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For Sale Mar 31, 2026 at 5:46 PM

‘Extremely rare’ Bob Dylan draft lyrics discovered inside Allen Ginsberg book

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‘Extremely rare’ Bob Dylan draft lyrics discovered inside Allen Ginsberg book
the Guardian
‘Extremely rare’ Bob Dylan draft lyrics discovered inside Allen Ginsberg book
A torn page bearing Dylan’s lyrics for the 1967 song I’m Not There is set to go under the hammer in April when it could fetch £40,000
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Nothing2Special Mar 31, 2026 +22
Howl is such a good book
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rjmacready Mar 31, 2026 -31
Ginsberg was an empty headed beatnik dipshit and a pedo apologist. Howl sucks.
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pomod Mar 31, 2026 +18
He’s one of a handful of people that literally changed the 20th century’s zeitgeist.
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rjmacready Mar 31, 2026 -20
Whatever you say.
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Nothing2Special Mar 31, 2026 +3
reference?
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omniscientcats Apr 1, 2026 +5
Their entire comment history is full of arguing over all sorts of stuff. Seems like they just want to fight, they probably can’t even back up the wild statement in their previous comment
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counterfitster Apr 1, 2026 +1
Ginsberg was a huge supporter of NAMBLA.
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rjmacready Apr 1, 2026 -4
How exactly is it a "wild statement". It's well documented. Why are you defending it?
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omniscientcats Apr 1, 2026 +1
What about your second sentence? “Howl sucks”? I do consider that to be a wild statement.
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rjmacready Apr 1, 2026 -1
Literal whataboutism. Good strategy.
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omniscientcats Apr 1, 2026 +1
It isn’t whataboutism because it’s literally about what you wrote in your original comment. I think you need to look up what that word means before you go around using it…
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rjmacready Apr 1, 2026 -1
You started the f****** sentence with "what about" and proceeded to sideline objective pedophilia to make a claim about a subjective poem. That's textbook, jackass. You a big Polanski fan too?
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omniscientcats Apr 1, 2026 +1
Okay, if you want us to have this discussion down on that level, let’s do that. I have never, in my comment or anywhere else, defended Allen Ginsberg, which means you’re using false information and lies in your reply. What I will say, and this is completely unrelated to Ginsberg as a human being, is that Howl, as a work of art, is very good and very influential. An “empty headed dipshit” does not write poetry like that. But I suspect your view on beatniks is clouding your judgement.
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CrispyDave Apr 1, 2026 +1
Try looking it up it's well documented.
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Proxelies Apr 1, 2026 -1
I'll never understand how people are so giddy to look past his pedophilia. Disgusting f****** pig.
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CurtisKobainowicz Apr 1, 2026 +1
In a book owned by one of Dylan's friends. Doesn't bolster my hopes of finding a treasure like this in a thrift shop or old library stacks.
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MiseryIndexer Apr 1, 2026 -2
They're just Woodie Guthrie lyrics
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andymacdaddy Mar 31, 2026 -10
Were the lyrics as inaudible as he is today?
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rjmacready Mar 31, 2026 -33
If I were a billionaire, I would use my money to buy things like this and immediately destroy them as soon as the auction concluded.
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haloarh Mar 31, 2026 +3
Banksy energy!
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Nothing2Special Apr 1, 2026 +3
medium b**** energy
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mcmonky Mar 31, 2026 -15
Madonna’s pap smear
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