David Gans

Take a look at DeadNet. Pardon our mess… We apologize for the inconvenience, but Dead.net is transitioning to a new hosting environment. For you, that means that some sections of the site will be temporarily offline, including Archives, Fan Photos, and GD Radio. The store will remain open. We’ve also launched the new “Tapers Section” … Read more

From Paul Ingles in New Mexico: Five years ago today, I was laying in bed in the early morning hours when the clock radio clicked on with the news that George Harrison had died.  I can remember feeling this huge vibration rattle down my spine and a mixture of sadness and appreciation swept through me at … Read more

“It Was Twenty Years Ago Today”, photo by Stu Levy. A print of this image is up for auction: https://www.sfcamerawork.org/auction2006/auction5.html See lot 65 SF CAMERAWORK’S 2006 Auction Benefit Saturday, December 2, 2006 Live Auction begins at 1:00 pm Works by Richard Misrach, Dinh Q. Lê, Larry Fink, Holly Roberts, Michael Kenna, William Wegman, Lori Nix, … Read more

Rita and I drove to southern California for Thanksgiving gatherings with her family and mine. The weather was perfect, and the feasts and family fun were splendid. Here are some photos from our trip. How was your Thanksgiving?

Drea Stein writes from St. Louis: Just wanted to let you know that Jake’s Leg celebrated their 30th anniversary last night (Friday, November 24). They sold out an 1,800 seat venue. That was the first time that a local band ever sold out this venue. Our local paper ran a really nice article on them … Read more

Press release: DECEMBER 1ST, 2006 MARKS THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF AN IMPORTANT COG IN THE GRATEFUL DEAD WHEEL After Thirty Years on the Road and a Brief Hiatus The Hard Truckers are Back. Back in 1975 a fledgling company formed in the Bay Area. Two Grateful Dead Roadies, Steve Parish and Joe Winslow, took what … Read more

Jon Carroll publishes a version of this fine essay in his San Francisco Chronicle column every T-day. Here is today’s edition. A few excerpts: Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday. It is comfortably free of the strident religious and/or militaristic overtones that give the other holidays their soft emanations of uneasiness. At Thanksgiving, all … Read more

New song. This was its third public performance (at a house concert 11/12/06 in Forestville CA), and there are a few minor glitches in the delivery, but you get the gist. Sweet, wise, reverent, blasphemous and witty.  Damn that’s nice.  – Gail Williams RAN INTO GOD David Gans © 2006 Whispering Hallelujah (BMI) I ran … Read more