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|    Pamela Brown to M. Rick    |
|    Re: The "Dark" songs written between Des    |
|    10 Jul 21 12:07:15    |
      From: pamelajfk1@gmail.com              On Saturday, September 10, 2016 at 2:58:14 PM UTC-5, M. Rick wrote:       > On Saturday, September 10, 2016 at 4:07:40 AM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:       > > Do you have examples of those you suspect?       > - number of Dylan items in one's possession       > - amount of money and time spent on Dylan       > - using the phrase "true Dylan fan" (or equivalent like "true Jew") to       distinguish the enlightened from the rest       > - obsession with Dylan's personal life       > - Dylan shrines or pictorial displays around the house       > - notion that Dylan is the messiah and/or Jesus       > - notion that Dylan is a prophet sent by God       > - notion that Dylan stands alone among the history of the world's artists       > - religious and moral rationalizations for idolatry       In other words, a state, or, in my case, it seems a world, of Utter       Dylerium...Everywhere I go I see or hear a quote from one of his songs...       The only possible remedy is to (only temporarily, of course) completely       withdraw from all things Dylan and focus on music of others, until sanity       gradually reappears...       I suggest:       Mozart       Metallica       Nirvana       AC/DC       Bruce Springsteen       Mahler       The Beatles       Songs of faith (we have KTIS in the Twin Cities)       Early blues, such as Robert Johnson       Elvis Presley       Donovan (my late husband played and recorded with him |
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