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...Bootleg Series is useless to all but the serious Dylan fan. Over the years, Dylan’s studio albums have evolved into institutions of their own—even that commercial joke and critical gaff, 1970’s “Self Portrait,” looms mythic in the catalogues of completists—and the Bootleg albums that deal explicitly with rarities and outtakes smack, to casual listeners, of revisionism and recycling. And to that same extent, those listeners are right. The man’s catalogue is simply too labyrinthine, too inscrutable, too fascinating...
...Charm Magic.”“There is now an Idiot’s Guide to Wicca and Witchcraft,” Mitchell said. “That’s how you know it’s come of age in pop culture.”MYTHIC EXPANSIONThe Folk and Myth committee offers three different options for secondary fields—Literature and Performance, Mythology, and Folklore.One of Tatar’s priorities as chair is to strengthen the Mythology secondary field, which is currently lacking an introductory-type class...
...Kerviel had allegedly cost his employer, Société Générale, $6.86 billion for uncovered transactions, more than just a financial scandal was revealed. The case was also concrete proof, should any have been needed, that the French no longer matched their mythic status as a profit-eschewing, socially minded alternative to the dog-eat-dog Americans...
...soon as Allison French (Renee Zellweger) shows up, Virgil's a goner; his love for the lady tests his and Everett's scruples. She wins Virgil's affections, then makes a play for Everett, who tells her, "You're with Virgil. So am I." In the mythic West, a man owes his ultimate loyalty to his friend. That kind of constancy is less complicated, since it requires no sexual fidelity, only putting your life on the line...
...Obviously, something beyond politics is happening here. We don't really know Palin as a politician yet, whether she is wise or foolhardy, substantive or empty. Our fascination with her - and it is a nonpartisan phenomenon - is driven by something more primal. The Palin surge illuminates the mythic power of the Republican Party's message since the advent of Ronald Reagan...