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    "The Grateful Dead picked up their instruments and hit the first note with perfection. They never missed a note for the next three and one-half hours. People followed the flow of the tunes. Down on the floor in front of the stage was a sea of heads keeping time with the music. No one sat still. No one, except the youngsters behind us sat still. They were still and stunned." - The Power County Press

    And what a stunner it was, that show at the Boise State University Pavilion in Boise, ID on September 2, 1983. Dave's Picks Volume 27 contains every stitch of music from this mid-80s show (our first in this series), one that's as good as any other in Grateful Dead history. When the Dead were on, they were ON! Straight out the gate with a definitive take on the old standard "Wang Dang Doodle," the band swiftly switches back to a setlist of yore, firing off 70s staples like "Jack Straw" and "Brown-Eyed Women" and wrapping things up with a terrific trio of "Big Railroad Blues"/"Looks Like Rain"/"Deal" (don't you let that epic guitar solo go down without you). Primed for the second set, they tackle the complexities of "Help>Slipknot!>Franklin's" with heart and ease. It's clear there will be no stopping their flow - Bobby and Brent hanging in for a fantastic pre-Drums "Jam" and Jerry and Bobby in the zone on a not-to-be-missed melodic "Space." Not a skipper in the whole lot!

    Dave's Picks Volume 27 has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman and it is limited to 18,000 individually-numbered copies*.

    *Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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    MDJim's post is obviously an invitation for some Mad Libs. 1) The Oregon State Hospital for the Hilariously Insane 2) compost heap
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    Hi Kayak Guy , your profile photo was waving at me :)
    it caught my eye there is a hidden track, "Doin' that Rag" i am unsure if this has been previously released or has since , not even sure of the performance date
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    Documentary, "Veneta.. Where Are They Now"
    We travelled to _______________ and ran into Pole Guy outside his families _____________.
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    "Grateful Dead Documentary" interviews from 1968
    interesting, though i think it is a promo disk as there is no unreleased material. AllMusic Review by Lindsay Planer This limited-edition two-disc set was available as a promotional premium in conjunction with the sale of the Golden Road (1965-1973) box set. The offer was extended exclusively through the Grateful Dead's online and mail-order merchandising organization. The days of free-form or underground FM radio are revisited during this two-hour music and interview Grateful Dead Documentary, which originally aired June 8, 1969, on San Francisco's KSAN-FM. The program is co-hosted by Michael Wanger and Vance Frost, who began producing a weekly series of radio documentaries for Stanford University's KZSU-FM in 1968. With the guidance and support of KSAN-FM's program director -- the legendary Tom Donahue -- Wanger and Frost began the six-month process involved in producing this brilliantly executed time capsule of the Grateful Dead's history up through the end of 1968. Not only did the entire band (sans Ronald "Pigpen" McKernan) contribute by revealing an artistic sensitivity rarely captured in their print interviews, they are also open to discussing their immediate artistic concerns regarding their music, their record company, and most tellingly, each other as musicians. The mutual admiration extends into their immediate circle of psychedelic Bay Area contemporaries as well. Interviewees include John Cipollina and David Freiberg from the Quicksilver Messenger Service, as well as Paul Kantner and Spencer Dryden from Jefferson Airplane. Their appreciation is perhaps the most profound, providing unique observations of what appeals to them about the Grateful Dead not only as performers, but most importantly as constituents and friends. Due to the vintage nature of this documentary, vinyl sources were originally all that was available for use. Normally, surface noise and the revealed limitations of the medium on CD would diminish the listening experience. This is the rare exception as the superior mixes used on those initial pressings have yet to be replicated in the digital domain. Notable among these is "The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)" and the brilliant 45 mix of "Dark Star." Also listen for a special hidden bonus performance.
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    "I'm Pole-guy!""I'm Pole-guy!" so, the DEA placed 6000 hippies atop poles along the Appian Way, making them listen to the Carpenters for three straight days.
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    Bonus and Promo discs
    I agree Fallout From the Phil Zone interview is a promotional disc, it's a very cool one !! One more not sure if it's promo or bonus, I would guess bonus. I believe this 2-CD set came with the Golden Road Box set. Titled "Grateful Dead Documentary" interviews from 1968. Almost positive it was released with this massive studio album box set. I never did get the Beyond Description box set, although person I know who has since passed, they had it and enjoyed the heck out of it, and we listened together
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    Happy Veneta Day, indeed!
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    Happy Veneta Anniversary!
    Sunshine Daydream - Absolutely one of the finest releases. Perhaps my favorite Playin' in the Band... Can't be sure, but it is surely up there near the top! Shout out to Pole-guy! We all know what you were doing 46 years ago today! Rock on, Pole-guy! Peace
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    Is this a bonus disc?
    that is a promotional disk, i guess because it has no music, just interview. Fallout From The Phil Zone Interview Disc 1997 Arista ASCD-3392 Promotional disc released to coincide with the release of Fallout From The Phil Zone.
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    Interesting looking at those lists of bonus discs. Having said I didn't realise that the Road Trips series had bonus discs, I have had a look at my collection, and....I've actually got most of them. For me, Gratefulhans comment is very true-these discs are so essential to the main release, and looked so similar in their brown cardboard sleeve, that I hadn't actually seen them as bonus discs at all-just a third or fourth disc. I agree also-there is some fantastic music on these releases. The worst thing was the covers. So tightly packed I sometimes needed a knife to cut them out-and then I never returned them-which could be another reason I missed the fact that some are bonus discs-mine are all now in anonymous clear Perspex cases. Thinking of shows that are presented in cut up form-Dicks Picks 31, 4th and 5th and 6th August 1974, is a bit of a chore to get your head round. The music-amazing-but what song comes form what show isn't always that easy to work out. Not for me, anyway!
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"The Grateful Dead picked up their instruments and hit the first note with perfection. They never missed a note for the next three and one-half hours. People followed the flow of the tunes. Down on the floor in front of the stage was a sea of heads keeping time with the music. No one sat still. No one, except the youngsters behind us sat still. They were still and stunned." - The Power County Press

And what a stunner it was, that show at the Boise State University Pavilion in Boise, ID on September 2, 1983. Dave's Picks Volume 27 contains every stitch of music from this mid-80s show (our first in this series), one that's as good as any other in Grateful Dead history. When the Dead were on, they were ON! Straight out the gate with a definitive take on the old standard "Wang Dang Doodle," the band swiftly switches back to a setlist of yore, firing off 70s staples like "Jack Straw" and "Brown-Eyed Women" and wrapping things up with a terrific trio of "Big Railroad Blues"/"Looks Like Rain"/"Deal" (don't you let that epic guitar solo go down without you). Primed for the second set, they tackle the complexities of "Help>Slipknot!>Franklin's" with heart and ease. It's clear there will be no stopping their flow - Bobby and Brent hanging in for a fantastic pre-Drums "Jam" and Jerry and Bobby in the zone on a not-to-be-missed melodic "Space." Not a skipper in the whole lot!

Dave's Picks Volume 27 has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman and it is limited to 18,000 individually-numbered copies*.

*Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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Nice guitar!
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Thanks - It's an 80's Japanese-made tele with new antiquities pickups. Reasonable price but vintage-vibe - rings like a bell. I'm more of an acoustic player so when I play an electric I tend to hit more than one or two strings. Humbuckers are just too wide sounding and it makes my tone muddy. Tele does the trick... bright, sustain-y, looks cool. People seem to be playing teles more than strats these days.
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I am now well aware that my original post did not come across as intended as several people have pointed out. Point taken. I am not prepared to engage in one of those pitiful slanging matches that seem to occur far too often on here as a result of bruised egos and a stubborn refusal to back down. I see little sincerity in the stated observation that I am perfect, but I can live with that. 1) The guy doesn't know me and 2) I'm not perfect. Who is? End of story as far as I'm concerned.
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Thanks Dave for the kind words, and to Thin for making me laugh. Sorry to everyone else....I come here to hang out with Dead Heads, who usually are open minded and tolerant, even when I act like a fool, not for insults. There’s enough fucking hate in the world, and things personally have been rough lately, so I’ve been coming here for the community, to try and tap into some of that ole GD love.... This BS, church shit, insulting Hippy Chic WTF? What the hell happened to us? Ok, enough, let’s talk about some good ole Gol Dang Greateful Dead! Just listened to Run for the Roses for first time in forever......obviously not his best work, but some nice moments, and better than what came after...........like thick air and crickets!
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Nice ax. Was fortunate to play one for a few years. A nice ? Early 60s tele delux actually, not quite strat, not quite Gibson.
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....what happened to us indeed? There's uppercuts and then there's low blows. Cut me Mick. I'm going back in!. Haha!! I'm going full Hawaiian today. GarciaLive Vol 10 followed by DaP 19. Remember when there was an argument of there being a terrapin on a surfboard on the cover of a Grateful Dead release that was from a show prior to Terrapin Station even being a cum stain on the sheets? I do. That was hilarious....still stuck in a UB40 mood btw. Going on a month now. That's unusual for me, but then again, I'm not entirely normal.
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....I do.UB40 - Labour Of Love Volume 2 Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Zuma GOGD - Anthem Of The Sun '68 mix Cowboy Junkies - All That Reckoning Metallica - Master Of Puppets Every one of these records kick ass, because I said so. Ok everyone. Show your hands or fold 'em. Because the cards are not always the same....poke, poke, poke. Just gotta poke around.
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Bruce is a phenomenal guitarist and has written a whole raft of songs that I find beautiful and amazing, and that have affected me as profoundly as that of any musician other than the Dead. A lot to say about him, perhaps I'll put some of it to "paper." Surprised that no one has mentioned that Jerry covered his song "Waiting for a Miracle" (maybe I missed it?) Last 5 Bruce Cockburn - Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws dbh - Mass Railroad Earth - Last of the Outlaws Dave Picks 11 - Wichita 11/17/72 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (& others) - Will the Circle be Unbroken
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I know nothing about guitars. But doesn’t it look a little bland without a fake f-hole sticker like Mayer’s guitar? Seriously, why would you put on a sticker to make it look like there is a hole there? A couple dancing bears and stealies would look way better.
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....been dead for a while. Thanks for the reminder. (that was a joke, not a jab. One could interpret what I said as truth. Another could interpret that as sarcasm. Someone else might say I'm antagonizing fourwindsblow.) Human nature is unpredictable as the weather. Everyone is wired differently....I love reading these boards. Give me insight into topics that wouldn't have registered otherwise. Who is it that always ends their post with "the door is opened but only you can walk through." Or something like that. Close enough.
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And then there’s a band called “Grateful Dead”.Spawn of the devil I tell you. I hear that they live at 666 Hate Street.
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Cage the Elephant - Tell Me I'm PrettyYardbirds - Shapes of Things (greatest hits collection) Grateful Dead - 10/22/67 from AOTS 50th Stevie Ray Vaughn - Live Alive Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash Vguy, good call on the attempt to rejuvenate the Last 5, previous iterations have turned me on to some cool stuff.
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....these boards fire up at times where I need to refresh the page every five minutes or so just so I can keep up. I fuckin' love it. Feed me people! I love you all, although you can be assholes and bitches at times. I can be a dick too. See? All good in the neighborhood. Give me four hours and I'll have a new last five.
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I recommend you check out 5/13/83 83's got a buncha good 'uns, I tell ya
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a basket, a bell that rings and things to make it look good?
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AOTS 50th (spinning now)10-22-67 Ladies & Gentlemen GD Movie Soundtrack 10-22-67 AOTS 50th How ‘bout that sandwich? Being one for whole shows and not compilations I previously did not buy L&G. Recently picked it up and it’s quite nice, but confirms my original belief. Those shows are too good to be chopped up. Also recently obtained the soundtrack which is also nice, but also confirms that those shows need to be released as a complete Box of CD’s and DVD/BR.
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just before Playin' starts, you hear a guy yell, "HARD TO HANDLE!" lol...
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Spineless from the start, sucked into the partCircus comes to town, you play the lead clown Please, please Spreading his disease, living by his story Knees, knees Falling to your knees, suffer for his glory You will Time for lust, time for lie Time to kiss your life goodbye Send me money, send me green Heaven you will meet Make a contribution And you'll get the better seat Bow to Leper Messiah Marvel at his tricks, need your Sunday fix Blind devotion came, rotting your brain Chain, chain Join the endless chain Taken by his glamour Fame, Fame Infection is the game, stinking drunk with power We see Time for lust, time for lie Time to kiss your life goodbye Send me money, send me green Heaven you will meet Make a contribution And you'll get the better seat Bow to Leper Messiah Witchery, weakening Sees the sheep are gathering Set the trap, hypnotize Now you follow Time for lust, time for lie Time to kiss your life goodbye Send me money, send me green Heaven you will meet Make a contribution And you'll get the better seat Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie . . I'm Christian and these lyrics are truth for some "keepers of the flock".
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....refreshing page. Make it so number one. Damage Inc.Dealing out the agony within Charging hard and no one's gonna give in Living on your knees, conformity Or dying on your feet for honesty Inbred, our bodies work as one Bloody, but never cry submission Following our instinct not a trend Go against the grain until the end Blood will follow blood Dying time is here Damage Incorporated Slamming through, don't fuck with razorback Stepping out? You'll feel our hell on your back Blood follows blood and we make sure Life ain't for you and we're the cure Honesty is my only excuse Try to rob us of it, but it's no use Steamroller action crushing all Victim is your name and you shall fall Blood will follow blood Dying time is here Damage Incorporated We chew and spit you out We laugh, you scream and shout All flee, with fear you run You'll know just where we come from Damage Incorporated . . Love the "Honesty is my only excuse" line. Yup. Master Of Puppets is pretty much a perfect record.
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I've always preferred them to strats, myself. Yours looks very much like a 1952 reissue. Not meaning to show off-but I've got two. An American Special, which has hot Texas Special single coils pick ups and looks quite similar to yours. Its blonde with a black pickguard. I have this tuned to open G, with the bottom E string removed-like you know who.The other tele is a Japanese Pink Paisley. That also has single pick ups. It looks amazing to me-although its not to everyone's taste. Its got a much better sound than the American Special. Very trebly. A Fender Champ amplifier and a Memphis Sun echo box-way to go!
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....to be honest, I haven't even listened to the '71 remastered remix re-release yet. Might be a while before I do. Trying to catch up to icecrmcnkid. Just plopped it into the player. Alligator is the highlight imo. Pigpen never sounded so "melodic". Never met an Alligator I didn't like. And the 50th 3D lenticular cover is worth the price of admission.
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Might as well share my last 5 before I disappear into the world of music for a few hours- Dicks Picks 35-6th August 1971-featuring the classic Other One-Uncle-Other One jam Blue Jean Bop-Gene Vincent Whole Lotta Jerry Lee Lewis cd1 A Date With Elvis-The Cramps ORTF TV Paris Live 22 March 1974 blu ray King Crimson
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....and all you peeps needed was a poke! The Cramps! Thanks for the reminder dave! See? Coming, coming, coming around. Loving it. Keep feeding me. I disappear into musicland as well. Refresh page! Just out of prison on six dollars bail. Mumbling bitches and wagging his tail. Sploooooosh.
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Tele - That's a stock photo - not my actual tele. tele's rock. Glad you have 2 - wish i had a back-up for gigs. Mayer's f-hole sticker is likely because he has a signature model with an f-hole. But when playing stadiums, hollow body's act weird, so he probably opted for the solid body. The folks buying his signature model won't be playing stadiums... more likely living rooms and small clubs where an f-hole doesn't provide unwanted feedback and low-hum a stadium creates. Just my theory.
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Don't forget The Residents, The King and Eye! ...so what do you think he was king of?
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Didn't know AOTS came with a live show,I need to wake up. Just ordered it. DP 20 First show I think 9/25/76 FW 1969 3/2/69 4th show (speaking of Aligators!) 30 Trips 1989 (love Foolish Heart opener) One From The Vault 8/13/75 May 1977 GSTL 5/5 show.
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Albert Collins - Onkle Po's 1980ABB - Idlewild South Marcus King Band - Soul Insight Marcus King Band - Marcus King Band Freddie King - Electric Ballroom 1974
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According to a documentary I saw called Back to the Future, a mysterious young man named Calvin Klein invented Rock n Roll one night at a high school dance in California in 1955.
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I always feel silly as they are often just GD. - GD 10/22/71, Auditorium Theatre, Chicago IL (DaP 3). - GD 10/21/71, Auditorium Theatre, Chicago IL (DaP 3 Bonus Disc). - GD Anthem of the Sun Bonus Disc (Winterland, San Francisco, CA 10/22/67). - River Montage (5/3/72 select cuts, 5/7/72, select cuts, 6/18/74 select cuts, 12/26/79 select cuts). - Revisit of DaP 26 (11/17/71 Albuquerque and 12/14/71 Ann Arbor). Sorry for the boring setlists. Nothing but incessant, yet mind pleasing chaos and noodling. On a bright note.. some good friends of mine took their 13 year old son down the river I live on yesterday.. his first trip down in a kayak, which is an incredible feat at 13 years old, it's pretty stout. His parents own and operate a local gear manufacturing company called Immersion Research and I got the honor/nod of having them ask me to show them the the 'easy' line down one of the bigger drops, National Falls. Always puts me in the US Blues mood for some reason. Anyway.. pretty cool stuff.. I was honored.. whitewater royalty in the making. Rogue - True, Calvin Klein was the inventor and father of Rock and Roll. I had a difficult time understanding the controversy over the last couple days. It's pretty clear cut. If anyone wants to borrow the wayback machine and check it out.. it's all right there plain as day.
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....Speak with wisdom like a childDirectly from the heart. ....I wanna be whitewater royalty. Take my hand.
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... is playing the Regina Folk Festival August 12. I've seen him 4 or 5 times over his illustrious 4-decade-spanning career, from simple folkie to protest rocker. Definitely some of his albums come off preachy as Anatexis22 points out. But his guitar playing is outstanding and has never disappointed when I've seen him live. IMHO a must see if he comes to your neck of the woods.
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I will gladly get you down the Upper Yough.. consider this an open invitation. I will toss you in a raft with a professional guide though, or Mrs. VGuy will certainly do me in when you show up in town with one ear and three eyes. As for royalty? You are the only Senator that replies to my emails and posts. We could knight you, but would you trust us tapping you on the shoulder with a sharpened sword? Oh.. the river offer goes for pretty much anyone here. We can get you down in once piece. Usually.
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Not in order....JG- Run for the Roses JG- Altrnate Takes DaP 26- both shows Brand X- Moroccan Roll Charles Earland- Living Black Steely Dan- Katie Lied Ah, ok, that’s not five ; )
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Brand X Moroccan Roll? I thought I was the only one on earth that had that album or even listened to it. I would be surprised if they converted it to CD?? Talk about eclectic.. what a great prog album. I'm not a huge Phil Collins fan, but I chalk this up as this was back before he gave up and went for the pop dollars.. like when he still fancied himself a serious musician. If that's fair to say.
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12/1/73 (disc 2 plays currently)5/14/83 David Bowie Low David Bowie The Man Who Sold the World David Bowie Heroes another bunch 5/13/83 2/4/69 12/20, 21/68 8/27/83 6/22/83 Bowie Lodger another several 9/2/83 5/29/71 Bowie Aladdin Sane Bowie Diamond Dogs ("as they pulled you out of the oxygen tent, you asked for the latest party") Bowie Station to Station another few Bowie Hunky Dory ("please come away...away...") Bowie Space Oddity Melvins Houdini
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....back in the day (1700's), we would be sitting in New England slat back chairs, round a fireplace, with snifters of brandy, smoking hemp, talking of the harvest. Listening to the hounds howl. Here's to a rhyhmic beat. And 23% thc. No joke. stoltzfus posted his last dozen. Lol. Now I want eggs....I make a mean omelette. The kitchen sink is extra.
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Were they really smoking rope in England? or just the immigrants tending the fields? I don't think weed made its way to England, but would be happy to be proven wrong on this. I'd imagine if they were, Henry VIII wouldn't have been such a prick and would have had many, many male heirs.. perhaps a with a queen with a full rack of hippie furry under-armor of her own. Just saying or hoping that oppressive, dictatorship rule just might have been more tolerable if a little Indica made its way to the people doing the work and the ruling class too. :D
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....let's see what's on tap stoltzfus. Beautiful noize I see. Watching the clock though. Phish's last set at the Gorge is coming around....
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The Cramps were truly inspirational. A sight for sore eyes, too. They toured England many times between 1979 and 1996, and I saw them whenever I could. All there albums are worth getting. A wonderful antidote to all the drek that was around in the 1980s and 90s.
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In suggesting that smoking may make living under a dictatorship more tolerable, I think you have just inadvertently provided the strongest argument against legalising cannabis I have ever read!
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