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    Is there anyone who knows the acoustics of Pauley Pavilion better than Bill "Grateful Red" Walton? We think not, so we signed him on as a liner note scribe for DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 48, the complete previously unreleased show from UCLA's Pauley Pavilion 11/20/71. He was there, after all, "driftin' and dreamin'" as the Dead shape-shifted through a first set of Americana classics from WORKINGMAN'S DEAD and AMERICAN BEAUTY into their second one featuring truly primal psychedelic jams (a 23+ minute "The Other One"). They peppered in hot takes on tracks from the recently released SKULL & ROSES ("Bertha," "Me And My Uncle," "Not Fade>GDTRFB") and road-tested tunes like "Ramble On Rose" and "Tennessee Jed" that would make the cut on the following year's EUROPE '72. It's all delivered with such precision that we've had to come up with some overtime for disc three. There you'll find 75+ minutes of music from the Kiel Opera House, St. Louis, MO, 10/24/70, with the rest of the show due sometime in the near future.
     
    Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 48: PAULEY PAVILION 11/20/71 was recorded by Rex Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering.

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  • #531
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    Perhaps your speakers are outta phase as no one else, including myself, has noticed this?
    I think, like usual, once they get into it and set the mix etc, this one sounds pretty good.
    My only complaint, which isn’t really a complaint, is that one could argue there were better shows from that fall.. Otherwise, tanks again Dave et el.

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    I like it, a lot. I didn't notice the lack of a low end on discs 1 and 2, thought it was fine though Keith is really prominent on the first set tunes. Nothing wrong with that, though. I like that The Other One doesn't spiral too far out of control.

    Love disc 3 late 1970 GOGD. That is a mighty fine Dancin' in the Streets to kick it off and that may be the earliest GDTRFB that I have heard-- really interesting to see how that song, and the band entirely, evolved in one year. They went from a seat-of-your-pants sometimes sloppy but always interesting band to a tight, take no prisoners kickin' rock and roll band that did a wild jam per night. Love to juxtaposition presented here.

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    Sheesh 72LiveDead

    What Jim said.

    If you don't understand by now how this is supposed to work with 50+ year old tapes never recorded to be released....

    A travesty? A waste? -- I'd call that description a first world problem.

    You're entitled to your opinion, but I'm quite happy with this release.

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    All is not bad with this release. Almost all these shows have some recording or vocal or quality anomaly.

    Disc three, to me at least, is worth the price of admission alone. There are parts from Pauley, like the transition from NFA into GDTRFB and get my attention also. I'm guessing you're not a Trail Blazer or Celtics fan or something.

    If we set recording standards too high.. well, DiP 8, Harpur College was almost not released because the recording was subpar, mono for most of the show and it was Phil I think that was questioning releasing it at all. Warts and all, that's what the DiP and DaP series were about, getting the 'lessor' shows out there, the non-multi track house recordings. There's enough here to find your happy place, you just gotta poke around.

    On a separate note, something got me to poke around for some early Dancin' in the Streets and Midnight Hours in the same show and I landed on 9.16.66 Avalon Ballroom (Vintage Dead). A short but powerful little performance, it's probably been 15 years since I listened to it. wowwow stuff, and Phil is pretty high in the mix for this one.

    Not trying to be critical, more a note of support if not for Dave, at least for Bill Walton.

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    Dave’s 48

    If you like Phil’s bass to be recorded properly with any low end at all, #48 is not for you, with the exception of the 3rd disk. What would make Dave release a show where only the high notes on Phil’s bass can be heard? There is no low end bass on 11/20/71, none, nowhere to be found. Imagine The Other One with no bass!
    Only Phil’s higher notes can be heard. The thunder roll intro is all drums. It’s a travesty to release this show. A waste. Thank goodness for disk 3’s Dancing in the Streets, Good Lovin’ and Lovelight otherwise this waste of resources is a total rip off. Hey Dave can you give us a warning next time. Attention subscribers this release has no bass, be warned. Are you deaf Dave, or did Bill Walton pay you off because he was there.

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    Vol. 48

    Looks (no, not like rain..) like it isnt sold out, after all..

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    ...appears to be, "Hey Now"!

    "Hey Now!: The act of being told, "NO!", without any rhyme, reason, or context. Just, nope. Sorry. Not happening. No explanation. AND you'll LIKE IT!"

    Listeners wonder what 'Jock-A-Mo' means. Some music scholars say it translates in Mardi Gras Indian lingo as 'Kiss my ass,' which seems potentially appropriate here as a jab to anyone trying to actually post something on dead.net these days.

    Marye, we're drowning here!!! And shooting in the dark. What gives???

    Sixtus

    P.S. if this doesn't get Hey Now'd, perhaps there's been a break in reality and we've finally fallen through

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    You got it, Jimbo

    To me, the better of the long, raw jams of the early days seem to melt into a dream.

    I have actually had good luck posting the first time on my last several posts.

    But awhile back I vacated these boards for quite some time over frustration with posts that wouldn't.

    Prefer it when it works, heh.

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    It was all going grandly

    That is until I added a phluck it or two and the Hey Now police crushed my morning buzz. Still, I got away with it for a full paragraph and a half.

    I'm convinced Rhino has a cubicle island full of this special kind of person that in real time reads all our posts just as we hit save. They have a giant Hey Now Button on their desk and they hit it with a giant wooden gavel whenever our writing does not suit their fancy.

    As they hit the Button, we get Hey Now'd and a giant ding ding ding bell goes off in the office. They get Hey Now points that are reviewed each month, awards and bonuses are given and they get a special letter they take home put it up on their refrigerator for their moms to see.

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    I have developed a new way of posting here

    Start simple and get your point across. If it goes through, edit, embellish, and addcontent a few words or sentences at a time. If that goes through, fine tune it.

    If all goes well, try adding exactly what you want to say.

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Is there anyone who knows the acoustics of Pauley Pavilion better than Bill "Grateful Red" Walton? We think not, so we signed him on as a liner note scribe for DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 48, the complete previously unreleased show from UCLA's Pauley Pavilion 11/20/71. He was there, after all, "driftin' and dreamin'" as the Dead shape-shifted through a first set of Americana classics from WORKINGMAN'S DEAD and AMERICAN BEAUTY into their second one featuring truly primal psychedelic jams (a 23+ minute "The Other One"). They peppered in hot takes on tracks from the recently released SKULL & ROSES ("Bertha," "Me And My Uncle," "Not Fade>GDTRFB") and road-tested tunes like "Ramble On Rose" and "Tennessee Jed" that would make the cut on the following year's EUROPE '72. It's all delivered with such precision that we've had to come up with some overtime for disc three. There you'll find 75+ minutes of music from the Kiel Opera House, St. Louis, MO, 10/24/70, with the rest of the show due sometime in the near future.
 
Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 48: PAULEY PAVILION 11/20/71 was recorded by Rex Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering.

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Submitted by jonathan918@GD on Sun, 10/29/2023 - 12:30

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I would love to hear the vinyl remaster of this pick. I don't really have a "favorite" year for band. Sure, I like some ears better than others but, i consider myself blessed to "like it all". With that being said, Dicks Picks #2, 10/31/71, single disc knockout release! would definitley be in my "you can only take 10 shows with you" stack!!!

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Submitted by adedhed68 on Sun, 10/29/2023 - 17:56

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My 48 was handed off to USPS, and the phuqing idiots sent it to the wrong post office. Who knows if I’ll ever see it. Dumbasses

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Submitted by topchinacat on Mon, 10/30/2023 - 06:05

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BTK....once again, I'm sure we were at alot of the same shows .... I have great memories of Halloween at BCT in 84 ... both the music AND the crazy costumes ... as I recall, they did a great "halloween space". Also (still have) one of my favorite t-shirts ... black, full moon in upper left corner featuring Jerry's face in the surface, skeleton with shades playing a pumpkin guitar flying through the frame... "Halloweeeeeeeeen at Berkeley". Good times had by all..........tcc

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Submitted by Forensicdoceleven on Mon, 10/30/2023 - 06:36

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Morning, rockers!!!!

Awesome sonic upgrade on the UCLA show. Super nice crunchy Other One. But I knew that already. Did you?!!!

Looking forward to 10/24/70 on drive home.............

Music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things, including, and particularly, the coordination between man and time......

Rock on,

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To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also........

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Submitted by billy the kiddd on Mon, 10/30/2023 - 06:48

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39 years ago today ( along with top China cat and allot of other folks who post here on this forum) we were having a great time with the the Good old Grateful Dead at the tiny BCT. Great show , great run. The Dead had put up big sheets of paper out in the lobby on the walls so you could write them messages.

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Submitted by Dennis on Mon, 10/30/2023 - 06:51

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I noticed when I ripped 48 in someone out there in internet-land created an into symbol....

17 - The Other One →

versus using ->

I like it, now I need to figure out how to use it!

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Submitted by Oroborous on Mon, 10/30/2023 - 07:33

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Hopefully 48 will warm me up as it appeared in our box serendipitously this WE (no notice)
10/24/70 interesting after 1 spin…

Hope this posts…

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Submitted by Danehead on Mon, 10/30/2023 - 08:48

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Sold out.. ?

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Submitted by DeadVikes on Mon, 10/30/2023 - 10:13

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Yes, looks like it sold out

#46 and #47 are still available.

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Submitted by Obeah on Mon, 10/30/2023 - 11:46

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yes seemingly sold out.

Meanwhile my own copy is supposedly out for delivery. No notice rec'd.
edit/update: sure enough, received today!

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Submitted by Lovemygirl on Mon, 10/30/2023 - 12:36

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… believe it or not , Kieth is only credited of playing piano on only one of the Dave’s Picks series so far which is Dave’s Picks #45. He also plays keyboards on this release as well.

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Submitted by nitecat on Mon, 10/30/2023 - 13:05

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Oh man I loved the BCT! Probably rubbing shoulders with some of you all there. We were so lucky in those days we had a connection for "family tix" down in front maybe center 8 rows back. I had a D5 in the brand new taping section and would run back there for the flip! Oh what fun we had!

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Submitted by ronmarley1 on Mon, 10/30/2023 - 14:11

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In the house. Getting reading to rip it!

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Submitted by darkstartheoth… on Mon, 10/30/2023 - 14:52

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I bought the yearly subscription and I'm kind of worried that there's no shipping notice yet.

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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Mon, 10/30/2023 - 15:10

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Nice Brent tribute.

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Submitted by nyctc7 on Mon, 10/30/2023 - 21:49

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No shipping notice at all but my USPS account says I will be receiving DP #48 tomorrow 10/31. I'm pretty much fed up with the customer service.

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Submitted by Deadheadbrewer on Mon, 10/30/2023 - 22:14

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No shipping notice, but it arrived anyway, along with a few inches of snow!

I was heading out to run an errand and grabbed Pure Jerry from July 1977 off the shelf for the drive, but then found #48 in the mailbox, so stuffed that in the van's CD player instead.

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Submitted by billy the kiddd on Mon, 10/30/2023 - 23:00

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40 years ago tonight, The Grateful Dead were tearing it up in their hometown and we were lucky enough to be there. It was really hard to get tickets for these shows at the tiny Marin Vets Auditorium. The Dead played great, and we really cut loose and had a great time. Next stop Halloween and the last St Stephen.

I think it was Thatmike that mentioned this book by David Cain a year or so back. It's a Deadheads guide, in that it written by one, for others, of all the shows from October, briefly reviewed according the the writers subjective views. Hugely enjoyable it is, too. Maybe not for everyone - he talks about things he doesn't like as well as what he likes, which might freak some people out. But I like it.

He attaches a rose to shows he really recommends, and I noticed he gave one to The Frost show from 10/9/82 which I think -forgive me if I'm wrong- Cousins recommended recently. Obviously a show to look out for if I've got that right.

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Submitted by uncle_tripel on Tue, 10/31/2023 - 04:55

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yesterday no. 4756 w/out notification, no BIGGIE as that happens from time to time,
enjoy PAULEY and the Kiel Opera everyone!

Peace All!
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Submitted by billy the kiddd on Tue, 10/31/2023 - 05:17

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10/12/68 has to be up on top of that list October shows, because it is a knockout and should be an official release. Cousins is right about 10/9/82 at the Frost, it was a blast and definitely should be released.

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Submitted by Danehead on Tue, 10/31/2023 - 05:50

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Fastest "sold-out" in a few years I believe.. Hopefully that will mean more 70/71..

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Submitted by nappyrags on Tue, 10/31/2023 - 10:00

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but the website won't let me post the discount code I ran across that brought the price down to $89.73....Hey Now That's Bogus Folks That Be!!!

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Submitted by nitecat on Tue, 10/31/2023 - 11:19

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test

Edit. damn I cant respond to icecreamkids kind words about my tribute to brent!

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Submitted by nitecat on Tue, 10/31/2023 - 12:02

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Damn, there's nothing objectionable in my response to kid AT ALL. Why is my post being blocked? Marye???

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Submitted by proudfoot on Tue, 10/31/2023 - 12:10

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gfy

there's either gremlins in the machine or this is just another example of lameness taking over the world

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Submitted by bigbrownie on Tue, 10/31/2023 - 13:17

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#5925 has arrived unannounced.

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Submitted by Slow Dog Noodle on Tue, 10/31/2023 - 13:43

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Is the Kiel Opera House a different venue from the Kiel Auditorium?

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Submitted by billy the kiddd on Tue, 10/31/2023 - 13:43

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Back at the tiny Marin Veterans Auditorium with the Good old Grateful Dead for Halloween. The last time the Dead would play St. Stephen. I saw the Dead play it 2×, 7/13/76 at the Orpheum Theatre was the other time. The Dead first played St. Stephen 5/24/68 in St. Louis, they played it 289 times.

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Submitted by Gary Farseer on Tue, 10/31/2023 - 13:56

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made it home.

Trying to decide...halloween. Do a crack a cold one and delve into it tonight?

Maybe a bowl will help me decide.

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Submitted by 1stshow70878 on Tue, 10/31/2023 - 13:59

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Same building BITD but separate with one side auditorium and the other side opera house with the stages actually back to back. Auditorium torn down later but they left the opera house standing, now renamed. That wasn't the first auditorium on that site either as I recall.
Cheers

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Submitted by Gary Farseer on Tue, 10/31/2023 - 14:05

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10/12, 1968.

Been forever, over 20 years since I listened to it.

A little philosophical discussion. I tend to agree that as much of the early stuff as possible needs to be released as soon as possible as there are precious heads that either went to that show or wished they had, that would like it to be released while they are with us. I still want the newer material but I think we owe it to these older heads to help them get what they need.

Edit: I still believe they will move to streaming only sometime in the not too distant future. I also think they are putting out these elegant releases as only they can do it. 25 years from now, these physical shows with elaborate artwork will be worth a fortune. I mean there are kids that pay hundreds or thousands of dollars for the digital image of a lunchbox, because it is the only image of that particular lunchbox. I am so happy I grew up when I did, the best of times, now may be entering the worst of times.

Trouble posting - I would image many realize how close we are to quantum computing. Once we have that, there are no passwords as computers can crack any code.

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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Tue, 10/31/2023 - 14:36

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10-31-71 vinyl has been delivered on 10-31.

Number 18/3500 no less.

Probably won’t spin it for a few days as I’m going with DaP48 first.

Now to taste test some candy before I start handing it out….

Saw your message nitecat.

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Submitted by adedhed68 on Tue, 10/31/2023 - 15:00

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Made it home despite it going to the wrong post office. I never got a shipping notification

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Submitted by WokeUpDead on Tue, 10/31/2023 - 17:08

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Never mind that #9641 had hit my mailbox several hours earlier today. It’s all good. Not spinning it tonight but read the liner notes already. Loves me some Bill Walton.

I’m a big fan of the Keith initiation tour so this one helps to salvage a somewhat lackluster year in the Dave’s Picks series. Very encouraging to see it sell out this quickly.

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Submitted by Mr. Ones on Tue, 10/31/2023 - 17:44

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I had to go with disc 3 first, because I don’t have time for the whole ‘71 show tonight.
I just gotta say, when the boys bust into a St. Stephen riff towards the end of Good Lovin, well, let’s just say I “lost my mind” a little bit.
I’m always hesitant to put ‘70 ahead of ‘71 ( mainly because I know Doc is on here) and with his complete 1971 expertise and knowledge, it seems silly to prefer 1970. But I do. It’s just a bit more raw and unhinged. I’m sure Doc loves ‘70 stuff too, but, I like what I like. In fact, I will coin a phrase none of you have ever heard before:
It’s ALL good!! 😂🤣

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Submitted by Jack Baller on Tue, 10/31/2023 - 18:10

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Hey now is out of control

Can't post anything

Proudfoot style posts the only way to go now

EDIT: of course this one gets through right away

....which is a first for me. Like Mr. Ones, I'm going to start with 10.24.70 right now. Because I've got a double header tonight. Corpse Bride, followed by the new Evil Dead movie. Let's get greasy and gross.
Happy Halloween you freaks!

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