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BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?

05 Jun 08 - 03:15 AM (#2357934)
Subject: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: She'sAnArtist

This is going to sound very cheesy, but starting around my 13th birthday I sent birthday cards to Bob Dylan every year on May 24th, c/o his record label (Columbia). Sometime after Time Out of Mind they began being sent back, and I didn't have the heart to keep trying.

Does anyone have a suggestion of an address where Mr. Dylan might *actually* receive mail ? I know the odds aren't good he reads any of it, but just in case...

Thanks so much !


05 Jun 08 - 03:41 AM (#2357943)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: Big Al Whittle

If someone knew - they might not tell you - you could be another Mark Chapman.

If this is genuine - send them to someone who is accessible like Joan Baez - enclose the postage and ask her to forward them - or you could try his book publisher.

But its a bit sad. Haven't you got any friends who would like a Christmas card? if he wanted Christmas cards, Bob wouldn't employ people to send them back to you. Perhaps its Bob himself who sends them back.


05 Jun 08 - 04:53 AM (#2357983)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: Joe Offer

I figured I might find the name of Bob Dylan's agent by Googling bob dylan booking - but I can't believe that ALL those entries are for people who can book Dylan for my kid's Bar Mitzvah.
So, the agent route is out.

I think I agree with weelittledrummer. Sending a card to Bob Dylan is a waste of time and money. So is starting a birthday thread for a performer, but people do it anyhow.

-Joe-


05 Jun 08 - 04:55 AM (#2357984)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: GUEST,Shimrod

You could try contacting him psychically!


05 Jun 08 - 06:01 AM (#2358037)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: Folk Form # 1

I once sent Dylan a letter telling what a load of crap one of his albums was and he didn't even bother replying. Stuck up git!


05 Jun 08 - 06:42 AM (#2358060)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: GUEST,.gargoyle

Well - you could send ahead to one of his concert locations. Currently on tour in Europe.

http://www.concertgroove.com/concerts/bob-dylan.html

OR - You could send mail to his home address:

Dylan, Robert - 29400 Bluewater Road, Malibu, CA 90265

This address is confirmed through real estate records of the county recorder's office. Two consecutive APN numbers.

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

Generally, I do not open most Christmas cards until the late Spring - Birthday Cards almost never. You should make it truly unusual to catch attention - say with handcrafted paper (I like using the lint from the clothes drier - it is already evenly screened and only needs starch,drying, and pressing) - and caligraphy with goosequill pen and beetjuice ink.


05 Jun 08 - 07:15 AM (#2358089)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: GUEST,.gargoyle

Place the APN number in the box - and select Assessor's Map = then zoom in for details of construction on the land. INTERESTING

http://maps.assessor.lacounty.gov/mapping/viewer.asp

Primary Owner: Robert Dylan
APN: 4468005011
Square Footage 6,029
Year Built / Effective Year Built 1975 / 1976
Bedrooms / Bathrooms 6 / 7
Units 1
Recording Date 12/04/1973
Land $117,101
Improvements $4,110,683

Primary Owner: Robert Dylan
APN: 4468005011
Square Footage 880
Year Built / Effective Year Built 1948 / 1968
Bedrooms / Bathrooms 2 / 1
Units 1
Recording Date 05/30/1984
Land $143,695
Improvements $81,674

SINCERELY,
Gargoyle

NOTE Current market value is CONSIDERABLY higher than listed.

I could provide the ownership history on the property also - but why?


05 Jun 08 - 07:36 AM (#2358108)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: M.Ted

Most of the homes in Malibu, as expensive as they are, are second homes, as in "in the settlement, she gets the house in Malibu"--this is the mailing address that I got from Seeing Stars Celebrity Address Database Search

Bob Dylan
P.O. Box 870
Cooper Station
New York, NY 10276

Still, thanks, Gargoyle, for providing the means to waste the morning--that, coupled with the satellite image button on Google maps, promises lots of fun!


05 Jun 08 - 07:55 AM (#2358123)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: M.Ted

And to those who think that Bob is too busy to pay attention to birthday cards from fans--check this out Bob Dylan Fan Club

Dylan has been playing concerts for years, evidence enough that he cares about his relationship with his fans--he could have retired on songwriting royalties long, long, ago.


05 Jun 08 - 08:44 AM (#2358174)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: catspaw49

Do you know where I can send Dylan these things
And Ol' Spaw said, "Let me think for a minute son"
And he said yes I think it can be easily done
Just take everything down to Highway 61.



Sorry......Had to be said...Just seemed right.........

Spaw


05 Jun 08 - 08:58 AM (#2358191)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: Paul Burke

Not got Dylan, but if you want to contact Elvis I saw him behind the bar in the Navigation in Derby the other week...


05 Jun 08 - 11:55 AM (#2358336)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: Little Hawk

Penguin Egg - LOL!!! Thanks for the first good laugh of the day. Imagine the cheek of Mr Dylan, not deigning to reply to your letter that one of his albums was "a load of crap"! Who does he think he is, anyway? Har! Har!


05 Jun 08 - 12:30 PM (#2358399)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: Peter T.

Send a real stamped mailed letter to his book publisher.

yours,

Peter T.


05 Jun 08 - 02:04 PM (#2358496)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: dwditty

I believe I have an address at home. It took some digging to find out how to reach him (his publishing company, actually) to obtain a license to record Simple Twist of Fate. If I can locate it, I will send to you via PM, as so many feel they must make some smart-ass comment about how you spend your time.

dw


05 Jun 08 - 02:39 PM (#2358533)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: PoppaGator

M.Ted's right, owning a house doesn't mean you live there, not when you're as rich as God, er, I mean, Bob.

Some years ago Mr Dylan bought a house in New Orleans, on a very exclusive one-block-long gated street called Audubon Place. He lived there while recording one of his albums, working with producer Daniel Langois. I believe that he still owns the place, but hasn't been spotted around town for years.

My favorite way to celebrate Bob's birthday is to attend a Dylan tribute night of live music, or better yet, a Dylan-tribute open mike.

My wife's birthday is May 22, and she may be an even more enthusiastic fan of Bob than I am, so she is always aware of his approaching birthday.


05 Jun 08 - 02:46 PM (#2358543)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: Little Hawk

I never have celebrated Bob's birthday, because I celebrate him all the time regardless through playing his music. It is a cool idea, though. I have not heard of a Dylan birthday bash ever occurring around here among my musical friends, but I am kind of out in the sticks, so maybe that's why. Not a big enough pool of interested people around here.


05 Jun 08 - 03:49 PM (#2358614)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: Stilly River Sage

I love poking around on maps like that. Thanks for the links, Garg.

SRS


05 Jun 08 - 04:22 PM (#2358647)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: Bee

I don't even pay attention to my own birthday, and barely manage to remember those of my immediate family. I can't imagine wanting to keep track of celebrity birthdays - whyever would you?


05 Jun 08 - 04:25 PM (#2358650)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: M.Ted

I'd go with the Cooper Station address--it is, after all, the post office for the East Village, which is where you'd sort of expect him to be.

In the link I posted above, the Bob Dylan Fan Club folks said that Dylan had told them that he'd always wished he had a fan club--I suppose that the "Dylan" image seemed antithetical that--

Anyway, I am with dwditty--the way you spend you time is your own business--


05 Jun 08 - 04:30 PM (#2358656)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: PoppaGator

By the way, the opening post of this thread is the first and only Mudcat post by new member "She'sAnArtist."

All I can say is, "Great name!"


05 Jun 08 - 05:12 PM (#2358706)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: catspaw49

Yeah, I'd reckon she has about everything she needs but she don't look back......................

Spaw


05 Jun 08 - 07:59 PM (#2358893)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: Little Hawk

She can take the dark out of the nighttime and paint the daytime black.


05 Jun 08 - 08:21 PM (#2358904)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: Bee

Amazing what you can do with curtains and tasteful lighting...


05 Jun 08 - 10:30 PM (#2358982)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: M.Ted

For Halloween give her a trumpet And for Christmas, buy her a drum.


05 Jun 08 - 10:32 PM (#2358987)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: M.Ted

and now it's a music thread--


27 Jul 08 - 05:20 PM (#2398945)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: GUEST

Oi sou a Nildes também sou fã do Bob Dylan e há anos estou atrás do endereço para contato do Bob Dylan, se você conseguir me envie por favor eu moro aqui no Brasil para mim é mais difícil conseguir do que para você, ficarei muito grata com a sua ajuda. Atenciosamente Nildes. nildesviana@hotmail.com.


27 Jul 08 - 05:59 PM (#2398963)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: Bill D

You do, and you'll clean it up!


27 Jul 08 - 06:33 PM (#2398986)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: GUEST,Jack the Sailor

Heck I thought his real name was Robert Zimmerman.


28 Jul 08 - 12:31 AM (#2399169)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: Little Hawk

A person's real name can be legally changed. When it has been, he has a new real name. Whatever it is, though, it's still just an outer label. You'll never know the real person by his name, you'll only know him by looking directly in his eyes...with attention.


28 Jul 08 - 01:21 AM (#2399183)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: Ebbie

Dubya is real good at that, Little Hawk.


28 Jul 08 - 01:40 AM (#2399191)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: GUEST,Jack the Sailor

Dubya can see things in their souls.



Things that nobody else sees.


28 Jul 08 - 02:33 AM (#2399199)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: Little Hawk

He probably sees what he wants to see... ;-)


28 Jul 08 - 10:06 AM (#2399417)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: PoppaGator

I just checked: the opening post to this thread is still the ONLY posting by the member known as "ShesAnArtist."

Not "GUEST,ShesAnArtist," mind you. This person bothered to create a full membership only to ask this one question.

I'm glad; I have been provided with several brief moments of entertainment.


29 Jul 08 - 12:05 AM (#2400060)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: GUEST,adolfking

All this sounds ridiculous , but he cannot be so stingy and please offer a direction where to write. If he reads or not its only his problem, but we are many trying to make contact with him.


29 Jul 08 - 12:38 AM (#2400070)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: M.Ted

Cooper Station address--try it--it is a real post office box, which means he pays to keep it, and either checks it himself or has someone check it regularly.


29 Jul 08 - 12:51 AM (#2400075)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: Little Hawk

Rent a gigantic billboard in Malibu. Put your message to Bob on it. Someone who knows him will surely pass that message on. Voila! Mission accomplished.


29 Jul 08 - 07:20 AM (#2400179)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: McGrath of Harlow

What about that "Six degrees of Separation" thing?   Shouldn't be too hard to find a way to reach Bob that way.


29 Jul 08 - 10:32 AM (#2400305)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: GUEST,Jack the Sailor

>>What about that "Six degrees of Separation" thing?

I think that's what she is hoping for here.


29 Jul 08 - 11:04 AM (#2400336)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: GUEST,number 6

Who is Bob Dylan .... and why is everyone trying to contact him ??


biLL


29 Jul 08 - 11:13 AM (#2400344)
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know a way to contact Bob Dylan ?
From: Big Al Whittle

When I was a kid there was this programme called Gunsmoke, and a guy called Chester with a limp used to rush around shouting 'Mr Dylan! Mr Dylan!!.....'. trying frantically to attract Dylan's attention.

Even in those days anybody called Dylan was hard to contact. Dylan Thomas even took the extreme step of protecting his privacy by dying.

This is a problem which afflicts every generation and won't go away.....