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MUST BE SANTA (2009)

Not the first (or second) time I’ve posted this video but, fuck, this is just so insanely brilliant I just gotta give it another spin. The guys who made it are geniuses.

YOU GOTTA CLICK…

…here.

(N.B. This is now the most clicked link the history of my site. I’m moving it to the top again on the grounds of its insane brilliance. Ho ho ho…)

LAME JOKES BOB DYLAN HAS TOLD ONSTAGE WHILE INTRODUCING HIS BAND (1988 – 2009)

“At the back, the meanest drummer in the world. When we played in the Middle East, he killed the Dead Sea… David Kemper!”

“You might be wondering what’s written on his shoes – those are foot notes!” Read the rest of this entry »

GO ‘WAY FROM MY WINDOW (1957)

BROWNSVILLE GIRL (1986)

Co-written with playwright Sam Shepard, Brownsville Girl is one of Bob Dylan’s greatest ever songs. Click on the wide, elongated rectangle above to hear it – the video is too lame to bother sharing. I had a notion once that every single line of this song would make a really badass Twitter update. And, you know, I might have had a point… Read the rest of this entry »

A HARD RAIN’S A-GONNA FALL (1962)

On the evening of September 11th, 2001, as the initial shock of what had happened that day began to abate, my thoughts turned to what would happen next. Events were still very much in flux, but it was already clear that whatever would transpire after the dust settled in New York, it wasn’t going be pretty.

I remember going for a drink in a pub that evening with some friends. It was Slattery’s on Capel Street. In the corner, Sky News was showing night vision pictures of the skyline over Kabul. The Northern Alliance were shelling Taliban positions. No one was quite sure what was going on exactly, but I remember people – punters, barstaff, everyone – staring at the television screen in grim silence. And this ominous refrain began playing over and over in my head… Read the rest of this entry »

PO’ BOY (2001)

Othello told Desdemona, “I’m cold, cover me with a blanket.
By the way, what happened to that poison wine?”
She says, “I gave it to you, you drank it.”

YOU BELONG TO ME (1952)

LAME JOKES BOB DYLAN HAS TOLD ONSTAGE WHILE INTRODUCING HIS BAND (1988 – 2009)

“At the back, the meanest drummer in the world. When we played in the Middle East, he killed the Dead Sea… David Kemper!”

“You might be wondering what’s written on his shoes – those are foot notes!” Read the rest of this entry »

GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY (1968)

“If you go when the snowflakes fall / When the rivers freeze at summers end / Please see for me that she’s wearing a coat so warm / To keep her from the howling wind…”