Re: 2005 - Bob Dylan NOW.

and you meester jeenx
are heading for pseuds corner.
you wait until private eye
get hold of this post.


:)



Mr Jinx wrote:
> I just wanted to say a big THANK YOU to Bob Dylan for yet another year
> of great music!
>
> I was lucky enough to be at both the New York Beacon and London Brixton
> residencies this year. It was an absolute privilege to witness a living
> artist engaged in the struggle to produce his work. There were moments
> of pure transcendent inspiration and times when we willed him on as he
> struggled to connect with his muse. I never saw him anything less than
> fully committed across all of the shows (and I was close enough on a
> few occasions to see the sweat dripping down his famous nose as he
> pounded those keys). I saw the way his eyes clouded as he went deep
> inside himself to search along his internal highway for diamonds. I
> shall never forget it as long as I live. The last time I saw a look
> like that it was on the death mask of Tutankhamen. The power of
> concentration is terrifying to behold when you are 20 feet from the guy
> and he is locked on. You almost feel as if you need protective
> goggles. That is why whatever 2006 may hold for Bob Dylan (DJ Bobby?
> New album? Chronicles 2?) I will be there.
>
> The only version we have of Bob Dylan is the version that stands before
> us. There is only the present. That is all any of us have. The past
> and future do not exist as anything more than abstract concepts. Bob
> Dylan lives in our time. He lives in our moment. He is flesh and bone
> and we share the air with him.
>
> The man who stood before me in 2005 was as dignified. He was as
> sincerely engaged in his art as he has ever been. God bless him for
> that and for the constant inspiration he offers though his art no
> matter what brickbats are hurled at him.
>
> May God bless and keep you always, Bobby.
>
> Mr Jinx

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