Grateful Dead

that mike thanks for the Amazon tip. Will poke around.

when ole nightcat is giving us some tasty treats!

Though those that Daverock mentioned sound good…

Ones: yeah, AI is only going to be as good as the “intelligence” it’s trying to learn, ahem…Lord help us…

Musician and Modern Recording were da shite

Go Nuggies!

Nitecat - I ordered my Garcia 20 on May 26 from Amazon, exact same reason. I find sourcing Garcia albums on Amazon a little tricky, even if you have the name correct. But it’s there.

DaveRock - I have read Vintage Rock, you’re right, it’s a good read. But I’m unfamiliar with Shindig, so I’ll check out an issue soon. Another great intelligent music-focused magazine that used to be around was Musician. I think it has gone the way of $6 concert seating, a real shame. PS - You mentioned Steve Hillage’s L album last week, and it brought a smile. The first time we ever dosed me and my friends played that album, just loved it. I recall it had a few great covers on it, including George Harrison. Sure sounded great then, have not heard it in the ensuing 45ish years.

Looks like so far Amazon is not offering the new Garcia live 20 release. I save on shipping getting these through Amazon. If it shows up, give a hollar!

Dead Head TV Alert!! New interviews released last week on DreamsWeDreamed dot com. Robert Hunter interview. Tom Constantin Interview. John Cipollina and Peter Albin interview. Shoreline 88 Report and Review. Deadhead comments on Rainforest and advice for the incoming President. Madison Square Garden 88 report. Rainforest message from the Dead played at the Garden. Lots of fun!! Check it out and tell your friends- DreamsWeDreamed dot com. More to be released soon!

I too have considered canceling RS, I have to search for something interesting to read in them. No interest in the fashion stuff, come on! And the musicians talk to musicians is inane fluff. I like the environmental articles,and the movie and tv reviews, but I'm not sure if that's enough to keep me subscribing. I think I will try some of the other mags you guys mentioned.

I've said it before, I feel for kids that want to see their fav musician these days, tix are out of this world.

I stumbled into a Jimi show at the Monterey Pop Festival in1967. Too young to fully appreciate it, but I do remember seeing Jimi burn his guitar. Ha Ha I went with my Dad and my sister to see the Mamas and the Papas.

....was Kerrang. And Penthouse.
C'mon man!

My two favourite music magazines at the moment are "Vintage Rock" and "Shindig!". As you might guess the first is focussed on rock n' roll from the 1950's until the present day. "Shindig!" fulfills the same function, but for bands and musicians at the psychedelic end of the spectrum. That has 1966 as it's aproximate starting date and also comes up to today. Both mags also review films and books connected to, and reflecting the music/ culture in question
"Shindig!" frequently mentions The Dead - in this months issue there is a heads up about "Here Comes Sunshine." Apparently it features " career spanning fan favourites, free-flowing medleys and extended jams honed during the previous year's extensive trips." Get your copy here.

When Rolling Stone was run by a bunch of aspiring journalists/hippies based in Sam Francisco, it was quite a great read, giving us some truly great music and culture journalism that was a step beyond the usual Tiger Beat kind of fluff that was so prevalent. Great “Random Notes” which often gave you a heads up who was touring long before the internet, and funny stuff, too. Not Creem magazine funny, which mocked itself as much as the artists it covered, but more in that delightful stoner humour.
Unfortunately, musical tastes change, audiences change, and young people now do not embrace music as the life force most of us here here feel it was in it’s heyday. Music mattered - still does. Not so much to people my kid’s ages, in their 30s and younger. Their culture is different. So Jann Wenner moved things to New York, attracted a different kind of journalist, more up town, and suddenly there is shit like fashion spreads in amongst the odd article you want to read about Tom Petty. The irreverent humour was gone, and it was all a liberal, environmental, and hipster angle. Too bad, it was a great read for a long time, but now, even the budgie doesn’t want it lining his cage. There are some great British music magazines around, and you mentioned Mojo, Mr Ones - I agree, great writing, and no filler.
New Dylan (Live) and a new Cowboy Junkies on tap tomorrow. I am playing a lot of Phish lately, trying to get my phishing legs - I think my dog is sick of hearing them around the house and car. Still no DaP 46. I’ve reached out to Customer Service, so here is hoping.

Someone let me know if you figure it out.
I subscribed to Rolling Stone from late ‘70’s to early ‘90’s. Dropped it for a few years. Re-subscribed late ‘90’s. Always enjoyed MOST of it. When they went to bi-weekly, and then changed the shape/size, they lost me. Not because of the paper quality or size. It was because the information contained within was just a series of bite-sized, People styled, empty “nuggets” of insipid “facts”. Yes, they do not cater to my generation any longer. It happens inevitably. When I want music info (articles, reviews, concert info etc.), I rely on my monthly subscription to Mojo magazine. Even articles about bands I’m not fond of are interesting, because the writing is intelligent.
Regarding young ‘uns and concerts, it is irritating yes, but mystifying also, because I cannot fathom paying 💲💲💲just to have a conversation. I saw Edgar Winter in a club about 5 years ago. A young couple to my left talked (rather loudly) throughout the entire show until, at the encore, Frankenstein was played. At this point the couple filmed the entire song and seemed genuinely excited.
I’m starting to understand that young folks are incapable of paying attention.
Spoke with a nice lady yesterday who told me she was one of the chaperones on her grandson’s trip to Gettysburg. If you were born in this country, you know Gettysburg. When asked where he visited on the way home, the child could NOT name the town he had JUST visited, and when asked for ANY detail at all, he replied, “uhh, World War II??”. Combine this idiocy with the advent of Artificial Intelligence, and the End of the World seems nigh indeed.
So this (topic redacted) is not relevant to the Dead, but it IS relevant to society as we knew it being Dead.
And yes, we ALL have a bit of “get off my lawn” in our discussions, but I see that as just generational change.

Without music, I might just be ready to check out of this “Hotel California”.