鮑勃 迪倫豪宅廁所散發異味 遭鄰居投訴

Bob Dylan has sung about wind many times -- winds of change, the "Idiot Wind," and the winds that hit heavy on the borderline.

But some of his California neighbors Tuesday were singing a new tune about what is blowin' in the wind from his Malibu toilet.

A family living near the 67-year-old folk and rock icon's house in the posh California beachside community of Malibu have complained to city officials about an outdoor portable toilet, which is apparently used by guards on Dylan's compound.

Cindy and David Emminger say the toilet wafts fumes from waste treatment chemicals, and that the smell carried by breezes from the Pacific Ocean makes their family feel ill.

"It's a scandal - 'Mr Civil Rights' is killing our civil rights," David Emminger told the Los Angeles Times.

A helicopter from a local television station hovered over Dylan's property this week, capturing video of the offending toilet.

But Malibu Mayor Andy Stern said other neighbors report smelling nothing from the toilet, and that he has left the matter to the enforcers of the city's code on objectionable odors.

"I really have not involved myself in Bob Dylan's toilet, and by the way I haven't involved myself in anyone else's toilet in Malibu," Stern told the reporters.

A spokesman for Dylan did not return calls.

Dylan, whose latest album "Together Through Life" is due out on April 28, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988. His hit songs include "Like a Rolling Stone," "All Along the Watchtower" and "Blowin' In the Wind."

鮑勃•迪倫演唱過很多與“風”有關的歌曲——多變的風（狂野而自由地吹着），“愚蠢的風”，以及侵襲邊境的風（歌詞）。

而他在加州馬里布的一些鄰居們感覺到“在風中飄蕩的”則是從他家廁所飄出的異味，於是他們於本週二向市政府投訴。

今年67歲的民謠和搖滾歌星鮑勃•迪倫家住加州馬里布海濱的一處豪宅。他家附近的一位鄰居日前向市政府投訴稱，迪倫家保安使用的一個戶外可移動廁所散發出難聞的氣味。

鄰居辛迪和大衛•埃明格爾稱，迪倫家廁所裏的糞便處理藥品散發出陣陣濃烈的異味，被來自太平洋的海風吹到他們家裏，讓全家人覺得很不舒服。

大衛•埃明格爾在接受《洛杉磯時報》採訪時說：“這是個醜聞，‘人權先生’正在侵犯我們的人權。”

當地一家電視臺派出的直升機於本週在迪倫家上空拍攝了這個惹禍廁所的視頻。

但馬里布市市長安迪•斯特恩稱，其他鄰居並沒有反映聞到異味，並表示他已將此事移交給相關執法人員，他們將按照城市異味處理條例予以處置。

斯特恩在接受記者採訪時說：“我確實沒有參與處理迪倫家的廁所事件，而且我也沒有參與處理過馬里布的任何廁所事件。”

迪倫的發言人對此不予迴應。

鮑勃•迪倫於1988年入選搖滾名人堂。他的最新專輯《一生相隨》將於下月28日發行。他的熱門歌曲包括《像一塊滾石》、《沿着瞭望塔》和《答案在風中飄》。

Vocabulary:

waft: to convey or send floating through the air or over water. （漂浮）