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Sitting among thousands of people at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell tonight, witnessing Bob Dylan and his band lifting up the audience with powerful renditions of his songs, I had a thought: Dylan is like Moxie. In performance, he has become a completely singular mixture for which you either have the taste…
Read More »Earlier today I joined 30,000 others for the 127th Harvard-Yale football game at historic Harvard Stadium. Yale seemed to be the dominant team; rushing for more yardage and gaining more first downs, but the Bulldogs had trouble getting the ball into the end zone and Harvard excelled on special teams…
Read More »Whether desperate for a paycheck or disgusted with the current times and taxes, the young people of Ireland are on the move again. It is estimated that about 65,000 Irish emigated last year and predictions see nearly 120,000 leaving next year. The Celtic Tiger is no longer roaring as the country…
Read More »A friend called my attention to an editorial in today’s Globe, noting a Lowell connection. Whatever your take on the editorial about the history of philanthropy for arts, culture, education and other civic charity in Boston and beyond, it was nice to have the name of the Behrakis family noted among the 25,000…
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Read More »The Springfield Republican’s online site has an instant review of Bob Dylan’s performance at UMass Amherst last night. Read the review here. There may be tickets left for tonight’s show in Lowell. Check the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell website.
Read More »On this day 147 years ago, the national cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania was dedicated, less than five months after the momentous battle was fought. According to Ronald C. White in his biography, “A. Lincoln”, the dedication was supposed to have occurred on October 23, 1863. One month before that, organizers…
Read More »Here’s my account of Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue performance in the Costello Gymnasium of the University of Lowell on November 2, 1975—PM Dylan was excellent in Lowell last night. Baez was superb in Lowell last night. The Rolling Thunder Revue was really something in Lowell last night. Dylan, the singing poet…
Read More »Jim Peters sent along the following essay about the challenges that face a city manager in Lowell: I was in Chelmsford most of this week for some period of time and one thing I noticed was their trash pickup. They do not have to cram into their one can: trash…
Read More »Poet Allen Ginsberg and Bob Dylan in Edson Cemetery (1975) [Photo by Ken Regan, courtesy of tangledupinlheurebleue.blogspot] Show flier for Rolling Thunder Revue at ULowell (1975) [Web photo courtesy of picasaweb.google.com] At Kerouac’s grave in Edson Cemetery (1975) [Photo by Ken Regan] At Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, Franco American School (1975)…
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