Grateful Dead

It was a time in the early 80's that (at least where I live, fall 81?) the town went dry.. I mean there was nothing to be had.. for what seemed to be months. What's an energetic teenager to do, ….more homework? That's what this lull in activity here reminds me of.
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Every year along about this time it all goes dry
Nothing round for love or money that'll get you high.
Henry got pissed off and he run to Mexico
See if he could come back holdin' 20 keys of Gold.
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Yea.. strange, but I don't think it's just the new site (but that's certainly a big part of it). Rhino Quality Control and return issues, negativity and trolling, the elections and lack of optimism.. bad weather, who knows.

I don't think its permanent though…

A couple weeks ago I was struggling with a bunch of stuff including bad weather and bad luck.. I went into an afternoon with a couple hours of free time and came out (after the 4/24/72 TOO>Comes A Time and a solo winter river run and bike ride) with a whole different outlook on life. This was immediately followed by the 4/6/82 TOO>(a delicate) Morning Dew. World and personal problems = solved (at least for the moment).

I am getting ready to revisit the 80's/early 90's. I sort of started this on the anniversary of 10/8 and 10/9/89. A powerful moment in GD History.

I hear ya Otis.. I'm right there with ya..

Edit: If there is a silver lining.. the dry spell brought us domestic strains, sensimilla, hybrids, green (and good) Mexican and brown weed with seeds was gone, which dropped me off just about perfectly to my first show. One step back, two steps forward.

I have finally come around to the seemingly majority opinion that this refit of the website has led to the death of the community that I have been a part of these many years. Pretty bummed.

Part of the problem is clearly how difficult it is to find the discussion threads. Perhaps we all agree to follow one of the threads on the community page - maybe we could collectively decide to park ourselves on one of the permanent forum pages... I don't know. I do know that checking this site has become less and less of a daily thing for me, and that makes me sad. What the hell am I supposed to do at work now?

Peace

Michigan legalized weed this past Election Day.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/marijuana/2018/11/20/michigan-board-ca…

Jim, I agree, today's historical day in Mass. is one I had long ago accepted as a pipe dream (pun, intended).

I recall watching the show 'Weeds' through to its conclusion, wherein it time jumps like 7 years into the future, and pot is legal. It was an interesting, winning end to the show, and I remember thinking how liberating that would really be. Amazing it has now come to fruition in my state of residence. Soon to follow will hopefully be enough dominoes to change this on the most basic of levels to the positive.

Also wanted to chime in a say Happy Thanksgiving to all, near and far. Be well.

Sixtus

Still haven't received Dave's 28. Bummer

Like many '76s until 10/15, at first seems slow. But I got a good long undisturbed listen in twilight, loud, and man does this deliver. The (somewhat) slower pace on most songs gives Jerry a chance to really sing. Tennessee, Wharf Rat, Ship of Fools, TLEO, FOTD--all good. It's a chamber music era, the emphasis is on the melodic and harmonic dynamics, not the volume dynamics.

Thanks to all!!

Finally obtained a copy of Dick's 33. Two unbelievably great shows from October of 1976. Recording and mix are top notch. Not quite as good as The Cow Palace show, but very close. Expensive but worth it.

Funny you mention that - I go back to that show often. Great sound, great show. Maybe one of the better first sets in all of 1978. This is a pick that I can see going back to quite often as well. I love when we are surprised like this. Life is good...

Hope everyone has a great thanksgiving. Our dinner is fairly small (my family + 1 other family) so there isn't much drama, but there is a lot of wine. Good times all around.

Old, New Tuna? Very interesting indeed..

Happy Thanksgiving to all.. may your cup be full.

A special congrats to those affected in the Northeast.. I believe today marks the first day you can buy weed legally in the Eastern US as MA opened its first recreational dispensary. I honestly never thought I would see this in my lifetime. The times they are a changin'

I got in a nice revisit listen to DaP 28 yesterday, still sounds fresh. I put it in the same category as say Nashville 78 simply because the recording exceeded expectations and the show was solid. Not sure if it's the best Dave's Picks ever, but it's a solid release. Which reminds me.. we need more new music, that new car smell is beginning to fade.

Really enjoying the fall, but the bittersweet winds of Winter have arrived.. (darkness falls and seasons change). Hoping for a great winter..

Bring on the swing, happy holidays and blue cheer to all.

Three old favorites and 4 new unnamed songs until this release, from 69. On sale for 15.00$ Pre Tuna, interesting name, but what would they call themselves back then? Post apocalyptic Airplane trio? Psychedelic Blue Seafood? Got any ideas?