DG in (near) Nashville this Thursday 9/18
Thursday, September 18, 8:30 pm: Puckett’s Grocery, 120 Fourth Avenue South, Franklin TN. $10 cover; call 615-794-5527 for dinner reservations.
David Gans
Hobo Stage benefit for Shawnee Preservation Society 10/5
From the Hobo Stage folks in New Jersey: Hi Folks The Hobo Stage is pleased to be helping our friends at the Shawnee Preservation Society by hosting a special Sunday afternoon benefit show and party. Featuring entertainment from the Shockenaw Mountain Boys (Tim Carbone, Andy Goessling, John Skehan, Johnny Grubb) Johnny Maj will be our … Read more
Grateful Dead Hour no. 1043
Week of September 15, 2008 Part 1 33:53 Grateful Dead 12/31/69 Boston Tea Party GOOD LOVIN’-> DRUMS-> THE ELEVEN HIGH TIME CUMBERLAND BLUES Part 2 23:37 Donna the Buffalo, Silverlined TEMPORARY MISERY FORTY DAYS AND FORTY NIGHTS Grateful Dead 12/31/69 Boston Tea Party BIG BOY PETE NOT FADE AWAY Donna the Buffalo are on a … Read more
Vote! Vote! Vote!
Please visit this site for information on how to register to vote, request an absentee ballot, and find your polling location. Three minutes to change the world! Don’t let me hear any of that crap about how all politicians are the same, voting only encourages them, etc. That’s how we got into this mess.
New York Times editorial about McCain-Palin
It was bad enough that Ms. Palin’s performance in the first televised interviews she has done since she joined the Republican ticket was so visibly scripted and lacking in awareness. What made it so much worse is the strategy for which the Republicans have made Ms. Palin the frontwoman: win the White House not on … Read more
“Rockin the Cradle: Egypt 1978” Preview on Sirius
David Lemieux, Grateful Dead archivist and the daily host of Today in Grateful Dead History on SIRIUS’ Grateful Dead channel, will host an hour-long premiere preview special highlighting the much-anticipated Egypt 1978 release. Celebrating the Dead’s legendary performance at the foot of the Gizeh pyramids, this extraordinary release is not available to the public until … Read more
Oakland Rocks for Change
“Dig as deep as you can to get through the next 60 days.” -Excerpt from Barack Obama to staff members Music for Democracy would like to invite you to an exclusive pre-concert reception. Oakland Rocks For Change is on Tuesday night, September 16th at the Malonga Casquelourd Center (formerly Alice Arts Center) at 7pm. Our … Read more
Dead to the World 9/10/08
Alligator-> Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)-> Feedback Good Lovin’-> Drums-> The Eleven High Time – Grateful Dead 12/31/69 Boston Tea Party, Boston MA In the studio: Suzy Thompson and Lyle Lofgren, talking about the Berkeley Old Time Music Convention I Met Her at a Ball One Night – The Brandy Snifters Bile them Cabbage … Read more
Paul Krassner remembers Egypt ’78
“The Sphinx’s Jaw Just Dropped!”
Old Time music on DTTW tonight
On this week’s (Wednesday, September 10) Dead to the World, the second hour will be devoted to the Berkeley Old Time Music Convention, which begins the following day. Suzy Thompson will be joined by Lyle and Liz Lofgren. Suzy directed me to these notes about a pair of radio shows Lyle did last year as … Read more