On one hand, it requires a good deal of pluck to try covering a song by Bob Dylan, the veritable reigning Pope of Folk-Rock-Contemporary Singer-Songwriters. On the other, there is the matter of his nasal twang not being everyone’s cup of song-listening tea. …they bring all that sensibility to bear zeroing in on an aspect of ‘It Ain’t Me, Babe’ that Dylan, tangled up in the blues and recriminations of his failing relationship, couldn’t bring himself to find. Couple that with the sheer magnitude of Dylan’s musical catalog, chock-full of provocative commentary and soulful balladry on the great social, political…
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I hear ya, Bro. Not much about the world you see in front of you has seemed quite right from the beginning. Adults have drilled into you at every turn that you have to be honest, patient and kind, take turns, not be greedy, don’t cheat or steal or think you’re better or more deserving than anyone else. Practice the Golden Rule, don’t prey on those weaker, keep your promises, honor your commitments. But it seems everywhere you look, venality and aggression, vulgarity and dishonesty rule the day. Film stars, politicians, coaches, corporate titans, clergy and teachers knee deep in…
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If there’s one thing we know about the American electorate, it’s that we simply abhor “boots on the ground.” Trade embargoes, naval blockades, sudden kidnappings, targeted assassinations, torpedoed boats, bellicose warnings of worse yet to come—a good portion of us are jittery and suspicious for all that, but the larger voting public, much of it minimally informed as it tends to the demands of daily life, tends not to get apoplectic. But to contemplate American boots on anyone’s ground but our own, our sons and daughters sent into harm’s way on foreign soil—nope! We’re against it, to the tune of 62%…