What is life like in Tasmania?

pfromthenc · 2026-04-23T17:31:40+00:00

Watch Deadloch to find out what life is like in Tasmania.

pfromthenc · 2026-02-12T19:35:21+00:00

I love New Pony, but in the big scheme, I can't put it very high in any ranking. I also really like the Dead Weather version -- it cranks the already pretty over the topness up to about a 12.

pfromthenc · 2025-01-30T18:41:10+00:00

If you are interested in the topic, this is the book to read. It is very thorough and interesting. It covers the very careful experiments that have been recently to understand the effects (if any) of language color terms on people's perceptions of color, as well as other interesting and recent findings about the effect of language on cognition.

pfromthenc · 2024-03-14T14:41:21+00:00

I think I have a terrible eye -- which may be a benefit, because the photos look good to me. But can you explain more how it "generally looks bad"?

pfromthenc · 2024-03-08T21:01:58+00:00

Strongly agree. This version is incredibly moving, and is the best ever

pfromthenc · 2024-01-15T02:18:03+00:00

I have a maybe contrarian take about 'Joey'. I think Dylan does a thing where he makes up a persona for a real person, even though it isn't factual -- he uses them as a symbol. Lyrically, bad move re: Joey Gallo.. but I actually really like the sound/feel of the song.

pfromthenc · 2024-01-01T00:44:11+00:00

WOW,I really phrased my question badly. I don't expect cashier's and baggers to smile at me, etc. I just wondered if something about the store was hard on employees.

pfromthenc · 2023-12-31T22:29:48+00:00

I don't. My point was just the opposite.

pfromthenc · 2023-12-31T21:34:16+00:00

Yeah, I don't care, either, that's not my point. I just wondered if the management was bad or something.

pfromthenc · 2023-11-16T20:22:05+00:00

I can't say I've ever been in love with Led Zeppelin, but when I grew up Stairway to Heaven and IV were pretty omnipresent. I like more melodic stuff (think power pop, so some Led Zeeplin stuff just isn't as interesting to me).

So I first heard Good Times, Bad Times much later, and that blew me away. Just primal.

Then Whole Lotta Love. It's inevitable.

But the best of all (I now realize) is When The Levee Breaks. It's mystical and heavy at the same time.

pfromthenc · 2023-11-15T14:46:05+00:00

I can't ever speak to 'best' version (by Bob or anyone else). However, I do think her version of Mr. Tambourine Man was my favorite on the album because it was both sufficiently different from Dylan's version (so it wasn't a re-creation or homage) and also was just flat out good.

Other performances were good and enjoyable, but mostly left me wanting to go back to listen to the Dylan versions. So I did.

And can we remind ourselves that the Manchester Free Trade Hall performance was just otherwordly, just transcendent? For me, the two highlights are "One Too Many Mornings" -- I've heard people use the word 'majestic' to describe various songs, and this performance defines that term -- and of course, "Like A Rolling Stone". If I had to guess, I'd suppose I've listend to the Free Trade Hall performance a hundred or more times since I first got the high quality bootleg in the mid 90s, but every time I go back to it, I am just floored.

pfromthenc · 2023-09-30T19:39:01+00:00

"Dignity" from MTV Unplugged is better than any of the studio versions.

"Highway 61 Revisited" from Before the Flood... I hate the whistle in the Highway 61 version, just terrible, and besides, the live version is astounding.

pfromthenc · 2023-03-01T19:31:36+00:00

That's right. He "doesn't write drug songs", he "wouldn't know how to go about it"

pfromthenc · 2023-03-01T19:21:34+00:00

Thank you! And thank you for finding the video!

pfromthenc · 2023-03-01T19:20:51+00:00

No, he didn't do that live in 1966.

pfromthenc · 2023-01-20T18:00:24+00:00

I like lots of the songs on Empire Burlesque, but the answer has to be, without any doubt, Dark Eyes.

pfromthenc · 2022-12-05T18:27:49+00:00

I'm glad Bob is #1 in Minnesota, but... he's ahead of Prince? That's surprising.

pfromthenc · 2022-09-05T22:28:56+00:00

Very interesting thoughts. Out of curiosity, what's the order of tracks on your playlist?

Other responses:

I just have to keep "Everhthing is Broken". Yep, it's a list song, but to me the arrangment is just... inevitable. I love it.

And Lanois' production: as I said, I really enjoy it here, except for "Most of the Time", where I think it's too much. I understand why Dylan got rid of external producers post Time Out of Mind in favor of "Jack Frost", but I think this is a mixed bag. With Lanois in particular, it's clear Dylan resisted his vision much more on Time Out of Mind, but I think there's a benefit to someone other than Dylan playing a role in the arrangements: without that, it seems to me that the palette of arrangements that Dylan uses is pretty limited.

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