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Re: Webb's Poetics
I wondered lowly , like a clown, who floated over hills and dales, looking for a circus job, but no such luck, who'd a thought my smile ever fails ? So out into the wilds again I trudge, spewing rhymes like rhuematism , I never said I could spell , who are you to judge ? Onwards, outwards, upwards, downwards, the lure of the internet ...
Posted to Poems by ern malleyscrub on February 21, 2009
Heylin is a dweeb & so are you
Heylin seems to me to be one of those writers who absolutely hates his subject- in the case I mention, Bob Dylan. I too read his marvelously (and needlessly) large biography of Dylan, and came away thinking that Heylin would be the type of scientist that kills a species in order to examine ''what makes it tick.'' Why ANYONE would take Clint ...
Posted to The Spectator by Daytripper60 on September 27, 2008
Ballad of a Thin Man
You mentioned Bob Dylan. Alot of his songs or parts of his songs sound like something out of Ecclessiastes. Someone should devote a whole book to the topic of Bob Dylan and Ecclessiastes. A realized the other day that maybe one of his most famous songs ''Ballad of a Thin Man'' has uased ecclesiastes. The Thin Man was a dectective story written ...
Posted to Blogging the Bible by hudson75 on August 20, 2008
I thought it was...
''when you ain't got nothin', you ain't got nothin' to lose.'' That's the way I sing it, anyhow. What, Roberts didn't want people to be able to search Supreme Court opinions for the word ''ain't'' and come up with his opinions?
Posted to The Breakfast Table by jibeaux on June 23, 2008
Re: The Ghost of Electricity, Howls in the Bones of Her Face
Ah, nice one Thom. . . .And Louise holds a handful of rain, . . .And these visions of Johanna are now all that remainHere's another...Buckets Of RainBy Bob Dylan**********Buckets of rainBuckets of tearsGot all them buckets comin’ out of my ears.Buckets of moonbeams in my hand,I got all the love, honey baby,You can stand.I been meekAnd hard like an ...
Posted to Poems by Galatea on April 10, 2008
Bob Dylan wins an Extra Special Pulitzer
How about let's all just be happy for him...The operative word being HONOR, as the root in honorary. Bob Dylan was given a SPECIAL CITATION Pulitzer Prize''A Special Citation to Bob Dylan for his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power.'' ~ GalateaP.S. Easy access ...
Posted to Poems by Galatea on April 9, 2008
Re: Bob Dylan wins a REAL Pulitzer Prize
MaryAnn: received an honorary Pulitzer Prize on Monday, Not a real Pulitzer, Rabbit, just an honorary one. (Not exactly sure what that means, but it's not the real thing.) MA ***********Unbelieveable MaryAnn...your comments that is. They are somewhat snide and stem from ignorance...or would that be arrogance? I mean really MaryAnn, if you are ...
Posted to Poems by Galatea on April 9, 2008
((( Congratulations! Bob Dylan )))
Subterranean Homesick BluesBy Bob Dylan********** Johnny’s in the basementMixing up the medicineI’m on the pavementThinking about the governmentThe man in the trench coatBadge out, laid offSays he’s got a bad coughWants to get it paid offLook out kidIt’s somethin’ you didGod knows whenBut you’re doin’ it againYou better duck down the alley ...
Posted to Poems by Galatea on April 9, 2008
Promoter
John McCain as 'Promoter' brought to mind this Dylan lyric from ''Highway 61 Revisited''. Now the roving gambler he was very boredTrying to create a next world warHe found a promoter who nearly fell off the floorHe said i never engaged in this kind of thing beforeBut yes, i think it can be very easily doneJust put some bleachers out in the sunAnd ...
Posted to Politics by Bill Yake on February 20, 2008
Song obsessions
I always obsess about a song- It's contagious or genetic, my 10 year old does obsess songs too. Lately it's been Crowded House ''This silent house''. Neil Finn always does this to me.
Posted to The Spectator by Epistemologist on December 16, 2007

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