Grateful Dead

That’s interesting, because I thought the patchouli-wearing folks smelled like ass.....

I'm always a little amused, if not confounded, by the number of people who want to tell others they can't make comparisons. I got on the bus in 1982, and I can remember people referring to Brent as "new guy." Yes, that's right, you heard right, in those pre-internet days, not everyone had a subscription to Relix, and Deadheads would show up for a show or a tour and all they would know was that Keith and Donna were gone, and there was a new guy. "Not sure what his name is. Brent or something." And guess what? In that early 80s era, plenty of Deadheads were already complaining that the band wasn't as good as they were in the 70s. The phrase "disco Dead" was not a compliment. It was a sarcastic commentary on the late 70s Dancin' and on Shakedown, for one. And haven't almost all of us said some variation of the following statements? "The Dead kind of suck in the studio. Their live shows are much better. That's really where they shine." In other words, every studio album got compared, unfavorably, to live shows. Every. Single. One. And I LOVE some of those studio albums! People compare things to other things. It's human nature. It's what we do. Yet here we are in 2018, more than 20 years after Jerry died, and self-appointed "Directors" come along to say, "Oh, you can't compare Official Grateful Dead Release A with Official Grateful Dead Release B, because one was recorded on two-track, and the other is a MULTI-track." Oh. Okay. I see. Almost as bad are the "it's all good" dude-bros, who grin like Tommy Chong while they type, "Heeeyyyyy, maaaaaan, it's all good. Every Grateful Dead show was beautiful. There's no such thing as a bad show, man." Uh, no. The Dead were horribly inconsistent, as every Deadhead who's honest with him- or herself knows. Lots of drugs were ingested. Lots of instruments went out of tune. Sometimes Jerry practically nodded out on his mike. I personally know someone who was at a show where ol' Jer apparently shat himself and ran offstage to avoid it being seen by the entire crowd. It got ugly. That's why some of us love it when it's so great. When they were all in sync, listening to each other, they got into a flow where they played beyond their own powers. They made magic. Those moments of magic are what I love. We all own some of them on recordings...maybe a lot of them. And we seek more. That's why some of us are disappointed when we BUY a product that seemingly contains few of them, with lots and lots of fuckups all throughout it, like this DaP27 show. The "it's all good" argument reminds me of Dylan's song: "I'll pluck off your beard and blow it in your face This time tomorrow I'll be rolling in your place I wouldn't change a thing even if I could You know what they say, they say: it's all good." Happy Jerry week. The guy was far from perfect. He made lots and lots of mistakes, musically and otherwise. Yet he remains one of my favorite musicians of all time. I can love the guy and still be aware of and actually comment on his flaws. But I'll never understand the people who have their heads so far up his ass they can smell patchouli.

Jim’s back.Glad that jumpstart I gave the John Deere worked.

three unusual things today: Doing my Ubereats thing. I got honked at by a bus driver. and some of the nastiest, most potent anger ever in my life seized me. I screamed profanities about coitus at him and showed him how to "count to one". It was like a stroke or something. BAM! not my finest moment on this earth. really, I lost my ish. a potential ant invasion. a few in the house. found the trail outside, and wreaked havoc on the little creeps with a can of Raid. I felt like I was in Apocalypse Now, with Kilgore's crew. mini-split/air cooler started leaking water. WTF!!?? I think I got it fixed, but that never happened before.

I know which one is Brent. There is nothing you can say about his voice that's going to make me like it. I bought RFK 89, I bought Dead set, I downloaded Dave's Picks 8, and I bought Crimson White and Indigo. I still don't like his voice, it's cringeworthy to me (and many others I might add). He ruins every song he opens his mouth on for me. It sounds strained, harsh, and abrasive. I'm not alone in my dislike of his voice. People post about it all the time on all sorts of dead forums. If you like it great, enjoy. Sorry man.

....does he go to y'allhalla?

Cosmic Charlie, 6-14-76 Man, I’ve asked Dave numerous times for 6-14-76. DaP 28 would be a good time to release it. So, Jerry arrives at heaven’s gates and god says...... Well, I’m not the joke teller here, Vguy is. Fill in the blanks Vguy...... 30 years of GOGD!!!!!!!!!!!!

both Santa Fe shows in 83 would be a nice lil' box set

....they could throw in the one from '82 as well while they're at it.https://archive.org/details/gd1983-09-11.139652.FOB.s2.Sen441.Silberman…