Bob Dylan Is Having a Hollywood Moment. . .Here's some comments afterwards

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Bob Dylan Is Having a Hollywood Moment. His No. 1 Hater Is Ready. - The New York Times

Bob Dylan Is Having a Hollywood Moment. His No. 1 Hater Is Ready.

A.J. Weberman sifted through the prophetic singer’s trash in search of meaning. He turned on him as a sellout and has spent decades trying to reclaim him for the counterculture.

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A.J. Weberman went from being one of Bob Dylan's keenest fans to his nemesis. With the popularity of the film "A Complete Unknown," Weberman is now seeing a renewed opportunity to advance his anti-Dylan agenda.

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Bob Dylan Is Having a Hollywood Moment. His No. 1 Hater Is Ready.

A.J. Weberman sifted through the prophetic singer’s trash in search of meaning. He turned on him as a sellout and has spent decades trying to reclaim him for the counterculture.

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Hieronymus Berk

If I didn't have Facebook, i wouldn't be reading this

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John Fitzgerald Miles

What?

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James Renz

Ha. A "garbologist." A Dylanologist with an advanced degree? Or perhaps similar to a phrenologist?

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Tim Phelan

Ah, the guy who went through Bob's garbage can and recorded conversations with him. Strange dude.

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Michael Sokolowski

I have a cassette somewhere of Bob completely owning Weberman in a passionate confrontation.

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John Zakrzewski

"You don't need a Weberman to know that what he claims, blows."

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Charlie Mehrmann

Bob once jumped and decked him 

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Tj Cadman

I thought he died years ago.

A sad, lonely inadequate…. With mental health issues that have guided his forlorn path for most of his miserable existence. … 

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Devin Bret

I talked to that guy once. He went to Michigan State in the '60s. He popped into a Bob Dylan group once... I chatted with him about his days at Michigan State where I went.

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Richard Lecomte

Never heard of her.

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Rita McCord

Where in the world is the eye rolling react emoji?!

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Carlo Fortunato

A Jewish antisemite. They actually exist. He was evicted from the last club he owned for not paying the rent.

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Jesus Rangel

Not reading

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Bryan Brun

Is he senile?

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Steve Halsted

Who cares what he thinks?

This is not newsworthy!

Stop giving these cranks any attention.

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Mark Allan Johnson

Garbologist.

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LaVonna Casey

A. J. Who?

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Catherine Adams

This guy is a stalker, final answer!

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Bill Faulkner

Tell him to live his own life and not live through Dylan’s

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Henry J. Bernstein

Can we not do this?

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Paul Archer

I've been playing a game with myself, trying to come up with the worst name for AJ but I'm not that creative

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David Moynihan

Is he your Dad?

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Cathy Masserana-Panzini

Boo boo!!!!!

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Sandy McCroskey

“Bordering on madness”?!

No, firmly ensconced in it.

« He played Dylan’s records backward and claimed to hear certain messages, like “Don’t expose me” concealed in the obscure song “Time Passes Slowly.” »

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Cris Breining

Facebook, please give us a Who Cares button

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Eric Greene

Why is the Times giving this guy any exposure??

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Karen Lipps

Anti-Dylan…agenda… Feh!

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Brian Dobney

He's not that different from all of us on here. and it was because of him a lot of the early bootleg tapes got out. I have his telephoned tapes with Dylan, they are interesting.

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Louise Carpino

Who is this freak and why do you think people care? Why give him a platform?

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Pj Levine

nice to see the NYT tackling all those important stories..."all the news that fits"

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Ike Nahem

Why would the NYT revive this fool?

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Rodger Mullen

He's still nuts. No wonder Dylan is so secluded and secretive. He probably has to deal with a lot of A J. Webermans.

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Jason Whittle

Absolute clown.

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Tim Wall

Wow I have reevaluated , this guy is dead on. lol. What a joke.

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Stephen King

I had a feeling this guy was unstable and dangerous. Please make him stay away from Bob.

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Jorge Simões

A sad figure...

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Matt Love

Jeez I thought he was dead. Disappointed.

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Rebecca Duncan

What a crackpot. Why is anyone giving some stalker this kind of attention? What is wrong with the NYT?

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Jack Silverman

He’s a putz!!!

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Mark Thomas

Crazy character.

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Lauren J. Cook

A.J. Whackjob

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Kevin Ferron

Why am I not surprised that some weirdo that used to rummage through Dylan’s trash and laundry is still holding onto his weirdo obsession.

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Sandy McCroskey

He also beat his wife.

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Alan Harper

This guy is a total raving lunatic, Bob himself had to kick his butt, and he did. he rates zero press.

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James Robert Sherman

My cousin met this clown in NY around 2007. Says he's a full on total loon.

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Ryan Cormier

Sounds like fun.

“At a recent showing of “A Complete Unknown,” the new Bob Dylan biopic, a cheerful group of young women settled in to watch the delicately handsome Timothée Chalamet impersonate the singer.… 

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John Zakrzewski

Amazing, this buffoon is still around?

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Scott Pélzél

This guy is an idiot, he was always an idiot.

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Psychopath, criminal, boorish

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Dawnelle Shrawder

This idiot needs to be in jail before he pulls a Mark David Chapman.

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