Bob Dylan and A.J. Weberman collection

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Identifier: 8812

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Content Description

The Bob Dylan and A.J. Weberman collection (1967-1998) contains magazines, flyers, correspondence, and ephemera from the career of A.J. Weberman and his interest in American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, including his first edition bootlegs of "Tarantula" and the first and only vinyl press of the "Weberman Tapes" (vinyl record titled "Bob Dylan vs. A.J. Weberman" containing a phone interview between the two).

Dates

1967-1998.

Biographical / Historical

A.J. Weberman (1945- ) is an American writer, political activist, gadfly, and self described "underground cat and garbologist" who invented the terms "garbology" and "Dylanology." Weberman became obssesed with Bob Dylan in the late 1960s, when he attempted to decode the Nobel Prize winning musician's lyrics with a crude "hemeneutical" approach he termed "Dylanology." He printed and distributed the first bootleg of Bob Dylan's experimental novel "Tarantula". When Bob Dylan stoped writing political music, Weberman formed the Dylan Liberation Front (DLF) in order to free Bob Dylan from himself. Weberman appeard in the national spotlight when he started going through Bob Dylan's trash in order to find clues to his lyrics.

Extent

0.3 cubic feet.

Language of Materials

English

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Abstract

A.J. Weberman (1945- ) is an American writer, political activist, gadfly, and self described "underground cat and garbologist" who invented the terms "garbology" and "Dylanology." The Bob Dylan and A.J. Weberman collection (1967-1998) contains magazines, flyers, correspondence, and ephemera from the career of A.J. Weberman and his interest in American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan.

Separated Materials

"Tarantula" by Bob Dylan (1971) - first mass-market edition of Bob Dylan's experimental novel with original dust jacket; "My Life in Garbology" by A.J. Weberman [signed] (1980); "Dylan to English Dictionary" by A.J. Weberman (2005); "RightWing Bob: What The Liberal Media Doesn't Want You To Know About Bob Dylan" by A.J. Weberman [signed] (2009)