Likes Oh Mercy.

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…I might say “Mr. Tambourine Man” or “Highway 61 Revisited.” It all depends on which era you’re in. Of course, there’s the stuff you grew up with, and so I would’ve said “Mr. Tambourine Man” up until — and then “Blind Willie McTell” is his revival period, Infidels album. Then I like a lot of the stuff in Oh Mercy. Is it Man in the [Long] Black Coat? I’m afraid he’s been around too long. You really have to say what’s the best vintage Dylan? [laughs] What’s the best middle-period Dylan? What’s the best revival middle-period Dylan? What’s the best late period? If I had to choose one to be played while my corpse is being marched in its coffin down Bourbon Street or something, I would go with “Blind Willie McTell.” Why be so taken with the nation of Bhutan? There was a recent UN survey of happiness. Bhutan comes in 97th. There’s another recent paper ranking nations for negative affect: How much stress and hardship is in your life? Bhutan comes in 149th, which is not well at all. One time you wrote, “Bhutan conforms better than any other state to my criteria for national greatness.” Why not just protect Bhutan? It’s a failed state.…

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