Stereogum — The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12, the newest massive box set in Bob Dylan’s equally massive series of box sets, is coming out next week. It collects outtakes, rehearsal tracks, and alternate versions of songs from Bringing It ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Chicago Tribune profiled author Salman Rushdie. "I figure writing is not worth doing if you are not taking risks," he said. "Otherwise nothing interesting will happen. There is in the process a lot of trial and error. I take... more info

Time — Outtakes from his most fertile era are the ballads of a spin man more info

Stereogum — Lionel Richie is the latest legacy artist to be honored with the MusiCares Person Of The Year award — last year’s was Bob Dylan — and the organization has just announced who will be performing at the gala’s tribute concert. Stevie Wonder, Pha... more info

Reuters — LONDON (Reuters) - Had you seen Bob Dylan reinventing popular music on the stage of London's Royal Albert Hall in 1966, you would never have believed that nearly 50 years later he would be treading the same boards and crooning the songs of Frank Sina... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Daniel Kottke knew Steve Jobs before he was Steve Jobs. It was 1972 when Kottke met the future tech icon at Reed College in Portland, Ore. Both young men shared enthusiasm for Eastern philosophy, Bob Dylan, vegetarianism and LSD. Five years later, Ko... more info

Stereogum — Bob Dylan’s catalog is an eternal font of rarities and alternate takes, and the newest installment of Dylan’s Bootleg Series, The Cutting Edge 1965-1966, collects previously unreleased material from the era of Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 6... more info

Stereogum — Bob Dylan showed up in a couple of Super Bowl ad spots last year, and now he’s appearing in a new commercial for IBM, as Pitchfork points out. The clip features Dylan chatting with IBM’s AI computer system Watson — Watson tells Dylan that it’... more info

Reuters — LONDON (Reuters) - "I need a dump truck mama to unload my head," Bob Dylan sang on his raucous 1965 B-side "From A Buick 6". more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Rumors were flying all summer about a massive Bootleg Series covering Bob Dylan’s unbelievable, earth-shaking 1965-66 period. And hey, the rumors were true. The Cutting Edge (available in 2-, 6- and 18-(!!!) disc versions) draws back the curtain on... more info