Don't Think Twice It's Alright (Again)

The morning show with Corny O'Connell  on WFUV has feature where listeners can suggest songs to be played at 9:30 AM.  To celebrate the birthday of harmonica player Charlie Musselwhite listeners are asked to suggest songs with the harmonica.  One of my favorites has to be Don't Think Twice It's Alright as heard on The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan in 1963.  There is no Youtube version of this since Sony Records deleted many Dylan recordings due to copyright violations.  Thus I will show the Johnny Cash cover.  It was announced today that there will be a postage stamp to honor the Man in Black.  In March 2012 I featured the Eric Clapton cover of Don't Think Twice.

It is Time to Support Your Favorite Not For Profit Radio Station

Please see my journal entry from one year ago.  What I said then certainly applies right now.  Radio stations like WBGO and WFUV need your financial support to provide excellent programming not heard on commercial stations.  Every little bit helps, so please lend your support.

Random Comments of the Day

The weather was really crappy today.  It started to snow in the morning and then changed to rain.  At least the cold snap ended.  With the exception of the last week, this has been a mild winter.

The iPhone5 uses the IO6 operating system.  I found out today that one can consolidate apps by placing them in a folder.  It was very useful to put all of my radio apps in one folder.

By listening to Breakfast with the Beatles with Dennis Mitchell I found out there will be a festival honoring George Harrison on February 16 in Fair Haven, Massachusetts.

One of the most popular Bob Dylan albums is Blood on the Tracks released in 1974.  A group called Mary Lee's Corvette covered the entire album.  The celebrate the 10th anniversary of the cover album the group is playing this Wednesday night at Joe's Pub in lower Manhattan.  I would go if this show were on a weekend, but it is just too inconvenient to go during the week.

St. Johns 71 Seton Hall 67 at Madison Square Garden

Instead of building a new arena in Manhattan Madison Square Garden has undergone major renovations over the past two summers.  Of course the basketball and hockey fans must bear the cost of these improvements by higher ticket prices.  Since  the cheapest Knick tickets are about $75 each we opted to go to college basketball at MSG.

In this afternoon's Big East clash the Red Storm of St. Johns defeated the Pirates of Seton Hall 71-67.  The sight lines at the renovated Garden are very good as we had a seat at center court in the upper level.

Game Summary

Rams vs Rams Basketball Today

In July 2008 I recalled 1972-74 when I was a graduate student at the University of Rhode Island.  At that time the basketball team known as the Rams was in the Yankee Conference with the Universities of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.  Back then the Providence College Friars were the smallest state's best basketball team.  For many years Fordham's basketball team has also been known as the Rams.

Today, both schools are in the Atlantic 10 conference.  Today, the Yes Network aired a game with the Fordham Rams playing the URI rams.  Fordham won 66-63.

Game Summary

I Should Check Out Vin Scelsa's Idiot Delight More Often

There is so much good stuff on terresttial, internet and satellite radio and only so much time in a day that I just can't listen to everything.  There is only so much time in a day and I have only two ears.  Vin Scelsa has been on the air in NYC for at least 35 years.  His Idiot's Delight show is heard on WFUV on Saturday night.  It is also heard on the Loft on SiriusXM.

This afternoon I turned on the Loft and Vin played the Basement Tapes version of Bob Dylan's The Mighty Quinn followed by the hit cover version by Manfred Mann.  In all my years of listening to the radio I can not remember a DJ playing Dylan and then right after a cover version.  Perhaps WFUV did it years ago.
 

No News About the Neverending Tour in 2013

I just checked Boblinks and noted that there are no Bob Dylan concerts scheduled for 2013.  I was a little disappointed that Bob did not perform at the inauguration since President Obama is a big fan.  I hope Bob is resting well this winter and that the Never Ending Tour will resume in a few months.