KPFAmarathon2015

Bidding ended at noon Pacific time. Any bids placed after that time will be disregarded. I have a radio show to do this afternoon. I will get all the auctions sorted out and send emails this evening. If you won an auction, here’s what you do: Option 1: Use PayPal to send the appropriate amount … Read more

Here’s the playlist for today’s Grateful Dead marathon And here’s a link to the auctions!

CURRENT BIDS for the KPFA auction Last update 11:59pm PST Sat 1/31 DO NOT POST BIDS HERE! – post in the comments section of each item. Photo by Jim Marshall (Jerry Garcia and Eric Clapton): $500 Jerry Garcia Bobblehead: $180 Postcards of the Hanging w/ bonus disc: $90 Photo by Jim Marshall (Phil Lesh on … 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 Hosts: David Gans and Tim Lynch Rare unreleased Grateful Dead (and related) music! Bill Kreutzmann’s Trypto Band Live music by the T Sisters … Read more

Our friends at the audiophile music company Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab have donated several copies of Workingman’s Dead on hybrid CD and 180-gram 45rpm vinyl. The CD will play on regular CD players (and sounds awesome!) as well as SACD players. More info here. VINYL IS SOLD OUT! THANK YOU!! The vinyl is a 2-disc … Read more

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.

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