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President_dudley
May 23, 2017, 2:12:56 AM5/23/17
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On Wednesday, September 13, 1995 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Patricia Jungwirth wrote:
> 'Bob Dylan Plays Monopoly' - Bob Dylan and Friends - Assoul Records
>
> Many of us have been wondering just what he was going to do next. Well, here
> it is. A genuine breakthrough. 'We were just sitting around one afternoon
> with the Band, John (Lennon), George (Harrison) and Arthur (Brackets),
> wondering what to play when Rik (Danko) suggested we play Monopoly. Somebody
> turned the tape (recorder) on and bingo we realised we had a new album. Then
> bingo, we played Bingo.' Sounds simple, doesn't it? Yet genius such as
> Dylan's often looks simple. For example try reading out 'You have been
> assessed for street repairs, fifty dollars per house, one hundred dollars
> for each hotel' in quite the way Dylan stresses 'assessed' - here is all the
> angst of being a very dear landlord. In this of course he is ably supported
> by Harrison (George), who plays his 'Get Out of Jail Free' card
> magnificently, while the Band - Rik Danko (Mayfair, Park Lane), Robbie
> Robertson (Vine Street, Marlborough Street and the Electric Company), Garth
> Hudson (The Stations and The Water Works) and Levon Helm (Bass Guitar and
> Drums) are well on form. Only Lennon (John Lennon) seems out of place on
> Monopoly, wandering around the board refusing to pay rent, burning his
> money, and exhorting everyone to give up their property to form a Community
> Chest. But in the end it's Dylan's game, and you can't take away the moment
> when Rik Danko's little silver top hat lands on his Coventry Street Hotel
> and Dylan screams triumphantly 'Rent!'. A fitting climax to a rainy afternoon.
>
> from 'Rutland Dirty Weekend Book'
> first published 1976 by Eyre Methuen, London, 1976
> Copyright Eric Idle
Bob Dylan - Things Have Changed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9EKqQWPjyo
> 'Bob Dylan Plays Monopoly' - Bob Dylan and Friends - Assoul Records
>
> Many of us have been wondering just what he was going to do next. Well, here
> it is. A genuine breakthrough. 'We were just sitting around one afternoon
> with the Band, John (Lennon), George (Harrison) and Arthur (Brackets),
> wondering what to play when Rik (Danko) suggested we play Monopoly. Somebody
> turned the tape (recorder) on and bingo we realised we had a new album. Then
> bingo, we played Bingo.' Sounds simple, doesn't it? Yet genius such as
> Dylan's often looks simple. For example try reading out 'You have been
> assessed for street repairs, fifty dollars per house, one hundred dollars
> for each hotel' in quite the way Dylan stresses 'assessed' - here is all the
> angst of being a very dear landlord. In this of course he is ably supported
> by Harrison (George), who plays his 'Get Out of Jail Free' card
> magnificently, while the Band - Rik Danko (Mayfair, Park Lane), Robbie
> Robertson (Vine Street, Marlborough Street and the Electric Company), Garth
> Hudson (The Stations and The Water Works) and Levon Helm (Bass Guitar and
> Drums) are well on form. Only Lennon (John Lennon) seems out of place on
> Monopoly, wandering around the board refusing to pay rent, burning his
> money, and exhorting everyone to give up their property to form a Community
> Chest. But in the end it's Dylan's game, and you can't take away the moment
> when Rik Danko's little silver top hat lands on his Coventry Street Hotel
> and Dylan screams triumphantly 'Rent!'. A fitting climax to a rainy afternoon.
>
> from 'Rutland Dirty Weekend Book'
> first published 1976 by Eyre Methuen, London, 1976
> Copyright Eric Idle
Bob Dylan - Things Have Changed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9EKqQWPjyo
luisb...@aol.com
May 24, 2017, 2:16:40 AM5/24/17
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On Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 2:12:56 AM UTC-4, President_dudley wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 13, 1995 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Patricia Jungwirth wrote:
> > 'Bob Dylan Plays Monopoly' - Bob Dylan and Friends - Assoul Records
> >
> > Many of us have been wondering just what he was going to do next. Well, here
> > it is. A genuine breakthrough. 'We were just sitting around one afternoon
> > with the Band, John (Lennon), George (Harrison) and Arthur (Brackets),
> > wondering what to play when Rik (Danko) suggested we play Monopoly. Somebody
> > turned the tape (recorder) on and bingo we realised we had a new album. Then
> > bingo, we played Bingo.' Sounds simple, doesn't it? Yet genius such as
> > Dylan's often looks simple. For example try reading out 'You have been
> > assessed for street repairs, fifty dollars per house, one hundred dollars
> > for each hotel' in quite the way Dylan stresses 'assessed' - here is all the
> > angst of being a very dear landlord. In this of course he is ably supported
> > by Harrison (George), who plays his 'Get Out of Jail Free' card
> > magnificently, while the Band - Rik Danko (Mayfair, Park Lane), Robbie
> > Robertson (Vine Street, Marlborough Street and the Electric Company), Garth
> > Hudson (The Stations and The Water Works) and Levon Helm (Bass Guitar and
> > Drums) are well on form. Only Lennon (John Lennon) seems out of place on
> > Monopoly, wandering around the board refusing to pay rent, burning his
> > money, and exhorting everyone to give up their property to form a Community
> > Chest. But in the end it's Dylan's game, and you can't take away the moment
> > when Rik Danko's little silver top hat lands on his Coventry Street Hotel
> > and Dylan screams triumphantly 'Rent!'. A fitting climax to a rainy afternoon.
These days one cannot be too careful. It's only a matter of time before this resurrected irony is weaponized. Not clear who to outlaw first, but Monty Python seems like a good place to start. And this guy obviously has no business on a stage:
> On Wednesday, September 13, 1995 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Patricia Jungwirth wrote:
> > 'Bob Dylan Plays Monopoly' - Bob Dylan and Friends - Assoul Records
> >
> > Many of us have been wondering just what he was going to do next. Well, here
> > it is. A genuine breakthrough. 'We were just sitting around one afternoon
> > with the Band, John (Lennon), George (Harrison) and Arthur (Brackets),
> > wondering what to play when Rik (Danko) suggested we play Monopoly. Somebody
> > turned the tape (recorder) on and bingo we realised we had a new album. Then
> > bingo, we played Bingo.' Sounds simple, doesn't it? Yet genius such as
> > Dylan's often looks simple. For example try reading out 'You have been
> > assessed for street repairs, fifty dollars per house, one hundred dollars
> > for each hotel' in quite the way Dylan stresses 'assessed' - here is all the
> > angst of being a very dear landlord. In this of course he is ably supported
> > by Harrison (George), who plays his 'Get Out of Jail Free' card
> > magnificently, while the Band - Rik Danko (Mayfair, Park Lane), Robbie
> > Robertson (Vine Street, Marlborough Street and the Electric Company), Garth
> > Hudson (The Stations and The Water Works) and Levon Helm (Bass Guitar and
> > Drums) are well on form. Only Lennon (John Lennon) seems out of place on
> > Monopoly, wandering around the board refusing to pay rent, burning his
> > money, and exhorting everyone to give up their property to form a Community
> > Chest. But in the end it's Dylan's game, and you can't take away the moment
> > when Rik Danko's little silver top hat lands on his Coventry Street Hotel
> > and Dylan screams triumphantly 'Rent!'. A fitting climax to a rainy afternoon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnRbxIHi9zw
President_dudley
May 24, 2017, 3:57:11 AM5/24/17
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On Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at 2:16:40 AM UTC-4, luisb...@aol.com wrote:
> On Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 2:12:56 AM UTC-4, President_dudley wrote:
> > On Wednesday, September 13, 1995 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Patricia Jungwirth wrote:
>
> These days one cannot be too careful. It's only a matter of time before this resurrected irony is weaponized. Not clear who to outlaw first, but Monty Python seems like a good place to start. And this guy obviously has no business on a stage:
>
Thnaks, luisb, for your timely response.
> On Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 2:12:56 AM UTC-4, President_dudley wrote:
> > On Wednesday, September 13, 1995 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Patricia Jungwirth wrote:
>
> These days one cannot be too careful. It's only a matter of time before this resurrected irony is weaponized. Not clear who to outlaw first, but Monty Python seems like a good place to start. And this guy obviously has no business on a stage:
>
Please, if you will, don't involve either me or Patricia in the kind of internecine squabbling so popular on this board these days, and which i so dislike.
That said, i'm thinking that Eric's writing is *not* irony any more than the Monty Python oeuvre is irony. If anything, closer to farce.
I'll look it up and get back to you.
rdd
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tra3Zi5ZWa0
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[if i split like light refracted]
luisb...@aol.com
May 24, 2017, 10:18:42 PM5/24/17
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