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Dylan’s Million Dollar (Christmas) Bash
OK. I admit it. I was wrong. I’m not admitting this because I’ve gotten into the holiday spirit. I’m not admitting this because my body’s been taken over by holiday spirits. And I’m not admitting...
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A night so cold, a heart so warm
Photo by Joe McLaughlin/mycentraljersey.com He might be a character in a movie. Maybe someone who’s sitting in the shadows of a Tom Waits lyric or a Charles Bukowski poem, the lonely middle-aged guy...
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Not dark yet…
Ain’t looking for nothin’ in anyone’s eyes… Filed under: Bob Dylan, love, Music Tagged: "Not Dark Yet", Dylan, love
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Retreating
Spending a week in a small town in the Berkshires, at a writers retreat, I find myself wondering…”retreat?” Am I retreating from life? No. Am I retreating from life’s pain? No. Am I retreating from...
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Like the morning sun you come and like the wind you go…
Got some things to talk about, here beside the rising tide… The title of this post — of course! — is from the song “Uncle John’s Band” by the Grateful Dead. Let me take you down ’cause I’m going to…...
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Embers
Whiteout. Blizzards of regret. Drifting thoughts. Snowed in by sorrow. Thin ice. No need for any more wintry words…they won’t stoke the warming fire…they won’t quell the howling wind…. See that she has...
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Watching the river flow
I warmed up for the celebration of Bob Dylan’s 70th birthday by attending a great show — Blondes on “Blonde on Blonde” — presented last Saturday as part of the Concerts at the Crossing series held in...
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Hard rain (October 1962)
I was a very little boy but I sensed something big was going on. My father had rushed home early from work. Now he was sitting in front of our black-and-white TV as the president — Kennedy — delivered...
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Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree….
Bob… http://www.metacafe.com/watch/sy-50273075001/bob_dylan_must_be_santa_official_music_video/ And Bruce (with jolly old Santa Clarence)… Filed under: Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Christmas, Music
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Night bird, white bird
My first great love? I was 19 and she was 18, and we met at college in upstate western New York. There’s one perfect word for it: I was smitten. She had long dark hair, pale white skin which freckled...
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