Dylan wins Nobel Prize in Literature

really surprising, but well deserved. whatever you think of his body of work in musical terms, he's our greatest lyricist by a wide margin. i still enjoy reading his "lyrics-1962-1985," which work as poetry on their own terms.

highway 61 may have been the zenith of his songwriting, but blonde on blonde has always been my bitch--for my money it's his best-sounding, best sung and most organic. it's nice to be discussing him in the context of an honor as opposed to an RIP.