A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans An account of how my book Playing in the Band: An Oral and Visual Portrait of the Grateful Dead turned him on to the Dead: [a friend] asked if I had ever listened to the Grateful Dead. I had a Warner Brothers sampler album that had one song by them on it (a live version … Read more
Wednesday, November 28, 9pm: David Gans opens for Cast of Clowns at the Brick and Mortar Music Hall, San Francisco. Thursday, November 29, 9pm: David Gans opens for Cast of Clowns at the Ashkenaz, Berkeley CA. Saturday, December 8, noon to 1:45pm: KPFA Crafts Fair. At the Concourse, 8th and Brannan Streets, San Francisco. https://www.kpfa.org/craftsfair/ … Read more
The celebrated poet Jane Hirshfield, a friend and cyber-neighbor in The WELL, posted a poem by Jack Gilbert following the announcement of his passing last week. The poem is titled “A Brief for the Defense.” These lines were especially powerful and important, to my eye and heart: We can do without pleasure, but not delight. … Read more
Week of November 26, 2012 Part 1 31:54 Furthur 9/23/12 Red Rocks, Morrison CO ALLIGATOR-> CUMBERLAND BLUES Talk Grateful Dead, Winterland 5/30/71 DEAL SUGAR MAGNOLIA Part 2 24:53 David Nelson Band 11/8/12 Ashkenaz, Berkeley CA WHERE I COME FROM-> IMPRESSIONISTS TWO-STEP The two selections from 5/30/71 are taken from a special vinyl release that was … Read more
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Another fine Jon Carroll column: I’m not saying people shouldn’t buy things; I’m saying that it is unwise for people to buy things because buying things makes them feel rich. I’m saying that it is imprudent to buy things if it means spending the rest of the year paying off interest on credit card debt. … Read more
I love this one, every year. “At Thanksgiving, all we have to worry about is whether we can wholeheartedly support A) roasted turkey, B) friends and C) gratitude. My opinions on these matters are unambiguous; I am in favor of them all.”
Samson and Delilah Tennessee Jed Easy Wind Alabama Getaway Loose Lucy You Win Again Operator Uncle John’s Band – Furthur 9-23-12 Red Rocks, Morrison CO This Furthur show is available for download or on CD from gnomesandhobbits. They have more Furthur shows, Bob Weir solo, etc., too. Six of One – New Riders of the … Read more
Jon Carroll in today’s SF Chronicle: I think people voted for Obama for other reasons, and I think the Republican Party should try to understand the electoral victory in terms of what the voters believed about why they were voting. Far from being selfish, I think a lot of it was altruism. It was people … Read more
It’s a Rick Turner Renaissance RS-6, with the magnetic pickup and a Roland GR interface.