Here is the latest news from David Gans, producer and host of the Grateful Dead Hour.
Grateful Garcia Gathering 7/31-8/2
(This is the email they’re sending out.)Hey now Deadheads, Hippies and Kind Folks, DON’T MISS THIS REAL GOOD TIME!!! We welcome you to the Grateful Garcia Gathering 2008 at beautiful Legend Valley (formerly Buckeye Lake Music Center) in Ohio! “There Ain’t Nothing Like A Grateful Garcia Gathering”. Artists: Jackie Greene, Melvin Seals & JGB, Donna Jean and The Tricksters, David Gans, Moonalice (Barry Sless, G.E.Smith, Pete Sears, Roger McNamee, Ann McNamee, Jimmy Sanchez), New Riders of the Purple Sage (David Nelson, Buddy Cage, Michael Falzarano, Ronnie Penque, and Johnny Markowski), BoomBox, Waterband, Splintered Sunlight, Baghdad Scuba Review, Covert Operations, Professor Louie & The Crowmatix, Grateful Beth and the Volunteers, Lyle, JiMiller Band, In the Dark! Tickets are on sale now. Its going to be a WOOT! Dates are July 31st – August 2nd. So tell me, how many friends can you fit into your car? Finding your way to the Valley is pretty easy. Legend Valley Concert Venue and Campground is located just off I-70 in Thornville Ohio, about 25 miles east of downtown Columbus, Ohio. The 3G’s Will Shine With You, SO DON’T MISS THE BUS! Online tickets at: www.LegendValley.net www.GratefulGarciaGathering.com www.Myspace.com/GratefulGarciaGathering “The Grateful Garcia Gathering” July 31st thru Aug 2nd 2008. This will be a celebration and tribute honoring the music and life of Jerry Garcia and his 66th Birthday at Legend Valley in Ohio. See ya in the Valley!
Rubber Souldiers – Minkin pix
Bob Minkin posted some nice photos of the May 7 Rubber Souldiers show at the Iron Springs Pub in Fairfax. Sixteen images in all.
Chris Rowan showed up unable to speak, let alone sing, so we sent him home. It was Lorin Rowan, Robin Sylvester and me, with some vocal help from my friends Eric Rawlins and Phil Catalfo and a little squeezebox from Miguel Amor.
Grateful Dead Hour #1025
Week of May 12, 2008
Part 1 21:10
Grateful Dead 8/5/89 Cal Expo, Sacramento CA
NOT FADE AWAY
US BLUES
Part 2 33:45
Ratdog 3/24/08 The Pageant, St Louis MO
THE GOLDEN ROAD
Ratdog 3/25/08 Madison Theater, Covington KY
I NEED A MIRACLE
Ratdog 3/29/08 Landmark Theater, Syracuse NY
BEEN ALL AROUND THIS WORLD
Ratdog 4/3/08 Beacon Theater, New York NY
FRANKLIN’S TOWER (Acoustic)
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McCain: extremist
Listen to this clip of John McCain on The Daily Show Wednesday 5/7.
“I think that [Hamas] is a transcendent evil that wants to destroy everything we stand for and believe in, and I don’t think it’s based on, frankly, individuals, as it is that they are just the exact mirror opposite of everything we stand for and believe in….”
This is extremist talk. This is not the sort of thing we want to hear from our president. This is the sort of thing we’ve been hearing from the current president, and look at the mess we are in all over the world.
If John McCain believe what he is saying, he is a fanatic and should not be elected president. If he doesn’t believe what he is saying, he is a pandering politician and should not be elected president.
A careful reading of McCain’s positions and speeches over the course of his public life shows that he is way more of a “flip-flopper” than John Kerry ever was.
We need a statesman in the White House. We need an intelligent, constructive mind. We need something other than the Republican travesty that has destroyed America’s standing in the world and is destroying its own people, too.
Is Barack Obama that statesman? I sure hope so. John McCain most certainly is not.