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    aww man
    jeez. thats too bad.Peace, The Kid
  • johnman
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    NO SHIT???????
    aw, man..........
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    Thanks MS
    I saw Merl with JGB a few times and spoke with him briefly at the Stone on Broadway in SF. He was a great musician and a wonderfully warm human being. The world was a better place for him having lived in it.
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    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/
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    I believe in Miracles
    I beleive in miracles!!
  • deadheadkid
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    nice marye
    very nice. congratulations, you win a fabulous prize! a three year old pit bull.garbled indeedy. Peace, The Kid
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    Wow marye!
    You got it girl!!
  • marye
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    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.
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    nice CC
    very nice CC. god if wong sees that this place is gonna be censored like that. *snaps fingers* i gotta riddle for yall.whance that april withe the shoore soote..... finish the quote Peace, The Kid
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    anyone else anagram fans?? anagram for 'courtesan' "A sore cunt" yuk yuk yuk. ( -: peace.
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continuing the free-form from where we left it...
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I did love Buffalo Springfield... Safe travels, Dewey.
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"I am a child, I'll last awhile"
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There are some really fine photos of the GOGD if you key in "egyptian backdrop" on the search feature on this site. Thank you, dead.net!
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Congrats to Alison and Robert, big winners at the Grammys tonight. (In your face Ne-Yo, nyah nyah nyah Coldplay, neener neener neener Li'l Wayne (bleh), and sorry 'bout your luck Radiohead) Good job T-bone. ********************************************* **************This space for rent***************** *********************************************
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Bob's birthday is today (12th) so I hope you have a Grate day. XXXOOOO********************************** It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine
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Hope you have a beutiful day !! Peace & sunshine to all !!
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You and Abe, what a day. Have a grate one. If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake
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Have a wonderful birthday! Conversation is always more interesting than recitation, so speak your mind and not someone else's.
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Thanks everybody yesterday was Charles Darwin's birthday also Bob - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spanish Jam
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hi, does anybody out there know if the Grateful Dead's banner still hangs in the rafters at Madison Square Garden. I used to go to N.Y. Ranger hockey games there when I was a little kid and started seeing concerts there when I was about 12. I think I was at the shows when the banner went up and was never so proud to be a "deadhead" and see it hanging up there with all the great Ranger and Knicks teams.
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Happiest of days to you all !!!!To a wonderful family of friends, may your day be full of peace and love.
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I decided what I want to be when I grow up.....a Bartender!So I just enrolled in Bartending school to get some more experience! Wish me luck I start school monday!!! Who needs a drink....coming right up!! he he!! cheers!! Peace,Gigi
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make mine a rum sour golden rum and easy on the sugar. No cherry please! and have one for yourself too :-)
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that sounds like a fun job....i'll have a pint of guinness and my wife wants a margerita straight up no salt with cuervo...good luck at school
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MSG? from the wilds of the arid rice fields of Issaan.... still seeking 2 tix for MSG, please. anywhere. I'll pay face plus fees or shipping whatever. please email to spamisbadkarma@yahoo.com peace.
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that i really CAN get a ticket for shoreline.........oh please terp....the miracle!! ha?
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Hi! ************************************** *The white zone is for loading and unloading only* **************************************
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Hi! Twenty hours, couldn't post, now I can't remember what I was going to say. Dang. ************************************** *The white zone is for loading and unloading only* **************************************
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Good move on the bartendin. Bartenders make pretty good money in tips and it is alot of fun once you get your regulars. I myself delivered pizzaz for Papa Johns and Pizza Hut for ten years.LOTS OF FUN!!!"You can never stop learning," P.S. Always tip your pizza driver! Phatmoye
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hey bella, still got the shop/deli,? still gonna send you the venetian mask when is done. hope you are well. rock on mom.
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mom, you do mail order on veggie sandwiches? ahhh, fuck it! I'll have a gabba goul, onion, and sun dried tomato, and my old lady will have the buffalo mozzarel and fresh tomato. ahh, just cut 'em in half and we'll share. Something that would NOT happen at Mom's Grateful deli! peace.
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Thanks I should be bar tending really soon I'll let you know where I work!!!! I graduate next week I hope!! Mail order a sandwich hehehee, it might get cold! Peace,Gigi <3
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i know there is some awards or something topic somewhere, but I forgot where and I'm too lazy to look... BUT I nominate our very own Cosmic Badger for crreating the BEST POST EVER and FRIGGING FUNNIEST POST EVER award!!!! re-printed here WITHOUT permission: On March 18th, 2009 cosmicbadger said: "making the perfect Martini ......the thing is that when Galileo decided that the earth went round the sun he was thinking in the same way that Timothy Leary did except in a different dimension many years later..this thought occurred to me while I was inventing a new recipe for beef stroganoff during the brief period that I worked as a sous-chef under the Great Escoffier. I tend to find that I have many thoughts like this especially when I am in the presence of the many great people who have crossed my path during their lives..but I digress. I think it may be something to do with my genes that, as the great Darwin said, ensure that only the fittest survive...but of course that depends on what you mean by survival..it could be in the literal sense, but me personally, I like to consider survival as a metaphysical extension of my id..in that way I suppose that I am a sort of renaissance man but transported somehow to the present day. In this way I can very much relate to that wonderful Grateful Dead song ..how does it go...'my time coming any day don’t worry ‘bout me no’ ..of course I met the great John Perry Barlow once, or rather my Albanian nephew met someone who knew him on a chairlift on a skiing holiday in Venezuela..talking of which, that Hugo Chavez is quite a dude I should say..sticking it to Uncle Sam the way he does, but as for myself I have been rereading the writings of Sir Oswald Mosely; if you read his words carefully as I have done you might find that he has more truths to share with us all than some would have you think. Well as I have always said “you can’t have too much of a good thing” so I ‘ll be sure to let you know some more of my thoughts on this and other matters real soon. Peace y’all." On March 18th, 2009 cosmicbadger said this!!! just thinking of the title makes me laugh. thanks man, I'm gonna Cheerfully Chuckle all night. peace.
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hmmm his title could have been: 'I was drinking perfect martinis all night in KL...."
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should we count how many times he said "I" in that masterpiece? The writing style is vaguel familiar somehow********************************** It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine
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is "guffaw" spelled with two f's?.....i read the post when it went up and considering what it followed......heeheehee
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You were correct! Thinking of Cosmicbager as Comicbadger today :-) ********************************** It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine
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in all cases and in all spellings, johnman is correct. caroline
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Cuz it's Cosmicbadger's big special birthday today! 3 cheers for Badger!! Health and happiness to you 50 times over, Brother Badger. ********************************** It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine
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What DID happen to the Pure Jerry aisle in the store? It was there for a few hours, then disappeared. Teasing us again? And Happy Birthday Badger! I remember 50....nuff said!
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Special birthday greetings to Badger, and happy Equinox to everyone else, Vernal or Autumnal as appropriate for your hemisphere. And for those living on the Equator, whichever way your pleasure tends! Conversation is always more interesting than recitation, so speak your mind and not someone else's.
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He who must not be named can put THAT in their Castle & smoke it :) Happy Birthday Badger :) & CONGRATS to StaggerGigi ~ the Coolest Bartender Evah !! PEACE
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badger badger.....i was fifty for a whole year...i drank beer and everything......
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And he was born into this world. He blessed those he met with his words of wisdom some years later. May you have a glorious day Cosmic! Hippie, Happy, Birthday! _____________________________________________ Will you come with me? Once in awhile you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right!
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Someones gotten older??? HAPPY BIRTHDAY DUDE!!!"The older the bull, the stiffer the horn" Peace-
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This is a good time to have been born, the awakening of spring. Welcome to your 2nd half century. If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake
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Happy birthday Badger!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cosmic Badger Cosmic Badger what's up with you You travel so far, that's what you do To 'WhereverthefuckitisStan' you flew Go on home, Mrs Badger's calling you Cooking up a pot of badger stew Light the fire -- put it under you Out the window a Great Tit flew Go on home, Mrs Badger's calling you Now you have just one more chance We all wanna see the Badger dance Trippin out and in a trance Poke my eyes, with a lance Meeting you in an airport bar Looking at the sky we see Dark Star Drinking beers all during the day My ears are clogged, 'what did you say?' You said you're a badger or are you a skunk Don't really know but there's a funk Is it you or is it me? Don't know, but CC's gotta pee CC Joe, the cops are on to you You are taking so damn long in the loo What you got there in your hand? What comes out is dry like sand You're feeling that 'itch' aren't you? Your old lady knows what you wanna do Poor old CC, please don't feel blue Turning her back she's just stalling you Stalling you Stalling you Stalling you Stalling you Maybe later, she says with a sigh Old CC is starting to cry No worries, mate. She's joking with you Get in bed, she says to you Get in bed, she'll be kind to you Get in bed, she'll be kind to you Get in bed, she'll be kind to you KIND TO YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! here's to another 50 years! image hosted by ImageVenue.com
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the ugliest badger I have ever seen and I have seen quite a few having lived in Wisconsin for years. I think cosmicbadger may still be recovering from the culture shock when I had him look at all sorts of youtube videos of Wisconsin Badger fans and their alternate ego's as Packer Cheeseheads. Made him listen to lots of bad polka. I think it gave him a better understanding of my upbringing and outlook on life and allowed him to truly explore his deep hidden essense. If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake
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to badger may the next 50 be as much fun as the last 50
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from this: to this: ultimately to this: quite a jump there, hal... glad you made it to the other side of the rabbit hole so to speak. I went from this: to this: ultimately to this: troubled, disjointed, jumbled youth I had... peace.
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another geezer trying to capture those daze of yore:
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ahh, I fucked up my vid placement again... this should have been hal's last vid: and this should have been my first: I wish we could edit. loses the effect when I screw these things up. peace.
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for the Birthday wishes and fun. As for being 50 well I don't feel any older or wiser, but I feel have a better excuse for being forgetful and going on about how things used to be :-) you are all great!