Fantastic! I thought I would just have the interview playing in the background while I was multitasking, but I soon dropped everything to savor every word. I couldn't even make it through the whole thing without opening up my file of critical notes on Dylan and adding this sparkling gem from Nina: “He has taught us how to live in the completely precarious space of what is real and what is not. People say to me, ‘Bob Dylan is such a fraud.’ And I say, ‘Right on!’ He is the most extraordinary fraud. He has brought authenticity to fraudulence in a way that no artist ever has.” Nailed it!
Excerpts from the OED definition of "incompatible": "incapable of being held together"; "mutually intolerant"; "incapable of existing together in the same subject"; "discordant, incongruous, inconsistent." Yep, sounds about right. Thanks Nina and Erin!
Some interesting insights and assertions! Blonde on Blonde and Wesley Harding as incompatible in their very approach! For my recent analysis of the references to Thucydides in the early "literary autobiography" in Chronicles, see here: https://pomocon.substack.com/p/bob-d-on-thucydides
What a brilliant discussion! I love the deconstruction of Jim's fan/scholar dichotomy. I was laughing and my synapses were firing simultaneously.
Yes, it was quite an intriguing discussion although I would still like the chance to rebut!
Thank you, Rob! You’re too kind. I had so much fun talking with Nina. I’m glad you enjoyed it. Perhaps we should give Jim time for rebuttal. 😉
I've deconstructed enough Dylan in front of fans and scholars to know the dichotomy is all too real!
Fantastic! I thought I would just have the interview playing in the background while I was multitasking, but I soon dropped everything to savor every word. I couldn't even make it through the whole thing without opening up my file of critical notes on Dylan and adding this sparkling gem from Nina: “He has taught us how to live in the completely precarious space of what is real and what is not. People say to me, ‘Bob Dylan is such a fraud.’ And I say, ‘Right on!’ He is the most extraordinary fraud. He has brought authenticity to fraudulence in a way that no artist ever has.” Nailed it!
Excerpts from the OED definition of "incompatible": "incapable of being held together"; "mutually intolerant"; "incapable of existing together in the same subject"; "discordant, incongruous, inconsistent." Yep, sounds about right. Thanks Nina and Erin!
Thanks, Graley! Isn’t Nina fantastic and insightful in every way? It was my pleasure to spend that time with her.
Some interesting insights and assertions! Blonde on Blonde and Wesley Harding as incompatible in their very approach! For my recent analysis of the references to Thucydides in the early "literary autobiography" in Chronicles, see here: https://pomocon.substack.com/p/bob-d-on-thucydides