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Do you think dyl would’ve or had liked moby?

Nah, I don’t think Dylan would’ve listened to/been into Moby. In the mid nineties, Moby put out a couple of albums that were all over the place in electronica style but never really caught on (including one classified as punk rock in flavor). Ironically, just as Moby decided to change direction, the electronic music he had moved away from started to gain recognition and popularity through artists like The Chemical Brothers and The Prodigy.  

In May of ‘99, less than one month after Columbine, Moby released his album ‘Play’ which eventually went on to sell 10 million records word wide the year after it’s release. It included some softer more bluesy type music.

On well known song off ‘Play’ is called ‘Porcelain’ and it always reminds me of him.. of Dylan’s longing and melancholy for all of what he wished for yet could never have..all conveyed in very simple lyric and a sad but beautiful, haunting piano refrain.  I feels like it embodies the state of sad reverie that Dylan was in when he carefully wrote his suicidal love-letter..of which he never really fully intended to send to his beloved muse.

It’s interesting to note too that Moby’s birthday is on September the 11th.. 

Do you think Dylan designed the 3 bar cross knowing it was similar to so many others or designed all by himself?

I think Dylan was probably already aware of the two barred Cross of Lorraine per the very first large cross in his writings. From there, he drew a slash down the middle which was the third bar significantly longer than the two on the opposing, polar ends. The third bar signifying himself. At that point, I don’t think he was replicating any other crosses but his own concept that he arrived at in his mind.

There was a fellowship called Thee Temple Ov Psychick Youth (TOPY), founded in 1981, that uses Dylan’s same exact tri tier cross as their symbol. They call it Thee Psychick Cross. Idk much about TOPY, but apparently people that are attracted to it tend to feel rejected from society’s conditioning of normalcy and wish to break free from its chains. It’s just interesting how Dylan’s cross can be found in so many places. So I’m wondering, have you discovered anything that uses Dylan’s cross too?

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The Evolution of The Everlasting Contrast Triple-Barred Cross (of Salem)

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No, sorry to say, the TOPY Thee Psychick Cross is not like Dylan’s. In fact, it is the exact opposite of the everlasting-contrast triple barred cross as the bars are reversed.

Detail below of Dylan’s shift in focus from the Cross of Lorraine’s two bar design to the Cross of Salem with three bars.  The ‘Cut Here’ is the larger slash across the middle representing himself in ‘Me’.

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Classic reblog.

Do you know why Zack chose not to go and his parents did?

None of Dylan’s friends attended his funeral. Other than Byron, only adults were present and no one else of Dylan’s age group. I don’t think it’s so much as Zack, Devon or Brooks’ parents discouraging their kids from going to Dylan’s funeral. It’s more like many of Dylan’s friends were under close scrutiny at their school. They knew their peers would be watching their every move and judging them harshly had it been found out they attended one of the killer’s funeral rather than a victim whose funeral was on the exact same day. It would mean that they are killer lovers and in Littleton’s mindset, you may as well be in league with the devil. Devon, Zack, Brooks – and all the rest were still just vulnerable kids that went through an unimaginable trauma. They were caught in the middle in that they were friends with the shooters and some of the victims. It was a brutal environment for them to be in caught in the middle with classmates knowing they hung out with murderers. So, it was a choice on April 24th. They had to choose one of their friend’s funerals the political correct way in order to avoid any personal harassment and accusations. They knew Rachel and it was the “right” funeral to attend along with all their other grieving friends and classmates. Plus, Brooks was being considered a potential suspect by the police – he was guilty by association and he and his parents were rallying against the cops to vouch for his innocence. Even if they wanted to see Dylan one more time just to whisper to him in tears ‘why the fuck did you do this?’ It was not something they could realistically do without getting flack for it.

how were you able to do so many things at columbine and visit so many places?

I literally planned everything out that I would go see each day around my 3 day attendance at the conference at Columbine. I also mapped everything out on an app and had print-outs of my maps. Occasionally, I would be in a certain area and map some extra things out on my phone and add them in along the route I was driving to next. The Littleton Cemetery, Jeffco in Golden, the army surplus store that the boys went to for NBK gear and Brooks Brown’s house were a few extra sites that come to mind which I added in to the agenda I’d already had in place. Next trip I’ll be adding some additional destinations that I didn’t get a chance to check out. It was a packed schedule and the time literally flew right by! I was pretty sad to be leaving and on my way to Arizona. Oh well, next time, right? Haha

Why did they call 4/20/99 NBK? Personally, it seems like it could be easily misled as the movie was about a wife and a husband.

It was just their own secret code between them that they would become / be revealed as ‘Natural Born Killers’ on 4/20. I’m sure they honestly weren’t thinking that people might draw some sort of literal parallel to them and the male/female couple on a rampage in the movie. They used the term as a means to an end, to hide their nefarious plan as they made casual reference about ‘NBK’ in public while around friends or jocks and teachers they despised.

Dylan’s funeral was the same day as Rachel’s funeral?

Yes, Dylan and Rachel’s funerals were both held on April 24th. Rachel’s had a massive turnout yielding more tv coverage than even Princess Diana’s funeral while Dylan’s was very, private family ceremony, secreted away from the public. Devon Adams was friends with both Dylan and Rachel was forced to choose to go to Rachel’s funeral probably out of peer pressure and potential ridicule had she gone to the shooter’s funeral. To this day, she regrets not being there for Dylan since none of his friends attended his funeral.