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Happy Birthday Bob Dylan!

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The first item is something I hadn’t heard before. Dylan sings “North Counry Blues”. A young man, trying to sound older and more gruff than he really is. It’s a little slow, probably of interest to fans only, but give it a try. Item N° 2 is from Nat Hentoff’s 1966 interview with Dylan, soon after the folk singer went electric. It’s my favorite Dylan interview; just classic: PLAYBOY: Mistake or not, what made you decide to go the rock-‘n’-roll route? DYLAN: Carelessness. I lost my one true love. I started drinking. The first thing I know, I’m in a card game. Then I’m in a crap game. I wake up in a pool hall. Then this big Mexican lady drags me off the table, takes me to Philadelphia. She leaves me alone in her house, and it burns down. I wind up in Phoenix. I get a job as a Chinaman. I start working in a dime store, and move in with a 13-year-old girl. Then this big Mexican lady from Philadelphia comes in and burns the house dow...

Today in Catholic Artists/Catholic Art/Patrons

Barbara Nicolosi’s Mary Mother of Christ has all its pieces in place , including Texas pastor Joel Osteen as Executive Producer.

Gee-tar.

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My dear friend William Wilson, guitarist extraordinaire, has gone and plumb lost his mind, and is now posting tracks online for free.  You, the listener, are the winner in this situation.   But because the man has a wife and children, I will note that he also has items for sale .  Tango for One is my favorite.

Divorce Seems to Be Treating Katy Perry Well

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Ah, yes.  Marilyn Manson by way of Fairuza Balk in The Craft , with a dye job from the Holly Hobby Do-It-Yourself Candyland Collection.  (Good to see she’s getting back to her roots.  Whoop!)  But on the plus side, she’s still staying close to her beads .

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oh, man. look, it’s full of dirty talk, but if you’ve been following the fifty shades of grey phenomenon, you really should listen to the reading gilbert gottfried gives it. but yeah, lots of dirty talk.

You Mean Like This?

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Oh, good grief, JOB. Why didn’t you tell me about this?* *Meaning: how the hell am I just now listening to that CD you gave me?

Picture Story

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It turns out there are five kinds of rum and over seven ounces of booze in a Zombie. But at least it’s tasty! Stormy weather ahead… And the hilarious part is that I wound up with a Zombie because I asked for “whatever drink comes in the Easter Island head cup,” but the bartender followed my pointing finger instead of my voice and told me I would be getting a Zombie, when what I should have been getting was a Mai Tai.  Naturally, I rectified the situation, because Easter Island . Of course, by that point, I had exceeded my tolerance for tropical drinks to the point where I had to order a whiskey cocktail just to put my humors in order.  However, it was thought that photography would be unkind.