Sign on the Window

Sign on the Window isn't the Bob Dylan podcast you need, but it's definitely the one that you want! Each week we select a Dylan song at random, live with the song for a week (or two) and then get together to discuss. This week we dive into the iconic "Subterranean Homesick Blues" off 1965's Bringing It All Back Home. 

Daniel and Kelly have returned from the lazy river and celebrate summer with Dylan's classic! They discuss what led to Dylan's recording this song (7:30), the song itself (16:30), its legacy (36:00) and its place in popular music history. 

As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on Instagram. And if you're loving us, consider our Patreon. For as little as one dollar you get early access to every episode we do as soon as they're edited (and a dedicated feed just for you) and exclusive content that'll only ever be on Patreon. Thanks!

Next week: You were born with a snake in both of your fists

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Sign on the Window isn't the Bob Dylan podcast you need, but it's definitely the one that you want! Each week we select a Dylan song at random, live with the song for a week (or two) and then get together to discuss. This week 1971's "Watching the River Flow." 

Our final week of our Lazy River Fun Time Slide into Summer where we talk contexts, rivers, get around to the song and our final recommendations in the bunker. Next week, we're free.

As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on Instagram. And if you're loving us, consider our Patreon. For as little as one dollar you get early access to every episode we do as soon as they're edited (and a dedicated feed just for you) and exclusive content that'll only ever be on Patreon. Thanks!

Next week: Twenty years of schoolin' and they put you on the dayshift

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Sign on the Window isn't the Bob Dylan podcast you need, but it's definitely the one that you want! Each week we select a Dylan song at random, live with the song for a week (or two) and then get together to discuss. This week 2006's "Spirit on the Water" off Modern Times. 

This week, Daniel and Kelly talk MURDER! (10:30 for Daniel's take, 17:00 for Kelly's). Also, how lovely and transportive this track is, Dylan's voice, Johnny Cash, Ovid and Sonny Boy Williamson. 

As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on Instagram. And if you're loving us, consider our Patreon. For as little as one dollar you get early access to every episode we do as soon as they're edited (and a dedicated feed just for you) and exclusive content that'll only ever be on Patreon. Thanks!

Next week: our final episode sliding into summer where we watch the river do as rivers do

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Sign on the Window isn't the Bob Dylan podcast you need, but it's definitely the one that you want! Each week we select a Dylan song at random, live with the song for a week (or two) and then get together to discuss. This week we listened to "Tell Ol' Bill" off the North Country soundtrack and an alternate (and superior) version off The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs. 

This week, we talk Dylan's epic "Tell Ol' Bill Sessions," which you can watch on YouTube; we talk about "turn arounds" and "an air" and the professionalism of the NET band; Kelly talks about colonial New England; and Daniel cannot shut it about how grandiose the Tell Tale version is! 

As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on Instagram. And if you're loving us, consider our Patreon. For as little as one dollar you get early access to every episode we do as soon as they're edited (and a dedicated feed just for you) and exclusive content that'll only ever be on Patreon. Thanks!

Next week: our slide into summer continues as we get spiritual

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Sign on the Window isn't the Bob Dylan podcast you need, but it's definitely the one that you want! Each week we select a Dylan song at random, live with the song for a week (or two) and then get together to discuss. This week is 1988's rendition of the traditional "Shenandoah" off Dylan's Down in the Groove. 

This episode features New Zealand, Chief Shenandoah, voyageurs, the French in the Americas, sea shanties, wool screws and Lewis & Clark. It could be described as one long introduction to my latest podcast - Expeditions, which you find here. 

As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on Instagram. And if you're loving us, consider our Patreon. For as little as one dollar you get early access to every episode we do as soon as they're edited (and a dedicated feed just for you) and exclusive content that'll only ever be on Patreon. Thanks!

Next week: I was dreaming about bills

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Sign on the Window isn't the Bob Dylan podcast you need, but it's definitely the one that you want! Each week we select a Dylan song at random, live with the song for a week (or two) and then get together to discuss. This week "I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)" off 1964's Another Side of Bob Dylan. 

This week we indulged in a variety of versions throughout the years (4:30): from All Hallows Eve in 1964, Manchester '66, with George Harrison in '70, Rolling Thunder, Dylan's world tour in 1978, Earl's Court in 1980, Toad's Place in 1990 and Milan in 2011. Afterward, we talk about the songs elements and the role of belief in Dylan's music (37:00).

As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on Instagram. And if you're loving us, consider our Patreon. For as little as one dollar you get early access to every episode we do as soon as they're edited (and a dedicated feed just for you) and exclusive content that'll only ever be on Patreon. Thanks!

Next week: Our lazy river float into summer starts across the wide Missouri

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Mixed Up Confusion is our vehicle to discuss the culture that surrounds our weekly conversation about Bob Dylan. For April Fools, we released an episode of WORDS & GUITAR, our alternate universe Sleater-Kinney podcast. Our next two episodes bring that discussion to a close. 

In Part 2, we begin where we left off. First, The Hot Rock (1:00) followed by All Hands on the Bad One (10:40), One Beat (24:10) and concludes with The Woods (36:10) before our final thoughts (56:45). 

As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on Instagram. And if you're loving us, consider our Patreon. For as little as one dollar you get early access to every episode we do as soon as they're edited (and a dedicated feed just for you) and exclusive content that'll only ever be on Patreon. Thanks!

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit signonthewindow.substack.com/subscribe

Mixed Up Confusion is our vehicle to discuss the culture that surrounds our weekly conversation about Bob Dylan. For April Fools, we released an episode of WORDS & GUITAR, our alternate universe Sleater-Kinney podcast. Our next two episodes bring that discussion to a close. 

In Part 1, we begin with our personal experiences with the band (3:00), talk No Cities to Love (10:00), Sleater-Kinney (19:00), Call the Doctor (30:00) and Dig Me Out (36:00). 

As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on Instagram. And if you're loving us, consider our Patreon. For as little as one dollar you get early access to every episode we do as soon as they're edited (and a dedicated feed just for you) and exclusive content that'll only ever be on Patreon. Thanks!

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit signonthewindow.substack.com/subscribe

Sign on the Window isn't the Bob Dylan podcast you need, but it's definitely the one that you want! Each week we select a Dylan song at random, live with the song for a week (or two) and then get together to discuss. This week is Dylan's classic, "With God on Our Side" from 1964. 

This week we listen a few versions of the song through the years(6:20), its relation to "The Patriot Game" (19:00), before breaking down what Dylan is trying to achieve verse-by-verse (28:35).

As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on Instagram. And if you're loving us, consider our Patreon. For as little as one dollar you get early access to every episode we do as soon as they're edited (and a dedicated feed just for you) and exclusive content that'll only ever be on Patreon. Thanks!

Two weeks: We promise not to leave you here facing a wall...

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Sign on the Window is your Bob Dylan podcast! This episode features our second song off 2012's Tempest so far, "Soon After Midnight." 

In the episode, we talk about crooner Bob on a timeline, discuss the murderous implications of the song's main character, and delve into Dylan's allusions and try not to bring up Sara or "Sara." 

As always, full show notes at our website. You can also follow along with our weekly real-time Spotify playlist – See That My Playlist is Kept Clean – and join the conversation on Twitter, message us on Facebook, and like on Instagram. And if you're loving us, consider our Patreon. For as little as one dollar you get early access to every episode we do as soon as they're edited (and a dedicated feed just for you) and exclusive content that'll only ever be on Patreon. Thanks!

Later this week: the Sleater-Kinney Over the Week crew will talk Sleater-Kinney in our Mixed Up Confusion studio. If you haven't listened to their latest episode, "Ironclad," do it now!

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