Grateful Dead

I believe it’s 11:41 into the S&R seaside chat, he states besides S&R and DaP’s, there will be three other things, what ever that means...
Getting plowed, THEN getting stoned; see Fabulous Fury Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy about pissing in the wind lol.

Thanks for the kind words!

Be Kind, Rewind.

makes me desire a 69 box

Hmm...

Man, good to see you made it through all those issues! Yes, the roll over is a must in those situations. Stay well out there.

Hey was it you that posted the talk of the box set seaside chat, and their being 3 releases. I have gone back thru but cant find that post. Any way you could re-post.

I am going to find the time to listen to Buckeye 88. The problem was not so much the show itself but all that went on around it. I know I haven't listened to it since 1991 or so. Dang 30 trips around the sun. Still one of my favorite memories is that Stranger...just such a great line of site. Will post more detail when soon.

Dave Rock: Even as I get older, I enjoy a few, of many things. Alcohol is now a chemical formula for me. As you stated, with age you figure this stuff out. When I was 15 (1970's) my folks went out of town and left my older brother in charge. He immediately went to the liquor store. I ended up drinking an entire 5th of Vodka in 30 minutes. You know, dang this feels great, have another, and another. Should have died. A group a friends showed up for a party, Friday night 6 o'clock. That was about 20 minutes into it. I remember a couple of them saying let's head to your room and burn one. I remember falling to my knees laughing my ass off. Went to my room. A friend, one I have written about before, some might remember, he was the bass player in the band Brother Cane. He is a true wild freak. He begins rolling a couple as I fall into my brand new stereo cabinet ripping the glass door off. Had the door on maybe a week. Still have the cabinet no door. They ended up laying me on the bed. A few minutes later I pull a John Bonham, on my back vomiting a foot or two into the air. Now thanks to freaky Glenn, who did not weird out, he had the smarts to roll me over to my side. The next morning I was still horrible, had to call into work "sick." Absolutely. Trail of vomit to the bathroom as my brother hauled me off the bed to the toilet. Good Times. Anyway its all chemistry or proper cocktail mixology now. I almost always mix a pitcher up and drink it only, always stop there knowing there is still a lot of alcohol to process. Makes life much more livable.

I am a little like Elvis, uppers in the morning (coffee) and downers at night (light medication). Everything in moderation and finding the sweet spot.

As for me, last blood pressure reading at docs office was 150 over 55, so pretty good there. Unfortunately I am working on update for annual physical tomorrow. Some might remember I had my appendix rupture in late 2016 and should have died, kind of like the alcohol poisoning, so updating medical issues is a pain. I am a dog person but in real life I am like a cat, as I have had 8 instances in which I should have passed away. Another one was surviving a horrific F-5 tornado, blew thru a red traffic light which 30 seconds later the whole intersection and all around was gone and dead. In many ways, I am Grateful Dead!

Ding Ding Ding, we have a winner - Proudfoot, you remember the b side to Bohemian Rhapsody. Great memory.

Jim, yeah I saw GD at the Crap Center as you call it in 87 & 88. A lot of great memories, of course one being an intact frontal lobe.

I always want to to say thanks for all the posting, it does help this old boy enjoy his 9th life!

Very interesting show

December 1973

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Ja, gerne

It’s like my mother used to say: if everybody is jumping off a cliff, then there’s probably a good reason, and you should do it, too. So I might as well might as well make my own box set prediction.

Mind you, if it was up to me, they would just release everything prior to the haitus. A giant box for each year would be nice. Or at least just put out a Complete 1973 set, please. But I’m thinking they probably feel some responsibility to represent different eras, and I’m sure they have to think about What Will Sell. Since we’ve recently had boxes from ’73-’74 and ’76 (neither of which was sold all that quickly, for some reason) I’m thinking the next box will not be from the ‘70s. The pickings being relatively slim from the ‘60s (because shows were shorter, recordings often poorer, repertoire relatively repetitive) and the ‘90s (because, you know), I think we’re probably looking at the ‘80s, folks. A Berkeley Greek box would be a great way to further document that era, and some of those shows were epic. (Or so they seemed, anyway!) So I’m going Greek, baby.

Thinking of those Greek shows reminds me of the differences between east coast and west coast Deadheads. I’m a California guy, but I have to admit: those east coast heads really bring the energy! I grew up thinking that the Dead were kind of a Bay Area thing, a band with a huge local following but not much beyond that. Then I went to college, and for the first time I started meeting people from the east coast, including a bunch of rabid NY heads. Those guys were nuts! Now, at that time, if you lived in the Bay Area, there would be dozens of opportunities every year to see the Dead or one of the side projects. Dozens. So going to see ‘em would be like, “hey man, Garcia’s playing at the Keystone, you wanna head over?” Or "hey man, you going to any of the Greek shows?" And maybe you’d go, maybe not, because you’d have another chance next week. But with the NYC guys it was “HOLY FUCKING SHIT GARCIA’S PLAYING WE GOTTA GO MAAAN!” Gotta respect that.

Regarding Dock Ellis: a friend of mind did what I think was the first interview with him devoted to the LSD no hitter. He was working for public radio at the time, and he and some co-workers taped it, knowing there was probably no way the story would ever aired. But their interview became the audio for a short animated film. It’s cool.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=dock+ellis+and+the+lsd+no+no&docid…

Yup. Dogs are the best.

She is a lot of fun. It was hilarious the first time we dressed her up in that mane and took her around the neighborhood. The kids (and some of the parents) thought it was a baby lion.

No love for me though. She is completely attached to my wife. No wonder. The UPS truck arrives daily with gifts for the dog.

Proudfoot-Your "alternate facts" title of the Queen song cracked me up

Dennis-We must be brothers from other mothers, because when I went to Record Store Days a few years back, the BEST part was hanging in line with other music freaks. We had GREAT conversations!! 4-5 years ago, I would get in line @4:30, and still be 15-20 in line. Now it seems impossible. Not worth the hassle(just for me).

Expensive Box Sets-I was just Dumb lucky that E-'72 box came on a day when I got home first!! Now I just have 2 words: Amazon Locker!! I can plan my entrance back into the house, it may have to sit in the car for a few hours, no big deal. On the plus side, if I ever truly wanted a divorce(I don't), I would just start buying large quantities of expensive items and have them shipped to the house-in HER name!!

Just listened to 11 track version of Bear's Choice and enjoyed the hell out of it. I probably hadn't played it in 6 or more years......Music Is The Best!!

Edit: V-Guy, you should have said $150.00!!