Grateful Dead

Love the stories! I know there is a lot of pain for people who have already gotten pink slipped but it is great to hear about all the joy that knits the Dead Head family together!

...is a way of life! Why, back in the olden days when rock was young, to see a band play live was a treat, an event. We would get our best "Sunday-go-to-church" tie dye out, polish up the sandals, spend our last three dollars to fill up the gas tank on the old bus, and away we'd go, laughing all the way. To get a ticket to the show we would buy the San Francisco Sunday Chronicle on Saturday night just to get the pink section. Open it up, and there it was for all to see: Bill Graham was putting on another Grateful Dead concert! A Day on the Green meant multiple acts and a sunburn. A New Years Eve show meant three days of rockin it in Oakland or SF. Mardi Gras meant a parade and shows at the Kaiser. Whoopeee! Time to call the hotline every other day to get mail order instructions. Time to save up for the trip. Time to laugh, time to smile, time to love. And now we have a chance to do the same. The Boys are back in town, in Chicago. The process has changed but the preparation is the same...time to laugh, time to smile, time to love. Yes, we are all twenty years older. The band was always better, the women always prettier, the scene cooler "Back in the Day". I say, if you survived "the Day" and are here in the present, learn to rejoice in it all. Many of us did not. This will be the return to the good old days if you let it be; for in your mind the universe dwells, those doors to perception are your two eyes and ears. Go listen to "The Last Lonely Eagle" by the New Riders of the Purple Sage, one of Jerry's early bands (NRPS to us oldies). We're about to "go down round the bend in the river, you're gonna find a few changes been going down there." Many here, and there, "have forgotten their dreams and they've cut off their hair." Let's go on this journey together and celebrate life. As the New Riders sang, "remember the peace that you had on the mountain; come back to the love that you had here with me." Strive to enjoy the journey, friends, for this is your life. Whether the destination on the 4th is Chicago, a theater, your couch, or the lake, the bigger part of it is the experience of getting there. Let it be grand! Okay? Okay!

Kanye West...Thats funny shit right there. We need more humour around here me thinks. unklesam"s remarks show just how heads are divided about this. Most love it I think, but some don't. and it's all good. Just different ends of the spectrum I guess. Negativity sparks debate and adds a bit of flavour to these posts. That being said...I for one think these shows are gonna be great and I'm sure everyone will have a real good time. I WILL watch if it happens to stream or ppv. As far as Phil....Phil is fkn King and STILL sounds great. I admire him most out of the four. It wouldn't be the same without him.