Inside Dylan's Brain

Rob pointed out a great breakdown of Bob Dylan’s mind as revealed by his XM satellite-radio program, Theme Time Radio Hour:

Here, by cataloguing the themes he has chosen for the episodes, the artists he has favored, and Dylan’s other preferences and quirks, Vanity Fair has constructed a revealing portrait of America’s most enigmatic musician.

Dylan’s Thoughts

As much as all the lists, I loved the elaborate illustration of them running through his hair, trailing behind him like ribbons. Click the pic to see the whole mind map.

Whitman Speaks!

Walt recommends that we, “read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life,” so I loaded up the audio book of Leave of Grass, and have been listening. I’m very excited to have just found http://www.whitmanarchive.org where there is (speculated to be) a recording of Walt from a wax cylinder recording among other great many things.

Walt Whitman’s voice:(?)
[audio:http://www.whitmanarchive.org/multimedia/America.mp3]

Walt Whitman