Grateful Dead

Preliminary sketches and pics made about 5-6 months shows it is "the best, most thought out entertainment facility built to date." My words.

I wish the Sphere would have consulted and used Meyer Sound for the permanently installed PA. They went with holoplot. Holoplot building on the years of research by Meyer and Ultrasound.

Quick quote from there website.

A revolution in sound control

HOLOPLOT Technology is science-based, software-driven, hardware-enabled – and offers previously inaccessible features, application benefits and value.

The synergy of the innovative X1 Matrix Array, advanced proprietary algorithms and integrated software applications, enables two core HOLOPLOT technologies: 3D Audio-Beamforming and Wave Field Synthesis. 3D Audio-Beamforming allows for precise shaping and steering of beams in two dimensions to easily create sound fields that optimally cover audience areas of any shape and size. Wave Field Synthesis enables an exceptionally authentic sound localization with lifelike distance and directional perception of audio objects, creating realistic and deeply immersive soundscapes.

HOLOPLOT Technology is a revolution in sound control – a completely new way of designing and experiencing audio for both functional and creative applications.

Funny how bad our society is and constantly dreams up the next wave of stuff to capture the ear. Their sound system is based in science. Cant wait, and wonder, why Meyer sound doesn't come out and over marker themselves, I would, and say "Meyer Sound systems are now developed and engineered completely by science and optimized Artificial Intellegence."

Holoplots systems look like complete copies of Meyer, developed or stolen by germans, except a shot I saw early this year showed they had small, maybe, 1 inch tweeters. So each of those tweeters can point directly at an individual seat within the Sphere or any other venue in which it is installed. Not sure about Meyer, but Meyer doesn't really show the deep workings within their systems online. I am not charging but sort of hypothesizing that Meyer had a german mole within the company.

Just another Weekend Chatter thoughts.

Earlier this morning I turned by AXS TV and Sammy Hagar's television show "Road Trip" was on. I had seen this one from before, year 2016. Sammy is with Bob and Mickey doing a little jam at Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley. He then goes to Mickey's lair to do some improv with Mickey. Mickey's home studio is incredible, basically has Mickey's half of the stage set up, all his toys. Before they go improvise, Mickey says, "no you dont have to be on drugs to jam." To which Sammy rambles a bit and then says "I don't do cocaine, but I know what it smells like." Funny but interesting.

Also wondering if any have seen the 20 minute film found on Showtime titled "When Carry Grant Introduced Timothy Leary to LSD." Funny film, but also historically accurate as Carry Grant explained himself. He started dropping in 1958, kind of an intersting date. Don't think he was a part of any CIA/government expeiments. I think he was turned on by his psychiatrist. Interesting world we live in.

Edit: here is a quote from online magazine??? Observer.

Undoubtedly one of Hollywood’s greatest leading men, Grant – star of such varied classics as Charade (1963), North by Northwest (1959) and Monkey Business (1952) – liked to partake in the use of the psychotropic drug, LSD. This is no urban myth – or fake news – this is a documented fact, straight from his mouth (and told to publications so elicit as Good Housekeeping magazine). During one of his hallucinations he “imagined myself as a giant penis launching off from Earth like a spaceship.”

Haven’t we all?

Enter Timothy Leary. The two men corresponded through letters and his adoration of the silver screen actor led to experimentation with the drug. Leary, as you are no doubt aware, was a proponent of LSD use during the Sixties, urging everyone to “turn on, tune in, drop out.”

Love the wide ranging music tastes brought forth here. From left field, here's something local. Last night had the great privilege of landing in the front row of folding chairs in the hosts living room, a house concert with no more than 40 people total, for John Doyle and Mick McAuley, (formerly of Solas) trad acoustic Irish music of the first order. What a treat on the side of a hill in central Vermont, pot luck beverages and desserts, dogs and kids. John is an extraordinary guitar player, Mick played guitar, squeeze box and pipe. We hung with them on the back porch at intermission, they mixed it up with the guests. They are in Boston this weekend. It's astounding that "Listen to the River" box has not sold out.

DHBrewer - You mentioned Bombino!, so I checked his music out - very intriguing. A band I listen to with the same sensibility is Tinariwen, who are Tuareg people from the Sahara region of Mali, who specialize in “Desert blues”. It is music that transfixes Western ears with its exotic rhythms, and excellent guitar playing. I read Nils Cline (Wilco) played with these guys, was how I came upon them. (Think musicians similar to those that jammed with the Dead in Egypt, or any of Mickey’s excellent World Music collections). A number of albums out there, excellent stuff for when you just need to change the channel for a while. Thanks for the heads up on Bombino!
Happy Friday all.

....are coming out.
Impressive. Damn Impressive.

....by Ween going into commercial during the Thursday Night football game!!
My ears perked up. That was cool.
Dusted off my Spring TOO box. Nassau Coliseum 3.28.90 sounding mighty fine. 👌

Missed the trading cards too..

Apparently, Pigpen was upside down in the first pressing of the 1965 Pigpen Cards. All were found and destroyed by their crack Quality Assurance Team except two that accidentally slipped into packages and into circulation. They are quite rare and I have to have one.

I will trade 3 hatchets, two aprons and three Cosmic Firestarter's for an upside-down Pigpen. If you have a 76 Donna, I will throw in the rare Cosmic Mushroom Foraging Tool and an unused pair of Skeleton and Roses socks.

PM me with any reasonable offer

Cone Kid, I was thinking the same thing.. replacements or extras made for damaged or lost CDs.

For what it's worth, nobody messes with me when I have a Workingman's Hatchet on my side.

....lmao.

If anyone buys any of the CD’s, let us know if they have numbers on them.
If no numbers, then maybe they are extras made as replacements for people with defective/damaged CD’s or promo/freebies to be given out by Rhino/WMG.
If numbers, and these items were truly ‘lost’ in the warehouse, then that confirms once again that Rhino/WMG is still not very good at keeping inventory.

When I got the email I clicked on DaP1 vinyl but there weren’t any available. Probably wouldn’t have bought it if it was available. But would have been tempted.

“Pridefulness, that shit will fuck you up”
or something like that?
Marcellus Wallace, Pulp Fiction
One, of many great scenes, I use the line often…