Bob Dylan's Holiday LP "Christmas in the Heart" Due October 13th

Bob Dylan has made his latest unpredictable career move: Rolling Stone has learned that Bob Dylan will release a Christmas album October 13th. Entitled Christmas in the Heart, the collection will feature holiday standards including "Must Be Santa," "Little Drummer Boy," "Winter Wonderland" and "Here Comes Santa Claus." All U.S. royalties from the collection will benefit the charity Feeding America, the nation's leading domestic hunger-relief charity. Other proceeds from the disc will benefit hunger relief organizations around the world. Get a first look at the album art here.

Look back at Bob Dylan on the cover of Rolling Stone.

Although Dylan famously converted to Christianity in the late 1970s, he's widely believed to have switched back to Judaism years ago — he appeared on Orthodox fundraising telethons in the 1980s and has attended Yom Kippur services in the past few years.

See classic black and white shots of Bob Dylan.

Dylan recently wrapped his ballpark tour with John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson (read the RS report here), during which he was approached by New Jersey cops for a "suspicious" pre-show walk. He hits the road next for tour that kicks off October 5th in Seattle.

See Bob Dylan's paintings.

Just yesterday, Rolling Stone published a gallery of iconic images of Dylan (and Johnny Cash and Miles Davis) shot by Columbia's photographer Don Hunstein. Check them out here.

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“Smells Like Teen Spirit”

Nirvana | 1991

"Smells Like Teen Spirit," named after a brand of deodorant marketed to girls, was Kurt Cobain's attempt to "write the ultimate pop song," he said, using the soft-loud dynamic of his favorite band, the Pixies. Cobain "had that dichotomy of punk rage and alienation," the song’s producer, Butch Vig, told Rolling Stone, "but also this vulnerable pop sensibility. In 'Teen Spirit,' a lot of that vulnerability is in the tone of his voice." Sadly, by the time of Nirvana's last U.S. tour, in late '93, Cobain was tortured by the obligation to play "Teen Spirit" every night. "There are many other songs that I have written that are as good, if not better," he claimed.

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