Sign On The Window

"Hit that Boogie Woogie button!" Join Daniel and Kelly as they talk, ever so briefly, about Bob Dylan's instrumental from 1970's Self Portrait, then at length about boogie-woogie music and artists. 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 – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on 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 week: laundry drama! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit signonthewindow.substack.com/subscribe

Three times longer than this week's playlist Mixed Up Confusion, Kelly and Daniel go deep on the first episode of Game of Thrones' 7th season, "Dragonstone." There is at least 1 Dylan reference, I promise. Next week there will be two. Game of Thrones has dragons, but we've got vague allusions to Robert Zimmerman. New episodes every Monday, Mixed Up Confusions on Thursday. 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 – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on 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! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes,

This week, Daniel and Kelly deconstruct "I Want You" through other songs as well as get into Miles Davis and joke about the upcoming season of Game of Thrones taking over their life. (Although it has, and Mixed Up Confusion 20b is a testament.)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 – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on 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! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit signonthewindow.substack.com/subscribe

“These Songs are not meant to be understood, you understand. They are only meant to terrify & comfort.” - John Berryman Today Kelly and Daniel talk "I Want You" from Dylan's '66 masterpiece, Blonde on Blonde. They talk poetry, interpretation, and different theories about the song, Kelly also seeks a unified theory of "I Want You" that has nothing to do with Game of Thrones. 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 – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on 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 week: get your Boogie Woogie on Bugle Boy This is a public episode. If you’d like to

Hell, Hello. Playlist (available at www.sotwpod.com in the "Little Maggie" show notes)talk: Our recommendations for the week: Netflix's "Glow." Mikey Erg and Rozwell Kid. Next week: 1966's "I Want You"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 – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on 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! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit signonthewindow.substack.com/subscribe

"Drowned dumb Maggie. That’s her name. F**k Maggie Tulliver. F**k The Mill on the Floss. F**k the King” This week, Kelly and Daniel discuss "Little Maggie" off 1992's Good As I Been to You. Before they go deep on a slew of versions over the past hundred years, Kelly breaks down the best and the worst (well, only one worst) Maggie's. Tune in Thursday for Mixed Up Confusion where we'll talk playlists, GLOW, and Rozwell Kid. 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 – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on 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 week: Hold on to your flutes! This is a publi

The inaugural episode of Mixed Up Confusion finds our heroes discussing The Internet, “Ego Death,” and how to approach art when the people making them (or associated with them) aren’t always the best. They also delve into this week's playlist and talk music. 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 – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on 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! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit signonthewindow.substack.com/subscribe

Dance around the graveyard and get into Sign on the Window! Kelly and Daniel discuss 1973's "Nobody 'Cept You," a contender for Planet Waves and played early in his 1974 tour with The Band. They talk Dylan's rough drafts with time, where Manuel walked off to halfway through the song, and give a primer on the proper use of contractions! 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 – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on 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 week: not Maggie from The Walking Dead This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonu

Dream Time Radio Hour, am I right? Kelly and Daniel discuss Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour, in particular, Episode 59 - "Dreams." Kelly gets wigged out by killer clowns and Daniel reads a story about an old dream he used to have. Volume 2 - come join us! 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 – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on 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! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit signonthewindow.substack.com/subscribe

Leave your cloisters, stop monkling around - behold the phenomenon of bells! In Episode 17, Daniel and Kelly talk "Ring Them Bells" from 1989's Oh, Mercy. Kelly gives a history of bells and Daniel tries to convey why this song is indispensable. 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 – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on 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 week: nothing round here to me that's sacred This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit signonthewindow.substack.com/subscribe

SHOW NOTESTo open (1:45), Kelly and I discuss the song. We listened to three versions – on from TBLS Vol. 1-3 one from TBLS Vol. 9: Witmark Demos, and one from Folksinger’s Choice recorded in early 1962 with Cynthia Gooding. Daniel waxes poetic (3:00) about the chances, o the chances (or the desire for our brains to have order and meaning, especially after the black hole of Dylan & The Dead that the attendant’s at the Tower of Song would pair one of Dylan’s earliest songs — from Bonnie Beecher’s apartment during the holidays in 1961 — with his Nobel Prize in Literature speech delivered on June 4, 2017.The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016Kelly (4:40) loved the song and found herself singing it throughout the week. It’s simple, its short, the musicality prevails through the strong finger-picking. We try to determine (5:00) if we could hear the noted prog

"If you don’t want to sing this song, why should I want to listen to it?" This week we used our ears to take in 1989's Dylan & the Dead. We play a game of "What Do You Know about the Dead?," question the idea of playing live music, and sing "Joey" as "Nooooey." Would you rather have your plane shot at by Jamaican police or listen to this 18 times in a row? (We do not solve that question.) 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 – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on 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 week: we'll start in Bonnie Beecher's apartment and end in Los Angeles, CA This i

"Just a sad pod. One of those pathetic situations in life that can be so overwhelming at times.” This is the 14th iteration of the podcast entitled Sign on the Window. This week we discuss 1971's "Wallflower," explore photosynthesis and wonder if showing up to work in a makeshift sling is a good idea or not. Join us won't you! 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 – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on 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 week: A bunch of hippies cryin' This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes

"Who cares? If you go back far enough we're all one-sixteenth something. I'm probably one-sixteenth Bob Dylan. You think they're gonna let me play Blade?" Hello. Episode 13 is in the books and it has the appealing title of "God Knows." It is and isn't quite what you think. Take a listen. We're waiting. 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 – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on 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 week: take a chance on me This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit signonthewindow.substack.com/

EPISODESHOW NOTESThis song first appeared in Broadside, his first. Famously, he was scheduled to perform on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1962 — which had just broke Elvis and would later break the Beatles. He auditioned the song, people loved it, but when it came down to the show, he was told he couldn’t perform because it could be a “libel” against the John Birch Society. He refused to change the song and walked off the set. National attention followed. Sullivan supported him saying the John Birchers shouldn’t be above criticism.Stodgy Columbia, learning this was scheduled for Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, pulled the song off the record (less than 300 copies of the album went out). Dylan relented and also pulled “Let Me Die in My Footsteps,” “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Willie”and “Rocks and Gravel.” He replaced them with “Bob Dylan’s Dream,” “Talkin’ World War II

Welcome to the FIRST EVER episode of what we're calling The Supplemental Series." In this inaugural episode, we're watching 2005's Martin Scorsese directed No Direction Home. We talk about our show's philosophy after ten episodes. We create contexts around the timeframe of the movie and Kelly shares her thoughts about who she'd been listening to - or thought she'd been - and who she was listening to now. 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 – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on 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! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscr

"Aquapay. Or Activate. Or Act Up Babe." This week, in a short one, we discuss "Don't You Try Me Now" from The Basement Tapes. Or, we try to. We write new lyrics and discuss the stringency of our song policies. Come join us! 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 – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on 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 week: Are you now or have you ever been? This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit signonthewindow.substack.com/subscribe

#jollysaucycrew After a thorough historical examination of the Gold Rush and what the world looked like in 1849, Daniel and Kelly break down "Days of '49," talk some Self Portrait and despair at the ups and downs of the last ten weeks. 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 – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on 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 week: a deep Basement Tape cut, which I call by the wrong name so you can't even begin to guess! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit signonthewindow.substack.c

"Marmite and jealousy all that he sells us / He's content when you're under his thumb." Today we look at "No Time to Think," off 1978's Street Legal. We had a longer outtake reel than an actual episode so, from the future, you're welcome. From the present, come join us as we dance around religion and Dylan's personal life. 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 – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on 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 week: a gem from Self Portrait (I mean, there's only a few) This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access

Evil Kelly and Evil Daniel! If you love chaos, stay tuned to the end! Otherwise, we talk about a deep-cut from the Basement Tapes, "King of France." It's unlistenable but we aren't. 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 – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on 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 week: There's no time... NO TIME! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit signonthewindow.substack.com/subscribe