Bob Dylan on why the South is different

from the Times Online:

It must be the Southern air. It�s filled with rambling ghosts and disturbed spirits. They�re all screaming and forlorning. It�s like they are caught in some weird web – some purgatory between heaven and hell and they can�t rest. They can�t live, and they can�t die. It�s like they were cut off in their prime, wanting to tell somebody something. It�s all over the place. There are war fields everywhere � a lot of times even in people�s backyards.

Read the rest to find out Dylan’s thoughts on Barack Obama, U.S. Grant, and the ghosts that Elvis say. You can also hear “Chicago After Dark,” a track from his new album.

Thanks to The Falcon.

Meanwhile, here’s a Dylan interview with Bill Flanagan that The Guardian thinks is better than the album.

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