A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans Tonight will be the last airing of the Grateful Dead hour on KVSF-FM in Santa Fe NM. Beginning Thursday night March 7th, it will be heard on KBAC-FM 98.1 Thursdays from 10 pm to 11 pm. The updated station list is posted here.
We’re auctioning photos, posters, a Grateful Dead Spring 1990 boxed set, and other cool stuff including an opportunity to make chocolate truffles at Barlovento in Oakland – all for the benefit of KPFA, home of Dead to the World. The auctions are happening on Facebook. Click here and place your bids!
Week of February 25, 2013 Part 1 17:13 Grateful Dead 2/8/70 Fillmore West, San Francisco ST STEPHEN-> NOT FADE AWAY-> ST STEPHEN Part 2 37:40 Grateful Dead 2/8/70 Fillmore West, San Francisco LOVELIGHT Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from the Wanee Music Festival, April 18-20 at the Spirit of the Suwanee … Read more
Week of February 18, 2013 Part 1 20:34 Bob Weir 12/15/12 Eureka CA FRIEND OF THE DEVIL with Jackie Greene BLACK THROATED WIND MONEY FOR GASOLINE Part 2 34:37 Grateful Dead 9/29/93 Boston Garden WAY TO GO HOME TERRAPIN-> JAM OUT OF TERRAPIN
The playlist is posted here.
Here’s another of a series of preview pieces for tomorrow’s KPFA marathon: More info Here. Saturda 2/23/13, 9am to 1 am PT, broadcast on KPFA 94.1 in northern California and KFCF 88/1 in Fresno, and webcast via gdradio, nugs.net, and kpfa.org
We’re pitching media all over the place to promote Saturday’s KPFA Grateful Dead Marathon. Jon Brooks at KQED had an interesting angle: he asked me to list “five Grateful Dead songs you should know.” I was, of course, happy to oblige.
Really nice interview with Dave Papuga on Grateful Web. Intended to promote the February 23 KPFA marathon, but we talked about a lot of stuff.
I am a regular consumer of Barlovento Chocolates. I buy them at the Grand Lake Farmers’ market on Saturdays and eat a little bit every evening while I do the dishes. Chocolatier Pete Brydon has become a friend over the years, and he has donated Jerry on Broadway posters (from his previous life as a … Read more
Wes Lang, who did the cover art and packaging for the Grateful Dead’s Spring 1990 boxed set, has donated a signed and numbered boxed set and a poster of the “Warrior Skull”cover art for the auction. Come on by and place a bid!