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  • johnman
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    i believe it has more p's and a number of l's, and i never said that you said what you said IF you said so...........HA! and yes, if you must know, i AM a nut and, occasionaly, a freak, not by de fact tho, i just are (arr!)
  • MarkintheDark
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    Another correction!
    It was Hunter that suggested they not use a gun photo, and the album was Beauty (the conviction Hunter mentions is non-violence): "Sometimes, adds Hunter, it was difficult to hold on to that conviction. "When American Beauty came out," he says, "there was a photograph due to go on the back which showed the band with pistols. They were getting into guns at the time, going over to Mickey's ranch, target shooting. It wasn't anything revolutionary; they were just enjoying shooting pistols. For example, we got a gold record and went and shot it up. "I saw that photo and that was one of the few times that I ever really asserted myself with the band and said, 'No -- no picture of a band with guns on the back cover.' These were incendiary and revolutionary times, and I did not want this band to be making that statement. I wanted us to counter the rising violence of that time. I knew that we had a tool to do it, and we just didn't dare go the other way. Us and the Airplane: We could have been the final match that lit the fuse, and we went real consciously the other way." " It is an excerpt from the book Stories Done: Writings on the 1960s and Its Discontents By Mikal Gilmore I was just scanning articles, not really reading (at least I got the gold record thing right). I'll stop now. Bye! ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
  • MarkintheDark
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    Correction to my post above.
    Change that BMW to a Mercedes. Thanks. ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
  • MarkintheDark
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    Never said it did, johnman
    I never said owning a gun made one a nut or a freak (and the Nuge has called himself a "gun nut"). I did say that that Popper was a "gun freak", and I think (a) having a car full of secret compartments with four rifles and nine handguns is pretty freaky, and (b) Popper would probably agree with me. Next time I see him, I'll ask him. In a brightly lit place so he won't have to wear the night-vision goggles! The more I think about it, I'm sure I read at the time of the bust Garcia had a gun in the car when he got busted (and I remember being impressed with what kind of gun it was), and I seem to remember the car being a BMW. I never said the gun wasn't registered, I was just surprised that somebody with the reputation of being one of the Founding Fathers of peace-loving hippie-folk had a gun, and I remember being amused that he drove a Beamer like a yuppie. That whole "twenty something bags of coke and heroin" thing I just took for granted (and as an aside: gun or not, you all have to admit he got off incredibly light - rehab and a charity show. If he'd have been an unfamous black guy in Watts he would have been charged with big-ass felony distribution and just be getting out of prison about now). Earlier tonight as I was trying to find an article that said what kind of gun it was I read a piece of an interview with Garcia that mentioned a time when all the guys (Pigpen was still alive) were getting into going out in the country and shooting guns. Shot up a gold record, according to the article. Apparently some of them wanted to have a photo on the back of some album with all of them posed with their firearms; Jerry was against this as he felt it sent the wrong message. I don't remember the exact location of the article, but if you google "jerry garcia golden gate park arrest gun" it should be on the first page of hits. Sorry if I offended any gun owners, but if you're reading this you are de facto a freak anyway so spbspbspbspb (that was a raspberry, I forget how one's spelled) :^) Cheers, MarkintheDark ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
  • c_c
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    Jan. 18, 1985 Garcia got busted in GG Park with h and coke in his car, while he was freebasing. I am not sure and never heard if he had a gun in the car or not, but if he did, I reckon the gun was legal. or for some reason he wasn't charged with it.... peace.
  • johnman
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    sorry friends, but
    owning firearms does not make you a " nut " or a " freak ". however, i do know some nuts and freaks that own guns. then i also know alot of nuts and freaks that listen to the grateful dead.
  • MarkintheDark
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    Surprised the hell outta me
    I mean, you look at Ted Nugent and "gun nut" comes naturally to mind, but Popper, not so much. And he wasn't just carrying a gun, he had an *arsenal*. Night vision goggles? WTF. Personal protection is one thing, I'm all about that, but night vision goggles are for soldiers and assassins - I don't think they're legal for hunting, and the article I read didn't even mention hunting. It would be interesting to find out just what kinda guns they were - hell, nine pistols that's like "one of each kind there is". When I read it that scene of the Terminator in the gun store came to mind. I seem to remember when Garcia got busted in Golden Gate Park he was carrying some kinda gun, and being surprised about it. Then again, given the drugs he was doing and the quantities it's not really surprising. I think Popper just likes to smoke a little week and then shoot shit. Cheers, TigerLilly, hope things are going well over there across the Big Water MarkintheDark ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
  • TigerLilly
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    Agree Markinthedark
    Popper on harp is absolutely mind-blowing, or for me anyhow. His control and timing and rhythm-oof! Whole band is pretty tight actually. Gun freak thing sounds nasty to me, but somehow not such a suprise to read. ********************************** Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you will still exist, but you have ceased to live. Samuel Clemens
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    Popper's among the best harp players
    Popper had a heart attack and ended up getting gastric bypass surgery. He's a gun freak. His wikipedia article says when he got pulled over for speeding in 2007 and the cops found a small amount of weed and a pipe they also found "The vehicle had a stash of hidden compartments which contained four rifles, nine handguns, a switchblade knife, a Taser, a set of brass knuckles, and night vision goggles". He didn't get charged for any of the weapons, they were all registered and locked away (and I assume unloaded), but the cops kept the knucks and the switchblade since they are illegal. He'll carry a gun where it's legal, even on stage. Let that be a lesson to ya: don't rush the stage, he'll pop a cap in yo' ass, or light ya up with that Taser! ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
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    am quite sure! John Popper-kick ass harp player who used to be heavy, but slimmed down considerably it seems, when caught em at Lollapalooza in hmmm 2006??? Guess is all up to perspective what we consider to be "blast from the past", as was heavily into Blues Traveller at LEAST 10 years ago. Perhaps mine just so fast moving, that that seems like ages??? :-) "Once upon a midnight weary, I woke with something in my head"---see not confused, especially as I have no clue who Bluesbreakers are. ???¿¿¿!!!¡¡¡ ********************************** Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you will still exist, but you have ceased to live. Samuel Clemens
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continuing the free-form from where we left it...
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As in the Festival Express ?? I guess I'll just be partial to Terrain. Thanks for the answer though! PEACE
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always been one of my personal 'missions' to spread the music around and sharing it with folks anywhere and everywhere... I recently had occassion to share a Jerry band version of Mission in the Rain with a bunch of rural, rice harvesting octogenarians. pretty cool to see the fingers and feets tapping to the tune and the smiles slowly forming. ( -; though one of the old ladies remarked, 'that music sure is long' ( -:
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tonight was opening night of the show im in. got through it with just a few minor slip ups. we are all feelin good and humorous.Peace, The Kid
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keep up the good work! And fun!
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getting pretty excited for buddy guy this weekend, and then we're off to san fran for the black crowes!! never been, so it should be great and the crowes put on a good show. also... anyone check out Gov't Mule's halloween show with the new bass player? it was grate. the entire second set was all Pink Floyd! Loved it. Cheers! ~littlebri
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with that video CC. Yikes and thanks. If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake
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Just found an intersting piece of info. Apparently Scott Larned of DSO was an alum of my school. also, nice vid CC.Peace, The Kid
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just peed my pants laughing at all them vids
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The Dark Star Orchestra paid tribute to the Grateful Dead Friday night at Washington DC's 9:30 Club with a set of covers originally by the legendary band. Jersey City Councilman Steve Lipski then did his part to pay tribute to the band onstage by urinating off a balcony onto the crowd below during their set. He was arrested and charged with simple assault. A source from the club told the Daily News, "We've dealt with this man before. He's never peed on anybody, but he gets really belligerent and drunk." Lipski has been a councilman in Jersey City since 2001. Now that is sick!
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I hope they throw the book at him. There's just no excuse.
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give credit where credit is due, kudos to whoever made that vid. certainly not my me. a dude sent me a link for it, and alls I did was share it here. anyways, I ain't that tubby! I thought it was kind of common in Jersey City to pee anywhere you wanted... well, if you fall under the 'grandfather' clause, It DEPENDS, I suppose. image hosted by ImageVenue.com yuk yuk yuk, ( -;
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This man would like to speak with the Jersey councilman whenever possible about a similar incident at his private residence... Photobucket "The task is, not so much to see what no one has yet seen; but to think what nobody has yet thought, about that which everybody sees. ." - Erwin Schrödinger
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So I went out n bought me a leisure suitI jingle my change, but Im still kinda cute Got a job doin radio promo An none of the jocks can even tell Im a bobo Eventually me n a friend Sorta drifted along into s&m I can take about an hour on the tower of power long as I gets a little golden shower FZ
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what, TC? Had always understood "bobo" as a quite different word altogether.********************************** Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you will still exist, but you have ceased to live. Samuel Clemens
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was trying to be politically correct!! did i fuck up??? not very good at that ya'know! i think a bobo is a member of the chimp/monkey family, they are known to pee from the trees on to whatever is below.... and certainly not our dear departed Uncle, i would never!! and sorry if hurt any bobos feeling... but thats what ya got em for!
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My little brother once had a stuffed animal named bobo, think it was a bear but really kinda looked like a monkey. Used to call my Father bobo, his name was Bob. Isn't there a class of shoes called bobo's, kinda like some cheap chuck's. Had a saying that when something was lame we would say, man this is bobo. Think there are some cookies called coco bobo's. There is a cafe in Vicenza, Italy called "cafe bobo". oh bobo oh bobo. If there was a hobo wearing cheap chuck's would he be called a bobo hobo? Remember Sheriff Lobo, he was kinda bobo. Guess you could say that that councilman is pretty bobo. Wasn't there a clown named bobo. Damn sleep deprivation gets me goofy.
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to look forward to Jerry Garcia movie,Thanks CB, that is going to be sweet :)
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that child Bruce Hornsby is 54????
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Im heading off to the Flordia Keys for a week of sun & fun and NO puters!Got the grate GD tunes on the ipod!! :) so I'm set! Happy Turkey Day!! GOBBLE GOBBLE QUACK!! Peace,Gigi
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Have a grate time in the sun, I say as i look out the window at the woods and the pond and see...snow! But lots of canadian Geese and wid turkeys. So QUACK QUACK GOBBLE GOBBLE!!
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so it is migration time for you luckyducks, eh! hope your wings are strong and don't fly straight, zig-zag , dodge and weave,and keep clear of decoys!! have a grate turkey day!hey pk, what is a wid turkey? are they those real little ones : )
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That's the perfect post for Gigi! You took the words right out of my mouth :) Have a Grate & relaxing time Gigi!! PEACE
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one question, while my computer is working...............what's a flordia?
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johnman, i believe it is a deep fried flour tortilla stuffed with wid turkey, very popular this time of year south any border north of here where i am there fore art thou and tofu ; ) i hope that helps!
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You are a silly duck!! Wild turkey is something that you drink when all the Jim Beam is gone.(~):-}
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"Really, Senator, That guy ccjoe loves Tofu Turkey."
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a duck,yes ! silly, perhaps! however i do know what W I L D turkey is, it's the W I D turkey that pk was telling us about (above7posts)that i was referring to!
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I thought I would let grdaed could put the L in wild ! He is weally wild wid his twurkey! ;))
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Happy Thanksgiving to all, whatever your Turkey may be!
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happy turkey day. hope all your families are more fun then mine. got to go deal with ignorant relatives arguing over nothing. all the best to you and your families.Peace, The Kid
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happy turkey day. hope all your families are more fun then mine. got to go deal with ignorant relatives arguing over nothing. all the best to you and your families.Peace, The Kid
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need it? got it??
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...this is kinda funny, in a "oops dropped a $100,000 toolkit" sorta way. From spaceweather.com (you can go there to get directions on where to look): ISS Toolbag BRIGHTNESS: 6 (use binoculars) On Nov. 18, 2008, spacewalking astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper dropped her backpack-sized toolbag and it floated away from the International Space Station. The errant bag, about as big as a hiker's backpack, is now orbiting Earth. It is visible through binoculars and small telescopes. ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
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NO OTHER COMMENT POSSIBLE,BEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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man thats awesome. GREAT find bear.Peace, The Kid
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Repeat what Frankly said! That takes my breath away.********************************** Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you will still exist, but you have ceased to live. Samuel Clemens
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I was just in the supermarket and their musak system was playing a Jack Straw that wasn't by the Dead. Sounded pretty damn good. Anyone got a clue to who it was? thanx
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I have heard a few versions of JS from other artist.But with out hearing what u heard i would not even make a guess who it could be.
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there are several albums with dead covers.there is "deadicated",reggae "deadicated"etc.,it could be whoever:-)(-:
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thanks guys, I'll do some searchin. It kinda sounded like Blues Traveller but I didn't hear any harmonica
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with the kind help and understanding of marye a new topic has appeared.its called "LITTLE LIGHT, DEAD-HEAD BEHIND BARS" you will find it under the "FAMILIES TOPIC"!!!!! IF ANYONE OF YOU KNOWS SOME FRIEND WHO IS SERVING TIME,OR IF YOU HAVE EVEN LOST A MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY TO THE HELL OF CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES,THIS MIGHT BE THE PLACE TO HAVE A LOOK AT!!!.ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS TRY TO BRING SOME SUN INTO THE LIFE OF PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED IT IS EXPLAINED OVER THERE.PLEASE HAVE A LOOK IF YOU GOT SOME TIME TO SPARE...IT COULD DO THE DIFFERENCE FOR SOMEONE WHO REALLY NEEDS IT...!!!:-)(-: P.S. IF YOU THINK THAT THIS DOES NOT CONCERN YOU THAN TRY TO REMEMBER THAT WE ALL ARE PART OF THE DH-FAMILY,AND WE SHOULD TRY TO HELP THOSE MEMBERS WHO ARE REALLY IN NEED,SO THEY SEE THAT THEY ARE NOT FORGOTTEN.....
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Now there's a blast from the past Wild Strings! GRATE band! Wonderful campaign idea Frankly-ESPECIALLY in this holiday season. What better time to share good vibes than now!!! Very constructive holiday spirit, in my opinion! ********************************** Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you will still exist, but you have ceased to live. Samuel Clemens
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Saw DSO again last night in Wilington DE. What a sweet venue the Grand Opera House is!! A dancin show if I say so myself....Promised Land>Might as Well>MaMa tried>Suaree> us blues> the music never stopped etc.... not in that order either my mind is still a little fuzzy HeeHee! Quacking up here in NJ Peace,Gigi