A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans The War on Some Drugs is irrational, inhuman, morally and logically indefensible, and unamerican. It’s exactly like the opposition to gay marriage: you can’t get anyone to make an argument that doesn’t eventually circle back on itself. How exactly is “the institution of marriage” harmed by allowing two people of the same sex to participate … Read more
I posted this on rec.music.gdead just now, so I might as well post it here, too. JonP wrote: Why do you think that david gans has been posting her nonstop since this started?… Damage control for gdp..I wouldnt be surprised of they asked him to do it… They didn’t. I don’t know how many times … Read more
Today is the release date of a double-barreled download: a single disc from 1970 (mostly 2/4, with one song from 10/5 and two from 12/31), all mixed from 16-track; and what looks like the complete show (on two CDs) of 12/10/73 in Charlotte NC. I listened to all three discs last night, and it was … Read more
Over on Uncle John’s Blog, I posted a message from AOL’s GD Forum Store proprietor Geoff Gould regarding the state of his business. An excerpt: The Grateful Dead have been very good to me over the years. When my company was making Phil and Bobby’s axes (and a couple for Jerry he didn’t play) they … Read more
Surely You Jest (listen) David Gans You’d best be glad this guitar ain’t a weapon I’d strum your lyin’ ass on up to Heaven But you’d not get in Takin’ lessons from that thug Shakin’ hippies down for drugs And drinkin’ from that jug Of stolen liquor I’ve been runnin’ with a crowd of rowdy … Read more
“Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s very public moves to rebuild his political fortunes by reaching out to Democrats are making for some tricky equations up in Sacramento,” write Phil Matier and Andrew Ross in today’s San Francisco Chronicle. Take, for example, Arnold’s call for a multibillion-dollar bond to rebuild the state’s infrastructure. Backing such a bond — … Read more
Two posts by Steve Marcus, former head of Grateful Dead Ticketing, from the WELL, reproduced here with his permission. 539, 416 of 428: Steven E. Marcus (smarcus) Sun 4 Dec 05 01:56 65 I am just happy for all that I have received in the past and for the over 100 times that I was … Read more
Peter Braverman pointed me at a blog called Cullen Sweeney, American Dreamer. In an entry titled “Requiem for the Dead,” Sweeney writes: In a lot of ways, the Grateful Dead were more of an idea than a band. Which is a clumsy way of saying that the fact they played musical instruments really, really well … Read more
Bob Weir gave an interview on KBCO in Denver, and the subject came up: Listen to it here. It’s a little jerky, with pieces missing, but I transcribed some of it… We had to cover our asses. What they’re doing is illegal, unless there are arrangements made… particularly in the case of covers – other … Read more
Jon Pareles’ “Critic’s Notebook” column today is titled “The Dead’s Gamble: Free Music for Sale.” A few excerpts: The Dead did a quick turnabout – call it a half-step uptown toodleloo – this week. … The Dead’s pristine soundboard recordings, with minimal crowd noise, are no longer available for quick downloading, but can be played … Read more