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December 10, 2022 - 9:42am

#481

hendrixfreak

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We have a winner!!

And the trophy goes to Oroborous for "fungal foxtrot" -- my gawd man, you should be a writer. Oh wait...

Another story: Roy Buchanan. We first caught Roy at Carnegie Hall in spring '74 and probably caught him a dozen times across that year into fall, most often in small theaters and clubs. (See: Roy Buchanan at Town Hall 1974...) At many shows, we had purchased "seats" and we sat in them -- for about the first 15 minutes. Then a half-dozen of us would emerge from our sometimes scattered seat assignments and basically make our way to the lip of the stage. It's not a Dead show and most folks remained seated while we formed a small cluster in front of Roy. He would smile to himself. His drummer later told me that the band referred to us as "Buchanan's rabbits," because we were always "popping up" at the lip of the stage. To this day, I've got more hearing damage from Roy's Tele and Twin Reverb (maybe 75 shows, 1974-1986) than from a roughly equal number of key GD shows (1972-1992). (Key shows: RFK '72, Watkins Glen '73, Capitol Theater/Passaic '76, Englishtown '77, Red Rocks '78 and every single subsequent GD Rocks show.) Not braggin', just happy lookin' back.

One such event featured a double bill of Roy and Boz Scaggs w/Les Dudek on slide. We were in the first 10 rows and it was so loud, no need to get closer! After both bands played, Boz, Les and Roy jammed at supersonic volumes...

Not to mention the many times we spent the day on the east stairs at the Rocks, then dashed in to actually cop front row (one behind the actual front row, reserved for handicapped) and at one ABB show realized that we had WAY better seats than the fairly large contingent onstage in the wings.

Basically, my life has been one dash for the front or a judicious stance near the soundboard when I wasn't working, going to school, chasing tail or poking around the backcountry. I'm semi-retired from the big shows and, looking back, pretty effin' happy with the way I misspent my youth.
December 10, 2022 - 8:20am

#482

Oroborous

Joined:
June 19, 2007

Up Front when it was cool

The first six or seven years we’d go up front any chance we could if it was GA and we got there early enough.
Half the fun was hanging out with the heads all afternoon waiting for the chance for the mad dash to the front.
We’re talking small Auds we’re up front you were often less than 10’ away from them and the stages were often only 4 or 5’ high, very intimate! And the stage sound was amazing.

Speaking of the dash: At the 7/1/92 show that we worked production, we were on the stage when they opened the gates and it was wild watching the throng come swarming over the hill and down toward the stage at Buckeye as Healy blasted the Horse race Trumpet Fanfare lol. Like some kind of psychedelic scene from Braveheart!

It could be physically brutal and grueling though, especially if you weren’t in the very front row on the rail, where you could sorta lean and push back against the throng. Better ventilation too. Basically, it was on the wall or nothing, with the wall being only about 4’ high.
If you knew what you were doing, and the circumstances were right though, there was nothing like it, but nothing comes for free so it was often a long grueling day, but we were young, prepared and it didn’t really phase us, especially once we got electric!
So early on it was all about up front. Yes the vocals weren’t as prominent but you got the golden pure unfiltered sound of their amps/speakers, and in 83 when they started using the Meyers stuff full time they’d put small monitors on the stage in a half circle pointing out to help fill in the vocals better.

But besides the sound it was like going to school to be able to see how they played things and to check out all that marvelous gear out up close! “Oh, Finger Ease, that’s the stuff Bobs always spraying on his axe”, like going to school!

Perhaps the best part was the eye contact. If you were really paying attention you could see them communicating non verbally and they’d pick up on if you weren’t just some stoned civilian, but could tell if you were really catching all the little things they were doing. It was like you were in the band and if they picked up on you, they’d watch you and see if you caught little things they’d toss about. They seemed to really dig folks who could properly pay attention to all this, especially if they made a mistake!
I can still picture any of them throwing some musical little tid bit out there, and watch your reaction, and then smiling because they knew you caught it, PRICELESS!
It was big fun to joke around between songs with them too. We used to pick on Bob about songs and Phil especially always had a good time with that!
Sigh, those were the daze!
BUT!!! learning the fungal foxtrot in front of the SB was pretty damn sweet too lol.
And aw those awesome summer nights outside with a big ole moon during a hot Terrapin…
Sigh, yep, those were the daze my friends, we thought they’d never end…
December 10, 2022 - 7:22am

#483

hendrixfreak

Joined:
February 26, 2014

Getting close...

So apart from Watkins Glen we had partaken of the GD/ABB gathering at RFK earlier that summer, the first day. The GD went on first, I think because Jer had an Old & In the Way show in Boston that night -- that's what we heard. (He 'coptered from DC to Boston with Peter Rowan, according to hearsay.

So a good friend who had not eaten the blotter said, "Let's go up front." Plenty of room to manuever that day. We got real close -- definitely whites of their eyes -- and several things unfolded, no longer sure the sequence. First, some Deadheads being assholes, a few miscreants were tossing fireworks around. Some genius lobs an M-80 onto the stage and it lands at Jer's feet. He used to do a little shuffle when he was jamming and, without skipping a beat, he kicks the M-80 (prior to explosion) back into the crowd with one smooth movement. When they started He's Gone, the crowd moans and boos -- the feral animals on acid syndrome. But Garcia carries it off and I think they closed the set with China-Rider. (Just looked at the Setlist Program, and that's backwards -- set closer with China-Rider, 2nd set opener He's Gone.) During China Cat I get acid-confusion. Bobby is playing a Gibson SG (I believe) and Phil is playing a big brown hollow body, but in my youth and ignorance I always associated the solid body with bass and the hollow body with a Gibson guitar -- so I'm like, wait, which one's Bobby and which one's Phil?? (I knew from photos who was who, but go figure in that "special moment"...) I said nothing, but I think my buddy realized he was leading a potential casualty around and we retreated. Also, when you're 15, although tall, you are rail thin and still getting initiated, so we did not make a habit of pressing forward. It was a foray only.

In 1976, during their theater tour, I had something like 7th row center, 3,000 people, I could the band quite well right in front of me and discovered for the first time the buzz of the amps in the back line. I was much closer in May '73 for Old & In the Way: 3rd row, audience left, right by Jer and his banjo.

If that's not a great way to grow up, I don't know what is.
December 10, 2022 - 7:19am

#484

1stshow70878

Joined:
September 11, 2014

About 20 rows up at red rocks

Is just exactly perfect. My first show 7th row middle was too close for the best sound. Got there early as HF suggested and had our pick. But it was so loud I had to sit some just to give my ears some relief. Next two times there we figured out, as Vguy notes, the balance and full bass effect was better about 20th row middle. A few rows in front the tapers section and soundboard (duh, that's why they put it there). For Brent's RR debut in '79 we got back closer to 12th row as we wanted to see the new guy and the sound was pretty darn good and it seemed the crew had figured out the Red Rocks by that third visit and how to bounce Phil off them. All my other shows were pitifully far back or to the side with McNichols '79 the worst sound of all, upper deck right side and an echo chamber. The Denver Coliseum, where I saw a few other bands, had terrible acoustics. College halls that were designed for good acoustics like C.U. Boulder's were ideal. Pin drop perfect for the Chick Corea/Gary Burton show. You could visually see the notes, no wait, maybe that was the shrooms.
Cheers
December 10, 2022 - 7:17am

#485

dmcvt

Joined:
April 4, 2013

close up Newcastle May 1970

Probably late to the party on this, just discovered on utube , lengthy (almost two hours) coverage of the Dead's May 1970 trip to England, rough cuts, casual interviews, a few tedious moments, loaded with inside looks and about 35 minutes of concert footage from 5/24: "Grateful Dead England 1970 (The Lost Film)"
December 10, 2022 - 4:22am

#486

daverock

Joined:
September 1, 2014

Seeing the whites of their eyes

As I remember it, it was quite easy to walk up quite close to the front of the stage when the Dead played at the Rainbow, London, in October 1981. It was standing room only down there.
I was even closer the first night on the October 1990 run at Wembley. Brilliant! Seeing people you have read about and listened to so much, for so long, at such close quarters. Prior to this night it was hard to believe that they actually existed. Nobody I knew had ever seen them, or even heard of them. Like living in a world of your own. Which, given the alternative, might not be a bad thing.
The last night I was up the balcony to the right, and that wasn't as good. I'll never know what was me - I was high as a kite - and what was really happening. The people around me appeared to be dancing and cheering before the band came on. It was like they could hear something I couldn't. When the band did come on, the only instrument I could clearly hear was Bruce's piano. I went bombing downstairs to try and get in to the stalls, but was easily ejected and went back to my seat. The balance improved during the show - but it was an odd sound. And as I have said before, drums and space was incredible.
December 9, 2022 - 8:59pm

#487

Vguy72

Joined:
June 29, 2007

Being really close at the Dead....

....only twice. Vegas '91 and Portland '95. Sound sucks up there anyways.
December 9, 2022 - 7:19pm

#488

Angry Jack Straw

Joined:
October 2, 2012

Getting up front

Was fairly easy early on. Then it became a headache.

Back in 93 or 94 we decided to go to the Spring shows on Long Island. You were still able to call in for tickets back then and somehow I got right through. To the customer service rep - I need tickets for Thursday and Friday, but purchase Friday first because that will sell out quickly. Of course when she reads the first order back it is for Thursday. Annoyed, but I got 6th row. By the time she put in the Friday order, we got the farthest section back in the upper deck. That was the last time we got up real close. Of course as any seasoned head would do, we brought our Thursday stubs to the Friday show. The usher gladly showed us to our seats right up front soon after the lights went down.
December 9, 2022 - 2:14pm

#489

Oroborous

Joined:
June 19, 2007

Up Front

Pretty much gave that up around 85-86. Combo of no more GA, getting a little older, and most of all…discovered the Lysergic shuffle which requires proper floor space lol
December 9, 2022 - 2:06pm

#490

Vguy72

Joined:
June 29, 2007

Phish fans....

....yup. They have changed a lot since I first saw them in 1994. People up front on the floor tend to get very territorial. Throw down huge tarps and will say they are "holding spots for their friends" and will get hostile sometimes. A lot of times I never see their so-called friends ever show up. Sad really. I don't go up front anymore.

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I wish you called the cops, that's assault and battery and with a concealed weapon probably aggrevated assault. If you're over 65 you're in a protected class. Did it bruise where he grabbed you? Aggrevated assault. It was a politically motivated incident so that's a hate crime as well. You could have put that guy in jail and made headlines against the cheeto.

DaP46 w/ bonus

Not from 73.

Unless, unless, unless,
DaP46 w/ bonus, the bonus discs with the 50th studio albums, and the Box, all combine for an even larger Box.

No bruise....

....I'm not over 65 and I'm not that much into that type of drama. I just wanted to go home and grill some hamburgers.

Wow, the votes are rolling in .....

as to DP 46 that is. The suggestions might be generalized as clustering around '72-'74, but Billy the Kidd really rang the carnival bell with a bold and near-and-dear to my heart '68, hedged with '69-'70.

I'd just say that they're running low on '74 show tapes; there are a finite (but recently increased) number of '68 tapes; and yes, will they go with or avoid synergy between a Dave's and the annual box.

Six-show boxes seem to be a thing. How far will they go tying 2023 to 1973? You know they're gonna do a 50th Wake of the Flood, the question there is how closely will they tie the bonus live material? Especially given the question of whether they feel the box has to tie in to the 50th as well. And still leave something in the vault for the future. I can't get my mind around the fact that the PNW box came out five years ago.

My gawd! Jim -- did you throw that lever in the Wayback Machine marked "DO NOT THROW THIS LEVER!!" ???

One door opens in front of me, a thousand close behind. Every step is a new world. Either that or I'm doing a bad imitation of Forensic Doc's zen koans!!

Somebody HEP ME!!! (Oh no, now I'm thinking the final scene in the original "The Fly"!!!!!!!!)

Actually, I jumped on the forum to post that DP 44 is a fun show and the band seems in fine fettle, especially Jer. Not happy with Phil's zooming on bass -- seems lazy and unmusical. Nor does thunder help LLR. Otherwise this sucker rocks! Pleased, for a '90. (Now "The Fly" has been replaced by an insatiable urge for a "90 Shilling"... Jim! Smash the glass! Throw the freakin' lever! Ignore all warnings!

Ah, folks, this has been a trying day. Time for a puff, a shot, a Spaten Munich lager and an electric guitar. [Camera fades to black as protagonist fades into couch..................]

Sorry that happened

Nobody deserves that Vguy and your response was more courageous than I think I would have managed. And definitely not judging you, just saying, this guy you encountered sounded like he had a screw loose. And honestly I get mad to think he feels he owns the street like that or in this case a grocery store. Maybe the next guy he sees wearing a Biden shirt or putting up a Dem sign gets worse than a grab to the arm.

And therein is the difference....

....you don't see Biden shirts. You don't see Biden flags. You don't see very many Biden bumper stickers. Because sane people don't worship politicians and put them on pedestals.
Shits changed so much on the past 6 years it's exhausting.
Btw. I'm not a huge Biden fan either, but I'd rather vote for a wet sock than
that other dude.
I will be changing my avatar tomorrow.

Dap46

If early January 1979 recordings were to miraculously appear, I'd say 1-10-79 with its amazing Dark Star. Won't happen though.

Last 5:
9/20/82 MSG
DaP 44
The Voice of Tony Burrows
The World of Marmalade
The Cowsills the Rain, The Park and Other Things

DaP 46 predictions and beyond

I feel like DaP 46 has to be something in the 68-74 range. Now I know that is very broad. Maybe it will be some of those September 1970 shows? Or something else from that year? Maybe Dave will dip into 1968. I just feel like that one will be something from that time period that we have wanted for a long while.

I think Wake of the Flood will get a companion 1973 show attached to its 50th anniversary release (how about 2/15/73, one of my favorites?)

Bear's Choice also has it's 50th anniversary so that might be the one that gives more 1970 show(s). They could fill out more from the February Fillmore East run but I am fine if they change course and go with a 1970 show from later in the year. As long we get a heavy dose of Pigpen, as Bear's Choice was for him, well I am good.

If the 2023 box is from 1973, I can easily see 6/9, 6/10. 7/27, and 7/28 being the shows that make up the bulk of it. However, I am not opposed if Dave went in a different direction for a 1973 box as well.

Finally, I am calling this now: For either DaP 47 or 48 Dave and CO will finally give us a summer of 1985 show, maybe 2 even shows for another 4 disc release.

So....

Seeing the movie last week got me all riled up for all things '72...I started working for the Cal Forestry mid January '72...I was about 30 miles north of Weott CA on Ave Of The Giants...about two months later I was moved to a forestry camp outside of San Luis Obispo on the road to Morro Bay...I took a leave of absence for three weeks in June...why? Cuz I needed to see the Rolling Stones at The Long Beach Arena, Dead at the Hollywood Bowl and follow that up with Zeppelin again at Long Beach...spent the rest of the Summer driving back and forth between our SLO camp and a spike camp we had in Big Sur...harsh job, que no? that September a friend of mine and I took a train to LA from SLO to see two Dead shows at The Hollywood Palladium....had to miss Pink Floyd at the Bowl doing Dark Side though...come December I went home to visit familia for Christmas, eat tamales and see the Dead at Long Beach...yes yes yes....I think I was the youngest at the movie meet up last week, about 20 of us all told, the 1:00 PM showing...

I personally....

....would like to see a Vince/Bruce Dave's.

and...

53 years ago tonight I was at The Fabulous Forum in Inglewood to see two shows with The Rolling Stones, BB King, Ike & Tina Turner and Terry Reid....there was a hockey game that afternoon and the make over for the seating and the stage took longer than was originally thought...the shows were delayed a few hours...we walked out as the Sun was rising...some fun...and how may you ask am I so sure of this? It was my 19th Birthday which makes today my 72nd....Feliz to all...

Happy B-Day

And many happy returns Nappy
Cheers

Happy birthday Nappy

What a great show for your 19th birthday Nappy, B.B. King alone would be worth the price of admission. I spent the night in Weott once, back in the early 70s .

🥳

....dude. You looked barely 60 when I met you. And that wasn't twelve years ago. Good job.
Stupid hockey. Delaying everything ha!
Knights are 12-2.

Right On Cousins!

1/10 with some 1/20 bonus disc! 😎

Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy to the Napster!

“I just want to grill some burgers” Priceless!
The Senator, Fish AND Kinights looking good Winthorpe, feeling good Todd

Pile On

Happy Birthday Nappy

Happy bday nappy

:)))

RIP Dave McCafferty

Vocalist Nazareth

Now you're messin' with a
A son of a bitch
Now you're messin" with a sonofabitch

HBD; a Show Day

Happy Name Day NappyRags! Hope you enjoy the next trip around the sun and many more to come.

So today is a show day for me, as is this Friday - going to see my first ever live Goose show in Portland Maine tonight; they are sharing the bill with The Trey Anastasio Band, each doing a 90 minute set with flip flops and mashups expected. Goose vaulted onto my radar over the summer, when Trey sat in with them at Radio City for one set in late June. I was fixated. I had seen them perform at the 420 Festival earlier this spring, as well as at Boston calling later in May, but they didn't really resonate fully until my strict attention had been applied. What a rabbit hole this has been and am looking forward to some new experiences and live grooves. And interesting switch-a-roos of the teams.

I'm enjoying Dave's 44 immensely, given this show was right in the wheelhouse of my first show in Buffalo less than a month later. That sweet & drippy Eyes to open the 2nd is like a warm blanket.

Be Well People!
Sixtus

Nappy

Feliz Cumpleano chamaco!

Be happy, Nappy

Some of the shows people here have seen amaze me. The '69 Stones tour with BB and Ike and Tina -- jealous!

Vguy, you are dead-on with the non-worship stuff. Good on you.

Looks like a very Nappy day out there....

right on

Nappy! Happy B day and keep on keeping on.

interesting little show last…

interesting little show last night on NOVA

therapeutic effects of psychedelics (psylocibin and MDMA, mostly)

worth a look-up

RIP Dan McCafferty

Sorry to read that Dan McCafferty died recently. Nazareth were a stonking good band live - when I saw them they played Morning Dew. Good slide guitarist in that band , too.

Happy Happy Nappy

Best belated wishes, hope the cake was suitably enhanced. Steve Kimock and Zero concert Saturday at the monkey was excellent, already posted on archive. Loving the calls for DaP 46 and release of Tivoli show video dvd/bluray. Last five:
LoneGone: Redman & friends
Toolin' Around Woodstock: Arlen Roth w/ Levon Helm & friends
Down Where the Spirit...: Lucinda Williams
Eudemonic: Steve Kimock Band
Alligator 25th Anniversary Collection

Nazareth's version of Love Hurts

_still_ gives me goosebumps

Dave's Picks 2023 Subscription

Many thanks for the tip - I'll give it a go.

Dennis & Andy Soprano

Dennis - While I wait and wait for 44, I was catching up on all things Dead, and I’m still phucing laughing at your Andy Williams-Sopranos bio: “ Don't let the sweaters fool ya. Andy could cut a bitch faster than you could say Englebert Humperdink!”

Seriously, we all know his chick Claudine never shot Spider. Andy wasted that prick.

Vguy, WTF

Sorry about the lunatic, I'm not here to talk politics, but when someone can't even handle someone wearing a shirt you don't like, he might want to re-consider his "values" and consider some sort of cult intervention. I've got this GRATE shirt, it says "Will you shut up, man? - Biden 2020" Gotten some dirty looks (grow up snowflakes) but nothing physical. If I feel something like that could go down I reach for the phone and put the camera on video immediately. Wear it with pride bro!

I will always wear it with pride....

....btw, Instagram told me today is Dave Lemieux's birthday! Happy cake day Dave! 🥳

DaP44

Tracking info says it arrived in town 12 days ago and still not out for delivery. I guess if it had to be my turn with delivery issues, I’m OK with it being this release.

And for all of you who listened to my advice, not to get mixed up with bitcoin, you’re welcome.

Colorado voted to legalize magic mushrooms....

....DMT and mescaline. HF! Did you hear that?

Unbelievable

Read 9 pages to see what happened. Completely unbelievable story Vguy72 but I guess I should not be surprised these days. Sorry for your scary episode. Like the other dude said, you should go back and file a report there has to be store video of it. You got off without him drawing on you, but someone else may not be so lucky. I can't recite the law the way that guy did but the way he used language with you like "our message" sounds like he was not just your average idiot voter. He sounds like he belongs to a group of idiot voters. Hearing you telling about his crazed eyes and beat red face. I really hope this guy isn't gonna snap somewhere else. Sounds like there's plenty of Biden shirts out there, so I don't know how much your theory holds up, but I want a Biden "will you shut up man shirt". Good one Burnsey.

Dave's 44 glass arrived intact....

....got em all lined up. Pretty.
And, I will say once again. That encounter was a blur. I didn't know what to think or how to react. I was caught off guard, but I think I handled it well. In fact. I know I did.
Seems I'm very approachable, for good or ill. I just try to smile at everyone I meet and look at them and make eye contact. Definitely not an introvert here because people (mostly) are awesome.
My job requires me to meet and greet several every day.
I forgot the cream cheese btw, but I wasn't about to go back in the store ha!
Random event that ended ok and I know the people around me had my back.
I just got a Phish Food tie-dye delivered today from Dry Goods.
I will wear it often and hope I don't make lactose intolerant people upset.
The Grateful Dead should put out a Cherry Garcia version. I'd buy it.
Mental health in this country needs to be addressed as well, but I digress.
Surround yourselves with people that are kind minded and you are already ahead of the curve. Peace.

Hiya Folks...

I'd like to step up on my soapbox for a bit...On Nov 7, 2007 I was diagnosed with Stage IV Renal Carcinoma...after surgery to remove my right kidney AND the best care anywhere I underwent Immunotherapy with the drug Interlukkin 2...within a few months of the process it seemed there was no growth in the tumors I had in my lungs and my Aortic lymph nodes...soon after that they were shrinking and within 2 years I was cancer free.....fifteen years later and here I am typing away...we have all been touched in way or the other with this foul illness and the main thing I want to say here is please please please get routine check ups etc...right now a dear friend of mine was told after his first colonoscopy that he had a malignant polyp which was removed and now he faces a few months of chemo, luckily just oral medications and he should be fine...BUT...he is 58 and if he would've done the colonoscopy at an earlier age it probably wouldn't have come to this...so please...get your regular check ups and make sure your loved ones do too...now...back to our regular nonsense...

Nappyrags!

Muchisimas Gracias! Many Thanks!

Positive Vibes your way. Stay healthy and keep sharing!

check-ups

good advice Nappy.

Regular check ups....

....yeah. I really need to get on that.
In other news, it was announced that U2 will open the brand new MSG Sphere here in Vegas on September 29-30. Next year is also Phish's 40th anniversary. You heard it here first that they will play The Sphere on Halloween.
(and as additional proof, my reCapcha just now was traffic lights. I mean, we're all slaves to them, right?"

Slight correction

Shrooms are not legal in CO, their decimalized, which is nice, but not quite the same thing.
The reason for the proposition was to make it legal for clinical therapeutic use for such things as traumatic PTSD, depression, alcohol addiction etc Research has shown special clinical use to have great positive results with these terrible afflictions, especially in the case of ex military folks etc.
Interesting book and Netflix series How To Change Your Mind all about this, even the FDA is on board!

NAPPY: right on, glad you made it and yes boys and girls none of us is getting any younger so get those tests!
Oh, and the procedure for Colonoscopy now is not bad like the old days. Only hard part is starving yourself for a couple days and even that’s not so bad, so don’t think about it, just do it, lean over and kiss your, er…oooppss wrong announcement.

PSA - (not just a) public service announcement

Thanks for sharing your story Nappy. So sweet a gift to get that kind of response from treatment. Since we're on the subject of screenings just want to specifically point to another screening test that absolutely should be on your list guys if it isn't already - PSA (prostate-specific antigen). While not as black and white as to whether prostate cancer is actually present, the test is simple (blood draw), cheap, and a valuable tool for potentially catching the bad stuff earlier rather than later.

Back to the business at hand - DaP 44 Autzen

Just got home last night from some backcountry work in the land of Smokey the Bear down by Capitan, NM. DaP #44 #12767 quietly waiting in the PO Box. Saw these shows with my good girl (at that time and still a good friend), my first shows in the PNW, and it was everything that Dave says. What a great laid back easy groove weekend of excellent music. I look at pictures of the crowd and read the #s as to how many people and its sort of amazing cause it felt far more intimate than what those would seemingly indicate. Which brings me to the cover art - seems to me that the forest scene with the sun orb is actually taking place in Autzen itself, so a reflection of that whole more "cozy" and laid back atmosphere. Will set the time machine for a "deep forest" listen next few days (who knows, maybe even today!)

Google Bob Wier news....

....apparently he suffers from severe stage fright? News to me. I know Dennis DeYoung of Styx had it bad, but not Bobby.
Which reminds me. I haven't listened to Styx in awhile. Pieces Of Eight sounds good.

Weir stage fright

wow - surprised at how serious it is. just crazy to imagine having to put yourself into and through that space each time. and so many times in one's life. He mentions Jerry too. In 1982 Jerry played a show solo acoustic and it was so tough for him to be out there alone for that show (4/10/82 Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ) that he quickly brought in John Kahn to play bass for later acoustic gigs that spring and summer (and beyond). A little bit easier when there's somebody out there with you.

Weir has dyslexia apparently, but stage fright?

that guy?

ha.

"stage fright
stage fright
oh baby
not me not me not me"

- Lemmy

Listen to Senor Nappy...

Great comeback story, Nappy, all the best to you. I might add that my father, who passed away in June at 93, had malignant cancer of the lymph nodes in 1974 and went the full-on surgical route, no chemo. Over the intervening 48 years he had various cancers crop up and, with EARLY DETECTION (nod to Nappy) he beat 'em all and lived longer than most of us will. So, early detection and immediate action and a lot of good luck and some will beat the Big C.

I myself am undergoing a self-colonoscopy later today using a cattle-prod and a miniature camera...... KIDDING!!! They've snipped out a few pre-cancerous polyps in the past, so I'm running on good luck.

My endoscopy is overdue (had to wait for Medicare to kick in) but I'm scheduled for Nov. 30 now.

For those of you who cannot stand this type of TMI in lieu of GD content, be patient. There will be some drug discussion now, then a teeny tiny tidbit on the GD at the end. Hang in there!

So, hats off to Oroborous for the malpropism of the day: "Shrooms are not legal in CO, their decimalized, which is nice, but not quite the same thing." In my case, I like a full dose, not a decimalized dose....

But Oro is correct: boomers have been decriminalized, not legalized. I think that means they can't bust ya for possession or use, maybe just selling? That's obviously a half-assed solution... cuz how would one obtain unless you cultivate your own? BUT decriminalization is always good, unless you're talking murder. As Oro pointed out, the sponsors of that ballot issue want folks with trauma and PTSD to have expert help in moving on through supervised therapy and this is a step in the right direction. The mere mention of "mescaline" in the ballot question gave me goose bumps. Mescaline is the very best, so I may need a little therapy... (Or, according to some (shut up Oro), I may need a LOT of therapy.

Never did get busted for psychedelics. On the other hand, I did face a handful of felonies for cultivation in the mid-80s and beat the rap. Had a massive Indica crop at 9000 feet on the New Mexico border. In the case of cannabis, legalization has been a mixed bag. Just prior to legalization, top shelf bud was $400/oz, and legalization cut that to ~$100-$125. Some writers have backups like carpentry or other intelligent money makers; my backup was always cultivating, so that hurt. But at least no one is going to do hard time for head stash. On the other hand, there are strict limits to possession and harsh penalties beyond that, which we don't need. But once you legalize and tax it, the revenuers want their share or you're going to the slammer. So, mixed bag, no pun intended.

Oh yeah, the GD: I read that Pigpen had bad stage fright and they'd have to find him, corral him and get him on stage. Once they got going, he said he was okay. With Bobby, I have little sympathy. I mean, no pain, no Jane, right? You want the fruits of being a rock star, you get your ass out there and make it look easy! Otherwise, no soup for you!

Why I outta 🤨

Ha, damn new math, oh wait, that’s not right, Damn spellcheck! It’s this damn spellcheck I tell ya, every FW update seems to make it worse, at least that’s my story and I’m sticking too it!
So I apologize Senior Schoolmarm for my incorrect spelling. Hopefully I can do some extra credit to fix my grade?
But, BUT! If your going to reprimand me with big grade ten words (ala Ricky in TPB) please use the proper spelling ; ) which according to the online dictionary is “Malapropism”, not Malpropism. Oh the irony LOL.
And yes, I had to look it up lol.

So no harm no foul as I’m assuming at least you, if not others, may have experienced joy and laughter from my gaffe!
Hey everybody has something in life their good at, apparently my new excellence is fucking up, which if it brings laughter is ok. I just wish it didn’t keep costing so much!
At least now I know a new word, which will give the Other One yet another way to rib me, especially when I start talking “Rickyisms” i.e., “it’s like getting 2 birds stoned at once” instead of killing 2 birds with one stone etc.
So thanks for giving her more tools, (like she needs any help lol) to prove me a fool, and point out my ongoing Malapropisms!

But hey, at least my intel was correct, so have fun out there but be careful!
oh yeah, don’t forget skin cancer screening too. Top C killer that unnecessarily takes too many folks out, that early screening could avoid etc. Which reminds me I haven’t….but really need to, cause damn near everyone here at altitude seems to have issues. I don’t even want to think about all those summers waaaayyy BITD when we went to the beach a lot and used oil to fry ourselves, idiots…

Paybacks are hell (or ironic)...

Senior Schoolmarm here, aka HF. And I like going commando!!!

Doooood, heh heh heh, I did see that I misspelled malapropism and decided to leave it just to TEST YOU. But I had not expected to get whacked over the head with "how ironic," which in Latin literally means "you are so effin' stupid!" But well played my man, well played.

Man, that one cat who couldn't stand our personal stories and demanded GD-talk is probably gonna need some of the psilocybin (sp??) therapy mighty soon.

So I'll just give my 2023 predictions here and now:
WotF 50th augmented by ... er, aren't all the '73 shows three-disks? Maybe Rhino would prefer a four-disc 50th? Maybe they have a shorter show fragment? I originally thought that the Watkins Glen soundcheck would be perfect, but that would run counter to a '73 box. So... [drumroll please] I'll state that if the box is '73, the WotF filler will not be the soundcheck. If the box is not '73, they're going with the soundcheck, one-disc addendum.

IF (and that's a big "if") the annual box is Summer '73 then they've gotta combine June 9 & 10, July 27 & 28 and July 31 & Aug 1. As June 9 and July 28 had a few non-stellar performances, say they cut a few songs or use the soundcheck with WotF and omit June 9 and July 28 and add two more '73 shows. See, there's the issue with a Summer '73 box: June 9 and July 28 may not stand up as full shows.

Maybe, as someone suggested, they do a 50th on Bear's Choice and break out all the Feb '70 FE material in the vault. (Three nights, two shows per night; how much do they have??)

And if they play those two albums to the hilt for '73 value, the box could be anything -- the '85 summer tour, which would save me beaucoup $$.

If Houdini was the greatest at extricating himself from multiple restraints, may I claim to be the greatest at tying myself in knots?

Signed, Senior Schoolmarm (going commando)

Commando?

Isn’t it getting a little cold for that?

Ha

You guys are a trip.

Hendrixfreaks predictions....

....I had to break out my slide rule and compass for that list.
VGK up 3-2 in Buffalo after two. Sabre fans booing Eichel every time he hits the ice. Love it.
Edit. Eichel scored. Whoo-boy. His celly
was awesome 😆
Edit edit. Eichel had a hat trick. Knights 13-2 and no signs of slowing down. Swept the road trip and coming back home.

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