Grateful Dead

..but I am sick of the royal wedding. Enough of farging royalty already... I'm much happier listening to Stoltzfus rants. The best I can do is rock Bickershaw.. very loud. will that do?

I always set the temp for what I am listening to (more importantly what I am in the mood to listen too..) Too funny. Yes.. I am guilty as charged. Lock me up. On a sidebar.. our favorite (I can only assume) retired English Professor is missing. My hope is that he is just on an extended vacation with Bolo. D. Duryeau.. don't drink anything when on holiday with Bolo. Think pure thoughts and suck on a stone, but don't drink anything. Where are you David D.? As for Bolo.. I can only hope he is enjoying some sake and not being tortured by Chechens at this very moment. But then again, I know better. My favorite-long distance, heat of the summer car temp? Simple. 1973.

Does anyone else achieve a satisfying feeling of synergy when the car cabin temperature is set for the same number as is the vintage of GD on the stereo? e.g. 72

First and foremost, our hearts are with the good Doctor....as we all age, shit happens, but that kinda shit be surreal. As in full frontal death knock, knock, knocking on....be well Sir! 10 min before the 8-1-18 movie, WTF? Hate to be out right negative within these hallowed electronic walls of love and understanding, ahem, but LAME! I mean isn’t there something in the Geneva convention about torturing poor souls...that’s like 3 months just for the announcement. My only guess as it is before 7-2-89 show, 20 years after the tour, they have multi track, and just in time for the holidaze, is that it’ll be a fall 89 or perhaps summer, hell maybe they’ll break out some video..... Naaaahhh. SPORTS; was a full on sports junky, playing, watching whatever. In high school though, was not technically a jock. Hung out equally with heads, jocks, weirdos and geeks, never limited myself. Of course that goes against the grain, “gotta belong to sumthin’”...whatever, when the going gets wierd, the wierd turn pro! Until your coach wispers in the ears of all your teammates to not vote you for MVP, and 2 or 3 guys make the varsity team that I could totally outplay (one a fellow teachers kid, ahem)...they tell me I can practice and travel like a full team member, but not enough uniforms etc....yeah ok, or I can work after school to bye JBL E 120s, Fender Twin Reverb, and McIntosh MC 2300 (used of course I was only 17...) so a, that’s when R&R finally became top dog in my life and has been on up there most of the ride since. You know over the years sports has had some of the hardest let downsize life, but the Dead, rarely! Even on a meh night, it was still awesome.....Guess that’s why other things come and go through life, but not the Good ol’ &$-%*5# GD!!! It’s funny how so many here say the same things “the older we get, the more not so into sports or what not, but we listen to more Dead” ; ) Been listening to too much Dead. Now hold on, don’t get ur knickers in a bind...I mean compared to other stuff, need the balance,.... but haven’t had much music time in general, and so much good anniversary shows in May......like 5-17-81! Listened a few times to the Nassau release, great, but the Syracuse 81 ooooowweeee....finally heard all 3-13-81 also. Bits and shards of the 77s, and a few of the mighty DS 72s, for medicinal purposes only....also still backgrounding DaP 26, sweet. But also, been digging on Idris Muhhomed, Van the Man, Brand X Moroccan roll, Wes Montgomery, Dread Zepplin, and??a huh huh, aaaaa? Brain fart.... Ok, finally, all I want for boxmass is.... The rest of winter 73; Boston through Fla....DS!! Fall 73 with the horns etc Rest of Fall 89 Perhaps some more 81, maybe another Daves? Eventually some more of KC inaugural fall 71 tour (and/or winter) And someday, someway a flrickin’ summer 85. Sppuuuuuusssss raspberries to you 80s haters,...you know who you are; )

Dick's 3 is certainly in that sweet spot. I remember gifting this one, and sometime earlier Live Without a Net to my older brother for birthdays. I didn't have many tape boots. My main GD source was dead hour recordings from WMMR, a few studio release cassette tapes, and a couple of tape boots. While in college Hundred Year Hall CD appeared and it was my prized audio possession for a while to come. That furious pace of Hundred Year Hall's Trucking' and Lovelight would echo in my head for years. And still does from time to time.

The speed on this Mexicali Blues on this release is jacked up. I want to play this again but I keep putting off 1/23/70 or whatever that Hawaii show date is. decisions, decisions. thankful I have the ability to be in this situation for now.

The Doors sidebar conversation is interesting. I've been on a live Doors kick for weeks. I know Jerry was not impressed with Jim Morrison, but I always thought he was great -- thoughtful, poetic, entertaining, sometimes dangerous. What more could you ask for? He was also unique for his time, and inspired many imitators. The contrast between the Live at the Hollywood Bowl DVD and the one from Isle of Wight is like night and day. The first is typically animated and edgy and the latter is stoic and still thundering. Some of the Bright Midnight CD releases are wild too, including the aforementioned Boston show. Definitely check out the Aquarius Theatre rehearsal disc for unhinged glory. Over and out.

....the 3+ minutes of Jerry noodling between Eyes and Wharf Rat is really a song of it's own....and then it goes full on Garcia with Terrapin and Morning Dew. Sploosh!! It was a favorite release for quite some time. Duh. It still is....

I remember when a friend first told me about his first listening of it at the time it was released. He was blown away! So was I when I heard it. My friend wanted to call out sick from work just to keep listening.

I read that this show was one of those in which Uncle JimBo was drunk and pushing the envelope. Many of the 1970 cd shows, however, have Jim in fine form. This Boston show documents one of their nuttier shows. It is a shame we do not have more 1967/68/69 shows in good quality - bummer. The Cobo Hall Detroit show is indeed solid.