It may be neither here nor there, but this report from the Kilkenny Advertiser on Dylan’s show in Ireland the other day sounds jarringly akin to something the North Korean News might print if Kim Jong Il ever put on a rocknroll show:

He opened with a very good version of ‘Maggies Farm’ followed by a magnificent rendition of ‘She Belongs To Me’ and ‘Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum.’ The crowd showed their appreciation of the excellent song arrangements and his use of the harmonica in particular when he sang the classic ‘Lay, Lady, Lay.’

The highlight was undoubtedly their performance of ‘Highway 61 Revisited.’ They finished the main set with ‘Masters of War’ and ‘Summer Days.’ Dylan and band received a great applause of approval when they came back on for the encore to sing a brilliant version of ‘Like a Rolling Stone.’ To complete a good Dylan exhibition true fans showed their appreciation when he finished with ‘All Along The Watchtower.’

Still to be preferred to dismissive cynicism, I guess, but, well …

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