It’s 4:20 am for my friends in Belgium.  It’s far more friendly for my friends in Canada.

An eight-hour flight yesterday from Frankfurt, Germany to Toronto.  Rishi and I laughed a lot and said light and airy things to each other.

And then there was Bob Dylan.  Air Canada offered “A Complete Unknown”, the new movie about a young Dylan breaking into the music scene in New York City.  Oh … I loved it.  The actor playing Bob was brilliant and he sang the classic songs so well.

I was enthralled as I watched people listening to Dylan’s songs for the first time, folks who were stunned by the power of his lyrics.  Songs such as “Blowin’ in the Wind”, “The Times They Are A-Changin'” and “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right”.

The most jolting scene was at the Newport Folk Festival of 1965.  Dylan came onstage with a band backing him, and him playing electric guitar.  Sacrilege!  I watched many in the audience booing the musician they had revered, some even throwing food.  The courage of the man!  Turning folk music traditions upside down – and damn the consequences.

There’s a battle outside and it’s ragin’
It’ll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin’

Thank you, Air Canada

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I’m too tired to keep going.  I learned a lot about shirts today, and about rental cars.  To be unfolded tomorrow.

Goodnight, everyone