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Side showBy SHARON FINK
© St. Petersburg Times, THIS IS HOW IT FEELS: Bob Dylan is putting together his version of an autobiography. The seminal singer-songwriter, who turned 60 in May, tells Time that his memory "goes blank on incidents and things that have happened." So the book will be based on stories about himself that others have told him -- true or not. "I'll take some of the stuff that people think is true and I'll build a story around that," he says. That method would leave most of us with more interesting autobiographies than lives. The disappointing thing here is Dylan's truth would be more interesting than his fiction. THE CLOSET IS EMPTY: The Time interview -- to promote Dylan's 43rd album, Love and Theft, which landed in stores Tuesday -- crows that it has his first public comments on his relationship with former backup singer Carolyn Dennis. The couple had a daughter and later married. They're now divorced. Dylan says he never tried to conceal the relationship -- "I mean, not that I know of. I don't have any skeletons that I don't want anybody to see." The daughter, whose name was not given, is in her teens. Dylan says father and daughter fight if they talk about music. WINCE OF THE WEEK: There are few better examples of society's unhealthy obsession with looks than the October issue of Marie Claire magazine: An 11-page editorial/advertising spread on breast cancer awareness is followed six pages later by ads for "Increase Breast Size & Firmness . . . Naturally," a breast augmentation serum ("Experience the Confidence of Larger Breasts") and another "all-natural approach to breast enhancement." HE RESEMBLES THAT REMARK: Chandra Levy's disappearance provides the plot for the season premiere of CBS's Washington police drama, The District. The actor playing a congressman who was having an affair with the episode's missing congressional aide looks like Gary Condit with more weight in his face and less-spiky hair. The show's producer toldEntertainment Tonight that any resemblance was a coincidence. The premiere airs Sept. 22.
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