One of my favorite Dylan performances — that’s him on piano, too . . .
I wrote a short story inspired by this song:
Available in this collection — Fourteen Western Stories.
A WESTERN MOVIE STILL FOR TODAY
Via Laura Wagner . . .
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IN THE DAYS OF ’49
I’m not getting nostalgic or anything, but the days of ’49 — damn . . . those days . . .
Oh, my goodness.
THE WRITER’S LIFE
BOOK NEWS
The paperback edition of my book Fourteen Western Stories is not selling very well, so I’ve raised the price to $10.99, because I’d rather have it not sell at a relatively high price than not sell at a bargain price. Amazon, however, is discounting the new price by 20%, to $8.79, which is only $1.80 more than the old price. And so it goes.
The Kindle edition of the book continues to sell well at $2.99. You can read it on a Kindle, of course, but also on Amazon’s free Kindle reading apps, which work on almost all computers and portable devices.
Check it out.
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A JOHN LA GATTA FOR TODAY
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FICTIONAL WORLDS
When I was writing my Western stories I felt fit and optimistic — all those big skies and wide open spaces, all that moving around on horseback, cheered me up, even when the stories were grim. Now, writing about the dark underbelly of Los Angeles in 1954, I feel shabby and paranoid, unhealthy and in constant need of a drink. I hope this one will go quickly, before I need rehab.
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GIRL WITH BEATLES RECORDS
Via Human Faced Dog . . .
A STANLEY KUBRICK PHOTOGRAPH FOR TODAY
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CHET
Photographed by William Claxton.
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WE ARE THE WORLD
If you don’t think Dylan is a great singer, listen to what he does with this ditty . . .
BEAR HUG
My fried Paul Pearson informs me that this was taken in Canada during the River Of No Return shoot.
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WHEN I FALL IN LOVE
BARBARA BARBARA
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WHAT I’M SPINNING NOW
This is not even one of Sinatra’s greatest Capitol albums, and yet it is a transcendent masterpiece.