If Wilhelm Reich is the Moses who has led them out of the Egypt of sexual slavery, Dylan Thomas is the poet who offers them the Dionysian dialectic of justification for their indulgence in liquor, marijuana, sex, and jazz.

While S.K. did not like Dylan Thomas, I liked his poems very much, but I made the mistake of telling Dylan Thomas so, whereupon he said to me, `` I suppose you think you know all about me ''.

Like the pillars of Hercules, like two ruined Titans guarding the entrance to one of Dante's circles, stand two great dead juvenile delinquents -- the heroes of the post-war generation: the great saxophonist, Charlie Parker, and Dylan Thomas.

Now Dylan Thomas and Charlie Parker have a great deal more in common than the same disastrous end.

A poem by Dylan Thomas, a saxophone solo by Charles Parker, a painting by Jackson Pollock -- these are pure confabulations as ends in themselves.

* Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet

Dylan Marlais Thomas ( 27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953 ) was a Welsh poet and writer whose works include the poems, " Do not go gentle into that good night ", " And death shall have no dominion ", the " play for voices ", Under Milk Wood, and stories and radio broadcasts such as A Child's Christmas in Wales and Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog.

5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Swansea, birthplace of Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas was born in Swansea, in Wales, on 27 October 1914, to David John Thomas ( 1876 – 1952 ), a teacher, and Florence Hannah ( née Williams ) ( 1882 – 1958 ), a seamstress.

Thomas ' father chose the name Dylan, which could be translated as " son of the sea ", after Dylan ail Don, a character in The Mabinogion.

Dylan Thomas Theatre, home of Swansea Little Theatre

Dylan's legacy as the " doomed poet " was cemented with the publication of Brinnin's 1955 biography Dylan Thomas in America, which focusses on his last few years and paints a picture of him as a drunk and a philanderer.

David Thomas in Fatal Neglect: Who Killed Dylan Thomas?

Caitlin Thomas ' autobiographies, Caitlin Thomas – Leftover Life to Kill ( 1957 ) and My Life with Dylan Thomas: Double Drink Story ( 1997 ), describe the destructive effect of alcoholism on the poet and to their relationship.

William York Tindall, in his 1962 study, A Reader's Guide to Dylan Thomas, finds comparison between Thomas ' and Joyce's wordplay, while he notes the themes of rebirth and nature are common to the works of Lawrence and Thomas.

* Dylan Thomas: Volume I — A Child's Christmas in Wales and Five Poems ( Caedmon TC 1002 – 1952 )

* Dylan Thomas: Volume III — Selections from the Writings of Dylan Thomas ( Caedmon TC 1043 )

* Dylan Thomas: Volume IV — Selections from the Writings of Dylan Thomas ( Caedmon TC 1061 )

* In the fourth chapter of Chronicles: Volume One, Bob Dylan says he knew Blow, and that it was Blow who introduced Dylan to the rap genre of the time ( mentioning contemporary artists like Ice-T, N. W. A.

" Bob Dylan highlighted Orbison's song structures in his book Chronicles: Volume One, specifically noting how they were " songs within songs ".

* Bob Dylan mentions Minuit in his song " Hard Times in New York Town " ( released on The Bootleg Series Volume 1 ) in the following line: Mister Hudson come a-sailing down the stream / and old Mister Minuit paid for his dream.

The band Old 97's took another Bob Dylan song Desolation Row and combined its melody with new lyrics to make a new song " Champaign, Illinois ", which they released with Dylan's blessing on their 2010 album The Grand Theatre Volume One.

Three additional songs recorded during the Bob Dylan sessions were included on Volume 1 of the Bootleg Series: " House Carpenter ," " He Was a Friend of Mine ," and another original composition, " Man on the Street.

In Chronicles: Volume One, Bob Dylan writes that he read Lorayne's book shortly before breaking through as a music star after finding it in the book collection of a friend.

* Dylan Project: May Your Song Always Be Sung: The Songs of Bob Dylan, Volume 3 ( 2003 )

In addition to its appearance on the Younger Than Yesterday album, The Byrds ' original version of " My Back Pages " also appears on several of the band's compilations, including The Byrds ' Greatest Hits, History of The Byrds, The Byrds Play Dylan, The Original Singles: 1967 – 1969, Volume 2, The Byrds, The Very Best of The Byrds, The Essential Byrds, and There Is a Season.

In Dylan's book The Chronicles: Volume One, Dylan recounts a story of meeting Gorgeous George in person.

3 in 1992 and 1993's recording of " Every Grain of Sand " for Outlaws Blues Volume Two – A Tribute to Bob Dylan with violinist Mamie Fike.

In his autobiography, Chronicles: Volume One, Dylan describes first encountering Grossman at the Gaslight cafe: " He looked like Sydney Greenstreet from the film The Maltese Falcon, had an enormous presence, always dressed in a conventional suit and tie, and he sat at his corner table.

* Bob Dylan Chronicles: Volume One ( 2004 )

" Silvio " would also be included on 1994's Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3 and The Essential Bob Dylan.

Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3 is a compilation LP album by Bob Dylan, released on Columbia Records on compact disc in 1994, catalogue CK 66783.

The name Dylan Hunt had also been used for the hero of two TV movie pilots Roddenberry had produced in the mid-1970s, Genesis II and Planet Earth, which had a similar premise.

King, Bob Dylan, Vicki Brown, Cozy Powell, Rod Argent, the Beach Boys, Ozzy Osbourne, Paul Rodgers, Keith Emerson, Roger Daltrey, Albert King and together with Colosseum II with Andrew Lloyd Webber on the composer's Variations album in 1978.

Wuorinen devoted increased attention to writing works for the voice, these included his setting of Dylan Thomas ’ s A Winter's Tale for soprano Phyllis Bryn-Julson and the Fenton Songs I & II on poems of the British poet James Fenton with whom Wuorinen was collaborating on an opera.

In World War II, Dylan Brundage and Kelly worked as an aviation psychologist, where, among other things, he was responsible for a training program for local civilian pilots.

Genesis II, 1973, involved Alex Cord as Dylan Hunt, a scientist who after waking up from suspended animation, finds himself in a primitive society.

Planet Earth, 1974, was sequel to Genesis II in which Dylan Hunt was played by John Saxon.

II ( aka More Bob Dylan Greatest Hits ) and on the 2007 album Dylan.

He was fond of playing songs by Robert Johnson and Bob Dylan as well as Lou Reed, James Brown, J. J. Cale, The Clash, Nat King Cole, The Doors, Willie Dixon, The Flaming Lips, Jimi Hendrix, Howlin ' Wolf, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Kraftwerk, Gary Numan, The Passions, Prince, The Stooges, and Sonny Boy Williamson II.

II, a compilation Dylan had much more control over.

II in the US, which was released in 1971 and called More Bob Dylan Greatest Hits in the UK.

II ( 1971 ), also known as More Bob Dylan Greatest Hits, was the second compilation album released by Bob Dylan.

II, Dylan recorded a single, " George Jackson.

Other noted contributors include Hannah Arendt, W. H. Auden, Saul Bellow, Wendell Berry, Bertolt Brecht, Albert Camus, James Dickey, Andre Dubus II, T. S. Eliot, William Faulkner, Shelby Foote, Robert Graves, John Haines, Donald Hall, Seamus Heaney, George V. Higgins, Madison Jones, X. J. Kennedy, Thomas Kinsella, C. S. Lewis, F. O. Matthiessen, Howard Nemerov, Joyce Carol Oates, Saint-John Perse, Katherine Anne Porter, Ezra Pound, Wallace Stevens, Peter Taylor, Dylan Thomas, Richard Tillinghast, and Eudora Welty.

* Dylan Moran: Monster II ( 1 November 2004-13 November 2004 )

II ; this compilation, sporting a cover photo of Dylan taken from the concert, included the original version of " A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall " and would go on to become the best-selling album in his entire catalogue.

Robert Hewitt Wolfe used the name " Dylan Hunt " and many ideas from Roddenberry's Genesis II notes to create Andromeda television series.