Down times
	Heroin as a metaphor for the human condition in the postmodern age by MATT ASHARE

Classic Dave DMB fix up Busted Stuff BY SEAN RICHARDSON

Local Anesthesia: He's ba-ack! Will Bob Dylan make history again in Newport? by BOB GULLA

This week we turn on the way-back machine, as the stars of yesteryear claw their way back from the dustbin to the concert stage. Bob Dylan returns to the Newport Folk Festival (401-847-3700) for the first time since he did or did not get booed off stage for the sin of playing electric guitar back in 1965. Almost 40 years later, we find that some things never change: of all the performers at Newport this year, Dylan has made the most relevant album this century. Kate and Anna McGarrigle play the festival's Friday-night gig at the Viking Hotel; Dylan headlines a Saturday bill including Jonatha Brooke and Shawn Colvin; and on Sunday we get Arlo Guthrie, Dar Williams, Bruce Cockburn, and the Blind Boys of Alabama. You can also catch Dylan playing a rare, last-minute club gig at the Palladium (800-477-6849) in Worcester on Friday, as well as at the Augusta Civic Center (207-626-2400) in Maine on Sunday. Cockburn and Colvin warm up for Newport with a headlining gig at Merrill Auditorium (207-842-0800) in Portland on Friday.

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