Grateful Dead

Rasta5Ziggy - that's the only song I have ever heard by Dillinger, and one of the few reggae records I actually bought. I came across it when I was living in a hostel around 1976. Across the road was this record shop that blasted out reggae at top volume out into the street. I think reggae records were the only ones the shop sold. I can remember there was a huge poster of Peter Tosh in the window, from the cover of "Legalize It". I thought that Dillinger record was one of the coolest things I had ever heard in my life ! Still got it, in fact.

Doesn't help the blood pressure to have received the "That's It" email at half six this evening! Even the ruddy Turtle had booked it by then!

If only I'd been prepared to eat sh*t all those years ago and realise taking a stand about rude and obnoxious behaviour was only ever going to have one winner! lol.

I read an article earlier about the Swatch/Omega MoonSwatch launch. The author is not a "flipper" by nature, finding the whole profiteering nature of special limited release handling by some to be a tad stinky.

For instance, how can someone have 10 plus of an Item on release day when the item was limited to "one per person, per store, per visit and where queues were around the block with many not even getting to the pre-entry before stock emptied? That sort of thing...

Anyway. He saw his £150 purchase almost immediately get genuine offers on the resale market in excess £3000. The watch wasn't "limited", just reserved for instore purchase ony, and there are actually very, very few Swatch outlets in place in the world! Basically, there was simply a supply / demand thing and he chose not to flip what is essentially a disposable plastic gimmick.

(FYI, I actullay got one on my birthday because I love manned space flight and this was a chance to own a fun little memento / homage to the orignal 60's Omega Speedmaster used "officially" in the Apollo program. I did NOT pay £3000.. Things have levelled out in the secondary market and although I did pay over reatil price for a genuinely "limited" piece (with a unique second hand to represrtnt his year's Floral Moon), the long and short is that the premium easily covered the cost of transport to and from the nearest Swatch outlet where stock was in no way guaranteed. Far from it!

Back to the author mentioned above. General consensus was that to not flip £150 to £3000 was definitley right up there as being almost religious in being true to one's principles, but also just plain stupid. Both of which I have to agree with.

There was a point... Oh yes.

Basically, I'f I'd just taken a little sh*t from the new GD customer service guy back in the earliest days of the store being moved to Warner's, I wouldn't be getting a little bummed about missing chances like today to fill the gaps.

Problem was that I'd been so ruined by the days when the extended family ran the show and were never anything less than amazingly nice, that the clueless dumbass (not bitter still eh?) who I spoke to really jarred me and drew an extreme "well thank you f*ck you!" from myself.

The lesson being that by all means, stick to your principles... But then ask in the long term"whos really gonna get screwed in this instance? If it means your'e helping others by standing shoulder to shoulder, go for. But, if it's just going to make your life harder... Man, what's the actual point? Don't confuse Principles with Pride I guess.

Right. That's my thesis ejaculated out into the wild for no real reason other than to get it off my chest. :-) Love y'all!

.... I'd been on that hatchet like white on rice.....

I LOVE Dillinger!!!.......I got a greatest hits CD of his (Ultimate Collection). So much great music on it. "Marihuana In My Brain", and my personal favorite, "Repatriation Time". Unfortunate that he succumbed to the white devil. I also have a RSD release from him which I have not opened yet.....CB 200.

most folks probably got the notice, there's a limited leftovers sale just announced "That's It for These Ones"... some stuff was gone within minutes... Giants box for example.

The dead net "store" has found some things in the corner of the warehouse.
Dave's 31- 43 (except 37)
Fillmore West 3-1-69 vinyl and a couple other vinyl offerings
Giants box '87, '89, '91 and the Listen to the River box
Some glassware, gnomes, trading cards etc., no hatchets Dennis.
Limited quantities.
Cheers

A DH friend took me to hear Bombino last night, and my brain is still a simmering puddle of goo. You had the dream where Ravi Shankar and Santana merged into one entity, then joined the GD on stage in 1968 for a 90-minute "Eleven"? That's a Bombino show.

He just started a tour in Minneapolis last night, so he's coming somewhere near you soon. Get some.
bombinomusic dot com /tour

Be kind, rewind.

your revelation that those shows are not in the vault...

OUCH.

:_(((

....snagged one yesterday afternoon. Sold out this morning.

Phish site has Story of the Ghost 2-LP Vinyl [Big Secret Pressing] up for preorder.