A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans Associated Press story in today’s San Francisco Chronicle: Honoring the Dead – with a symphony Excerpt: ….”Dead Symphony” is more than just pop songs arranged for an orchestra – it’s an honest-to-goodness, 12-movement symphony by a respected classical composer that twists the Dead songs it’s inspired by in adventurous directions. The symphony had a gestation … Read more
Greetings! Here is the schedule as it stands today. I hope to see all of you soon! Details on these performances at dgans.com/gigs.html (P.S. The new CD is going to the pressing plant very soon! More on that asap.) TONIGHT!!!! Wednesday, July 23, 8pm: Rubber Souldiers (DG, Lorin Rowan Chris Rowan, Paul Knight) at the … Read more
I played a street party in my neighborhood yesterday. Here’s a fun half-hour that starts with an original loop piece and then proceeds through three favorite covers. Brown-Eyed Jersey Girl-> Ship of Fools-> In Another World-> Rocket Man 7/20/08 Lots more music – audio and video – on the tunes page.
Dead to the World is pre-empted by KPFA fund-raising this week (Wednesday, July 23). If you aren’t already a member, we’d very much appreciate your support. Rather than doing the usual on-air pitching, we’re asking listeners to go to KPFA’s web site and either become a member or make an additional contribution. It’s the KPFA … Read more
Week of July 21, 2008 Part 1 34:16 Grateful Dead 2/26/77 Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino CA PROMISED LAND EYES OF THE WORLD-> BASS SOLO-> DANCIN’ IN THE STREETS-> AROUND AND AROUND Part 2 22:39 Steve Goodman, The Easter Tapes BIG IRON Trey Anastasio Band, Original Boardwalk Style ALIVE AGAIN Grateful Dead 2/26/77 Swing Auditorium, San … Read more
I’m hosting “Tales from the Golden Road” alone today so Lambert can go watch the final performance of “Passing Strange.” Tune in to Sirius 32 from 4 to 6 pm EDT and we’ll talk about whatever comes up! 1-888-89-SIRIUS to join the conversation. www.sirius.com/gratefuldead for a free three-day online trial. P.S. Here’s a picture of … Read more
Dana Gioia, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, says Ryan has “the gift of being simultaneously very funny and very wise.” The article, by Bob Thompson, includes a video of Kay reading.
Larry Hunter in the New York Daily News: I’m a lifelong Republican – a supply-side conservative. I worked in the Reagan White House. I was the chief economist at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for five years. In 1994, I helped write the Republican Contract with America. I served on Bob Dole’s presidential campaign team … Read more
I’m working with a new organization called Music for Democracy, a grass-roots movement to inspire music lovers to participate n the political system so we can rescue democracy from the clutches of rapacious corporatists. The Republican Party is the principal offender – virtually nothing but a front group for pious thieves – but the Democratic … Read more
Got some most amazing news today: Kay Ryan has been named the poet laureate of the United States. Kay is a member of our WELL community, via her partner, Carol Adair. My wife and I have been in her home. So, congratulations to Kay! It’s especially wonderful and unexpected, given the ugly, inhuman, and homophobic … Read more