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July 01, 2006

Been Busy

Everything's all blending together. Scanning blogs, reading "The Epic of NYC," cudgeling together cartoons for executives, thinking about how "Jams Run Free" is the best Pavement song of this decade, sketching (badly), playing guitar while my cat rests his head on my thigh, watching the TiVo of Scorsese's "No Direction Home." It's all passing by so quickly, and I have thoughts once in a while. Once in a while I connect the dots, and I can see the Wizard behind the curtain. Or maybe it's the Wizard--maybe it's a trickster prince. I dunno. Bob Dylan tells Joan Baez how he doesn't know what he's writing about. He doesn't know what it means, and he asks her to explain it to him. One thing he does know is that "they" will be trying to explain what it means for years afterward. Lou Reed tells somebody why he can't be what people expect him to be--he's just passing through. Bob Dylan's 1966 British fans express disappointment at his constant morphing and shape changing. Ray Davies is telling me how we are creatures of little faith, even after he got shot in the leg. Stop whining. My fortune cookie says to accept the fact that I can't be number one--be content with my lot in life. You can worry -- or trust that ultimately, all is fine! I keep wanting to record these thoughts, but I can't stop to take notes. Relax. Let it go. Good night.

Posted by timothompson at July 1, 2006 01:42 AM