Tangled Up In Blog

Trip to the Library

Since The Vegeenas were #1 in the regular season of my fantasy football league we had a bye this week. Since I wasn't glued to the computer pulling for LaDonkian to score his third touchdown of the game, Andy and I decided to go out and about in NYC. We visited the Morgan Library, which is having a Bob Dylan exhibit right now. The Bob Dylan exhibit was fantastic. There wasn't really any new information presented (for someone that's read two biographies and his autobiography) but it was really cool to see some of his guitars and handwritten lyrics. The exhibit also did a really nice job of contextualizing his work with timelines of events and newspapers from different years. The permanent collection at the library is also really cool...Morgan's personal library is awe-inspiring. It's nice because the whole library can be seen in 2-3 hours (and I read EVERY sign), so it isn't overwhelming.

After the library we had lunch at some crappy diner around the corner...Moonstruck or something...well while we were waiting for our food I was staring off into space and Andy asked me if I saw a celebrity or something the way I was staring and I was like, yeah, i'm sure tons of celebrities hang out at the moonstruck diner. So I got up to go to the bathroom and when I came back who was sitting behind Andy? Carson Kressley..the blond guy from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. I mean D list celebrity but celebrity none the less. So I guess I was wrong.

Labels: bob dylan, celebrity, NYC sights

posted by carolyn @ 12:24 PM 1 comments

National Treasure

When we lived in Louisiana, Andy and I saw Bob Dylan five times. For none of these tickets...one of which we were on like the tenth row, did we pay more than $50. Now all of a sudden Bob Dylan has turned into some sort of national treasure and the ticket prices have gone through the freaking roof. The new album has done really well, there was his autobiography Chronicles Vol. 1, the Scorcese documentary, an exhibit at the Morgan Library, all of this exposure amounts to prohibitive ticket prices. I think I should get some sort of credit for being a huge Dylan fan before it suddenly became fashionable again. He's playing one show in the city and the cheapest tickets are $89. There are two shows outside of the city, the cheapest seats $40 for third ring tickets in an arena. I'm used to seeing him in small theatres...so annoying! I know he did the minor league baseball stadium tour but the closest place he came to us was some town small town in upstate New York that was unreachable by train. Needless to say, I will not be seeing Dylan on this tour.

To respond to the comment on the previous post, yes The Office is the best show on television. Andy and I rewatched Thursday's episode last night...I think I laughed even harder this time around. If you don't find this show funny I have serious doubts about your sense of humor.

Labels: bob dylan

posted by carolyn @ 8:10 AM 0 comments