Exploring and explaining some of the weirder moves in Dylan's career.

1. I SS HI T? ”
AT IS TH
“ WH
MAKING (SOME)
SENSE OF THE
NON SEQUITURS

2. SOY BOMB
[VIDEO: HALF-NAKED GUY
DANCES BY DYLAN AT 1998
GRAMMY AWARDS]

3. “ACNE” (1961)

4. “HEY, IT’S MAVIS
STAPLES!”
★ This was nominated
for a Grammy in
2003
★ Some things can be
explained. (Not the
Grammy)

5. JIMMIE RODGERS
MEETS THE CARTER
FAMILY IN TEXAS

6. WILL THE REAL BOB
DYLAN PLEASE
STAND UP

8. SELF PORTRAIT
★ 1970
★ “What is this shit?”
★ “Wigwam”

9. DYLAN
★ 1973: The revenge
of Columbia
★ In my opinion, the
worst
★ “Mr. Bojangles”

10. CHRISTMAS IN THE
HEART
★ 2009
★ Is this a joke? It’s
not for money
★ “Adeste Fideles”

11. A VISIT FROM ST.
NICHOLAS
★ Theme Time Radio Hour and sincerity

12. [MUSIC VIDEO FOR
“MUST BE SANTA”]

13. FILMS
★ “Dont Look Back”
★ “Eat the Document”
★ “Renaldo and Clara”
★ Documentaries
★ “Masked and Anonymous”
★ “I’m Not There”

14. ★ A dystopian
future
★ Blackface
minstrelsy
★ Lots of stars

15. [CLIP: JOHN GOODMAN
ARGUES WITH LUKE WILSON
ABOUT “DRIFTER’S
ESCAPE”]

16. SELLIN’ OUT
★ Cadillac Escalade
★ Victoria’s Secret
★ Pepsi
★ Apple iPod
★ “Pawn Stars” (?)

17. NEXT WEEK
★ Orpheus looks back:
Time Out of Mind,
“Love & Theft,” and
Modern Times
(and maybe Tell Tale
Signs)