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    The Grateful Dead battled the elements in July 1989, enduring drenching rains and stifling humidity during back-to-back shows at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in the nation’s capital. In spite of the bleak weather, the band thrilled the massive crowds both nights with triumphant performances that rank among the very best of a busy year that included 74 shows and the release of the group’s final studio album, BUILT TO LAST.

    ROBERT F. KENNEDY STADIUM, WASHINGTON, D.C., JULY 12 & 13, 1989 includes two previously unreleased concerts taken from the band’s master 24-track analog recordings, which have been mixed by Jeffrey Norman at TRI Studios and mastered in HDCD by David Glasser. The collection’s colorful slip case features original artwork by Justin Helton and a perfect-bound book with in-depth liner notes written by Dean Budnick, editor-in-chief of Relix magazine. The set will also be available as a digital download in Apple Lossless and FLAC 192/24.

    When Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Brent Mydland, and Bob Weir rolled into D.C. in July 1989 for the Dead’s two-night stand at RFK, the band hit the stage running with a stellar rendition of “Touch Of Grey,” the group’s biggest hit from its only Top 10 album In The Dark, which was released in 1987. The following night, the band returned to its double-platinum commercial breakthrough when it opened the show with a fiery version of “Hell In A Bucket.”

    “RFK Stadium '89 fell right in the middle of one of the best tours of the last 15 years of Grateful Dead performances, with these shows being the sixth and seventh of an 11-show tour. This tour is widely considered the start of a nine month period of sustained excellence, which ran from Summer '89 through Spring '90. The RFK shows are as good as any of the more famous shows from this period, including July 4 in Buffalo, July 7 in Philadelphia, and the Alpine run,” says David Lemieux, Grateful Dead archivist and the set’s producer. “When Bob Weir has asked me to provide copies of Grateful Dead songs to give to his bandmates to learn and rehearse, he almost always requests Summer '89, and I've often drawn upon the RFK shows for this purpose. It's really that good!”

    Both shows feature standout moments, but the July 12 show is notable for a few reasons. Perhaps the biggest is that the first set featured at least one song sung by each of the band’s four lead singers – Garcia, Weir, Lesh and Mydland – something that rarely happened. Another surprise came when the band opened the second set with “Sugaree,” a song that almost always appeared during the first set.

    Pianist Bruce Hornsby — who briefly joined the band between 1990 and 1992 — is featured on both shows. He played accordion during “Sugaree” and “Man Smart (Woman Smarter),” with a touch of keyboard-tinkling, on July 12, and then played more accordion the following night for “Tennessee Jed” and “Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again.”

    For fans of Mydland’s tenure with the Dead – which began in 1979 and ended in 1990 with the keyboardist’s tragic death – these stellar shows capture that incarnation in peak form. Among the long list of highlights are performances of live staples such as “Eyes Of The World,” “Wharf Rat” and “I Need A Miracle,” along with rarities like “To Lay Me Down,” which was played only a few times in 1989. The July 13 show also features the band road-testing “I Will Take You Home,” a track Mydland wrote with Dead lyricist John Perry Barlow that would appear later that fall on Built To Last.

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    Take the friendship and quality medical care for now....
  • FloridaBobalooToo
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    One VERY VERY WISE man!
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    Don't do anything that could possibly cause regrets. Don't do anything that could ruin what you already have with her. She's in a relationship. Let her know how much you appreciate her but don't cross a line. She's in a relationship. If there's something there the next step should be her's. I always told my kids "A moment of stupidity, a life time of regret." To your continued recovery my friend.
  • Gary Farseer
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    I had been trying to decide whether to post this but seeing y'all post about hippy chicks or girls and the dead I guess I will. I truly do believe in the universal cosmic mind or group mind. As I have been sick and very sick for a big chunk of 2017, I had to have home health. Of course, part of it was insurance based but part of it was private pay. Family and friends use one gentleman as a handyman for various homes, farms, etc. His lady was tasked with being my private nurse as she is retired (right now, could change as demand for nurses is out of control). As she was connected through the family/friends it was a discounted rate, in case you think I live in the King's castle. But I was so sick that my family could not handle all that was going on with me. Well not going get into all the details but she started to visit me when I was staying with family as I was in and out of the hospital 4 different times for a total of 40 days. When I finally got home on March 18th and quite frankly scared of being alone, she showed up the next morning. I had just had final surgery on March 16 and when I woke up in the middle of the night, two of the wounds were not properly sealed so my night shirt with cap (ok not that) but my underwear and sheets had a lot of blood on them. She did not panic, thankfully, and kept me calm and contacted the surgeon. That all worked out. The first few weeks she came every day, 2-3 times a day. She was so kind. She came and checked out wounds, changed dressing, and flushed drains that I had in me. She also prepared 2 meals a day for me. Turns out I worked for her father's law firm as I worked my way through undergraduate school. So I knew her dad. She knew my folks as well. It is a small southern town. One day as she was fixing me scrambled eggs we were talking about our youth and all. She is actually 9 years my senior but a drop dead gorgeous blonde. We were just talking about life and Karma and all, like is my illness the result of something I was being punished for? I told her I used to be wild, but do not believe that Karma played a reason for illness. We continued talking about traveling and stuff. I told her I have traveled a pretty good bit as I was a Grateful Dead fan when I was younger. She responded, oh, I was a Grateful Dead fan when I was younger too. Well ding ding ding. We now had that instant connection. This was still in late March. Her last medical visit was Friday. In that interim we spent so much time together. She saw me at my worst, the weakest physically with open infected wounds and all. We had profoundly deep conversations. Around the end of May I started to show her some of my musical collection to which she was floored. Understandable since most of us on here are kind of in that 1% of deadication. I finally got my first shower in late May. And man, 5 months without a shower makes you really appreciate something so simple and how pleasurable that is. Of course to shower, I had to have her there as I was and still am a fall threat (label of medical community). So as I showered, I would play her various eras of dead music. Last Monday I played the acoustic set from Radio city with the Ripple and all. So here I sit on Monday really conflicted. First of all, she has a man. However, they are not married but do live together. Before I met her my sister had been asking me some questions about life and I told her that the wierd thing is I have had more than a few married females make it clear that they enjoyed my company. But single ladies I seem to run off. Of course, we all know the strength and weaknesses of the female dna (how is that for tact) so I am not going to speak more on that. So I can tell that she seems to want me to press on this issue. There in lies the dilemma. Her fella is a family friend but he is 10 years older than her, a workaholic, kind of running out out of steam but is supper kind. (Btw, her man saw Hendrix at the 1970 Atlanta Pop Festival). So I am all melancholy over what to do. I had written when I first came on this board that there were few if any heads around here. The ones I have met are all in there early 20's so they never saw them. All have been kind but as I am 30+years older do not have a lot to talk about. So to meet the first female head in my area has just floored me. Of course, I am also trying to rationalize my thoughts as it relates to reverse Florence Nightingale syndrome. I really do not know what to do. You all have pointed out the opposite of "tragedy narrowly averted" when it comes to ladies and concerts and all. I am ordering for her Reckoning Expanded for her personal kindness. I am also ordering her the book "The road less traveled" as it is a great book on healing. So I know she will be back to receive those gifts. I also will need some additional surgery later this year so I am sure she will be helping me with that. Just cannot decide to speak honestly about my fondness for her or not. I have been trying so hard to not allow my fondness to grow for her but she is so sweet, patient and loving that it is hard to do. I know she has a fella but like I wrote earlier, I have had several married ladies press me. I know it is because I am kind (and usually have the kind, smile). So I know that usually I speak more to a woman's heart than most of their husband's and her man does. I know it all starts because I actually listen to them and respond accordingly. I know none of you here are this way but a lot of guys take what they have for granted. It is easy for me to connect but I have never stepped over the line. All I can ponder is the discussion with my sister and how it was my sister that got this cute little deadhead to be my nurse. Now I really do not know what to do. I think I am just going to present her the gifts and let her know that she will always have a very soft spot with me for all of the help that she has provided. Sorry for the rambling. Does anyone have any advice?
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    Seriously funny stuff.. completely cracked me up.
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    Omigosh, man, that reminds me of me, though your stories win by some miles. For me it was just one girl I was hopelessly, helplessly enamored of and kept thinking that seeing a great show together might spark something that was, in hindsight, never going to happen. Our first "date" was Jethro Tull ~ fine show until we couldn't find my car for about an hour afterwards. Then came Pittsburg '89, which we drove to together from Baltimore. As recently recounted, I never did hook up with my ticket connection ~ I gave her the one we had in hand, and watched her head in while I eventually had a front-row seat to the nationally televised riot after ticketless heads rushed the gates. Next came JGB that year, when she spotted her most recent ex and spent the entire post-show having a heart-to-heart with him as I waited nearby (after hurrying us along with "I'm tired" when I'd tried gushing with my own friends minutes earlier). Spring '90, third night Landover. Pre-show, she took a nap in my car rather than hang out with me in the lot. As soon as we got inside, she ran into yet another ex-boyfriend and left on the back of his motorcycle after the show. That's okay, at least I saw the Black-Throated breakout from the 9th row ~ where she'd refused to join me, having already told ex she'd be sitting behind the stage...just before my friends offered us the upgrade. There's yet another entry, 3rd night Nassau a week later ~ but you've heard enough. Yes, I was a sap. But we remain dear friends to this day. Spacebro, Appreciate the shout-out for 6/14/91. The finest post-Brent show, and stadium show period, that I saw. Pre-drums was to die for (Help > Slip > Franklin's > Estimated > Dark Star...are you kidding?). Then again, I missed RFK the year before, which by all accounts was the bomb. But backpacking in Europe that summer (and Asia that Fall) was a pretty great excuse....
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    It never worked well for me. Especially outdoor shows in the Florida heat. At The Who's 1982 tour stop in Orlando, my date dropped from the smoke( Maui wowie high grade) and the heat. She had to be lifted over the front of stage barricade. After the show she wandered out and looked like hell. Poor lass! Another time at Rush in Lakeland another date decided to puke all over the guys ahead of us. Red jungle juice all over this dudes tour shirt. Total calamities. I had to buy the guy another shirt to keep him from going ape shit.Had yet another date at Pink Floyd in Orlando mid 80s try and get back together with her ex she spotted in the crowd! I just couldn't win! Now with my wife of 24 years we have no issues as she is a non partier and likes to stay away from the insanity. Suits me fine. Oh yes The Stones Tattoo You tour 82, and a different girl. She passed out in the heat and had to go to the first aid station for fluids! Only to get in my Trans Am on the way home and fill the passengers floorboard with vomit that was so nasty, the smell refused to leave the car and cost me a nice chunk when I traded it in on a new ride. Like in Seinfeld that smell could not be erased. The salesman actually asked if someone had died in the car! Thanks Babe!!!
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    Sonuvagun you're right. Mule is in Grand Rapids tonight, not Rochester. Obviously I didnt have tix yet, but I was going to bust out of work and head right down to Meadowbrook. None of my usual concert buds wanted to go, and I was wondering / hoping someone from here might be there. Guess I dont need to bother. Have fun, man, tell us about it tomorrow. Mule and Galactic, dayum! I shoulda been more on top of it. Meijer Gardens is a great venue, small and intimate, like a club, but outside. As I recall they're kinda stingy about smoking there, tho. Saw Umphreys there a couple times. Jim -- thx --- I like to use the story of me, Mrs. Deadguy, and my roommates old S10 to help explain to folks who don't understand why I love going to shows so much, why they're such a big part of my pursuit of happiness. Figured most folks here would appreciate it.
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    I hear you Dave. I have been hit or miss on relationship GD love. Mostly miss, but always tolerance, I do expect at least that level of support. It's one of those things you have to discover for yourself, you can't push people into it. My first love was and still is a deadhead.. perhaps I should have stuck it out. Oh well, revisionist history I guess. On a related note.. in my tiny, tiny town (or at least close to it) we are getting the John K Band this weekend playing at a local bar/restaurant/music venue. He's from DC so its only a three hour drive for him. He did some sort of echo tour with one of my neighbors a few years back, so he's no stranger to recreating in the mountains here.. I think it was flat water kayak mountain lake related, the guide is an older hippie but not really a deadhead and had absolutely no idea who John Kadlecik was. It was only after it was over he pieced it all together. Anyway.. sorry for the side-bar.. The local music scene here is mostly bluegrass or shoddy cover bands, getting some better dead related stuff shines a ray of sunshine on the local scene.
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    That's quite impressive. I saw 5 myself. Well-4 and a half. At the middle night in London-Halloween 1990-my girlfriend of the time joined me to see the band. She had always been indifferent to them-but on this night-of all nights- she decided she hated them. Well, it wasn't so much the Dead, as the Deadheads. Sorry guys-hopefully it wasn't any of YOU. We happened to be sitting in a particularly smoky and rowdy section, and after the first set ended I decided enough was enough and we left. Otherwise there might have been carnage-she was very beautiful-but you wouldn't want to mess with her. It was a great set, too-arguably the best of the run. I saw them on my own either night of Halloween-both great shows to my ears-but the 31st was the ONE. I have never heard Govt Mule-although I their name crops up a lot. They are playing in London soon, so maybe I should go. On my own.
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RFK Stadium 1989 Box

LESS THAN 5000 LEFT

The Grateful Dead battled the elements in July 1989, enduring drenching rains and stifling humidity during back-to-back shows at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in the nation’s capital. In spite of the bleak weather, the band thrilled the massive crowds both nights with triumphant performances that rank among the very best of a busy year that included 74 shows and the release of the group’s final studio album, BUILT TO LAST.

ROBERT F. KENNEDY STADIUM, WASHINGTON, D.C., JULY 12 & 13, 1989 includes two previously unreleased concerts taken from the band’s master 24-track analog recordings, which have been mixed by Jeffrey Norman at TRI Studios and mastered in HDCD by David Glasser. The collection’s colorful slip case features original artwork by Justin Helton and a perfect-bound book with in-depth liner notes written by Dean Budnick, editor-in-chief of Relix magazine. The set will also be available as a digital download in Apple Lossless and FLAC 192/24.

When Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Brent Mydland, and Bob Weir rolled into D.C. in July 1989 for the Dead’s two-night stand at RFK, the band hit the stage running with a stellar rendition of “Touch Of Grey,” the group’s biggest hit from its only Top 10 album In The Dark, which was released in 1987. The following night, the band returned to its double-platinum commercial breakthrough when it opened the show with a fiery version of “Hell In A Bucket.”

“RFK Stadium '89 fell right in the middle of one of the best tours of the last 15 years of Grateful Dead performances, with these shows being the sixth and seventh of an 11-show tour. This tour is widely considered the start of a nine month period of sustained excellence, which ran from Summer '89 through Spring '90. The RFK shows are as good as any of the more famous shows from this period, including July 4 in Buffalo, July 7 in Philadelphia, and the Alpine run,” says David Lemieux, Grateful Dead archivist and the set’s producer. “When Bob Weir has asked me to provide copies of Grateful Dead songs to give to his bandmates to learn and rehearse, he almost always requests Summer '89, and I've often drawn upon the RFK shows for this purpose. It's really that good!”

Both shows feature standout moments, but the July 12 show is notable for a few reasons. Perhaps the biggest is that the first set featured at least one song sung by each of the band’s four lead singers – Garcia, Weir, Lesh and Mydland – something that rarely happened. Another surprise came when the band opened the second set with “Sugaree,” a song that almost always appeared during the first set.

Pianist Bruce Hornsby — who briefly joined the band between 1990 and 1992 — is featured on both shows. He played accordion during “Sugaree” and “Man Smart (Woman Smarter),” with a touch of keyboard-tinkling, on July 12, and then played more accordion the following night for “Tennessee Jed” and “Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again.”

For fans of Mydland’s tenure with the Dead – which began in 1979 and ended in 1990 with the keyboardist’s tragic death – these stellar shows capture that incarnation in peak form. Among the long list of highlights are performances of live staples such as “Eyes Of The World,” “Wharf Rat” and “I Need A Miracle,” along with rarities like “To Lay Me Down,” which was played only a few times in 1989. The July 13 show also features the band road-testing “I Will Take You Home,” a track Mydland wrote with Dead lyricist John Perry Barlow that would appear later that fall on Built To Last.

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5K will be added to the available quantity at some point. It's gone down exactly as I posted it would, although I'm surprised they're going with 15K. They still started with 10K and are now down to 3800 - 3900. Sales, Space Brother are at 6200 roughly, which leaves about 8800 left (5K which muse still be added). I'm not sure what numbers are "more or less brisk", but these are the facts. Brisk is relative I guess. Bottom line is that a good seller is great for us all.
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The limited announcement yesterday did what it was meant to do in piquing my interest, but I'm still on the fence. These could probably be broken down to 4-5 discs, and there probably won't be any filler, and once again I'll be miffed at short discs, though this time for 65 bucks for 2 shows. I think I'd find 5/8-9/77 as a 2 show box for 65 bucks to be pricey, so it has nothing to do with Brent or '80s hate. I actually like Summer '89-Summer '90 a lot, they were playing at the peak of that incarnation, as evidenced by how much of it's been released. (But feel free to throw this post back at me if they offer a 2 show box of RFK '73 for the same price and I buy it the minute it's announced, because that would likely be my reaction to that RFK box.) The book is probably nice, and I love the books in the boxes. The books are what I really miss about Spring '90 and Europe '72 (though I really love the idea of the steamer trunk). If it's around next year and I got the extra cash, I'll get it. If I miss out, I'll survive, and enjoy the subscription for Dave's 2018 and next year's big box.
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My first GD exposure was 8 track. Ha.. that's one medium I wont miss. I guess I had a bad machine, it kept eating all my tapes. It was really a bad technology... Cassettes were much more reliable.. and contrary to popular belief, I do not see them making a robust comeback. My prized Nak died about ten years back.. the belts had all dry rotted and it started to play reeeeaaaaalllllyyyyyy sssslllllloooooowwwwwww. There is no advantage to cassettes over CD's as far as I can tell, and a lot of drawbacks. I do see the Vinyl appeal, but 8 tracks and cassettes, I just don't see this becoming a wave.
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Do I remember 8 tracks? Yep, but I prefer the sound of Edison wax cylinders...
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I was just spinning my Cornell Wax Cylinder - Limited Edition this morning. My lowest release number ever.. #2.
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I was 16 or so (mid '80s)...my stepfather had "Animals" on 8 track...yada yada yada...The family stereo played 1 track forward & 1 track backward simultaneously...yada yada yada...my head exploded.
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I vaguely remember my Dad's player being the only format he had The Beatles Rain.
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Forgot all about that one. I hear that player piano paper punch rolls are making a comeback too. I wonder how DaP 23 sounds with all instruments transcribed to piano. Been on a bit of an old vinyl binge lately too, mostly the unDead. Glad I saved my entire collection, started over 40 years ago. Had a friend who had a few thousand LPs that he partly replaced with CDs, then sold the batch to a used record store a decade or so ago for only a few hundred dollars. I tried to stop him, to no avail. He just wanted to make some space, but I bet he regrets it now - it was a good collection, and older than mine. He let me claim 10-20 of my favorites from his collection before he shuttled them away.
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Sunshine Daydream Reached #19 on the Billboard sales chart. Their best selling album since In The Dark.
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Piano rolls - At least we could make Keith sound like he had 12 fingers! 8-Track - what a lousy piece of equipment these things were. I must have installed 100 of those things back in the day. Never owned one. The track always seemed to change in the middle of the best part of a song. When they got old and curled a little you'd hear two tracks at once and the "head" adjustment couldn't correct it out. They all ate tapes at some point. If you were lucky just the tape got eating and came out when the tape was removed. Un-lucky and the tape would curl around something inside and you'd have to open the unit up to remove the pieces of tape! Also they caused lots of broken car glass from people stealing 8 track tape boxes filled with tapes. Cassettes - Were a great medium for the day. Store bought cassettes sucked, the cases were thin, cheap plastic that would warp and stick in the player. The tape was thinner and would eventually get ate. The maxells were made to last forever (well a long time), I have tapes made in 1980 that still play just fine. I think all my cassette players also died from rotten belts. My old Sony Walkman's belts died about a year ago. And Jim, just to rub your nose in it (and top), I have the Cornell Limited wax cyclinder number 1 (lowest I ever got,,,, to date,,, I'm hopeing for better)
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Just got my statement. They deduct the money when you order
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I decided not to wait any longer. The question I have for everybody is does this mean they haven't figured the packaging out yet? Also wandering if they're trying to set a benchmark for future releases. Everybody keeps talking about the 78 box. I agree with Jim. The warehouse bankruptcy screwed this boxset up. By the time it was fixed we were preordering something else.
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There is no truth to the rumor that they are just going to send out the discs individually using old AOL mailers.
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I'm not talking about this rumor. I'm asking if this means they haven't figured out the box itself. The stamping process has to be an issue in my opinion. I haven't heard of AOL mailers so I'm scared a little bit.
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Hahaha that's a good one. At the top of this page it clearly states: "The collection’s colorful slip case features original artwork by Justin Helton and a perfect-bound book with in-depth liner notes written by Dean Budnick, editor-in-chief of Relix magazine." Why then would anyone think that they haven't figured the packaging out yet? As for sending out the discs individually using old AOL mailers, well if you believe that then you are surely beyond help! @Romberg: If the packaging size is the most important aspect of this release for you, then I do not think it is a good idea to purchase this as it is a release where the music is the most important thing. However, as size is obviously also important, I can assure you that the music will be on standard size CDs which will fit into and play in any CD player.
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Gotta admit buying a music release based on the size of the package is a little bit wierd to me. I just put the discs in those God awful blank jewell cases and the box plus ephemera go a the end of my book shelf. Oh my did I say book I am a dinosaur.
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If ever there was a medium where size varies endlessly it is in the world of books. Try putting your copy of Chairman Mao's little red one next to your world atlas to see what size variations are possible. Typically, bookshelves are amongst the most unruly domestic storage areas that exist. Even libraries struggle. As for owning or even reading books being the preserve of dinosaurs, then I fall into that category of extinct lizards (though I consider myself neither a lizard nor extinct). Talking books? E-readers? Digital paper? Ain't no part of nuthin' as far as I'm concerned. Even better than a good book is a good map - you know, those things that you can unfold and never fold up again the same way as it was before.
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It's all about the music!How about a beta-max release?
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Man I'm devastated. As I'm playing Aja. And I Got the News. It comes on Walter is gone at 67!I'm wrecked on this.
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Jeez. Ya'll this is one of my top 5 favorite bands. Some of the best music in the rock jazz idiom. Im gutted by this!May I suggest playing AJA today friends. We've lost a biggie today sadly.
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Me too. Flags flying at half mast today.
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Walter Becker, quite the shock. I was a Dan Fan before I was a DeadHead. Gonna miss those guys, great memories of the only time I saw them back in 73, opened for the Doobie Brothers. RIP
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Damn we're on the same wavelength at least in these areas. My friends keep trying to get me to go kindle....uh no thanks. And paper maps? The day they stop making them I'm screwed
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....just loaded my CD carousel with The Dan. Devastating news. Sorry Honey, but this band will be playing all day today. Mrs.Vguy understands....every record is top shelf. They couldn't put a bad one out if they tried....stay strong Donald.
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....I couldn't have said it any better. They were so good. And yes, it pains me to type "were"....there are tears
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Steely Dan is such a perfect band in every regard. Just got tickets a couple of weeks ago to see them and scored great seats too. I can't imagine the tour will go on without him. When I first saw the news of his passing on social media, some were saying it was a hoax. If only that were true. A genius gone....RIP.
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I guess it is far to early to say whether or not the upcoming tour dates will go ahead, but today on the BBC, Donald Fagen said: "I intend to keep the music we created together alive as long as I can with the Steely Dan band." Whatever, it will never be the same without Walter Becker.
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Walter may be gone but the songs will live on.Fare Thee Well, Walter, wherever you are. You are truly 'Time Out Of Mind' now. We're gonna Break out the hats and hooters When Jose comes home......
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Steely Dan Sunday.......Citizen box set, and Alive. All day serenade. I really love their music. This morning I was going thru some of their songs and chord choices. The Mu of course but all the other sweet voicing and chordal choices. Just so damn tasty. They made such beautiful music and ran such wild lyrical compositions over them. I really aspire to try and reach just a little bit of the perfection they laid down.All this started with Glen Frey some time back and the roll call is getting heavier and deeper. I lay in bed most mornings in sheer disbelief that I'm 57 now.i don't feel anywhere close to that, and I'm grasping to any bit of my fading mis spent youth that I can get my liver spotted hands on. Hey Nineteen.........................
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The water may change to cherry wine.. And the silver will turn to gold.. Time Out of Mind.. I have been on a big Steely Dan kick lately. For like the last couple weeks its been dominant in the house. I did not see this one coming.. I'm touched to see the hype here, lots of Dan fans at dead.net. The songs they wrote are among the best written in our generation. Like VGuy said, did these guys put out a bad album?
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Hate to be the downer, but the shows were not that great. Ordinary set lists, ordinary length of shows for that year, and played in a ginormous stadium with less then optimum sound and a ridiculous size crowd.Re spring 90', listen to the 6 Sept. shows at MSG and tell me that wasn't one of the best runs in GD history. Extraordinary set lists jammed out and unusually long shows. I believe the 19th had a second set opener of Truckin>China>Rider that is spectacular as is the entire run.
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....asking if Steely Dan could release a bad album if they tried. Could they release a bad song if they tried?....Do It Again. . In the mornin' you go gunnin' for the man who stole your water And you fire till he is done in but they catch you at the border And the mourners are all singin' as they drag you by your feet But the hangman isn't hangin' and they put you on the street You go back, Jack, do it again, wheels turinin' 'round and 'round You go back, Jack, do it again When you know she's no high climber then you find your only friend In a room with your two timer, and you're sure you're near the end Then you love a little wild one, and she brings you only sorrow All the time you know she's smilin'; you'll be on your knees tomorrow You go back, Jack, do it again, wheels turinin' 'round and 'round You go back, Jack, do it again Now you swear and kick and beg us that you're not a gamblin' man; Then you find you're back in Vegas with a handle in your hand Your black cards can make you money so you hide them when you're able In the land of milk and honey you must put them on the table You go back, Jack, do it again, wheels turinin' 'round and 'round You go back, Jack, do it again . . .track one on their first record. It just gets better and better after that....
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....the most pointless list ever. Naming Dan records from best to worst. An exercise in futility....
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Nice to see an official RFK album. The most shows of any venue for me, as it was my local summer tour stadium. Fitting too as RFK will soon no longer be. It's last tenant (DC United) will be moving out after the season...So many fun memories there...
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I hate to say it, but Ive got a bad feeling with this one. Went to the store today and the madness has begun early as water is flying off the shelves as is Spam, chili, stew, canned veggies, canned fruit, and of course booze. This storm just seems to have the look of a real menace. We have all our supplies and are ready as we can be. But there will be some last minute people that are panic filled and finding nothing but beets and Walmart cola to buy.If you're in Florida. "Get Ur Done" tomorrow please! And batteries for your music players!!!!!!!!
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I've been watching this one too.. I'm still holding hope it curves North, but recent tracking has it staying South. Good Luck Florida.. Haven't heard from Nano in some time either. Be safe everyone...
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Rhino what's up with the pro-shot video ? Please include with Box-Set as Bonus Surprise. It's obvious whoever makes these decisions can surely make it happen. Audible the play call and add Pro-Shot Video !!!!! Also One Kind Favor , release performance of 7.5.81
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Just now learning about Becker from this board. I, too, was a "Dan" long before I was a "Head". Once I heard some Steely Dan in college, I jumped in the car, drove straight to the CD store, and purchased every disc they had (there hadn't been any reunions at that point.). They took all the wonderful oddness of Traffic, Genesis, and Jethro Tull, and made it swing, with a certain lightness that the other bands sometimes lacked. There's certainly some Steely binge-ing about to happen at my house . . . R.I.P., Walter.
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