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    Grateful Dead Press Conference To Announce Partnership With UC Santa Cruz

    The conference is over. We will be putting it up permanently on this page as soon as we get it.

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    (NOTE: Contrary to rumor, this has nothing to do with any sort of Dead reunion or tour)

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    stuman
    16 years 2 months ago
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    We just read the article from The SF Gate . It is so nice to know it is NOT bad news !! I was scared that Rhino would take everything from the archives and sell it all .. Man what a releif !! When UC Santa Cruz gets it all organized it would be a heck of an exhibit.. We would heve to plan a trip to California to see that .. And a huge Thank you to Eileen Law for being the safe keeper of everything for all these years !! ( huge sigh of releif ) .. The UC of Santa Cruz sounds like the perfect place for the safe keeping of the Dead`s (and our ) history . I am quite sure they will take exelent care of everything.. And they have been teaching a music class on the Grateful Dead , WOW ,, that is way cool !! And a radio show , also way cool !! I will still tune in for the press confrence .. man i feel so much better ,, i`ve been downloading everything i could for the past few days ,,i can take a break for now .. So again Thank you Eileen !! And many thanx to the UC of Santa Cruz !! And also many thanx for all the previous posts of this imformation !! Peace everyone !!
  • deadmike
    16 years 2 months ago
    Amazing ...
    If Eileen Law saved EVERYTHING ... all my nutty letters from the 1980's will be there ... and my frame-by-frame suggestion for a music video of Standing On The Moon (from early 1990?) and all other stuff I have sent to Dead Heads since my first fan letter in early 1981 ... ;-) But what an archive it must be ... even though I have met older Heads from Sweden who have their OWN private archives, with drawings and you know what, stuff that have been made since the early 1970's ... so WHAT AN ARCHIVE IT COULD HAVE BEEN ,,, with EVERYTHING from around the globe ... it would take all of the actual university area to store all that ... ;-) But ... I also say thanks to Eileen for saving everything ... the good ol' Grateful Dead will probably be the greatest treasure for researchers for years to come ... and perhaps their will be some more scrapbooks to be issued?? Micke Östlund, Växjö, Sweden (Garcia fan since Spring, 1976 and convinced Dead Head since November, 1978)
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    geezeressa
    16 years 2 months ago
    posters
    I wonder if there is a copy of a poster I drew for Jerry Garcia Band back in 1973. Thanks Eileen for saving everything!!
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Grateful Dead Press Conference To Announce Partnership With UC Santa Cruz

The conference is over. We will be putting it up permanently on this page as soon as we get it.

 

(NOTE: Contrary to rumor, this has nothing to do with any sort of Dead reunion or tour)

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And the rumor mill goes wild! Seriously, this is officially billed as a Grateful Dead press conference?
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Can't wait...
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this is like being in the old chatroom waiting for the boot to fall...see marye, this is the thrill:)! whats to become of the baby! ohh, the anticipation is gonna drive us crazy..
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Me and Jake are gettin the band back together, we're on a mission from God.
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umm, ????? what? wait,...... what?
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The GD Store is going to announce a new coffee mug series.
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Tell us it is good news and not about Phil's health.
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I know nothing of this, honest!
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Has Jerry risen ?? Ah I thought he was hangin out with Walt Disney .... that would be cool ...lol .. yes no bad news please...
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tour for obama?
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...I don't recollect ever hearing of a Grateful Dead Press conference, let alone being invited to one.
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Hey Rob, don’t you ever remember hearing the most famous Grateful Dead press conference ever was when they were busted in NOLA and upon their bail/release, they held a press conference and even Bear was a part of it!

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like a steam locomotive, rolling down the track.... I'm with Hamal: perhaps another endorsement/fundraiser for the Pennsylvania winner.
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I hope it is good news and maybe.....just maybe we will be able to see all four guys play together again! I miss you Jerry ever so much! Send some kind vibes to your four brothers and tell them to tour! "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery...none but ourselves can free our minds"
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My guess is that is about the ONLY thing that bares the name The Grateful Dead- THE VAULT. My guess ( again ) is the availabilty of the vault to the average deadhead. Pay 12.50 a month or a lifetime membership of $499.95 and get access to downloadable music 5 to 15 shows a month from various years. The perfect solution to an aging deadhead population starving for the best that THE GRATEFUL DEAD have to offer ( and the ONLY thing that bares that name!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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attend a Grateful Dead press conference once. At the Greek in 1985. The back of my head shows up in the video (the TV guys were there too). Got some good pix too; must dig them out. But as to this one, I am clueless.
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Hillary's concession speech? "She has no pain, like a child, she is pure, she is not to blame."
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Billy is throwing his hat in the ring as Nader's veep?
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we think we know that they think we think they know what we think they are thinking about. a major announcement. Just thinking outloud... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Sun comes up blood red Wind yells among the stone All graceful instruments are known" Bobby Petersen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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oh goodie oh goodie oh goodie whatever could they be... announcing... hmmm maybe the BEAT IT ON DOWN THE LINE 08 summer tour to ALL 2395752943 cities WORLDWIDE?? this could be the start of a revolution! :)
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To me, using the FULL name "Grateful Dead" when announcing the conference would imply that it has something to do with the past, when Jerry was alive, rather than current politics. If it's about politics, why not say so right now? If it's about marketing a new Vault CD, well... working up the anticipation a bit is a wise move. If it doesn't have anything to do with Jerry and uses the Grateful Dead name to promote the political career of an individual he never knew (especially since he was so against getting involved in politics) I will be DEEPLY disappointed!
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I hoping for a summer tour with the boys too.....it will be sweet! :)Guess we must wait and hear what it could be..........................
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It's about a grate find , inside one of the old monitor speaker cabinets, bear in a hurry stashed an ungodly amout of product and the remaining members are gonna be the "house band" for a global trips festival where with one mass mind melt Jerry and Pig will apper in holographic forms, peace and harmony will befall upon all of humanity...but i've been wrong before. ;)
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It is to announce what University they have chosen to display their archives at..
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First. The term, "Grateful Dead" is used as a media umbrella. An ultra familiar soundbitel Also, Hunter proclaimed at Alpine's GDFR that "we are all the Grateful Dead." Second. The press conference will be for announcing a tour. Look for Larry Campbell on lead guitar.
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Ignore alien orders. Stay tuned to this frequency for furthur instructions. Have fun.
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Ok this will drive me nuttz till Thursday but lets expand this theory a little more. IF the boys come back together as GD IF they announce a tour WHO will play Keys? and WHO would you like to see play keys? any thoughts?. Walk in Peace, and let the smilin' begin SGP
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why not through Trey A. on lead while we are at it? SGP
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everyone must return their obama t-shirts, for the band has changed party affiliation.
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Trey - always more tech and less soul in my opinion. My vote would be for Kimock/Karan OR, ultimate choice but not likely - hello, Jorma?Keys? Bruce. Course, he's escaped the bad JuJu so far, so maybe he'd rather keep his distance... What's TC up to? All speculation of course. The press conference is probably about something minor, like another show at the pyramids or something.
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TomBanjo That is easy for me! I say Kimock, Seals and Hornsby! I can only wish.........
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While most blog/posts are about re-uniting Bobby & Phil - I trust it is not BAD news about the health of any remaining members. Somebody speculated about further Vault releases, if that be the case then I will be able to upgrade my collection with some soundboards replacing those treasured AUD recordings I have been listening for many moons. Or maybe............ we will have to wait & see.................. "counting stars by candle light" - Robert Hunter Love & peace RTFROG
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While not wanting to jump the claim of the people holding the press conference, it might be handy to deflect some speculation, allay some fears, etc: 1. There will be NO announcement of a tour, one-off-gig or reunion of any kind. This is not about an upcoming musical event. 2. There is NO immediate time-valued urgency here, as in "if I don't know about this, I'm gonna miss out on something big!" 3. The press conference concerns past history more than future events, but it will be an announcement that scholars and fans of GD history will welcome enthusiastically. I will leave the rest for the announcers to announce.
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so what are we looking at...as scholars and deadheads? a museum, a deadicated concert/museum venue? a full release of all remastered shows in itunes style on dead.net? come one, how can you say there is an announcement and NOT think everyone will think it is about a reunion...when it is probably about music releases or such... that is cruel and unusual punishment and is unconstitutional according to the 8th amendment, so go ahead and just tell us now...ok? muffin www.creativemuffin.com
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Phil and Bobby both have tour dates set for the whole summer already. Maybe a few shows together here and there, but nothing like a full-blown tour.
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That's a Floyd the Barber Oooooooooh, not a Merv Griffin Oooooooooh, although he had a very nice Oooooooooh too. Gotta be about The Vault. Be interesting to see who's at the head table. -Tommo
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with the banana slugs!!!!! what, a library or exhibit or recording sound thingy.... ok, so looks like I can calm down, whatever it is will be cool, but not tour excitement worthy... I am already seeing the heck out of phil and bobby this summer between fest and other shows, so figured not a tour, but still, makes the heart leap a little bit... muffin www.creativemuffin.com
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of a Dead reunion playing in shows this summer. A friend's friend works at a venue and already signed up to work for an august Dead show at the Susquehanna Center (was the tweeter in NJ)...who knows. Hope Phil's innards are doing fine, tho Ami
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Seems as though this has something to do with the vault. Three of the four boys have tours set up for the summer. So that is out. Let's see who owns the vault , Rhino? Lots of money to be made there. I hope they don't pull everything from the LMA (even tho it only streams) PEACE, BRIAN LISTEN TO MY MUSIC AT http://www.myspace.com/bdog1963
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Not happening, ami, and anyone else who has "friends of friends" supposedly with inside info about that...
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Could it be that funding has materialized and Terrapin Station will finally be constructed?
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yeah trey on guitar would be some great news!