Grateful Dead

Dave's been missing for 3 1/2 years. We haven't figured out who's running the vault yet.. but Dave disappeared about the time as his Dogfish Ale baseball cap quit appearing on the release videos. This new Dave is nothing more than an a J. Jonah Jameson wannabe with a penchant for 70's shows and snarly, bity sea mammals. I agree with request list though.. To VGuy's point, I'm pretty sure if the next box is 14 shows, I'd be putting more than a couple heads up on my couch as they struggle through their divorce proceedings.. It would be a shame to divvy up Box Sets this way.. the attorney's end up getting 1/3rd of the discs. Crap.. apparently I have already seen season three of Better Call Saul. I thought Netflix was tossing out something new.. Another reason we need a new box set announcement.. and quick.. Edit: I do like the new Dave, perhaps as much as the old Dave.

May/June 73...now you're talkin' Plus, 6 10 73 includes a set with the ALLMANS.....there might be legal issues, obviously, with ABB giving the DEAD Family rights to release the closing set But, if we dig back a few years further into the archives, that takes us to 2 11 70 FE...with DUANE on board for DARK STAR...Spanish Jam..LOVELIGHT. Need I say more!?! February 11 1970. Wow. Maybe a 1970 14-disc box set'll send us all into etherworldly delight... DREAM BIG Fellow HEADS. It's all possible. Just say it: "Everything is always working out for me." ....thought I heard a young man moan this morning....

I just hope that the next box is announced soon and not while I am away for a week without internet access next month.

Hawkwind were incredible! They were often derided as a poor mans Pink Floyd-but throughout the 1970s, they were much better. They were definitely a lot better live. I first saw them in 1973, around the time Space Ritual was recorded, and it was one of the best gigs I have ever seen. It was mind blowing on every level-the light show, the legendary Stacia dancing/miming- the music. That is their best album in my opinion too. If you have the Captain box, you actually have their best albums already. They were definitely at their peak between 1970 and 1975. After then, they changed. Lemmy was unceremoniously sacked after having been busted during an American tour for possession of amphetamine. Then saxophonist and vocalist Nik Turner went soon after, and the band seemed to mutate into a more normal style rock band-with a proper lead vocalist-Robert Calvert. But they made good albums up to 1980-including; Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music 1976 Quark Strangeness and Charm 1977 PLXR5 1978 Levitation 1980-featuring no less than Ginger Baker on drums. The box set is the one to go for here-it has a live concert from December 1980 with Ginger on drums. Other good live albums are The Text of Festival 1970-1972, although the sound quality isn't the best, and the later Live Chronicles from 1985 which is based on Michael Moorcocks Elric novels, and features a lot of great spoken recitations from the books. You are probably sorry you asked, now! Actually, one of the reasons I got into The Dead was that I had read somewhere that Hawkwind were a British version of them. You can imagine my surprise on listening to Working Mans Dead, which I bought as a result. The comparison between the band is purely based on the fact that Hawkwind were an underground band, who, in their early days, specialised in getting spaced out and playing long spaced out jams. They had the reputation of being a "peoples band", often turning up at free festivals, or playing for reputably good causes.

Remember the ‘Pig Light Show’s?...They melted your brain at times One step At A Time!!! :)

These infused dark chocolate espresso beans pack one hell of a wallop. They're deceptively small and round yet potent. Doesn't take them long to sneak up on you either. Before you know it -- lift off. Slip inside this house...

Super Mario?Or Super Davio? What do I grill? Just about everything. Sun, rain, snow, it’s always grilling weather. Tonight took the road of minimal effort, burgers and brats. I don’t really care what the next Box is. All I care about is that I am able to successfully order 1 copy, and that my 1 copy is successfully delivered to me undamaged, and that all of the CDs play with no defects. Too much to ask?

....would hit my salubrious sweet spot indeed. C'mon Lemieux. Throw that salubrious stone out there during your seaside chat. We know your listening....

Oh shit.. you're right. After a while they all roll into one. Just got back from a massive day.. wonderful spring weather here in the East.. Now that I know it's Saturday.. time to sip into something more fitting. Worked... I am feeling even more Salubrious than I did 14 (or 7) minutes ago. Hitting season three of Better Call Saul.