A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans Tonight’s Dead to the World might of interest to the historians among you. I’m planning to spend two hours with Eric Christensen, the director of The Trips Festival Movie. He showed it at the Mill Valley Film Festival a few months ago and then taped a panel discussion with Mountain Girl, Bob Weir, Stewart Brand, … Read more
LOSER – Elvis Costello w/ Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods (Bill Kirchen and band) at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in San Francisco 10/2007. Thanks to Steve Silberman for the link.
Week of December 10, 2007 Part 1 35:22 Grateful Dead 6/30/74 Civic Center Arena, Springfield MA PLAYING IN THE BAND-> UNCLE JOHN’S BAND-> PLAYING IN THE BAND Part 2 19:33 Grateful Dead 6/30/74 Civic Center Arena, Springfield MA PHIL LESH and NED LAGIN Support for the Grateful Dead hour this week comes from: Grateful Dead … Read more
Hey MagMusic Family, The 2008 Suwannee Springfest lineup is very close to an initial announcement. But just to give you a little advance, we’re very pleased to announce that David Grisman will be joining us with his Quintet and he will also be participating in a mandolin workshop. There is lots more to come very, very … Read more
Here’s a nice short TV commercial from the Center for American Progress, all about PROgressives versus CONservatives.
Just a reminder that we’re posting a show from the Grateful Dead Hour archives on DeadNet every Wednesday. Today’s offering is GD Hour #500, a mixed bag of exclusives and firsts – including a reprise of Greatest Pump Song Ever Wrote, the first radio piece I ever produced, and the legendary Mickey Hart “rap” version … Read more
From Gary Lambert: The fabulous New Jersey radio station WFMU, via its equally fabulous blog, is having a “Rudy Remix” contest, in which listeners are invited to have at clips of Benito Giuliani’s countless repetitions of “September 11,” and turn them into audio art. My entry is now on the blog, and also here The … Read more
Dead to the World and Sing Out! (hosted by Larry Kelp) combine on Wednesday, December 19, 8 pm til midnight PST, to broadcast a four-hour radio documentary on Bob Dylan produced by Joyride Media and hosted by Patti Smith. Here’s some background on the program, from the Public Radio Exchange web site: Patti Smith hosts … Read more
The interview with Eric Christensen, director of The Trips Festival Movie, will take place on Wednesday, December 12 rather than this week as originally scheduled. I’ve got a family matter to deal with so I’m taking this Wednesday off. Tim Lynch will have some fine music for you on Dead to the World tomorrow night.
Week of December 3, 2007 Part 1 25:36 Interview: Alec Palao The Warlocks (aka Grateful Dead), from Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970 CAN’T COME DOWN Grateful Dead (unreleased studio rough mixes 1968) DARK STAR BORN CROSS-EYED Interview: Alec Palao Grateful Dead, from Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco … Read more