Just listened to the first BDTTRH episode of season 3. BDTTRH, if it's not obvious, stands for Bob Dylan Theme Time Radio Hour. It was a tremendous episode. The theme was "night." Dylan was clever and funny and rolled out several good anecdotes. He played a dry cleaning jingle. He recited a few poems, the last and best, Goodnight by Carl Sandburg. He talked about Fred Astaire, lullabies, Film Noir, exotic plants, juju, Batman, the Great Blackout, Van Gogh- other bits that slip my mind.
He played two terrific songs before ending with Help me Make it through the Night by Kris Kristofferson. The two songs were by the Latin Playboys and Charles Brown, respectively. Forever Night Shade Mary was the first. It was the type of song that makes your skin crawl with it's simple perfection. I didn't catch the title of the second one but I hope to figure it out. Another great tune was Nightlife, by Willie Nelson.
I looked online to see if the first two seasons has been released on CD. Not yet. There was, however, a scathing review of the show on Amazon, posted amid angry reviews of a few Theme Time CD knock-offs from Britain. It was by a music fan who claimed to have over 200,000 CDs! How is it that this person even has time to listen to Theme Time Radio hour with all those CDs on the shelf? He claimed to know for certain that Dylan did not write what he reads on the radio, and even suggested he was embarrassed by the show. Why would Dylan continue the broadcast if it was a subject of humiliation? Hard to believe.
I'm excited to listen to Dylan every Wednesday. Something to chalk up on the calender and get me through the long months between October and spring training.
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