When Bob Dylan took off his sunglasses

Dear Matt: What the hell does Bob Dylan have in his right hand on the cover of the Highway 61 Revisited album? I’ve been trying to figure it out for a couple of years already. Please, please, PLEASE answer me now. The mental hospital will be waiting for me if you don't. — Gonzalo Redo Fernandez, Bilbao (Vizcaya), Spain

Hey, M.A. goes international! We here at the Alice family compound extend the clammy hand of friendship to our Basque brothers across the sea. Please note that besides the hidden joy buzzer, our amiable paw holds a pair of sunglasses. And so does Bob’s. M.A.’s chief technician in charge of inconsequential musical info can’t imagine what they said to Dylan to convince him to remove the shades. At the time, it was the first solid evidence that Bob had eyes, so rarely did he uncover that space between his forehead and his nose. And our question for you, Gonzalo, is, where exactly do you pick up your Reader every week?