Tuesday, October 23, 2007

WAKING UP ON AN EASTERN WASHINGTON AFTERNOON IN FALL OF 2007 / LIKE A ROLLING KOAN REVISITED

















Talkin' World War III Blues

Some time ago a crazy dream came to me,
I dreamt I was walkin' in World War III,
I went to the doctor the very next day
To see what kinda words he could say.
He said it was a bad dream.
I wouldn't worry 'bout it none, though,
Them ol' dreams are only in your head . . .

. . . Well, I seen me a Cadillac window uptown
And there was nobody aroun',
I got into the driver's seat
And I drove down 42nd Street
In my Cadillac.
Good car to drive after a war . . .
(Bob Dylan, 1963)

Cadillac Escalade
(Bob Dylan, 2007)

Strange days indeed -- most peculiar, mama
(John Lennon, 1980)

Gallows humor

Bob talking about Cadillacs in James Dean’s voice -- Theme Time Radio -- Cadillac Episode

Like a rolling koan revisited.

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