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A sealed, unlabeled box sat undisturbed for decades on a shelf in the Grateful Dead’s San Rafael tape vault on Front Street, its contents an enduring mystery, even to those few with access to the vault. All David Lemieux knew about that box when he became the Dead’s archivist was that it contained tapes belonging to Bear—Owsley Stanley, the Dead’s first soundman and architect of the Wall of Sound. Even in the Dead Heads’ Holy of Holies, the taped-up box was tantalizing. But this was Bear’s personal property, and so he didn’t touch the box out of an abiding respect for the elder luminary of sound. Bear’s archive of Sonic Journal recordings had been kept safe for him for years within the Grateful Dead’s vault—over 1,300 reels of tape stored in heavy-duty cartons like old banana boxes. At any time, David could have popped the tops and explored them to his archivist heart's content. But they were off-limits without the nod from Bear. - Starfinder Stanley, Hawk, and Pete Bell, Owsley Stanley Foundation

With a wink and a nod from Bear, we've peeled back those banana boxes to find some of the oldest and rarest of all recordings of the Dead including the double dose of shows that make up DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 43. The two virtually complete performances from San Francisco 11/2/69, Live At Family Dog At The Great Highway, and from Dallas 12/26/69, McFarlin Auditorium, are complementary in their clarity and consistency thanks to Bear himself, and in their ability to foreshadow where the Dead were headed in the years to come. If the two killer 20-minute+ "Dark Stars" don't get ya, how about the Pigpen-centric sets featuring "Midnight Hour," "Next Time You See Me," "Big Boss Man," "Good Lovin'," and the once-lost-now-found complete rendition of "Dancing In The Streets," or the first full acoustic set ever performed? And we're certain you'll be fascinated to uncover the "Mystery Of Bear's Banana Boxes" as told by Starfinder Stanley, Hawk, and Pete Bell in the liners.

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 43 was recorded by Owlsey "Bear" Stanley and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. Grab a copy while you can.

*2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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September 28, 2022 - 10:57am

#301

Mr. Ones

Joined:
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Shut My Mouth

To my understanding, it's not the storms that are being caused by global warming. It's the frequency and intensity of the storms that global warming is affecting.

Now, saw Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets show(I also saw the previous tour), and I'm surprised no one is talking about that. Great show, great band, fantastic song selection.

Finally, time for a little Steppenwolf, since we're on the subject of bands that don't get much mention on here.

Waiting for the Dave's 44 announcement. Should be about 3 1/2 weeks away.
September 28, 2022 - 10:39am

#302

PT Barnum

Joined:
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wind and rain

during my time in Florida, it was always just a little wind and rain, never experienced a full-on hurricane until Charley in 04, but for 30 plus years before that, they were just a slight annoyance. Based on personal experience, not going back to the beginning of recorded hurricane history, just my personal experience. I loved hurricane season until 04, always good to check the fields right after a storm. Back in 96 I think it was, there was a storm named "Jerry" that formed off the coast, floated into central florida, moved back out to sea, returned a few days later, that was a great week. enough of that ok, hunker down everyone in the path of this monster storm.
Gary, Oro, you guys are true audiophiles, and I'm sure there are others here that I don't mean to fail to mention, I used to pour over audio books and visit audiophile shops back in the day, nothing better than good clean clear loud sound, especially Grateful Dead.
September 28, 2022 - 10:21am

#303

That Mike

Joined:
November 1, 2014

I just want to clarify, then…

I just want to clarify, then I’ll drop it, as I wasn’t trying to set off alarms, I am just weary of “fear” being used to wage social change now. I wasn’t denying climate change. Way too much irrefutable evidence supporting it, and as a great believer in science, I support it. However, I find every dramatic event - climate, economic, Covid - is gaining oxygen from fear. Every outcome is predicated on fear.

Sometimes it’s hot out just because it is. I went for probably my 20th MRI last evening, and the nurse was debating if I should wear a mask, for fear of….infecting myself in a chamber the size of a coffin!?!? Fear has gotten out of hand, was my only point. Not going politics at all, I should have articulated my thoughts better.
I do sincerely wish Floridians to stay safe.
September 28, 2022 - 10:08am

#304

Charlie3

Joined:
September 21, 2015

Well...

... the hurricane that hit Galveston in 1900 was a Category 4 and was, and may still be, the deadliest weather disaster in US history, with 8000 dead. So, a little more than just a little wind, a little rain even back in 1900. There are a number of other historic hurricanes over the last hundred years that were devastating as well, the National Hurricane Center of NOAA has a list of some of the most notable.

If you look at the records of frequency of hurricanes and tropical storms it is not entirely clear that the frequency or intensity has actually increased since the 1800s, and the effort to determine the historic frequency of these storms is complicated by the fact that our monitoring has improved so that many hurricanes that don't make landfall were likely not observed or recorded prior to our more modern monitoring abilities. Thus, our improved monitoring abilities means that we detect, observe, and record hurricanes that don't make landfall and would have likely been missed in the historic record, thereby causing an increase in the number of observed hurricanes, while leaving open the possibility that the increase is not a reflection of an actual increase in the total number of storms.

National Hurricane Center data indicates that the decade 1941-1950 has the highest number of hurricanes that made landfall in the US at 24 total and 10 major hurricanes (Saffir-Simpson category 3 or higher) that made landfall that decade. The tie for runner up decade goes to the decades 2001-2010 and 2011-2020 which both had 19 total hurricanes that made landfall, with 2001-2010 having 7 storms listed as category 3 or higher, and 2011-2020 having 6 storms listed as category 3 or higher. The hurricane landfall data also indicates that "Before the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts became settled, hurricanes may have been underestimated in their intensity or missed completely for small-sized systems (i.e., 2004's Hurricane Charley)." The reported storm intensity does not appear to be significantly different in these decades, but of course, I haven't run a statistical analysis, just a quick comparison of reported storm intensities from NOAA resources. Of course, even within the resources provided by NOAA you can find some variation in reported storm strength, for example, the categorization of storm strength in the "US Hurricane Strikes by Decade" table on the National Hurricane Center page appears slightly different compared to the "US Hurricane Impact / Landfalls" table provided by the Hurricane Research Division, so this is just a quick review of some of the readily available data from NOAA.

I suppose you could call this "climate change denial", but I prefer to think of it as a simple review of the hurricane data readily available from NOAA. You can draw your own conclusions from the data, or head on over to NOAA and do a deeper dive in the data. But hurricanes were always more than a little wind and a little rain.
September 28, 2022 - 10:05am

#305

Gary Farseer

Joined:
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Will It Go Round In Circles / MyAudioAddiction

It's been about a year since the discussions of stereos and such. There was also a discussion at that time about HDCD.

On HDCD, I remember SimonRob posting that all he knows is that a light comes on. Last year at this time an old trusted cd/dvd crapped out. As y'all were talking about HDCD, I started looking for a HDCD player. I stumbled on to an old Denon cd/dvd player with HDCD compatibility. I bought the unit on ebay and with tax and shipping, it was only $90 (no remote). Well, I have a blackweb universal remote and the remote is programmable with the Denon unit. This unit arrived around October 5th or so last year. So as it was anniversary time for the Warlocks, that was the first concerts I played thru the Denon. Immediately, I found the sound enhancement was very noticeable. With HDCD, most of the expansion is in the mid to upper frequencies, which expanded the soundstage and headroom of the disks. I fell instantly in love and thank Dead.net for continuing to master in HDCD.

I also discussed before I bought the Denon, my own stereo which I am extremely happy with. Again, 6 JBL speakers running through a large Yamaha Natural Sound Amp, with the sub frequency cross-over set at 82 Hz. The 82 Hertz cross-over is almost identical to what George Lucas had for his THX movie theater certifications. I assume most know that a cross-over is not a fixed point as there are frequencies above 82Hz the sub powers, and below 82 Hz that the Yamaha powers. However, when you cut off or cross-over the sub unit, you remove a lot or most of the work done by the Yamaha amp, which frees up the Yamaha to produce even more crystal clear frequencies as the Yamaha has been freed from trying to push the JBL's for the low end. This means much cleaner reproduction.

I post this because I just finished re foaming the woofer surrounds on the JBL 10" woofers. They sound great now, no slight buzz or anything. It was well worth the effort. I used My Audio Addiction to acquire the re foam 10" surrounds. They may be the biggest retail provider of speaker parts kits. It is there name, all one string, at .kom. They also have tutorials on youtube, and also will fix them for you (much more than just foam surrounds), if you ship them to Audio Addiction.

As an aside, I have pondered replacing the JBL 10" woofers with a set of old Pyle Driver woofers that I have had for 35+ years, but haven't used in about a decade. The Pyle Driver's magnets are enormous. I mentioned this to a bass player friend of mine, he only said, "You have to be careful as JBL tuned those speakers with their woofers, and a larger magnet might throw some things out of balance." Not sure about that, may still do it at some point, but adding the 12" powered subwoofer by svsound changed everything. The amp inside the svs sub is a class D power amp. From what I can tell, most large P.A. systems are now moving to powered speaker systems with class D power built in. I think it makes configuring a system (like Meyer and Featherstone (?)) did with the FTW shows.

Any way, way too much, will post and edit.

Hope all are ready for In and Out of the Garden (Burger). I know I am, but will still listen to 43 one more time this weekend before I break out that box.

G

So first edit done, still needs work.
September 28, 2022 - 10:02am

#306

Angry Jack Straw

Joined:
October 2, 2012

Sabres

I might be in the minority here, but I hate those old black and red jerseys. The logo too. It reminds me of Trump's hairdoo. And that was not a political statement.

It also conjures up memories of Brett Hull's goal. I don't like that either.

I love floor standing speakers and more importantly the sound they throw off. Maybe I am old school as well, but I do get a certain satisfaction when I walk into the basement and see how their presence almost dominates the room. I own Klipsch and have for years. I have often considered "upgrading", but I am not sure how much more benefit I would derive or what would be the best brand. The other concern is that if I did upgrade, should I go the full route and purchase separate components and upgrade my receiver as well? Thoughts are welcomed.

Two things I have learned listening to the GD channel over the past few weeks:

- The meaning of syncopation and why it is important. I have no musical aptitude.

- That I prefer my Grateful Dead with a single drummer and a grand piano. And I am proud to admit that.

Yes. Pets are the best.

Be safe Floridians.
September 28, 2022 - 9:41am

#307

Crow Told Me

Joined:
October 15, 2020

Throwing Stones

I wish we could stay off politics in this space.
September 28, 2022 - 8:54am

#308

PT Barnum

Joined:
December 2, 2009

this thread just jumps all over the place...and I love it

from the Good Old Grateful Dead to killer speakers and audio set ups to hockey to football to pets to...climate change denial?
I also own a pair of B&W's and they are just the cat's meow. They pair excellently with my Altec Lansing 890 bookshelf speakers. I have seen jbl's blow, no fire, but definitely a meltdown, they sound good but are very delicate, a close friend had a pair suspended from his ceiling, not the best but ok.
Sorry for your loss, pets are the hardest things to lose, sometimes harder than a human. People can let you down, your pet, never.
To all you folks who live in Florida, take my word for it, you don't want to mess around with hurricanes. I survived hurricane Charley in 04, it hit with 145 mph winds, took out the power as it hit Orlando, you could see power transformers blowing up all over the place, blue flashes in the black night. The eye wall approached and hit, the 40 ft pine trees in my backyard snapped off at about 12 ft above the ground, all of them, crashing down all around us, just missing my house but taking out my neighbors right next door. The wind blew so hard, it sounded just like a train, very loud. As it passed, the eye went over, it was clear, calm and you could see stars, then the other side hit, the wind going in the complete opposite direction, finishing off the rest of the trees. Charley was moving at 25 mph and it was over in 40 mins, but the damage was done, no power for 9 days, 103 degrees in my house with no breeze. Had to go to work anyway, had to take cold showers in the dark, had to drive all over the city to find ice to keep some things cool. We left Florida 4 years later. This storm is moving at 5 mph, this will last days and the damage will be bad.
Living in Florida for over 30 years I saw it change from a beautiful, clean paradise to a used up tourist trap. They have been doing studies in Tampa for years about salt water encroachment of the aquifer that provides the drinking water to most of the state, it has increased dramatically in recent years. Now they are having trouble with the saltwater encroaching upon the underground utilities, drain systems, etc as some days, during high tide, the water will come out of the storm drains, and spill out into the street, this is all from rising sea levels that are increasing yearly. Global warming has caused this, and it has also had an effect on the intensity of hurricanes. For 30 years, hurricanes meant "a little wind, a little rain" those days are over. Hurricanes are now more frequent and more powerful due to warming of the atmosphere. Look it up.
September 28, 2022 - 8:06am

#309

That Mike

Joined:
November 1, 2014

Hunker down Florida, as this…

Hunker down Florida, as this monster Ian approaches. Be safe. As for those that hit the climate change panic button with every catastrophe, know that these hurricanes have been around at least as long as Europeans have travelled the Seven Seas. There are no reliable written records of Indigenous peoples prior to these times to confirm (although oral history is quite prevalent among First Nations peoples the world over), but the belief is many of the natural weather phenomenon have always existed time immemorial. In fact, the first recorded history of the word “hurricane” was 1555, long before the Industrial Revolution. Sometimes truth matters.

Roger Waters - hard pass. Major dick.
September 28, 2022 - 7:11am

#310

Oroborous

Joined:
June 19, 2007

Hartford for Donuts

We did that Vguy. Early eighties Wild Bill or some such character said there were shows in Harshford. With no internet etc we didn’t know, someone said there was a show so we just decided to go. Needless to say when we got there it was aaaaa, surprise! But hey, it wasn’t all bad, we got a big box of donuts and enjoyed the ride lol

John Perry Barlow

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A sealed, unlabeled box sat undisturbed for decades on a shelf in the Grateful Dead’s San Rafael tape vault on Front Street, its contents an enduring mystery, even to those few with access to the vault. All David Lemieux knew about that box when he became the Dead’s archivist was that it contained tapes belonging to Bear—Owsley Stanley, the Dead’s first soundman and architect of the Wall of Sound. Even in the Dead Heads’ Holy of Holies, the taped-up box was tantalizing. But this was Bear’s personal property, and so he didn’t touch the box out of an abiding respect for the elder luminary of sound. Bear’s archive of Sonic Journal recordings had been kept safe for him for years within the Grateful Dead’s vault—over 1,300 reels of tape stored in heavy-duty cartons like old banana boxes. At any time, David could have popped the tops and explored them to his archivist heart's content. But they were off-limits without the nod from Bear. - Starfinder Stanley, Hawk, and Pete Bell, Owsley Stanley Foundation

With a wink and a nod from Bear, we've peeled back those banana boxes to find some of the oldest and rarest of all recordings of the Dead including the double dose of shows that make up DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 43. The two virtually complete performances from San Francisco 11/2/69, Live At Family Dog At The Great Highway, and from Dallas 12/26/69, McFarlin Auditorium, are complementary in their clarity and consistency thanks to Bear himself, and in their ability to foreshadow where the Dead were headed in the years to come. If the two killer 20-minute+ "Dark Stars" don't get ya, how about the Pigpen-centric sets featuring "Midnight Hour," "Next Time You See Me," "Big Boss Man," "Good Lovin'," and the once-lost-now-found complete rendition of "Dancing In The Streets," or the first full acoustic set ever performed? And we're certain you'll be fascinated to uncover the "Mystery Of Bear's Banana Boxes" as told by Starfinder Stanley, Hawk, and Pete Bell in the liners.

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 43 was recorded by Owlsey "Bear" Stanley and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. Grab a copy while you can.

*2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

Pure Jerry

That Mike, that Pure Jerry Theatre 1839 (July 29 and 30, 1977) Don't Let Go is another smoker. Can't get enough of that tune.

Mike

Without looking it up I am guessing Brody.

Robert Shaw. Yup. Way too early. His lifestyle got the best of him. Heart attack while driving home in Ireland.

That Mike

I'm going with the mayor. Dumbass gets some redemption later after he is responsible for some of the continuing deaths as he won't let them close the beaches. Big money wins again. We need those tourist dollars!
Cheers
For a favorite Jerry tune how about Mississippi Moon. Don't know if it was ever done live though. I just love the feel and mood of that one with the oboe in there. Hard to do live. For that matter the whole Compliments album is likely my favorite of his solo studios.

Amity

Jack - Good guess, but nope. It was the Mayor of the town (cannot think of the character’s name). Remember he got all panicky that these three guys - Scheider, Shaw, & Dreyfuss - would be looking for a shark during THE biggest tourist weekend of the year, ie - The Fourth of July? He almost had to be put on oxygen, he was just peaking!

Charlie - I’ll be cuing that Pure Jerry album up this coming weekend, for sure!

Edit: 1st Show! You got it! For your prize, please pick anything - anything - from Dennis’ very extensive collection! ;)

Cousins of The...

Sorry, though, if I hurt your feelings, Cousins of The...

I grew up on the mean streets where nearly every day someone in my gang would say "if you believe THAT you are being Pollyanaish." So I guess I became inured to such rough talk.

Such a cute reply, Jeff

I'm recovering from Covid, so I will admit I have a short fuse these days.
Anyway, no hurt feelings.
Peace, and....there I removed the offending line!

:D

Ha!

I hope you recover quickly and fully.

Cousins

No need to remove the colorful sign-off... now I look like I'm laughing at you being sick. ;)

Trivia Prize

Dennis do you have anything stored in banana boxes?
Cheers

6/16/82 & Let it Go FFS!

Yeah Charlie, I love that JGB show, one of my favorite tapes BITD!
Billy K on drums!
Would make a nice release, could pair with Bobs set like that Long Island 89 they released!

Speaking of not letting go:
Dude, ENOUGH already!!
You said your piece, now get out.
You stated your opinion, which is fine, then you argued your opinion in the face of overwhelming opposition ad nauseam, which is ok, but PLEASE let it go, we get it already. Sorry your not happy!
98% of the folks here totally disagree with you so let it go and move the fuck on, your ruining the vibe!
Maybe next time they’ll only give us one short show on three discs, but hey it’ll be in order!
FFS, don’t you have anything better to do? Or maybe that’s the real situation here: your bored and think this is funny?

COUSINS: be well soon!

Jeff...

That's all good, man. I don't want to add any ugliness to this otherwise fine forum.

To quote the dude from the Dead Movie...

...ST STEPHEN!!

Thanks Oro
Time to drop that topic.

Wow, Oro

I thought it was pretty clear I'd dropped it. (My last post on the issue was 14 posts before yours telling me I'm wrong and why won't I drop the issue! :D)

I only commented further beyond my original post to reply to other folks who were saying why I was wrong. I didn't realize I was supposed to shut up and not respond.

And none of my posts were as dickish as yours (FFS).

"Now now kids"....

...."Don't fight." Garcia banter quote.

Ok folks, hang on

Doesn’t anyone appreciate satire anymore?? J3ff, I hold no grudge towards you, or anyone else here. It’s that occasionally, when it occurs to me that our complaints just fly in the face of how LUCKY are are to continually receive these audio gifts, I feel the compulsion to respond. And sometimes I think human nature helps us forget how blessed we are. I have no malice toward ANYONE here. I have some favorites, just as we all do. But sometimes a contribution to this thread just gets me needing to send a vitriolic, though tongue in cheek, response. I LOVE the discussions we have here, and occasionally like to contribute. I just can’t help that my cynical Lenny Bruce or George Carlin comes sneaking out sometimes.
We are such a broad, diverse bunch. Of course we’re going to have differences of opinion. Who cares?? It would be pretty boring if we all agreed on everything.
Anyway, there was never a point at which I wanted to insult or hurt ones feelings. I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again. You can try hard as you like to hurt my feelings. It will never happen. Words are incapable of upsetting me. Well, unless it’s from an old girlfriend I still have feelings for, But I digress. I encourage good thoughtful dialogue, and the more differing the opinions, the better I like it. You know what?? Music is the Best!!

Thanks, Mr. Ones

I appreciate this follow-up post. And I recognize that my original post carried a lot of frustration at the imperviousness of Dead.net to customer feedback--even from customers who have spent thousands of dollars buying CDs of old concerts--which apparently annoyed a number of Daveheads.

But I thought at the core I was making a legitimate request.

I think satire is probably better directed at public figures or governments or drinking buddies rather than someone making a product suggestion in a product forum--especially since the satire involved comically exaggerating or misstating what I was actually saying, which seemed to inform other comments representing that I would prefer to have LESS MUSIC as long as it was in order.

I was actually asking that Dave/Dead.net/Rhino please give us an extra disc so the songs could be in order, and that I don't think it's economically out of reach to do so as represented by many other archival releases from other bands, including JGB.

I don't think anyone could sincerely oppose getting a fourth disc and both entire shows in the correct order, so a lot of people offended by my impudence instead made a straw man to argue with--saying I was asking for less music as long as it was in order.

The powers that be may not be willing to add a fourth disc under circumstances like those in Dave's Picks 43. But I don't see the harm in asking.

Owsley's banana boxes

I sure wish that they would release a list of the tapes that are in Owsley's boxes, that would be cool. Hopefully, they have the tapes from the tour of the Great Northwest in 1968 in there. It's really something to look forward to, what will be released from that box

Song Order

Not the first time Dave has done this and probably won't be the last. In fact the last time he did it before #43, was #42.

I also remember the 73 30 Trips show from San Diego.

Sure hope we get another two show 4 disc release to end the year. 91? Might be time.
Sixtus, I am impressed with your system. Maybe someday I will there. I bet you have quite the top drawer!

Favorite JGB Release

Quick and to the point before lighting up.......After Midnight, Kean College, 2/28/1980. Plus it has Hunter singing 2 tunes. Killer version of "The Harder They Come". It doesn't get any better.

Favorite J.G.B.release

The acoustic music from the Lunt Fontanne Theatre. I saw the Garcia Acoustic band in 1987 at the Warfield, and they were absolutely fantastic!

Little Milton...

Live at Westville Prison '83 (Delmark Records) is one of my fave Blues LP's of all time...

Kean college

Aye, Rasta...good stuff.

ST. STEPHEN, indeed. And "now now kids"...

...

6 22 86
Ya might not think that a show with that date would be recommended. Ya would be wrong.

September arrives tomorrow with the new boxset coming up. Yahoo!!!

I am sick to death of this hot weather in Seattle. Please cool down!!!

Rolling Stones

I recently have discovered Its Only RnR album

Pretty dang good

Also Black and Blue is better than first impression from 1979

So I put The Wall on shuffle J3FF....

....yeah. It wasn't Abbey Road, however, I'll never do that again. I think I broke a synapse lol.

FFS...

...is exactly what I thought this morning after waking with a migraine and immediately dropping and destroying my cell phone on which I run my business. FFS indeed. Spent the afternoon wasting half a day running around getting a new phone in Missoula. Tomorrow I can try to reassemble my calendar, which, of course, was entirely on my cell phone, including tracking down the phone number for the appointment that I have scheduled for some now unknown time next week so I can call and find out when the appointment is scheduled to occur. The only bright spot was listening to the Sunstroke Serenaders performing an excellent show while driving around in what passes for traffic in Missoula. Pretty sure a number of you are fans of the Sunstroke Serenaders, if not check 'em out, good stuff.

That Mike, you mentioned that the Pure Jerry had an extended Don't Let Go, and wow, forgot that it was 27 minutes, that will be getting a spin soon for sure.

Oro, cool that you are familiar with that Music Mountain JGB show, I had a tape with only Don't Let Go, the Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and Run for the Roses along with some random unrelated tunes from totally unrelated artists.

Digging the Jaws quote-fest even though it's not my favorite movie. Here's a favorite quote of mine from a favorite movie of mine, "Hey, listen, I want somebody good - and I mean very good - to plant that gun. I don't want my brother coming out of that toilet with just his dick in his hands, alright?" Classic line, classic movie. Feel free to identify or ignore the movie and speaker.

Movie qoute....

....Chinatown? Total guess.
The Sunstroke Serenaders are tied for first with my other three favorite bands. The Warlocks, Mythical Ethical Icicle Tricycle and The Emergency Crew.
I can't believe I forgot about those cats.
I hope they made it big!
It's mesquite salmon and bacon wrapped asparagus on the menu tonight boyz and girlz!
Back in the day, we used to linq recipes here. So many roads ago.
A week to go until Leppard/Crue/Poison/Jett. Stage show looks incredible. Final stop on the tour as it should be. Granddaughter is all in. She loves Mick Mars and Bret Michaels. The next day, there is a reptile expo here. She loves snakes. Me? Not so much. But chameleons are cool and I just want a couple of geckos.

VGuy, Rasta

Vguy- "The Wall on Shuffle" 😆😆

Rasta- great call on "After Midnight"... hadn't heard that one. Listening now and it's killer.

2.28.80 Kean College....

....yes.
The Eel Box is also special to me. Especially the 8.10.91 show. Best The Way You Do The Things You Do that I've ever heard. Plus a You Never Can Tell (C'est La Vie). And a Shining Star. And a Lazy Bones. And a Struggling Man. And a Lay Down Sally.
That show had it all.
Which reminds me. I need to frame the print that came with pre-orders.

Charlie

Charlie, that is a bummer, not fun when the phone goes down.

Movie, The Godfather.
Sonny speaking to Clemenza.

DeadVikes

You are the winner, it was in fact Sonny speaking to Clemenza during preparations for Michael to kill The Turk and his police captain bodyguard in the Godfather. Watched 1 and 2 in the last month, and love them both, but I would have to go with 1 as my favorite. And yes, phone replacement sucks.

And VGuy, you get the prize for your lightning fast identification of some other names used by the Sunstroke Serenaders.

Easy Listening Earworms

Keep getting Nicolette Larson's version of Lotta Love stuck in my head on a loop...

Loving the Movie References...

Yes, Jaws is not the greatest movie ever.. Chinatown and The Godfather both surpass it by a longshot.. but in the summer of '75 that shark reigned supreme. Quint was the star in my eyes. He had grit. Farewell And Adieu Fair Spanish Ladies' indeed. Looking back it seems a bit tacky, they had major trouble with the special effects.. dated is perhaps the word I am looking for, but the timing was perfect. It's every bit as good a monster as Frankenstein, which reminds me.. a happy belated birthday Mary Shelley.

Now where were we? It appears everyone is getting along grandly.. Long drive today, might have lost a car on the way.. had to crawl back in a rental. Good thing it wasn't my car, but the owner is more than a bit distraught, happened far away from home. Got in some good '74 on the drive.. and a little May '69 for good measure. Decided to offer and eat the cost of the rental. The good news is, it was late and we somehow did not get stranded. First time I ever used Uber, they don't have those where I live. Aye.. there's aways good and bad in life. Gota admit, the transition in the China Rider pulled me through. Holy cow, 1974 GD cures all.

Farewell And Adieu Fair Spanish Ladies'. Still cracks me up, makes me want to smash a Styrofoam cup in my hands while talking like a pirate.

Rest up Cousins.. hoping a speedy, harm-free recovery finds you.

Charlie

Charlie - That is 27 INCREDIBLE minutes of “Don’t Let Go” on the Pure Jerry release! Enjoy, my friend! (As an extra, play the 5 song bonus disc “More After Midnight” that came with the Kean College release. Jerry plays like I wish he would have on more occasions- he really turns it up, and gave his axe a workout! A gem!)

PS - Now I’ve got that silly “Lotta Love” in my head! I do that to my wife occasionally- start purposely humming/singing some ear worm, and within minutes, I can hear her down the hall, or in the kitchen, singing it. “California Dreamin’” by the Mamas & Papas seems to be really effective, and has staying power.

Vguy and lizards (not the lounge type)

I had a gecko,,, I named him Art.

Where's that from?

JAWS

...speaking of which, I scored tickets for Jaws in Imax 3D this weekend with two of our kids (age 8 & 6, and yes they frigging LOVE this movie...we've watched together many many times over the years). I'm really interested to see how good the film looks in 3D, cause it's gonna be even better than the days of Avatar - so they are saying. It will also be cool to see it up on the big screen, as I was too young when it came out to get that real experience.
Quint is awesome, but Bruce takes the show.

Please carry on with your regularly scheduled Estimated > Eyes.

Sixtus

ah..

Bruce (the Shark), then Quint

Things

A little late here, had to attend a funeral. Hopefully we laid to rest the cd sequencing issue :-)

J3ff - I smiled at your Pollyanna comment about your gang. Our gang used to yell, "Gowan home your Mudda callin".
Really though felt bad for ya. Reminded me of a Bugs Bunny cartoon,,,, "dog pile on the rabbit, dog pile on the rabbit"
Would have thought you said something unthinkable like "let's nail jesus to a cross", fuck, forgot we did that! brought to mind the Solomon Burke doing Fast Train,

You had to go on the lam you stepped into no-man's land
Ain't nobody here on your waveband
Ain't nobody gonna give you a helping hand

1st and banana boxes, sorry just keep my drugs in there (like Johnny Cash). Bought a box of banana once,,,, they held no appeal.

Vguy - wall shuffle, big smile here. We talk about this one all the time at work. How can you play a sliver of the wall, let alone out of order?

Mr 1 - Lenny Bruce? Anyone watching Mrs Maisel,,,, Lenny is there.

Just as a way out, some funny blues lyrics.

Enjoy

Honey Where the money go, Honey where the money gone
Where the money go, I been working two jobs baby
Bring you all my dough, Now they say you got another man
And your leave me right away
What happened to all that cash Been keepin for a rainy day
Well there's one thing one thing, One thing I want to know
I don't care where the lovin went, Baby where did the money go

Can't move round this old house For catalogs and shoppin bags
Meanwhile they reposess The only car I ever had
Took away my TV set And cancelled my Credit ring
Can't find those dollar bills I been keepin in a coffee can
Well there's one thing one thing, One thing that I want to know
I don't care where the lovin went, Baby but Honey where did the money go

Baby you look so good In your brand new dress
I wondered how you paid for that Now you just let me guess
Now you say you're movin on Headin where the livin is fine
How come I get the feelin that It cost me my last dime
Well there's one thing one thing, One thing I really want to know
I don't care where the lovin went, Baby, but Honey where did the money go

Inquiring Minds Want To Know

Dennis - In your youth, were you running with Tony and Bobby and Paulie and the other Sopranos??

Mike and my youth

I'm from Jersey, you might know an Eye-talian or two. Funny thing, though the big whine there is "not all Italians are in the mafia",,,, but all Italians tell you about their Uncle who is connected!

My one buddy, Johnny the Nose, his uncle specialized in weed and fireworks. Yes, fireworks. Illegal in NY/NJ, but Johnny boy would sell massive amounts for his Uncle (his Italian Uncle). When I was very young and shining shoes in bars, there was "Harry the Horse", had trunk loads of "stuff" all the time. Always had a load of 8 tracks for sale. Then there was Charlie, he acquired nice camera equipment and calculators when they first came out. Sold a shit load of cameras, film and calculators for him. Sold a load to teachers in my high school. My old man, though not Italians (but usually had choice things to say about the ones down the street), moved quite a bit of "warm" stuff.

Maybe I just grew up poor-ish. Like Mrs Simmel says in Python's Piranha Brother skit - Kipling Road was a typical sort of Eastend street, people were in and out of each other's houses with each other's property all day. They were a cheery lot.

Like the song says, just life on the poor side of town!

Didn't leave a horse head in anyone's bed,,,,, but may have supplied a horse or two. That's probably a buried secret so keep it to yourself.

The Jersey Stories

Your story and the characters you ran with would make a hell of a book, Dennis!! Embrace your New Jersey!

“Everything is legal in New Jersey”
From the play Hamilton,' Lin-Manuel Miranda

Dammit Charlie ; ) lol

I’ve had Lotta Love stuck in my head all morning lol.
The Neil Young version, though doesn’t Nicolette accompany?
Man, haven’t heard that in fo-ever!

My cousin Dennis, fo-git a boutit
Don’t fo-git Pussy and Silvio!
Gotta a steady job, hauling items for the mob
The pay was pathetic, it’s a shame those boys couldn’t be more copacetic!

Fucking Hunter, who else, maaaayybe Dylan, would use copacetic in a rock song!
Brilliant!

Dylan's Version

Maybe in Hurricane?
In Jersey everything's legal.
As long as you don't get caught.
Cheers

Silly?!

That Mike, I don't know what version of Lotta Love you've got stuck in your head, but that Nicolette Larson version is genuine, pure late 1970's, easy listening, gold. If you're not feeling it that way I suggest just sitting down and putting the official video on utoob on loop and settling in until that 1970's "have a nice day" smile spreads across your face of its own volition. Once you've got it, let everybody you meet today know by flashing that smile and telling them to have a nice day!

As an alternative, if you simply must get it out of your head I would suggest repeated viewing of the classic, bitter, after the love is gone, hit Fuck You by CeeLo Green off his Lady Killer album. If you can watch the first part of the video to that track, with the little kid version of CeeLo walking into the diner at the start of the video, and not crack up you're missing something that I seem to have in abundance - call it an appetite for low brow humor. After a few viewings you should be free and clear of the Lotta Love earworm. Now that you've got the CeeLo Green track in your mind, let everybody know when you meet them today and give 'em a perky ...

Oro & copacetic

I love unusual/seldom used words in songs and yeah, copacetic is one of them. Any other song use it?

Motown seems to use the word "gloom", not a rare word, but odd song word. Gloom in Wish it Would Rain and 7 rooms of gloom.

Smoke Gets in your eyes uses "Chaffed",,,, except for parties I've never "chaffed".

Other odd words?

Mike,,, that's Jersey

That's how you tell reall Jersey people. We say "Jersey", not "New Jersey".

..... where ya from? Jersey

:-)

Back to typing song titles in!

check u-boob "Choir From Hell Trip McCool"

My Mea Culpa

Hey Charlie - I wasn’t being dismissive to Ms Larsen with “silly”, perhaps I should have found a better word. Regardless, not to worry, I’ve had “California Dreamin’” stuck in my head all morning.

Dennis - My apologies- Jersey. Just Jersey. Maybe I play some music from Frank, The Chairman himself, as penance? Or some Bon Jovi (or is it just Jovi…?)

Redemption

Just finished listening to that 27 minute Don't Let Go from the Pure Jerry release, and yes it is incredible, so no worries about the use of the word "silly" in reference to Nicolette. I just couldn't resist expressing my mock horror. Hopefully nobody interpreted it as sincere condemnation for a goof about an easy listening earworm.

Regional Speech

I grew up in Orange County, NY, so that NY-NJ-PA tri-state area, so definitely some New Jersey influences on the speech patterns. And the New Jersey transplants I knew were Scott from Jersey and Andy from Jersey, no New involved. When I moved to MT it took a little while to slow down when I talked, 'cause folks out here just talk a bit slower than in NY and NJ. Other differences as well obviously, had to make some vocabulary adjustments too. One of the things that I find relaxing about the Sopranos is just hearing familiar speech patterns.

Odd words - fickle

I always liked the line "You can call me a fickle thing" in Move Over Darling by Doris Day.

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