tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8020282.post115129324679425510..comments2023-10-24T04:51:33.141-07:00Comments on Ash Tree: Rock StarsHenry Baumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09222144871856444411noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8020282.post-1158963595562834012006-09-22T15:19:00.000-07:002006-09-22T15:19:00.000-07:00the funniest thing to me about dylan the memoir is...the funniest thing to me about dylan the memoir is the way that he'll skip over huge events, but devote a full page to the details of a meal that he ate with his wife in 1982 or whatever. regarding the egomania: to my mind their personas are equally smug and nasty - its just that dylan is generally more sophisticated about it, whereas lennon is gauche enought to go around calling himself a "genius" and declaring his own great social significance. either way, thanks for posting that clip, it is hi-larious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8020282.post-1158951541146398212006-09-22T11:59:00.000-07:002006-09-22T11:59:00.000-07:00I side with Lennon. Dylan's so much more of an eg...I side with Lennon. Dylan's so much more of an egomaniac during this period--totally missing from his recent memoir. Lennon seems stoned and uncomfortable to me. Dylan's stoned and proud of himself. But that's what's amazing about this, that John Lennon--JOHN LENNON--could be so intimidated.Henry Baumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09222144871856444411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8020282.post-1158950968091883062006-09-22T11:49:00.000-07:002006-09-22T11:49:00.000-07:00clash of the smugs! inevitably, dylan wins. lennon...clash of the smugs! inevitably, dylan wins. lennon's whole passive-aggression thing reeks of jealousy, and who can blame him?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com