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Last night, Bob Dylan kicked off his fall tour—dubbed “Lights of Autumn”—in Oslo. There were some big surprises. The first “Tangled Up in Blue” in eight years (with two new verses, no less)! The first “Crash on the Levee (Down in the Flood)” in 21 years! Plus two cover songs he has never played before, by Randy Newman and Guy Clark.
Tom Wilkins is here to report in. This opening-night recap is free to all subscribers, but most of these “Last Night In” reviews are for paid subscribers only. There will be many more to come all fall, leading up to Dylan’s first shows at the Royal Festival Hall in London since 1964 (I’ll be at those!). Sign up if you want them all delivered straight to your inbox:
Okay, over to Tom…
If you check out one thing today check these youngsters!
For everyone who lived through the glorious 90’s—this one’s for you. We’re throwing it back with the dreamy classic “Fade Into You” by Mazzy Star ⭐️ Massive respect to this incredible band of young musicians who absolutely crushed it:Drums / Carter Hollowell / age 8 Glockenspiel / Brackston Applegate / Age 9 / www.youtube.com/@brackstonapplegate3038 Pump Organ / Nolan Manning / Age 9 Bass / Fuzz / Age 10 / https://www.instagram.com/thefuzzmusic Lead Vocals / Veronica Seibert / Age 11 Tambourine / K8 / Age 12 / https://www.instagram.com/k8entertainer Backup Vocals and Shaker / Jackson Manning / Age 12 Modular Synth / LondonRose Sellars / Age 11 / https://www.instagram.com/londonrose.sellars Vibraphone / Izzie Owens / Age 13 Keyboard 1 / Brianna Montante / Age 13 Keyboard 2 / Ainsley D / Age 14 Acoustic Guitar / Nathan Purdy / Age 14 Djembe / Brendan Montante / Age 15 Slide Guitar / Josh Hood / Age 15 / https://www.instagram.com/joshhoodmusic?igsh=MWV5dXd2djBiM3p1cA==Special Thanks To All The Teachers 🙏🏻 Michael Brokamp for teaching Nolan and Jackson Morgan Asher for teaching Brianna and Brendan Montante Katie Oliver for teaching Ainsley D and Izzie Owens Sarah Stevens for teaching Veronica Seibert Shawn Steele for teaching Nathan Purdy and Carter HollowellSpecial thanks to Fergie DJ from Northern Ireland for hooking us up with a killer Modular Synth at a super generous price! 🎹 Thanks to Robert Ferguson the students will be able to learn more about modular synthesis and use these skills to tackle a wide range of new music 🎶And to all our amazing supporters: this entire session was made possible at no cost to the kids thanks to your donations and volunteer hours 🙏. If you believe in giving young musicians the chance to PLAY. REAL. MUSIC., please consider donating: ➡️ okmusicfoundation.org/make-a-donation/
Algorithms? Schmalgorithms . . . .don’t kno wwhy . . . . but don’t care . . . . its GEORGE covering Bobby at the 30th celebration concert . . . you remember?
"On this day in 1833, highwayman Giles Pinnegar, 25, escaped from the prison hulk Hardy where he was awaiting transportation for life to Australia. Along with three others, he had been convicted of robbing Robert Bridges, 24, a Long Hanborough farmer who was at the time returning from Charlbury Fair.
Farmer Bridges had died earlier in 1833, so Pinnegar may have feared that his crime would be upgraded to murder, with the possibility of execution. He left a wife, Elizabeth, and two infant children.
They went to live with Elizabeth’s parents William and Maria Lay at the Bell Inn in Long Hanborough. Following his escape, Pinnegar, who was better known in the Charlbury area as “Long Harry”, disappears entirely from the record. "
A true story for every day of the year in her excellent book "On this day in Oxfordshire: vol 2", available at On This Day in Oxfordshire - Julie Ann Godson
Mo’ Sugar Pie? of course!
POPBITCH NEWS:
You’ve got to feel for Volodymyr Zelenskyy. One minute he’s a successful comedian, winning Ukraine’s version of Strictly and starring as a teacher who becomes president in a TV satire. The next, as life imitates art, he wins the actual presidency and gets propelled into a never-ending war of attrition.
You’d think that would be enough weirdness for one life. But no, on his trip out of Kyiv this week to rally support in London, unimaginable horrors awaited. Not only was he forced to go on Piers Morgan’s YouTube show, but was accompanied throughout the visit to News UK by gruesome twosome Rebekah Brooks and Tony Gallagher.
Weirdly, Zelenskyy wasn’t whisked through the Baby Shard to the private lift that Rupert Murdoch uses.
Onlookers were therefore treated to the bizarre sight of the wartime President of Ukraine standing around waiting for his elevator next to another visiting celebrity ... Alice Cooper.
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Celebrity Wisdom from Michael Stipe:
"People that are allergic to bananas tend to also be allergic to avocados and latex.”
erm, how do KNOW Michael??!
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The limb centre of Tony Iommi’s local hospital used to send him prosthetic arms so he could snip off the fingers to make tips for the bits of fingers he lost in a pre-Black Sabbath industrial accident.
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