People will tell their grandchildren that they were alive at the same time as Bob Dylan.

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Available at his website for the next few hours.

But can I give a shout for Jakob Dylans latest Rick Rubin produced effort, "Seeing Things". It is a delight and sounds nothing like his pa, with echoes more of a hybrid betwixt Bruce Cockburn and Clive Gregson. I would, however, love to hear Bob cover the last track, as it is a killer and I imagined him, um, crooning along to it.

is how he's managed to avoid becoming another 60s nostalgia act. He has nearly always seemed relevant, perhaps by resolutely plowing his own furrow whilst at the same time being rather canny in utlizing elements of modern day pop promotion in keeping his name out there. Clever chap.

...that he's never sought to be topical, at least not musically. That means that his material can't really be tied to any particular era at the expense of what it means in the present. If you don't believe me, go and listen to The Basement Tapes back to back with its immediate contemporary, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

On another point, those curious to find out just how much theft as well as love exists in his recent repertoire should seek out a bootleg called Modern Theft.