Introducing Ourselves - Part 2

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marye

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Since the original topic now has hundreds of introductions and is getting a bit hard to navigate, this seems as good a time as any to launch a new one. The original is here, should you wish to catch up on the who's who since this opened up in May. If you haven't introduced yourself yet, please do! And if you already have, but have something new to tell us about you and your life, speak up! (A bit of housekeeping business so we don't have to repost everything we posted before--izzie and I are the moderators here, and for our more extensive intros see the original topic.) Thanks and welcome!

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April 14, 2009 - 10:11pm

#291

brenodo

Joined:
April 14, 2009

Greetings from VA

Howdy gang. Just got in from the DC show and my short and to the point review of that is: "I went in with an open mind and low expectations and I walked out with a big smile on my face and pep in my step..." I'm male, 42, I am a live music addict and a recovering Phish head (joke). I started to see the Dead in the 1980's and lost a bit of my love soon after Brent passed, and really fell out of touch after Jerry passed. I have worked in the music industry and had the great pleasure of working with some the Dead's crew and staff on the 1997 Further Festival with the band moe. I have no idea how many shows I have seen, never cared to count. Seen shows all over the country and thought I'd poke my head in here and say hello. Tonight's show in DC was a whole lot of fun for me, some great playing all around mixed in with some mistakes and a lot of new ways to look at old songs. I have to admit that the players that stood out to me tonight were the back line, the drummers, man did they smoke tonight, I was also really impressed with Warren and Jeff as well. Not to take anything away form Bobby or Phil, but Jeff and Warren really fit in nicely with the other guys. It was nice to see Wavy Gravy up on stage for set 2, he was dancing in his chair and had a big smile on his face. Tipper Gore on drums! Anyway, Hello everyone! Thanks for this little piece of heaven in our mixed up world. Peace! Brendan
April 13, 2009 - 6:29pm

#292

Diva27la

Joined:
April 13, 2009

New to the boards

My sweetie Greg and I will be going to our first Dead concert on May 9th at the Forum in Inglewood [LA]. I told him that I wanted to give him a new experience in sobriety for his birthday this year, and the experience was going to be our first Wharf Rats meeting ;-). [Him-sober 7 years and counting; me-sober 6 years and counting.] I don't really know what to expect, of course, and will venture over to the Wharf Rats section to get suitably educated, but wanted to wave hello here. *waves hello* My mom died a little over a year ago and for about 5 months I worked on an assemblage piece based on Box of Rain that got me through the bulk of my grief. For that song alone I will be forever grateful to Phil Lesh and Robert Hunter. Cheers, Nancy "Today we're going to teach poodles to fly."-Raul Hernandez, UHF
April 12, 2009 - 4:38pm

#293

marye

Joined:
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jazzkitten

if you haven't already posted in the Wharf Rats topic, please do!
April 12, 2009 - 8:07am

#294

MamaTried71

Joined:
April 12, 2009

Hey all

Hey all, Dustin from Wilkes-Barre, PA here......It's been along time 87-92 since I have been around the scene or the music.....Couldn't pass up the chance not to see the dead in my own back yard....There has been alot bad buzz about this venue and why they picked it, but I assure you it will be a cool time for all....The town is great and has alot of following. If anyone needs help getting around or help in general let me know.....This is going to really bring back some memories from a long time ago.....
April 12, 2009 - 6:01am

#295

Jazz Kitten

Joined:
April 12, 2009

Looking for Help in Philly

Hey All, Tammy from Philly, PA here, 78 days sober, my 1st sober show will be in Philly Sat May 2nd and i'm nervous, looking for wharfrats to help me stay sober and dance the night away. Please contact me so i don't have to sell my ticket out of fear, i had to give up all of my ppl, places and things. Jazzkittenpoet@yahoo.com
April 12, 2009 - 12:24am

#296

danceswithbears

Joined:
August 26, 2008

Hey Y'all

My name is Ken, I've been jumpin' around the site for a while and figured this would be a good time to introduce myself. I live in Boston now, but when I was still a teen I hung out with a guy that always spoke about the dead, the only thing I knew about them was my older sister had what I know now as "long strange trip" before 8 tracks were extinct. I knew a bit about music like santana, airplane, allmans, hendrix ect, and heard very little of them on the radio. I didnt quite know what to make of them, then when he played st.stephen from a live show he had, I pushed my way on the bus. My first show was 10/9/84 in Worcester, Mass. when we got there I felt right at home. I was really amazed, this wasnt a concert this was an event. I wanted more. I had been a long time fan of the beatles and when the encore was revolution my mind was blown. My last Jerry show was highgate 95, With many great memories and shows in between,The scene of course had changed alot since my first show, and even in boston it seems there are less heads than back 20 years ago. I went to Penn state to see the boys back in oct. where for part of the show I was in the uppers, then behind the rythym devils for the rest. Billy was a riot, pretending like he was scared to jump off the stage and all. I look forward to the 2 shows in Worcester this year making it almost just about 25 years ago at the same venue when this beautiful journey began. Look forward to seeing Y'all soon."peace is ONLY idealistic to those who believe it to be so" Peace, Love and Hugs,
April 11, 2009 - 1:42pm

#297

Darkshire

Joined:
April 11, 2009

Hi all

I don't know exactly what to write... I'm a pretty simple woman, so here is the story of how I just became a deadhead. I seem to have found out in 2009 that I am a deadhead. I suppose this could have happened long ago - people have long told me I would have made a great hippie and that I would love San Francisco, etc. But truth be told I didn't actually like the first Grateful Dead song I heard. Touch of Grey just had the vibe of the times sucking the spirit out of something cool - something I felt when I heard Kokomo by the Beach Boys as well. Enter then-boyfriend, jackass Tim, budding guitarist. One afternoon he played a Grateful Dead song for me. I didn't really listen to the words he softly sung that day, as I just wanted to make stuff up to the music. I think that ticked him off, but whatever. So... Tim skipped town, and left me alone and brokenhearted. Now I know I'm a moron for feeling this after the way he screwed me over, done me wrong (pick your bad cliche!), but a few weeks back I was missing him something fierce. And I thought of the song he played, only I hadn't paid attention and didn't know the name, so I cried a fair share because that tune was as lost to me as he was. Obsessive and clingy as I can be, I remembered another afternoon in his truck when he had to finish out the CD because the last song was Truckin' and he was a truck driver. So, I picked up American Beauty because that song was on there and would remind me of him. I played the disc through, and to my surprise Tim's song was Ripple, right smack in the middle of the album, and not lost to me after all. In a way it feels as if Tim left me in better hands than his. I was reading the liner notes and saw a picture of Pigpen and thought he looked kinda hot and definitely interesting. And in the course of reading more I learned about his story and well, that gives me pause when I get start to get a little too wallowy in self-pity. So I've been playing a bit of Pigpen's blues when I am blue (youtube is so wonderful), and listen to Jerry Garcia's sweet guitar when I'm feeling hopeful. But when I'm blue I can now see that maybe I can do something with it. See, I never even liked the blues until I had the blues. I discovered this when I was alone in Memphis on Valentine's Day after my fiance Randy died and I heard it blaring from the jukebox. It was only after I could relate that I could appreciate that sometimes you just have to let stuff out. So where does this leave me? I suppose a lot of Deadheads think back to some magical moment when they caught on. Me - a jackass threw me under the Deadhead bus as it were. But I found my way on all the same, and I surprise myself that the music has awoke in me again. In the past few weeks, I've picked up my guitar for the first time since before Randy died, and every time I come over to the new place I start singing Ripple (I'm in the process of moving... ugh - can't wait to be done!). As a teenager I always wanted to go to a Grateful Dead show for the people-watching even though I knew nothing about the music. But I put it off because I thought I would have time in college and then Jerry died. So I'm super thrilled that now that I actually get the music I'll be going to my first show in Chicago on May 5. I even bought an extra ticket so that I can either make a new friend or just make somebody's day in the parking lot. Well... that's enough for today. Boy I can be wordy sometimes. Love, Steph
April 10, 2009 - 11:37pm

#298

Musky_Ranger

Joined:
July 28, 2007

Hello Folks

Howdy fellow fans, Very intersting to read the intros! Most of the most fun I have ever had in my life has been at Dead shows. I especially appreciate bonding with fellow starry eyed buddys when the Band hits those high and mighty strides. I read somewhere that a good Dead show is, by far, the happiest place on the planet at that moment. I don't doubt it a bit. The scene has influenced my life since the late 70's, for good or ill. I say "good or ill" because I've become pretty disgusted with the dark side of the whole Dead scene. Toward the end there were junkies passed out on the sidewalk, junkies convulsing on the sidewalk, junkies begging money and cigarretts and hits off my balloon. Ah, recall the summer reek of urine on a huge hot black asphalt parking lot? At my last Riverport show, while walking in the dark area between the stage and bathrooms, I almost fell flat smack on a friggin little baby that was laying on the grass while mom twirled 10 feet away. That's the show where I saw the stunted, impish, pointed eared and grinning creatures crawling on the scaffolding above the stage. Looked like dwarf Grinches. If you could see them, they knew it and would stop crawling and look you right in the eye and smile the smile of a fat, full leach. Um, hang on a second. Ok, I'm back. Well, I would like to meet some Dead fans here in southwest Michigan. Throw a frisbee or maybe I'll take you fishing? Stay the course.
April 10, 2009 - 11:32pm

#299

Musky_Ranger

Joined:
July 28, 2007

Hello Folks

Howdy fellow fans, Very intersting to read the intros! Most of the most fun I have ever had in my life has been at Dead shows. I especially appreciate bonding with fellow starry eyed buddys when the Band hits those high and mighty strides. I read somewhere that a good Dead show is, by far, the happiest place on the planet at that moment. I don't doubt it a bit. The scene has influenced my life since the late 70's, for good or ill. I say "good or ill" because I've become pretty disgusted with the dark side of the whole Dead scene. Toward the end there were junkies passed out on the sidewalk, junkies convulsing on the sidewalk, junkies begging money and cigarretts and hits off my balloon. Ah, recall the summer reek of urine on a huge hot black asphalt parking lot? At my last Riverport show, while walking in the dark area between the stage and bathrooms, I almost fell flat smack on a friggin little baby that was laying on the grass while mom twirled 10 feet away. That's the show where I saw the stunted, impish, pointed eared and grinning creatures crawling on the scaffolding above the stage. Looked like dwarf Grinches. If you could see them, they knew it and would stop crawling and look you right in the eye and smile the smile of a fat, full leach. Um, hang on a second. Ok, I'm back. Well, I would like to meet some Dead fans here in southwest Michigan. Throw a frisbee or maybe I'll take you fishing? Stay the course.
April 10, 2009 - 10:15am

#300

The_Cat-Tribe

Joined:
April 10, 2009

Howdy! San Diegan looking for someone to go to the May 9 show

Hi there! I am a 39-year-old male attorney and a nice guy who loves the Dead. I live in San Diego, CA. I have 2 VIP tickets to the May 9th show in LA, but none of my friends can go with me. Anyone want to join me (obviously we should meet at least once first). Please contact me if you are interested. I've never been to a Dead concert before and my drug days are long behind me, but I expect to have a fabulous time.

Since the original topic now has hundreds of introductions and is getting a bit hard to navigate, this seems as good a time as any to launch a new one. The original is here, should you wish to catch up on the who's who since this opened up in May. If you haven't introduced yourself yet, please do! And if you already have, but have something new to tell us about you and your life, speak up! (A bit of housekeeping business so we don't have to repost everything we posted before--izzie and I are the moderators here, and for our more extensive intros see the original topic.) Thanks and welcome!

hey, welcome!

glad to have you with us!

groovy and far out

hi. my name is andrew miller. im a musician, age 20. im in a doom/stoner metal band called witchdoctrine. im a lead guitarist. im very big into psychedelic rock, psychedelic art, and everything to do with the hippie culture and beliefs. been a dead head since age 14. my band witchdoctrine is actually doing a psychedelic jam album called colours of the dark, where we just instrumentally jam out the feelings of the colors at hand. so if youre interested in hearing that, ill keep you posted. i enjoy sitting with my guitar puffin on my pipe and just let my fingers go and close my mind. i practice meditation, and i like reading, drinking hot tea, and watching the history channel and the simpsons. im a vegetarian, and i reside in york, pa. i think i covered it all. any other questions, feel free to message me.

Joining to ask for help on some GD tee shirts

Hi,We have been visiting this site and trying to learn about some of the GD tee shirts we have on our website Monstervintage.com. Since there is so much information out there when trying to look up a specific tee shirt it gets overwhelming and confusing, history of the artwork, concert or album . Many of you are very familiar with the albums, songs and concerts so we thought we might be able to get some help with factual information to clean up some of our tee shirt descriptions. Some of the tee shirts are priced high but where are we going to get another one when it sells? Original tee shirts that are not cheap reproductions are getting really hard to find. Any help we can get would be awesome and we would give members of the forum a nice discount code for participating. Perhaps it can be a fun way to put some of that GD knowledge to use and we can make some tee shirt lover a happy person. http://www.monstervintage.com/Vintage_Clothing/Mens/Tee+Shirts/Vintage+… Thanks Monstervintage.com Men's Vintage Tee Shirts Grateful Dead category

new on the scene

hi my name is jacob johnson, i am 15 years old. i am the youngest of 5 and my oldest brother was the one who introduced my to the grateful dead. although he showed me phish intending to get me more into them, i got caught on the grateful dead. i am a bit knew to this so i don't know what else to say except that i love the dead, and always will. oh, and happy early birthday jerry! thanks

welcome Jacob!

so glad you made it, make yourself at home!

New Here

After graduating from UNCW this past spring and writing my thesis on the Dead I am here to attempt to learn more about this fantastic community. The reputation of Dead fans proceeds itself through its fairly breif history. I am looking forward to sharing and learning from this active community of Heads. Cheers.

Peaceful Greetings

Hello,My name is Hillary and I am a lone DH living now in a small southern town. I am a lone liberal in a small southern town. There is no one who shares my passion for the music here. My first show was actually in '98 at Alpine Valley, WI. They opened with Dark Star and played it again in the last set, and I have been hooked ever since. I knew I had found my home, the place I belonged in my heart. My greatest regret in life is not seeing Jerry! I had a chance to see their last show in Memphis, but I was sick. I still found my way here anyway. My little boy is starting to really like them now. :) I would love some messages. Peace and Love to All

hey, welcome!

make yourself at home!

High Yall

Been here a few months, and thought I'd introduce myself. My given name is John, but because I'm a Junior, my parents nicknamed me Johnny at birth. I was born and raised in a small town in TN located exactly halfway between Nashville and Memphis. I discovered the Dead at the age of ten in 1976. Went to a friend's house, and his older brother was gone for the day. There was a stack of albums in his room, and Blues For Allah was on top. That was my introduction. On Saturday 12-16-78, I snuck to Nashville with a couple of high school guys I'd been buying joints from to see my first show. I accepted a Coke from a friendly stranger, and ended up getting dosed. Not only could I hear the music, but I could feel it, smell it, and taste it. That really changed everything in my life. Because of my location, I was only able to attend 5 more shows during my school years. 4 at the Kiel in St. Louis, and 1 at Boutwell in Birmingham. After graduating high school in 1984, I moved to Chicago to lay carpet with a friend who moved up there to start his own business. Attended a pair of shows in Alpine the next year. By the way, I thought Alpine was a great venue. Got tired of Chicago, and moved to Norfolk in January 1987. Got a job at Tracks Records, and attended every show at Hampton, Roanoke, Greensboro, and Charlotte from March 1987 until the last Charlotte show in 1995. If you bought tickets for any of these shows at the Tracks in Norfolk, it's possible that I sold them to you. Especially the 2 Warlocks shows in October 1989. I worked the ticket counter for the on sale date. Even took a trip to New Orleans in 1988 for a show, and drove up to Louisville for a show in 1990 when I was back home for a week vacation. Then Jerry passed on, and the trip was somewhat over. Did attend the Further Festival at Virginia Beach Amphitheater in 1997. In 1998 I decide to settle down at the age of 32. Met an upstate NY girl 11 years my junior{non Head}, and truly fell in love. Moved back to my hometown to raise our child in a more rural environment, and Malachi was born on St Patrick's Day 1999. I conformed, and got a good factory job with excellent benefits. Everything was good for 7 years. Bought a nice house, and she drove around in a new car while I drove back and forth to work in the 2nd paid off vehicle. 5 years of not so good marriage, which I stuck around for entirely because of my son. Come 2010, and my wife is working for a local attorney. She blindsides me with divorce papers, and because of her attorney connections, a restraining order having me removed the house. It was on the grounds that she was scared of me. I assure you that I am an extremely peaceful person, and never raised a hand to her. She was planning to move back to NY, and take my son with her. I hired an out of town attorney with an excellent reputation. I lost my house and everything I worked 12 years for, but I obtained full custody of my son. She moved back to NY, and pays not a penny of child support. So much for deadbeat dads, I have a deadbeat ex-wife. He flies to NY to see her 5 weeks every summer since the divorce. But other than that, we are still Truckin'. Thanks to all who take the time to read my bio, and my apologies for the length. I condensed it as much as I could. PEACE Johnny

hey, welcome

so glad you made it here.

Holy smokes, Johnny

Dosed at 12 years old. I'm happy you're experience turned out o.k.

Welcome Hockey John!

I have enjoyed your posts and wish you and your son the best. Was your spouse a deadhead? I'm betting not. My spouse and I aren't, and though we make it work, there is a substantial piece missing, fairly important. There is a whole thread devoted to that on this website (I forget the name at the moment). We hope you stick around and find some community. We're all changing leaves on the tree...

the mixed-marriage thread

They Love Each Other, But...

Thanks for the welcome!

PonchoBillThe jury is probably still out on whether I'm ok or not. It was certainly weird being that young, and having no guide for my first trip. I guess that's why I used to try to help first timers at some of the later shows I attended. Anna My ex-spouse was a non Head. It did not work because she aspires to have lots of possessions. I just want good music, and a space to get my head right. That's all I need. And... I am looking for a little community. Solitary Dead Head where I live.

Let's see if I can get this

Let's see if I can get this up here hey y'all what's swingin?!

I is gonna try put words on

I is gonna try put words on magic screen to make friends and have all kinds of fun.

Hi everyone

Hi. I'm Eirik, originally from Sweden but now living in the US.

Been a deadhead for almost 25 years. My dad would play vinyl's of their classics and it didn't take me long to pick up on it. Really love the design of this site and looking forward to contribute more. I see that the introduction section has been "dead" for a while, but I'll still give it a go. As for my private life I'm married with 2 kids, and work as a database programmer. I also run my own personal economics blog - https://www.refinansiere.net/. Might have to add another section on the GD soon though :)

Hi!

Hey everyone! New to the Dead here with a recent mind blowing revelation of how great this band truly is. I watched the amazon special and now exploring on Tidal a lot of there stuff. I grew up listening to best hits but could never get into their other stuff. Fast forward 25 years and with regular mj use the dead is really opening my mind. This looks like a great site to learn about this epic band !

Hi

Hi,I grew up in a southern town too. Mechanicsville Virginia. About 20 minutes from Richmond Virginia. I graduated high school in 94 and saw the dead on 10-9-94. It was crazy seeing jerry and Phil and everyone. So fun. The only thing I have seen from them since was in 1999 I saw Phil and friends at the mosque in Richmond. They played strawberry fields forever. And a lot of dead. It was great. Now I am living in cocoa Florida and am a professional illustrator. Just wanted to say hi.

Loudest Soul

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Listen to the Music Play 🎶

Hi! I am just a millennial who missed the original bus, but caught the later spin off buses!😂 From the south and listen to Dead all the time with my cat. I hope to move out west soon, and leave the south for a while!

Keep on Truckin and hope to see y'all on the lot, GratefulGal7277! 🌹⚡

Welcome Gratefulgal

Head over to the Dave’s Pick 34 and June 76 Box pages, that’s where the current action is.

Click on your account picture in the upper right, then click on ‘recent posts’.

new (old) member

Had an account long ago... hadn't logged on for a while and so maybe it was wiped? Set up a new account. Wannabe writer, I have 2 books on Amazon/Kindle and working on a third. Was a staff artist for Relix and Unbroken Chain magazines back in the mid-1990s. Saw shows from mid-eighties to mid-nineties. Here's info about my writing --- jdwilsonbooks.com

hey folks

hey all
my name's mike
hopped on the bus 2 years ago, was way too revved up playing in punk bands in college and finally slooooooowed down and it's been a trip ever since
i live about an hour north of NYC so i'm lucky for east coast shows
i hike and snowboard and build guitars and i enjoy listening to music outside and with no commitments
just here to say hi and give all you nice people something to read while you're at home during this unfortunate time
give me a killer show from '73 (EVIL DEAD) that i haven't heard yet

Esau_Esau...

....hi. You need to move to the other more active boards here. There are 3 going strong. Magic number.

Hi!!

Hey everyone! I'm Marnie, 20 from UK, hope to make lots of friends here!

sup

Cute Doodles

Hi guys, I arrived at this site just now. I hope to make many friends.
I'm kind of crazy because of the pandemic and I'm creating a channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC2bcLGSymsTt9mXBe3YhWg

Hi folks

Just a little late night web browsing led me here again, and out of curiosity tried to log in after years and years and found my account was either deleted or never existed. So here I am again or for the first time, who knows? Saying "Hi"

-Joby

well glad you're here now!

welcome back!

The Sad, Broken Legacy of a Great Band (tl;dr?)

Hello Bob, Phil, Bill and Mickey…..

I can probably state this is my first and last post as I’m done. I registered to put this one post up. I wouldn’t be surprised if the moderators didn’t look kindly on the following “appraisal” which I will now explain:

I was still in the final years of school when Europe ’72 came out which puts me a generation behind the initial Dead fan base. In recent years I have become totally obsessed by the Dead, and the culture that surrounded the band. (Notice I said “surrounded”, as in past tense?)

On July 4 2021 (I am not from the USA) I ordered the DVD digipak with bonus disc of Long Strange Trip from the Dead.Net Store.

This is what happened next (copied from my communications with the Store with contact details redacted):

My Initial Request:

This 3 DVD digipack of Long Strange Trip has Disc 2 marked "Bonus Content" and does not have the second half of the documentary on it as stated on packaging. The bonus content is the same as that on Disc 3 which is supposed to be the bonus content for this 3 DVD set. Also Disc 1 which does have the first half of the documentary on it does not have a Dolby 2.0 audio option as stated on the packaging. It is questionable whether any of these discs are the one supposed to be packed in this version of the release. After the time and expense of getting the shipped from the Grateful Dead source this is extremely disappointing.

Where we are at now:
The replacement copy just sent has the same problem of discs mislabeled and packaged. It must be from the same print run as the first copy I received. Disc 2 is again bonus content NOT the second half of the documentary.

Please... I'm begging you. I ordered this July 4 and I still haven't gotten the full movie. I'll buy a Region Free Bluray copy. Just send me an invoice for the difference in price. Whatever.... please.

NOW:
I'VE JUST RECEIVED A THIRD COPY OF STRANGE TRIP AND YOU'VE DONE THE SAME THING AGAIN. YOU DIDN'T CHECK THE DISCS AND HAVE SENT A COPY THAT DOES NOT HAVE DISC 2 OF THE MOVIE. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME; YOU HAVE RIPPED ME OFF.

There you have it.

So this is Grateful Dead 2021; just another commercial juggernaut that wants to extract money from people by selling clothes, pet accessories, garden accessories (or whatever!). Another cash machine that cares nothing about the only thing about the band that matters and what is truly real about Grateful Dead.

But hey! When it comes to delivering the sound and vision which is the history and legacy of a great band this is what you get.

Oh! Commercialism! It can’t be!

Well take a good look at eBay. The egregious amount of profiteering there is disgusting to the point of being abjectly blinding. The CD warehouses will get copies of Get Shown the Light, but they sell out in a day or two and will be resold at triple the price.

I’ve got some seriously rare Dead CD’s and they are now worth a small fortune. After what I have experienced with the Store I am so disgusted and, more to the point disappointed, that I am seriously thinking of “getting my chips cashed in” (remember that old chestnut I just paraphrased?) and eBaying my whole collection.

You can’t say there ain’t a buck to be made out of the good ‘ol Grateful Dead!

It’s so sad to see the band’s unique contributions, their legacy, being torn up in this way.

There’s a general tenet of art theory that states that art is but a reflection of society. I have been fascinated by the fact that the Dead weren’t a band, but more of a “scene”; a family, a society, if you will.

Garcia used to talk about evolving humanity, the society, through psychedelics, art, music, culture etc. Well society and humanity, the truth is:

Welcome to capitalism.

It’s just as well “faith” is but a word and, therefore, counts for very little. (As I’m sure is the case with my words written in this post).

Peace out.

Goodbye.

__________________________________________________________________

Addendum:

I was going to make the above post my first and last post until, upon registering for these forums, this email arrived:

Hey there Grateful Dead Fan,
We’re so glad you got on the bus! You’re in for a mighty fine time.
As a subscriber to Dead.net, you’ll be the first to know about the Grateful Dead’s exclusive limited-edition releases, breaking news on the band, community events, and so much more. It’s all happenin’!
We’d like to thank you kindly with 10% off* your next order. Simply use this coupon code at checkout:

Oh, wow! Thank you master! This wage-slave is so uplifted by your magnanimous offer! Thank you so much for extending the cosmic joke you have played upon me, and more fool me!

Talk about adding insult to injury.........

I think I’ll pass, as ten percent of nothing, which is what your organisation has given me, is nothing.

How about giving me back ten percent of the purchase cost of the flawed and incorrectly packaged item that I spent money on in July? I would be happy with ten percent of what your organisation has defrauded me.

Now I’m done.

Hey now!New to the site. Kind souls connect with me!

I'm 44 and was blessed to start seeing The Grateful Dead when I was just 12! Rich Stadium in Buffalo. Hit mostly all the East Coast shows until 96' and then our lives changed for sure. Went to Penn State University and I am a social worker. My son is almost through high school and then I'm looking for adventure! I am not sure where what or with whom? Auroraville, Peace Corp, meet the man who rocks my world??

hello i am Billy Cyprus how…

hello i am Billy Cyprus how are you?

Thank each and every one of you from the bottom of my heart.

I understand this thread is half-dead, but I need to let you guys know how much you (yes, you) mean to me. How's everyone doing? I'm Alex and this is not my first post (oops!). But I am so happy to be here. I am in the midst of losing my dog who is the light of my world and the DeadHead family has made me feel at peace. I know this is my introduction but I already have so much thanks to give!! I have been a DeadHead for the better part of my life, living adjacent to the middle of nowhere. So I have always been the black sheep of the friend group listening to this hippie drone music. I called in to Tales from the Golden Road right before Tucker's (my dog) diagnosis with Lymphoma, nervous as all get out about my first Dead & Co show for my birthday here in a few weeks, and as soon as I was connected with Dave and Gary, all anxiety melted away, it didn't matter how many listeners I was on the air with, I truly felt like I was just shooting the shit with some old friends. I felt at home. And now more than ever, I need a little home. And each and every one of you make me feel at home in this strange world. As I make my entrance, I already am feeling beyond welcomed.. So thank you. A lot.

hey now

Nice to see you here, make yourself at home!

DERZELL

Welcome aboard the Bus! You may want to try posting on the Ala Carte DP42 thread also.

I'm sorry to hear of your beloved dog...

Many Thanks!!

Dave and Marye, thanks for welcoming me aboard. I can truly say that in this crazy world, I feel like I have found my "forever home" here. I moved from a big town to a little one for work and can't say there are many like-minded folk in this land of sparse population, so it is really comforting knowing I have my buddies right here :)

As for as the puppy, thanks for the concern and kind words Dave. Lymphoma is kinda scary in dogs I've found out. But my little fur ball is started up on prednisone and has his puppy energy back!! Just one of those things where he's gonna keep rocking until he can't and more than likely he will lay down for a nap and just drift away. Which when you think about it, I know that I would definitely want to go that way if I had a choice.

I will need to check out that thread! Any others I should look into? I am eager to join the party! I do love storytelling and digging into music theory!

Much love to you both and thank you again, from the bottom of my heart!

-AZ