W. Niederhut

Yo, Matt, what year did you graduate from Brown? (I was in the class of '79.) As for this dumpster fire of a thread, I'm still incredulous that any JFKA researcher would doubt, in 2020 no less, that the FBI and CIA conspired to withhold evidence from the Warren Commission.

Yo, Pamela, I've been meaning to ask you for some time -- since you and the great Leo Kottke both hail from Minneapolis. Pardon my impertinence. Are you, perchance, the same Pamela Brown who once jilted young Leo Kottke? Kottke used to sing a song called, Pamela Brown, with a chorus; I guess I owe it all to Pamela Brown, all of my good times, all of my roaming 'round. One of these days I might be in your town, and I guess I owe it all to Pamela Brown.

I've never paid much attention to pop music "rankings" during the past 60 years-- at least since the days when "Fun, Fun, Fun" was competing with "She Loves You-- Yeah, Yeah, Yeah" on our local KIMN transistor radio station in Denver--but as a long-time Dylan impersonator I'm, frankly, astonished that this would be his first #1 on Billboard (whatever that is.) Geez... think of all the utterly ingenious, ground-breaking songs the guy has written through the years-- everything from Blowing in the Wind, Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, and Like a Rolling Stone to Knockin' on Heaven's Door and the Blood on the Tracks album-- Tangled Up in Blue, etc. I wonder if the Byrds or Peter, Paul, and Mary recorded some pop #1 Dylan covers along the way.

Speaking of Presidential risk management, folks, here's a fascinating Vox interview of Big Short author Michael Lewis on the subject of his latest book, The Fifth Risk. Michael Lewis explains how the Trump administration puts us all at risk of catastrophe Trump’s botched coronavirus response isn’t the first time his administration has put Americans at risk. And it won’t be the last. https://www.vox.com/2020/4/7/21209887/coronavirus-covid-19-michael-lewis-the-fifth-risk-trump-administration-catastrophe April 7, 2020

Well, this is creepy, but not surprising. I remember feeling a bit shocked by the total collapse of the rule of law in New Orleans after Katrina. Reasons to be cheerful, Part Six... 😟 Burglaries, Thefts Up More Than 75% In Major Cities Amid Coronavirus Lockdown https://www.zerohedge.com/political/burglaries-thefts-more-75-major-cities-amid-coronavirus-lockdown

I have my own acronym for those conservative nut sacks. I call them the SCROTUS-- the Supreme Court Republicons of the United States. It's the plural of SCROTUM. We can all thank the SCROTUS for such 5-4 scrotum scratching debacles as Bush v. Gore, Citizens United, and Shelby v. Holder.

I think Ron Unz should routinely post James DiEugenio's articles from Kennedys and King at the Unz Review. Unz seems to be mainly interested in publishing material about "untold history" and the mythology promoted by our U.S. mainstream media-- our "American Pravda," as he calls it.

I'd call it poetic folk justice. I don't agree with Dylan pounding the guy's head on the sidewalk-- which can cause a traumatic brain injury or even death--but some guys deserve to get their asses kicked, especially if they harass or threaten someone's wife.

Something about this "Fortitude Ranch" story* made me think of that line by Frederich Nietzsche-- "In heaven, all of the interesting people are missing." Not sure I would want to survive the Apocalypse up in the hills with a bunch of right wing, "survivalist" wack jobs. I'd rather take my chances with my fellow "loony libs" here in metro Denver. * Mysterious Colorado Doomsday Shelter For When "Law & Order Breaks Down" Sees Spike In Interest https://www.zerohedge.com/health/mysterious-colorado-doomsday-shelter-when-law-order-breaks-down-sees-spike-interest

There are so many flaws in your argument that one scarcely knows where to begin. The autopsy data is merely one "tree" in the "forest" of forensic and historical evidence in the JFK assassination case. It's an important tree in a vast forest of data. Firstly, J. Edgar Hoover shut down a proper investigation of JFK's murder shortly after Oswald's arrest-- declaring, "We've got our man." Correct? How did that deeply flawed Hoover decision impact the proper collection and evaluation of the evidence in the case? Secondly, a vast array of the eyewitness evidence from Dealey Plaza was suppressed and altered "en route" to the rigged WC hearings, and multiple key witnesses were murdered. Correct? Thirdly, a great deal of the FBI data was deliberately altered and suppressed-- e.g., the delayed placement of Oswald's fingerprints on the Carcano, the botched labeling and spectroscopic analysis of the bullets and bullet fragments, etc. Why were William Sullivan and several FBI lab personnel offed before their Congressional testimony? Why did Hoover wiretap the WC hearings? As for the CIA, why was James Angleton seen (by Ben Bradlee) rifling through Mary Pinchot Meyer's apartment and confiscating her diary the day she was murdered? Would you consider that a withholding of evidence by the CIA? Why did former OSS Psy Ops Chief C.D. Jackson purchase the Zapruder film and lock it up for 12 years? Would you consider that a withholding of evidence by the Old Friends of Allen Dulles? Wouldn't you concede, at the least, that Dulles worked overtime to insure that the WC "arrived" at the pre-arranged "Lone Nut" narrative of the assassination? Furthermore, why did the CIA issue an executive order in 1964 directing all agency personnel do whatever was necessary to promote public acceptance of the WC narrative?

My two biggest concert blunders. 1) When I was in high school, I passed on a chance to hear an obscure piano player from New York for $5 at Denver's small "Ebbet's Field" bar/club down on 15th and Curtis. I decided to play handball at the YMCA that night instead. The guy's name was Billy Joel. 2) Passed on a chance to hear a cheap concert by a punk band from RISD at the Pembroke campus during my sophomore year at Brown. (I was a folk musician and a Dead Head at the time.) It was the Talking Heads.

I don't know if it was David Geffen, but it has to rank among the worst managerial blunders in music history. And what's worse -- the Jefferson Airplane was the lead act on that episode of the Dick Cavett Show. Joni Mitchell sort of got lost in the shuffle-- instead of starring at Woodstock.

I'm no expert, by any stretch, but I agree with Ron Ecker on this one. The Joint Chiefs and NSC people (Bundy, Rostow, et.al.) certainly knew from their staff meetings that LBJ disagreed with JFK's interest in getting out of Vietnam and de-escalating the Cold War. The fact (?) that LBJ ducked as his limo entered Dealey Plaza implies that he knew JFK was slated for execution, but also indicates that he, himself, didn't necessarily trust the executioners.

Never heard that one. Dave Van Ronk complained that Dylan used his arrangement of "House of the Rising Sun" on his original Columbia album. You may be thinking of that story.

Second verse... How many times must the Zapruder film roll, before we admit it was a plot? How many fake books must Bugliosi pen, before we admit he was a sot? Yes'n how many payoffs must the major networks bank, before we admit that they were bought? The answer, old sports, is blowing out your shorts. The answer is blowing out your shorts.

I would also like to hear Mr. Lifton's answer to my question on Page 1 of this thread. Does he really believe that Allen Dulles and J. Edgar Hoover did not conspire to alter and withhold evidence from the Warren Commission? I find that hard to believe.

I read about that Dylan Woodstock story somewhere. A related story is that Joni Mitchell was advised by her manager to skip Woodstock because she had a pre-scheduled appearance on the Dick Cavett Show (with the Jefferson Airplane.) (Incidentally, honorable mention for the greatest cover songs in history should go to Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's cover of Joni Mitchell's plaintive electric piano ballad, Woodstock.)

Great post, David. I've always loved Jerry Garcia's renditions of Deep Ellum Blues-- including the live (DAT) recording in '87 of the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band. (Incidentally, I think the best Jerry Garcia old timey acoustic album ever was the Shady Grove album he recorded with David Grisman shortly before his untimely death.)

My question. Why did the entire Senate (including Sanders and Warren) and the Democrat-majority House sign off on this deal? Think of the things that they could have done with that $500 billion-- e.g., public works/jobs programs for the unemployed!

There's a new used paperback copy of Homothug for sale on Amazon today for... get this... $499.89! Time to sell your paperback, if you own a copy. (WTF? Is Rudy G. buying these extant copies?)

Here's my song concept for Gerald Posner-- sung to the tune of, "Blowing in the Wind." BLOWING OUT YOUR SHORTS How many lies must a Lone Nutter tell, before you call him a l-i-a-r ? How many clues must he refuse to peruse, before we say his pants are on fire? Yes'n how many times must the witnesses die, before we say they conspired? The answer, old sports, is blowing out your shorts. The answer is blowing out your shorts.

IMO, Hendrix's version of All Along the Watchtower is the greatest cover in history. That Reprise 45 rpm of All Along the Watchtower was the first Hendrix recording I ever heard back in the day. I probably played that 45 a thousand times.

I noticed that A.J. Weberman's paperback, Homothug, is listed at $898.87 on Amazon. That has to be some kind of an Amazon record price for a paperback. Must be a bad joke. Meanwhile, although I generally deplore violence, I kind of admire Bob Dylan for personally kicking the crap out of Weberman in the Bowery. 🤪

I always fancied myself a "Dylanologist," but it would be more accurate to say that I was a Dylan impersonator. When I was in high school and college back in the 70s, my folkster friends and I idolized Bob Dylan, and we used to play a lot of his songs in our folk/blues repertoire. Anything by Dylan was considered unquestionably cool. I played guitar and used a Bob Dylan-style harmonica holder. Since I'm sheltering-in-place today, and my fellow Dylan fans are crawling out of the word work, I just posted another one of my favorite old Bob Dylan cover songs at Soundclick. This one was written in August of 1963, just three months before JFK was murdered. https://www.soundclick.com/music/songInfo.cfm?songID=14018631

I can't speak for Mr. DiEugenio, but I have studied his work in some detail. It accurately describes a vast array of historical and forensic data about JFK's assassination and the ensuing cover up of the Crime of the 20th Century. It's a "forest," and the autopsy material is one tree in that forest-- a premise with which Bob Dylan, himself, would, doubtless, agree. Dylan's dirge seems to incorporate a broad array of the JFKA research. As for the WC conspiracy, are you suggesting that Allen Dulles and J. Edgar Hoover (with assistance from Gerald Ford) did not conspire to withhold critical evidence from the WC, and actively intervene with the "investigation," to "conclude" that JFK was assassinated by a Lone Nut with a Carcano rifle? As I recall, Dulles opened the WC "investigation" by erroneously telling the Commission that all Presidential assassinations in U.S. history had been committed by Lone Nuts. I think it was Hale Boggs who replied, "Wasn't there a conspiracy in Lincoln's assassination?"