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    In the interests of keeping this thread ticking over - and simply because I'm in a talkative mood - let me share with fellow Melbourne DHs my latest cheap eat hit: It's called Zam Zam Cafe Restaurant and it's at 364 Lonsdale St, just up the hill from Elizabeth St. I remember when I moved to Melbourne 20 years ago, Indian tucker wasn't really a feature of the cheap eat scene. Basically most Indian eateries were a la carte and on the pricey side. Now they're all over the place, especially in the CBD. I think the inlfux of Asian students is good for my tummy and wallet. Yum yum pig's bum! I've been to Zam Zam three times in the past coupla weeks - and each and every time it's been packed, mostly with folkses from the sub-continent. I take it as a good sign when I'm in a very pale-faced minority in these sorts of joints. Zam Zam is well above average for its ilk, such as Flora in Flinders St or Bismi's Gold An Fork, just around the corner in Elizabeth St. Yesterday I had the vege thali - a big heap of "bryani" rice, a dollop of yougurt, sublime and simple dahl, a "dry" jumble of a bright orange onion and cauliflower concoction and a "wet" potato and eggplant thingie (the least successful) and a pappadam. All for $7.50 fangs very muchly. Now even though I ordered the vege option - as I am wont to do in such places - don't think for a minute this is health food. It's overcooked, oily and salty. But sometimes there's nothing better, even if there are equally priced and far healtheir Viet options no more than a block away..
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    Pyramid scheme
    I was living in London at the time of Egypt shows and made tentative efforts to get there that came to zero. About a year later I also hads me tickets to shows at the Rainbow that were subsequently cancelled. Jerry was sick I think. That was as close as I ever got to seeing them a second time. Knocking off cane toads? More likely distilling them in some fashion and then slurping up the resultant toad broth. Maybe with Jerry-flavoured icecream croutons floating on top.
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    kennyw wrote :"AFAIK, none of the extended Dead ever made it to Australia and/or New Zealand. Least wise, not as performers. Surely, some of them have spent vacation time with their families/whatever "up" here." Bear (Owsley Stanley) moved to Far North Queensland some years ago;going by the Rolling Stone article he is now busy knocking off the cane toads. Some time ago i read that one aussie promoter (Chugg ?) was going to bring the GD to OZ just after the 1978 Egypt gigs but than he got cold feet.It was not explained in the article why he pulled out.
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    That's true ...
    but only in a general sense. AFAIK, none of the extended Dead ever made it to Australia and/or New Zealand. Least wise, not as performers. Surely, some of them have spent vacation time with their families/whatever "up" here.
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    Yeah, but when you were in
    Yeah, but when you were in school, you still had the Dead ;)
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    Fair enough ...
    In my daily jousting with various American pals on the 'net - mostly jazzbos around the same age as me - music/jazz/whatever goes hand in hand with our interests in sports, food and politics etc. When WE were in school, computers were science fiction stuff. :)
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    Haha. I'm totally ignorant
    Haha. I'm totally ignorant about sports. I was always the kid who hung out in art-class (ie: sketching naked girls) or in the computer room during lunch breaks (eg: finding out about the Dead). I'm more of a joint man, as well ;)
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    I dunna believe it ...
    A bunch of Melburnites, DH or otherwise, with no sports passions or allegiances. Time to lay off the bongs and head for the footy, fellas ... :)
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    SHN and FLAC are "lossless" as opposed to mp3 which is "lossy". You need to convert the files to WAV before burning to CD. There is a easily downloadable program called Traders Little Helper which will do this for you. You can typically fit upwards of 4 complete shows onto a DVD in this format expanding out into upwards of 12 CDs (just depends on how long those shows are!). The question is whether you are ready to move beyond the 36 available Dick's Picks and various vault sourced official releases into the realms of trading and bit torrent. There are more than 2300 Dead shows out there!
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    Sounds interesting, Ironman.
    Sounds interesting, Ironman. Not familiar with those formats, however.
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Submitted by Strider 808808 on Thu, 07/15/2021 - 06:23

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I hit 99.9 bay fm and the end of Lovelight 8/4/71 comes on. My mind is blown. I love simpleradio. Wow, the ice creme kid. Kick ass!!
10pm - Midnight there in Australia; 0600 - 0800 Mountain Standard Time here. As an early Byrd I can handle it.

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Submitted by Strider 808808 on Thu, 07/22/2021 - 07:34

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99.9 The Bay fm in Australia rocks out! Contemporary and Aboriginal music, plus a kick ass Grateful Dead show. What’s not to love.
“Listen to the River” looks great. 1971 is possibly my favorite year . Will have to wait for my old fart social security check in a couple weeks to order. Beans & rice , rice & beans, and a victory garden. Apricot trees (in town) , pick, dry and store.
Several weeks w/o ganga. I think the THC is still kicking in from what little fatty tissue i have on me and from all the smoked phatties from all the years combined.
Phatty Patrol wasn’t just the destination, it was the journey & adventure.

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Submitted by Strider 808808 on Thu, 07/29/2021 - 06:55

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Champagne lifestyle on a near beer budget. Mesquite beans are almost ready also. Wild fruit trees. Bulk food order. Walk as much as I can. Keep from driving as many days in a row as possible.
Baby boomer retirement.
Enjoying the Australian based Grateful Dead radio show, Long Strange Trip. (Bay FM 99.9 Byron Bay) Contrary to some folks notions, radio is not dead. Streaming stations from around the world is an amazing way to get a glimpse, feeling, idea of what’s goin’ on. I really dig stations from Peru,Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Jamaica, Canada (Nunavut) and down under. Add in Tribal radio stations from around the U.S. As i live off the grid in the “outback” of the great Southwest this keeps me tuned in.

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Submitted by Ice Creme Kid on Fri, 06/02/2023 - 19:04

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Hey now everyone
A Long Strange Trip is going strong Thursday Nights at 10pm 99.9 BayFM or anytime online, just Search Bay FM Byron and click on the program guide.

2 FB groups I admin are
Deadheads Down Under & A Long Strange Trip
Please sign up to them.

Here is a list of recent interviews & guests we've shared with over the airwaves

Previous Guests Include:
Harry Angus (The Encyclopedia Of Jerry Garcia Music Venues)
David Frieberg
Dogs In A Pile
Liz Field ( Cornell Chimes)
Nathaniel Rateliffe
LPGiobbi
Pete Pen (Alligators)
Toni Brown
Dennis McNally
Jay Blakesberg
Lonnie Frazier (Box Of Rain Film)
Dean Budnick
Strider Brown
Denise Parent (Brown Eyed Women)
Gil Man (Might As Well Archive)
Sandy Troy
Catherine Hayes (Publisher of "The Untold Story Of Christine Bott")
Ross James
Mark A Rodriguez (Author of "After All Is Said & Done")
Ben Chakravorty (Jerry Day Australia/Shakedown Prophets Australia GD Cover Band)
Blake Savannah (Deadnecks Melb. Australia GD Cover Band)
Annabelle & Adam deadheaddressarchive
Peter Connors
Jesse Jarnow
Sam Cutler
Tony Masiello (Creator of MAJESTIC STAR)
Brenden (Latin Dead)
J.J. Grey