I am already starting to get chastised by all of Dylan’s fervent followers and fans, but I just wanted to clear up some thoughts on my previous post about Dylan.
Maybe I was too harsh on Scorsese. I just think he can and should do better. He has “been a great fan for many years” and, in my opinion, is biased and is putting a positive spin on Dylan. It isn’t horrible or over-complimentary, but it’s too peachy for me because it doesn’t really show Dylan for what he is.
Separating Dylan’s songs and Dylan as a person is important. It is very deceiving, but just because he is a great songwriter does not mean he is a great man. It is always better to be honest and open minded because you don’t want to end up worshiping an ass, like many people do. A lot of his fans worship him like a god. They confuse the greatness of his songs with the greatness of him. That could be a very costly mistake - especially if you idolize and try to be like an ass. They also incorrectly assume that since he wrote great songs, every song he writes is great.
To me, watching him in an interview is almost as annoying as listening to Tom Cruise.

Good morning, my name is Ugly, and I am a loser. I have it in me to do serious financial damage to my account.

Dear Diary,
NTES busted a nut today on its way to $100. One time in 2003, like a madman, I put over $100,000 into NTES, which was nearly 400% of my trading equity. Literally only minutes later the internet went down at my work (yes, I did it when I was working). Sounds like a nightmare, but it was actually one of my most profitable days.
NGS continues to rise.
UFPI looks good.

Thanks very much to everyone for the email and comments about my father. It was very kind and comforting. I even told him about it. He got out of the hospital today, but I do not know if he will get better. I hope so.

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I just finished watching the PBS special of Bob Dylan, directed by Martin Scorsese.
Bob Dylan is so full of sh@t. I wouldn’t trust one thing he says. I think he is very arrogant and pretentious. But don’t get me wrong, I think he was the greatest songwriter in recent history. I think of him sort of as Mozart in the movie Amedeus. Spoiled and selfish, but a genius. Once he got a lot of money and fame, most of his songs turned to sh@t, in my opinion.
It was great to see Izzy Young. He is the opposite - not full of sh@t at all. He is blunt and knows what he is talking about. I interviewed him once over the phone in Sweden - he agrees with me about Dylan. He is a nice guy.
Pete Seeger - what is he, about 100 now? I have also met and spoken with him a few times. He is a nice guy. It’s hard to dislike someone who loves Woody Guthrie so much. I’ve heard some people say they don’t like him because he is Jewish, but “tries to hide it.” He doesn’t really write anything, but sings a lot of good songs. He is very goodie-goodie, but I like him anyway.
Harold Leventhal is pretty cool. He is honest and not pretentious at all. He is a businessman. His business just happens to be folk music. I spoke with him one day at the Woody Guthrie Archives. He told me about how he is the last living Westerner who has met Gandhi. He met him one day when he was stationed in India as a soldier. Gandhi would take one day of the week off from speaking. He would do it as penance. Anyway, this happened to be the day Harold came to see him. Gandhi would communicate to him by writing on a piece of paper.
In conclusion, Scorsese did a sh@tty job because he, like all the other biographers and fans, made Dylan out to be a hero. I guarantee Izzy Young gave Dylan hell, but you don’t see any of it on the show. I wish for once someone would show Dylan as he really is instead of how they want him to be. The best documentary on Dylan, in my opinion, is D.A. Pennebaker’s Don’t Look Back. Pennebaker also did Monterey Pop, which I have mentioned here before.

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Good morning, my name is Ugly, and I am a loser. I have it in me to do serious financial damage to my account.

Dear Diary,
I am at home in Ohio because my father is in the hospital.
See you next week.

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Good morning, my name is Ugly, and I am a loser. I have it in me to do serious financial damage to my account.

Dear Diary,
Today was an ugly day for the charts.
However, the craze for pork rinds has caused PORK to close at a new all-time high.
DEX looks really good.

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