I’ll be taking a little unscheduled time away for the next couple weeks for some important family time.
Unfortunately, the timing means I will be out of the country when the CRTC begins the oral phase of its “Examination of differential pricing practices related to Internet data plans.”
I have written extensively about those kinds of issues over the past few years. Links to many of those posts can be found in my piece from last week, “Differential pricing is about consumer choice.”
A variety of events have been making me think about “My Back Pages”, written by this year’s Literature Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan in 1964. In my view, the best performance of that song was when Bob Dylan joined Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton and George Harrison at the 30th anniversary concert in October, 1992 at Madison Square Garden. That evening gathered quite a mix of artists and I highly recommend the concert video.
Last week, I marked 36 years since I started working full time in telecommunications. By the time I started work in the fall of 1980, this composition was already 16 years old.
Ah, but I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now.
| My Back Pages Bob Dylan |
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| Crimson flames tied through my ears Rollin’ high and mighty traps Pounced with fire on flaming roads Using ideas as my maps “We’ll meet on edges, soon,” said I Proud ‘neath heated brow Ah, but I was so much older then I’m younger than that now Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth Girls’ faces formed the forward path |
A self-ordained professor’s tongue Too serious to fool Spouted out that liberty Is just equality in school “Equality,” I spoke the word As if a wedding vow Ah, but I was so much older then I’m younger than that now In a soldier’s stance, I aimed my hand Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats |