Matthew

i hear you Matthew but... but... amid all the well-turned & sometimes goofy bullshit-- re-read the parts abt late '50s, early '60s NYC. it contextualizes in ways that were ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS fuckin' obvious except that latterday Dylan Cultists rarely bothered to learn. (Some Minnesota stuff also.) True 'heads wouldn't be without their Fred Neil records, and at least be intimate w/ Dave Van Ronk, Holy Modal Rounders & the '50s hillbilly music Zimmy heard in Minnesota... also-- ah, well... another time but tho' some people didn't need it-- it was OBVIOUS-- if you or others dunno, go back & listen as Dylan did then. see what happens c I can understand all that (well not all but some). It seems that the reason the early section actually had some passion to it is that Dylan still retains that image of himself as a "Folksinger-hobo-on-the-road." After all, isn't that what the NET is accomplishing? It's Dylan living out that image to its fullest; it's just been updated with buses instead of trains. He just keeps coming back to these early days, no matter what he says.

I remember watching Gwynn play a pretty mean point guard at San Diego State. He was chunky even then but had a very nice cross-over move off his left hand dribble. Outside shot was hopeless though. PS: The Goose not getting in is sick! WTF were these sportswriters watching anyway, Ron Guidry??

Actually, I am so thinking about it, put it on my desk, how cool would that be? All for $16.95.

Dan's not a fan of Paul O'Neill? Who would've thunk it?

Chronicles is just typical Bobness: I read it as a comedy because if there's one thing that book is not is revealing anything about the life or thought of Dylan. I thought it was a joke, and misleading to boot.

JJJ Disk one. What a wonderful set.

Long live Jimmy Page! One of my music heroes in the 70's. My all-time fav writting credit: Page/Plant/Trad.

Thinking about the upcoming HOF announcement, I am realizing how old I'm getting. I followed all these guys careers from the start........... YIKES, I'm an old fart now.

What Chuck said....

Congratulations! Lovely baby.

Reading a book I've been interested in for a long time: Siegfried Sassoon: The Memoirs of George Sherston. Really a fascinating read, a whole world that has just disappeared forever. Still on Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Sassoon writing of his country life, WW I hasn't even started yet. For some reason, I was caught off-guard by the style of writing, it's very good in its descriptive character, and it'll be interesting to read how he handles the war. I lucked out at a used bookstore and bought a 1937 edition for $8.00. Highly recommended. I'll have to reread Fussell's chapter on Sassoon in The Great War and Modern Memory after finishing the book.

Had some Hennepin Ale tonight, not sure if I liked it are not; had what was for me, a very usual taste to me. I'll have to try some more to figure it all out.

Really like the "Soul Train Line-up" part!

Well, should I get this set when I do some cd shopping Monday or not? Click Here

Well, should I get this set when I do some cd shopping Monday or not?

Very happy also about the Mercer Select, that one, plus the Chu Berry, I definitely will preorder.

HOLY CRAP!!!!!! I won too!!!! This way too weird A copy of the 6-C D boxed set of “Fearless Leader” by John Coltrane A 2-C D collection of “The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings” by Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane A limited edition T-shirt and A limited edition collection of commemorative stamps

What's up with Rodcast? I can't seem to hook up to it the past couple of days.

Re: Desolation Row. From The Dylan Session Pages. Studio A Columbia Recording Studios New York City, New York 4 August 1965 The sixth and last Highway 61 Revisited session, produced by Bob Johnston. 1. Desolation Row 2. Desolation Row 3. Desolation Row 4. Desolation Row 5. Desolation Row 6. Desolation Row 7. Desolation Row 8. Tombstone Blues Overdub session with Bob Dylan (guitar, piano, harmonica, vocal) backed by unidentified musicians on guitar and bass. 6 and 7 edited into one track and released on HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED, Columbia CL–2389, CS–9189, 30 August 1965. Notes. 1, 2, 7 are false starts. 3 is interrupted. Unreleased tracks are not in circulation. Recorded 1-4 pm. According to Glen Dundas the guitarist is almost certainly not Michael Bloomfield. Clinton Heylin suggests Bruce Langhorne. Al Kooper maintains that it was Charlie McCoy. Tony Glover who was present at the sessions asserts that McCoy was not present while he was there, but it is of course possible that McCoy was brought in later for the overdubs. CO-numbers: 86937 Desolation Row 86938 Tombstone Blues Most sources I've read feel it's McCoy doing the guitar on DR, with Kooper listed on the eletric guitar alt. tk.

Well, sometimes in life, you just want some mindless fun, and not think about what a F'ing mess the world is in...

I'm thinking of getting the DVD of the first season of The Monkees , does anyone have that? (or brave enough to admit it) and how is it? I just remember watching it as a kid and enjoying the show, plus buying the deluxe cd of their first release has put me in a Monkee mood.

Probably right, I remember a Teddy Wilson version of a Monk tune off the Mosaic set that left me very cold also. My ears might be set to a particular way of hearing Monk, and I'm losing out by not just listening to what's going on in the music. Maybe I should do a CDR of Evans playing Monk and listen to that for awhile.

Hmmm. . . I love some of the Monk versions. . . . My favorite would be "Round Midnight" on the Manne Hole Riverside. Awesome! Talk about different tastes! That was the one that sent me over the edge -- don't like it, no way, no how. Oh well, it's my problem... I just don't think that Evans digs very deep in his interpretations of Monk.

Just on observation, and you don't have to buy into it : Bill Evans stinks at playing Thelonious Monk tunes. I don't know why this is but every time Evans does Monk, it just doesn't connect for me. It's obvious that Evans' has an extremely high regard for Monk, plays him a lot, but it's feel as though Evans is missing the heart of the matter. Maybe it's that infamous "lack of blues feeling" some talk about, but it's there, and as much as I love Evans, I can't deny it.

Mark Polizzotti says it's Charlie McCoy playing the second guitar in "Desolation Row." Is the earlier, electric take on the recent No Direction Home set? If you mean the take with Al Kooper playing electric guitar, yes it is.