As it will be Christmas soon...

...here's some music to get you in the mood: Twisted Sister singing "Oh come all ye faithful" and Billy Mack singing "Christmas is all around" ("...except, we changed the word love to Christmas").

Secret Geek A-Team Hacks Back, Defends Worldwide Web

This makes you think (and my apologies to Wired magazine for simply copying their title).

Tres faciunt collegium

As I'm über-enthusiastic about Dylan's upcoming European tour, this is my third Dylan-related post today. The following claims from You Know You're A Dylan Fan If... apply to me:

• you don't get tired of "Tangled Up In Blue" - even though you've heard it over 10,000 times


• you think polka-dots are cool and fashionable


• you take it personally when friends comment that Dylan can't sing


• practically anything someone says to you reminds you of the line of a song


• you divide music into four categories: 1) Dylan; 2) music that influenced Dylan; 3) music influenced by Dylan; and 4) crap


• you refer to him by nicknames (e.g., His Bobness, Bawb, Mr. Zimmy, The Dylanator, The Bobinator, Bob-o-rama, Uncle Bobby, Uncle Zimmy, Maestro, The Big "D", Mr. Zim, Brother Bob, The Bobster, Bob-a-roni, St. Dylan, God, Ludwig Von Bob, Leonardo de Dylan, Mr. Bobourine Man, Lucky, The Jester, The Boxer, Dr. Bob, My Man Bob, Elmer Johnson, Sir Bob, Alias, The Master of Song and Lyric, The Master, Master Dylan, Grand Master Dylan, Renaldo, The Zim-meister, Jim Nasium etc. ---- but you'd NEVER call him "Bill Dylan")


• you use at least one Dylan quote in every paper you write


• you can't understand why your friends don't like Dylan's music


• you can't figure out exactly what the line "My love is like some raven, at my window with a broken wing" means, but you know it sounds brilliant


• you have a copy of every Dylan concert you've been to

Ten improbable covers

The Rough Guide to Bob Dylan quite rightly says "what on earth were they thinking" about the following Dylan covers

1. The Chipmunks: Mr Tambourine Man


2. Burl Ives: The Times They Are A-Changin'


3. Jonathan King: Million Dollar Bash


4. James Last: Like A Rolling Stone


5. Cliff Richard: Blowin' In The Wind


6. William Shatner: Mr Tambourine Man


7. Nancy Sinatra: It Ain't Me Babe


8. The US Navy Steel Band: Blowin' In The Wind


9. Lawrence Welk: Don't Think Twice, It's All Right


10. Mae West: If You Gotta Go, go Now

Why did Wittgenstein attack Popper with a poker?

I don't know it, but I will soon, as I ordered the book Wittgenstein's Poker by John Eidinow and David Edmonds.

Bob in Basel

Bob Dylan honours Switzerland by visiting Basel on April 14th 2009 and Geneva on April 20th 2009, for details see the tour homepage. Here are some impressions form the last visit of his Bobness

EVAMAR II: The empire strikes back

Just have a look yourself (sorry, german only):

• Weltwoche 47/08: Die Unreifeprüfung
  
• Medienmitteilung EDK 13.11.2008