Posts Tagged ‘Bob Dylan’

Jonah Lehrer’s Downfall: Life Far More Interesting With Real-Life Complications

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by Alissa Fleck Journalist and self-proclaimed Bob Dylan obsessive Michael C. Moynihan read Jonah Lehrer’s Imagine: How Creativity Works and realized something was not right. This skepticism ultimately resulted in Lehrer’s outing as a fraud—an inventor and tinkerer of material when it was convenient, when it suited his thesis. Many praised the book’s genius from
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A Second Act for the Critic who Championed Dylan and Springsteen

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By Cullen Gallagher Chances are you haven’t heard of Paul Nelson before—but if you’re a fan of rock music, you owe him a huge debt of gratitude. Nelson pioneered the field of rock criticism with his first-person style as an editor at Rolling Stone in the 1970s, where he was among the earliest supporters of
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Looking Forward to Tricks, Treats and Deindividuation

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By Kristine Keller & Marisa Polansky Downtown doesn’t really need a designated day devoted to dressing like Bob Dylan, Lady Gaga or Danny Zuko, but just because we don’t need it doesn’t mean we won’t embrace it. It’s human nature to dream of being someone else entirely. The popularity of Halloween isn’t the candy, the
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