Month: April 2008

Inside Dylan's Brain

Rob pointed out a great breakdown of Bob Dylan’s mind as revealed by his XM satellite-radio program, Theme Time Radio Hour:

Here, by cataloguing the themes he has chosen for the episodes, the artists he has favored, and Dylan’s other preferences and quirks, Vanity Fair has constructed a revealing portrait of America’s most enigmatic musician.

Dylan’s Thoughts

As much as all the lists, I loved the elaborate illustration of them running through his hair, trailing behind him like ribbons. Click the pic to see the whole mind map.

jcast7: Awaken Now Kristin

Kristen Cunningham A friend named Kristin died of Leukemia recently; she was 29. I wrote “Awaken Now Kristin,” to make sense of it. Then I found Nate’s song, “Simple Pain,” as a perfect companion piece.

Just now, putting this together, looking for a picture of Kristin, I found her exuberant Website kristinplayshorn.com. What life!

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Whitman Speaks!

Walt recommends that we, “read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life,” so I loaded up the audio book of Leave of Grass, and have been listening. I’m very excited to have just found http://www.whitmanarchive.org where there is (speculated to be) a recording of Walt from a wax cylinder recording among other great many things.

Walt Whitman’s voice:(?)
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Walt Whitman