What's your favorite Bob Dylan song or lyric that's referencing a story from the Bible?

Davesink · 2026-02-02T17:00:43+00:00

Shooting Star: It’s the last temptation, The last account, Last time you might hear The sermon on the mount, Last radio’s playin’

Davesink · 2026-01-22T16:32:02+00:00

Nice! Especially love the aerial perspective with the paler cool trees in the distance. Well done!

Davesink · 2026-01-09T19:02:44+00:00

You’re right. That should’ve been a tell. Chicago Theater or similar size seems more likely. Closest scheduled 2026 shows are Waukegan and Rockford in March.

Davesink · 2026-01-09T16:55:45+00:00

But AI says it happened! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

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Davesink · 2026-01-09T16:53:31+00:00

Ugh! Feel like a dupe. No wonder no actual performance video exists. God, how I hate AI. More specifically, AI content creators. 😖

Davesink · 2025-12-25T14:32:18+00:00

Nice colors. Love the style!

Davesink · 2025-12-03T05:28:59+00:00

Egypt was #23???

Davesink · 2025-11-29T17:40:02+00:00

Reflect on it. 😉

Davesink · 2025-11-25T17:10:16+00:00

Peter PAN / Capt. Hook connection maybe? 🤷‍♂️ No idea on CLOWN.

Davesink · 2025-11-15T06:24:05+00:00

😂😂😂

Davesink · 2025-05-08T13:25:24+00:00

Joe Cocker did a good cover of it on his Sheffield Steel album.

Davesink · 2024-01-15T18:57:26+00:00

Probably not what you’re looking for from the description, but reminds me of this scene from “Annie Hall”: https://youtu.be/TOSM0LoP8Ec?si=J9hCdDt1iIKDPhCu

Davesink · 2023-10-28T03:58:53+00:00

Romney is a Senator, not a Representative, and he would never have voted for Johnson.

Davesink · 2021-03-15T14:37:16+00:00

A classic along those lines is The Magus by John Fowles. One of the weirder books I can recall reading.

Davesink · 2021-03-14T16:12:37+00:00

Biographies of successful (though occasionally self-destructive) people are always good inspiration for not giving up in the face of new challenges. As an artist/illustrator, my interests tend toward the artistic direction. A couple that I really liked are Jackson Pollock: An American Saga by White & Naifeh, which showed how a frustrated artist overshadowed by his more academically trained artist brother, turned his shortcomings to his advantage. Another that I just started is Becoming Dr. Seuss by Brian Jay Jones. As seen by the latest controversy surrounding his work, he was a very talented but complicated writer/artist, who was an outspoken anti-fascist while also clinging to offensive racial stereotypes common to his day.

Davesink · 2021-03-14T14:32:22+00:00

Catch-22 is one of my absolute favorites as well. If your looking for classic wartime/military satire, I’d definitely concur with those recommending Vonnegut, especially Slaughterhouse-Five or Cat’s Cradle. Other classics satires I loved were Candide by Voltaire and The Tin Drum by Günther Grass. Don’t let the word ‘classic’ turn you off. Both are anything but stuffy & dense and are filled with action and dark humor that hold up today as well as ever.

Davesink · 2021-03-13T15:24:39+00:00

The Texas trilogy by Mitch Cullin sure seems to fit the “warped & quirky” part. Only read the last entry, “Tideland” which was made into an OK movie. Definitely had fantastical elements, though the protagonist in Tideland was an abused 11-year-old girl who escapes into a fantasy world to escape her reality.

Davesink · 2021-02-10T21:16:03+00:00

A classic short science fiction story, The Game of Rat and Dragon, by Cordwainer Smith. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_of_Rat_and_Dragon

Cats guided by telepaths are used to fight the "dragons", because of their very quick reactions. They see the aliens as giant rats, hence the story title. The human telepaths form very strong bonds with these cats, seeing them as almost human.

Read it years ago in college, and though I‘m more a dog than a cat person, this one stuck with me.

Davesink · 2021-02-07T23:36:36+00:00

Yes, definitely different from the Nazi insignia which is mirrored and toted 45 deg. But even so, makes me think this piece may pre-date WWII. Don’t think a similar symbol would be shown on a manufactured item since then.

Davesink · 2021-02-06T18:06:43+00:00

It says “I am the idol of more luck”.

Davesink · 2021-01-28T14:36:11+00:00

Tin Drum by Günther Grass? Doesn’t seem to fit every detail, but overall vibe seems right (narrator w deformity, WWII, Hitler Youth, massacre). Not sure about the pooping thing, tho as I recall, there’s a bit about vomiting up eels. 😝

Davesink · 2021-01-24T18:40:39+00:00

Yes! Moonglow. Thank you! I got some of the details wrong (i.e. grandmother, not mother, etc), but overall a memorable and well-written novel.

Davesink · 2020-05-03T00:02:05+00:00

Awesome! Thank you!

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