David Gans

Report from GratefulFest

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Jon Winer posted this on the GD Hour mailing list; I repost it here with his permission. My sets and the Zen Tricksters‘ sets, and others from the festival (although not DSO’s and probably not Keller Williams’), will be available for download from digitalsoundboard.net From: Jon Winer Subject: GratefulFest 2007– Day 1 Date: Thu, 5 … Read more

Mark Karan gets some bad news

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From Mark Karan: i have been diagnosed with a cancer of the throat. it’s a tuff kind to fight. it’s a squamous cell tonsular cancer that has [metastasized] into two lymph nodes… and it’s stage four. the good news is that it’s “extremely well contained”. everything looks really good for getting thru this with hard … Read more

Keith Olbermann’s best special comment ever

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You gotta read this whole thing, and/or watch the video. Bush, Cheney should resign SPECIAL COMMENT By Keith Olbermann Anchor, ‘Countdown’ “I didn’t vote for him,” an American once said, “But he’s my president, and I hope he does a good job.” That—on this eve of the 4th of July—is the essence of this democracy, … Read more

Bob Weir re Three from the Vault

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MSN Music has a nice Bob Weir interview by Alan Light. I appreciated this observation from the intro: What is most interesting about “Three From the Vault” is not the backstory but the sound. It documents the band at an especially intriguing moment: fresh off the releases of “American Beauty” and “Workingman’s Dead,” their two … Read more

Mark Karan

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Ratdog’s lead guitarist, Mark Karan, posted this message on his web site last week: A Message from MK hey there groovy guys and groovy gals… it’s yr ol’ pal MK here with some less than stellar news. i will not be joining the boys on this july run thru the good ol’ USofA… my MDs … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour #980

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Week of July 2, 2007 or later Part 1 31:22 Grateful Dead 4/15/89 The Mecca, Milwaukee WI MISSISSIPPI HALFSTEP-> FEEL LIKE A STRANGER-> FRANKLIN’S TOWER-> WALKIN’ BLUES Part 2 25:33 Grateful Dead, Workingman’s Dead UNCLE JOHN’S BAND Interview: David Dodd Grateful Dead, In the Dark THROWING STONES Interview: David Dodd David Dodd is the creator … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour #979

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Week of June 25, 2007 Part 1 32:18 Ollabelle 1/20/07 American Beauty Project, New York City UNCLE JOHN’S BAND Interviews (backstage and onstage): Amy Helm, Tony Leone, John Schaefer Ollabelle 1/21/07 American Beauty Project, New York City BROKEDOWN PALACE Ollabelle, Riverside Battle Songs RIVERSIDE REACH FOR LOVE LAST LULLABY Part 2 24:07 Grateful Dead, Three … Read more