Grateful Dead

My email does have a tracking number which I pasted into the UPS app:
Says expected delivery next Tuesday.

I don't know of any mushrooms that grow in the UK that are part of the amanita group, and are less toxic that the muscaria one. There is another called amanita pantherina that is even more toxic. That one is nicknamed the death cap. As far as safety is concerned, the clue is in the name. As I understand it, none of these contain psilocybin, and the effects are completely different from those that do. The amanita group seem to cause delirium. Not really psychedelic at all.
I have always liked the look of these mushrooms, red with white dots. A real emblem of otherness. But I wouldn't eat one. At best the effects sound ghastly. At worst they could kill you.
The most common psychedelic mushroom in England was the psilocybe semilanceata. In the early days I used to look out for bluing of the stems, too, as an indicator I'd picked the right ones.
As ever, and as with most illegal drugs, their illegality adds greatly to the dangers of taking them. There seems to be a steady accumulation of scientific evidence that indicates psilocybin is of benefit in helping to alleviate all sorts of medical conditions. As well as something that spreads joy to those not diagnosed with anything.

I have a shipping notification. The email no longer contains a tracking linq and the tracking number isn’t recognised by USPS. The order info in the store also doesn’t appear to allow tracking. Watching the package move across the US and then disappearing for a week or two added to the fun of the delivery. The new store info also doesn’t show the expected shipping dates for the items any more. How is this an improvement?

Edit: As suggested above I tried UPS. They are aware of the item. I look forward to its eventual delivery. The new Dylan box is dangerously close to me in Manchester but the delivery isn’t expected until tomorrow.

Sounds markedly less appealing than licking toads.

I'm out, but I like your spirit.

Apparently, there is documentation of people in Siberia that boil fly agaric, discard the water and then prepare/cook/do whatever to the mushroom which includes tripping. I also heard there is a subspecies in the UK that is not as toxic as those here, but was unable to find documentation on the web as I wrote this (which probably means it's BS, i.e. do not eat this mushroom, repeat DO NOT EAT IT). Anyway, interesting stuff.

DO NOT eat the red mushrooms with white dots. Repeat, do not eat the mushrooms that make you puke.

My brother knows his mushrooms (and birds, lizards, dragonflies, reptiles, well he puts Mr. Wilson to shame a regular nerd but loves the GD and I both got high and tripped with him for the first time, but I digress) anyway we were walking up the river trail from my house one day perhaps 8 years ago or so.. and he reaches down and pulls up this tiny mushroom and says, this might interest you Jim.. I can't be sure here but I think it's a psilocybin species. He twisted the tiny stem and it immediately turned blue.. which interested me to no end (oh the thoughts).. he said, don't get your hopes up, when dried this is probably 1/100th of a gram, good luck finding the other 99/100th. Still, this area is not known for magic mushrooms but I believe he was correct.

I love mushrooms and still do them, not for fun, more like brain maintenance.. focus on introspective and self-regulating, a brain cleanser.

anyway... As you were with the newfound wisdom not to drink reindeer piss, lick toads do not eat red mushrooms with white dots, aka live long and prosper and Play Dead. Been channeling the Swing lately.. I really haven't listened to it since it's release.

The trend seems to be three year periods. If a '60s box is on the potential consideration list, a set with shows from '67-'69 wouldn't be out of the realm of possibilities. '68-'70 or '71 would basically still be the same general band.

Certainly WotF will be big. So many possibilities. A February FE complete set for Bears Choice would be awesome, but don't see that happening as the meat of those shows was a Dicks Pick.

Whatever they release it'll be cool. Hoping to see some late 1990 or something from 1991 in the Dave's Picks series later this year. Well overdue to break that seal.

.... according to Cheech & Chong, reindeers can fly because of some magic dust Santa gives them.

The myth I heard decades ago was that reindeers in Siberia ate amanita muscaria hallucinogenic mushrooms. Their urine was then drunk by Siberian shamen and both parties then flew off into the night. According to this myth, as I remember it, Santa Claus was not a person, but a magic mushroom.

why do you think the reindeer can fly?

(actually, according to Beavis and Butthead, it's because Santa beats their asses with a whip.)

I can retire in 6 years...

BACK TO WORK , PF!!!

... Nyah-ah-ah! You well dressed dastardly ne'er do well. We got as far in as Echo Park one time camping and looking up at Steamboat Rock. Truly awesome, and I don't use that word much. You are taking the early explorer's super highway, the rivers, to see what would be very difficult to get to otherwise. Very cool. Not many do that.
Cheers

That would be a great release, the whole run in the order it was played. Including 2/11 - although the fact that the Allmans and Peter Green joined in on that night might make it more difficult to release. Maybe not, though - an Allmans set from this run has already come out.