Bob Dylan action this fall

There are a lot of Bob Dylan projects coming this fall. This is mostly compiled from USAToday:

On the road: A 25-date U.S. fall tour of mostly colleges and universities starts September 16. Elvis Costello will open most shows. There aren't any Wisconsin dates listed yet. Elvis Costello does a fantastic live show. I saw him at the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee two years ago.

On CD: On October 2, a three disc CD set named Dylan will be released, a retrospective spanning four decades of studio recordings, many selected as a result of fan lobbying at Dylan's label website. Two other versions also will be available: a single-disc 18-track sampler and a deluxe cloth-bound limited edition with an extended booklet, rare photos, vintage packaging and 10 postcards.

More on CD: Producer Mark Ronson's dance retooling of Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) will be released Oct. 1 only in the U.K. as a bonus disc with the 18-track Dylan. It's also available at iTunes in the U.K. It marks the first time Dylan has permitted a remix. The song and video can be seen at dylan07.com.

In museums: The Drawn Blank Series, the first museum exhibit of Dylan's visual artwork, starts its three-month run Oct. 28 at Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz in Chemnitz, Germany. More than 200 photo-lithographs, reworked in watercolor and gouache, are collected from his 1994 book of drawings, Drawn Blank.

On the air: Launching with the topic "Hello," Dylan hosts the second season of XM Radio's Theme Time Radio Hour on September 19. Future shows themes are "Young & Old," "California," "Dreams," "Fruit," "Something," "Nothing," "Streets," "Parties" and "Mail," with guests to include Luke Wilson, Amy Sedaris, Jack White and John Cusack. The satellite radio program draws nearly 2 million listeners weekly. These shows are generally available for download from torrent sites and newsgroups. I've heard a few from the first season and they are very good.

On screen: I'm Not There, Todd Haynes' biopic interpreting Dylan's life through such actors as Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, and Richard Gere, opens November 21.

A two-disc, 34-song soundtrack is out October 30 with new covers by various artists. It also features Dylan's previously unreleased 1967 outtake of I'm Not There.

The soundtrack looks interesting - lots of good bands here. Here's a list of songs as reported on Vinyl Fever:

All Along The Watchtower --Eddie Vedder & The Million Dollar Bashers
As I Went Out One Morning--Mira Billotte
Ballad Of A Thin Man--Stephen Malkmus & The Million Dollar Bashers
Billy--Los Lobos
Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window--The Hold Steady (this is a great band)
Can't Leave Her Behind--Stephen Malkmus & Lee Ranaldo
Cold Irons Bound--Tom Verlaine & The Million Dollar Bashers
Dark Eyes--Iron & Wine & Calexico
Fourth Time Around--Yo La Tengo
Goin' To Acapulco--Jim James & Calexico
Highway 61 Revisited--Karen O & The Million Dollar Bashers
I Wanna Be Your Lover--Yo La Tengo
I'm Not There--Bob Dylan
I'm Not There--Sonic Youth
Just Like A Woman--Charlotte Gainsbourg & Calexico
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues--Ramblin' Jack Elliot
Knockin' On Heaven's Door--Antony & The Johnsons
The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll--Mason Jennings
Maggie's Farm--Stephen Malkmus & The Million Dollar Bashers
Mama You've Been On My Mind--Jack Johnson
The Man In The Long Black Coat--Mark Lanegan
Moonshiner--Bob Forrest
One More Cup Of Coffee--Roger McGuinn & Calexico
Pressing On--John Doe
Ring Them Bells--Sufjan Stevens (a great artist from Detroit)
Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)--Willie Nelson & Calexico
Simple Twist Of Fate--Jeff Tweedy
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With Memphis Blues Again--Cat Power
The Times They Are A Changin'--Mason Jennings
Tombstone Blues--Richie Havens
When The Ship Comes In--Marcus Carl Franklin
Wicked Messenger--The Black Keys
You Ain't Goin 'Nowhere--Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová