In an obvious ploy to counter all the Howard Stern publicity, XM Radio announced the signing of Bob Dylan to its program roster. It’s probably no surprise to readers of this site, that I’m a lot more excited about this than the whole Stern thing (which I think will flop personally).

• New Dylan Album Streaming A Week Early on NPR
• Dylan Doc Tonight
• Download Bob Dylan’s Mississippi at Amazon.com
• Bob Dylan Releasing New “Bootleg” Album, Playing Brooklyn and Virgin Festival
• Bob Dylan to Interview Ricky Gervais