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  • walton8799
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    What a joke, I thought the Dead were all about bucking the trend and were huge proponents of "change" as evidenced by their recent Obama benefit. Obviously the only thing that has changed about the Dead is their hunger for more money. Thanks alot for letting half of your fanbase down guys, most people I know who wanted to hit some shows now can't afford it.
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    How does one purchase tickets today during the pre-sale?
  • mighty Wheels
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    Some people are really struggling to make ends!Here in Michigan unemployment is 9.8% I also assume a few are Dead Heads
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    Make that money$$ boys but I can't spring 100 bucks for a ticket....Not to be a dick but come on...I got laid off on xmas eve WTF and now you guys are charging 100 per ticket!!
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    I saw that too. I might just go for mail order, I have to consult the peeps and see what they wanna do.
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    Philly mail order (GDTS TOO) has $69 tix and $99 tix. Internet pre-sale (Dead.Net) has only $95.50 tix. Is this right? I can save $30 per tic through mail order only? These hundred dollar price tags suck. Two of my old tour brothers and I were going to hit both Philly shows. Revisit the old days. One of them dropped off because he's disgusted with the ticket prices, the other one is currently out of work on disability with a family to support and he just can't swing 100 bones for a show. I'm trying to work something out so the three of us can see just one show. If we can save $30 per tic through mail order, I can probably get them both back on the bus. Can anyone shed some light on why mail order has two price tiers and online pre-order only the upper tier? Thanks brothas and sistas... Searching for the Sound
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    http://www.consideritdan.com/dead/index.php An Evening with The Dead 04/17/09 | Albany, NY Time Union Center • Venue Website • Google Map it VIP Tickets Golden RoadHigh Time Travel Packages Golden Road TravelHigh Time TravelDeluxe TravelStandard Travel The Workingman's Dead TRAVEL PACKAGES FOR 2 STARTING AT: $279 VIP TICKETS These are VIP Tickets to the Dead shows. No other tickets need to be purchased for the show. All tickets will be picked up at the Consider It Dan will call table at the venue day of show. No tickets will be mailed. The name you put as the 'will call name' on your order must match the name on a picture ID at the time of pick up. These tickets MAY NOT BE RESOLD - and CID reserves the right to cancel any tickets if they have been resold. $475 | Purchase this Package (per person) Golden Road 3 Hour VIP Reception at Savannah's right across the street from the Times Union Center featuring open bar, and free food for the entire 3 hours. VIP Entrance for a convenient and quiick entry into the Times Union Center Seats located in section 2 on the floor. Exact seat location will be shared 5 days before show. 1 Limited Edition official Dead 09 T-Shirt and 1 Limited Edition official Dead 09 Show Poster otherwise unavailable $350 | Purchase this Package (per person) High Time 3 Hour VIP Reception at Savannah's right across the street from the Times Union Center featuring open bar, and free food for the entire 3 hours. VIP Entrance for a convenient and quiick entry into the Times Union Center Seats located in section 2 on the floor or sections 105,119, or 120 in the lower bowl. Exact seat location will be shared 5 days before show. 1 Limited Edition official Dead 09 T-Shirt and 1 Limited Edition official Dead 09 Show Poster otherwise unavailable Section choice (Floor or Lower Bowl) made at checkout. The Crowne Plaza TRAVEL PACKAGES lodging at The Crowne Plaza Hotel Website • Google Map it This is a Deposit for a travel package. Tickets and transportation are included. Please see the description for your specific travel package for information on what else is also included. No elements of these travel packages can be split up and sold individually. If you cancel your travel package - we cannot sell you your tickets and posters only, we can only refund you as per the schedule below. Deposits are due immediately upon booking. Tickets, Posters, Shuttle passes, etc... will be picked up on the day of check in the lobby of the hotel. Dogs are not permitted in rooms booked through Consider It Dan. Even if the hotel has a pet friendly policy - due to the amount of time you will be out of your room (5 hours for the show at least) we cannot endorse leaving your dog locked up in an unfamiliar environment where they are likely to bark and disturb other guests. $1249 | Purchase this Package Deposit: $499 Travel Pkgs are for 2 people Golden Road Travel Includes two (2) Golden Road Tickets as detailed above Hotel Accommodations for the night of the show Luxury Transportation between the hotel and venue $929 | Purchase this Package Deposit: $499 Travel Pkgs are for 2 people High Time Travel Includes two (2) High Time Tickets as detailed above. Section choice (Floor or Lower Bowl) made at checkout. Hotel Accommodations for the night of the show Luxury Transportation between the hotel and venue $489 | Purchase this Package Deposit: $199 Travel Pkgs are for 2 people Deluxe Travel Seats located in sections 105,119, or 120. Exact seat location will be shared 5 days before show. Hotel Accommodations for the night of the show Transportation between the hotel and venue 2 Limited Edition official Dead 09 T-Shirts and 2 Limited Edition official Dead 09 Show Posters otherwise unavailable $429 | Purchase this Package Deposit: $199 Travel Pkgs are for 2 people Standard Travel Seats located in sections 105,119, or 120. Exact seat location will be shared 5 days before show. Hotel Accommodations for the night of the show Transportation between the hotel and venue $279 | Purchase this Package Deposit: $99 Travel Pkgs are for 2 people The Workingman's Dead Seat locations not yet available. Exact seat location will be shared 5 days before show. Hotel Accommodations for the night of the show Transportation between the hotel and venue
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    I've got a meeting in 15 minutes, but I should be back by the time the ticket pre-sale begins. If I don't get back to this board before then, good luck to everyone. I hope you all get the tickets you need for the shows you want. "When it comes to humility, I'm the greatest!" - Bullwinkle Moose
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    My company's content filter may block my access to the ticket site! I can get in to set up an account through the link here, but when I click on "Ticket information" I'm getting a "blocked" (and "you've been reported") message. I hope I can worm my way into the site from another page....
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    Somebody posted a seating chart from Nassau , all the seats under 100 were behind the stage.I dont know if they all are , but I assume the view is obstructed in some way. I think you gotta pay up , unless you wanna risk staring at a Steel Girder all night.
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The band says Happy New Year with an announcement of almost twenty shows in April and May.  More details to come!

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You cant explain to them-thats part of what makes it so cool.
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Anybody, Anywhere, Hear Anything, 'bout their Mail Order yet? :) Ohhhhh my Goodness- I know its only been 8 days....sigh....to gamble and buy more, just in case...???...I don't know....Its All Good!!!
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I want 2 Xplain it without any use of drug related activity with the exception of weedPhatmoye
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Hangin' ten out on space and time!!
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Let them listen to the song The music never stopped.
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You nailed it in 7 words See ya in the meadows
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Thats not only a great answer, but that would be a PERFECT opener for the N.C. show!!! Phatmoye
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I was wondering the same thing. Normally, there is an announcement prior to the national on sale date indicating whether all of the mail orders requests were filled.
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Would be a great opener at any show. I hope to hear it this tour.
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its like a holiday the lot is like christmas eve and the show is like christmas day some of the songs can change your outlook on life its like a big cosmic party
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I loved Jerry and I miss him dearly, but to say that the rest of the band is just a cover band is rediculous. They play together like a well oiled machine, with or without Jerry. It's not the same without Jerry, but he died in 95 and it's time to move on. Phil, Bob, Mickey, and Billy have every right in the world to carry on as The Dead!! My OpinionPeace
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Anyone get their order filled ? Too early yet ?? Is Shoreline completely sold out ? Or does the Dead mail order have an allotment to send out ?
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I think your name is the anwer. But i'm going to go with christma eve and day. Thats it, thats the answer. Thanks maybeyouknow, Phatmoye
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I will be traveling East from Denver for 6 shows; Buffalo, Wilkes Barre, Uniondale, MSG, Hartford, and East Rutherford. Any local places to gather before the shows or are people just going to be in the arena parking lots? Would appreciate some local tips! Also, any local campgrounds or local tips where I can "Rest my bones" at the end of the night?
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Hi everyone! new here, but just wondering if anyone knows which way to buy Shoreline tickets on Friday?? can't seem to figure it out.... ticketmaster? dead.net? thanks! Peace!
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Im new to the computer scene-so I dont even know how to reply to my private messages(rookie)so I must reply this way-sorry.Anyway to answer your question Id start them off w/some upbeat stuff like Alabama Getaway and Sugar Mag.Then ease them into the fun acoustic stuff on Reckoning like Monkey,Dire,Ripple-(people love to sing along)Then If they show interest-you can try out China/rider+Scarlet/fire+jammier stuff(JAMMIER?)unowhatimean!--Id start them on all studio stuff(crisp-clear recordings)+Let them read lyrics as the song plays-If they dont fall in love w/GARCIA/HUNTER then all hope is gone.J.K.LOL seriously though-lettin em read lyrics HELPS ALOT!! hope I helped-♪♪♪"gonna listen to the river sing sweet songs--to rock my soul"♪♪♪
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How'd you write the musical notes?********************************** It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine
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tigerlily- I gutta tell ya--that picture above your username is freakin me out big time---HA HA HA-
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Im using a wii as a computer and you hit "more" and shows all kinds of symbols--♪♪¥¥€€φφχχψψΘΘΦΦΣΣΠΠΏΏ
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When Jerry died I heard the news on my way to work. I was totally devastated, and I guess looked it when I walked in the door. The first person I saw was our HR mgr who was 12-13 yrs younger than I. When she asked what was wrong, and I told her, she had this totally blank look on her face...she had NO IDEA who Jerry was, and I found that I had no words that were adequate to explain it to her. I still don't. I could write for hours and still not come close. You really do have to let the music talk for itself.
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That HR mgr's successor turned out to be a fellow Head. I NEVER had to explain it to her...
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I see so much excitement in the posts, but it's clear that they were all made before the prices were announced. I've spent over 500 dollars in the last 18 months on dead stuff, direct from the site. I bought all the new releases, box sets, and other special stuff (often more than one copy to give as gifts). I didn't do this because I had to - everyone knows that it's unbelievably easy to find high quality recordings on the internet for free. But I don't ( or didn't) b/c I felt that was disrespectful to the band. But you know what's disrespectful? Charging 100 dollars for tickets in the middle of a recession. So much for doing a 6 night run like I wanted to. It's clear that the remaining members have lost all grasp of the ideals that they started and promoted more than 40 years ago. I'm ashamed for showing them so much respect when they clearly care very little about respecting the fans.
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Did you say your using your wii? Is it hard? Im using my playstation 3 and its starting to get easier. They just updated everyones ps3s so now I have photo gallery added. Gettn some great pictures. Oh, and thanks for the input on Xplanin a dead show everybody.Phatmoye
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Cept wen it does that. The X button gets stuck, posts 2 or 3 times. Still got some trouble shootn to do.Phatmoye
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Obviously there is no adequate way to fully describe what it was like to be at a show or be a Deadhead. However, I think the Grateful Dead Movie is a pretty good historical record, and may help to shed some light on what the scene was about. "Let there be songs to fill the air."
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The grateful dead movie could probably sum up most of that question. Phatmoye
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When Jerrry passed away I had just come home from work and turned on the tv. The channel was on CNN and there was a picture of Jerry and the reporter kept saying thing like--"He WAS, this and He WAS that" I couldn't understand why he kept using him in the past tense!! Then they flased the years from birth to death and I was completely shocked and terribly upset!! The next morning I woke up and went straight to the den to play the latest live show I had found and cried! When I went to work--I am a teacher--I tried to explain to people at work what had happened and half of them didn't even know who I was talking about and the other half didn't seem to care! The love for the Grateful Dead, Jerry, and everything associated with them is hard to explain to people who are not as "in love" as we are. And what I find so amusing is the fact that it is so easy to feel as though you have so much in common with someone who loves them like we do, even if that is the only commonality you share:)
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can anyone tell me when more tickets go on sale is it the 23rd or the 24th i want to try to get into msg
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Can someone tell me the details on the presale for the New York area? The site says it's going on until Friday at noon, but there's no information about where or how to purchase tickets (i.e., no passwords). Thanks!
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Did you hear that the Dead will release $50 seats behind the stage when the show sells out? Don't know if that was just a rumour, but I think it's a kind gesture, if it is true. What do you think? If it is just a rumour, I hope it comes to pass.
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Ticketmaster sent me an e-mail (I signed for a NYC area Dead Show alert!) saying Hartford on sale 4/23- As far as I know MSG is Sat at 10 AM. I have a My Ticketmaster account and have not received any further info on MSG show. I was ready for pre sale but got skunked! I sent mail order and would like to know if they will come before spending more needed cash with T.M. on Sat. Any ideas? I can only go to MSG show. I miss that and miss chance for 5 decades of live Dead shows!
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This what I just received from GDTS Too: Here is our GDTS TOO mail order status for each venue on The Dead 2009 tour: Sunday, April 12, 2009 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, NC. Everyone who mailed in will get tickets. Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. Everyone who mailed in will get tickets. Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, VA. Everyone who mailed in will get tickets. Friday, April 17, 2009 at the Times Union Center in Albany, NY. Everyone who mailed in will get tickets. Saturday & Sunday, April 18 & 19, 2009 at the DCU Center in Worcester, MA. Everyone who mailed in will get tickets. Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, NY. Everyone who mailed in will get tickets. Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at the Wachovia Arena @ Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Everyone who mailed in will get tickets. Friday, April 24, 2009 at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, NY. Everyone who mailed in will get tickets. Saturday, April 25, 2009 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, NY. One in three orders will get tickets if you mailed in on the first postmark. Sunday, April 26, 2009 at the XL Center in Hartford, CT. Everyone who mailed in will get tickets. Tuesday & Wednesday, April 28 & 29, 2009 at The IZOD Center in East Rutherford, NJ. Everyone who mailed in will get tickets. Friday and Saturday, May 1 & 2, 2009 at Wachovia Spectrum in Philadelphia, PA. May 1 - Everyone who mailed in will get tickets. May 2 – One in 1.5 orders will get tickets. Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at All State Arena in Chicago, IL. Everyone who mailed in will get tickets. Thursday, May 7, 2009 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, CO. Everyone who mailed in will get tickets. Saturday, May 9, 2009 at The Forum in Los Angeles, CA. Everyone who mailed in will get tickets. Sunday, May 10, 2009 at Shoreline Amphitheatre In Mountain View, CA. For reserved one in three orders will get tickets if you mailed in on the first postmark. For lawn, everyone who mailed in will get tickets. We are waiting for the last bit of mail postmarked the 13th to arrive before starting the ticketing process. Orders that we are unable to fill from MSG, Spectrum and Shoreline reserved will be will be returned before we start the ticketing process. Tickets will start going out in the next few weeks. Outlet on sale dates for this tour are listed on dead.net
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I tried to post the email that I just received from GDTS Too regarding the status of mail order. I guess that it is too big, so here is a summary. With exception of MSG, Philadelphia (May 2), and Shoreline (reserved seats), everyone who requested tickets will get them. If you have a postmark for the first day of mail order, you have a 1 in 3 chance of tickets for MSG and Shoreline reserved. You have a 1 in 1.5 chance for Philadelphia on May 2. Here is the rest: "We are waiting for the last bit of mail postmarked the 13th to arrive before starting the ticketing process. Orders that we are unable to fill from MSG, Spectrum and Shoreline reserved will be will be returned before we start the ticketing process. Tickets will start going out in the next few weeks. Outlet on sale dates for this tour are listed on dead.net"
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ONCE upon a time there was a large population occupying a large hunk of land between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. All television and photography was in black and white because in fact black and white was all there was. Five magicians looked at this from their particular perspective near the Pacific Ocean and said, "Well, this is okay but it COULD be so much better..." With that they waved their magic music wands and suddenly the world became purple, yellow, aquamarine and even translucent. Refrigerators walked the earth and amoebas grew to the size of apes, while planes began to fly underground and moles burrowed through the air. Stars and planets reached out to shake the hands of the gobsmacked earthlings, and the cartwheel became the new ambling shuffle. This golden gleaming terrain-and-mind-enhancing music-magic continues to speel out and as of press time, it is difficult to imagine that it will ever stop.
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Has anything been confirmed on the opening act for the 09 tour? My Morning Jacket would be cool....
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Just exactly perfect. If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake
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Seems to me that the Boys should have booked more than one show at the Garden. The good news is that I am definitely seeing them at Nassau, while I have a 33% chance to be at the Garden show. All in all, I can't complain. "Let there be songs to fill the air."
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hey guys, im a fellow lover of the grateness of the dead and i was turned on to the dead this past summer by an old dead head, who has followed these guys around almost all his life...i started hanging out with him, everyday a party you know, he taught me the dead ways, not that i didnt already know them myself, im what you might call a natural...lol...im a natural born hippie...product of my raising...i can find beauty with a sore eye, after my first concert in washington dc at the 930 club seeing dark star, the tribute band....i fell absolutely tee totally in love with them, their music, their words and the meanings behind them. i came home and started looking them up on youtube, and after a while became very familiar wtih all their songs...i love any music that has soul to it....this band is by far the best, and i only wish i could have seen jerry!! if i could go back in time, thats exactly where i'd go....when jerry was still alive and everyone was diggin the good tunes and good vibes...good souls, understanding people, the kind of people that make this world all the better to be apart of...i want to surround myself with peace loving wind breezin hippies, this past year has been rough for me and i've lost alot of confidence along the way, im ready to roll away the dew so that sweet winds can blow my way...im ready to forget my troubles and dance them away....im ready to let go of these negative people in my life and surround myself by good hearted free spirits, people like myself...i've suffered myself, by trying to help others come out of the shadows and into the light but in the end i realized i was being dragged into the dark, and drained of my energy, i used to carry the sun in my eyes and i want that feeling back....im a very sensitive but strong willed young lady and i desire most to go to atleast one show...im gonna follow my own path and ill go all to nothing to get there...im hoping i will meet alot of familiar souls...that i can connect with. This is me and this is what im about, not just the music, but whats behind the lines, sometimes you cant see the forest for the trees, but i know theres more to it than just the good tunes, its the waves of love and peaceful serenity, brotherhood, mind alternative people, who want the same things i want, i could go on and on about what could stand a change, but i wont, instead i wont worry about how to survive in the storm but instead how to dance in the rain. alot of nice things go bad out there, it sure is one big wild world!! There comes a point In ones life When you come to realize Who matters, who never did, who wont anymore, and who always will So dont worry about those people from the past Theres a reason why they did not make it to your future
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Chi-town B-o-b - I thought it was an interesting read. It's a popular game among the kids today and many of us have children in the family who find this game wildly attractive. This translates into a wonderful way of introducing the little tykes to the music. I know I'm not alone regarding my belief that many folks would rather hear the kid, grandkid, etc. jamming to the Grateful Dead than the stuff playing on the commercial radio stations today. I didn't say I agreed with their reviews. Please don't shoot the messenger. One man gathers what another man spills.
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You are on the right path - get away from the bad and surround yourself with the good. This tour is going to rejuvenate a lot of people myself included and I cannot wait. I hope you can get yourself to a show or 2. Take care.. "Everybody's braggin' and drinking that wine, I can tell the queen of diamonds by the way she shines. Come to daddy on an inside straight, well I've got no chance of losing this time"
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It's BRAGGING ??? all these yrs I thought it was Bringing!! ha ha, learn something new everyday!! PEACE
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"thesteam - this place is about respecting others To say "Go away little person." is not the way we talk to each other around here. We may disagree with another person but we do not insult them. Some of us try to spread good vibes around here. Are you kind? " Are you kidding? I WAS extremely kind to the person that called, The Dead, a "really good cover band". As far as your comment to me... "Are you kind?" I assume that is a quote from Uncle John's Band. Here is a quote for you as well... "If I had me a shotgun, I'd blow you straight to hell." From Candyman :) Please allow others to have opinions, even if it includes, name calling. SSSSSSSSSheesh! OK??????
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i appreciate your time of day to take my situation into consideration, as for me, my name is brittney, my momma calls me lola, cause im crazy and adventurous. I have never been to a dead show, but i've watched plenty on dvd and still got off just as much...im in college now its an online course for massage therapy, im into natural healing more of a holistic view on life....i believe in a higher power, i believe we all can tap into this inner power with enough meaning behind it....i go around with a smile, instead of a frown....i try to have self control over my feelings and frustrations, i've realized that if you can find entertainment out of those so called stressful situations, you wont find your self getting upset and uptight, instead loose and fun. I live in martinsburg wv i've always been a country girl. born and raised most of my family are good county folks....i was raised on a farm around horses, and i rode alot....i miss it, and hopefully oneday i will be able to raise my future kids on a green pastured farm, i know it was fun for me, and made me unique and different, it taught me responsibility, and love for my family, as well as the horses. I trained them, and it was as if we could understand each other, i fine tune myself to others feelings and pick up alot from people...i guess you could call me a people studier....if someone is feeling a certain way, i can pick up on it and feel their pain/happiness/nervousness....sometimes its not so good, thats why i try to use meditation, a sense of washing away...and letting go...I love to camp out, in fact i own a small trailer that is sitting on a piece of land near the potomac river, its acutally a big campground, its my paradise, and my get a way spot, theirs lots of woods to go hiking in, and nature to be adored, usually people ride golf carts around the park...alot of people go there too, the whole park is surrounded by the river, theres cliffs that people jump off from tehre that are 90ft from the water!! i've jumped before, i am a big dare devil....always have been since a young kid, i loved rollercoasters and bunji jumping!! i like to walk on the wild and dangerous side....i've tried and dabbled into a lot of things in my life....and i dont regret none of it....my camper is all set up, i've got grateful dead bear door beads from www.hippieshop.com also glow in the dark groovy peace signs on teh walls and ceilings...i've got blacklights disco ball...its all shagged out...and the all time greatest party spot....theres also a fire pit, thats where im usually at in the night time, if im not out skinny dippin in the river, lol...i've been swimmin on some cold nights when no one else would...lol i really do love the water especially when im in my fantasy world:) i love to have fun, and get away from reality every now and then...its a nice vacation. im very spiritual, i belive in evolution i dont really buy the whole adam and eve story...however, incase you didnt know, there was another woman created before eve...if your into that stuff....her name was lilith, and she wanted equality, half and half, man and woman....but they wouldnt have it and banished her and created eve....to me im more into the big band theory...atom and egg collide causing supernova blast, and creation of the planets...its pretty crazy how the whole thing is set up....its almost like there has to be some mastermind behind the veil...or could it just simply be natures laws???
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Couldnt agree more with you fleaflicker. Late 80s into 90s and Jerrys passing were the low point for the band and the fan base. anyone thats been to a Phil or RD show in the past few years or the Dead 03, 04, can tell you when theyre in that groove its better than ever. Cover band???? Hardly!!! The fans are different too. A lot of old timers (like me) are back on the bus and the youngsters seem to have that spirit of long ago. Of course we'll never replace the 70's. "People joinin hand in hand, while the music plays the band, Lord theyre settin us on fire."
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On a good night it was bettern the best sex. The interplay between each other, the sometimes silent, somtimes thundering ques, the ability of any one member to lead the rest of the band down a new path with a simple phrase or chord was improvisation at its finest. Never stuctured, always right on the edge. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't. On a bad night like a plane crash. Did someone say coverband??? Who else can pull off Merle Haggard and the Stones in the same set. The mix of country, folk, bluegrass, jazz, blues, and straight ahead rock and roll have never been equalled. Uncle Bobo said it best "Theyre not only the best at what they do, theyre the only ones who do what they do" And then there was the cat in the GD movie "The bottom line is quite simply stated, there is NOTHING like a Grateful Dead concert
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Phatmoe-yeah im using a wii-its not hard,just takes gettin used to-cept the damn batteries keep dyin on the wireless remote-need to get that charger!---------------OK the real reason I posted--Did anyone see the boys on utube at the ball??YIKES!! I hope they do some rehearsing before the tour cuz I gutta tell ya-I was NOT IMPRESSED!I hope what I saw/heard was mostly due to bad footage/audio.Because to be perfectly honest-they sounded terrible!maybe It was an off-night(we've all seen those)and maybe the circumstances were a little too weird for them to get into it(I HOPE)Im starting to think someone else might fit better than warren.Im sure THE DEAD will have good and bad shows-just hope my wife and I see a good one(FOR $435.00 A PAIR!!!!)tigerlily-hope you didnt take offense when I said your picture was freakin me out-I LIKE BEIN FREAKED OUT!!! smiles-G
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Not at all offended, all's good! Don't think will change it just yet either :-D Like to be looking at who am talking too. ********************************** It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine
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name calling and threats are not opinions, they are name calling and threats may the shell from your shotgun aimed at me turn to flowers of peace If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake