1.13.2006 |  I don't believe you! You're a liar!

posted by Jon
13:24 | SAY SOMETHING |



I woke up very early this morning to the sound of "Mr. Tambourine Man" - or at least a memory of it that had not left the confines of my brain for a straight two days. I recently bought Martin Scorsese's Bob Dylan documentary "No Direction Home" on DVD ($17.88 at Wal-Mart) and "Mr. Tambourine Man" is featured prominently throughout. It was a very well-made film, and I learned one or two things about Bob Dylan that I had not previously known. I like songwriters who understand humor. I think that you can't write a great song without some understanding of truth, and I don't believe truth can be thoroughly understood without a sense of humor. Bob Dylan is a very funny guy, and I respect him more for his songwriting than I did before I heard some of his killer one-liners.

Living at my parents' home in Blackman means that I don't have internet access and I don't have cell service. I am 80% isolated up there (I can still be reached on land-line, but only if nobody else in my family is using the phone). To keep myself busy I've tried to remain in the South County as much as possible, and for the time spent in Blackman, I rely on printed and other non-interactive media to keep myself occupied (spare for the moment the question as to whether or not this is the best use of my time, please). That includes Paste, music I get from various mp3 feeds, music I get from B&N or Central Square Records, 24, and DVDs of mostly the documentary or independent type.

Before "No Direction Home", I picked up the first two DVD sets in the Director's Label Series. Each DVD in the series profiles a director known primarily for their music videos. The series is very entertaining, and while Dylan's song has stuck with me longer than most of the songs featured in the series, I consider that to be a plus. No good song is good enough to plague your sleep. The Director's Label Series DVDs include interviews with each director, as well as the music videos, television commercials, short films, and clips from feature films that each director has created. I can't think of any of my friends who might be interested in this, except for maybe Luke and Mr. and Mrs. Mosley, but here it is - my stamp of approval.

I would apologize in advance to those of you who could not read three (four, if you count this one) paragraphs of text on a computer screen, but that would be dumb, because you aren't reading this.

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