Bob Dylan's Enigmatic Patreon: Dead Letters & AI Voices

0:00It's March 30th. Welcome to Music News Today, Powered by AI, I'm Corey with the Story. Bob Dylan just dropped a wild Patreon page charging $5 a month for what he calls a living archive of never-sent letters, original stories. And lectures from dead folks, all curated by him. Think fake correspondence between Mark Twain and Rudolph Valentino, plus a short story called Bull Rider by some guy named Marty Lombard. It's got that dusty old West vibe, but super esoteric. Adding to the mystery, there are audio essays voiced like Frank James or Aaron Burr sounding AI generated after Dylan teased bits on Instagram. Folks are scratching their heads over what curated really means, if Dylan's behind pseudonyms like Herbert Foster or Marty Lombard, and whether AI wrote the text too. Fans are split, wondering why no music outtakes or concert clips when his die-hars would pay for that in a heartbeat. Instead, it's hour-long tracks on Wild Bill Hickock.

1:00No links from his main site either, leaving everyone guessing about collaborators or the real point. Meanwhile, Dylan's six shows deep into a big United States tour, finally fixing those early mic liches. The set sticks mostly to his 2020 album Rough and Routy Ways, with curve balls like man in the long black coat, from 89 and Eddie. Cochrane's nervous breakdown from 1958. Nothing before his 66 motorcycle crash, except watchtower. He hits the Genesee theater in Waikigain, Illinois, come Monday night, so keep an eye on that patreon for more oddball drops while he rocks the road.