Many depart, however he begins: Bob Dylan’s enigmatic X (Twitter) account | Culture | EUROtoday

Get in place. Bob Dylan, 83, Nobel Prize winner in Literature and essentially the most influential English-language singer-songwriter in widespread music. One bored afternoon he grabs his cell phone, presses the X app (previously Twitter) and writes a message. Do you consider it? Well, it has been occurring since September to the astonishment of hundreds of dylanitas who would by no means have thought to see their idol concerned in social networks. There is little doubt that it’s the musician himself who presses the keys and writes messages which are each enigmatic and prescriptive. The determination to personally use your account additionally happens when there’s a important present of rejection of the corporate led by Elon Musk, one of many sturdy males of the re-elected president of the United States, Donald Trump. Many folks shut their X accounts (and a few media, similar to English The Guardian and spanish The Vanguard) and goes to different platforms, similar to Bluesky. And right here comes Dylan and begins his exercise on Musk’s social community. One extra instance of the need to go towards the present of the composer of Like A Rolling Stone.

But let’s get to the essential factor, the content material. Both direct and enigmatic messages lend themselves to debate. The final of them, on the shut of this text, occurred final Tuesday and belongs to the group of these of Bob recommends: “I recently saw Nick Cave at the Accor Arena in Paris and the song really impacted me.” Joy, the place he sings: ‘We’ve all had an excessive amount of disappointment, now’s the time for pleasure.’ I believed to myself: sure, that is proper.” Did Dylan actually attend a Nick Cave live performance as an viewers member and nobody discovered? Certainly, it will not be the primary time that the musician disguises himself to go unnoticed. The actuality is that Nick Cave was performing on the Accor Arena in Paris on November 17, the place he carried out the chilling Joy, that he truly sings these verses within the track and that Dylan had free that day and was close to the French capital: he ended his European tour on November 14 in London. The textual content receives 700 messages. One of them dares to recommend one thing to Dylan: “Bob, send a question to Red Hand Files [la sección donde Cave lleva años carteándose con sus seguidores]”. Lots of humor on that facet.

Another suggestion from the singer-songwriter, this time a film buff: “Nick Newman had responded to a tweet a few weeks ago in which he asked me what movies I would recommend. I told him to try human clawswith Lon Chaney.” Maybe Nick Newman is the English cartoonist. Or it’s attainable that he refers to Nicholas Newman, the fictional character from the American cleaning soap opera The Young and the Restless. And concerning the movie it may be famous that it’s a silent horror movie, from 1927, directed by the grasp of the style Tod Browning. Dylan works laborious and as a substitute of recommending Browning’s hottest movies (Dracula the Freaks) go for a extra unknown one, Human claws, Incidentally, considered one of Guillermo del Toro’s favourite movies. But what appears to curiosity Dylan is the American actor specializing in horror Lon Chaney, referred to as “the man of a thousand faces” for his capacity to rework himself with make-up and characterization. Like Dylan himself seeing Cave in Paris.

Let’s proceed. In one other tweet, Bob acts as a gastronomic prescriber: “The last time we were in New Orleans we ate at Dooky Chase’s restaurant, on the corner of North Miro and Orleans. If you ever go there, I highly recommend it.” From the chapter of look what occurred to me at the moment…we rescued this message: “At the Frankfurt hotel there was an editorial convention and all the rooms were occupied: there were parties all night. I didn’t know there were so many publishers in the world. I was trying to find Crystal Lake Publishing to congratulate them on publishing The great god Pan, one of my favorite books. I thought you might be interested in some of my stories. Unfortunately, there were too many people and I never found them.” Well, other than confirming that Bob enjoys the horror style (The nice god Pan, by Arthur Machen, is a necessary ebook for Stephen King), a message right here for Crystal Lake Publishing: Dylan is fascinated about providing you his tales, keep tuned.

Jesús Ordovás, one of many first Spanish journalists to publish a ebook concerning the creator of Blowin’ In The Wind (Bob Dylan, 1974), he says by telephone: “It seems like it’s typical Dylan sense of humor. “He has always liked these things.” Ordovás, who left For instance, he messes with those that earn cash after which there are testimonies that say that he actually likes cash and has a fame for being stingy. He has additionally criticized promoting lots and he has finished numerous it. Well, along with being a musical genius, he additionally has that different facet.”

It all began rather less than two months in the past, since till then the musician’s account was used just for promotional functions, to announce album releases and excursions. But on September 26, this textual content appeared: “Happy birthday, Mary Jo! See you in Frankfort.” Mary Jo? Who is that lady Dylan is relationship? Frankfurt? Did you get confused when typing attributable to lack of behavior and had been you referring to the German metropolis of Frankfurt? Wait: there’s a Frankfort, the state capital of Kentucky, so perhaps Bob did not get his fingers combined up. What isn’t recognized is Mary Jo’s identification. A consumer factors out: “My name is Mary Jo, but today is not my birthday.” [y adjunta un símbolo de tristeza]”. Ordovás doesn’t doubt: “Surely she is a girlfriend.”

Dylan has 452,000 followers on his The creator of Mr. Tambourine Man He is an absolute live performance addict. For years he has not stopped touring the world taking part in wherever, from pavilions to casinos. In 2023 he toured a dozen concert events in Spain. On that event, along with prohibiting cellphone entry to the venue, he didn’t carry out any of his basic songs and primarily based the repertoire on the fabric from his newest work, the superb Rough and Rowdy Ways (2020). During 2024 he has not stopped providing recitals. Last October, for instance, he added 16 performances. He closed his European tour on November 14 at London’s Royal Albert Hall, the place he carried out three nights. On this final tour he has carried out a few of his basic songs, similar to All Along the Watchtower, It Ain’t Me Babe o It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue.

In December a brand new movie centered on his determine can be launched, A Complete Unknown, directed by James Mangold and carried out by Timothée Chalamet. At the second, Dylan hasn’t tweeted concerning the movie…