In honor of Bob Dylan winning the Pulitzer, we here in the TMT offices have decided to retrospectively declare last week Bob Dylan Week.

If you look closely, you’ll notice that all the content published last week was related to Bob Dylan. While the connection between a review of the new Man Man CD and an interview with Blitzen Trapper may not seem immediately Dylan-related, TMT’s Bob Dylan Week argued that all current music (absolutely no exceptions) stems from his influential seeds. No, I’m not talking about Jakob Dylan and The Wallflowers (still trekking though, god bless their underachieving souls). I’m talking about the wordy croons of Richard Swift, the early Dylan-era strums of Jim Noir’s guitar, and Islands’ references to religion and gospel that smack of Dylan’s ’80s obsession with the subjects.

But Bob Dylan Week was not simply to remember Bob for a brief moment, only to wallow in the nether-reaches of our collective psyche the other 51 weeks of the year. And it also wasn’t just a reminder of the year-round struggle to recognize the Bob in each and every record we currently listen to, review, purchase, download, and enjoy. Instead, Bob Dylan Week was primarily meant to highlight the influence of Bob that’s embedded in every second of all music, before and after his birth.

And He’s on tour:

05.17.08 - Lewistown, ME - Androscoggin Bank Coliseum 05.19.08 - Saint John, New Brunswick - Harbour Station 05.20.08 - Moncton, New Brunswick - Moncton Coliseum Complex 05.21.08 - Halifax, Nova Scotia - Halifax Metro Centre 05.23.08 - St. John’s, Newfoundland - Mile One Centre 05.24.08 - St. John’s, Newfoundland - Mile One Centre 05.26.08 - Reykjavic, Iceland - Eglishollin 05.28.08 - Odense, Denmark - Fyn Arena 05.30.08 - Stavanger, Norway - Viking Stadium 06.01.08 - Helsinki, Finland - Hartwall Arena 06.03.08 - St. Petersburg, Russia - Arena 06.04.08 - Tallinn, Estonia - Sakey Hall 06.05.08 - Vilnius, Lithuania - Siemens Arena 06.07.08 - Warsaw, Poland - Stodola 06.09.08 - Ostrava, Czech Republic - Cez Arena 06.10.08 - Vienna, Austria - Stadthalle 06.11.08 - Salzburg, Austria - Arena 06.13.08 - Varazdin, Croatia - Radar Festival 06.16.08 - Bergamo, Italy - Lazzaretta 06.18.08 - Aosta, Italy - Castello Borgia 06.19.08 - Grenoble, France - Palaise des Sports 06.20.08 - Toulouse, France - Zenith 06.22.08 - Andorra la Vella, Andorra - Campo de Futbol Muni 06.24.08 - Zaragoza, Spain - Feria de Muestras 06.25.08 - Pamplona, Spain - Plaza de Toros 06.27.08 - Vigo, Spain - Recinto Ferial 06.28.08 - Avila, Spain - Parque Natural de Gredos 07.01.08 - Valencia, Auditorio Ciudad 07.02.08 - Cuenca, Spain - TBA 07.04.08 - Murcia, Spain - Plaza de Toros 07.05.08 - Jaen, Spain - Recinto Ferial 07.06.08 - Madrid, Spain - Rock in Rio 07.08.08 - Jerez, Spain - Campo de Football Muni 07.10.08 - Merida, Spain - Plaza de Toros 07.11.08 - Lisbon, Portugal - Optimus Live