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Totally agree, David. Judy On 14 October 2016 at 14:31, David Bircumshaw < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > I wonder what the odds are on Kenny Goldsmith getting it next year: > > http://dissidentvoice.org/2013/12/bob-dylan-and-plagiarism/ > > On 14 October 2016 at 14:19, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> One of the most absurd things was hearing actors on the radio trying to >> read Dylan's lyrics as 'poetry'. >> >> On 14 October 2016 at 14:07, Tim Allen <0000002899e7d020-dmarc-reques >> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> I don't really know what most of what you say below Sean has to do with >>> him getting the prize. You seem to be saying that he shouldn't get it on >>> moral grounds. I have no idea who 'the real' Bob Dylan is, any more than I >>> know who the real anybody is. The prize is for his work, and how deeply >>> important that work has been for so many people - it's got nothing to do >>> with him as a person. >>> >>> On 14 Oct 2016, at 13:12, Sean Carey wrote: >>> >>> The most ridiculous & an absurd choice Kent. A man whose quest for >>> profit knows no bounds. A man who plays the poor boy in the delta but is >>> rich beyond belief. A man who wrote Volume 1 of his autobiography with an >>> eye on the Nobel Prize. A man whose only honest interview was in Folkway s >>> magazine in the 1970s. A man whose political beliefs are totally unknown. A >>> man who has carefully cultivated a persona & paid little attention to his >>> adoring fans. A man who has done more touring than studio work. A man whose >>> finest work ended with "Blood On The Tracks". >>> >>> By no means the worst writer to win the prize but also another male >>> winner of same & there are many worthy females who have done a lot better >>> than "Tarantula". The first volume of his autobiography should have been >>> titled " Mom Pop and Apple Pie" as it totally avoided reality. The Dylan >>> biographers do not probe the man and to use Wilson's quip on Joyce's >>> biographer "Cain by Abel". >>> >>> Just my view but one grows weary of media humbug on Dylan now running >>> for 50+ years. >>> >>> sc >>> >>> Turn that frown upside down >>> >>> On Friday, 14 October 2016, Kent Johnson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> So is Dylan the most inspired choice the Nobel committee has ever made, >>> or the most ridiculous one? >>> >>> (It has to be one of those.) >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> David Joseph Bircumshaw >> >> The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html >> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw >> Tumblr: http://zantikus.tumblr.com/ >> twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave >> blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/ >> > > > > -- > David Joseph Bircumshaw > > The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw > Tumblr: http://zantikus.tumblr.com/ > twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave > blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/ >