David Gans

Dead to the World 5/10/06

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Fund-raiser – please pledge your support! 510-848-5732, or 1-800-439-5732, or online at kpfa.org Loser – Dave Alvin, West of the West The Restless Consumer – Neil Young, Living with War Play This Keller on Keller – Keller Williams, from Jam in the Dam Goof Balls Dupree’s Diamond Blues – Keller and the Keels, Grass Interview … Read more

Godsmack frontman smacked by Arthur

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Check out this transcript of a phone interview between Godsmack frontman Sully Erna and Arthur magazine editor Jay Babcock! I don’t know anything about Godsmack, but I gather they sell a ton of records and they seem to have licensed a couple of their songs to the US Army for recruiting commercials. Babcock used a … Read more

Dead to the World 5/10, 5/17, and 5/24

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The KPFA fund-raiser started today (May 9), and continues through the end of the month. This affects Dead to the World, of course, and here’s some info on what we have in store: Wednesday, May 10, 8-10pm: Phone interview with Keller Williams, regarding the CD Grass by Keller and the Keels and the Jam in … Read more

The Projection Party, again

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Letter I sent to the San Francisco Chronicle: Editor – Regarding this letter in the 5/8 edition: Special privilege? Editor — Congress must immediately conduct a full investigation regarding Rep. Patrick Kennedy’s 2:30 a.m. automobile accident in the Capitol Thursday morning (“Rep. Kennedy denies he was drinking before crash,” May 5)! His driver’s license should … Read more

WELL GD conference 20th birthday party

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The WELL‘s Grateful Dead community, which began to create itself online on March 1, 1986, celebrated its birthday with a potluck at the Log Cabin in San Anselmo, California. Tons of photos, sound and text will be coming soon. For starters: DG’s photos John’s photos Emily’s photos Dan’s photos Julie’s photos Franklin posted a video … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour #920

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Week of May 8, 2006 Part 1 32:49 Grateful Dead 4/17/72 Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark DARK STAR Part 2 24:01 Béla Fleck and the Flecktones 2/15/06 KPFA Performance studio, Berkeley CA CHENNAI WHO’S GOT THREE? WHISTLE TUNE Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, The Hidden Land SUBTERFUGE A few weeks ago, I posted some notes … Read more

A dream I had

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I’ve been sick in bed with a nasty intestinal thing, accompanied by a high fever. When I was a kid, I had high fevers, and they were always accompanied by really great hallucinations. I had a very intense dream the morning the fever hit, and this time I was able to write most of it … Read more

“Was it Funny?” is irrelevant

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My friend Eric Rawlins, quoted here with his permission: Although I’m not surprised that the right would claim it was “not funny” — they can hardly argue with Colbert’s suggestions on their merit — whether what he did was funny strikes me as completely irrelevant. It’s as if Welch’s “have you no shame” speech had … Read more