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  • daverock
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    Christmas songs

    "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" by Joseph Spence is my favourite, hands down. Another good record is "Christmas Eve Blues" by Blind Lemon Jefferson.

  • billy the kiddd
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    Christmas Eve Dead Shows

    The Grateful Dead only played twice on Christmas Eve, 12/24/66 Avalon Ballroom & 12/24/67 The Palm Gardens, Ny. They played a 3 show run at the Palm Gardens in 1967.

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    Merry Merry MaryE

    Happy Happy Holidays to all, these forums are most often a most wonderful gathering of kindred spirits with great sharing and love of music, my thanks goes out for many kindnesses, good stories, real life adventures. Briefly postponed travel to see family and friends in the mid Atlantic area due to this crazy weather, yesterday was bizarre for Vermont, flood watch, near hurricane strength gusts, very thankful the power stayed on through it all. Nappy, condolences for your loss. This year has been a tough one, yet the light and warmth of friendship has carried me and I hope all of us further. My pick for single most meaningful would be Carol of the Bells, because of its Ukrainian origin. Not to be political, just thinking of them. Strangers stopping strangers, just to shake their hand, everybody's playing in the heart of gold band.

  • Angry Jack Straw
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    Sorry for your loss. It’s been a brutal year all around.

    5° outside. 20 mile an hour winds. And our furnace goes out. Those greedy bastards tripled the service call rates all the way through until Tuesday. Worst of all, the technicians actually going out on the service calls don’t see a nickel of it.

    So what do I do? Anonymously pay for breakfast for a table police officers.

    Congratulations to Ovy. Unfortunately I get the sense he’s sticking around just to break the all-time goal record. Which is too bad. He’s a tremendous player and I really like him, but he’s not in the same league as Gretzky. He’s got his Cup and should move on.

    Favorite Christmas songs. . . Silent Night. Not even close. Way, way back in second place would be little drummer boy.

    Merry Christmas to all you good folks.

  • 1stshow70878
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    Wassail For All

    Ovenchkin overtakes Gordy Howe and is in the 800 goals club with him and The Great Gretsky.
    Viks last second win with a 61 yd. FG. This is starting to get real.
    Cheers
    Condolences Nappy. That's how ours went too this year.

  • billy the kiddd
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    Nappy, Im sorry for the loss of your pet.

  • PT Barnum
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    MaryE and everybody else

    Merry Christmas to all. Condolences to Nappy, losing a life partner pet is very difficult, especially this time of year. Love the one you have left and keep on keeping on. It will get better.
    Good bye to a shitty year, hospital, car wreck, hospital again, but this next year will be a good one.

  • marye
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    Merry Christmas, everybody!
    It's been a harrowing year for many, with intervals of incredible awesomeness, so here's to us all, to happy gatherings, and to a better year ahead.
  • That Mike
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    Merry Merry

    My eldest’s plane arrived at midnight a day late last night, as few flights could leave Vancouver due to snow, but due to high winds and crazy cold here, he sat taxiing until 2:30am, while my youngest waited to pick him up. I remember sitting on a plane for hours in Detroit for no good reason, and not much to do but smile smile smile.
    Anyway, that’s all small potatoes to losing a family member, so condolences Nappy, and to all that lost a furry family member this year.
    This month alone, we have lost a close family member (my bro-in-law/friend), one of my kids got laid off just before Christmas (working for Scrooge & Sons was likely a tip off), and a beauty fender bender in my SUV by my wife (no one hurt, thankfully, but the body shop is booked until APRIL!), so a fitting end to a really shite year (annus horribilis). However, we are alive, and blessed for home, family, friends, community, and music. Music is the salve for the wounds, and can bring joy from the first notes.

    I wish my friends here a Merry Christmas, and a really amazing 2023.

  • topchinacat
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    I would guess it was, as Bobby said, "The Annual Red Rocks Rain Out" .... gushed all three days in July of '82, but the music was wonderful (IMO).... as I recall, before TLEO?, he says something to the effect "we want to thank the weather for not raining on us any more" and something else about going up "in a shower of sparks" .... in spite of it, managed a pretty doggone decent set of audience tapes (mics/equipment under huge blue tarps), which I still have and to which I still listen. The crowd response to Rider's "I'd shine my light through the cool Colorado rain" was a seminal moment for all....

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Just picked up:
Oscar Peterson
Louis Armstrong
Puss n Boots
Joss Stone sp?
Lindsey Sterlings latest

Maybe the Monkeys wouldn’t be so bad lol

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Your collection probably needs the Fleetwood Mac ‘Worlwide Live’ unofficial Box.
10 CD’s for $40.
8 Fleetwood Mac CD’s ranging from 1968 at the Carousel to 1990, along with a Stevie solo and a Lindsey solo.
Sounds pretty good. The only show that I already had was the 75 show. FM/pre-FM sources.
I figured that for $4/CD I should check it out.

Saturday Day Tripper says Vguy…..

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...is playing (the whole show) on Sirius today.

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....yup. Caught that nitecat. Sounds really good.
It's only a matter of time before the Ark happens.
Coming around.
"And when the day it ended"
Sitting in my driveway.

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Who's There

Ark

Ark Who

Ark Box

And so it is written

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Yes, not if but when will these gems get released. I hope when it happens David Duryeau writes the liner notes. As cool a cat as ever posted here once upon a time. He certainly loved his primal GD.

Speaking of 69.. Banana box? Holy Cow 43 was good, 44 is up on deck. We live in the valley of riches, but of all the releases the last few years the 69 was the big surprise. I'll take a double dose of that any day.

As you were.. one more Saturday Night.

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I never really got into punk but I quite liked PiL. RIP Keith Levene.

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New Bill Frisell will be on the doorstep shortly. I’m warming up the wireless/hi-fi already, in anticipation.

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....yup.
Went to the store again today.
Guess what?
Everyone was chill. The cashier was tall and thin like me. She acknowledged my Dolphins cap.
She had cool star 🌟 tats on her wrist.
One week at a time dear.
Current listening. 9.29.99. Phish. Pyramid.
Freeeeee

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I popped in the giants stadium 7/12, and it gets me every time. The whole first set like HIAB, loser, and TOS. the band was firing on all cylinders, especially Jerry and Brent with that tinkling keyboard is so sweet. Being there for most of the shows makes me bias. Just had to mention it. Back to dap 44. Great show.

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If I could pick only one Grateful Dead show to see out of all the shows they played, it would be one of the acoustic/ electric shows from 1970.

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guess who is testing positive for Covid 19?

MMMMEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

after all this time and 16 boosters.

being a teacher and being around kids = heapin' helpings of germ soup.

Fehk!

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Another one. Yikes! It's everywhere now.
And not a mask in sight.
Take it easy PF.
My local friend took a week. His wife like 10 days.
And they were just ready to get their bi-valent (Omicron+Corona).
I went and found the bi-valent (still scarce here) right after that.
Full effect around third week after booster, so about now for me.
But we are still doing masks in crowded stores since we have some COPD.
Best wishes and cheers

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Last thursday we went to zoo lights
Psychedelic wonderland

Come home
"THE DOG ATE MY CHOCOLATE!"
chocolate is toxic to dogs
Went to pet emergency hospital
Induced vomiting and overnight stay
16 hundred fookin dahlurz

Sigh

Dog is fine

Thank you 1st show

And

I see on rollingstone site they are selling GD underwear.

Rufkm

Incontinence pads maybe. But underwear?

Reminds me of the Great GD Gardening Apron Rant

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Ah man, haven't been to Zoo Lightssince the kids were little, maybe this is the year. Sorry the rest of the night wasn't as good.
Congrats to the state of MD, welcome to the 21st century

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Get well soon Proudfoot

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Holy shite PF - Covid, and then the dog ate chocolate! Get better - both of you - sending positive vibes your way.
PS - The Kraken are still The Krapen hockey team, but me like those new “third” jerseys!

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Be well soon PF!

And!…was the chocolate an edible, or just regular?

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....I have a stash of mushroom laced chocolates. Not snacks for Scooby.
Get better. I've dodged covid as far as I know, and I interact with multiple people a day.

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I purchased Dave's Picks 44, and it arrived as scheduled. The outer mailing box was punctured, and when I opened it, little pieces of plastic starting falling out. The CD case was broken. When I opened that, I discovered that CD3 was chipped and cracked. Today I listened to CD1 and discovered that it was defective. Tennessee Jed > Promised Land does not play. Anyone else have this problem? I have not listened to CD2 yet. I contacted customer service, and I learned that there were no replacement CDs available. Defective merchandise can be returned for a full refund. I am hoping that someone would be willing to email me digital copies of those songs that I am missing so that I can at least have the complete show. As I said, songs 1-7 on CD1 are fine. Songs 8>9 are defective. I haven't tried playing CD2, and CD3 is no good at all. Can somebody please help me out? Thank you!

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Scarlet Fire

One of the top three

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Send a PM to MaryE.

In case you haven't sent a PM before: To send a PM, if you are logged in, on the upper right of the screen are your account options, cleck here, select messages and you can probably figure out how to send a PM from here. either that or fumble through customer service. They can probably pull something better than a refund off..??

Edit: Ooops.... Proudfoot beat me to this by a couple hours. I didn't see his response before I replied. Apparently, he and his dog have been eating mushroom chocolates all day and have developed super human powers as evident by their lightening fast and accurate response.

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My dog Sarge, the brindle bull Mastiff had cancer, and was put down tonight. 14 years old. He was a loyal companion. "He's gone."

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Condolences Carlo13.

I'm pretty certain that Sarge was very happy to have had you around with him for 14 special years. You took good care of him and now he has an opportunity to rest. You provided space in this world for him and that is a special love that was returned.

Stay strong and stay positive.

Carlo - Sorry to hear you had to put to sleep your beloved dog companion Sarge. Such a tough loss.

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That a new '69 Miller board remaster is making the rounds in all of the usual places...

Grateful Dead - May 11, 1969
Aztec Bowl (SDSU) - San Diego, CA

All Transfers and Mastering by Charlie Miller
November 14, 2022

Notes:
-- This show often circulates as 5/29/69 Santa Barbara
-- Mike Carabello and Chepito Areas on percussion for Alligator > Lovelight
-- Possiobly Gregg Rolie on vocals during Lovelight
-- Thanks to Matthew Zavislak for the DAT
-- Thanks to Mike Babyak for his input on the pitch correction

Setlist:
01 - Morning Dew
02 - That's It For The Other One>
03 - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
04 - Me And My Uncle
05 - Alligator >
06 - Turn On Your Lovelight

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Sorry to hear about your loss Carlo, losing a pet is very sad.

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Putting down a faithful companion may be the hardest thing you'll ever do in this life. This from an animal person who put down his 20-yr-old cat earlier this year. The day-to-day intimate and often subconscious connection is nearly unbreakable. And yet... mercy requires courage and acceptance. This will be hard in the days ahead. I survived by focusing on the blessing and cosmic luck of the years together and the realization, which does not come easy, that "there's nothing you can hold for very long," thanks Robert Hunter.

You did good for fourteen years and your departed buddy would wish you peace. As do we.

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et al. Sorry for the loss Carlo.
Cheers to Sarge

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Dogs are amazing. Mine is a family member, fully. Condolences.

May this oft-quoted line by Will Rogers help:

“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.”

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RIP Sarge. Sorry for your loss Carlo.

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Condolences Carlo. So sorry Sarge's glorious 14 year run with you had to end. How lucky you both have been! As hard as it is to put down our four-legged companions when the time comes, they count on us to do the right thing to the very end. My 12 year old brindle Mastiff mix Annie is recovering from knee surgery, and I know her day will come sooner than later. I'll shed tears, but know she's counting on me. It's sad that dogs' and cats' lives are so much shorter than ours, but they sure do pack a lot into their time with us. Onward

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sorry for your loss man, it's tough to lose a bosom buddy, you had a good run, revel in the memories. Time will heal all wounds.

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....always happy to see you, whether you've been gone for ten minutes or days.
There's a pic of my two.
Cats are ok too. They have more of an attitude imo.

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I have had pets (dogs & cats) since 1965. It occurred to me years ago, that when I sign up to take a new animal (I call them my children, as I have no human children), we are implicitly signing up for an unknown time period of joy, and also, some days of grief & sadness. To me, this is still a good deal, but it makes the heartbreak no less painful or intense. I don't ever want to live without the unconditional love of a cat or dog, so I go in knowing the deal. I believe my life is always better with the love of a quadruped.

So, to Carlo, VGUY and everyone else who has lost a "child" recently, you have my total empathy and sympathy.
Carlo, as long as you remember Sarge, he's never really totally gone.
My 2 are 13 (redhead) and 7 (tuxedo) so 1 may go soon or not, but one piece of advice that was given to me was: "always allow 6 months to grieve before getting a new one".
By the way, I have not always taken this advice, but it does make sense to me.

"Life Is Hard"-M. Scott Peck
"But so, so worth it"-Mark B. Smith

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Very sorry to hear about your loss. Dogs are arguably one of the greatest gifts given to humankind. Their loyalty and love is unwavering. Hang in there.

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