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There is meant to be nothing, really nothing, magical or
mystical about this month’s Freewheelin cover. There are no signs of
hobgoblins, muggles or boy wizards. Just a picture of Bob Dylan, hot
from the pool, hair dripping under a straw hat, using a tooth pick to
ease a stray piece of chicken from his teeth.
But hold a minute down there. What is just about to fly right over
Dylan’s head? Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a sister of the
creature that Dylan just had for lunch. Actually it’s probably the
most common image of the 21st century to date for it
currently appears on about 30 million coffee tables world wide. And
now it has landed on the cover of Freewheelin’! I did want the
creature to be sitting down but a mangy dog crossed the street and
wandered right into the scene. He barked a couple of times and the
bird just took flight.
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order of our remix is in the sad departure of Neil Watson from
Freewheelin’ and the arrival of Martin Stein with his assortment of
W’s. Now we have our own boy wizard! And what about Dylan’s lunch?
Well, perhaps he should have sexed it up with some sauce. Ah! But
what’s sauce for the goose………… |