“Inside the museum, infinity goes up on trial,” sang Bob Dylan in 1966. It took a while, but here we are.
In the 60s, Dylan didn’t like being called the voice of his generation, but it stuck. In 2023, Dylan is a catalogue sold to Universal for $300 million. He is a brand of whiskey and a Broadway musical. He has been played by Heath Ledger and Cate Blanchett, and, in an upcoming biopic, he will get the full Chalamet. He is an 82-year-old man who still tours the world for an audience that scrutinizes every change in the setlist. (Lately he’s been covering the Grateful Dead’s “Truckin’” and Chuck Berry’s “Nadine.”) He is a friend of Jimmy Carter’s and has been honored by Clinton and Obama.
