Garage sale update

Update on the “garage sale” of GD Hour t-shirts: All the MEDIUM shirts of the original design are gone. I still have some SMALL white shirts with the original design, and plenty of XXLs in blue, sand, and black of the second design. Images and more information in an earlier post. Thanks to all who … Read more

The United States of Torture

From today’s Jon Carroll column: I have heard the arguments in favor of increased prisoner abuse. This is a new kind of war with an enemy that kills civilians without mercy. This enemy has bombed the World Trade Center; it bombed nightclubs in Indonesia when the discos were crowded; it bombed subways in London at … Read more

Church Sign Generator

I’ve been seeing these things for a couple of years, and I should have figured out by now that they were artificial. Sent to me this morning by Ric Findlay: And Ric also told me where he got it: The Church Sign Generator, of course!!

Gans in the Rex Foundation spotlight!

In case you haven’t visited lately, the Rex Foundation’s web site has been quite active. And there’s a “Musicians Spotlight” feature on me up there now – an interview by a fine young writer named Casey Lowdermilk. Says musician, songwriter, and producer David Gans: “I like Rex’s commitment to grassroots, direct-action humanitarianism. In a world … Read more

Phil Lesh on Vince Welnick

Phil Lesh’s statement, posted at PhilLesh.net: The period after Brent’s death, when Vince first joined the band, was one of one of my most difficult years with the Grateful Dead. Jill and I had become quite close to Brent and his wife Lisa and we spent many happy hours hanging together. I was devastated when … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour #925

Week of June 12, 2006 Part 1 30:35 Grateful Dead 10/28/85 Fox Theater, Atlanta SPACE-> TRUCKIN’-> SMOKESTACK LIGHTNING-> STELLA BLUE-> AROUND AND AROUND-> GOOD LOVIN’ Part 2 24:45 Grateful Dead 10/28/85 Fox Theater, Atlanta KEEP YOUR DAY JOB Peter Rowan, Crucial Country LAND OF THE NAVAJO-> ANCIENT TONES Catherine Russell, Cat NEW SPEEDWAY BOOGIE Nelson, … Read more

Ratdog and “Book of Rules”

I have to believe the addition of “Book of Rules” to the Ratdog songbook may have something to do with a conversation that Bob, Mark and I had off the air during their KPFA appearance 5/31. The inevitable requests for “Monkey and the Engineer” and “My Brother Esau” came in on the phone, and while … Read more

Weir in the I-J

Nice Bob Weir interview by Paul Liberatore in Friday’s Marin Independent Journal, previewing Ratdog’s appearance at the Harmony Festival that night. Regarding Vince’s suicide: “It’s nothing but sad,” Weir says from his Mill Valley home. “I wish I were qualified to have been of more help to him, but I’m not. All I could be … Read more