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  • Totem
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    Today's Countdown brought to you by....
    Unicorns and Dolphins! Don't worry about how long it is to the shows, we'll get there eventually if we just stop and just smell the cow patties. Peace and Love and Harmony and My Little Ponies. (actually the new My Little Ponies rocks! I watch it with my 4-year old everyday). P.S. The above is just a box of satirical humor. Believe it if you need it, if you don't just pass on sending a PM. P.S.S. Love will see you through, but laughter will get you here! P.S.S.S What would Jerry say?
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    Blended Baby Blue Bugs Blood Blotches, Chapter 4
    As it rained, the windshield wipers made a merry mess of our late friends, the Blue Bugs, and we rolled down the highways with the Blue Meanies on one side and Sargent Peppers on the other...tunes blasting out and we are all singing along...guess what? The rain washed off the bugs, the windshield cleared, the rain stopped, the skies parted and a rainbow appeared on the horizon. We had made it safely through yet another moment in time, magical as it was... The Moral my friends? If you are traveling down life's highways and something starts bugging you, and it gets thick, and you can't see through the haze, much like our Blended Baby Blue Bugs Blood Blotches did to us, just slow down, let it rain, continue on the journey and embrace it with song. Let the spirit of the adventure be greater than the blending of the blotches. Let the rain wash down and clear you thoughts as it cleared our windshield... Let that rain represent the love of friends and family; the raining down of good thoughts, prayers, chants and best wishes. Let the music wrap you like the arms of a lost friend or lover, and be soothed. For soon you will be through the swarm, you will see clearly once again with a rainbow in front, a majestic sunset painting the sky and peaceful breezes of a pleasant evening around you. Peace, best wishes to all...look! A Butterfly! g
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    @Occam's Razor and Alternative Endings
    I though the moral of the story was going to be avoid the bugs if you can, and if you can't, make sure you have extra windshield wiper fluid on the dus. You don't have Love Bugs where you live do you? lol! Watch out for those unicorns in the road! Put down the coffee and pass me one those Genny Screamers.....Vroooom.
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    "Blended Baby Blue Bugs Blood Blotches"
    Great story NEOGEO. You are a great storyteller! Happy Friday peeps! It's gonna be a bright, bright, bright, bright Sunshiney Day... Expecting 105 degrees today here in paradise. Shine those sails and patch those rails, the circus is coming to town...
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    "Da Bugs" Epilogue
    ...never did get busted in that bus, and Brad and I haven't seen each other in decades...perhaps you have a like story, a happenstance you might relate too...perhaps you've driven the bus, ridden the bus, built the bus, or maybe almost got hit by da bus, This Dus has a cool and creative Briver, and He never seems to be concerned if you take the wheel. What brives us actually is you, and you, and me, and thou, and we are all in this together. The Blue Meanies may be TM, the bugs may be the flurry of emotions. We all have our ups and downs, and we all need a break once in awhile or a hug or a good word. You deserve a break as much as our friend smiling right over there with the whipped cream on his chin. Have another, Rich... And have a good day...
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    Nothin' left to do....
    but smile, Smile, SMILE !!!
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    "Da Bugs", Chapter 3
    It was about sunset just before twilight but after the hot sun had made it's trip across the southern sky, and we were rounding a curve not unlike that one rjrrrjrjrrr took at 80 plus where we all held on and sang Ripple together... Brad and I suddenly found ourselves in the swarm of a cloud of bugs, and they hit our windshield like so many spattering raindrops. Were we high? Hah! What do you think...two college kids in a cool vdub bus racing through the countryside on summer's eve? We slowed a bit and hit the windshield wipers a bit and that made a real mess of things. The bugs were blue. Blue Bugs..."They looked like little Baby Bugs", he said; I said Baby Blue Bugs" and that's what started it all: "Look at all the Baby Blue Bug Blotches" "Look, we're covered with Blended Baby Blue Bug Blotches" It started to rain, the windshield wipers were swishing back and forth, soon we had a windshield covered with what we termed forever and ever: "Blended Baby Blue Bugs Blood Blotches" Did we ever get a kick out of that. We sang that phrase every chance we got, as more bugs and rain and sloppy blue who-knows-what covered things, and a cloud of some type of smoke enveloped the bus. Singing, laughing and cutting up....all over a bunch of bugs...and that is the moral to this story friends...
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    "The Bugs", Chapter 2
    Turn down the music you over there...hi Rgrrrgrrr...may I continue? Great to see you here...this little snack has your name on it. Extra whipped cream on top and don't ask for a cherry cause we gave them to the squirrels cause they're cute. My story continues... "Let's paint da Bus!" he said...cool, i said..Rok Bagget was an artist, we could do a wrap around montage all running together, what will be the display. My Brother Steve pitched in to pencil out a design and away we went: "Let's be Sargent Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band" Cool. With the Sun rising in front, large as life band members on one side, the big long glove chasing Blue Meanies on the other side, and rainbows and butterflies on the back. We'll use the bright acrylics and do it up right. It'll be perfect for going back and forth to the University of Alabama down in Tuscaloosa. Better put a Jesus Saves bumper sticker on the back, just for insurance from being stopped by The Man. So we spent a creative weekend painting up Da Bus and had many an adventure traveling through the south in it. The story continues one spring weekend as we were making yet another journey from home to college in the righteously cool bus...
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    feels like a freaking funeral around here... It's just dead space thank you all from my heart for all the well wishes...you are all family... Grab some coffee...it's like this place goes to pot without a briver... If we don't get this jalopy movin soon, you all will be late for the shows! Sarge crank up the old juke box to 11...Puppers choice.... Hey, hey, mama, said the way you move, gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove. Oh, oh, child, way you shake that thing, gonna make you burn, gonna make you sting. Hey, hey, baby, when you walk that way, watch your honey drip, can't keep away. ....you are such a dog! Lazarus out....
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    Story time as we bounce along...."The Bugs", Chapter 1
    Good morning all. Rgrggrrr is taking a much needed break, the engine needs to cool, and the twins in back are getting restless. Before Rgrggrrr stepped off, he said I could tell you guys a story...well, he didn't say no, and matter of fact I didn't ask, but if I did, and he said yes, I could, but since i didn't and he didn't, he didn't actually say no, so that gives me a green light tell one anyway...This is entitled "The Bugs", so grab one of those croissants and the Java Joe and let's enjoy a bit of time together. Back in the Day as they say, in Northern Alabama, we had a grand time being newly minted hippies in a wild underground scene, running around trying to be cool and hip and bohemian all at the same time. It was the late 60's and early 70's, rock and roll was here to stay, Everything was happening allatonce. Long hair cropped up, tie-dye was being worn, and in the South, George Wallace and Lester Maddox were at odds with the new wave of more progressive thought. There were fabled stories of happenings out west and up north, little head-shops sprouting up here and there, it was scandalous and downright frightening to think about lighting up a dube in public. We were one false step away from a wrong turn and the law.Conservative society clashed with liberal youth, and the waning years of an unpopular war was still very real and present in everyone's mind. This Alabama boy was trying to sort it all out and hop on board the right bus...which way to turn, what to see, where to land; it was a time of turmoil, experimentation, joy and wonder for all of us who were coming of age at that time. In 1970 or so that bus took the shape of a brand spanking new Volkswagen camper bus, complete with a cool pop-up which belonged to my long haired red-head friend Brad. Just the vehicle we needed at the perfect time and place. In my family's driveway in Huntsville, in a nice middle class American subdivision, our story begins. I was 18 or 19 at the time, and Brad and I had a plan....
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sorry forgot, So glad you made it.... And yeah next year I call Yogi... boo boo is already taken...
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to the joy that is the celebration of St Dyngus! grab your pussywillows down at the public market next year and be ready! Maybe get a butter lamb for Easter while you're there.
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Today at 10 am est...AmEx and Bills club seat ticket holder presale at Ralph Wilson Stadium went on sale for the Stones...via TM.... Seats not available as of 10:15 am at any price range....place holds 80,000 accounting for floor seats....now being scalped at $2500 per for the good seats.... This system is bullshit, and it's not just about Chicago in July.... BTW limited view seats on sale 4/13/15 to general public.... Smoke em if you got em
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SSIA... thanks for the memories Boo Boo....and it's the Broadway market
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Dostępny Wkrótce! to all scalpers! Yes Broadway, thanks for the correction, public market here in Rochester.
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Oooh deep fried and smothered in grilled onions. Can we have some for dinner?
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Congrats on the duckats... and ....as you wish.... Come back at 6 pm est.... That's when supper is ready.... Side of sour cream and apple sauce.... Bring the beer....
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I can't figure out 80% of what everyone is talking about in here. Some days this sub-forum feels like I walked into a party where everyone else is trippin' and I'm not. Am I the only one?
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And you know something is happening but you don't know what it is...do you Mr. Jones? sorry mkav.... Timothy Leary isn't dead, he's alive and well and fueling the tie dye squirrels, who are running the treadmill powering the minds of the great and near great....
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I'll Let You Be In My Dream If I Can Be In Your Dream
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Now go out on your front porch and sing: Yeah, it's comin' 'long fine And there ain't no water 'round Well if your house catches on fire And there ain't no water 'round Throw the baby out the window Let the god dam shack burn down Come ti yi yippe Ti yi yippee yippee yay Come ti yi yippe Ti yi yippee yippee yay
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Hi campers and camperettes- I've had three different kind folks bring up the fact that the Sunshine Daydream thread seems to be written in code, or that they can't quite get a handle on the issues being discussed. Please keep in mind that our Bus driver and resident wit is channeling the not only the spirit of the GD in their space-jams, but also the personalities of Jack Kerouac, Hunter Thompson, Neal Cassady and the allegorical spaciness inherent in those many years of special Kool-aid tests that Tom Wolfe wrote about so eloquently back in'68. The idea is for all of us to think "out-of-the-box" as we prepare for this grand reunion, or as some might say, just get out-there with it all (in a friendly way). Also, the Merry Pranksters took a bit of a bus ride back in '64, and the spirit of those sketchy fragmented experiences and stories, birthed during that journey, are also prevalent in the various comments we are all reading. As we get closer to our destination, please know that there may be a gradual increase in the number of posts that actually make sense, and will help to guide us to a safe landing. Until then, keep your tin-foil hats on with antennas pointed in the proper direction, tighten those seat-belts and enjoy the ride. For we are not just the best at what we do, we are the only ones that do what we do. cheers- Geo-the-voice-of-reason-meister
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so that's what we're doing? Cool.... Hey you tie dye squirrel...back on the treadmill... take it if you need it if you don't just pass it on.... Rocket J Squirrel.....out!
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This place is going to get stranger, so let's get on with the show, let's go. Next up abstract references to Talking Heads lyrics.
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But ya never know... I'm tense and nervous and I can't relax, I can't sleep cuz my beds on fire Don't touch me I'm a real live wire.... Ya all better run, run, run, run, run away! I'm talking a lot but I'm not saying anything! Mr T......out
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Reminds me of Mongo from Blazing Saddles....
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Except Horse polished off the whole pot of chili and forced his way into the campfire scene. Don't know what to with him sometimes.
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Sorry to here things are still a struggle. Everyone's still pulling for you. Got To Get Better In A Little While.
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Derek and the Dominos > Grateful Dead....for me....blasphemy to most but honesty is best....said it b4 will say it again...in my life and my travels ...Layla and other assorted love songs rings my bell... Makes me wanna cry....
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I got 2 tickets to the Stones at Arrowhead, which holds 70,000. Club Level 235 directly opposite the stage at the other end. Row 2. $268 each. Seems like a bargain, huh? Steve
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$117 here in the Buff brah....
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Nice, the Stones. Start Me Up. Enjoy!!!
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saw the Dead in '85 at Merriweather Post do "Keep on Growing" Bobby on vocals, not sure, it may be the only time they did it.
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Think it was...I was there.... Lovin me tedeschi trucks... Second coming of mad dogs and Englishmen meet Derek and the Dominos..... There's a thorn tree in the garden....
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The lack of a Santa Clara announcement, communication or even an acknowledgement of the possibility has driven me to depression. The lack of a response from the organization and its company/administration I consider seriously insulting. I'm taking a break from the day-to-day postings. Will check PMs and e-mails. Love you all, take care of each other...
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good memories, nothing left to doo....
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Just wanted to add my 2 cents, actually, 0.24 CAn, put it in the tip jar rereggrrr. Basically, thanks Geo for Keeping it real, and that's some Crazy horse James, just another canadian reference. Figure I bettter get it in before your avatar changes tomorrow. Is there a Dr. In the house? Klang is hanging on just barely.
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Throw another one in there, but who's counting?
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gotta scrape the shit right off your shoes.... @klang....it is what it is...Chicago or bust brah.... Don't abdicate the mayoral throne....Rob Ford wants in big time.... And If you want to you can lean on me....
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Horse has prohibited any future avatar changes. He has his CID package and he will be in Chicago. He will be at the front of the Pit, for his tickets are superior to mine. He is in absolute control of things on this end. It's all one long song.
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What's your horses name????? Call him Mr T....please gotta shake this persona....
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GDTRFB.... Godspeed, dude...this bus will still be rollin' if/when you decide come back. Until then, I'm outta gas bro trying to talk you down from off the ledge. All my lovin', Your Ringmaster. ps - many qualified SD peeps on the waiting list dying for name space on the back of our T so man-up and decide my friend - we "go to print" soon.
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Horse is his official stage name, verifiable on his website. But he's cool with "T" as a nickname. He's excited about the bling, but refuses to get a Mohawk. He just completed performing a masterful rendition of Bob Dylan's 115Th Dream with sunglasses on.
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I figured most of what you said is what's happnin but I'm still lost most of the time. it's all "teeth like baseballs, eyes like jellied fire"
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He's a horse with T mane...thanks for takin the load off off me and put the load right on T..... Klang can have the bling..... Trade it for a ducat perhaps....
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The bus came by and I got on... There was Mr T At the wheel on a bus to Never ever land...... Repeat after me.... I'm a deadhead and I miss Jerry.... Now in monotone all in unison ala David Gans... I know.... rrrrrrgrrrrr all in....
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sorry I brive a dus.... I nominate that Rob Ford supporter....Dorothy the meek... but thanks for the support.....
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Maybe we should forego the mayoral election. Only leads to corruption and empty promises anyway. As long as the dus arrives ontime it's all good.
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we don't need no stinking mayor..but the kid from TO would kick ass... I recommend Klang chime in....he still has the throne And yes the dus will always be on time......as long as I'm briving....
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That acid reunion looks to be the Deal. (and hoping Kaner recovers in time to save us in the post-season)
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rrrrgrrrr always keeps this bus right on time and yet he manages to keep the destination a mystery. Or is it, we know where we're going but we don't know where we've been? Either way we are best off leaving the driving to him. He is the walrus!!!!
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Not withstanding my earlier characterizations, and continuing the discussion, there are many ways one can view the thoughts and the happenstance responses that find their ways onto our fine Sunshine Daydream Home Thread. For instance, within the rambling stories that weave their collective ways through these fine forum threads, there is also a discussion, a sermon, a pleading, a dream, a dance, a song or three, and a reaching out. Whether it is from a Brother or a Sister or a Father or a Mother or a Daughter or a Son, it is real...or maybe not. But guaranteed, Somebody cares about Something, be it Real or Imagined, and they are letting all of us know. Turn up the Bass, Tune the Banjo, shut up during Space, I need a ticket, Who's on first, it's important, whatever it is. So we reads, and we posts, and we explore. We share. We anticipate, we plan, we rejoice and we get saddened....hopefully, the saddened moments are brief and fleeting, and if they are not, they are somewhat lessened by the comfort our family can give. We are fed, and we feed others. We are family. Sunshine DayDream: At Once a Thread, a Home, A Couch, A Bus, A Book, a Church, a Soapbox and Thank you very much rgrgrrgr, a dining room. A Pic-i-Nic? Certainly. over there, at the SE corner of the Buckingham Fountain, in that little grove of trees. Meet-ups start as soon as you can get there, and end after the last people say adios. Bring your own everything, and a bit more for your neighbor. A Mayor? We have several, they meet here. Not unlike the park bench over at the town square in Maintown, USA, populated with those Who Make The Important Decisions, they have this place. No one is in charge, each gets to be a blowhard as the baton is passed, and all issues are carefully pondered on before a proposal is offered or a decision is made. Each is a Mayor in His/Her own right. All of us get to drive, to give advice, to give directions or ask questions or provide answers or extend a helping hand or share an encouraging word. A Horse? Now that's another issue altogether. Hey you over there with your hand up...tell us about this horse deal. Film at Eleven...thanks for staying to the end....or is it.... PS I Miss Jerry too! geopondermeister
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Hey Folks: Not able to go to the Dear Jerry Show @ Merriweather Pavilion on 5/14. Looking to sell tickets at face value (ticket cost plus service charges, etc.) Row F seats 210 and 211 @ $200 each. Don't want to do eBay or Stubhub with all the service charges etc. Want to sell to a fan. Drop a line to billyv2930@gmail.com Thanks.......
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beautiful!