Wait – did Eric just post a new blog entry?
I assumed he was having too much fun in Alaska to keep up with his blog ;-).
Some good stuff. Posted today:
The Voxtrot song “Brother in Conflict†came on today. The last line of the song caught my attention. Ramesh Srivastava sings — screams, really, several times: “I had to lose my idols to find my voice/ lose my idols to find my voice/ lose my idols/ to find my voice.†Appropriate for someone who channeled Morrissey in early songs.
It reminded me of the Bob Dylan song/spoken word piece “Last Thoughts of Woody Guthrie.†Dylan performed this at New York Town Hall on April 12, 1963.
It’s a eulogy, but not for Guthrie, who was still alive at this point. Dylan obvious owed a great deal of his early work to Guthrie. This was Dylan saying goodbye to that influence and moving on to something new.
