A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
Playlists, program notes, and discussion of Dead to the World (Wednesdays 8-10pm on KPFA 94.1 Berkeley CA)
I just did an interview for the Thursday, January 29 edition of NPR’s Here & Now. We talked about Saturday’s KPFA Grateful Dead Marathon and (spoiler alert!!) we played a few clips from the shows I am planning to play during the broadcast. Here is a link to the piece.
Interview with Matthew Lasar, published this morning on Radio Survivor. This weekend and through February David Gans will celebrate two milestones: his 29th Grateful Dead marathon on listener supported KPFA-FM in Berkeley and his 30th year of radio broadcasting. A musician and writer, Gans deejayed his first Deadhead Hour on KFOG-FM in San Francisco on … Read more
new update is here
Mark Lichtenberger has donated two Lom Lomi (Hawaiian style) massages to the KPFA marathon! Mark is a certified massage therapist with the state of California. He has over 650 hours of classroom and clinical training and 10 years experience at making people feel good. Mark specializes in Lomi Lomi, Hawaiian massage, utilizing a mixture of … Read more
AUCTION UPDATE
Photo of Jerry Garcia 1988 by Marc Franklin. 11×14″ archival print, signed by the photographer. Stuart Steinhardt says: “Sandy and I have a copy of this photo. That’s where David saw it. Marc takes some very intimate, direct portraits. It is a very fine photograph, definitely worth more that the opening bid.” Auction to benefit … Read more
Postcards of the Hanging: Grateful Dead Perform the Songs of Bob Dylan – limited edition with bonus disc. Sealed! Auction to benefit KPFA listener-sponsored radio. Bidding starts at $50.00. Post your bid in the comments section below and check back often! Auction ends Sunday, February 1, 2015, at noon Pacific time. Proceeds go to KPFA. … Read more
The annual KPFA Grateful Dead marathon is Saturday, January 31, 2015, 9am to 1am Pacific time. Broadcast live on KPFA 94.1 fm in Berkeley and streaming online at kpfa.org, nugs.net, and gdradio.net Right now we’re running an auction to benefit KPFA listener-sponsored radio. Photos, backstage passes, a Jerry Garcia bobblehead! Here is a list of … Read more
Photo of Jerry Garcia 12/31/78 by Stu Levy. Approx. 8×7″ archival pigment print. (Check out this wonderful grid portrait by Stu!) Auction to benefit KPFA listener-sponsored radio. Bidding starts at $100.00. Post your bid in the comments section below and check back often! Auction ends Sunday, February 1, 2015, at noon Pacific time. Proceeds go … Read more
Mississippi Halfstep Mexicali Blues-> Big River Candyman It’s All Over Now Brown-Eyed Women Beat It on Down the Line Friend of the Devil Lazy Lightnin’-> Supplication – Grateful Dead 1/13/78 Arlington Theater, Santa Barbara CA Willie – Poor Man’s Whiskey, Dark Side of the Moonshine Ghosts of the Inland Sea – Houston Jones, Jericho Ripple … Read more