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katatonic
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posted August 14, 2009 07:09 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message

You're Bob Dylan? US police want to see some ID
AP

By WAYNE PARRY, Associated Press Writer Wayne Parry, Associated Press Writer – 25 mins ago

Rock legend Bob Dylan was treated like a complete unknown by police in a New Jersey shore community when a resident called to report someone wandering around the neighborhood.

Dylan was in Long Branch, about a two-hour drive south of New York City, on July 23 as part of a tour with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp that was to play at a baseball stadium.

A 24-year-old police officer apparently was unaware of who Dylan is and asked him for identification, Long Branch business administrator Howard Woolley said Friday.

"I don't think she was familiar with his entire body of work," Woolley said.

The incident began at 5 p.m. (2100 GMT) when a resident said a man was wandering around a low-income, predominantly minority neighborhood several blocks from the oceanfront looking at houses.

The police officer drove up to Dylan, who was wearing a blue jacket, and asked him his name. According to Woolley, the following exchange ensued:

"What is your name, sir?" the officer asked.

"Bob Dylan," Dylan said.

"OK, what are you doing here?" the officer asked.

"I'm on tour," the singer replied.

A second officer, also in his 20s, responded to assist the first officer. He, too, apparently was unfamiliar with Dylan, Woolley said.

The officers asked Dylan for identification. The singer of such classics as "Like a Rolling Stone" and "Blowin' in the Wind" said that he didn't have any ID with him, that he was just walking around looking at houses to pass some time before that night's show.

The officers asked Dylan, 68, to accompany them back to the Ocean Place Resort and Spa, where the performers were staying. Once there, tour staff vouched for Dylan.

The officers thanked him for his cooperation.

"He couldn't have been any nicer to them," Woolley added.

How did it feel? A Dylan publicist did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment Friday.

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GypseeWind
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posted August 15, 2009 03:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for GypseeWind     Edit/Delete Message
That's weird, they just played at our ball field I guess a month ago? So they must be doing a ball field tour?
I didn't get to go, but the price was very reasonable for 3 such large acts.
I watched the coverage on the local news, and was shocked how NOT crowded the concert was.
Just a reflection on the economy I guess.

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katatonic
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posted August 15, 2009 05:07 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message
the reason for the title of this thread is because joe strummer (in "the future is unwritten")tells a story on himself of HIS moment of coming back to earth, when a kid asked him who the clash were! there's a first time for eveyone!

combine the economy, the nutcases crowing in the streets and the fact that dylan hasn't had a major recording success in ?? years...

EVERYONE gets to be a has-been sometime!!

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T
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posted August 17, 2009 01:38 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for T     Edit/Delete Message
That's funny.

Also incredibly sad that people arent familiar with his music - or even him!

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Dee
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posted August 17, 2009 02:11 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Dee     Edit/Delete Message
Also there are a lot of younger people who know nothing of the time before they were born. The world begins with their birthday

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GypseeWind
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posted August 17, 2009 02:34 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for GypseeWind     Edit/Delete Message
Or you can get your own tv show like Gene Simmons, and capitolize on your has-been-ness. Kiss condoms???? okaaayyyy.
Nothing against Kiss, I always enjoyed them, for what they are, entertaining and some cool songs. But the last Kiss concert I saw was in like, I wanna say 2002, and the crappy seat price was well over a hundred dollars. I said I wouldn't pay it. My friends bought me the ticket because they really wanted me to go.

OR, an artist can get a tv show and capitolize on One-hit-wonder status, as I hear M.C. Hammer is doing.

Don't you love America?

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katatonic
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posted August 17, 2009 02:59 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message
kinda doubt we'll ever see dylan doing that kind of thing!!

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