Screen caps from my friend Dwight Thompson's appearance in the Rolling Stone video "Waiting On A Friend" (he's the one wearing the headband). It was shot on a stoop in the East Village, where we worked and hung out, and where Dwight lived. . .
Thefar right opposition has attempted to tar Barack Obama with a wide range of labels now. Left-wing, terrorist, America-hater, revolutionary, Muslim, radical, Arab, rookie, opportunist, and in the last couple of weeks, socialist. And in the desperate last 12 days to the election, some folks on the deranged right are using the word "communist." The communist accusation has recently gone mainstream, after earlier being largely confined to far right wacko blogs and web sites. The G.I.S. on Obama+Communist turns up 3,700,000 hits (a few of which direct to All This Is That).
Communist? You have to wonder what 1950's bomb shelter these morons have crawled out from. Now, blinking into the daylight after all these years, the best they can do is lob communist? I heard Mark Levin today go so far as to call him part of that communist sub-specialty--Stalinist!
Largely ignored this last week or so is the comprehensive--and damning--Rolling Stone article on John McCain's character, "Make Believe Maverick."I highly recommend you read this article if you are considering voting for John McCain. And if you're not voting for McCain, it's still worth a read, if only to confirm your inner wisdom and superior judgment of character!
An odd pairing, with Bob and the Stones around the turn of the century, playing one of Bob's greatest tunes.
Like A Rolling Stone, by Bob Dylan
Once upon a time you dressed so fine You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you? People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall" You thought they were all kiddin' you You used to laugh about Everybody that was hangin' out Now you don't talk so loud Now you don't seem so proud About having to be scrounging for your next meal.
How does it feel How does it feel To be without a home Like a complete unknown Like a rolling stone?
You've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely But you know you only used to get juiced in it And nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street And now you find out you're gonna have to get used to it You said you'd never compromise With the mystery tramp, but now you realize He's not selling any alibis As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes And ask him do you want to make a deal?
How does it feel How does it feel To be on your own With no direction home Like a complete unknown Like a rolling stone?
You never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers and the clowns When they all come down and did tricks for you You never understood that it ain't no good You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat Ain't it hard when you discover that He really wasn't where it's at After he took from you everything he could steal.
How does it feel How does it feel To be on your own With no direction home Like a complete unknown Like a rolling stone?
Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people They're drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made Exchanging all kinds of precious gifts and things But you'd better lift your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it babe You used to be so amused At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal.
How does it feel How does it feel To be on your own With no direction home Like a complete unknown Like a rolling stone? ---o0o---
