Any chance you could post a pic of last year's cover?

Where else but Duluth?

Agreed ... Dylan specific, yeah. We're unique. Decorative manhole covers in general was more my point.

ehh...sounds like a slippery slope we're about to encounter...

watch out for santorum at the bottom.

Thank you MJH, for proving my point. to a point. 

How did you arrive at your conclusion, anyhow? Did you ask him?

I thoroughly enjoy the epic debate on Bob Dylan's personal opinion of Duluth, as if it matters that much.  

In example: I'm not a big fan of Mankato, but the environment of Mankato (my hometown) had a profound effect on my personality, worldview, etc. Likewise, if I suddenly become a famous musician/songwriter and crank out fifty something albums over the years, I probably will have a fairly profound effect on the culture of Mankato.  

I almost think its like a path of least resistance or a scapegoat kind of statement -- "Bob Dylan doesn't even like Duluth". It rolls off the tongue so easily and leaves intrigue and many questions in the air.  It leaves me thinking WTF does Bob Dylan think of all this?  I assume he's laughing his ass off at the irony of it all.  Or, maybe grudgingly disapproving of Duluth just a bit for the cynical attitude.  An enigma wrapped in a conundrum, huh?

Sooo ... the next time you hear this casual conversation piece pervade the streets of Duluth, mandate that the sayer actually read Bob's autobiography, Chronicles. He described Suptown as a "red light gambling district" ... I got a kick out of that.

And to put my two cents in, I think there should be a Charlie Parr manhole hidden away, somewhere.  That's my idea of Duluth music.