Excellent! Thanks Bubba.

I don't particularly want to use amazon and the book isn't going to be published in the UK. So...does anyone have a favourite local independent bookstore I can order this from?

Otherwise I guess I'll just order from the publisher.

This one isn't quite clicking for me yet. But every album of his (maybe apart from Cuttin Grass 1 +2 which were pretty immediate) has grown on me over time.

Couple of articles I found interesting: https://spectatorworld.com/topic/pentagon-rich-afghanistan-military-budget/ ‘We wasted a lot of money. It wasn’t that people were stupid, and it wasn’t that people didn’t care; it’s just the system almost guarantees failure.’ As example he pointed to a plastic...

An ongoing civil war is perfectly possible. I'm not sure where the other side is going to come from tomorrow, if there wasn't anyone to stand their ground yesterday. The Taliban have never had full control and certainly not full support across Afghanistan. They've made progress partially by making ...

After Sunday It’s Even More Clear Biden Was Right ...The more I see the more I’m convinced this was the right decision – both what I see on the ground in Afghanistan and perhaps even more the reaction here in the United States. It is crystal clear that the Afghan national army and really the Afghan...

https://twitter.com/hugolowell/status/1427042329739862022 Speaking of censorship... Do you really want to compare taking a page off of your own website to having a video taken down by Youtube? Trump was right to want to get us out of there earlier, but the bureaucrats would not let that happen. No ...

Giri/Haji - First 6 episodes - high quality stuff, at least very good, more often excellent, complex, nuanced, intriguing, excellent acting by all the main players. Episode 7 (penultimate episode) - uh oh. Signs of trouble, plot beginning to spin out of control. Episode 8 (final episode) - you gott...

The Brussels Affair by the Stones.

Rock n Roll Animal by Lou Reed

Jerry lee Lewis at the Star Club.

Live Drugs by War on Drugs

That last one I've been playing a lot and I wasnt a huge fan of the band previously.

I must confess that I did not have the re-emergence of Zyklon B on my 21st century bingo card. Way to go, Arizona! Who thinks up this stuff? It's so preposterous I'm not even angry, more like stunned disbelief because it just doesn't compute. Zyklon B???!!! For those who don't know Zyklon B is the ...

Enjoyed this piece on definitely his worst album.

https://www.insidehook.com/article/musi ... ock-bottom

Yes agree, but with everything Otis (even if that was not actually Otis telling the story), I think the journey is more important than the destination. LOL, exactly right. That's an "it's about the journey story" if ever there was one. BTW do you know who's telling it? I didn't catch his name. Chuc...

So the Times article is kind of mediocre. It's here if you're interested: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/24/arts/television/bob-dylan-birthday-comedy.html?campaign_id=2&emc=edit_th_20210525&instance_id=31487&nl=todaysheadlines®i_id=39564728&segment_id=58942&user_id=40da6c49518a0987a3e3ea0290392...

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I've been to shows and it's been halfway through a song until I've realised what it is..

Happened in the late 70's with Aerosmith. They were so wasted.

But the article is significant because it links to Steven Hyden doing Steven Hyden, ranking all of the Bobster's studio albums in his typically masterful way. Everyone will disagree w some aspect of his writing or his rankings, but there is a good thoughtful reason for everything Hyden says and the...

I had to inform him that Dylan had already played it." This has not literally happened to me but I can definitely see how it could. The NYTimes has a big article on Dylan as "our most underappreciated comic" but I haven't read it yet. I get that Dylan's particular sense of humor may not be easily u...

Don't necessarily agree with all of this article (I love seeing Dylan live) but it's a good read. "Dylan’s fans are practised in lowering the bar. A crowd-pleasing set of beloved hits? Grow up. A hello, goodbye or thanks-for-coming? Dream on. He is the only artist I know of who routinely disfigures ...

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Today is Bob Dylan's 80th birthday. Hopefully the Neverending Tour hasn't ended!

I want to see him perform this new material so bad I can taste it.

Seconded. That last album was remarkable.

225th anniversary of Edward Jenner discovering a vaccine for smallpox was just the other day. (Fuck that asshole for denying us the freedom to get smallpox. Etc.) I suppose the way to look at it is that vaccines stimulate your own immune system. They don't do something outlandish, they just give yo...

I’d consider vaccinating for COVID if it was anywhere close to being in the same league as small pox. But it’s not. So I won’t. And folks don’t think about think about their health other than masks and vaccines can sit the fuck down. No literally that’s all the can do. How to not be high risk is ju...

225th anniversary of Edward Jenner discovering a vaccine for smallpox was just the other day. (Fuck that asshole for denying us the freedom to get smallpox. Etc.) I suppose the way to look at it is that vaccines stimulate your own immune system. They don't do something outlandish, they just give you...

Fun album.

By 1994 when I was 16, all these bands had been written off in the UK and literally noone was listening to them. You couldnt find them on the radio or in the music papers or anywhere else. Pre internet days. Ride were roundly mocked by everyone for their attempts to go Britpop. And so, up until las...

You act like a bitch then call names. But I’m the dumb one. Got it tin. Try racking your brain for a thought next time. Or just go back to your basement and double mask and cry about trump or something. Or just keep repeating what you hear because of your complete lack of originality. I think peopl...

By 1994 when I was 16, all these bands had been written off in the UK and literally noone was listening to them. You couldnt find them on the radio or in the music papers or anywhere else. Pre internet days. Ride were roundly mocked by everyone for their attempts to go Britpop. And so, up until last...

A belated happy birthday pal.

honest question: what news media sources do ye feel provides for being reasonably informed? i suppose the cynical answer is "none" that I'll hear from a few of you, but is that really the case? all journalism is garbage? i can't believe that. Old media is still superior to new media I think. Journa...

My main question regarding Tottenham is whether they'll keep Gareth Bale. Yeah, Gareth Bale was my first love when I first started following the Premier League and Spurs in particular. I was overjoyed when he returned this year. Truth be told, though, it hasn't been a great fit. I don't know enough...

The Magna Carta holds a lot more gravitas in the states than it does in the Uk. That fact in itself is quite interesting. I did not know this and no explanation for it springs immediately to mind other than America's longstanding but waning Anglophilia. OTOH, the thing has quite a place of honor at...

I don't have a good handle on just how funny this is on your end, but my guess is that the answer is no, it's not as funny here. For one simple reason: I doubt that there are more than a few thousand people in this country (population 330 million) who have any idea what anglo saxon political tradit...