i've lost my harmonica, albert?

That was great, Jakobob! I've never seen that one.

And now, this just in from our roving correspondent in NYC:

[www.paulfrasercollectibles.com]

Bob Dylan's one-of-a-kind 'Super Man' sketch auctions in the UK
Super Man at 110th & CPW, an idea for a painting sketched by the singer, is estimated at £10,000

Fans and collectors with an interest in Bob Dylan won't want to miss this: a rare artwork by the legendary singer is auctioning in London on August 3.

The original charcoal and ink sketch with colouring, entitled Super Man at 110th & CPW and numbered "Idea No 3", was drawn by Dylan as an idea for a possible later painting.

Measuring approximately 12.5 x 8.5 inches, the centre-fold creased work has also been signed by Dylan - unusually as "Robert Dylan" - and inscribed, "Keep Rockin' Levon Helm (The Band)".
According to auction house Cameo of Berkshire, UK, the sketch also has impeccable provenance, having been consigned by The Bob Dylan Music Company and Rick Danko, bassist from The Band.

Which a relatively low estimate of £8,000-10,000, this is an unmissable opportunity to own a one-off collectible artwork by the man they don't call Robert Allen Zimmerman.

Bob Dylan's Super Man at 110th & CPW, aka 'Idea No 3'

For those not in the know, CPW is Central Park West in NYC

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terrific weird monkey.

but are you in the right thread?

Hmmmm, you are right, maybe I should've posted in the "1 new
How to crack drm video, rip dvd, burn dvd, transfer ipod file and make iphone ringtone " thread. orr "
All things Dylan - THREAD 2 "

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joe boyd on newport bob

[www.bbc.co.uk]

Well, your old pal Bob Dylan, for several years there it seemed like he wasn’t going to write any more songs, but then he said he thought that the new generation of fans coming to see him deserved some new songs. So do you think you might get any of those songs to market in the foreseeable future?

Well, I think it’s important that Bob, and Willie, stay out on the road and keep playin’, ’cause I look up to both of ‘em for wisdom and advice—even though they’re both shorter than me. And you know, they are so successful that it can’t help but distance them from their art. Success and happiness will do that to you. So, really, you’ve gotta fight happiness, is my advice to any young writers. You know, I think everything great was created by somebody who didn’t feel good. Examples of which are, you know, Oscar Wilde, or Hank Williams. Like, I go around to book signings, where a couple hundred people can really look like a big crowd in a bookstore, and that’s fine. I can be gracious to everybody, and meet everybody, but that’s not really being a writer. ‘Cause the next day, Mary Higgins Clark will come around, and she’ll have a packed bookstore too, with different kinds of people. So, really, I think it’s what you write between the lines that counts. That’s what stays with people. And I think Raymond Chandler, the mystery writer, said it best, that art is anything that burns with its own heat.

So Bob Dylan’s audience today, I’ve seen the crowd that comes to see Bob, and I don’t think those people know the songs that made him Bob Dylan. They don’t know the early songs. Like, I’ll betcha they don’t know “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll.” Or “Girl from the North Country.” They all know, uh, “Everybody Must Get Stoned,” and then they probably know his more recent stuff, which I don’t know. Now, at a Willie Nelson show, everybody knows everything. And Willie will stick around as long as it takes, he’ll sign autographs in the rain, you know. Bob is different, Bob’s kind of a Howard Hughes character. But both, I think, really have something to say, and in this high-tech decade, that’s rare.

[blogs.wweek.com]
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question mark of
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Do you ever get tired of playing “96 Tears”?
No. Like Mick Jagger said, “When I turn 45 I don’t want to be doing ‘I Can’t Get No Satisfaction.” Hello!

Of course he wants to be doing that. It’s his most famous song.
No, but he said that. People like that, they’re not for real. They never were. Like I said, I’ve been on the stage all my life as a dancer and entertainer. And Rolling Stone, what’s their No. 1 song? Hello? And ours is number 215. Somebody just told me that.

215th greatest song of all time?
Yeah.

That seems like a rook, man. You should’ve been higher than that.
Higher? It should be No. 1. What are you talking about?

Okay, I’m not gonna argue with you.
No, because I’ll tell you why. For one thing, there’s Bob Dylan, right? “Like a Rolling Stone,” that’s the No. 1 song. No. 2 is “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction.”

You’ve got no bitch with Bob Dylan, do you?
I never did like him.

You never liked him!
No, I don’t like him, and I don’t understand why people put people on pedestals when they don’t even deserve to be there.

“Subterranean Homesick Blues,” baby.
Whatever. The goat was crossing the yard and all of a sudden the bell tower rang at nine, and I was tying my shoelaces, flashing these cards. All of a sudden there was a drunk guy throwing up in Minnesota. What does that have to do with rock and roll? Think about it.

All right man, I’ll do that.
He wrote some great songs, but other people did them great. He never did.

[nymag.com]

[edition.cnn.com]

wyclef jean (the fugees)

One particular song, the Grammy-nominated "Gone Till November," became a hit on both sides of the Atlantic. Its music video features a cameo appearance by Bob Dylan, a moment Jean cherishes to this day.

"This is one of the songs I'm most proud of -- having Bob Dylan showing up for the video. 'Gone Till November' is the blueprint to my career as a solo artist," Jean told CNN.

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Jac Holzman (Elektra Records) on Dylan

Thanks Blue. It's nice to see that there is still an industry higher up around that cares about the music. Fwiw, here's the accompanying article[NDC]:
[www.latimes.com]

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