Tag Archives: Bob Dylan

Foolish Notions

Posted on August 1, 2006 by John

for Bob Dylan Youth’s rebellions dissipate; brave destiny succumbs to fate. One morning you find it’s too late to join the revolution. One’s high ideals sink in the mud; mountain retreats recede in flood. The fire that once burned in … Continue reading →

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Listening to Acid While Dropping Bob Dylan

Posted on June 15, 2005 by John

The clocks were running, so no one could catch them I saw tennis games canceled because of no love There were clowns on the corner who couldn’t stop laughing And birds who were dying because of their singing The lights … Continue reading →

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Just a Quick Thought on Tragic Heroism

Posted on October 11, 2004 by John

As a singer-songwriter born in the 60s and raised in the 70s and 80s, I suppose there are two major shadows under which I labor: I refer to the long shadows cast by Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen. I am … Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan

Posted on September 11, 2003 by John

There is something boiling on the stove’s gas-driven flame Coffee, tea or chai, to me they taste about the same My cup overfloweth, and I won’t say whose to blame Each of us has demons that we must conquer and … Continue reading →

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Ballad of the Undertown

Posted on August 27, 2003 by John

Now, Councilman Zeb Davis says that tourists are the way to save this town. Never mind the unemployment and the high school where the scores are going down. And the factories that close? That’s an element we just don’t need … Continue reading →

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