Tag Archives: Bob Dylan

The Covered Mix Tape

Covering a song – especially a masterpiece – isn’t like thumbing your nose and saying, “I can do it better than you.” Rather, it can be a tribute, a definitive reinterpretation, or an update for a new generation. Here’s three … Continue reading

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Tune In: Urchin Radio Picks

Remember when the family used to gather around the radio after dinner? Yeah, neither do we. But that doesn’t we can’t enjoy a good bit of quality radio programming. What’s your favourite radio show? Car Talk So, I don’t know … Continue reading

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You Can Leave, But It’s Going to Cost You

By Jarrod Annis [Jarrod Annis is a contributor to the Urchin Movement. He lives and writes in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn.] Falling in and out of love is the penultimate topic of pop music. But what happens when attractions and infatuations … Continue reading

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The Black Keys Save Rock n’ Roll

By Margaret Hedderman Just when we thought rock n’ roll had crumpled beneath the weight of pumping techno beats and scores of gyrating, naked dancers, The Black Keys pull the genre from the depths of the banal. Their new album, … Continue reading

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Revenge of the Partially Decomposed Urchin

By Margaret Hedderman The three Original Urchins™, Margaret, Sarah and Geo set out on holiday. They had scrimped and saved every pence, and together could afford a corner of the rectory in an ancient North Yorkshire church. They arrived late … Continue reading

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Sing for Hope, for Change!

“The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn’t the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility.” What would John Lennon say of this decade? Of … Continue reading

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