What a weekend -- I get to see my cousin get married in pretty old Bowie, 
MD, make it back in time to see the first full length set from Frisbie in 
quite a while (short report -- they have some good new songs, the 
musicianship is excellent, and I can't wait until they have a few more gigs 
and new songs under their belt), a nice late night date w/my girlfriend and 
after a typical Chicago Memorial Day rain, the sun is shining (like it 
always does on TV).  And after spinning the new Wilco (flawed but with some 
brilliant stuff) and a Porter Waggoner comp I picked up a few weeks ago, I 
threw on a bootleg CD of the Traveling Wilburys.

Man -- this album certainly got good notices when it came out, but it has 
aged really well.  This is so relaxed.  It's so rock and roll.  I think that 
the relaxed fun nature of the record may be the reason that a lot of people 
who liked it still found it slight.  Screw that!  One good fun song after 
another.  Dylan never has been as sleazy and silly as on "Dirty World".  
"Not Alone Anymore" ranks with any of Roy Orbison's best.  Right now, I'm 
grooving to "Heading for the Light" -- I wish that George could have lived a 
couple more decades -- he and Jeff had a really great producer/performer 
relationship that brought out the best in each other.

Well -- I better get outside soon and enjoy the holiday (not the deprecate 
the sanctity of it -- I saw a lot of veterans over the weekend, bless each 
and every one of them, living and dead) --

Mike Bennett



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