Throw My Ticket Out the Window

On TFP’s first anniversary, one thing is clear: "I'll be staying here with you."

Bob Dylan Mural by Eduard Kobra, Minneapolis, MN (photo by Sharon Mollerus), with a Substck Reads pendant awarded to this TFP piece by Scott Newstok.

The above headline and subhead are stolen from just one of the masterpieces on the Dylan album Nashville Skyline, “Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You.” It’s a turning point for Dylan, a love song about staying not leaving, sung with a Roy Orbison-like ecstasy accompanied by rolling piano, pedal-steel guitar, and a bass line to die for. It’s a celebration, not a lamentation, ending with these five lines:

Throw my ticket out the window
Throw my suitcase out there, too
Throw my troubles out the door
I don’t need them anymore’
Cause tonight I’ll be staying here with you

That pretty much sums up how I feel about you, dear reader, on this first anniversary of TFP. I’m all in, and ready to keep bringing TFP to your inbox week in and week out throughout 2023 and beyond. I hope you come along for the ride, and join in with comments, discussion, a…