His Bobness Chips
His Bobness Chips What would a bag of Bob Dylan-themed potato chips taste like? The question isn�t necessarily an appetizing one, but it did feed our imaginations yesterday when it was (woefully) misreported that a Chinese company, purported to be selling such a snack, was in fact selling nothing of the kind. Does the packaging look like potato chip bags? Yes. But is the packaging potato chip bags? Well, yes. As company�s website rhetorically ponders, �What is the most popular thing?�, before revealing, �We chose the �potato chips.� Can�t argue with that. And thus, books of Chinese translations of Bob Dylan lyrics are currently being sold in potato chip bags in China. The lyrics are apparently pulled from the comprehensive tome, Bob Dylan: The Lyrics (1961�2012) , the Chinese publisher invited 15 of China�s most esteemed poets and musicians to assist in translating the text. The lyrics are divided among eight separate pock-sized books that come packaged i...