Dylan, Dylan, everywhere… : encore, encore, encore

Yet another example of Dylan in the ether – this week’s edition of The Sunday Times’ superior Culture mag has a cover feature on Factory Girl, the new Edie Sedgwick biopic, with a discussion of her Dylan link.

It’s newsworthy because of the Dylan angle. Surely. Without it, the film would hardly have the same pull – Andy Warhol and his pals have more limited appeal than Bobby Z. Not that I’ll be watching Factory Girl – at least not until it comes to free-to-air TV.

Thanks to several readers who’ve sent me notes about Simon Cowell (American Idol)’s comments on Dylan. I don’t know who he is or what it is. And I don’t want to know, either - life’s far too short to care what show biz celebs think about Dylan (or anything else, for that matter).


Gerry Smith