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    ....my little red rooster crowed thrice... Up and at 'em kids.... Welcome to the working week.... I know it don't thrill you.... I hope it don't kill you.... Well the waitress she brought me some coffee... @Anita....avatar sent to your email
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    Article reads like he single-handedly rescued the bands legacy. I don't know what his connection to the band is other than a columnist who's tin foil hat conspiracy piece went viral, but don't pull a muscle patting yourself on the back, dude.
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    Exact scenario here dude, 14 hours of windshield time up and back to FSU for Dad's weekend...saved by channel 23 !! Unforgettable weekend as well to get smashed with your kid on Jack 'n Cokes - legally !! They do grow-up fast, don't they.... Happy, happy Monday to all - make it a great week !!!
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    Whew, back from driving 1,000 miles in less than 48 hours. Fortunately, my trusty rental Kia Optima had Channel 23. Could have gotten the red Camaro or the SUV free upgrade (w/out sat) but how else would I have heard 3 1/2 concerts and Shapiro's letter read a dozen times? Listening to the To Lay Me Down from 7-7-81 and thinking about the FTW shows gave me goose bumps. Anywho, just wanted to say it's good to be back and read the positive vibes for the additional SC shows. I give a lot of credit to the band members--I was pretty critical of them with the Chicago ticketing fiasco, but their letter was very heartfelt and classy. I think they realized they could do better and they did. Kudos, gentlemen! Nice to read all the submissions here. Tough to keep up after an absence but I'm really looking forward to meeting you all in Chitown. Peace.
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    What's the best way do you folx think? Request 2 tickets for each night? Request 3 tickets for each night? Request 4 tickets for each night? My experience is that the only ticket I was able to get for CHI was a single. Money is a consideration for me, so ideally need only ask for 2 or 3 tickets a night, but as agreed, I don't want to miss out on a chance to help a brother out, if need be. I have family here who are interested in joining me for SC, that's why the increased number. There are 3 of us so far. Who knows what cool cats I'll meet down the road who will want to join me on the bus... Tactic intuition family? I am spent from slinging tacos and then celebrating a birthday. It's quiet time in my head. Someone shake the decision makers awake! Lovelove Stella.
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    Squeaky wheel gets the grease? That first article was a real whining piece of journalism. I'm not sure what to make of this. If he admitted he's a fucking whiner and apologized for the first article, well that would be worth reading. 'Some Folks Look for Answers' -- How the Grateful Dead Came to Announce Two Additional 'Fare Thee Well' Shows Posted: 04/10/2015 4:00 pm EDT Updated: 04/10/2015 4:01 pm EDT GRATEFUL DEAD When promoter Peter Shapiro became aware of the article I wrote last month, "Ladies and Gentlemen, Not the Grateful Dead," taking him to task for the way ticket sales were handled for the Grateful Dead's "Fare Thee Well" shows, scheduled for July 3-5 at Chicago's Soldier Field, he had two choices: 1. Write it off as the "butthurt whining" of someone who didn't get tickets (which, just for the record, was not true), or 2. Defend the manner in which ticket sales were conducted, the choice of venue and the way in which these factors served to stimulate the secondary market, causing ticket prices to soar into the thousands. But Shapiro was not satisfied with either of those choices and came up with a third, very Grateful Dead-like option: He got my cell phone number from a mutual friend and called me to talk about the issues I had raised. Shapiro set the tone of the conversation by saying, "I'm a 'head' (referring to the term "Deadhead" that is commonly used among fans of the Grateful Dead), you're a 'head.' I just thought we should honor the spirit of the Grateful Dead and talk." And talk we did, for almost an hour on that occasion, and on numerous other occasions during the ensuing month, leading up to today's announcement that the band will add two shows to the final chapter in their illustrious, 50-year long, strange trip. Over the course of our almost-daily conversations, emails and texts, Peter Shapiro and I maintained a level of respect and professionalism that was truly remarkable as we navigated our way through the complicated topics at hand. As a result, tough issues were addressed, the voices of the many thousands of Deadheads who didn't get tickets to the Chicago shows were heard and a solution was crafted. There were three primary issues that I had raised in my article: the small percentage of tickets that were fulfilled through the initial mail order by Grateful Dead Ticket Sales, the choice of Chicago's Soldier Field as the venue and the selection of Trey Anastasio as the lead guitarist. I made it clear to Shapiro that my concerns about the latter two issues were relatively minor, and only relevant because they resulted in too many true Deadheads being shut out, while stimulating the secondary market, thereby raising ticket prices. One of the most fundamental principles of the Grateful Dead and their fans, expressed in biblical language, has always been this: Thou shalt not sell a ticket to a Grateful Dead concert for more than face value. Critics of my article called me out for failing to accept the way ticket sales are conducted in the present day and age, and mocked my suggestion that all the tickets should have all been sold through the mail order. Peter Shapiro was not one of those critics. Rather, Shapiro came to recognize this as a problem that needed a solution. "Your story, and others -- yours was the biggest one -- made us realize there was a problem," Shapiro commented. "I went to the Grateful Dead ticketing office and saw the (decorated mail order) envelopes; it was painful. We knew people were shut out." So, Shapiro went to work to create a solution. About two weeks after our initial conversation he mentioned to me that he was trying to convince the band to do two shows in California and asked my opinion of that idea. "What would you think about two shows in the Bay Area the weekend before (the Chicago shows)?" To which I replied, "Pete, if you pull that off and sell all of the tickets by mail order, what's happened with the Chicago shows will be quickly forgiven." After weeks of tireless work that ranged from convincing the band to negotiating agreements that enabled the use of an online mail order system, Peter Shapiro and the band have announced today that there will be two additional shows, June 27 and 28 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. Most importantly, some 90 percent of the tickets will be sold in true Grateful Dead style, through an innovative online mail order lottery. According to Shapiro, "We will not be using the typical on-sale method. Everybody who enters will have an equal chance to get tickets in a true lottery, and the ability of 'bots' and other online ticket gathering techniques is eliminated." The additional shows were announced on a special edition of Tales from the Golden Road, a radio show on the SiriusXM Grateful Dead Channel, at 3 p.m. EDT today, and the online mail order began immediately with that announcement at Dead50.net, and will continue through 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday. Shapiro read a letter on behalf of the band, which you can read here. In the beloved Grateful Dead song, "Playing in the Band," there is a passage that goes, "Some folks look for answers/Others look for fights." It is tempting to interpret this as extolling the virtues of looking for answers, while pointing out the folly of looking for fights. But it is often the case that we must fight for what we believe is right so that the folks who have the power to provide the answers will be moved to do so. This is known as speaking truth to power. Like so many of the messages in Grateful Dead songs, this principle applies broadly to numerous issues that we deal with in our troubled world -- global warming, our political system, GMOs, fracking, police violence -- and the list goes on and on. In this final chapter of the Grateful Dead, the band's legacy as a vehicle for social justice remains intact. Those of us who took issue with the way so many Deadheads were excluded from the Chicago shows stood up and raised our voices, and Peter Shapiro and the band were forced to look for answers. And the answers they came up with -- two additional shows in the Bay Area, where the band's roots run deepest, and a fair, affordable method of ticketing -- serve to reassure us that the spirit of the Grateful Dead is still alive and well. Follow Stewart Sallo on Twitter: www.twitter.com/StewSallo
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    Forgot to watch/listen to the band. Ugh. Rich - please share again. Is it too late to listen?
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    I liked the old Avatar better too. Couldn't find it in my threads. Would love to repost if you will resend!!
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    I am bidding on SC to trade so SD heads can go to Chicago....if I get tix, and can trade you get tix....or any needy head in our 30+.....Thanks for checking in.....liked the old avatar better kid....
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    GREAT tees. thank you
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Jenny Screamers!!!! will check out the Ballist point, recommend Mothers Milk, a nice dark one from Keegan brewers in the Hudson valley
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Will check tomorrow at my local Beverage emporium....
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TOTALLY !! That was my big high school beer. Unbreakable cardboard cases - remember those suckers? Huge, thick, green bottles. Then we used to slam Rolling Rocks and argue what the "33" meant. That, by the way, one of the true mystery questions of life...
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The pride of Latrobe, PA...Preferred Yeungling....
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Funny...Yeungling (America's oldest brewery in Pottstown, PA - o/s of Philly) was always a junk, cheap beer back in the day. Now it's chique, trendy and expensive. I'm a Stella man...beer, I say beer that is, boy...
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had a friend who pal'ed around with a drop-dead gorgeous creature named Moe. Sweetest doggie I ever met.
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I was never a dog guy, til I met my boy...a rescue from Kentucky kill shelter...got him in 2011 at 15 months....what a gentle giant....a true stoner dog ...meant in the best of ways...his disposition of that of the Dude in Big Lebowsi....hence Sgt. Pupper
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Are you sure the green bottles are brewed south of the border? The (terrible) stuff in the brown bottles was and is brewed in my old home town (London) - also would not drink it knowing where that plant is built...and what it is built on - and half the people that work there...remember, Labatt's used to allow their workers to pull beers off the line and drink on the job...hell they used to have beer vending machines in the break room that were free...ah the 80's now there is H&S to deal with...now they put a weekly 24 on your paycheck.
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about the green bottles, they're all brown around here, not a Labatt drinker myself
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Never seen em, green Molson golden and moosehead.... I'm a 2xIPA man, myself.... Need a Canucks second opinion here.... Jury is out....
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The green bottles were what we used to send across the border - had an alcohol content of like 3% and tasted more like water or Coor's light than beer...Brown bottles were domestic and had an alcohol content of 5%. These tasted like they were recycled beers from the night before...D-Town only ever had the greenies...they MAY have stopped that practice after they were bought by the Dutch and then bought again by the Brazilians...who knows anymore - never touch the stuff myself. Boo where you from?
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From Hamburg, just south of Buffalo, relocated to Rochester for school and stayed I don't remember green bottles, I recall brown stubbies
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Stubbies going waaaaay back. The death of the stubby is a sad story...interesting that upstate NY got the domestic stuff...even in Europe I always saw the green bottles...gave an already bad beer an even worse international reputation. In any event, I soooo would not recommend Labatt's under any circumstances. You CAN still get stubbies from a small brewer in Waterloo ON...Red Cap beer. The lager is kinda crap, but the Waterloo Dark is pretty decent. I always bought it when I was in Ontario just for the stubbies and the sentimental value. That and Labatt's and Molson, together killed the stubby.
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I still remember the Red Cap song,, cans or draft or bottles....... and Red Stripe still comes in stubbies, not that I recommend it
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Mmmmmmm.....beer. I grew up in Hamilton Ontario and I always drank Lakeport. I don"t know if its still around. It was piss but it was cheap. I've moved on to better since. Stella, Keiths, Rickards. But really...nothing beats a pint of Guinness. "These peanuts are making me thirsty."On a side note, did anyone see that catch Kevin Pillar made last night against the Rays? I nearly shit myself.
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I wasn't near my computer - but luckily it's my day off and I was able to go grab it (visiting my mom and cat today on my day off <3 ) I'm here I'm here ...
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What did you grab? And say hi to "mom" from your SD family while you're at it :-)
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When she gets home from work in the future. My sister is here doing laundry and she does say "Hiiii." She is one of the three I was trying to score SC tickets for (including me), and she is the closes thing I have to a significant other - "You are obsessed" she literally said to me 8 minutes ago. "You should come with me to the lot in Santa Clara," I then said. "I probably will," she said, haha. Her heart knows a good thing ;) I grabbed my computer Tony. It was at my place - next town over. Dead.net is o-k on my phone, not great. It's a beautiful day here in California. It's my day off and I am cruising (as we say in Hawaii). With a little launders mixed innit.
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Sister that was the most tripped out conversation I ever read.... I'm turning into my father....it's like Ebonics without the ebony..... And you know something is happening here but you don't know what it is....do you rrrrrgrrrrr! NOPE..... Rrrrrgrrrrr down the rabbit hole..... White flag held high..... I surrender....
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helluva catch. the pitcher now owes Pillar a case of Guinness or whatever he prefers.
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Our brothers in arms and hearts have put in my hands two tickets - one for each night in Santa Clara! My turn again to feel that humble love and gratitude. This fits in so well with the beginning of my story, which I've told in brief to Tony via email... this time I will be there. All the years combine <3 ps. rrrgrrr you get the jist. It's just that I'm a deadhead and I miss/ed Jerry.
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Chris and Dave ***************
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It's a jubilee darlin' !!! WHOO-HOO !!!
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STELLA STELLA! I know.......said in a David Gans monotone whisper.... congrats on the ducats chica! Beddy bye Boze time.... big announcement coming to SD next week...... It's a secret...... Do da do.... Do you promise not to tell.... Out!
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My brother's name is Chris and he was always first...(being the older)....maybe that is just me (probably)
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I finally found this forum,..it was a task for me,.. I'm severely sleep deprived and this Santa Clara Ticket fiasco has got me almost to the point that Klang was over Chicago. It's keeping me awake at night. I was supposed to see these shows with my Friend from Venezuela, He's in Texas now and as bummed as I am. I know I'm listed on the spreadsheet as not going, but it should say needs 2 tix for each night. but 1 is a start,...thanks for any and all help, I have you all in mind as well,.. been scouring cash or trade,...ebay,...etc...looking for any face value anywhere. If I score I will share the wealth as well. I'm in PA., and Ca. is a lot of travel without at least one ticket. preferably a saturday so I have time to look for a sunday while there, as well as a cheap flighht and shelter. Muchos Garcias!
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Please bring stories and pictures with you on the train ride. Great way to pass some time.
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I am really looking forward to that, and pics and stories is a great idea. Please do the same. I freeze under pressure but hopefully I can recall one or two good ones. Cards. Movies. Planning what to carry-on and what to leave down below. I'm going to find out what the storage situation is in coach.
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anyone have natty bo from Baltimore? (not natty lite but probably similar quality). friend just dropped off Great Lakes Christmas Ale and Commodore Perry IPA. wow! GLBC is the best unknown brewery IMHO. Yuengling...it is too bad it got chic. I always thought it was good everyday brew, reasonably priced. Not anymore...the pricing. still a decent brew but not cheap. looking forward to sipping a few with SDers in Chi in 73-ish days.
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anyone have natty bo from Baltimore? (not natty lite but probably similar quality). friend just dropped off Great Lakes Christmas Ale and Commodore Perry IPA. wow! GLBC is the best unknown brewery IMHO. Yuengling...it is too bad it got chic. I always thought it was good everyday brew, reasonably priced. Not anymore...the pricing. still a decent brew but not cheap. looking forward to sipping a few with SDers in Chi in 73-ish days.
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Haha yes. There are so many fun strings in the ball of yarn that's my name here. and MKAV - there is a forum on here for people to commune about their brews. I think it's called what's in your fridge? Not that this isn't a fine place to speak of such things. Of course it is. It's a fine place. Period.
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yeah i know but saw so many comments i had to say something.
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Don't know bout you all, but these weeks are flying by... With each day that Kyle counts down, I am realizing the days between become fewer and fewer. Before we all know it, it will be 7/6/15 and this will be long gone... So Totes....count slower, ok? And to the rest of us....let us savor each other's virtual company but real friendships... Talkin with Tony yesterday...yeah we really do have a special group here,...something to be proud of.... Coffee is on, hot and fresh.... Big weekend here in the not so Great not so white and not quite as north as some here.... @Bobby69.... So glad you made it brother....settle down easy.... This is the place and this space is getting HOT! So let's get on with the show....
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Coffee's on Here too.. Have to be at work in 45minutes,...UUUUgghhh!!! Another day sweating over lumber. swinging a hammer and fretting 'bout Tix. Will do my best to settle down,.. My girlfriend is about to throw me overboard! I don't blame her. I guess in the grand scheme of all that going on in the world I am a Lucky dog. You're right, before we know it, it'll be a few years down the road, we'll pull the SD tee shirt out of a drawer and Smile Smile Smile!!!!
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And where's our countdown? Did our brother have too many Stella's last night? Hey now gang, SPECIAL TICKET UPDATE in your in-boxes. Bottom line, SC is a snap and all brothers & sisters here are a shoe-in for miracles. Chicago, well, that's another story...tons of yellow on the spreadsheet. We need to kill our yellow cell decease !!! TGIF to all :-)
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Has me feeling....Wanna wish rrrggrrr's son Scott break a leg for tonight's album release!!! Have a Stella, rolling rock, and a shot of whisky for me...lord knows if I could get some child minding up here in the great white north Id cross that border in double time to join the party! TGIF. Sd'ers.
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Thanks grrrrrlllll... The support means a lot, have one of our SDers venturing in from Shippenville Pa, that's west of East nowhere on the map...coming to crowd surf, I'm sure.... And not to worry we have a case of Great Lakes Rye of the Tiger and....just for our Canandian groupie .... There will be whiskey in the jar'o.... whack for my Daddy-o .love that line.... Gonna try to video tape some and send it North so you can experience it vicariously.... Musha rin um du rum da.....
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Good MORNing! It's great to stay up late, good morning, good morning, to you! :-)
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It is going to be a lovely day! Can someone please peel me off the ceiling?!?!
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Grab some coffee ....have a grateful Friday and peaceful weekend... Hi ho hi ho it's back to work I go.... that's where I mainly spend my time....
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No caffeine for you! Have a grate day
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Hey now cat lady...please check your PM...thanks !!
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All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages. 71 Days to Santa Clara, 77 days to Chicago Sorry I missed the coffee talk this morning, I'm home with a little stomach bug today.
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And feel better brotha !!! I said now Doc.....Doctor!! Mr. M.D. - Doctor !!! Oh can ya tell me, what's ailing me. He said rrrrrgrrrrr, rrrrrgrrrrr,,,,,,ALL YOU REALLY NEED IS SOME RRRRGRRRRR LOVIN' !!!!!
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Hey now feel better soon! No one needs to be sick on a Friday!
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Now let me get this straight... Kyle bought a coconut he had a lime... He put the lime in the coconut and drank em all up then he call da doctor...said Doctor, is there nothing I can take... Call me in da morning...oooh ooo... All you need, all you really need is.... A little rest Mr MD....is way out.... Still have to figure out how to brive a dus and drum at the same time.... Hey Stella, STELLA! get your groove back... Take the wheel please.... Just keep your eyes on the road and your hands upon the wheel.....
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coffee this way, what time do you fellas and gals have to get up? this thread starts well before my rooster crows, he's getting on in the years.... rrrrgrrrr where is your boy, I say your boy, playing?
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www.savannahkingmusic.com poke around...shameless plug btw up and at 'em 4:45 est on work days....out by 10pm....not getting any younger Coffee on, tonight its Jack n coke, Bombay and tonic and beer... Come to da Buff and party.... Studio at the Waiting Room Delaware and Tupper doors 6pm main act 7:30 +/-