Hopefully I’ll make it up next year and will be able to get out on Windermere, hike to Easedale Tarn, visit Grasmere and Coniston, and enjoy the peace and coolness. It recharges me every year!
Are any of you into Erik Larson's books? Right now I'm listening to the audiobook of his "The Demon of Unrest," which is a deep dive into the events surrounding the start of the Civil War and the siege of Fort Sumter. Deep, deep context. I think it might tide some of us over till the next Hardcore installment. All of his books on historical themes take a similar wide-angle approach.
was superb, my first Dylan show. His 4-piece touring band is the tightest group I've ever heard. The whole set (almost exactly 90 minutes long) was without a pause--except for one bar, in tempo, between each song to allow for some applause--and every number was, in true Dylan fashion, refashioned into something new. He reached back as far as Oh Mercy (The Man in the Long Black Coat) and Time Out of Mind (Lovesick) while still playing most of the tracks off R&RW. I tried to write down the set list, but it was pitch dark and I can't read what I scrawled down...
At the end Bob (in white hoodie) signaled that the show was over by standing up from behind the keyboard and turning his back to the audience. Then he came toward the front of the stage and faced the audience, briefly raising his arms maybe two and a half inches in a very slight benediction. Then he lowered his arms and was gone.
I'll remember this night for a long time.