Garcia Songbook Live in Berkeley tonight (early show!)

Joe Craven, David Gans, Lorna Kollmeyer, Jeff Hobbs, Joe Kyle, Jr and special guest Mookie Siegel – telling the story in our own voice! Sunday 4/16. Doors at 6, show at 6:30 Art House Gallery and Cultural Center 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley Tickets are available here Click here to hear our new studio recording of … Read more

Rare 1975 JG poster for KPFA

Tom Stack has donated five more copies of this rare poster for KPFA’s benefit. Were asking $100 for the poster, and Tom will pay for shipping. First five people to contact me (david@trufun.com) can have ’em. This picture was taken at Winterland Arena in San Francisco, California by the late Frank Moffett. Though originally booked … Read more

Photos from Peru

Rita and I “won” a pair of round-trip tickets to anywhere LAN Airlines flies in South America. It was a promotion, I think because they had just opened the San Francisco market.  It happened at a favorite restaurant, Bocanova – a “Pan-American” restaurant in Oakland’s Jack London Square – a perfect place for them to … Read more

“The Narcotic Problem”

Jon Carroll’s column in today’s Chronicle is (yet again) about the insanity of our drug laws. The current state of affairs is something of a mess, although commerce is winning out in many areas. There’s gold in them thar buds, friends, and lots of people are aware of that and jumping on the bandwagon. If … Read more