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    Some fine picks Hightime! An absolute time-warp of a whip lash! I still have my LP's of Capt. B's "Trout Mask Replica" as well as "In Search of Space" (Hawkwind's very best studio effort!) but no way to play them at the moment. I am inspired to download both now. Even if we all end up on different islands, as long as there's an inter-island courier service, looks like we'll be set for tunes after the shipwreck!! Onward!
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    Very nice choices...I know Beefheart and Sex Pistols.... Wishbone Ash and Hawkwind...not so well...will give them a listen Groundhogs...never heard of them...thanks!
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    My top five:Wishbone Ash – Argus The first show I saw with twin lead guitarists, Andy Powell & Ted Turner. Argus is a masterpiece. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH244IPXySE Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band – Trout Mask Replica The most creative and innovative album I’d heard at the time. Don Van Vliet’s voice is incredible and the band was telepathic. A great mix of rock & jazz. Produced by Frank Zappa who was high school buddies with DVV. Groundbreaking album way ahead of it’s time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiorncOFpcg Hawkwind – In Search Of Space The true masters of intergalactic rock. A great live act. This album taught me there is more to songs & music than just lyrics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gGPv9hngk4 The Groundhogs – Split Tony (TS) McPhee is a great musician and guitar player. The album is a fine mix of rock and blues. I saw the power of bass guitar for the first time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq7W7eyvPbQ The Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks I saw the band on their first tour in England, totally mind blowing at the time. The rest is history. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bucVwI0RfEg Other considerations: Mike Oldfield - tubular bells, PJ Harvey – To Bring You My Love, Stray – The Stray Album, Cream - Disraeli Gears, Edward Elgar – Enigma Variations, Miles Davis – Kind of Blue, Delibes – Lackme, Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat, Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks, Roxy Music – Roxy Music, Van Morrison – Astral Weeks,…. Summary: Of course, I listen to the Dead 24/7. Thank goodness that Jerry and the Boys had the vision and mindset to allow the tapers section at live shows. We all have an unprecedented chronicle and legacy of music from over 2,000+ shows to enjoy the rest of our lives from the greatest band in history. Peace.
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    Nice and eclectic.... Crosby, Joni, Which one is Pink, and Boxzilla 77....a fine selection of the live Dead....Blind Faith...not just the album cover puts a smile on my face with that one..... I am still muddling through mine, got 3 of 5....and the more I reflect, the less I am inclined to include Grappelli Grisman, RTF, Weather Report or Metheny....I was born to rock! Wouldn't it be something if we all got stranded on that island together? With our individual choices.... Hope to post mine in the next day or so.....
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    Rich has laid a really cruel challenge down. After wrestling with it all night and having had more than a few heated arguments with myselves, I have chosen my Five for the Desert Island. In the end I gave in to the music that was embossed into my soul back when it was the most embossible - back when everything was bright and the world was going to be OK and hormones were at full-boil . . . and still so many “essentials” were left behind. What kept me on track was the knowledge that, thanks to my solar-powered MP3 player, this splitting of the baby is even more hypothetical. Here they are (in no particular order already!): • David Crosby: “If I Could Only Remember My Name” (1971) • Blind Faith: “Blind Faith” (1969) • Joni Mitchell: “Blue” (1971) • Pink Floyd: “Pulse” (1995 - couldn’t decide) • Grateful Dead: “May ’77 Box” (REALLY couldn't decide) I know, where’s Beatles? Lennon? Brian Wilson? Dylan? Janis? Airplane? Santana? Hot Tuna? Doors? CSN? Neil? Who? Zepp? King Crimson/ELP? The Band? Hendrix? Tull? Tiny Tim? . . . You’re a cruel taskmaster Rich! (Actually this was a fun diversion – enjoying everyone’s lists and comments. Thanks!)
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    Mark, very well thought out list, while I agree with Matt, some of your selections elude me, I am glad you took the time..... Re. The term deadhead, that is indeed an interesting question.....I guess in a loose sense, it is someone who has followed the Dead, not a casual listener by any means, and I don't see any shades of grey there, you either are or you are not. It's great that you found archive.org....a wonderful resource....I encourage you to not only listen, but to explore the roots of the songs you hear.....an appreciation for folk, bluegrass and jazz came from my exploration of early Dead music....later in their career, Reggae, funk, and thanks to Brent Mydland....soul.... Matt, I agree that this is not as simple as it seems, as Geo pointed out the task did not limit recordings to the rock genre....I have to start writing down my options and weighing their worthiness....funny thing is, and I know it's blasphemy but I don't think a single Grateful Dead recording will make my final cut. It's not that I don't love it, it's just that I know it by heart.....while American Beauty is a masterpiece, the songs, their order and nuances are part of my being..... Coffee is on, grab a cup....
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    No, never been a boyscout...I've just lived in some areas subject to wild weather extremes. You gotta be ready or you could lose everything or even worse, everybody. (Not to be melodramatic). On a different note, hope the condo sells for you!Matt
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    Not sure I am even familiar with all your faves but I appreciate your explanation of all. You clearly get the emoto-musick link. Thanks for sharing.
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    Have to give this one some thought to finalize. Many dead and JGB recordings. DPix series...but WHICH ONES?? Mars hotel is my favorite for some reasons not all directly linkrd to the musoc, Talking heads "naked", little feat "feats don't fail me now"...love that trilogy..I saw blood on the track's listed...one of my favorite all time. Which neil young for me? Hmmmm does Drive by truckers make the list? Some mighty fine records among many throw aways. Son Volt has a really good one or two. Stones "beggars banquet"? Widespread Panic space wrangler is right there..especially being their first one. Going to be tough...I haven't even listed ABB, Beatles, EC, Michael Jackson thriller (people laugh at me for that but man that guy could entertain!), steely dan, stevie wonder, ... and still mostly in rock genre... this will take some work.
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    thats a good question, and one i honestly have never really thought about, I guess my approach to this is to come up with a list and then narrow it down to 5 jimi hendrix experience- axis: bold as love jimi hendrix- people hell and angels grateful dead- american beauty MGMT- oracular spectacular chance the rapper- acid rap earl sweatshirt- i dont like shit i dont go outside jake bugg- jake bugg jake bugg- shangri la Bob Dylan- highway 61 revisited grateful dead- europe '72 grateful dead- one from the vault the doors- the doors the doors- L.A woman the doors- strange days the head and the heart- the head and the heart the head and the heart- lets be still now to take a look at the list My final 5: the doors- strange days the grateful dead- one from the vault jake bugg- jake bugg jimi hendrix- axis bold as love and MGMT- oracular spectacular it was tough, and my backspace key is getting tired. ive had a lot of goof times listening to all of those albums and it was hard to leave them behind, even in an imaginary scenario. lets start from the bottom shall we; oracular spectacular in my mind is a creative masterpiece. its a difficult album to explain, it creates colorful, almost alice in wonderland like worlds, and twists and turns through many emotions, a great album for times of stress and overwhelming as its a good one for blocking everything out, definitely not everyones taste though. bold as love is tied for my favorite hendrix with people hell and angels, the reason i went with bold as love is because i feel like its an album i could never get tired of, its an incredible album, with all my favorite songs he recorded with the experience. Its a timeless classic and stands the test of time for so many reasons. jake bugg, jake is one of the only artists who truly can lift my mood in a few songs, hes young and hes one of my favorite artists (hes also wonderful in concert) this took the cake over shangri la because it was produced with a lot less money help from experts, its raw, and it takes on problems from growing up in a bad area, to internal struggles, and more. if i had to describe this album in two words: raw emotion. one from the vault i picked because not only is it just flat out a fantastic album but it has some of my absolute favorite, from eyes of the world to the music never stopped, this album would have me dancing away on my little desert island. strange days, i disliked the doors when i first heard them, but after a few tries i grew to love both the band and morrison himself, strange days is one of their stranger albums, and unsurprisingly, its my favorite of their non-top hits albums. This album can be a bit low and sad, but if im down, and i listen to the doors the thing about them is, their music doesnt make me feel worse, but not better either, it seeems to just recognize my saddness, be understanding, and live alongside it. I have such a deep love and connection with all this music, and i could see myself having a damn good time on that island with these 5, and even if im not id have the music for company, thick and thin, good and bad, these albums have seen me through it all, and thats why i picked them. im satisfied with my choices :)
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NYC born n bred.... Citi field aka new Shea.... Me n Mr Met....shaking our bones on the dugout.....
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im so happy for you mike! yippie! great news! so glad you made it! onward and upward, just a little bit Further now.
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Gans Lambert announcement at 3pm Klangstones Chicago bound.....!!!! We don't need NYC or SF.... Congrats... Mike. What a long strange trip it's been! Hop on the bus....
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but Klang's gotta chip in for gas on this magic bus....gotta keep our motor running.... I got some Seagrams gin, they all got cups but they aint chipped in just sayin.... Rollin down the street...smo.... Fo Shizzle yo! T minus 75 minutes......
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ahem,,yes well, ah my name is Boo, and I miss Jerry too, and do not take a taxi ride with Kane, he's a stiff
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I know.... and hes a drunk and a womanizer....cant hold that against a man....can ya?
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with the druken womanizer, but a stiff, man that is low ok I admitted, what are the other 11 steps
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Give the kid a break. Prodigy is a heavy burden to carry.
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It's gonna be a great Friday!!!! From the bottom of the ocean To the mountains on the moon Won't you please come to Chicago No one else can take your place T-Horse just blew a kiss your way. For luck.
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she just said 'stand by for a major CONCERT announcement'
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she just said 'standby for a major CONCERT announcement'.
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ooooh mama ooooh mama ooooh mama oooooh mama...... Van Morrison reference
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an update from the grateful dead at noon
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We are going to need a bigger bus!
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Yep..I'm on it. Oh yeah...”major, major concert announcement coming up from the Grateful Dead” Has to be more shows....Citi Field and Levi's, my guess...
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I wanna ride on top and wave to the strange onlookers
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With Bill Walton in the Jerry Slot. Wooohooooo!
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Someone posted a link to the dead50.net HTML code on Facebook. Scan the text below for the references to Santa Clara and tickets. No references to any other shows were in any of the other code he shared. This is just a small portion of what was there. page-template-template--santaclara #show .vc_column_container{ padding: 0px 20px 20px; } .option-ticket-btn{ margin: 0px auto !important; } html .wpb_button { font-family:inherit; font-size: 12px; border-radius: 0px; line-height: 16px; padding: 9px 14px; display: block; *display: inline; /* IE7 inline-block hack */ } .page-template-template--santaclara #tickets .wpb_button { display: block !important; font-weight: normal !important; margin: 0px auto !important; padding: 11px 14px !important; width: 250px; } .page-template-template--santaclara #tickets .wpb_button a{ color: #fff !important;
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3:00 PM I am listening on live stream, and feel like I am on a crazy rollercoaster. Was there this much drama back in the day ? This is crazy.. I have the radio on the internet, 2,000 dollars in cash, an index card, a collection of sharpies, kayak open in a browser to book travel, good god I need some xanax to calm myself down. -- Tom
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Now @ 12:15pm PT. HAS TO BE SANTA CLARA ONLY. Klang got wood !!!!!
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"They realized they have to go back to where it all started...."
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Well, it is LOCAL shows. So there ya go. I am relieved it will not be 10 shows. Too much drama if it was.
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sorry - just santa clara
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I'll forward the email to our SD list now but check it out. Huge news for Deadheads! The original members of the Grateful Dead — Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, and Bob Weir — have announced two additional shows at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California on June 27th and 28th, as part of their “Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead” run. Along with three shows at Chicago’s Soldier Field on July 3rd, 4th, and 5th, the run will mark the original members’ last-ever performances together. The band will be joined by Trey Anastasio (guitar), Jeff Chimenti (keyboards), and Bruce Hornsby (piano) and perform two sets of music each night. We are thrilled to offer CID Experience ticket packages and travel packages for this legendary pair of shows. CID Experience ticket packages include premium seating and special amenities; travel packages can be purchased with your preferred ticket type and offer a variety of hotel choices in the Bay Area with round-trip transportation to Levi’s Stadium included. Travel packages are ON SALE NOW – CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE! CID Experience ticket packages are NOW AVAILABLE FOR REQUEST through the CID Experience online ticket request – simply CLICK HERE to submit your request for CID Experience ticket packages. You may submit a ticket request for only one CID Experience ticket type – either Golden Road Super CID Experience Premium Reserved, Golden Road Super CID Experience GA Pit, Steal Your Face CID Experience Premium Reserved, Steal Your Face CID Experience GA Field. If you submit more than one order for CID Experience packages under the same name or credit card, your request will be canceled. However, you may enter the online ticket requests for both CID Experiences and regular tickets. There is no online ticket request for travel packages, which are now on sale. Please note – by entering the online ticket request, you are not guaranteed to receive tickets. Please make sure your card can be charged, and you will be notified whether or not your order will be fulfilled by 11:59 PM EDT on Sunday, April 19th. If there are CID Experience tickets remaining after the online ticket request period ends, they will be made available with the public on sale on Monday, April 20th at 10 AM PDT. If you have any specific questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to our Guest Services team via email at guestservices@cidentertainment.com or by phone at 888-805-8930. We hope to see you in Santa Clara for what promises to be an incredible pair of shows! CID Entertainment Guest Services 10AM - 6PM ET, 7 days a week (888) 805-8930 guestservices@cidentertainment.com Copyright © 2015 CID Entertainment, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website for more information. Our mailing address is: CID Entertainment 1 South Broad Street 17th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19107
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Where are ya buddies? All my work concentration hit the shitter about 10 minutes ago. I may as well go get a few early.
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Hop on it man! Good sweet mother of Moses!
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Ours wasn’t just a long, strange trip — it was a VERY long, VERY strange trip. We weren’t sure what it was going to be like to put a punctuation mark on the end of it. None of us anticipated the overwhelming outpouring of love and interest following our initial announcement of the shows at Soldier Field, and we were blown away by the response. We have tried to do the right thing wherever we could for the Chicago shows by honoring the roots of where we came from, while dealing with the realities of the current times. But that’s hardly comforting when you’re shit outta luck for tickets and your only option is inflated prices on secondary ticketing websites. That would piss us off too. From the moment these shows were first talked about, we have been thinking about what we could do to honor the roots of our Deadhead experience, even in the face of changing technologies. (Remember: Ticketmaster didn’t even go online until we got out of the game.) These shows were always intended as an expression of our gratitude, to both the music and the fans, so it’s important that we get things as right as we can. We have always been proud of our in-house mail order ticketing process, and the phenomenal way our fans have built a tradition out of turning a standard envelope into a frame-worthy piece of art. Some 60,000 mail order tickets were issued for the Soldier Field shows by the good folks at Grateful Dead Ticket Sales — yet we were still crushed to see how many of your beautifully designed envelopes did not get tickets. For shows of this magnitude, it’s impossible to eliminate every scalper. However, we offer you this: Working with our partners, we are using an online ticketing platform for the Levi’s shows that will help ensure that the tickets for these shows will get into the right hands, the hands of our true fans. We believe that this process is the best way to give each of you an equal opportunity to obtain tickets at the most affordable possible prices. We are are proud to announce that 65,000 tickets per night will be available via the "online mail order" for the Levi’s shows. For the nuts and bolts, go to Dead50.net. We will not be adding any more Fare Thee Well shows. The three Chicago shows will still be our final stand. We decided to add these two Santa Clara shows to enable more of our fans to celebrate with us one more time. But this is it. We love you guys more than words can tell, and hope to see you in the Bay Area or Chicago. If you can’t make it to the shows, we are working on ways for you to still experience our Fare Thee Well, from wherever you might be. Stay tuned for those details. Gratefully yours, Billy, Bobby, Mickey & Phil
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A LETTER FROM THE DEAD GratefulDead-SantaClara-480 More Info Santa Clara Chicago Dear Heads, Although none of us knew it when we walked off the stage at Soldier Field on July 9, 1995, the Grateful Dead's long strange trip ended in Chicago that night. As you are aware, twenty years later, we’re returning to Chicago to properly say Fare Thee Well. But every good ending must start with a beginning. For us, it all began fifty years ago when we grabbed a bunch of instruments off the walls of a music store in Palo Alto California and began banging away on them in the back room, at night after the store had closed for the day. Since we made the decision to go back to Chicago to say our final goodbye, it has become clear to us that we first need to return to our beginnings, where we first said hello — to each other and to all of you. And so it is that we have decided to plug in for two additional shows on June 27 and 28 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California — just a dozen miles south of where Dana Morgan’s Music Store once stood. At Levi’s — as at Soldier Field — we will have the pleasure of being joined by Trey Anastasio, Bruce Hornsby and Jeff Chimenti. Ours wasn’t just a long, strange trip — it was a VERY long, VERY strange trip. We weren’t sure what it was going to be like to put a punctuation mark on the end of it. None of us anticipated the overwhelming outpouring of love and interest following our initial announcement of the shows at Soldier Field, and we were blown away by the response. We have tried to do the right thing wherever we could for the Chicago shows by honoring the roots of where we came from, while dealing with the realities of the current times. But that’s hardly comforting when you’re shit outta luck for tickets and your only option is inflated prices on secondary ticketing websites. That would piss us off too. From the moment these shows were first talked about, we have been thinking about what we could do to honor the roots of our Deadhead experience, even in the face of changing technologies. (Remember: Ticketmaster didn’t even go online until we got out of the game.) These shows were always intended as an expression of our gratitude, to both the music and the fans, so it’s important that we get things as right as we can. We have always been proud of our in-house mail order ticketing process, and the phenomenal way our fans have built a tradition out of turning a standard envelope into a frame-worthy piece of art. Some 60,000 mail order tickets were issued for the Soldier Field shows by the good folks at Grateful Dead Ticket Sales — yet we were still crushed to see how many of your beautifully designed envelopes did not get tickets. For shows of this magnitude, it’s impossible to eliminate every scalper. However, we offer you this: Working with our partners, we are using an online ticketing platform for the Levi’s shows that will help ensure that the tickets for these shows will get into the right hands, the hands of our true fans. We believe that this process is the best way to give each of you an equal opportunity to obtain tickets at the most affordable possible prices. We are are proud to announce that 65,000 tickets per night will be available via the "online mail order" for the Levi’s shows. For the nuts and bolts, go to Dead50.net. We will not be adding any more Fare Thee Well shows. The three Chicago shows will still be our final stand. We decided to add these two Santa Clara shows to enable more of our fans to celebrate with us one more time. But this is it. We love you guys more than words can tell, and hope to see you in the Bay Area or Chicago. If you can’t make it to the shows, we are working on ways for you to still experience our Fare Thee Well, from wherever you might be. Stay tuned for those details. Gratefully yours, Billy, Bobby, Mickey & Phil
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fast fingers
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no ftw tix, now two shows even farther/more expensive I have got to step away from the madness this has become later
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We decided, we are everywhere and we will be moving in to your house for the weekend before the Apocalypse... I got a room at your place and airfare.... Whose in?
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Yo Mike !! We're heading west brother !! Warn the neighbors and put away the dog. rrrrrgrrrrrr and I are camping in your front lawn dude - mind if we borrow the head?
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That there is an RV.... Pardon me I gotta clean the Shitter.... If you wanna abdicate the seat on the bus.... Let me know... Hey Jeff n Tami.... We may need to change the back of the shirt.....
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I am in the MEGA "Grateful Dead Lottery". Wish everyone tickets:) Peace out..........
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Godspeed brother... We all deserve one miracle...
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CID ticket package requests do not appear to be actually selling tickets as of yet. Travel Packages may. I just cant tell.
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Much easier than mail order.... Klang... Change the sheets please? Hey Dudley you bringing Nell n Mr Ed?
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It's both like Chicago...got my hat in the ring.... Btw...touche' I'm a Yankee fan.... ;-)
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Get ready to fire the BBQ, paint the parking space lines on the neighbors lawns, and build a stage on your roof. I know of at least 50 psychedelic painted buses headed your way. We need to book some bands with Shapiro. Promise to have the music shut down by 4:00am each night. We understand you have to go on living with your neighbors long after the party is over. We will have to work up a showering schedule for 800 people. We'll need to rent portable showers if more show up. T-Horse is so excited, he's heard about your pool with the high dive. He's already running around wearing his snorkel mask and fins. He's getting away with not doing it here, but I'll see to it he's wearing his swim trunks.
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Got our magic bus Santa Clara way.... Living after midnight, rocking til the dawn... Fonts bring your Harley.... Vroom vroom..... At least I'm enjoying the ride!