Grateful Dead

Thanks for starting a thread for John. His lyric writing was incredible and as well his efforts along the lines of the internet and computer age are both ground breaking and foundation building. Thanks John, for "Let it Grow" (one of the best songs ever written - EVER) and all you've done for Deadheads, America and the cyber dimension! "Ultimately a hero is a man who would argue with the gods, and so awakens devils to contest his vision." - Norman Mailer

I would have LOVED to have been there for the exchange of which you describe between Mr. Gates and John Barlow, marye. Just the thougth makes me want to go out and light off some fireworks (oh yeah, they're againt THE LAW). Thank you, JPB! "All energy flows according to the whims of the Great Magnet. What a fool I was to defy him."

JPB, Lindsey Buckingham, Chubby Checker, Gwen Stefani, Stevie Ray Vaughn....and that guy from the Sunshine Daydreamers....geowhatshisfacemeister.....and marye's godson.... ;-) We need a cake....

I was writing about the Grateful Dead in what now seems like a gloriously privileged time. I had access - thanks initially to Eileen Law and, later, Dennis McNally - beyond the dreams of most fascinated by the band in Europe. Mine began with Hunter and it never ever stopped or let up afterwards. I re-read my Swing 51 interviews with John Barlow these last few days and, by golly, they were phenomenal. So open and revealing. That was John Perry Barlow in a nutshell. Stay bright Ken Hunt

Amazing story by John on This American Life. Go to Act 3 & Listen, don’t read. http://clinicalpsychreading.blogspot.com/2013/06/this-american-life-joh…

I'm 3/4 through Mother American Night as I type this... mixed feelings to say the least(!) but will not ruin it for others, so if you have read it, and want to share thoughts, please PM me... but give me until Saturday 8/11 to finish it... thanks