Positively Fourth Rate

Nick Gillespie | May 25, 1999

"If you look through what has

been written about Bob Dylan in

the past thirty-odd years, you

notice a desire for him to die

off," writes Alex Ross in a long

disquisition on the Maestro and

"the informal discipline of

Dylanology" in the 10 May issue

of The New Yorker.

While The New Yorker famously

(and falsely) prides itself on

fact checking, it once again got

it all wrong: If you look

through what has been written