Features editor, The New York Times. Author of "Where the Music Had to Go: How Bob Dylan and the Beatles Changed Each Other — and the World."
Joined August 2009
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I was a little dubious about Jim Windolf’s Where the Music Had to Go: How Bob Dylan and the Beatles Changed Each Other. Hasn’t this been done before? Er no, not as well as this. The book is extremely well written, perceptive, and with plenty of new material. A fabulous read.
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How's this for spooky. I was just driving around listening to Dolly Parton's "The Bargain Store" and when I got back to my building the guy in 1B was playing it on his trumpet.
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May 23
America Magazine, a Jesuit publication, gives my book its blessing americamagazine.org/books/20…
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May 22
Somehow incurred a negative balance on my Oyster card and now I owe a transit cop 12 bucks
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May 21
In an appearance before a press-rights group in New York this evening, New York Times Publisher A.G. Sulzberger had some pointed words for his peers atop U.S. media organizations.
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May 3
'Contrary to myth, artists do not go it alone'
On the blog, Jim Windolf reflects upon the creative relationship between Bob Dylan and The Beatles: waterstones.com/blog/jim-win…
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May 2
From an interview at the back of Jim Windolf’s Where The Music Had To Go, one of the most interesting Paul interviews I’ve seen in recent years (haven’t started the book yet but it looks great)
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May 1
At the Met, breezing past Raphael's religious paintings to get to his portrait of the baker's daughter
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May 1
I recommended 5 out-of-the-way books on Dylan and the Beatles for Gift Guide, the Substack blog run by real-life novel heroine Kaitlin Phillips giftguide.substack.com/p/alm…
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May 1
I've loved Joe Wisbey's show for years and was glad to go on it
New Podcast! I’m joined by @jimwindolf to discuss his book ‘Where The Music Had To Go’. Jim’s book tells the story of The Beatles and Bob Dylan’s influence on each other - where they met, what they said, and how they changed each other’s perspectives.
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Apr 29
Matthew Ingate, of the Dylan-centric Substack Together Through Life, weighs in on my book
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Apr 28
I'll be going home on Saturday to talk with @WarrenZanes, author of the melancholy "Deliver Me From Nowhere." montclairlocal.news/2026/04/…
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Apr 26
Four chapters into the book and loving it. A real contribution to the literature; new details and insights for aficionados, accessible for the newbies. And so well-written! Congratulations and thanks.
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Apr 26
All about the songwriting dialogue between Dylan and Lennon-McCartney. Adapted from my book in the other paper called "The Times." thetimes.com/culture/music/a…
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Apr 24
One day I hope to make jokes on this website again, but it’s been a weird couple of months nytimes.com/2026/04/24/style…
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