Dead to the World

Playlists, program notes, and discussion of Dead to the World (Wednesdays 8-10pm on KPFA 94.1 Berkeley CA)

Dead to the World 4/11/12

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Guest DJ: Donn Harris, Executive and artistic director of the Oakland School for the Arts Hard to Handle (4/29/71) – Ladies and Gentlemen… The Grateful Dead Turn On Your Love Light (8/24/68) – Grateful Dead, Two from the Vault Cold Rain and Snow (9/28/76) New Minglewood Blues (9/28/76) – Grateful Dead, Dick’s Picks vol. 20 … Read more

Dead to the World 4/4/12

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This program will be available for streaming on the KPFA archive until April 18. Run for the Roses Tell It to Me Attics of My Life Heaven Help the Fool Strange Man Gomorrah – Jeff Mattson, Rob Eaton, and Lisa Mackey of Dark Star Orchestra in the KPFA studio Maggie’s Farm Little Red Rooster I … Read more

Tonight on Dead to the World

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Lisa Mackey, Rob Eaton, and Jeff Mattson of Dark Star Orchestra will visit Dead to the World (and sing a few songs) Wednesday, April 4, at 8pm Pacific time. Also scheduled: a preview of the 7/18/89 Grateful Dead concert that will be shown in theaters on 4/19, and an unreleased studio performance by Bob Weir … Read more

Dead to the World 3/28/12

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Earl’s Breakdown – Earl Scruggs with Family and Friends, Live at the Ryman Summertime – Bear’s Sonic Journals Presents Big Brother and the Holding Company Featuring Janis Joplin, Live at the Carousel Ballroom 1968 Time Never Ends Cut the Deck – Mickey Hart Band, Mysterium Tremendum Bird Song – David Nelson Band 2/5/12 Kona Historical … Read more

Nice letter from a listener

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Email from Doug White, posted with permission. He heard his friend Jason Rappaport’s guest DJ appearance on last night’s Dead to the World. (You can listen on the KPFA archive until April 4; the playlist is posted here). Hey man. I’ve never written you before but I have seen you live at the Fillmore doing … Read more

Dead to the World 3/21/12

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Guest DJ: Jason Rappaport Jason was given this evening as a gift by his pals Eric Samuels and Ethan Friedman, whose wives gave them the guest-DJ thing last year. Both of these events were won in a fund-raising auction for Chabot Elementary School in Oakland. Cassidy Might as Well – Grateful Dead 4/27/91 Sam Boyd … Read more