VE 138Back To School EditionSteely Dan: My Old SchoolBeach Boys: Be True To Your SchoolWhite Stripes: We're Going To Be FriendsRockpile: Teacher TeacherVan Halen: Hot For TeacherThin Lizzy: The Boys Are Back In TownNRBQ: Me And The BoysBob Dylan: Duquesne WhistleAvett Brothers: Live And DieCat Stevens: On The Road To FindoutTaj Mahal: Take A Giant StepNils Lofgren: Going BackNeil Young: Comes A TimeReplacements: Here Comes A RegularToday on the VEIt's the Back To School Edition, connecting with old friends, and meeting new ones, some new assignemnts andlessons learnedI'm PC and this is the VESteely Dan: My Old SchoolBeach Boys: Be True To Your SchoolWhite Stripes: We're Going To Be FriendsBack to school on the VE...will you be carrying someone's books this fall? Or have you even met yet? The WhiteStripes, The Beach Boys, and Steely Dan to begin....and then, there's Miss Crabtree....Rockpile: Teacher TeacherVan Halen: Hot For TeacherBack to School on The VE with Van Halen and Rockpile, Nick Lowe, the lead track from 1980's "Seconds OfPleasure"..."Teacher Teacher." If you were away for the summer, the next two should strike home....Thin Lizzy: The Boys Are Back In TownNRBQ: Me And The BoysReconnecting with the gang, on the Back To Schol edition of the VE. Now, a couple of newassignments...September 10 is the release date for two anticipated new albums....Bob Dylan's "Tempest," and TheAvett Brothers' "The Carpenter."Bob Dylan: Duquesne WhistleAvett Brothers: Live And DieBack To School on the VE...and two new texts to study...Bob Dylan's Tempest, and the lead song "Du-caneWhistle" and The Avett Brothers from the forthcoming The Carpenter and "Live And Die." The full albums willbeout in a couple of weeks, and tere will be a quiz....On to some life lessons ...back to school means taking stock....but these are for the new graduates...it's abittersweet time, but also one of unprecedented opportunity. Some great sopngwriters teach us how to getstarted...Cat Stevens: On The Road To FindoutTaj Mahal: Take A Giant StepNils Lofgren: Going BackThe VE....life lessons for post-grads on thte Back To School edition, and the last two written by Jerry Goffin andCarole King...."Going Back," by Nils Lofgren, andn "Take A Giant Step" by Taj Mahal. If you're at the fork in theroad, here are, as Led Zeppelin sang, two paths you can go by--but there's still time to change the road you're on....Neil Young: Comes A Time

Replacements: Here Comes A RegularAnd that's the VE. A powerful song from The Replacement's 1985 Tim, and "Here Comes A Regular." And NeilYoung, in a more centered place, with "Comes A Time." May the road you chose, rise with you...There are more VE sessions to catchup with in the archives of PRN.FM and on demand at RTDS.ca. Please shareThe VE with the rest of the class on FB, and feel free to steal my crib notes on Twitter. I'm PC