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I just stumbled upon the news that Bob Dylan has a new album out next week and NPR are streaming it on their Web site right now (but probably not for much longer).

OK, I know this has nothing to do with technical writing. But I like Bob Dylan and, hey, everyone needs a break from tech writing for a while (or for 12 months, and counting, in my case).

From what I've heard so far it's pretty good stuff but very familiar - very like the stuff he's done over the past years. Not surprising really. It is the stuff he's been doing over the past few years. It's more outtakes and tracks that didn't get used. But don't dismiss it for that. In true Dylan style, the tracks that didn't get used are sometimes better than the ones that did.

The YouTube video below is one of the tracks off the album.

I also came across a great Dylan podcast recently. It's not really a podcast though. It's a radio program that's been split up into a series of short podcasts. It's presented by Patti Smith (yes, the Patti Smith), who sounds very cool, and it has lots of great guests. Two problems with it though:

1. Like most music podcasts, you only get 30 seconds or so of each song.

2. There are only 19 episodes.

http://blogs.legacyrecordings.com/podcast/category/bob-dylan-podcast/