Bob Dylan appeared to me the other night. It was on my tv during the Super Bowl. I rubbed my eyes to straighten out my vision, but he remained a specter on the screen. It was a rather odd image, something about America and trucks and it made no sense to me, kind of like a Dylan Thomas poem, too deep for my simple brain.
I once saw the singing Dylan in person. It was me, my brother and sister and about 40,000 Grateful Dead fans in 1989. He played with the Dead and Tom Petty and while he didn't call me out by name I know that his eyes never left my psychedelically painted face. I'm not altogether sure that my eyes never left my face, but they were still attached when I got home late that night.
Bob Dylan was a mystery to me then and remains so, thus the odd tv appearance didn't disrupt my psyche to a great extent. I saw other odd things that night as well, like the Seahawks winning, and Mary Lou Retton looting a Radio Shack.
Perhaps he haunts my dreams as well, I wouldn't know. I never remember my dreams. Probably a good thing considering the things I see when I am awake.
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Laughingdaughter says:
Kinda hypocritical to tell me not to do drugs, isn't it?
Be sure to pop on over to We Work for Cheese and see who else is singing the blues about this challenge.
Ah, LaughingDaughter, it's not hypocritical. It's the voice of experience! If your mom got a mullet haircut in the 80s and told you not to get a mullet haircut today, would you call her a hypocrite? I think not!
ReplyDeleteBeware the mullet... hahahahaha!
DeleteLaughing daughter is very observant…and perspicace. Is she a Dylan fan?
ReplyDeleteDylan, Tom Petty and The Dead together? Lucky you! As for LaughingDaughter's comments... we only did those things so we'd be wise enough to tell you not to try them.
ReplyDeleteI think there was something in your SuperBowl cheese dip or maybe it was the brownies. I've head Nicky makes a wicked batch.
ReplyDeleteI've heard about *those* brownies!
ReplyDeleteDang! I wish I had been able to see him in person! How cool that is!
ReplyDeleteI saw him live and was only a few rows in. It must have ben about 15 years ago? Maybe a few more? I loved how you truly could not understand a WORD he was saying... it was old whining Bob Dylan. But it is cool to be able to say I saw him, that is for sure.
ReplyDeleteI will forever love Bob Dylan! And also, Bob Dylan in the Chrysler commercial was my favorite during the Super Bowl
ReplyDeleteLaughingdaughters response = +1 for the win.
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