“The Hippie Temptation”

Excerpt from a 1967 CBS news documentary titled The Hippie Temptation. If you can find the whole program, it’s worth watching. Viewed from the perspective of 40 years later, it’s hilarious, but also pretty scary.  A mother tells the story of how her child took acid and saw god – so she sent him to … Read more

Reading John McPhee

I read my first John McPhee today: Basin and Range.  While flying over said region, in fact. Now I feel like a fool for not having read his entire oeuvre already. This book includes a sentence I had heard attributed to McPhee – the sort of breathtaking fact that sums up the magnificence of the … Read more

KPFA marathon update

Please note: the February 3 KPFA marathon will start an hour later than previously announced: 10 am pacific time. Ends at 1 am as usual, meaning I have an hour less on the air but an hour more to sleep before the big day! Stay tuned for more details. I’ll start a web page for … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour #955

Week of January 8, 2007 Part 1  25:50 Grateful Dead, Live at the Cow Palace: New Year’s Eve ’76 DEAL Interview: Donna Jean Mackay Interview: Bob Weir Grateful Dead, Live at the Cow Palace: New Year’s Eve ’76 GOOD LOVIN’-> SAMSON AND DELILAH Interview: Bob Weir Part 2  29:20 Grateful Dead, Live at the Cow … Read more

Dead to the World 1/3/07

Steve Silberman talks about the wonderful new David Crosby boxed set Voyage, for which he wrote the liner notes. Deja Vu Wooden Ships Renaissance Fair – David Crosby, Voyage Triad – The Byrds, Never Before Tamalpais High (At About 3) Kids and Dogs Rusty and Blue – David Crosby, Voyage Everything Was Right: The Beatles’ … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour #954

Week of January 1, 2007 Part 1 25:25 Grateful Dead 11/14/73 San Diego Sports Arena EL PASO CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER-> I KNOW YOU RIDER AROUND AND AROUND Part 2 30:25 Interview: Jim Lauderdale Jim Lauderdale, Bluegrass WHO’S LEAVING WHO Jim Lauderdale, Country Super Hits! Vol. 1 SINGLE STANDARD TIME Interview: Jim Lauderdale Jim Lauderdale with … Read more