The Dylan show was really good. It was the last show of his tour with The Dead and he was awesome. 62 years old and more animated than ever. He played 4 songs with The Dead, 1 more than on the rest of the tour. All of the songs with The Dead were great, and Bob Weir even played with Dylan during his set, another thing which only happened at the show we saw. The vibe was really good at the show, but way too many people were wearing tie-dye. I was offered drugs twice--and said no--amazingly enough. The major complaint I have is with The Dead--they don't play songs, they just jam. If they played songs they would be great live but instead they choose to "jam." Jamming for The Dead means everyone solos, sometimes in different keys, and makes no effert to follow along with each other or take turns taking the lead. It sounds like free-jazz gone incredibly wrong. The best thing about their set was that Joan Osborne (of "What Of God Was One Of Us" fame) sang with them, and displayed the most natural talent by far. I was really impressed with the power of her voice.

The rest of the trip was fun too, though the car ride definitely sucked.

I forgot to mention earlier that Paint A Vulgar Picture turned two back on July 30th.