He turns 60 Thursday, and it s not just his celebration, it s ours. Don t Look Back captures Dylan as the budding voice of a generation, a feline singer who smokes cigarettes and defines cool in a way that no American figure has before or since. He is bursting at the seams with ideas, energy, songs, revolution. His mind is sharp, challenging, singular, and his spirit erupts off the screen like Paul Revere, Marlon Brando, Martin Luther King Jr., you and me rolled into one teeming mass of artistry. You re not alone.
People are crazy and times are strange, indeed.
That is why it is my position that the great governor of Minnesota should stop talking about himself and other matters that nobody s interested in and get behind this Torchbearer Bob campaign. He should be hyping one of Minnesota s greatest natural resources. Honestly, I get goose pimples just thinking about it. We re going to a commercial break, and when we come back in 15 minutes, I ll have some thoughts on this travesty . . . I think Dylan would grab that torch and run like the idiot wind.