A Celebration of the Great American Songbook

From Russia with Love . . . and Theft

Hello, all you textual deviants, and happy Dragon Boat Festival (one day late)! On this fortnightly episode of Texting, my co-host Tomek and I are joined by voice actor Guy Bethell and podcaster Joe Greenwood for a review of Bob Dylan’s 31st album, “Love and Theft” (2001). Press play above to hear our detailed track-by-track analysis. As always, please like, share, subscribe, and comment.

Show Notes

• Link to the Dylan episode of Joe’s 10 TB Hard Drive podcast

• Link to my Substack post with Dylan playlist for textual deviants:

• The infamous Victoria’s Secret CD:

• Books mentioned in the pod:

• Rough and Rowdy Ways (2020) is actually Dylan’s 39th (not 40th) album:

• Sheryl Crow’s version of “Mississippi”:

• Trailer for D.A. Pennebaker’s Don’t Look Back:

• “Girl from the North Country” (not “North Country Girl”):

• “The Levee’s Gonna Break” from Modern Times (2006):

• “I believe I’ll dust my broom”:

• Dylan’s Nobel Lecture:

• Cezanne’s Still Life with a Plate of Cherries (1885-1887):

• “There ain’t no limit to the amount of trouble women bring”:

The Next Text

T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land