Here is the latest news from David Gans, producer and host of the Grateful Dead Hour.
“When Fascism comes to America…”
“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.” – Sinclair Lewis
This image is also posted on flickr.com along with a complete collection of Grand Lake Theater marquees.
Thanks
Just wanted to say thanks for playing the compiled “Days Between” again. It’d be hard to match the emotion Jerry pulls out in any other song. He really tugs at the heartstrings with that one.
Thanks again,
Jeff
Getting rid of digital noise
I’ve spent several hours last night and today cleaning up a terrific recording that has just come into circulation: Grateful Dead 4/17/72 at the Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The third disc is Dark Star-> Sugar Magnolia-> Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)-> Johnny B. Goode. There was quite a bit of digital noise on this disc, so I fed it to my Sonic Solutions digital audio workstation and took care of more than three dozen little annoyances.
I have posted an explanation of the process, with visuals and “before” and “after” audio.
Tune in to KPFA tonight at 8:00 pm PST to hear the result. It’s a terrific performance!
New loop piece: “Up Late”
I’m off the road for a few weeks, and one of my tasks – along with learning how to use Dreamweaver so I can get my web pages out of the plain-text doldrums – is to get my home recording setup working once and for all. I’ve had a Pro Tools rig for a while but only recently started learning how to use it, and I have some new performance gear that I am integrating into a road case, as well as some other signal processors that I’m hauling out of the closet for use in the home studio.
Last night I got it all hooked up and started playing around, and came up with a loop jam that I recorded and then edited into something somewhat presentable that I call “Up Late.” It’s about ten minutes long.
From the GDH archive
In my early days on the KFOG Deadhead Hour, when I had a lot more time and smoked a a bit more dope, I used to spend days putting together little radio plays with material I grabbed from TV news, etc.
One of my favorites was a two-part show I did using audio from The Hippie Temptation, a nasty bit of reactionary network-news fearmongering by one of the major networks, shot in the Haight in ’67 or so.
Part 1 (40:43)
Part 2 (17:41)
Part 3 (31:33)
Part 4 (31:23)