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continuing the free-form from where we left it...
the droght of March
hath perced to the rooteand bathed every vein in swich liquer
of which vertu engendered is the fleur
after that it's all garbled.
nice marye
very nice. congratulations, you win a fabulous prize! a three year old pit bull.garbled indeedy.
Peace,
The Kid
RIP MERL
Merl Saunders Washington :: 02/14/34 - 10/24/08
Merl Saunders by Bob Minkin
Merl Saunders was born Merl Saunders Washington (he dropped the "Washington" for show biz purposes) in San Mateo, California on February 14, 1934; he passed away early this morning (October 24, 2008) at Kaiser Hospital in San Francisco.
Saunders grew up in San Francisco and was a proficient piano player by age 10. He attended Polytechnic High School, Served in the Air Force and Attended University of Mainz in Germany. Saunders married Betty Crenshaw and leaves behind three children (Anthony Saunders, Merl Saunders Jr., Susan Saunders) and a number of grand kids.
Saunders became one of the preeminent Hammond B-3 player of his generation; beginning his long strange trip by apprenticing with the great Jimmy Smith. In 1970 Saunders began playing with Jerry Garcia in the Bay Area under bands called Legion of Mary and then Garcia/Saunders. The duo recorded a number of famous albums including Heavy Turbulence, Fire Up, and Live at the Keystone. Their 1990 collaboration, Blues from the Rainforest, was a Billboard Top 10 in the New Age category.
Saunders contributed to the Grateful Dead album Grateful Dead (1971), and in the mid-1980s worked with the band as musical director for the "Twilight Zone" television show.
He became known as the senior member of the jam band scene having played with Phish, Blues Traveler and Widespread Panic. He was instrumental in allowing young talent to play and record with him, giving first opportunity to the likes of Sheila E, Chris Hayes (Huey Lewis & the News), Bonnie Hayes (Billy Idol) and Bob Steeler (Hot Tuna).
In parallel to his rock career, Saunders worked as a jazz trio player, performing and recording with Harry Belafonte, Frank Sinatra, Lionel Hampton, Miles Davis, B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, and Paul Butterfield. He also contributed to the scores of the films "Heavy Traffic" and "Fritz the Cat."
http://www.merlsaunders.com/
Sad,sad day
Merl, so sad, what a wonderful man. I am very lucky to have lived in his time. Warm wonderful creative soul. May you go on to the skies and play again with your friends.We will miss you Merl.
Hey, see the sky about to shine
look out into the night sky in the next few weeks about two hours before dawn and see the zodiacal lights. once thought to be light reflecting from earths atmosphere, is now known to be light reflected from random particles from one meter to microscopic in size extending from the atmosphere of the sun to the orbit of mars and are spread out along the plane of the ecliptic (the path the sun follows throughout the year). Hence the reason for the name Zodiacal Light is because it is seen projected against the zodiacal constellations.The best time to see the Zodiacal Light is when the ecliptic appears most nearly vertical to the horizon. For those in the Northern Hemisphere, the best morning views in the eastern sky will come during the next few weeks without the interference of bright moonlight. Conversely, for those who live in the Southern Hemisphere, the best views now are in the western evening sky right after sunset
A ghostly slanted pyramid,the Zodiacal Light is something you have to see to believe.
hey yall
yall wont BELIEVE what happened last night. a tornado touched down down the street from my school, followed the road to the school, and ripped up the fron tlawn before moving on past the school building and into the woods where it dissipated (is thqat the correct word?) it was scary shite (excuse my french) no one was hurt thank god and we regained power and phone service really quickly.
Peace,
The Kid
Thanks guys
i will admit, it was REALLY cool. as bad as that sounds, its an interesting experience.Peace,
The Kid
Happy Halloween
one for the holiday:
math teacher: What do you get if you divide the cirucmference of a jack-o-lantern by its diameter?
cc joe in 6th grade: Pumpkin Pi
Happy Halloween!!
http://pi.ytmnd.com/
that thing damn near goes on forever....
yuk yuk yuk
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peace.
Hippie Halloween!!
Have fun with the trick or treaters!!
Another good one from CCJoe!!!!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
happy halloween to all of ya out there!Peace,
The Kid
just a joke
Nailin Pailin, Riding Biden, etc.... continue an old porn industry tradition.
who remembers the 8mm classic 'Getting it down Pat' from the Nixon years?
(snare drum and high hat - ba da dum)
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yuk yuk yuk
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peace.
1970 dark star
Hi. I'm not sure if this is the right place for this question but....Did anyone see the Feb 14th 1970 video of Dark Star that was on youtube?? The video (yes video not Aud) went for 10 minutes and looked like it was taken from the front row or so. And it def was of the Feb 14th dark Star as I have this on tape and double checked. If so, it would have to be the earliest Dark Star on video. Who posted it???and does anyone have a copy of that???? I even emailed the bear and he seemed to think it was a fake, but i have no doubt about it..
Cheers
can't find it
can't find it on youtube.
please post up the link or embed it into a post. to do that, simply copy and paste the embedded link into your post.
peace.
1970 Dark Star
Hi. Nope it was taken down a few months ago. It was posted by someone called Username99999 or something like that whose account has since "been suspended". I'm telling you it was the exact Dark Star, and this guy posted absolutely heaps of GD stuff. He wrote at the time a detailed account of how it was recorded etc. and transferred. I tried to copy it to a cd but it didnt work. I also added it to my list of favourites but was taken off youtube. I wrote about it to my yahoo group dead_heads. Anyone else there saw it???????????
run it backwards from 5:06
run it backwards from 5:06 -- back to 5:01, Jerry clearly says "I am the walrus"
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hey hey hey
nice vid. the play im in opens on thursday, so wish me luck every one! My role isnt major, but the scene im in is a train wreck so far. Peace,
The Kid
break a leg
ok, kid.......so what is the play called, and why won't they give you top billing?? don't take no for an answer!!
trippy thought of the day
trippy thought of the day:
The sentence I am writing now is the sentence you are reading now.
When is "now"?
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im confused
oh well, what else is new? thanks for the wishes of good luck yall. play is called Approaching Zanzibar by Tina Howe. its a good play, a comedy, but its not what i voted for in regards to play. oh well...OBAMA WON!!!!!!! WOOOO HOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
sorry, just had to get that out.
Peace,
The Kid
A Pearl in the rough..
" Tomorrow never happens, It's all the same fucking day, man. "
~ Janis Joplin
I thought she said " as we discovered on the Terrain"
but I've read in several place "on the train" ????
PEACE
hahaha
yes, it's the train. it's a reference to the train tour across canada, rider. u quacked me up!!!
Great North Special, were you on board?
You can't find a ride like that no more
Night the chariot swung down low
Ninety nine children had a chance to go
One long party from front to end
Tune to the whistle going round the bend
No big hurry, what do you say
Might as well travel the elegant way
oh well , might as well
peace2U
tomorrow
"Don't worry about tomorrow, Lord, you'll know it when it comes
When the rocking, rolling music meets the rising, shining sun"
- Weir
"All the things I planned to do, I only did half way
Tomorrow will be Sunday, born of rainy Saturday
There's some satisfaction in the San Francisco rain
No matter what comes down, the mission always looks the same"
--Hunter/Garcia
I've always loved
that play on Mission and mission.
(for non-Bay Areans, the Mission is a nabe in SF, and I guess Hunter was walking there one rainy day and the rest is history.)
and a good rain
keeps the flyin' monkeys down....that way they don't steal yer beer
i did that too marye
on a visit to your city(across the bay)on a rainy day, thinkin bout what hunter was thinkin and gettin a feel for where jerry got the feelin...
Ten years ago I walked this street, my dreams were riding tall
Tonight I would be thankful Lord, for any dreams at all
Some folks would be happy just to have one dream come true
But everything you gather is just more that you can lose
flying monkeys in washington, damn invisible floresent orange snakes in arizona, wheres my attorney, it's getting weird again! time to turn pro