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malaise

(269,028 posts) Thu Oct 13, 2016, 07:05 AM Oct 2016

Way too cool

https://www.theguardian.com/books/live/2016/oct/13/nobel-prize-in-literature-2016-liveblog

And the winner is...

Bob Dylan “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”.

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Breaking - Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize for literature [View all] malaise Oct 2016 OP

wow! great choice! eShirl Oct 2016 #1

Absolutely fabulous malaise Oct 2016 #2

Some guy from Hibbing, Minnesota... saltpoint Oct 2016 #3

Is this his greatest album? malaise Oct 2016 #5

If you picked that one, you'd be right. If saltpoint Oct 2016 #6

The beautiful thing about that song is that even if you forget the lyrics, Buns_of_Fire Oct 2016 #13

LOL malaise Oct 2016 #15

Congratulations, Bob Dylan. gademocrat7 Oct 2016 #4

I've long outlived the older generation saltpoint Oct 2016 #7

I said something similar to an in-law recently malaise Oct 2016 #8

Agree, malaise. He found the authentic saltpoint Oct 2016 #9

One of the great songs of all time malaise Oct 2016 #10

No argument. Know a lot of folks saltpoint Oct 2016 #11

The entire planet will soon be singing this to Groper Don the Con malaise Oct 2016 #12

Yur durn tootin'. I especially love saltpoint Oct 2016 #14

Dedicated to Katrina Pierson malaise Oct 2016 #16

LOL! "And this one's goin' out saltpoint Oct 2016 #17

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah malaise Oct 2016 #20

As if 2016 could not get any weirder. AngryAmish Oct 2016 #18

Yes! Stinky The Clown Oct 2016 #19

That is wonderful! mcar Oct 2016 #21

K&R... spanone Oct 2016 #22

excellent news. nt retrowire Oct 2016 #23

Elephant in the room jeffreyi Oct 2016 #24

This makes me happy. I'm not sure I can explain why. fishwax Oct 2016 #25

How great! One fave: It Takes a Train flamingdem Oct 2016 #26