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chris
May 16, 2013, 8:39:32 AM5/16/13
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is this true? saw ten things you should know about today, and bob was #10.
BOB DYLAN'S LATEST ACCOLADE
He became the first rock star to be inducted into the 115-year-old American Academy of Arts and Letters, an artists' honor society.
BOB DYLAN'S LATEST ACCOLADE
He became the first rock star to be inducted into the 115-year-old American Academy of Arts and Letters, an artists' honor society.
gemjack
May 16, 2013, 10:36:01 AM5/16/13
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On Thu, 16 May 2013 05:39:32 -0700 (PDT), chris <cpyl...@aol.com>
wrote:
>is this true? saw ten things you should know about today, and bob was #10.
>
>BOB DYLAN'S LATEST ACCOLADE
>
>He became the first rock star to be inducted into the 115-year-old American Academy of Arts and Letters, an artists' honor society.
Yep, but he didn't show up ;-)
Bob Dylan was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters
yesterday, marking the first time a musician has been tapped as an
honorary member for the prestigious award.
And he was a no-show.
"I feel extremely honored and very lucky to be included in this
pantheon of great individual artists who comprise the Academy of Arts
and Letters," Dylan said in a statement to Rolling Stone. "I look
forward to meeting all of you some time soon."
Dylan did not attend the Academy's April dinner, either.
"For more than 50 years, defying categorization in a culture beguiled
by categories, Bob Dylan has probed and prodded our psyches, recording
and then changing our world and our lives through poetry made manifest
in song � creating relationships that we never imagined could exist
between words, emotions and ideas," read the citation awarded to
Dylan.
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon gave the keynote
address, appropriately titled "Rock & Roll," and laughed at how he was
obsessed with the opening line to Dylan's "Chimes of Freedom," in
which Chabon mistook the word "toll" for something else, The
Associated Press reports.
"'Far between sundown's finish an' midnight's broken toe,"' Chabon
said. "How many hours I had devoted to (the idea) . . . that midnight
had toes, and that one of them, the big one, had been broken."
Dylan was voted in as an honorary member after Academy officials could
not decide whether to recognize him for songwriting or music. Instead
of choosing one, and joining the elite group of 250 regular members,
the Academy voted him in as an honorary member, an esteemed short list
that includes Meryl Streep, Woody Allen and Martin Scorsese.
"In 1983 the category of American Honorary membership was inaugurated,
to comprise not more than 15 persons of great distinction in the
creative arts whose work falls outside or transcends the Academy's
Departments of Art, Literature, and Music," Academy president Henry
Cobb said in a statement. "The members of the Academy have this year
elected to American Honorary Membership Bob Dylan � poet, composer,
musician, who has moved our culture with a consequence perhaps
unmatched by any artist of our time."
The Academy awarded a gold medal for the arts to novelist E.L.
Doctorow and the sculptor Mark di Suvero, and voted in artists Richard
Tuttle and Terry Winters, and writer Ward Just.
Dylan was the only honorary member announced at the ceremony.
Read more:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bob-dylan-skips-american-academy-of-arts-and-letters-induction-20130516#ixzz2TSyj6vmD
-gj
wrote:
>is this true? saw ten things you should know about today, and bob was #10.
>
>BOB DYLAN'S LATEST ACCOLADE
>
>He became the first rock star to be inducted into the 115-year-old American Academy of Arts and Letters, an artists' honor society.
Bob Dylan was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters
yesterday, marking the first time a musician has been tapped as an
honorary member for the prestigious award.
And he was a no-show.
"I feel extremely honored and very lucky to be included in this
pantheon of great individual artists who comprise the Academy of Arts
and Letters," Dylan said in a statement to Rolling Stone. "I look
forward to meeting all of you some time soon."
Dylan did not attend the Academy's April dinner, either.
"For more than 50 years, defying categorization in a culture beguiled
by categories, Bob Dylan has probed and prodded our psyches, recording
and then changing our world and our lives through poetry made manifest
in song � creating relationships that we never imagined could exist
between words, emotions and ideas," read the citation awarded to
Dylan.
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon gave the keynote
address, appropriately titled "Rock & Roll," and laughed at how he was
obsessed with the opening line to Dylan's "Chimes of Freedom," in
which Chabon mistook the word "toll" for something else, The
Associated Press reports.
"'Far between sundown's finish an' midnight's broken toe,"' Chabon
said. "How many hours I had devoted to (the idea) . . . that midnight
had toes, and that one of them, the big one, had been broken."
Dylan was voted in as an honorary member after Academy officials could
not decide whether to recognize him for songwriting or music. Instead
of choosing one, and joining the elite group of 250 regular members,
the Academy voted him in as an honorary member, an esteemed short list
that includes Meryl Streep, Woody Allen and Martin Scorsese.
"In 1983 the category of American Honorary membership was inaugurated,
to comprise not more than 15 persons of great distinction in the
creative arts whose work falls outside or transcends the Academy's
Departments of Art, Literature, and Music," Academy president Henry
Cobb said in a statement. "The members of the Academy have this year
elected to American Honorary Membership Bob Dylan � poet, composer,
musician, who has moved our culture with a consequence perhaps
unmatched by any artist of our time."
The Academy awarded a gold medal for the arts to novelist E.L.
Doctorow and the sculptor Mark di Suvero, and voted in artists Richard
Tuttle and Terry Winters, and writer Ward Just.
Dylan was the only honorary member announced at the ceremony.
Read more:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bob-dylan-skips-american-academy-of-arts-and-letters-induction-20130516#ixzz2TSyj6vmD
-gj
chris
May 16, 2013, 11:41:35 AM5/16/13
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On Thursday, May 16, 2013 10:36:01 AM UTC-4, Gemini Jackson wrote:
>
> And he was a no-show.
"I look forward to meeting all of you some time soon." bd
>
> And he was a no-show.
i'd be a no show too. and sad to think that, yes, sooner than later, bob will be meeting up with the greats.
even knowing that bob is an american icon, surely deserving of the accolades and the bday tributes and the cover bands and the 'buzz of bob'....i worry he's grown tired of it all, like nothing new under the sun.
beyond the stages, lies nothing.
gemjack
May 16, 2013, 11:52:24 AM5/16/13
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On Thu, 16 May 2013 08:41:35 -0700 (PDT), chris <cpyl...@aol.com>
wrote:
Maybe he needs a good woman. ...or a bad one.
-gj
wrote:
-gj
Tif
May 16, 2013, 12:08:32 PM5/16/13
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On May 16, 7:36 am, gemjack <geminijackso...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 16 May 2013 05:39:32 -0700 (PDT), chris <cpyle4...@aol.com>
> Read more:http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bob-dylan-skips-american-acade...
> -gj
Midnight with a broken toe is mythological proof, kinda, that time
in mind has feet of clay, and that a major reshuffling of its support
lines is taking place. Mind you, in the planetary and cosmic story
this ain't the first time Heart is scheduled to zap time out of
Mind. Right now it's a big time story, not the kind one would want to
ignore, yet many do.
And that's okay too. All is well and all is falling apart. Normal
stuff, kinda.
> On Thu, 16 May 2013 05:39:32 -0700 (PDT), chris <cpyle4...@aol.com>
> -gj
Midnight with a broken toe is mythological proof, kinda, that time
in mind has feet of clay, and that a major reshuffling of its support
lines is taking place. Mind you, in the planetary and cosmic story
this ain't the first time Heart is scheduled to zap time out of
Mind. Right now it's a big time story, not the kind one would want to
ignore, yet many do.
And that's okay too. All is well and all is falling apart. Normal
stuff, kinda.
Tif
May 16, 2013, 12:17:31 PM5/16/13
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These days, nothing new under the sun can be very good news indeed.
Ever heard the saying, 'no news is good news'? and how about 'nothing
is better than some thing with no heart'? That rings true to my ears
even if I am not a card carrying nihilist.
Shha shhush.
Tif
May 16, 2013, 12:21:54 PM5/16/13
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On May 16, 8:52 am, gemjack <geminijackso...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 16 May 2013 08:41:35 -0700 (PDT), chris <cpyle4...@aol.com>
Good or bad, she would need to know how to play chess above the board.
> On Thu, 16 May 2013 08:41:35 -0700 (PDT), chris <cpyle4...@aol.com>
gemjack
May 16, 2013, 12:46:43 PM5/16/13
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On Thu, 16 May 2013 09:08:32 -0700 (PDT), Tif <paste...@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Midnight with a broken toe is mythological proof, kinda, that time
>in mind has feet of clay, and that a major reshuffling of its support
>lines is taking place. Mind you, in the planetary and cosmic story
>this ain't the first time Heart is scheduled to zap time out of
>Mind. Right now it's a big time story, not the kind one would want to
>ignore, yet many do.
>
>And that's okay too. All is well and all is falling apart. Normal
>stuff, kinda.
So... you need to renovate your living room because Heart is touring
again? Their recent version of Stairway brought a tear to Mr. Plant's
eye, but I doubt to many here. We only like black artists, unless
they're not black enough, and white bands are ok, they all have at
least one good song. But anyone that likes them at all has no taste
in music period. True story, or rather 'non-fiction'.
-gj
wrote:
>
> Midnight with a broken toe is mythological proof, kinda, that time
>in mind has feet of clay, and that a major reshuffling of its support
>lines is taking place. Mind you, in the planetary and cosmic story
>this ain't the first time Heart is scheduled to zap time out of
>Mind. Right now it's a big time story, not the kind one would want to
>ignore, yet many do.
>
>And that's okay too. All is well and all is falling apart. Normal
>stuff, kinda.
again? Their recent version of Stairway brought a tear to Mr. Plant's
eye, but I doubt to many here. We only like black artists, unless
they're not black enough, and white bands are ok, they all have at
least one good song. But anyone that likes them at all has no taste
in music period. True story, or rather 'non-fiction'.
-gj
Tif
May 16, 2013, 2:00:20 PM5/16/13
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On May 16, 9:46 am, gemjack <geminijackso...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 16 May 2013 09:08:32 -0700 (PDT), Tif <pasterna...@gmail.com>
Heart goes on tour when mind gets restless but when it is the heart
that grows restless, mind gets to pounce on mice and men. Not a pretty
scene.
> On Thu, 16 May 2013 09:08:32 -0700 (PDT), Tif <pasterna...@gmail.com>
that grows restless, mind gets to pounce on mice and men. Not a pretty
scene.
gemjack
May 16, 2013, 3:12:57 PM5/16/13
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On Thu, 16 May 2013 11:00:20 -0700 (PDT), Tif <paste...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Coming full circle now, maybe a good woman will cure Bob's restless
heart, assuming he has one.
-gj
wrote:
heart, assuming he has one.
-gj
chris
May 16, 2013, 4:03:38 PM5/16/13
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On Thursday, May 16, 2013 3:12:57 PM UTC-4, Gemini Jackson wrote:
>
> Coming full circle now, maybe a good woman will cure Bob's restless
>
> heart, assuming he has one.
>
> -gj
oh yes, he has a heart, is it restless...hmmm..i think it be very lonely. bob has seen every kind of woman and probably tried every kind of woman (make a great song)...so yeah, a good woman who doesn't care about the 'game of bob' but only the human bob, would be very good for him.
>
> Coming full circle now, maybe a good woman will cure Bob's restless
>
> heart, assuming he has one.
>
> -gj
i don't know what i am, but, lol, i sure want nothing of the music game, and everything for the 'happy bob' human. i think human bob needs to resurface, and wonder if he remembers how.
ps, and bob, if ya need lessons on that, come on over and see me sometime ;-).
RichL
May 16, 2013, 5:41:18 PM5/16/13
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"gemjack" <geminij...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:hkr9p8d44k9d96ifq...@4ax.com...
> Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon gave the keynote
> address, appropriately titled "Rock & Roll," and laughed at how he was
> obsessed with the opening line to Dylan's "Chimes of Freedom," in
> which Chabon mistook the word "toll" for something else, The
> Associated Press reports.
>
> "'Far between sundown's finish an' midnight's broken toe,"' Chabon
> said. "How many hours I had devoted to (the idea) . . . that midnight
> had toes, and that one of them, the big one, had been broken."
I thought the same thing. It didn't help that the Byrds' version sounded
like "toe" as well.
news:hkr9p8d44k9d96ifq...@4ax.com...
> Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon gave the keynote
> address, appropriately titled "Rock & Roll," and laughed at how he was
> obsessed with the opening line to Dylan's "Chimes of Freedom," in
> which Chabon mistook the word "toll" for something else, The
> Associated Press reports.
>
> "'Far between sundown's finish an' midnight's broken toe,"' Chabon
> said. "How many hours I had devoted to (the idea) . . . that midnight
> had toes, and that one of them, the big one, had been broken."
like "toe" as well.
M. Rick
May 17, 2013, 5:22:52 AM5/17/13
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>The members of the Academy have this year elected to American Honorary Membership Bob Dylan poet, composer, musician, who has moved our culture with a consequence perhaps unmatched by any artist of our time.
The biggest cultural mover in rock music isn't Dylan. The biggest
cultural mover today is Kim Kardashian's ass and she doesn't even know
how to move it.
Brother Jumbo
May 17, 2013, 4:19:03 PM5/17/13
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On May 17, 10:22 am, "M. Rick" <insomniati...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The biggest cultural mover in rock music isn't Dylan. The biggest
> cultural mover today is Kim Kardashian's ass and she doesn't even know
> how to move it.
Speak for yourself.
>
> The biggest cultural mover in rock music isn't Dylan. The biggest
> cultural mover today is Kim Kardashian's ass and she doesn't even know
> how to move it.
M. Rick
May 17, 2013, 5:43:02 PM5/17/13
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> Speak for yourself.
Kourtney moves me more than Kim. I wouldn't mind probing and proding
her psyche. But Kim is the one who deserves the cultural accolades.
Kourtney moves me more than Kim. I wouldn't mind probing and proding
her psyche. But Kim is the one who deserves the cultural accolades.
Bernie Woodham
May 17, 2013, 6:12:17 PM5/17/13
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M. Rick
May 18, 2013, 4:06:38 PM5/18/13
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> You mean her:
> http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h2M_-BvrrQc/T668b0oZKuI/AAAAAAAAR-4/sqghbak...
Pregnancy fetish? Kourtney's already birthed her second baby. Kim is
due next.
> http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h2M_-BvrrQc/T668b0oZKuI/AAAAAAAAR-4/sqghbak...
Pregnancy fetish? Kourtney's already birthed her second baby. Kim is
due next.
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