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May 05, 2006
Dylan and dentistry
Yesterday, me and Bob Dylan took a trip to the dentist. Don't know if I would have made it through that appointment without him. There was something painfully appropriate about listening to "Master's of War" as novicaine was shot into my gums. Ah...people with masks...pain...fear... It's hard to resist making cheesy analogies between the numb consciences in that song and my numb gums. Ahh...here comes "A Hard Rain is Gonna Fall," ballad-like, piled-up with metaphors and imagery I can sink into, as I drift into music to escape my surroundings. It's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, 'n it's a hard...drill is gonna drill??? Wait!!! They're not numb after all. Eek!! Stop that drill!!! My mind moves to that awful country song (I cringe every time I hear those lyrics):
Well he stuck that needle down deep in my gum
And he started drilling before I was numb
It took her two more tries before she actually got my tooth numb. Ouch! I think the place that my insurance covers uses dental students, and this woman and her assistant weren't quite with it. They were very interested in talking about the latest gossip in the office. My inner musicologist comes to the forefront, pondering the non-imitative polyphony created by the soothing sounds of Dylan, the whiny overtones of the drill, and the bits and pieces of what sounded like quite a lurid story passing between the two women above my head.
They kept on dropping things in my mouth, and I couldn't quite figure out the sign language for "I'm going to gag if you don't get that piece of equipment out that I'm about to swallow."
Wait, I'm still here, and "Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" is over. No dentist appointment should last longer than a Dylan album. Ah, well, time to start over....How many roads must a man walk down...
Jo | By Tim and Jo | 10:28 AM
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