Happy birthday, Bob Dylan, from your friends in the world of “respectable journalism.”
A “never before heard interview” Bob Dylan did with biographer Robert Shelton is being touted as “a revelation,” and “extraordinary.” (Hear via the BBC at this link — and thanks very much to reader Jay for that.)
On the tapes, recorded in 1966, Dylan claims to have had a $25 dollar a day heroin habit at one time, and also claims to have kicked it. He also talks about how he would consider killing himself by shooting himself in the head or jumping out a window.
We are told that there is already a plan to make a film based on these tapes. Unbelievable!
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