Why Bob Dylan’s Nobel prize win blurs the cultural line
WHEN the Beatles first visited America in 1964, having just topped the charts for the first time and with fan hysteria already well established, Paul McCartney was asked by a reporter where he saw the group’s music in Western culture. “You must be kidding with that question,” McCartney shot back. “Culture? It’s not culture.” What is it then? the reporter asked. “It’s a good laugh,” said the singer. That’s all popular music was back...
Bob Dylan still silent on Nobel literature prize win
More than 24 hours after awarding Bob Dylan the Nobel prize for literature, the Swedish Academy said Friday they had still not managed to speak to the reclusive US singer. “The Academy has spoken to Dylan’s agent and his tour manager,” the Academy’s chancellor Odd Zschiedrich told AFP. But as yet they have not spoken directly to Dylan himself, he said. “It’s happened several times — even in...
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