Jokermen

Like that lucky old sun, give me nothing to do but vibe round heaven all day... SUSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREON LISTEN TO JOKERMEN THEME-TYPE RADIO: XMAS ON SPOTIFY FOLLOW JOKERMEN ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM AND SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE

The Jokermen finally sit down to unpack an overlooked late-era masterpiece by American singer Bob Dylan. Hop on the bandwagon now, there ain't much space. SUSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREON LISTEN TO JOKERMEN THEME-TYPE RADIO: XMAS ON SPOTIFY FOLLOW JOKERMEN ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM AND SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE

And Marcel and St. John—big guys, strong guys! STRONG [hunching, widening arms, squinting eyes] guys, strong men. They don't make men like that anymore do they? [crowd hooting, hollering] Well you do down here in Jacksonville but they don't know that, they won't tell you that on CNN. And then what happened? [pausing, gripping podium, gazing left and right, lips pursed] Marcel, St. John—they were b...

The Jokermen are joined by Street-Legal scholars Matt Krefting and Josh Builder to revisit the record and discuss Matt and Josh's "Street-Legal Lists" project. Can you believe there was a time we didn't like "New Pony?" LISTEN TO "THE STREET-LEGAL LISTS" SUSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREON LISTEN TO JOKERMEN THEME-TYPE RADIO: FALL ON SPOTIFY FOLLOW JOKERMEN ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM AND SUBSCRIBE ON YO...

Turns out "Ballad of a Thin Man" is about the lying fake news media—who knew? SUBSCRIBE TO FLAGGING DOWN THE DOUBLE E'S ON SUBSTACK FOLLOW RAY ON TWITTER SUSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREON LISTEN TO JOKERMEN THEME-TYPE RADIO: FALL ON SPOTIFY FOLLOW JOKERMEN ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM AND SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE

The Jokermen are joined by Ray Padgett, author of the best live Dylan Substack going, to break down a brilliant document of Bob's time on the road with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. SUBSCRIBE TO FLAGGING DOWN THE DOUBLE E'S ON SUBSTACK FOLLOW RAY ON TWITTER SUSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREON LISTEN TO JOKERMEN THEME-TYPE RADIO: FALL ON SPOTIFY FOLLOW JOKERMEN ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM AND SUBSCRIBE O...

Donald Fagen please go on Jokermen FOLLOW ALEX ON TWITTER @BADDANTAKES SUSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREON LISTEN TO JOKERMEN THEME-TYPE RADIO: FALL ON SPOTIFY FOLLOW JOKERMEN ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM AND SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE

The Jokermen welcome Alex back to the program to chat Donald Fagen's 1982 solo debut The Nightfly, a brilliant, beautiful, and occasionally brutally sad record. Put on your spandex jacket and join us on that wheel in space. FOLLOW ALEX ON TWITTER @BADDANTAKES SUSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREON LISTEN TO JOKERMEN THEME-TYPE RADIO: FALL ON SPOTIFY FOLLOW JOKERMEN ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM AND SUBSCRIBE...

"This is called Watered-Down Love you don't want a love that's pure you want a drowned love you want a Watered-Down Love" FOLLOW IAN ON INSTAGRAM AND CATCH A DEERTICK SHOW SUSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREON LISTEN TO JOKERMEN THEME-TYPE RADIO: HALLOWEEN 🎃 ON SPOTIFY FOLLOW JOKERMEN ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM AND SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE

The Jokermen are joined by musician and visual artist Ian O'Neil as they dig into a criminally underrated era of live Bob. Keltner Tha God. FOLLOW IAN ON INSTAGRAM AND CATCH A DEERTICK SHOW SUSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREON LISTEN TO JOKERMEN THEME-TYPE RADIO: HALLOWEEN 🎃 ON SPOTIFY FOLLOW JOKERMEN ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM AND SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE

The Jokermen debut their new hit segment, "Guess Which Bob Bootleg Titles Are Real?" SUSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREON to hear the rest

Time for the quarterly Patreon unlock to get our cadence back on track. Heads up: this one starts with a brief discussion of some, uh, news regarding Bob from late August (when it initially ran), but most of it consists of wonderfully dumb questions from all you out there in Jokermen Land. If you like what you hear, SUSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREON. ~ The Jokermen kick off season 5 by answering all...

Danville or Brownsville, who ya got? FOLLOW STEVEN ON TWITTER AND BUY HIS BOOKS SUSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREON LISTEN TO JOKERMEN THEME-TYPE RADIO: ANOTHER, OTHER SELF PORTRAIT ON SPOTIFY FOLLOW JOKERMEN ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM AND SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE

The Jokermen consider the question, "What pie is this Bob Dylan album?" You simply can't afford to miss this stuff SUSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREON

This one goes out to all the Real Live and Hard Rain heads out there. FOLLOW STEVEN ON TWITTER AND BUY HIS BOOKS SUSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREON LISTEN TO JOKERMEN THEME-TYPE RADIO: ANOTHER, OTHER SELF PORTRAIT ON SPOTIFY FOLLOW JOKERMEN ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM AND SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE

The Jokermen are joined once again by author/poster/podcaster/critic extraordinaire Steven Hyden to take a deep (and we do mean deep) dive into "Springtime in New York." FOLLOW STEVEN ON TWITTER AND BUY HIS BOOKS SUSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREON LISTEN TO JOKERMEN THEME-TYPE RADIO: ANOTHER, OTHER SELF PORTRAIT ON SPOTIFY FOLLOW JOKERMEN ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM AND SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE

Yeah the ole days Are gone forever And the new ones Aint far behind, the Laughter is fading away, echos of a star, of Energy Vampires in the Gone World going Wild! Drinking the blood of innocent people, Innocent Lambs! The Wretched of the Earth, My brothers of the flood, Cities of the flesh - Milwaukee, Ann Arbor, Chicago, Bismarck, South Dakota, Duluth! Duluth - where Baudelaire Lived & Goya cash...

The Jokermen heat up some coffee grounds and welcome friends Jake Longstreth and Daniel Ralston to revisit a terminally chill 1974 masterpiece. FOLLOW JAKE ON TWITTER AND CATCH HIS SHOW AT THE NINO MIER GALLERY FOLLOW DANIEL ON TWITTER SUSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREON LISTEN TO JOKERMEN THEME-TYPE RADIO: TRAINS ON SPOTIFY AND APPLE MUSIC FOLLOW JOKERMEN ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM AND SUBSCRIBE ON YOU...

The Jokermen kick off the Revisited series with a look back at "Shot of Love," a record that, contrary to popular belief, is good. World's Greatest Songwriter© Matt Farley makes his triumphant return. FOLLOW MATT ON TWITTER AND WATCH "HEARD SHE GOT MARRIED" SUSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREON LISTEN TO JOKERMEN THEME-TYPE RADIO: TRAINS ON SPOTIFY AND APPLE MUSIC FOLLOW JOKERMEN ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRA...

How many of y'all like 𝕯𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍? LISTEN TO AND BUY STEVE'S NEW LP "OTHER YOU," AVAILABLE NOW ON MATADOR SUSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREON LISTEN TO JOKERMEN THEME-TYPE RADIO: TRAINS ON SPOTIFY AND APPLE MUSIC FOLLOW JOKERMEN ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM AND SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE

The Jokermen are joined by returning champion Steve Gunn to discuss Tempest. Let's fucking go. LISTEN TO AND BUY STEVE'S NEW LP "OTHER YOU," AVAILABLE NOW ON MATADOR SUSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREON LISTEN TO JOKERMEN THEME-TYPE RADIO: TRAINS ON SPOTIFY AND APPLE MUSIC FOLLOW JOKERMEN ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM AND SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE

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The Jokermen wrap the season with a look back at Bob's work during the first decade of the new millennium. SUSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREON LISTEN TO I'M IN A COWBOY BAND: JOKERMEN'S BEST OF THE 2000s ON SPOTIFY AND APPLE MUSIC FOLLOW JOKERMEN ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM AND SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE

The Jokermen chat about a late-era Never Ending Tour set with drummer/podcaster/genuinely great guy Jon Wurster, who's got a wealth of stories to tell. PANTS! LISTEN TO THE BEST SHOW WITH SCHARPLING AND WURSTER SUSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREON LISTEN TO JOKERMEN THEME-TYPE RADIO HOUR: SUMMER ON SPOTIFY AND APPLE MUSIC FOLLOW JOKERMEN ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM AND SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE

The Jokermen are joined by Steve Holmes of the great American Football to fall in love with "Love And Theft" all over again—only this time it's live, baby! LISTEN TO THE LIVE BOOTLEG COMP DISCUSSED HERE SUSCRIBE TO JOKERMEN ON PATREON LISTEN TO THE NEW JOKERMEN THEME-TYPE RADIO HOUR: SUMMER ON SPOTIFY AND APPLE MUSIC FOLLOW JOKERMEN ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM AND SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE