“When Fascism comes to America…”
“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.” – Sinclair Lewis This image is also posted on flickr.com along with a complete collection of Grand Lake Theater marquees.
David Gans
Dead to the World 4/12/06
Rain – Mutilaudio by David Gans Dark Star-> Sugar Magnolia-> Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)-> Johnny B. Goode – Grateful Dead 4/17/72 Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark Don’t Get Me Wrong Middle of the Road – The Pretenders, Pirate Radio (boxed set) Raised By Hippies – I See Hawks in LA, California Country Sugaree … Read more
Getting rid of digital noise
I’ve spent several hours last night and today cleaning up a terrific recording that has just come into circulation: Grateful Dead 4/17/72 at the Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen, Denmark. The third disc is Dark Star-> Sugar Magnolia-> Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)-> Johnny B. Goode. There was quite a bit of digital noise … Read more
New loop piece: “Up Late”
I’m off the road for a few weeks, and one of my tasks – along with learning how to use Dreamweaver so I can get my web pages out of the plain-text doldrums – is to get my home recording setup working once and for all. I’ve had a Pro Tools rig for a while … Read more
From the GDH archive
In my early days on the KFOG Deadhead Hour, when I had a lot more time and smoked a a bit more dope, I used to spend days putting together little radio plays with material I grabbed from TV news, etc. One of my favorites was a two-part show I did using audio from The … Read more
When did you start/stop smoking?
There’s a “Two Cents” item on sfgate.com, asking “When did you smoke your first cigarette? Your last?” My response is included.
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Robert Hunter reports on the New Riders show in Petaluma: 4.8.06 Just got back from the New Riders show at the Mystic in Petaluma. It sure took me back. Packed out house singing along lustily on songs they didn’t know they loved so much and suddenly discovered they did. Friends crawled out of the woodwork … Read more
Stop using Jesus as a political battering ram
Garry Wills in today’s New York Times: THERE is no such thing as a “Christian politics.” If it is a politics, it cannot be Christian. Jesus told Pilate: “My reign is not of this present order. If my reign were of this present order, my supporters would have fought against my being turned over to … Read more
Getting online in Negril
This photo can also be found on my flickr page, along with other images from Jamm in Jamaica.
Grateful Dead Hour #916
Week of April 10, 2006 Part 1 33:27 Bob Weir and Ratdog 3/1/06 KPFA Performance Studio LAZY RIVER ROAD-> SILVIO/TEQUILA-> ALTHEA Part 2 21:53 Hot Buttered Rum, Well Oiled Machine WELL-OILED MACHINE WATERPOCKET FOLD Photos and audio: Bob and the boys take some calls between sets at KPFA 3/1/06. Hot Buttered Rum will play live … Read more