how the haight was empty in their absence

a concert review for you:

bob dylan
at the bill graham civic auditorium
san francisco, ca on october 17, 2006



well, at least we know where all the hippies were on tuesday night. and, also, the marin and east bay businessmen. yep, that was the crowd that came together to see dylan and his band play an ultratight set of music. they didn't move at all on stage - in fact, the guitarist walked from his position to the front once, and that was it - and dylan never addressed the crowd at all. it was a highly professional performance by the highest-quality performers. they rocked as much as they could at their ages, and it was quite all right with me.

the hippies danced. and let me say that there are no bigger collection of worse dancers than hippies at a concert - mostly because they ain't dancing to the music. in fact, i don't know what they're dancing to. and i'm not even sure i can call it dancing. however, i can call it funny.

and the businessmen danced when they had to, although it was more like a spasm. over and over again. and when they weren't dancing, they were standing in front of me (which is alright) and my friend cika, who stands 5 feet tall (which is rude). whatevs. it wasn't like dylan was doing much.

there was one large hippie who stood more than halfway towards the stage. and when i say large, i mean a good head-and-shoulders above anyone else's head-and-shoulders. and he was in our way, yes, but again, there was nothing to look at. you know, except the back of his head. and that got me thinking.

how many seven foot hippies from california can you name?

how many do you think exist?

and how many of them could score tickets to see bob dylan in san francisco?

yep. it had to be big red.

and i waited outside after the show to find out.



so i saw bob dylan with bill walton. what did you do on your tuesday night?