Celebratin' America!

God Bless Freedom!
now if we can just get rid of socialism
from the U.S. landscape, this country might be alright

no tofu dogs!

For several weeks now, Friday has meant a soundboard from The Dead's '09 tour... but not this Friday. Have no fear, instead of waiting until next Friday, to make up for not posting one today, I'll try to post up 2 sbds next week.

And there are always more cool tunes on the horizon
so Stay Tuned!

Have a Groovy, Happy & Safe 4th Of July!

Totally Random VW Time

Fahrvergnügen Volume 15

hippie Grateful Dead Volkswagen bus

found at out there

Want some Jam?

Here's one that a commenter around here asked for a.k.a. another request fulfilled. I can't always get a request up quickly but I'll certainly work on it! Always happy to help out... and happy when it's something like this that I haven't heard in like a gazillion years or so. Holy moly, this brings me back. I found this tape in a friend's tape case once upon a time, a long, long time ago back in Missoula, Montana. What a score. My copy off his was just fine at the time, hissier than this here in the digital age, but it was the PERFECT tape to pop in and play on a warm summer night with steaks on the grill, dogs in the yard, a nice breeze a-blowin' through the trees and a Pete's Wicked Ale in hand. Sittin' on the porch in the summertime, watchin' life go by back in western Montana... man.... that was Heaven on a Stick, Mick, it didn't get much better than that. Work hard, relax mightily. We were often as broke as a son-of-a-bitch but the steaks they were always prime and the beer was never Bud, bud. When possible it was nice to splurge a little to make life a little bit sweeter. Summertime in Montana with the Good Ol' Grateful Dead jamming in the background while watching the late night summer sun dip below the horizon after steaks cooked on the grill... ahhhhhh...

Mickey & The Hartbeats October 30, 1968 - The Matrix San Francisco

Dark Star Jam-» Death Letter Blues, Other One Jam// St. Stephen Jam//
... Jam (Other One-esque)-» Turn On Your Lovelight Jam-» Jam-»
The Eleven Jam-» Death Don't Have No Mercy-» Jam, Blues Jam*,
Prisoner Blues*, Jam, (another) Dark Star Jam
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* with Elvin Bishop; Bobby & Pigpen were not present

There's nothing for me to say about this except that it is exceptional beyond a shadow of a doubt. Why do I go for so long without playing tunes like this? Criminal!

transcribed from: The Deadhead's Taping Compendium, Volume 1: An In-Depth Guide to the Music of the Grateful Dead on Tape, 1959-1974 by Michael Getz and John Dwork [out of print] The opener is a mellow, stratospheric "Dark Star" jam that meanders into an amorphous portion that is mostly extended Lesh improvisation. Ultimately, Garcia cranks up a nasty, fuzzy tone on his guitar, building a blues jam that flows into a short, speedy version of Son House's "Death Letter Blues." After a bit of tuning, Lesh cranks out his patented "Other One" introductory riff to herald a long, intricate "Other One" jam. This abruptly changes into a loud, syncopated improvisation on the instrumental break in "Saint Stephen," and wraps up with a frenetic instrumental "Turn On Your Lovelight." After another lengthy pause, the Hartbeats groove into a slow, sensuous instrumental rendition of "Clementine" that shows how marvelous the melodic skeleton of this song really is, particularly the middle passage's insistent, repetitive bass figure. A sweet, low-key version of "The Eleven" gives way to an impassioned, set-closing "Death Don't Have No Mercy." The second half of the show begins with Elvin Bishop on second guitar sitting in on a bittersweet, late-night improvisational jam that moves into conventional twelve-bar blues, during which Bishop and Garcia trade some remarkable leads. The dueling guitars continue into the next number, an energized version of "Baby Please Come Back to Me," which Bishop played on October 8. After Bishop's exit, the Hartbeats play around on another improvisation based on the middle of "Clementine." At the end of this, Garcia dismisses the audience's applause saying, " That isn't necessary. We're here primarily to screw around, so don't expect anything that isn't screwing around. We will be screwing around, unless otherwise stated in advance." The last piece of music on this tape is another "Dark Star" jam, which cuts abruptly after about thirty minutes. by MICHAEL PARRISH

10/30/68 @ the Internet Archive: the soundboard for Listening Only

Download The Show Here Source: shnid=1205 Audio Quality: Lineage: Digitized from First Generation Reels Analog To Digital using a Revox A-77 Reel 2 Reel > Alesis Masterlink ML-9600 (24 bit sampled @ 96k) > 16 bit @ 44.1k downsample to CD>EAC>SHN Part 1 ♦ Part 2 ♦ Part 3

mp3 320 kbps SBD + setlist (no lossless FLAC) 10-30-68 aka 10-30-68 aka 10/30/68 aka 10/30/68 aka 68-10-30

Way to go Helen! / Run

I've never thought highly of Helen Thomas but when she's fed up at the Obama administration that's pretty telling. She's an uber-liberal who, as far as I know, has kissed Obama's ass like most of the rest of the mainstream media. Here she is, along with Chip Reid of CBS News, questioning the integrity of an Obama administration Town Hall event about healthcare in America. What's being questioned is the idea of the president using Pre-selected questions. That will allow him to skate through with ease and make his agenda look good. It's not right to have nobody challenging this healthcare agenda that the president wants to force upon us. Is this the presidency that 53% of the voters voted for? It's all about control -- Control the people, look good, if possible don't allow them to question hard and challenging questions. What happened to transparency? That was just another lie.

With Obama throwing money at everything, he has caused the deficit to skyrocket and there's simply no end or relief in sight. His ideas cost a LOT of money and this is America where Raising Taxes is not wanted by a majority of the people. (Is that foolish thinking?! Should people be wanting to pay higher taxes? That's insanity not to mention it's UNamerican.) When taxes are raised/people's cost of living escalates higher than it is today, then there will be severe backlash against those responsible for that. This is America where people want to keep MORE of the money they work hard to earn. I'm working for ME and MY FAMILY ONLY. That's American. We don't want to feel like we're living in a commune where our paychecks are shared with the wealthy and with those who don't strive to make anything of their lives. My neighbor is not my financial responsibility. I do want to help my neighbors... but I want that to be MY choice. Special interest programs might be created with the best of intentions -- but don't force me to pay for them.

Basically -- FUCK YOU, federal government (or at least all of you who want to raise our taxes/cost of living. Those who don't: you're cool. Thank you.)

And that concludes my post-run rant. It's been awhile.

Thursday Afternoon Run: 11 min 44 sec

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2 Days Since My Last Run
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Running Tunes: Carrie Newcomer

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First run in July. Way hot. Way, way hot. Over 90 degrees every single day. Twas 75 at dawn and 75 did not make me eager to run. Too warm. I went back to sleep. I'm sick and tired of these short afternoon runs in the heat. I feel like they do nothing for me. It's a fun challenge but that's it. I sweat my ass off, I lose a pound, I'm wiped out afterward but I don't feel like it does absolutely nothing for me in the true sense of real exercise to help keep me healthy and in shape. I dunno. Maybe someday I'll run in the morning again... it depresses me that it's been about two weeks since I have and I almost feel like I'll just run for real in the Fall. Until then I'll get fat. Hooray.

jogging Beats Per Minute Pace 1 run - 0:11:44

12 runs in JUNE: 3 hours 24 min 10 runs in May: 4 hours 9 min 8 runs in April: 3 hours 29 min 6 runs in March: 2 hours 28 min *** FEBRUARY *** 3 hours 41 min January 2009 2 hours 54 min December 2 hours 42 min November: 2 hours 31 min

Jerry Warfield

A request I had was for a JGB show with Bob Dylan's Tears Of Rage. I checked and found not a single show that's a soundboard, unfortunately. So I picked one at random and here it is!

Jerry Garcia Band -- April 13, 1990 Warfield Theatre, San Francisco

1st Set: How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You), Stop That Train,
Run For The Roses, Think, Señor, My Sisters And Brothers, Deal

Set 2: The Harder They Come, Tears Of Rage,
And It Stoned Me, The Way You Do The Things You Do,
Tough Mama, Like A Road, Midnight Moonlight

Once the tapers are sure their rig is capturing the show, we get to hear a pretty smokin' How Sweet It Is to kick off the first set. The sound of the recording isn't too bad, definitely Average to slightly above average. It's not terribly crowdy except for the tapers themselves talking between some of the songs. This helps complete the Warfield's ambiance on tape, perhaps? But probably super-annoying to others. They do shut up during songs so it's all good. As far as the music goes, Jerry's vocals don't sound like they're coming from way way back at the far end of a long room and instrumentation is fairly clear: Jerry's guitar doesn't get lost in the mix in any way, John Kahn's bass isn't quite popping through like one might like, it kind of blends with David Kemper on drums, but the sound of Melvin Seals on keyboards, on the other hand, shines when he's really cranking it up.

Think is especially hot in the first set. Melvin and Jerry are both completely on! Songs are brief and they come fast but each contains pure 1990 JGB perfection. From the little flourishes here and there, you can really tell that Jerry is enjoying himself. That's wildly evident in Deal to close the set. Jerry, once again, blows the roof off the Warfield, making sure everybody's price of admission was well worth it!

For the second set I've got to wonder if the tapers did something a little different with the mics to capture a better sound coming from the stage. Jerry's guitar seems a bit crisper for Harder They Come; it sounds really nice! It's interesting at one point to hear Melvin use a different sound on keys which gives the song more of a calypso/reggae feel than in years past.

This show has a bit of a Garcia rarity in set two -- Tears Of Rage by Bob Dylan. Jerry played this a grand total of only twelve times (this being the fourth of those) and no one east of California ever got to hear it played live by Jerry.

My favorite part of the show is probably Jerry's playing in And It Stoned Me. Absolutely delectable. Mmm! Tough Mama is also way hot. It doesn't have clear vocals but it's still so very good and it's only the second performance of this tune since 1982! One more here that could be my favorite is Like A Road... wow! Soooooooo nice. Ya can't beat it! Midnight Moonlight gets everyone seriously dancin' for the final few minutes.

There's no major jamming and some moments where the band merely hums along but for sure there are plenty of moments where Jerry's really into it which makes this a nice little Jerry show.

JGB 4/13/90 @ the Internet Archive: as of July 1, 2009, there's still no Garcia at the LMA.

Download The Show Here Source: shnid=9459 Audio Quality: Lineage: Front of Board Audience-» Nakamichi 700 mics-» DAT Master-» CD-» WAV 1st Set - 4/13/90 JGB ♦ JGB 4/13/90 - 2nd Set

mp3 320 kbps SBD + setlist (no lossless FLAC) 4-13-90 aka 04-13-90 aka 4/13/90 aka 04/13/90 aka 90-04-13 The Warfield Theater

Some of the best tunes ever

An album I always dig a.k.a. the Music I Ran To This Tuesday Afternoon...

	Led Zeppelin IV 1971
Black Dog Rock and Roll The Battle of Evermore Stairway To Heaven Misty Mountain Hop Four Sticks Going To California When The Levee Breaks

Not listening to this album for awhile makes me feel like a dumbass. I don't listen to classic rock radio or else I'd hear almost all these songs like I did so many years ago when I lived in northern New Jersey. Back on WNEW these were tunes that went along with growing up there in the suburbs of New York City. These were played so often and I have such great memories of hearing them on the radio. How could anyone not dig this?!? Methinks rather than listen to something from Zep every month, I've got to listen to something from Zep plus a listen of this album. Apparently that idiot magazine Rolling Stone names this #66 of the Top 500 Albums of All Time... 66? That's it? HA! No way. More like Top 10, biotche. One thing's for sure -- this is one of those albums I can put on and listen to all day. Seriously, put it on Random and Repeat and just let it go all day long. I do wish I was listening to it while driving out of Bergen County on the Garden State Parkway headed down to Long Beach Island. Ain't nothin' like a little Zep on the way to the Jersey Shore in the summertime. Ahh well. Still good great tunes anytime at all!

find a download of Zep IV @ music sharing 4 all
free mp3 rapidshare download 320 kbps

Final Run in June

Tuesday Afternoon Run: 11 min 52 sec

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2 Days Since My Last Run
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2:10 p.m. 95° (35C) / 97° Heat Index way sunny
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Running Tunes: Led Zeppelin IV

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Hot. Just hot. Could be worse. It would feel hotter if the humidity was really high but today it's actually way way way low (like 32% according to The Weather Channel as I don't have my own humidity gauge.) Even with low humidity, the 90+ degree temperature was brutal to the max. I think I've got to stop doing these runs. They're uncomfortable, they don't make me feel like I've gotten exercise, they don't leave me feeling good overall. I do love the challenge of running when it's this hot, it makes me feel like I can do anything... but this kind of heat just sucks the life out of me. Today when I got back to my ice water I drank the whole thing down, almost, leaving me just drops for the 12 minute walk back to the house. Not good. Back, showered and once again resting and once again still sweating. Damn, this sucks ass.

And now that running for the month of June is over, I can seriously think about how the hell I'm going to achieve a better time in July. With these temperatures persisting all summer, I'm not sure how I'm gonna do it. We'll see what happens.

jogging Beats Per Minute Pace 3:23:56

12 runs in JUNE: 3 hours 24 min 10 runs in May: 4 hours 9 min 8 runs in April: 3 hours 29 min 6 runs in March: 2 hours 28 min *** FEBRUARY *** 3 hours 41 min January 2009 2 hours 54 min December 2 hours 42 min November: 2 hours 31 min

Phishing with The Boss

Phish -- June 14, 2009
Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
Manchester, Tennessee

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* with Bruce Springsteen

1st Set
AC/DC Bag-» NICU, Gotta Jibboo, Punch You In The Eye-»
Sparkle-» Bathtub Gin-» Character Zero-»
The Horse-» Silent In The Morning-» Run Like An Antelope-»
Mustang Sally*, Bobby Jean*-» Glory Days*

Set 2
Rock & Roll-» "Manchester Jam"-» Light-» 46 Days,
Limb By Limb, Farmhouse,
Backwards Down The Number Line-» Prince Caspian, First Tube

Encore: Suzy Greenberg-» Tweezer Reprise

So what do I know of Phish? They're from Vermont. That's most of what I know. Apparently lead singer/guitarist Trey Anastasio spent some time growing up in the Princeton, New Jersey area. Hey, despite what many ignorant people think, anything New Jersey is usually cool so that's cool. Growing up, Trey dug Springsteen... a Springsteen concert was the first concert he ever saw... and he still does dig Bruuuuuuuuuce.

Some Deadheads jumped on the Phish train and when Jerry kicked the bucket, they adopted Phish as their new favorite band. Me, I never saw 'em. I never wanted to as I'd heard too many bad things about the scene. Take what was bad about the GD scene and multiply it times about 40 and it was pitiful. Range Rover frat boy Phishheads with their cell phones and trust funds? No, that wasn't all of them but that was enough to keep me away.

For whatever reason, Phish went on hiatus (broke up?) several years back and for a short while at least there was the Trey Anastasio Band plus other various side projects from band members. Now Phish is back and they headlined Bonnaroo this year.

There are a couple Phish shows that I'd been meaning to listen to someday, and probably still will -- both at Shoreline and one is with special guest Bob Weir and the other with special guest Phil Lesh. Other than those two shows, I figured I'd never listen to this band. Thanks to a roommate back in Missoula, Montana, I'd heard some Phish once upon a time I and thought their music was incredibly stupid. I never listened to them since. I know some very close-minded people will consider me stupid for my thinking that Phish's music is stupid but if someone wants to think that way, they're free to... but it's a sad way of thinking. Unfortunately I know some Phishheads are going to be incredibly pathetic like that but eh, that's life. Fortunately there are others who will respect my opinion even if they disagree with it. While some [people?] might be close-minded, I'm not going to be -- I've opened my mind to trying them out again; I'm going to listen to Phish. The reason I decided on this isn't really because I wanted to listen to Phish, though... it's because Bruce Springsteen came out and played on a few songs and I'm a pretty big Springsteen fan. I could've listened to those songs alone but I thought I'd give the whole show a chance. Actually, I've been listening to this show off and on for about a week now and here I am listening to the whole thing straight through.

The first two songs of the show left me a little bored but Gotta Jibboo, while perhaps kind of dumb, does get into such a sweet jam!! Holy moly, this got me hooked!

I love the opening to Punch You In The Eye but not the vocals. Is it me or does this sound a little like Sex and The City? Overall it's not bad and I've got positive feelings for that one. Sparkle returns to the dumb, unfortunately. It feels like a train wreck and I just don't get it.

The cool jamming returns in Bathtub Gin. Again I completely dislike the vocals of the song but it gets into a GREAT groove. It sounds like these guys are firing on all cylinders and playing the hell out of this. More of the same on Character Zero -- so sweet!! Another tune which is a minimum of 10 minutes follows -- Tweezer. This features a bit of a funk sound that had me movin' around my living room. When the song is less funk, it seems like it's all jam. Man, oh man... if I was at Bonnaroo hearing these guys, I'd've been dancin' my ass off!

The Horse-> Silent In The Morning I'm not crazy about but Run Like An Antelope is pretty cool. This is one of their signature songs or something like that? No? I dunno. I really like the playing here. This is definitely a song that makes me see how some Deadheads can very easily dig this band.

My favorite part of the show is when Bruce Springsteen is introduced as Trey's childhood hero. The first song they do isn't a Springsteen song but it's one Bruce knows well. Bruce's voice sounds kinda like crap on Mustang Sally but it's cool to hear him and Trey trading guitar licks. They have a lot of fun with this as I doubt the E Street Band ever jams it out to ten minutes! I don't often think of Springsteen as a guitar player but he surely knows how to play and he doesn't do a bad job. Mustang Sally really shoulda been the last song of the three they played because it smoked whereas Bobby Jean was a little tired. It wasn't so E Street Band great only because these guys don't know it like they know their own songs. The pros they are, they were able to do a decent job with it plus there's a nice guitar solo in there... which I'm not sure if it's Trey or Bruce. In this case it could be either as maybe Trey stood aside for a moment to let Bruce wail on his own song. Glory Days wraps up the trio of tunes. The band seems to have a slightly better grasp on this than they did on Bobby Jean. Trey lights up a guitar solo that Bruce, in about a minute, joins in on but eventually Springsteen settles back into a rhythm player mode while Trey momentarily completely launches that sucker into freakin' orbit. Holy crapola, what a blistering finish!!!! That was way cool. Since it wasn't the E Street Band, it wasn't perfectly Springsteen but they had fun and the guitar work was sometimes better than what might be offered up at a Springsteen show, not to mention, other than an official live album release, there are no recent Springsteen soundboards to listen to so for the Springsteen fan, this should be some cool stuff! Or not. Hey, whatever floats your boat and it sure floated mine!

Set two starts off with a cover of the Velvet Underground's Rock and Roll which flows incredibly into something labeled "Manchester Jam." Here is Mike Gordon's strongest bestest Phil Lesh-sounding bass playing of the night so far. What an incredible thirteen or so minutes of music. I didn't care much for the following Light until they set off into jamland... then it got interesting. Trey's guitar is amazing. Everybody here is just awesome. Gordon's bass is non-stop while Jon Fishman on drums and Page McConnell on keys keep the pace crankin' full blast. When they finally slow it down you get a healthy heaping helping of Gordon's bass while Trey kinda noodles along for awhile. Fantastic stuff! And then the way they find their way out of the jam to begin 46 Days -- epic! Maybe not of true epic proportions as far as Phish is concerned (I have no clue) but it's so classically Grateful Dead, like how when the boys are deep into a jam and so far gone but BAM all of a sudden out of nowhere they're so perfectly making that left turn into something we all recognize. That's what happened here, it appears. Holy cow, 46 Days is sweet!

That's all I've got for now. Perhaps I'll finish writing later.

I should add that listening to this hasn't turned me into a Phishhead and I'm not gonna start regularly posting Phish shows 'round here. I'd be surprised if I listen to them more than once or twice a year... three times tops. I kinda dug this, definitely dug the jams, but I'm not sure I'll warm up to the vocal parts of the songs. None of that really thrilled me. But again, the jamming, that's a whole 'nother story! Awesome stuff!!!

Download The Show Here (320 kbps) Phish - 6/14/09 - Bonnaroo - Part 1 Part 2 ♦ Part 3 Source & Lineage: Digital Soundboard > FLAC

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goodbye flea circus

Coming soon:
something from Bonnaroo '09
Jerry has Tears Of Rage
NRPS, GD '71
the GD play for reindeer

Nothing today,
except for something for you to watch, if you wish... it's:

Cartoon Time

"To Itch His Own"

Directed By: Chuck Jones

The final cartoon scored by the great Carl Stalling.

Release Date: June 28, 1958

Kiss My Ass, Brazil!

Football!!!!
But wait... isn't it baseball season?!?
All summer it's baseball season but there's also football!

Unfortunately I'm gonna miss the Cubbies-White Sux game but the game that I care more about is on tonight -- the Mets are going to lose at home to the Yankees on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball. Damn Mets.

But right now is the most important soccer football match of the year -- U.S. vs. Brasil in the FIFA Confederations Cup Final, baby!

So far it's 1-0 U.S.!!!!!! Kaka is goin' down!!

Sunday Early Afternoon Run: 12 min 20 sec

+28 sec

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1 Day Since My Last Run
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1:25 p.m. 93° (34C) / 98° Heat Index way sunny
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Running Tunes: Led Zeppelin (a mix from first few albums)

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I'm still sweating my butt off even though I stopped running well over 30 minutes ago. Soon after that I was back from the trail inside an air-conditioned house and into a mostly cold shower. My body temperature feels like it's slowly coming down from about 110 or so. This always happens on these wicked hot days. And that's all we have now is wicked hot days, one after a-freakin'-nother. And then when I don't wake up at dawn I've got no choice but to go and do a death run. It could be worse, it could be 95 with a Heat Index of over 100. When it's this hot it doesn't necessarily matter what the temperature is. Crickey, mate, this just ain't easy and I've got to cut it the heck out. Or die. One or the other. And today I didn't have ice water. I hd forgotten to put my water in the freezer and by the time my run was through, I had warm yucky water... but I still drank it because no matter what the temp of the water, it was needed to prevent dehydration and heat exhaustion. Man, this sucks. Living in this situation with horrid temperatures like this is something I need to have come to an end. I don't know why people live where it's this hot. It's disgusting... and not condusive to running.

jogging Beats Per Minute Pace 3:12:04

11 runs in JUNE: 3 hours 12 min 10 runs in May: 4 hours 9 min 8 runs in April: 3 hours 29 min 6 runs in March: 2 hours 28 min *** FEBRUARY *** 3 hours 41 min January 2009 2 hours 54 min December 2 hours 42 min November: 2 hours 31 min

It's a little hot today

Saturday Afternoon Run: 11 min 52 sec

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2 Days Since My Last Run
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12:55 p.m. 95° / 101° Heat Index way sunny
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Running Tunes: Midnight Oil

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Fantastic, I say sarcastically. Fantastic that once again I did not run at dawn when I should have. Fantastic that the extreme heat of the day limits my running to a mere 10-12 minutes. Fantastic that I face an uphill battle in order to achieve a better overall running time in June than May. Ugh.

If anyone besides my wonderful Sugarmag is reading this, I advise AGAINST running when it is this hot. You could die. I could die. It's not smart.

I got out there this afternoon and it was like running in hell. The walk alone to the trail was murder. It felt as if I was a slug. It felt like a 12-15 minute walk took an hour. My bottle of ice was already quickly melting. I thought by the time my run is through, it'll be warm! Not exactly but close. When it's this hot I really don't want to stretch and I think I skimped on my normal routine. The run was short but long as it seemed like it would never end. From minute one I wanted to quit. It was a horrible chore to accomplish another 20 seconds... and I had to go through that 20-second cycle over 2 dozen times. Not easy. I remember thinking I wanted to turn around early and run past my water and all the way back to the house. Hell. Today is definitely the hottest run of the year so far, by a couple degrees or so. I do not want to do this often. Hopefully one day I can get the sleep I need and run at dawn again. Ugh!

jogging Beats Per Minute Pace 2:59:44

9 runs in JUNE: 3 hours 0 min 10 runs in May: 4 hours 9 min 8 runs in April: 3 hours 29 min 6 runs in March: 2 hours 28 min *** FEBRUARY *** 3 hours 41 min January 2009 2 hours 54 min December 2 hours 42 min November: 2 hours 31 min

Grateful Dead (+ related) Shows & Albums: Whole List

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date/link to show	unless in red... all Grateful Dead	Dload: or archive?
3-6-64	Black Mountain Boys (w/Jerry Garcia) Top Of The Tangent, Palo Alto, CA
11-3-65	Golden State Recorders, San Francisco (The Warlocks - Autumn Records demo)
1-8-66	Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco
2-??-66	Viola Lee Blues Rehearsal, location unknown
2-??-66	(possibly) Pauley Ballroom, UC Berkeley
2-11-66	Watts Acid Test, Compton, California
3-12-66	Danish Center, Los Angeles, California
3-19-66	Carthay Studios, Los Angeles
3-25-66	Trouper's Hall, Los Angeles
4-??-66	Longshoreman's Hall, San Francisco
5-19-66	Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco
6-xx-66	Scorpio Studio sessions outtakes
7-3-66	Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco
7-16-66	Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco
7-17-66	Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco
5-5-67	Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco
10-22-67	Winterland Arena, San Francisco
11-10-67	Shrine Expo Center, Los Angeles, California
1-20-68	Municipal Auditorium, Eureka, California
2-14-68	Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco
3-3-68	Haight Street, San Francisco	archive.org
3-16-68	Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco
10-30-68	Mickey & The Hartbeats - The Matrix, San Francisco
12-29-68	Gulfstream Park Race Track, Hallandale, Florida
1-24-69	Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco
2-14-69	Electric Factory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
3-22-69	Rose Palace, Pasadena, California
4-15-69	The Music Box, Omaha, Nebraska	archive.org
5-11-69	Aztec Bowl, San Diego State University
6-13-69	Convention Center, Fresno, California
9-27-69	Fillmore East, New York City	archive.org
9-30-69	Cafe au Go Go, New York City	archive.org
10-28-69	Jerry, Mickey, Jorma, Jack Casady, Spencer Dryden Jefferson Airplane House, San Francisco
11-2-69	Family Dog at the Great Highway, San Francisco
11-15-69	Lanai Theater, Crockett, California
1-23-70	Civic Auditorium, Honolulu, Hawai'i
3-8-70	Star Theatre, Phoenix, Arizona
4-3-70	Field House, University of Cincinnati, Ohio
4-12-70	Fillmore West, San Francisco
10-30-70	Gym, State University of New York - Stony Brook
11-21-70a	Sargent Gym, Boston University, Boston, Mass
11-21-70b	Jerry, Bob, Duane Allman - WBCN-FM Studios, Boston
12-26-70	Legion Stadium, El Monte, California
3-3-71	Fillmore West, San Francisco
4-13-71	Catholic Youth Center, Scranton, Pennsylvania
6-21-71	Château d'Hérouville, Hérouville, France
9-24-71	Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders The Lion's Share, San Anselmo, California
9-29-71	first rehearsal with Keith, Santa Venetia, California
10-19-71	Northrop Auditorium, U. of Minnesota, Minneapolis
12-14-71	Hill Auditorium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2-6-72	Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders Pacific High Recording Studio, San Francisco
3-21-72	Academy Of Music, New York City
6-17-72	Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California	archive.org
9-23-72	Palace Theater, Waterbury, Connecticut
10-21-72	Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
10-24-72	Performing Arts Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
11-12-72	Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Building, Kansas City, KS
12-15-72	Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California
12-31-72	Winterland Arena, San Francisco, California
2-15-73	Dane County Coliseum, Madison, Wisconsin
3-2-73	Old & In The Way - The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA
3-7-73	Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders - Keystone, Berkeley, CA
3-31-73	Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, New York
5-23-73	Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders The Ash Grove, Los Angeles
7-24-73	Old & In The Way Homer's Warehouse, Palo Alto, California
7-27-73	Grand Prix Racecourse, Watkins Glen, New York
8-XX-73	Wake of The Flood Outtakes
9-26-73	Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, New York
11-4-73	Old & In The Way Gym, California State College Sonoma, Rohnert Park
11-17-73	Pauley Pavilion, University of California, Los Angeles
1-19-74	Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders Pauley Ballroom, U. of California, Berkeley
6-8-74	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland
6-13-74	Great American String Band Keystone, Berkeley, California
6-18-74	Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky
7-2-74	Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders - The Bottom Line, NYC
7-19-74	Selland Arena, Fresno, California
10-5-74	Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders - Keystone, Berkeley, CA
10-17-74	Winterland Arena, San Francisco
3-23-75	Kezar Stadium, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
5-15-75	Legion Of Mary Great American Music Hall, San Francisco
9-28-75	Lindley Meadows, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
10-23-75	Jerry Garcia Band - Palace Theatre, Providence, RI
12-31-75	Jerry Garcia Band (with Bob Weir) Keystone, Berkeley, California
7-12-76	Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California
9-23-76	Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke University, Durham, NC
11-13-76	Jerry Garcia Band East Gym, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
12-22-76	Jerry Garcia Band - Keystone, Berkeley, California
4-25-77	Capitol Theatre, Passaic, New Jersey
5-11-77	Civic Center Arena, St. Paul, Minnesota
6-23-77	Jerry Garcia Band - Auditorium Santa Rosa High School, Santa Rosa, California
7-29-77	Jerry Garcia Band - Theatre 1839, San Francisco
7-30-77	Jerry Garcia Band - Theatre 1839, San Francisco
9-28-77	Paramount Northwest Theatre, Seattle, Washington
10-14-77	Hofheinz Pavilion, University of Houston, Texas
11-6-77	Broome County Memorial Arena, Binghamton, NY
12-8-77	Jerry Garcia Band - Palace Theatre, Albany, NY
1-22-78	McArthur Court, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
2-18-78	JGB - Veteran's Memorial Auditorium San Rafael, CA
3-2-78	Bob Weir Band - Warner Theatre, Washington, D.C.
3-19-78	Jerry Garcia Band - Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA
4-14-78	Cassell Coliseum, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
10-7-78	Jerry Garcia Band - Keystone Palo Alto, Palo Alto, CA
10-20-78	Winterland Arena, San Francisco
1-17-79	Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT
4-8-79	Reconstruction - Cotati Cabaret, Cotati, California
4-16-79	Club Front, San Rafael, California
4-22-79	Spartan Stadium, San Jose, California
8-13-79	McNichols Sports Arena, Denver, Colorado
10-27-79	Cape Cod Coliseum, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts
11-30-79	Stanley Theater, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2-7-80	Robert Hunter - Fast Lane, Asbury Park, New Jersey
10-3-80	Warfield Theatre, San Francisco
10-26-80	Radio City Music Hall, New York City
11-28-80	Civic Center, Lakeland, Florida
12-6-80	Recreation Center, Mill Valley, California	archive.org
7-4-81	Manor Downs, Manor (not Austin), Texas
10-10-81	Stadt Halle IV, Bremen, West Germany
11-7-81	JGB - McDonough Arena, Georgetown U, Wash, D.C.
12-2-81	Assembly Hall, University of Illinois, Champaign	archive.org
2-2-82	Jerry Garcia Band - The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CA
2-16-82	Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, California	archive.org
2-17-82	Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, California
9-21-82	Madison Square Garden, New York City
11-26-82	Bob Marley Performing Arts Center, Jamaica
3-5-83	Jerry Garcia Band - Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, CA
3-7-83	Robert Hunter - Bacchus Theatre University of Delaware, Newark, DE
9-10-83	Downs At Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico	archive.org
12-3-83	Jerry Garcia Band - Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA
12-30-83	Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, California
1-13-84	JGB - Paramount Northwest Theatre, Seattle, Wash
8-13-84	JGB - Club Casino Ballroom, Hampton Beach, NH
10-6-84	Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, Virginia	archive.org
11-3-84	Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, California
11-18-84	Jerry & John Kahn Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City
11-23-84	· Robert Hunter · Jerry & John Kahn - Chrysler Hall, Norfolk, VA
12-5-84	Jerry Garcia Band - Silva Concert Hall, Eugene, OR
3-2-85	Jerry Garcia Band - The Stone, San Francisco
3-9-85	Berkeley Community Theatre, Berzerkely, CA	archive.org
10-31-85	Carolina Coliseum, U. of South Carolina, Columbia
11-20-85	Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA
2-12-86	Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA	archive.org
3-10-86	Jerry Garcia Band - The Stone, San Francisco
4-3-86	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut
5-3-86	Cal Expo Amphitheatre, Sacramento, California
7-29-86	Kreutzmann-Margen Band Carol's Speakeasy, Chicago, Illinois
9-7-86	· Mickey and the Daylites · Robert Hunter and His Mystery Band Ranch Rock '86, Pyramid Lake, Nixon, Nevada
4-9-87	UIC Pavilion, University of Illinois - Chicago
8-22-87	Calaveras County Fairground, Angels Camp, CA
10-15-87	Jerry Garcia Acoustic & Electric Band Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Broadway, New York City
11-8-87	Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA
7-7-88	Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band Cotati Cabaret, Cotati, California
10-1-88	Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
3-22-89	Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, John Kahn Giftcenter Pavilion, San Francisco, California
7-15-89	Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, Indiana
10-12-89	Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey
10-13-89	Jerry & Bobby - Studio 6A, NBC Studios Rockefeller Center, New York City	youtube
3-25-90	Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, New York
4-13-90	Jerry Garcia Band - Warfield Theatre, San Francisco
4-14-90	Jerry Garcia Band - Warfield Theatre, S.F.
6-12-90	Jerry Garcia Band - Warfield Theatre, San Francisco
7-12-90	World Music Theatre, Tinley Park, Illinois
11-1-90	Wembley Arena, London, England
3-1-91	Jerry Garcia Band - Warfield Theatre, San Francisco
3-17-91	Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland
4-7-91	Orlando Arena, Orlando, Florida
9-24-91	Boston Garden, Boston Massachusetts
11-7-91	Jerry Garcia Band - Capital Centre, Landover, MD
12-8-91	Jerry Garcia & David Grisman - Warfield Theatre, SF
3-16-92	The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4-12-93	Jerry, Bobby, Vince - Candlestick Park, San Fran	youtube
5-25-93	Cal Expo Amphitheatre, Sacramento, California
11-9-93	Jerry Garcia Band Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, Maine
10-13-94	Madison Square Garden, New York City
12-16-94	Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California	archive.org
5-19-95	Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, Nevada	archive.org
9-1-95	Ratdog - Warfield Theater, San Francisco	archive.org
4-12-96	Bruce Hornsby (with guests Bob Weir & Phil Lesh) Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco
10-16-96	Ratdog - Five Points Music Hall, Birmingham, AL
5-8-97	Robert Hunter - Palace Theatre, Albany, New York
11-7-97	Ratdog - Riviera Theatre, Chicago, Illinois	archive.org
2-27-98	Phil & Friends - The Fillmore, San Francisco	archive.org
3-26-98	Phil & Friends - The Fillmore, San Francisco	archive.org
4-20-98	Phil & Friends - Warfield Theater, San Francisco	archive.org
8-7-98	Phil & Friends - The Fillmore, San Francisco	archive.org
11-9-98	Ratdog - Egyptian Room Murat Centre, Indianapolis, Indiana	archive.org
11-13-99	Phil & Friends Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, NJ	archive.org
2000	Band - Venue, City
2001	Band - Venue, City
4-30-02	Robert Hunter - House Of Blues, Chicago, IL
2-14-03	The Dead - Warfield Theater, San Francisco
8-1-04	The Dead - Saratoga Performing Arts Center Saratoga Springs, New York
2005	Band - Venue, City
2006	Band - Venue, City
2007	Band - Venue, City
3-8-08	Donna Jean & The Tricksters Fairfield Theatre Company, Fairfield, Connecticut
4-20-08	Mickey Hart's Mass Drums (w/Bob Weir) Speedway Meadow, Golden Gate Park, San Fran
2-15-09	Kreutzmann Burbridge Oteil Crystal Ballroom, Portland, Oregon
3-30-09a	Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Warren Haynes Angel Orensanz Center, New York City
3-30-09b	The Dead - Blender Theatre, New York City
3-30-09c	The Dead - Roseland Ballroom, NYC
4-12-09	The Dead (soundboard) Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC
4-14-09	The Dead (soundboard) Verizon Center, Washington, D.C.
4-15-09	The Dead (soundboard) John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, Virginia
4-17-09	The Dead (soundboard) Knickerbocker Arena (Times Union Center), Albany, NY
4-18-09	The Dead (soundboard) The Centrum (DCU Center), Worcester, Massachusetts
4-19-09	The Dead (soundboard) The Centrum (DCU Center), Worcester, Massachusetts
4-21-09	The Dead (soundboard) - HSBC Arena, Buffalo, NY
4-22-09	The Dead (soundboard) Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza, Wilkes-Barre, PA
4-24-09	The Dead (soundboard) Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
5-29-09	BK3 (Bill Kreutzmann Trio) Port City Music Hall, Portland, Maine
2010	Band - Venue, City
2011	Band - Venue, City

The Best Of: Skeletons From The Closet

What A Long Strange Trip It's Been: The Best Of The Grateful Dead (1977)

Jerry Garcia Band -- Run For The Roses (1982)

Bobby & The Midnites -- Where The Beat Meets The Street (1984)

Mickey Hart's Mystery Box (1996)

Sound City Acid Test -- 1/29/66 ---Ken Kesey & The Merry Pranksters

Pete Sears - Watchfire (1988) ---Jerry plays on 3 songs; Mickey plays also

Wavy Gravy - Old Feathers, New Bird (the 80's are the 60's twenty years later) [1988] --album has no mention of the GD, but is of interest to some Deadheads.

Dead Ringers (live, 1993) ---Tom Constanten, David Nelson, Barry Flast, Barry Sless

Pickin' On The Grateful Dead: A Tribute

Electronic Tribute To The Grateful Dead

JGB Phil Lesh and Friends Kingfish Bob Weir Midnites Brent Mydland
Go Ahead soundboard downloads 320 kbps SBD

Knock Knock Knockin' On Long Island's Door

Heya. So here we are on Friday again. Man, a freakin' week has passed already? Okay, well kids, you know what Friday around here means, right? That's right, it's Polka Time!!!! Now when I count to 3, everybody start to Polka. A-ready? a-one and a-two and a-three.... are you Polkaing yet? No? Alright, how about some Dead? We left off last week with the show on April 23 in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Why'd they play there when they'd later play 2 shows in Philly? Beats me but they did and then the next night of the tour was a stop at the Ed Sullivan Theatre in New York City for a visit on The Late Show with David Letterman. I think I posted that video the day it was on TV . . . BUT WAIT!!! What you may not have seen but might be interested in is some pretty cool pics from Jay Blakesberg that were posted on JamBase. So give a click, if you wish, and check 'em out!

Or... on with thy tune-age!!

The Dead Spring '09 -- Volume IX

The Dead -- April 24, 2009
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Uniondale, New York

1st Set: Jack Straw, Brown-Eyed Women, It's All Over Now Baby Blue,
Easy Wind, Death Don't Have No Mercy, Don't Ease Me In,
Lost Sailor-» Saint Of Circumstance

Acoustic Set: When I Paint My Masterpiece, Peggy-O, Looks Like Rain

Electric Set 2: Alabama Getaway-» Jam-» Dark Star-» Drums-» Space-»
Knockin' On Heaven's Door-» Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad

Encore: Touch Of Grey

After the extremely unconventional show-opener of Mr. Charlie in the last show, here we get a Jack Straw, something that most Deadheads are way more used to as the first song. It starts out a little stale but the band very easily finds their groove and turns this into smokin'!! The crowd is lovin' it!

Brown-Eyed Women's a little lyrically sloppy in the beginning but the crowd, as usual, doesn't boooooo, they laugh, they know Bob's human and he'll screw up now and again just like the rest of us. They all weren't on the the same page but maybe partially because of that screw-up, they got to the same place they needed to be and executed the rest of the in fine fashion. Warren's playing here is... it's him yet he's clearly channeling Jerry but not imitating Jerry completely. It's nice and this version is mostly stellar. What a great way to start this show!

Could it really be possible that Baby Blue is my personal highlight of the first set? I'm sitting here listening and I'm nearly speechless. Okay, maybe it's not exactly a slice of drop dead gorgeous perfection but it's sure as dang comes close. It's just so good. Warren's slide guitar is a nice touch that most of haven't heard, Jeff's got some great spots to fill in the sound on keys, and Bob's command of the vocals here is wonderful. Jerry who?! (HA, I kid.)

The fantasticality of this show keeps rollin' on with a magnificent Easy Wind. Here it's Warren who has great command over Pigpen's vocals and his lead guitar here really helps make this a sweet 21st century version of this song. As they begin to jam, Mickey & Billy and Jeff kinda lay low while Phil and Warren step up to drive forward... but it's not just those two as Bobby is playing a huge part havin' a whole lotta fun on rhythm guitar. The way he was sometimes so perfectly on with Jerry, the way he'd make rhythm guitar an amazing art form, that's what he's doin' here, too. Hell yeah, this is... it's awesome!

Death Don't in the first set like this? Anything goes with this band so while odd it's not that surprising. What it definitely is is interesting. The way Bob & Warren take this on is practically magical. Jeff on Brent's Hammond B-3 gives a bit of a Pigpen sound at times, really eerily late 60's. The pace the band has set is just right and again Bobby's rhythm guitar alongside Warren's lead is just perfect.

Noooooo! End of the set already? After Bobby throws the crowd a big, fat Lost Sailor tease, the band is soon starting up Don't Ease Me In -- a standard first set-closer. There's great playing from Phil but overall, it's just got no spark to it. Kinda sad. Man, I gotta tell ya, if that was the end of the set, what a let-down... but the guys never left the stage and we do get to hear Lost Sailor. Bob's eyes must've accidentally skipped down the setlist sheet, or maybe he wanted to skip Don't Ease but Phil wanted it and over-ruled Bob? In any case, Sailor-> Saint wraps up the first set and a really nice bunch of steam they pick up on the way. The jam kinda fell short of a Mt. Garcia peak but the push onward is steady and smooth and the band is clearly having fun up there. And the crowd? Hopefully most 'em are dancin' their asses off at this point!

Harken back, if ye will, to Show #2 of the tour, in Washington, D.C. . . . the guys came out for the second set and kicked things off with three songs done Radio City 1980-style (acoustically.) That was the second show and then for the next six shows that had completely disappeared. Anyone notice? I did. But here they are once again breaking out the acoustic guitars for a delightful Masterpiece and Peggy-O that's sung so wonderfully by Phil. Man, oh man... seriously, Jerry who?! No, no, no... what I mean is what a brilliantly sung and well-played tribute to Jerry. And then ha ha, Bobby's gives us a false start to Looks Like Rain to round out the acoustic threesome.

To start off the third set, or Electric Set 2, is Alabama Getaway with Warren on vocals. I wasn't sure if I was diggin' it but the truest test of that for me, to really make sure, is to stand up and see if I start dancin' around the house -- yup! What's most interesting here is the way Alabama slides into a Jam and then into.... Dark Star??? Wow. What an assault on the senses this is. The music is far from rockin' out but there's so much to hear. One particularly cool moment comes a little more than halfway through when Phil starts wailin' on some Lovelight chords and Bobby momentarily jumps in. It doesn't last long and goes absolutely nowhere but it's really fun to listen to! Twenty minutes of playing dwindles down until Billy and Mickey are left to do their thing. It sounds for a moment like it'll be a more traditional Drums but within a couple minutes they're diving deeply into all the electronic stuff. Eventually they go tribal and whomp on the skins for awhile before exiting for Space.

Knockin' On Heaven's Door begins the end and what a lovely rendition of this classic it is (and lovely's not a word I use everyday!) Even though it's a Bob Dylan tune, I think this was clearly the Jerry tribute of the night. They follow that up with a big ol' heapin' helpin' of GDTRFB fun -- so nice and rockin', and with the Touch encore, a perfect way to finish the night!!!!

Comparing shows is so totally not my thing as I like to take each show on its very own merits without having to live up to the standards of others.... but.... through the first nine shows of the tour, hands down this is one of the two best!! It's gotta be! It just does. With the exception of Don't Ease and another run-of-the-mill D->S, this is all soooooo sweet, so well-played, and just a great listen from first song to last!

My comments were written
without reading a single word about this show from anyone else.
The Grateful Dead's tape archivist is on tour
and I wonder what he has to say...

First Set Another pre-1972 sequence of songs opens this show at Nassau Coliseum. I asked a friend if the backstage area was as, um, filled with character as much as the rest of the building was, and was told that DW on the recording crew had whacked a roach, so, yes, it was. The show opened with a couple of tour repeats, which is to be expected by this, the 9th show on the tour, opening with the classing Europe ’72 sequence of Jack Straw and Brown-Eyed Women. Next was Dylan’s It’s All Over Now Baby Blue, followed by Easy Wind and then the first big surprise of the night, Death Don’t Have No Mercy, a tune I’ve heard many people calling for. Although nothing can really touch the way the GD did this in 1969, with some Jerry’s finest, most emotive singing ever, this band certainly does play these bluesier songs very well. The GD’s versions from 1989-1990, while not of the intensity of the 1969 versions, are definitely worth seeking out, as all of them were excellent, with each of Brent, Bobby and Jerry taking a verse. And Jerry’s solos were spectacular, particularly the one at Shoreline on 9/29/89. Next up is another song that entered the Grateful Dead’s repertoire around the same time as Death Don’t (1966), Don’t Ease Me In. This is followed by the Weir-Barlow combo of Lost Sailor-Saint of Circumstance, something I’ve been awaiting all tour, as I’d heard it a couple of times in soundchecks. It’s such a great pair of tunes, and at a time like this, 14 years after the end of the Grateful Dead, there’s really never been a more appropriate time to hear that this ain’t the real thing “but it’s close enough to pretend.” The music and band members might be different, but there’s still nothing that compares to looking around a full arena and seeing 16,000 people genuinely getting off on the music, moving as one, listening to the same songs that they’ve been hearing for 5, 10, 20 or 30 or more years. So, an entire set of music from 1979 and before. Pretty cool. A quick set break note on the recordings from these concerts: they’re brought to you by the same recording team that has brought you more than 300 RatDog shows, David, Peter and touring member of the team, Derek. So, whether you get these recordings at the concert as you walk out (a totally cool concept!) or download them, these things sound great. Second Set A very nice way to open the set, with another Bob Dylan song that was added to the Grateful Dead’s repertoire in 1987, When I Paint My Masterpiece, followed by Peggy-O, two always-fun-to-hear songs by the Grateful Dead. Following this is Looks Like Rain, which is to say three mellowish tunes to open the set, but all of them are excellent. And, it seemed like an appropriate song selection considering they were played acoustically, the first acoustic segment since the second show of the tour in DC on 4/14/09. They then jumped into some electric music with Alabama Getaway, a song that always rocked. Jeff has really carried on the tradition of those amazing Brent solos on this great Garcia-Hunter tune. This was followed by the tour’s second Dark Star, last played in this building a little more than 19 years ago, on 3/29/90, with very special guest Branford Marsalis sitting in for the first of a few mighty fine collaborations with the Grateful Dead. Dark Star flowed into Rhythm Devils, which, as I’ve mentioned a few times during the tour, have been exceptional all tour long, with the inspired drummers taking this portion of the show way out there. Space led into the tour’s first Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door, the show’s third Dylan song of the night. Nice. Then come a couple of rockers, Goin’ Down The Road Feeling Bad and Touch of Grey to wrap things up, as we bid farewell to La Casa De La Cucaracha, and move over to Madison Square Garden for the Saturday night show by David Lemieux

Some cool parking lot pics from this show at Time Out New York,
OtherOnes.net has a few dozen great pics from inside + out in the lot,
plus, as always, more from Jay Blakesberg at JamBase

The Dead 4/24/09 @ the Internet Archive: Audience sources only for Listening or Downloading.

Download The Soundboard Here Audio Quality: Source: Digital Soundboard (Matrix) Part 1 ♦ Part 2 ♦ Part 3

mp3 320 kbps SBD download + setlist (no lossless FLAC) - 4-24-09 aka 04-24-09 aka 4/24/09 aka 04/24/09 aka 09-04-24

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Bears Bus

Seems there are so many times when I want to post a show but I just can't find the time to. Dang it. I had 2 from the GD lined up for today but they're gonna have to wait a little while. Ah well, no worries, I'll get them up eventually.

And there'll be something from Sugarmag, too. She's gotta once again dedicate a lot of her time to grad school, which means she doesn't have a lot of time to Deadicate to Dead and Jerry shows, but hopefully she'll have a show up on Sunday! Always more great music that will get posted so Thanks for Stoppin' By and Stay Tuned!!

Random VW Time

Fahrvergnügen Volume 14

hippie Grateful Dead Volkswagen bus

the dancing bears aren't expertly painted but a nice try...
sorta strange, too, that the front is painted like it's a pre-68.

posted by Flickr member wesh. in the Flickr group VW Buses

More Heat

Thursday Afternoon Run: 12 min 51 sec

+21 sec

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2 Days Since My Last Run
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1:20 p.m. 92° / 97° Heat Index sunny
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Running Tunes: The Go-Go's

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Twas not as hot yesterday when I decided to take the day off from running... and then today when I didn't wake up for an early morning run when it's cooler out, I had to settle on the short afternoon thing... when it's hot. Swell.

I've gotten used to these short runs in the heat. Before each one, I'm ready mentally. They're never easy but since they are so short, I'm able to tough them out and push through the extreme heat index while the sweat waterlogs my headband and eventually starts to drip onto my sunglasses like it did again today. Hearing the End Cue on my Running Play List isn't a gigantic relief in this heat because like today, I often feel nearly completely dead. My ice water helps tremendously but I'm about ready to lay down under the hot sun and just wait to see what happens. Of course it's not that bad as I am able to make the 12-15 minutes walk back.

At this point it's totally an uphill battle to achieve my goal of running more in June than the previous month... but I'm still gonna give it a try; I ain't givin' up! I guess if I don't achieve that goal, these short runs are better than nothing. I feel like they accomplish nothing but my wonderful Sugarmag keeps reminding me that that's not true. If I'm not running, I'm sitting... sitting's never better.

jogging Beats Per Minute Pace 2:47:52

9 runs in JUNE: 2 hours 48 m 10 runs in May: 4 hours 9 min 8 runs in April: 3 hours 29 min 6 runs in March: 2 hours 28 min *** FEBRUARY *** 3 hours 41 min January 2009 2 hours 54 min December 2 hours 42 min November: 2 hours 31 min