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  • liketohike
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    Ok, so after much thought and consideration here are my "deserted island 5": 1. Pink Floyd- Meddle. Floyd is my all-time favorite band and this album reminds me of "tuning in and dropping out" early in my high school days. I also am reminded of the house we lived in during high school with the windows ipen and the cool spring breeze blowing in while rolling bones with my mom and step dad. 2. DJ Shadow- Endtroducing. This album is electronic "trip hop" and was my first and best taste of what a DJ and two turntables can produce. This album also takes me back to my rave days from the ages of 16-25 and all the crazyness that encompasses 3. M.I.A.- Arular-young adulthood memories, discovering new music and genres. Great beats and fun rhythms to keep things light and interesting. She puts on an amazing show, I saw her in Chicago at Lollapalooza and she was climbing on the scaffolding to the dismay of her managers. She also had laryngitis from touring so much but she still put her whole heart in the peformance. 4. Modest Mouse- The Moon and Antartica- reminds me of travelling between home and hometown between the big city and the rual prarieland...flat, flat, flat. Also, one of my favorite live acts discovered in my early twenties..saw them once on my bday and they signed this canvas bag I bought after the show with "Happy Birthday Holly!" I was so HAPPY! 5. The Squirrel Nut Zippers- Perennial Favorites. Big Band Swing, what can I say? Discovered in my teens love at first hearing. Katherine Whalen does amazing things with her voice and sounds straight out of 1930. A good album to keep around and would add variety to my "island 5" This is good exercise in choice. There is a lot of music and or songs that I may enjoy more than these but they are not included on one album. Some of my top 5 songs are all on different albums and the rest of each album I could take or leave. Since this was about whole albums for the rest of my life on the island these are my picks. 10 years from now these choices could be totally different. Thanks rrrgrrr for challenging us to "make up our minds"...did you ever have to finally decide?
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    Jeff glad you chimed in....this is indeed what I hoped we would become, a family united by Jerry, but much more diverse than that alone.....I as well ordered Boxzilla....but will keep it under wraps....since the desert island selection began, I know it's blasphemy but I tuned away from SXM 23, first time in like a year and am enjoying EVERYTHING else.... like a kid in a candy store..... Been listening to Springsteen for the first time since 2012 and just re registered with a Bruce live torrent site....soooo many SBDs out there.....so little time....if you'd like some live music, just ask it's an email away..... Say hi to Pam..... and yes everybody knows THIS is nowhere.....
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    Grate recollections here of late. Thanks to all Sunshine Daydreamers and friends for sharing your amazing memories. Please keep ‘em coming! Maybe we should consider a gathering where we could swap more stories and trade digital files of musical treasures. Our Pic-A-Nic in Chicago was a trip to be sure, but there wasn’t much time for subtleties – we were preoccupied with a more pressing mission over at Soldier Field. . . The Desert Fives have been perfect palette-cleansing diversions as we await the 30 Trips Box. One of my favorite tales was Rich's paean to Elaine a la Neil Young. Neil had a way of helping you ease past the many disappointments of teenage. I’ll never forget watching the sun rise over the Arkansas River to the strains of “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere” after my “this-is-the-one” girlfriend broke up with me following our high school graduation and prom the night before (also my birthday). Neil understood! I've been blown away by the breadth and sophistication of y'all's lists and posts. Having come of age in somewhat of a musical backwater, I’m impressed and more than a little envious of the killer 60’s and 70’s music many of you witnessed firsthand. Even though there was less musical diversity to choose from, my Desert Five all came from those days when I was a wide-eyed, hormone-drenched teenager in the Arkansas Delta. Those are still the tunes that strike the deepest chords. Thank goodness for KAAY FM's midnight Bleecker Street out of Little Rock which was my sole alternative to AM bubblegum. Don't get me wrong, cruising cotton fields and levees on the way to bonfires on river sandbars with a little smoke and PBRs and the Woodstock soundtrack or the White Album or Sly or ___ on the 8-track provided many a fine memory (many of which I'm sure I can't recall) . . . and every now and then events like SDS meetings in Little Rock would punctuate the mundane with wisps of "exotic" music from the great beyond . . . In that world, we bought LP’s at places like JC Penney and Sears. Record shops were still a few years away in Pine Bluff. I discovered Disraeli Gears and Ars Nova at a head shop during a Latin/French Club field trip to New Orleans in '68. We thought things like an unknown Elton John opening for Chicago in Memphis were real discoveries. That's why I'm fascinated when I read posts from those who grew up in/near the City with cutting-edge radio programming and hip record stores not to mention vibrant club scenes and free concerts and FM streams of yet-to-be-mainstreamed artists. Once I got to college, I began a round of musical "catch up" that I'm still enjoying today. And back to the Desert Fives – Surely I’m not the only one that keeps remembering LP’s that got left off of my Short List. Ummagumma, Caravanserai, Hejira, Band of Gypsys, Burgers, Mad Dogs & Englishmen, All Things Must Pass, New Morning, Darkness and Scattered Light, Live at Leeds, Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine, Tarkus, Blows Against the Empire, Roll Over, Wake of Poseidon . . . And back to the Grateful Dead – This forum, especially the Desert Five Diversion, has been just exactly perfect for preparing for 30 Trips to rumble into town. I’ll be ready with fresh ears. Even managed to score a few Dogfish Head American Beauties last week “out in the west Texas town of El Paso.” Onward y’all!
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    Of course, they do! But, sometimes the melody is enough for me. *HaHa* Sir Paul is singing "We Can Work it Out" in the background. I'm peeling my eyes off the monitor for the evening. Good night! p.s. Never had the privilege of seeing Springstein. On his way to being the Woody Guthrie of our generation? A discussion for another day.
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    Waiting for Columbus....?????Trade anything but Dylan.... Keep those choices.... Blah blah blah....... Boom Chaka laka!! Lyrics matter!!!!!
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    What could I trade for some Feat? Hmm... There are songs I listen to for the sheer sound of them, I couldn't care less about the lyrics (Obla Di Obla Da!) But, then there are the songs that I love. That's a different story.
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    wow....got to the encore.....and you are right.....seen many a Bruce show, ain't never seen that...nor heard it.... I also am a lyric person, and and lyric subtlety aficionado..... ....marye, I want a mulligan, I will swap out anything but Layla and other assorted love songs for Bruce 8/9/78 at the Agora.....on my island....amazing show.... And that's why I play this game....!!!!
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    Glad to see da dus is rolling along smoothly...gotta pick up all the children to take em back to school or the mines...Man I miss summer vacation as a youth. Just not the same as an adult.
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    the thing that blew the top of my head off in real time, listening to the scratchy radio broadcast, and every time I've heard it in the ensuing getting-on-40 years, is Fourth of July, in a version that as far as I know was made up on the spot and never repeated--"Sandy, the angels have lost their desire for us," and extended riffing on the fireworks being Angels on Harleys coming down from heaven, etc. I admit it, I'm a lyrics freak, but I'm still agog at that one. It's just brilliant. It is also, in a number of ways, Dover Beach in a different idiom.
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    @if your memory serves you well....
    and it indeed does marye...back in the day bought a 3 LP bootleg Live at Winterland December 78 Christmas show recorded off of KSAN....from an old time record store called the Music Box in Queens NY, only guy who had the stones to sell bootlegs..if I'm not mistaken he was the bassist for a NYC punk band called Tuff Darts...their big hit was Your Love Is Like Nuclear Waste.....bad boy cost me like $50 at the time...blind pig records if I recall...played it til I wore it out....now it's on a torrent website free and without pops n clicks...technology....and thanks, got Agora 8/78 and it is a smoking show....never heard it before... I so do miss the 70's..
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NO!!!! What a headline...tell me more? Thought for sure, "there's no place like home...there's no place like home." (red ruby pumps "clicking")
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and i cant find my 4 year old sandals that really stink but have that broken in just right feel before they get a little sticky in the heat. Do I even have time to ready a new pair? The sun's warming and its just about time to pack away the socks until fall. Orioles home opener in a week and a half, Dear Jerry in 44, Rush end of May, Chicago to crown it all. quit playing now, who took my sandals?
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rrrrrgrrrrr may have left the building but he got no ride....that meek chick from Kansas clicked the hooves with bells what she stole from the broad under the double wide.... @Rush.... we are the priests of the Temple of Syrinx....saw Rush since 1974..... Geddy, Alex and Neil said the McKenzie brothers...Bob and Doug.... ka rooo ka koo ka roo ka koo.... How's it goin' eh? Anyone...SCTV? I'm sick of being Mr. T
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Coo coo cooo.Like I said I was left to my own devices as a kid, when the Mckenzie brothers were recording LPs I was stealing them And George carlin from My older sis to get in a good laugh. Take off eh? That should explain lots. Rich, you sure you're a red blooded american?, you seem to know a lot about canadian culture. Maybe you just had a stong signal across the border:) it was fun playing today, ...or was it all a dream We dreamed one afternoon on the Go?
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Great post brotha....loved it!! So been there/done that... Chicago definitely milestone this summer, then the mighty 75th @ Sturgis in August. CAN'T WAIT !!! Please, Lord....help me see September !!
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Thanks to Dorothy the meek, I am home safely... Night all, eh?
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Can we put rgggrrrrr at the wheel of the ship/car/bus/train ? Either one of those vehicles or all of them at once, I think he can handle it. I would feel all at once safer and immensely frightened (how do you say it a scary sort of safe) knowing that he could spin us out of Never Never land and over the rainbow and off to willow farm without missing a beat or without missing, 9, 11, or 7 beats depending. -- Tom
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Back off, hoser. I saw Rush too, '83 I think. Power Windows Tour. Stole my took right off my head (It's a beauty way to go).
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Thanks Uncle rrrrrgrrrrr !! And now to get my old avatar back...hmmmm????
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You don't know how it feels to be.....T Hey boy, you mighty fine in them jeans! Waiting on my old avatar.... I miss Jerry....
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I'm just saying' rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr promised some sort of welcome AFTER I arrived. So I'm late, but at least I made it. No welcome whatsoever. What's a resigned and reinstated mayor supposed to think of this? (Too tedious to go back through previous posts unless someone points me to which page.)
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And hey dude, wish I could tell you what page...it was days and days ago.
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I speak on behalf of all the citizens of Daydreamer land, those to the left, those to the right, those down low, and those who are high, and you know who you are, eh? Mike aka Klangstone.... So glad you made it! You missed the festivities, funds ran out, so from now on its BYOB and smoke em if you got em.... Make yourself at home, few rules.....we are a tolerant lot....but on behalf of the organization....problems with ticketing, Shapiro, TM can go to another sub forum... We are DA...deadheads anonymous, here to help each other, support each other, lift each other up, make each other laugh and comfort each other when we need to cry....next stop on our journey is Chicago.... But....we are forever....
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a ticketless daydreamer crazy? put him/her in a round room, and tell 'em there is an all access laminate in the corner......
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Don't you worry, Boo469 - you KNOW you're Chi-Town bound AND in the building all three nights. It'll happen bro !! Very strong network of SD peeps here to assure that. In fact, I believe James is heading that up. Cheers !!!
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Really...we can't change our avatars...guess the jokes on us..... Help Cecil help!!!!!!
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Every time I select my new one the damn Hawk returns. Pesky little fowl is haunting me !! Then again, I could be stuck w/ Mr. T.
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hey tony - check your PM
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You back to normal or still the meek from Kansas???? I know Fred's still the Poobah Cmon guys.... Please???? Watching Delirious yet again.... Love the Goonie Goo Goo bit And to whomever misspelled touque...not took... Take off ya hoser!!!! How about a beer, eh? , It's all good here in the Cumberland mine...
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right now I'm more worried that we can't change avatar, it was easy last week
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Sick joke here... We got pranked
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ya, I can't get this monkey off my back.... I did find a nice train ride for less than $150.00 round trip so now tickets and a place to rest my weary bones....
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Here is what you do: 1) Go to edit, insert passwod, and check the box "delete picture". Hit save; 2) Log out; leave the page totally, leave dead.net (I know, it hurts, but relax); 3) Log back in, note that there is no picture, you are merely a shadow of your former self; 4) Continue messing around, with no picture, do this for a day or so; 5) Go back to your account, log in and choose new picture. Hit save; That should get you your new/old avatar back. The point is that you have to let dead.net relax a couple of days after making a change, before hitting him with a new change. He is elderly and set in his ways, and he has to get used to the idea you messed with him. It'll be ok, honest. ciao- geofredpoobahmeister
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Thanks...back to the salt mine...or the Cumberland Mine with visual anonymity... and hoss....we are only as old as we feel.... Party on my wayward kitties... Elvis is back in the building....but sorry no food .... Gotta make your own supper at least til the Great and Powerful gets some spare change.... When it's ready you will know!!!! Gotta make it just exactly perfect!!!!!
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Even tho tonights table is barren, our souls are over flowing with yadayadayadaLet's all send out good vibes to my Canadian gal Joni Mitchell who collapsed and is in hospital in California
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How's it goin eh? The circle game that looked at clouds from low and high east and west... You turn me on I'm a radio.... Priceless.... If there Is blessing to be had oh great one.... God bless Joni Mitchell.... Amen.... Help Cecil help!!!!!!! We need divine intervention...not ready to give up on her.... Miles of aisles with Pat Metheny....makes me weak in these bees knees
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Just read this on the big board for anyone looking for a hotel: extra room Hey all I have a hotel room booked for 3 nights in Chicago that I will not be using. Before I cancel my reservation I wanted to see if any one here could use it. I want NO money for the room just want to transfer reservation to someone who can use it. It is the Hampton Inn & Suites Chicago North Shore 5201 Old Orchard Road Skokie (Illinois), IL 60077. The price I got hotel for through booking.com was $597 check in fri and out mon If you want it please pm me. Thanks
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She needs to get in that big yellow taxi taking her back safely home from the hospital.
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Check your electronic mail buddy!
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....the weekend... and I have Friday on my mind! To those amongst us who celebrate Passover or Easter..... have a happy, healthy and grate celebration with friends and family... someone said I should brive the dus? I vote to let the dus brive us..... If Totem is around...someone tell him I lost track of the countdown.... may God bless us all... Ralph Cramden....the artist formerly known as rrrrrgrrrrr....
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I second that, rrrrrgrrrrr, and want to wish all SD'ers where applicable, a blessed Good Friday, and a joyous Passover or Easter. I'm on business travel next week out the the left coast (SFO) but as always, checking mail. BTW, rrrrrgrrrrr, I believe Totem is out of pocket for a few days on a camping trip. But it is 4/3 today and the first show is 7/3 so that's an easy one for us :-) Cheers everyone !!
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Wishing you all a wonderful happy and healthy and meaningful holiday, and weekend. I hope to meet you all soon when we get together In the promised land
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And apparently, Theravada New Year is tomorrow... Blessings on all your weekend :) See you sooner.
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welcome back...and partake in all that is offered, we lost our food n liquor license...the munchkins ratted on us....but Poohbah, Foghorn n myself are working on its restoration... For now we are the Mission in the Rain.... But make yourself at home....
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Am I still Mr T?....
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check pm
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Ah well - the rain subdues my appetite anyhow. The Mission offers shelter from the storm though and it's all so beautiful... gosh dang. By the time we have the table all set again, I'm sure my appetite will be raging. Until then... a cozy home it is.
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Delete mr t, wait at least 2 DAYS with him deleted (go about your normal postings), then go back and add new picture. if same old pic appears, u didn't wait long enuf CHEERS uncle r-gurgle-is! says the mayor back from sabbatical. this message official sponsored by Klangstone Productions Ltd. ASCAP all rights reserved
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+1 AMEN to the previous posts!
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.....in the park, Everyday's the fourth of July.... Whether you're waiting on Moses come ridin up on a quasar or looking at that angel standing in the sun, who's crying in a loud voice.... K.....nuff preaching, this isn't religious education.... BTW did anyone see the Dark Side of the Moon last night, aka the total lunar eclipse of the Blood Moon.... Way cool.... Getting ready to go down to the mountain drink me some wine.... be kind kitties, stay on your paths... If you stray check in here to deadheads anonymous.... Secret Password is... I'm a Dead head and I miss Jerry.....
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You the mayor round these parts?
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Yes in deed, the honorable Mayor Klangstone does preside round these parts. He must be temporarily indisposed or maybe just off on Saturdays. Upon his immenant return you shall be granted audience with his frugalness.
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is he a good mayor or a bad mayor? Did he get elected? Who ran against him??? Just getting the lay of the land..... peace peeps....
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Our beloved Mayor Klangstone has been detected, selected and elected on two occasions. He has also been corrected many times. He is the only mayor we have ever known. The infamous Rob Ford received honorable mention once or twice, but Mayor Klangstone was obviously far more colorful.
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As James said his Frugalness is a good man, might be in over his head but a good man...actually the only man for the job....Marion Barry declined....Rob Ford abdicated prior to us getting swept up in that Alberta clipper a few days ago...eh? And to Mr Miller, thanks brah.....out herding cats in the back 40... Thanks for holding down the Ponderosa in my absence.... Where's Klang when ya need him, Mr Mayor please greet that Brother/ sister from Alberquerque, it's one of your new jobs as Mayor....official SD greeter...don't forget the welcome packet..... Ok I'm out to change the litter, damn you kitties eat too much..... have a good Saturday afternoon....
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Nothing to say....just thought it's cool to be #400...... just my OCD.....