Out of the Loop

BOB'S QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
"Bill Monroe once said he got his best thinking done while other people were talking. I always liked that."

Finally given the chance to see the big "BobFest" honoring thirty years of Bob Dylan's music, my favorite performance (not counting the man's himself) was surprisingly, the O'Jays version of "Emotionall-y Yours". It's an often overlooked song that was given a wonderful soulful rendition. Other notables wcrc Lou Reed's "Foot of Pride" (an inspired selection), Neil Young's "Just Like Tom Thumb Blues", and Tom Petty's "License to Kill". Only disappointment was they cut Bob's performance of "Song to Woody".

Last week A1 sent me to a Padgett-Thompson seminar entitled: "How to Create Newsletters People Will Read". There were several ideas presented that will be incorporated into these pages, You might have already noticed some "cosmetic" changes (already more than what Michael Jackson has had done) and will see more in upcoming issues. Meanwhile we still covet your input so if you have ideas on what you think the newsletter should be, please get them to me.

A request was made to include the phone numbers of our two U.S. Senators. Happy to oblige: David Durenburger: 370-3382 Paul Wellstone: 645-0323

What does it mean when Idon't even understand the graffiti spray painted on our walls? Am I totally out of the loop?

I do believe this is the first issue of the newsletter that began with the word, "Jambo". Congratulations to all involved, We also recognize there is a major difference between the words, "salon" and "saloon" and to add an 'b" can distort the entire meaning of a sentence. Then again, words are all alike anyway, just a bunch of letters put together sometimes meaningless taken out of context or spoken (or written) without inflection.