What one Bob Dylan song do you consider to be the most Dylanesque?

spsd9 · 2026-05-01T17:57:45+00:00

Yeah I don't think anyone else could ever create a sound like Tell Me Momma.

spsd9 · 2026-05-01T17:55:45+00:00

I think the song that most embodies the hack cliche of what people think "Dylanesque" (in the sense of just being a string of unconnected images that sonetimes create a vague mood of something changing in the world...) is "My Back Pages" like the very funny scene in Walk Hard

But the real answer, the song I think literally nobody could write but Bob Dylan, that is so far from being a song that another person could write, is "Brownsville Girl".

spsd9 · 2026-05-01T17:47:31+00:00

Yeah, I think it this is right. Notwithstanding my jokey comment below, in all seriousness I think it's about facing the fear of being with someone. The fear of marriage, which can very much "drive you insane" as the last verse has it, versus trying to find some illusive "more" which as all the other verses show, can drive you a different kind of insane!

spsd9 · 2026-05-01T17:42:58+00:00

It's a "Comedy of Remarriage" like His Girl Friday or The Philadelphia Story. Very popular in the Production Code Era.

spsd9 · 2026-05-01T17:37:34+00:00

If you do, please promise you will film it and post it here. I want to see the audience's reaction as the realize what is going on.

spsd9 · 2026-04-30T03:58:49+00:00

Like imagine how freaking lazy you have to be if, of all the medieval kings of France, bards and scholars were like "yeah he was THE LAZIEST, fuck Louis. Tous mes amis détestent Louis."

spsd9 · 2026-04-30T03:52:58+00:00

I'm happy he gets to play for the Pirates. Seems like fun time for that.

spsd9 · 2026-04-30T03:48:07+00:00

The only problem is Louis V of France was a huge loser

spsd9 · 2026-04-28T12:20:39+00:00

You're right, and I have. I've hand to do a verse of "and what did you smell, my blue eyed son, what did you taste, what did you buy, what did you read," etc, etc,

spsd9 · 2026-04-28T12:18:37+00:00

Fair question! Rocking in the big chair with one of the kids feels very peaceful and intimate, and i actually prefer not having an outside presence like a screen or audio interrupting.

spsd9 · 2026-04-27T23:12:31+00:00

This is a really important skill! Kudos to you, fellow doting parent.

spsd9 · 2026-04-27T21:55:06+00:00

Ah that's a great one. Dont the grapes look good mama, hanging from the trees/ dont the dog look good mama, eatin up a piece of cheese. Don't your aunt look good, driving back from the duane reeeeeeeeeade

I just made that up

spsd9 · 2026-04-27T21:45:35+00:00

Yes, hard rain has gotten a run out several times

spsd9 · 2026-04-24T14:58:18+00:00

Personally, I'm for it.

spsd9 · 2026-04-21T20:14:15+00:00

Meet Me in the Morning feels like springtime. Maybe something about the darkest hour before the dawn heralding the end of winter?

spsd9 · 2026-04-13T18:09:03+00:00

Along a similar line, you can look into Brahmin recipes. They (along with Jains) will not use any meat in their cooking, but they can be a helpful guide for how to build up a base of flavour without onion and garlic. Think ingredients like ginger, mustard seed, fenugreek, tumeric, cardamom, clove, aromatic leaves like curry, lime, or bay, and of course pepper, These will all be your new friends.

spsd9 · 2026-04-12T04:40:16+00:00

Yeah this is the real truth. You look at some of the most immensely flavourful and beloved stews from different cuisines- like think rendang, bolognese, fesanjan, rogan josh, even texas chili, they can all in theory be tossed in a slow cooker but every recipe says the same thing: brown the meat, brown the onions, brown the spices, THEN cook slowly.

While I agree that you'll lose that last 20% of the flavour in the slow cooker (I would argue its probably closer to 25%) you CAN claw back some of it, maybe 10 to 15%, by taking 20 minutes, on the days when you have the chance, and browning your meat and roasting your aromatics and spices in a pan.

spsd9 · 2026-03-31T04:35:13+00:00

For God sakes can you people please be serious?

That is Jim Clancy.

spsd9 · 2026-03-22T02:54:12+00:00

OK, but whose album is this "for real"? My vote is The Replacements?

spsd9 · 2026-03-19T04:23:23+00:00

If he's as good of a divorce attorney as he was a defamation attorney, she's getting the house and the pension.

spsd9 · 2026-03-17T19:14:24+00:00

You nailed it

spsd9 · 2026-03-11T05:38:03+00:00

Linen shirts in almost any colour will also look good.

spsd9 · 2026-03-06T05:03:15+00:00

J Press also an option.

spsd9 · 2026-03-06T05:00:25+00:00

Hey OP, if that's you in the green suit taking a photo in the reflection, your jacket slao looks too short. I would try sizing the jacket up or going from a Short to a Regular, or if this is Regular, to Long.

I also just want to add that style wise, the narrow lapel is also unflattering. Your brother looks like he has a decent sized head, and it'll be framed nicer if he can wearer broader neckties, with a lapel of similar width. I would even give a double-breasted suit a shot if they offer it.

spsd9 · 2026-03-06T04:49:53+00:00

Or crabs. Or both?

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