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January 16, 2008 - 9:10am

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andré

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Don't know, if this is appropriate

(if not, just tell me, I am new here), but Frankly, I want to share my thoughts about your last two posts to this forum. To me it is no wonder that you have received some frankly PMs, regarding your reaction to the story, I shared above (and decided to send, after reading yours about something that happened the day Jerry passed). I guess none of the people, who sent you a PM, was able to understand what made you react like that. Now you justify your reaction by mentioning the tcheque long tradition of cynical jokes. But as there is nothing at all in my liitle story, that could make somebody become cynical, not even just a little bit, your explanation is of no value to me. If you don't know how to behave yourself in an online forum and probably don't care about respect, you better might stay inside the Tzech boundaries. Otherwise you might run into members of some society on this planet, where they have a long tradition in (worst case scenario for you, frankly) simply killing adults, who get cynical in public for no reason at all. So it might be healthy to consider breaking up with that Tcheque tradition. Another suggestion, I want to make, is that you keep Jerry or whomevers quotes for yourself, instead of using them to justify your misbehaviour. And yes, I expect that you probably have the opinion to know better. But see, I know good. And I have no problem not to get cynical, although you gave me more than one reason, to do so frankly. andré p.s. : PMs from your account will be blocked from now on.
January 16, 2008 - 8:02am

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Sunshine-daydr…

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Autumn 72 vine part one September coming shortly

downloading shows i don't have at the moment, will include all sept 72 shows with exception of the Stanley theater dicks picks Bob - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://spanishsunshinedaydream.blogspot.com/ Spanish Jam
January 16, 2008 - 1:59am

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Frankly

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zombies

after having recieved several serious death threats ,insults etc...i feel the need to explain that we tcheque people have a long tradition of cynikal jokes.this starts with the jews(prague was one of the centers of the medieavel jewish community),continus with the brave soldier shvejk and goes on with egon erwin kisch,up to the hidden mokery over the communist system.may i recall that on the day jerry left us Howard stern played the dead alllday mixed with pretty weird jokes.SO WHAT?As Jerry said"Fuck em if they cant take a joke"! seriously yours Frankly
January 16, 2008 - 12:58am

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Frankly

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living dead

paul,this was a JOKE!!
January 16, 2008 - 12:51am

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LostFingerProject

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re:sf zombies

While I may not live in SF, I would hardly characterize them as "zombies, living dead"...They are people too. They may walk in one direction, but that is often downhill... or across the bridge. "deadheads" may in-fact resemble the modern day " Resident Evil Zombie", to all media purposes. But we are alive, and kicking. Haight-Ashbury has changed. Let us put ourselves behind the brilliant music, and use it to fund-raise for a social cause. its up to us. Paul, Lost Finger project
January 16, 2008 - 12:22am

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Frankly

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sf-holidays

after having read this it came to my mind that maybe somebody drugged your friends and after they woke up and stumbled out on the street,they found themself in a bunch of zombies(also known as the living dead and recognisable by their habit of walking in big numbers into one direction).but because they where lucky as hell and staying in sf,your friends were not eaten alive but lead to a GD concert.........! aufwiederlesen yours Frankly
January 15, 2008 - 4:53am

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andré

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In Response to Frankly's .....

After I found out about those amazing download possibilities and had started to be able to handle dem files and stuff, I called a musician friend of mine, to tell him about it. After I mentioned that I have started downloading GD music, he told me that, while on vacation with his wife in SF and walking through town one day, the streets started to fill with people people people, all walking the same direction. The two walked with them, ending up at the concert the GD and other folks played, because Jerry had passed .... phew andré
January 14, 2008 - 5:57pm

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dgans

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Grateful Dead Hour

If any of you kind European Deadheads would be interested in hearing the Grateful Dead Hour every week (I mean the current one, not the archival programs we post here every week), please email me for information. GD Hour blog Station list
January 13, 2008 - 1:39am

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Frankly

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post communist europe

Hi everybody!i am living in the czech republic and i want to say that even if there never was an opportunity to see the Boys playing live over here there are amazingly many deadheads over here.and the more we missed the concerts the more we cherished tapes,vynils etc.With the uprising of the cd we could start to listen to high quality live recordings that,beside the regular albums,were never or very rarely available.but i want to tell you about a very sad day in 95 we all remember.sitting in a bar in the center of prague thunder and lightning hit me as i opened the paper and read the news..but to my surprise many people who knew about my interest into the DEAD came up to me to show their support and understanding over that trgic loss!Even more,as the evening went by,a taxi-driver(which are the greediest human beings in town)offered to play a tape ihad with me on his giant car-stereo in front of the bar!!!the tape i had was the Boys at red rocks and it was played again and again until 3 o clock in the morning with dozens of people hanging out,dancing and having a great time.It was pure magic in the center of town...even a russian mafioso,who has been to the states for a while hugged me with tear in his eyes and we had a J together looking at the moon and listening to Jerry playing FRANKLINS TOWER!!Yeah even prague said good bye to Jerry in a way that suited this man.P.S.As this was happening in the center of town,neighbors must have called the cops more than once(the stereo in the car was just BIG)but the guy had a remote control and everytime the cops drove by,he simply paused the music just to start it again when they were gone...and the name of the bar was The Singers Place!!!
January 13, 2008 - 1:30am

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Sunshine-daydr…

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Happy Birthday André

Bob - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://spanishsunshinedaydream.blogspot.com/ Spanish Jam

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Dark Star Orchestra in Amsterdam

I really don't know. We missed the show.I still feel bad about it. Instead of being able to publish the shows that I attended (zero) I could better publish a list of the shows that I missed: 1986 The Grateful Dead Gruga Halle, Germany. (Rock Palast) 2007 Bob Weir / Daedaheads, Norway 2008 Dark Star Orchestra, Amsterdam It is getting quite impressive. But there are always the CD's and DVD's to enjoy. Ship of Fools

Dark Star Orch at the Melkweg in Amsterdam

They did a June '77 Winterland show - - It was scorching hot!!!! Jack Straw in Holland

Any other Heads in Holland?

Looking for other Dead Heads in NL!!?!?! Anyone out there?? Jack Straw in Holland

Update on Europe

I live in the UK but travel around Europe with my job ( Marine Pilot) would be good to chat or meet with other GD fans

Any other Dead Heads in Holland?

We, my partner and I, are from Holland. You are most welcome for a visit. Ship of Fools

Happy birthday TL!

and many more!

Brussels, London, Paris

I will be in Europe next week and will be in the following European cities. Am always up for some drinks and a conversation. I will be in Brussesl near the Grand Place for a few days and in London for a couple of days. Paris will only be for a day so not too much time. From Europe down to Africa. but anyway, i would love to meet anyone for a drink if our paths cross. The first round is on me. We are the eyes of the world. Trifecta

Weather Report SWEET

i have just got down from the roof, after having spent the evening listening to Hundred Year Hall. 36 years ago and 1 day today.. looking forward to a long summer of sitting on the roof at night listening to music :-))) Bob - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://spanishsunshinedaydream.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/photos.php?id=633338979 Spanish Jam

Brussels

anyone in brussels

STASH radio show in HH, Germany

Hey y'all, finally I reached page 37! Uff...Well, I hitchhiked through the States in Summer 89, once from Yosemite back to SF a girl gave me a ride and sais "I go to a GD concert, why don't you come with me? We'll get a ticket somehow". I did. Whoops, what was that? The parking lot, the people, the atmosphere *** We arrived at a friends tent who said "I'll get you a ticket." A while later he managed to buy one from a black young guy in a tye-die. So I went later on with the flow of happy smiling people who definitely were looking forward to something VERY special. I wondered and went with the flow, wow! At the gate they checked my ticket and this guy said "I'm sorry, a counterfeit, turn around and go back." Wot? Went back to the tent, sad... There this girl who gave me a ride and her friend who bought the ticket were waiting for me, "A counterfeit, right?", "Yeah". "Here, take mine, it's your first show". Man, that was unbelievable, kind and warm, friendly and helpful - DEEP. That was the entrance to my first Dead show. I was hooked, not seen very much shows but started tape trading later and then CDs, began hosting a radio show on public radio with a friend in Bremerhaven called FISCHPOP including my regular Dead Ecke (Dead corner). After moving to Hamburg, I started my own jamband-related radio show on Radio FSK (Freies Sender-Kombinat) called STASH playing sounds of the GD, Phish and other jambands from the States or Europe or Germany. Man, I love the music of the Dead, their jams and explorations on stage! Yes, there are some like-minded heads over here in Europe, I am in joyous contact with firends in Parma/Italy, Edinburgh/Scotland, Le Havre/France, Zürich/Switzerland and traded with uh, a guy in Madrid/Spain, one in Stockholm/Sweden and so on and with quite a few in Germany. There are even some deadhead meetings in this country. Visit www.germanheads.de or www.deadicated.de. And I'm happy to meet deadheads in Hamurg and it's getting more and more. A few weeks ago I was suddenly invited to a rehearsal of a GD tribute band here in Hamburg - together with Arne and Anneliese (anybody knows them??) I was impressed and deeply moved. They named themselves Cosmic Finger and a few weeks later they played their first show in front of only a dozenorsomething deadheads and muchmuch more people who had never heard about the Grateful Dead. That was an experience! Dancing all around the place (Mayday), everybody was happy and enjoying the music. Puh, I'm sorry, I'm writing and writing. I'll get back to you, after reading all the 37 pages in I don't know, two hours with a few Astra, I'm taking some of you in my heart already. Ah, before I forget: you can visit www.stash-radio.de to find out about my radio show, next one will be on June 10 with some Winterland 73 and Road Trips, new Phish releases and the marvelous Mars Mushrooms from the Nürnberg area. Wanna listen? All the previous shows are waiting to be heard at http://www.stash-radio.de/archiv.htm. I'll have one more on the balcony and go to bed. Ah, and DSO was a treat, last year in the Fabrik in Hamburg (yeah, where Bobby played) and in Bonn, this year in the Melkweg for a few days. >> Jodester, still hanging around in Hamburg? Gut Nacht, Frank --- www.stash-radio.de

Sorry...

... about my long posting last night, was in the mood.Where is the google map with all the listed deadheads? Is it gone? Ciao, Frank

hey, it was a great post!

dunno, re the map. I'll look into it.

Looking for Marc Bose

If anyone reading this happens to know a guy named Marc Bose, please forward this message to him to ask him to write me. Marc lived in Frankfurt, Germany back in the mid to late 90's. We shared many a good tape a beer back then and there. Thanks! perrycj@hotmail.com

www.germanheads.de

Hi Christopher,I just posted your search into the germanheads messageboard. Good luck! Frank

Hello again Everybody !

More than five weeks ago, I moved somewhere completely else and next to nothing worked out the way I had planned, thought and had been told it would. Now after I have internet access and a working email address again, I try my best to get used to the 56k modem flint stone thing again and again. Updates for my computer will take forever while downloading music is history. But well Aside the fact, that I feel like shooting a lion in my pants, like ole Groucho once said, life is good, especially the strawberries & I will ripple on andré

andre!

good to hear from you. I was wondering where you'd gone. Good luck with the computer craziness.

Little Feat Wolverhampton England Wednesday 9 July

Anyone going to this gig? I've been travelling around England for the last five weeks! Glastonbury etc..! Great times! an old school tourhead finally makes it to Glastonbury and Leonard Cohen was wicked! Now I'm trying to do Little Feat in Wolverhampton, London and Weert (Bospop Fest. Holland). A little bit of the tour at least! Basically I need a place to crash after the Wolverhamton gig to make it feasible for me to be there. Or a ride to London after the gig that night as I can stay at my friends house there. Or hotel room floor space and I could chip in. Can anyone help out? I'll be out on the road across Northern Europe until November for anyone interested (Frank!! Wassup?)! Then back to Hamburg! The Sunday at Bospop also features Dickey Betts of Allman Brothers fame if anyone is interested! :) Hope to c some of u there perhaps!? Much love, Jody "Are you kind?"

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what's the name of the European Grateful Dead related bands website again? I've spaced it completely..! I could check there to see if anyone can put me up for a night. Cheers! J "Are you kind?"

Eurotraders

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/eurotraders/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spanish Jam

Sol Party

got back last night from the SOl party had a good time, half a dozen bands including Workingman's Deed a scottish GD covers band I will try and do a bigger post later with some photos Bob - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spanish Jam

photo of me at sol this year

http://www.solparty.org.uk/neil/slides/IMG_5705.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spanish Jam

my sol photos here

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/sunshinedaydream1951/Sol200802 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spanish Jam

Looks like you had a

grate time Bob!! Thanks for sharing your pictures :)

HH

Hey Jodester, lemme know when you're around!Frank --- www.stash-radio.de

Hello

I have only just got an e-mail number and this is my first post ever.Love of the Dead is dragging me kicking and screaming into the modern world and it is hard work.I first heard the Dead in 71 when I borrowed Live Dead off a schoolfriend.I loved Dark Star-St Stephen-The Eleven but I didnt really "get" sides 3 and 4 at the time.Off to university in 73 where I bought a second hand copy of Europe 72 and I was hooked.The music scene at the time was rubbish so I got into US bands-The Dead,Allman Brothers,Dylan,Doors,New Riders etc. I only saw the boys once,at the London Rainbow in 81,a solid gig but a bit like a long first set.I missed them in 91 because I was into dance music at the time and didnt know they were over here.It is only through Dicks Picks and more recently downloading that I have come to appreciate what an absolutely stonking band they were.I am up to about 90 concerts on CD and I cant wait to jump on the Vines once I have worked out what to do.My tame computor geek left for S.Africa shortly after showing me how to download so it could be a while.I had to teach myself to convert flac and shn formats and it took ages.I am listening to a rehearsal session from 28-2-75,worth downloading just for the "Bouncy jam" which does exactly what it says on the can.Wonderful.

Cosmic Finger , a Grateful Dead Tribute Band from Hamburg ,Germa

Hamburg , Germany have a new Grateful Dead Tribute Band.-Cosmic Finger a very nice band look at here: www.myspace.com/cosmicfinger

Cosmic Finger

Hi Sven, nice to see you in here!Yeah, Cosmic Finger is way cool! I've seen them four times (although they only played three shows yet...) and I was overwhelmed every time. Invited them as guests in my radio show STASH (http://www.stash-radio.de/archiv.htm), played their first studio track during the last show and gotta say, they are just a bunch of cool guys. I hope to see them a lot more on stage (and beyond...). Frank --- www.stash-radio.de

2004 DEAD SHOWS

Hi from France! Two years ago it was possible to get & buy on a official site all the CDs of the 2004 (more that 60 if I remember well)Dead Tour....and now I can't find it! Can you help me? Roert de BENOIST

HI from Germany , saw the

HI from Germany , saw the last tour back in the 90s , there is also the german dead heads club here , we can talk about it later but we are here and there and every where /PEACE

Paris

Anybody in Paris next week, by any chance? Am there on holidays from 4-11, and have plenty of time/interest in a face to face coffee/dead chat if are anybody else does.********************************** Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you will still exist, but you have ceased to live. Samuel Clemens

wish i was there

YEAH TigerLilly , gonna save my cash and make it later to Granada that means no Paris trip @ the moment , I ´ve been there just two weeks ago ,caught a cold since two days and thats why I´m hanging a lot online and staying home these days , last time in the chat room with johnman and the others was realy so good , took me few hours to read what was happening here on this site , gonna go and knock on sunshine day dreams door when I´m in Granada , he is the most active DEAD HEAD on this site "europe dead heads " then comes you , was nice to see that Marye cares about us all, made me feel more secure , wanna text my trip to the shows in Hamburg and Berlin here in the coming future , loveing you all and so happy to find the STACH radio WISHING YOU A HIPPI HAPPY PARIS TRIP tc and leave it on , AS LONG AS YOU ARE STANDING STRONG NOTHING IS GONNA BE WRONG

somebody asked this earlier

but has anyone heard from Bob in Spain lately? Bob! Phone home!

I was just thinking.....

about Bob, No I haven't heard from him or seen him here in awhile.Wonder whats up? Sunshine Daydream where are you?

about bob

Hal RPosts: 735 Joined: 2007-06-13 Posted: September 3, 2008 - 7:09pm Spanish Bob Everyone can relax. I have heard he is OK from someone who is in touch with him fairly often. His reasons for not being around here are because of a technical problem. hope the tech issuses get fixed soon, really miss his musical selections/suggestions

... in HH!!

Chillin' in Hamburg after drifting all around Scandinavia for quite a bit! Superb scenery up there. Lofotens... floatin' on the Lofotens... those islands were the highlight! Waitin' on a visa for Russia... ...next I take Moscow! "Are you kind?"

Bob

Is just fine-know this as the "someone" regularly in touch with him is me. He is indeed just having technical difficulties, and will be back with us as soon as humanly possible. Will tell him people have been asking-he should be pleased to hear that.********************************** Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you will still exist, but you have ceased to live. Samuel Clemens

Richard Wright... Pink Floyd Keyboardist passes on...

Super sad..! Freaky feeling... Pink Floyd were like the English equivalent of the Dead, kinda... A massive loss...

Bob

yes, I too can confirm that he's having Internet issues and we all hope this soon will pass!

...is this the end of Pink Floyd..?

Gilmour paid tribute to Wright on Monday, saying his input was often forgotten. "He was gentle, unassuming and private but his soulful voice and playing were vital, magical components of our most recognized Pink Floyd sound," he said. "I have never played with anyone quite like him." "Are you kind?"

hey there!

i,m a Deadhead from Ireland! just joined to meet other like minded folks, it,s great to be a part of something that brings so much joy to so many, i would be delighted to talk about anything Dead related, ireland, or life in general,Peace out.x

brian!

too bad you weren't here when the Kid was over there a few weeks back. We were getting the great travelogues... Whereabouts in the old country are you? (My ancestors hailed from County Cork...)

just another Dead Head from Italy

I'm from Rome now living near Milan, never knew another deadhead from my country I know there must be a few scattered all around, but just a few...the Dead were never huge here, that's why they never played Italy, I guess got into the Dead listening to them on the Dylan/Dead album since then I got 90% of their stuff i love everything from 1970 on, don't like their sixties productions

Hi Francesco!

Frank from Hamburg here, my nickname in school was Francesco or Cesco!A good friend of mine is an Italian deadhead and lives close to Parma. His name is Mario Pasquali. I ask him to give you a message. He visited me in the radio studio once, you can listen to the show here: www.stash-radio.de/archiv.htm (show from 2 February, with pics) or directly www.stash-radio.de/archives/STASH_2008-02-09.mp3 Ciao, Cesco --- www.stash-radio.de

Tchuss Cesco!

Thanx for your tip Cesco, curiously enough my girlfriend calls me Franz, because in Lombardy Francesco gets shorted this way! the neighbours' grass is always greener... Nice to meet you, nice to know there are some deadheads out there! Ciao! Francesco

I am lonely

Does anyone even know who The Dead are in Southport? If you are a deadhead from Southport, England send me a message or something because I am feeling on my own

oops

That is not a lonely hearts advertisement despite how it sounds

Manchester

Thought it was about time I joined and said hi! I'm in Manchester and was lucky enough to see them in '85. Only wish I'd been old enough to see them in the late 60s/early 70s as well. I've been to Southport - but I never saw any deadheads there! I remember there were a handful of deadhead gatherings at the Briton's Protection a few years ago. Do they still happen? Anyone know?