How did we ever record a podcast about LOLITA? Well...find out! Then lighten the mood a little with a look at the humble debut of folk rock icon, BOB DYLAN.

*We do spoil plot points in Lolita - be warned!*

YEAR OF THE WEEK

1962

FILM OF THE WEEK

Lolita - dir. Stanley Kubrick

ALBUM OF THE WEEK

Bob Dylan - by Bob Dylan

ALSO MENTIONED

Films/TV:

• Vertigo (1958) - dir. Alfred Hitchcock
• The Poseidon Adventure (1972) - dir. Ronald Neame
• Revenge! (1971 TV movie) - dir. Jud Taylor
• Carrie (1976) - dir. Brian De Palma
• The Night of the Hunter (1955) - dir. Charles Laughton
• The Shining (1980) - dir. Stanley Kubrick
• Zazie Dans Le Métro (1960) - dir. Louis Malle
• Breaking Bad (2009-13) - TV show

• Cross of Iron (1977) - dir. Sam Peckinpah
• Lolita (1997) - dir. Adrian Lyne

• Cape Fear (1962) - dir. J. Lee Thompson
• Cape Fear (1991) - dir. Martin Scorsese
• Full Metal Jacket (1987) - dir. Stanley Kubrick
• Dr. Strangelove (1964) - dir. Stanley Kubrick
• Spartacus (1960) - dir. Stanley Kubrick
• The Pink Panther (1963) - dir. Blake Edwards
• The Goon Show (1951-60) - radio show
• The Ladykillers (1955) - dir. Alexandra Mackendrick
• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - dir. Stanley Kubrick
• A Complete Unknown (2024) - dir. James Mangold
• Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) - dir. Coen Bros.
• Trapped In The Closet (2005-12 video releases) - dir. R Kelly, James Swaffield

Music:

• The Beatles - band
• Dave Van Ronk - singer
• Peter, Paul & Mary - folk group
• Bob Dylan: Folksinger's Choice - Live Radio Performance March 11th 1962 with Cynthia Gooding - 2010 Bob Dylan bootleg album
• Another Side of Bob Dylan - 1964 album by Bob Dylan
• The Times They Are A-Changin' - 1964 song/album by Bob Dylan
• The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - 1963 album by Bob Dylan
• Through The Open Window: The Bootleg Series Vol. 18 1958-1963 - 2025 Bob Dylan compilation
• Maid of Constant Sorrow - 1961 song by Judy Collins
• Man of Constant Sorrow - 1928 song by Emry Arthur
• Can I Do It For You - 1930 song by Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy
• Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes - 1966 song by Little Richard
• Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes - 1961 song by Lightnin' Hopkins
• Mama Let Me Lay It On You - 1936 song by Walter Colman
• Baby, Let Me Lay It On You - 1964 song by Dave Van Ronk
• Baby Let Me Take You Home - 1964 song by The Animals
• Joan Baez - singer/songwriter
• A Tree With Roots - 2018 Compilation of Fairport Convention's Bob Dylan covers
• Percy's Song - 1969 live cover by Fairport Convention
• Percy's Song - 1963 song by Bob Dylan
• The Byrds - band
• Fiona Apple - singer/songwriter
• R Kelly - dodgy bloke
• Woody Guthrie - singer/songwriter
• Song for Bob Dylan - 1971 song by David Bowie
• Mermaid Avenue - 1998 album by Wilco and Billy Bragg
• All Along the Watchtower - 1968 song by Jimi Hendrix
• All Along the Watchtower - 1967 song by Bob Dylan
• Baby Blue - 1966 song by The Chocolate Watchband
• It's All Over Now, Baby Blue - 1965 song by Bob Dylan
• Bringing It All Back Home - 1965 album by Bob Dylan
• Bob Dylan's 115th Dream - 1965 song by Bob Dylan
• Motorpsycho Nightmare - 1964 song by Bob Dylan
• Blonde On Blonde - 1966 album by Bob Dylan
• Leonard Cohen - singer/songwriter/poet
• Blood On The Tracks - 1975 album by Bob Dylan
• David Crosby - singer/musician (solo/The Byrds/Crosby, Stills & Nash)
• Rough & Rowdy Ways - 2020 album by Bob Dylan
• Time Out of Mind - 1997 album by Bob Dylan
• The Clash - band
• Gang of Four - band
• Wire - band
• Mixed Up Confusion/Corrina, Corrina - 1962 single by Bob Dylan
• Planet Waves - 1974 album by Bob Dylan
• Wedding Song - 1974 song by Bob Dylan

Other folks we mention:

• Eddie Izzard - comedian
• Shelley Duvall - actress
• Vladimir Nabokov - author of Lolita
• Sam Peckinpah - film director
• James Coburn - actor
• Stephen King - author
• Martin Scorsese - film director
• Ed Norton - actor
• Mark Ruffalo - actor
• John Hammond - producer of Bob Dylan

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