Bob Dylan has been a source of inspiration for singer/songwriter Lisa Bastoni ever since she first picked up a guitar. In 1999, she won first place at a Bob Dylan Karaoke contest at the Newport Folk Festival, singing the song “Isis.” For her seventeenth birthday, she received a copy of Dylan’s book Lyrics:1962-1985 that, according to her, is now, “Velveteen Rabbit-level falling apart from love.” About ten years ago, she started making miniature painted cardboard dioramas with scenes based on Dylan’s songs. “I realized I might be verging into the category of a little too weird as far as Dylan fandom goes, and had to dial it back a little,” she told Cover Me in an email. Continue reading »