Mon, 17 Aug 2009

The Freewheelin’, Unrecognizable Bob Dylan

Gosh, I guess I really am "old school". When did we turn into a country whose police could randomly stop anyone strolling down any street and demand "Ihre Papiere, Bitte!". Does the photo show Krakow in 1940 or New York in 2009? You decide. I can't seem to tell anymore.

“How does it feel?” Bob Dylan wondered back in 1965, to be on your own, “like a complete unknown.” Now he knows. Two police officers in their 20s asked Mr. Dylan, 68, to provide identification as he took a stroll through Long Branch, N.J., last month, The Associated Press reported.

(link) [New York Times]

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