A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans (Editor’s note: This is all well and good, but it sure would be nice to see some NEW MUSIC from the Garcia stash!) Stop by the Jerry Garcia Store for some great promotions during the month of June! A surplus stash of the 2-CD Jerry Garcia Band release, Shining Star, has been discovered and we’re … Read more
Congratulations to George Lyons, host of The Lyons Den on KUNV 91.5 in Las Vegas. The show celebrates its 10th anniversary on the air tonight, 8 pm to midnight Pacific Time.
Week of June 9, 2008 Part 1 43:43 Grateful Dead 1/7/78 Golden Hall, San Diego CA PLAYING IN THE BAND-> DRUMS-> NOT FADE AWAY-> AROUND AND AROUND Part 2 12:12 Grateful Dead, Road Trips vol 1 no 3 MR. CHARLIE Grateful Dead 1/7/78 Golden Hall, San Diego CA ONE MORE SATURDAY NIGHT Note: The master … Read more
From Barack Oama’s web site, this message of thanks to Hillary Clinton: Obviously, I am thrilled and honored to have Senator Clinton’s support. But more than that, I honor her today for the valiant and historic campaign she has run. She shattered barriers on behalf of my daughters and women everywhere, who now know that … Read more
From The Times (London): Dylan gives a ringing endorsement to Mr Obama, the first ever black presidential candidate, claiming he is “redefining the nature of politics from the ground up”. See also the full-length Dylan interview from which that news was extracted.
Road Trips, vol 1 no 3 This is some great music. including the long-lost soundboard recording of the justly-legendary 8/6/71 Hard to Handle! Shows New Haven, CT – 7/31/71 Chicago, IL – 8/23/71 Hollywood, CA – 8/6/71 San Pedro, CA – 8/4/71
Mr. Kelley and his longtime collaborator, Stanley Mouse, combined sinuous Art Nouveau lettering and outré images plucked from sources near and far to create the visual equivalent of an acid trip. A 19th-century engraving from “The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam†inspired a famous poster for a Grateful Dead concert at the Avalon Ballroom in 1966 … Read more
Via the GDH mailing list, a pointer to a “25 years ago today” feature on NPR. It’s an interview with Paul Grushkin, author of The Official Book of the Deadheads, which had just been published. Last item in the podcast.
I went to see the president He had a bruise on his shoulder where big business places its thumb His breath was powerful, and he reeked of compromise – Jeb Puryear (Donna the Buffalo) Let’s keep this image front and center between now and November: The body language seems creepy to me, and weirdly reminiscent … Read more
One of my favorite political blogs is Digby‘s. She pays attention to what’s going on and always write with clarity, depth, and compassion from pretty much the same spot on the political spectrum where I stand. Here’s an excerpt from a post she made this evening, which amplifies something I said extemporaneously on the air … Read more