sign on the Window isn't the Bob Dylan podcast you need, but it's definitely the one that you want! Each week we select a Dylan song at random, live with the song for a week (or two) and then get together to discuss. This week is unfortunate, no other way around that. We were wishing for it but "Death is Not the End."In this episode, which is mostly dunking on this song, we hit: Opening shots and Context (4:30) "Song" Itself (9:00) Does this song work? (27:00) Real Podcast and Playlist (30:00) Recommendations (40:00) Endings — Cow, Detective, Level, Firefighter, Sausage (52:30)As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – or listen to our dedicated playlist for this episode – and join the conversation on the usual suspects: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram.And if you're loving us, consider our Patreon. For as little as one dollar you get early access to every episode

Sign on the Window isn't the Bob Dylan podcast you need, but it's definitely the one that you want! Each week we select a Dylan song at random, live with the song for a week (or two) and then get together to discuss. This week we return to John Wesley Harding and "As I Went Out One Morning."In this episode... Kelly's thoughts and playing "As I Went Out One Morning" (2:00) Context and versions we listened to (7:30) Song itself — Part 1: As I Walked Out One Evening (13:15) Song itself — Part 2: You Have No Choice (23:45) Song itself — Part 3: Up Tom Paine Did Run (30:30) Does this song work? (41:30) Real Podcast and Playlist (47:00) Recommendations (58:00) Endings (1:10:30)As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – or listen to our dedicated playlist for this episode – and join the conversation on the usual suspects: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram.And if yo

Sign on the Window isn't the Bob Dylan podcast you need, but it's definitely the one that you want! Each week we select a Dylan song at random, live with the song for a week (or two) and then get together to discuss. This week we begin season 5 (!!!) with 2006's "Someday Baby."In this episode... Housekeeping for Season 5 (1:00) Context (10:00) 3 Prong problem with iPod commercial (12:00) Classic reference song and a convoluted river metaphor (18:00) Music (28:00) Lyrics (37:30) Does this song work? (54:45) Real Podcast and Playlist (59:00) Recommendations (1:05:00) Endings — Arise, Quantity, Dinner, Conductor, Swipe (1:15:00)As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – or listen to our dedicated playlist for this episode – and join the conversation on the usual suspects: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram.And if you're loving us, consider our Patreon. For as little

Sign on the Window isn't the Bob Dylan podcast you need, but it's definitely the one that you want! It's CHRISTMAS TIME, which means it's Christmas in the Heart time! Our annual tradition is back for the fourth time around and, like everything in 2020, it's super-sized.Use the timestamps below to navigate the various topics. And if you're looking to drink along with us, may we suggest a drink whenever you hear Kelly's reindeer ears jingle jangle! Christmas in the Heart 1-8 (sorry for poor audio, that ends at 11:40) Best of 2020: #20-11 (17:00) Our Yearly Dylan Rankings (45:00) Christmas in the Heart 9-15 (1:22:00) Best of 2020: #10-1 (1:38:00) The End and Next Year's Song (2:07:00)Full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – or listen to our dedicated playlist for this episode – or listen to every Christmas playlist combined – and join the conversation on the usual suspects: Twi

Next episode: Year End Extravaganza, beginning with our Song-by-Song rankings for Season 4 in mid-December!Sign on the Window isn't the Bob Dylan podcast you need, but it's definitely the one that you want! Each week we select a Dylan song at random, live with the song for a week (or two) and then get together to discuss. This week we close not only Season 4 but also our time in the Blockhouse.In this episode, we talk: Context (3:45) Initial Thoughts (10:30) “In the Summertime” aside (13:00) Best Moments? (20:00) Work Today? (21:45) Real Podcast/Playlist (28:00) Recommendations (37:00) Endings (48:00)As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – or listen to our dedicated playlist for this episode – and join the conversation on the usual suspects: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram.And if you're loving us, consider our Patreon. For as little as one dollar you ge

Sign on the Window isn't the Bob Dylan podcast you need, but it's definitely the one that you want! Each week we select a Dylan song at random, live with the song for a week (or two) and then get together to discuss. This week we visit Dylan's first song from his first album, "You're No Good."In this episode, we explore: Context (5:30) Jesse Fuller (9:40) Song Itself(15:40)We talk about our playlist (28:00, recommendation lots of things — from Alone to Touché Amoré to Hunting of Bly Manor to Nina Simone and Joe South (34:00), before picking our final song of 2020 (46:00)As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – or listen to our dedicated playlist for this episode – and join the conversation on the usual suspects: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram.And if you're loving us, consider our Patreon. For as little as one dollar you get early access to every episode

Sign on the Window isn't the Bob Dylan podcast you need, but it's definitely the one that you want! Each week we select a Dylan song at random, live with the song for a week (or two) and then get together to discuss. This week we delve into the back half of New Morning and "Three Angels."In this episode, we discuss: Life with the world on fire (1:00) Context (6:30) Song Itself (7:30) Real Podcast and Playlist (31:00) Recommendations (41:00) Endings (As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – or listen to our dedicated playlist for this episode – and join the conversation on the usual suspects: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram.And if you're loving us, consider our Patreon. For as little as one dollar you get early access to every episode we do as soon as they're edited (and a dedicated feed just for you) and exclusive content that'll only ever be on Patreon. Thanks!Next e

Sign on the Window isn't the Bob Dylan podcast you need, but it's definitely the one that you want! Each week we select a Dylan song at random, live with the song for a week (or two) and then get together to discuss. This week we go meta with 2020 by listening to Dylan's "Eternal Circle."In this episode... Context (3:00) 1991 SongTalk interview (9:00) Versions (12:00) Song Itself (17:00) Does it work in 2020 (38:30) Real Podcast and Playlist (42:00) Recommendations (55:00) Endings (1:10:00)As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – or listen to our dedicated playlist for this episode – and join the conversation on the usual suspects: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram.And if you're loving us, consider our Patreon. For as little as one dollar you get early access to every episode we do as soon as they're edited (and a dedicated feed just for you) and exclusive content tha

Sign on the Window isn't the Bob Dylan podcast you need, but it's definitely the one that you want! Each week we select a Dylan song at random, live with the song for a week (or two) and then get together to discuss. This week is karma for Daniel talkin' s**t last episode, "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" from Blonde on Blonde.In this episode, we discuss the usual: Initial Thoughts (6:00) Context (10:30) Versions (18:00) Song Itself — split in 6 ways to view this song [Rebelliousness, Protest, Religion, Random everyday events, autobiographical, its ties into Blonde on Blonde] (26:30) Real podcast and Playlist (52:30) Recommendations (1:06:00) Endings (1:18:00)As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – or listen to our dedicated playlist for this episode – and join the conversation on the usual suspects: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram.And if you're loving us, consider o

Sign on the Window isn't the Bob Dylan podcast you need, but it's definitely the one that you want! Each week we select a Dylan song at random, live with the song for a week (or two) and then get together to discuss. This week, we do a long hang with John and Kindra, returned from California, to talk about "Sweetheart Like You" off 1983's Infidels.In this episode, we cover it all.... Four's a crowd (1:00) Drinking Dylan's Heaven's Gate whiskey (4:00) Initial Thoughts (6:00) Context (12:00) Music Video (18:00) Song Itself (33:15) - Verse 1 (33:15)/ Verse 2 (43:00) / Verse 3 (48:00) / Verse 4 (1:00:00) / Verse 5 (1:06:00) Does this work? (1:14:00) Podcast/Playlist (1:23:00) Recommendations (1:40:00)As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – or listen to our dedicated playlist for this episode – and join the conversation on the usual suspects: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram

Sign on the Window isn't the Bob Dylan podcast you need, but it's definitely the one that you want! Each week we select a Dylan song at random, live with the song for a week (or two) and then get together to discuss. This week, we go back to 1970 and the Bootleg Series for "Pretty Saro."In this episode, which exists because it has a music video, we talk: Context (5:00) Kelly plays and we talk chords (10:00) Song Version Squads — Acapella, Guitar, Instrumental squads (15:00) Song breakdown (29:00) Music Video and Does this work in 2020? (54:00)We hope to answer the questions of if this is a real Podcast with our episode playlist (1:03:00) and recommendations (1:11:00)As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – or listen to our dedicated playlist for this episode – and join the conversation on the usual suspects: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram.And if you're loving us, con

Sign on the Window isn't the Bob Dylan podcast you need, but it's definitely the one that you want! Each week we select a Dylan song at random, live with the song for a week (or two) and then get together to discuss. This week, four (!) is a crowd as Kindra returns with her brother John to talk 1989's "Series of Dreams."In this episode, you'll not only get the episode outlined below, but also our musical rendition of Dylan's "Series of Dreams" throughout. If you want the full version of the song played here, it'll be available on our Patreon (along with so much else)! John's relationship (3:00) Initial Thoughts (4:00) Context (9:45) Dylan as a chameleon (15:00) Music Video (18:30) Song Itself (32:00) Does this work today? (42:30) Dylan and Dreams (50:00) Real Podcast and Playlist (1:00:00) Recommendations (1:07:00) -- including: The Midnight Gospel, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Guided by Voices, Phoebe Bridgers, Protest the Hero, and Bad Cop Bad CopAs always, full show notes at our website. You can als