Robert Spencer — the director of Jihad Watch and an estimable Dylan fan — makes a Bob reference at the beginning of a post dealing with the horrific topic of female genital mutilation and its intersection with Islam.

Also, don’t miss his latest enlightening piece in the continuing series at Hot Air: Blogging the Qur’an: Sura 2, “The Cow,” verses 75-140

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The offensive against al-Qaeda in Baqubah continues. Who got away and who didn’t? Michael Yon has the indispensable perspective from ground level.

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Did someone mention Bob Dylan? His newest tour is three dates old. Noteworthy items, going by the tales at Bill Pagel’s page, are new arrangements of Moonlight and Shelter from the Storm. Dylan is continuing his approach of playing guitar on the first few numbers, and then going to the keyboard for the balance of the set.

Very positive reviews in the press of his concert last night in Pennsylvania are here and here.
And click here to read about the 42 unsuspecting Dylan fans caught in the police crackdown at that same gig. Be careful out there! And be good.

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Thanks to Don W. for the e-mail on this: Charlie Daniels was honored today with the Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service, in recognition of his long dedication to entertaining American troops stationed in hot spots throughout the world. Click here for the article.

In addition to visiting troops at bases in Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, Korea and elsewhere, Daniels started Operation Heartstrings in November 2005. The program to date has donated 100 Gibson guitars, as well as drums, keyboards, microphones, and more than 13,000 pieces of musical accessories to deployed servicemembers.

A CD and DVD set of some of Charlie’s recent performances in Iraq is being released tomorrow. Amazon link below.

And click here to read a previous post from this website about the relationship between Bob Dylan and Charlie Daniels.

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And in other music news: Click here to visit YouTube and see a video of the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens, in a panel discussion from 1989, speaking approvingly about the idea of executing Salman Rushdie for his writings and — specifically — wishing that he could partake in burning Rushdie alive. (H/t: LGF.)

Ooh, baby, baby, it’s a wild world
It’s hard to get by just upon a smile

Ain’t that the truth.

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