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Bob Dylan a DJ on XM??!

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I just read an article about Bob Dylan being a DJ on XM. It's a pretty interesting article and Dylan seems like a natural fit to XM. Has anyone heard his show? Judging from the article it's sort of what old time radio was all about.Bob Dylan To Be Satellite Radio DJ05/23/2006 5:00 PM, APDavid Bauder Coming from the radio speakers, Bob Dylan sounds as craggy and weather-beaten as he looks — and quite playful, too.As he reaches his 65th birthday Wednesday, the rock 'n' roll poet is carving out a new role as a part-time radio disc jockey. His weekly "Theme Time Radio Hour" airs 10 a.m. EDT Wednesdays on XM Satellite Radio, with Dylan as both curator and narrator.The majority of the music Dylan plays predates his own heyday."I think it's more akin to the way radio sounded in 1952 than it does in 2006," said Lee Abrams, XM Satellite Radio's chief creative officer.Abrams said Dylan topped his "wish list" of celebrity DJs when he started working for XM. It took him two years just to find the right person to get a message through to Dylan.When he finally did, he learned Dylan was a fan of XM and a subscriber. After growing up listening to those old 50,000-watt radio stations from miles away across the Plains, Dylan had secretly fancied himself as a DJ. Much to XM's delight, he said yes, and they worked out a schedule that wouldn't be too disruptive to Dylan's regular life on the road.The singer still maintains an aura of mystery. He's not involved in XM's weekly call about the show with a producer. He doesn't record it at one of XM's studios; in fact, Abrams has no idea where Dylan records it."They deliver the show to us every week," he said. "It's a big surprise when we open the package and listen to it."http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/32718538
 
Today (memorial day) they played all the episodes of the show. It is actually pretty good. Each show has a theme and the songs Bob Dylan plays reflect that theme. So far there were ones about mothers, baseball, alcohol, and the next theme is coffe. He has interviews with celebrities also commenting on the theme, for instance Jimmy Kimmel and Penn Jillette have been featured. If you get a chance i say check it out, if you have a myfi it is a good one to record. ;D
 
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