I really wanted to do something different last night so Karen, Lee and I went to Joe's Pub in Greenwich Village to see Howard Fishman (http://www.howardfishman.com) . We met my NJIT colleague Heather there. Howard was supposed to play covers of Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes but instead played 18 new songs. In preparation for last night I pulled out my vinyl copy of the Basement Tapes originally recorded in 1967 by Dylan and the Band. These recordings were bootlegged for several years until they were officially released in 1975. A few years ago WFUV broadcast a special on the basement tapes which I recorded. Greil Marcus also wrote a book about the Basement Tapes called Invisibile Republic. I still enjoyed the show and even bought a CD of Howard Fishman's version of the basement tape. The only disappointment of the evening was that the food was really overpriced. You can't have everything.
If I stayed home I would have listened to Saturday Night Oldies (SNO) and watched the Knick game. SNO was less than 1/2 hour, but I was able to download it from the Internet. The Knicks beat the Washington Wizards 90-89, but we watch enough baskeball games in the course of a year.
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Are you kidding me? No "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere?" Crash on the Levee?
Were the Fishman originals worth the trek? I am unfamiliar with his work.
Mike - we really needed to do something different. Fishman was OK. His songs were about his recent trip to Eastern Europe. His backup group really sounded like the Band.
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