Last night saw Bob Dylan’s first live show since yesterday’s official release of Modern Times. He hadn’t played any of his new songs yet on his current tour, and, last night in New Britain, CT … he still didn’t play any.

Perhaps (1) he is waiting until the album has been out a little while and people have had a chance to know the songs or, (2) he and the band still have to rehearse the songs before he’s willing to start doing them, and somehow they haven’t been able to do that yet. His current tour ends on September 9th — about 11 days from now. It’s conceivable Dylan will wait until the next leg of the tour, starting October 11th in Vancouver, to introduce the new songs properly. Funny situation.

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On another note, Dylan’s latest XM show just aired for the first time, on the theme of “Radio.” Plenty of material there, and it was a good show. It was also interesting to hear what next week’s theme is going to be: “The Bible.”

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