A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans 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
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
If you’d like to spend some time working the phones during the KPFA marathon on February 3, please email eden@kpfa.org or call 510-848-6767 x618 to sign up. It’s actually a lot of run. Hang out with other kind folks in the room, talk with heads from all over the world, and you’ll get fed some … Read more
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
From an article titled “Message in Music: Pastor explores spiritual themes in Grateful Dead tunes” by Gretchen Murray, published in the Traverse City (MI) Record-Eagle January 6, 2007: … 40 years since the group got its start and 12 years after the death of lead guitarist Jerry Garcia silenced their music, some people who didn’t … Read more
The Waybacks will perform live on the annual KPFA GD marathon Saturday, February 3. Set time TBA. Caroline Aiken is also expected to drop in for a set. More musical guests TBA. Stay tuned! nugs.net has signed on to simulcast the marathon for maximum global bandwidth!
Week of January 8, 2007 Part 1Â 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 2Â 29:20 Grateful Dead, Live at the Cow … Read more
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
DeadNet is streaming Live at the Cow Palace New Year’s Eve 1976 until 11:59 pm January 1. There’s a photo gallery you can browse while the music is playing. My little featurette is also available online now. Features the voices of Bob Weir, Donna Jean Godchaux Mackay, KSAN host Glenn Lambert, and fans Paul Israel … Read more
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