DYLAN He was a shape-shifter A man of many styles He wore a thousand different hats Was known for his wiles. One minute just a folkie One minute intoned the blues One minute a rock and roller A country artist too. He even sang some Gospel Some spirituals, some hymns But with all those different types of songs It never limited him. He was more than just his music And not really like the sphinx He... Read more
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In a season of mostly dark and dismal and just plain horrible movies, finally something positive and uplifting has shown up in the theaters. And as if Lin Manuel-Miranda knew that few people had gone to the movies at all before this one started today… there was an official welcome back to the theaters prequel by the cast before the official start to the movie. As for the movie itself it is long, as movies go these days— 2 hours... Read more
Whilst reading the book depicted above, a very interesting and scholarly treatment of Bob Dylan’s musical artistry (on which see the later post on the book itself), I began to formalize a list of Bob Dylan records which have had enormous influence on popular music since the 1960s, ranging from country, to blues, to gospel, to rock, to folk, and back again. Among other things, Bob Dylan is not only one of the most prolific musical genius’ and poets of... Read more
It’s not my normal modus operandi to read novels in reverse order when they are a series. But this is what happened in this case, as I had overlooked this one. I really like the way Hill writes, and unlike some novelists whose focus is on the word crime in the phrase crime thriller, Hill spends a lot of time on characterization, and her central characters are quite interesting, though of course flawed like all of us. This particular novel... Read more
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