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  • KristineD
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    I miss WXRT, Chicago's Finest Rock. At one time, you could have heard any and all of these tunes in a day's mix from the old 'XRT. The Dead Hour on weekends, the Sunday-night Un-Concert. The award-winning News at Noon. Ken Nordine's Word Jazz, for goodness sakes. They played anything -- absolutely anything that was interesting. Even if it was CRAP, you didn't really care, because they never, ever played the same song twice in one day, sometimes not in the same week or month. Who cares if they played Linda Ronstadt or Spandeux Ballet, as long as they followed it with Frank Zappa, Talking Heads, Little Feat or the Cure, eh? (No disrespect to Ms. Ronstadt -- a fine set of pipes if there ever was, so sad to see her lose her voice.) I wouldn't know what the heck a Wild Tchoupitoulas was without WXRT. Then, Westinghouse bought them. Then, CBS bought them. *sigh* The worst part is that it's still the best radio station in Chicago. Great connection to local and live music, but oh, the play list gets old nowadays. Good new stuff (can 'ya say Shakey Graves?) An occasional nugget, but mostly corporate crap, played six or seven times a day. Even great new stuff, like that new Beck tune, is overplayed and old in a week. Most days I don't even bother to turn it on.
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    Ain't no use to keep taking abuseFrom a friend who isn't kind A friend in need or a friend that you need Who can help you through the troubled times So reach on out and take a hold of my hand And let me know that your ready to go There ain't no dues and you can leave your blues behind And have a little peace peace of mind Give me some peace, Peace of Mind There comes a time when your friends go blind And thier words become diseased They threaten your life with the blade of a knife And set you down upon your needs Make no mistake for your very own sake Heres a little word for now Take off your shoes and let your thoughts be kind And have a little peace, peace of mind Peace Peace of Mind... make us feel better Some folks you find speak a mighty good line They charm you all the way They take you along on a sweet sweet song Then they steal your heart away But blessed be the one who can understand why People have to act that way Cause if I knew I wouldn't even want to say But have a little peace, peace of mind Give me some peace, Peace of Mind Everybody wants Peace, Peace of mind Peace Peace of mind All we need is some... Peace...peace of mind...
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    Yes KDED...but for real on the air, like pirate radio or Mexican Radio If you could read my mind, love What a tale my thoughts could tell Just like an old-time movie 'Bout a ghost from a wishin' well In a castle dark or a fortress strong With chains upon my feet You know that ghost is me And I will never be set free As long as I'm a ghost that you can't see If I could read your mind, love What a tale your thoughts could tell Just like a paperback novel The kind the drugstores sell When you reach the part where the heartaches come The hero would be me But heroes often fail And you won't read that book again Because the ending's just too hard to take I'd walk away like a movie star Who gets burned in a three-way script Enter number two A movie queen to play the scene Of bringing all the good things out in me But for now love, let's be real I never thought I could act this way And I've got to say that I just don't get it I don't know where we went wrong But the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back If you could read my mind, love What a tale my thoughts could tell Just like an old-time movie 'Bout a ghost from a wishin' well In a castle dark or a fortress strong With chains upon my feet But stories always end And if you read between the lines You'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand The feelings that you lack I never thought I could feel this way And I've got to say that I just don't get it I don't know where we went wrong But the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back
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    @whatchu talking bout Willis.....?
    We already do.....K DED is communal...... You meet someone.....stops you DEAD in your tracks.... Just saying.....hit it Sarge...... Don't misunderstand me, though I know that I've been mean Woman can't you see that I'm in need Although we may be far apart In heart and soul we're near My body aches for you to just be here You are every woman in the world to me And every season I go through You are every woman in the world to me Especially when I'm making love to you Like a falling tear drop You can wipe away my blues Live honey you can make the bitter sweet You're a child, a girl, a woman You are everything I'd choose That's why I sing this song to you That's why I sing this song to you
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    We should have our own radio station... I think I may have missed my true calling. Only you know and I know All the love we've got to show So don't refuse to believe it By reading too many meanings 'Cause you know that I mean what I say So don't go and take me the wrong way You know you can't go on gettin' your own way 'Cause if you do, it's gonna get you someday Now if I sing to mislead you It's just my craziness comin' through But when it comes down to just two I ain't no crazier than you 'Cause you know that I mean what I say So don't go and take me the wrong way You know you can't go on gettin' your own way 'Cause if you do, it's gonna get you someday Yeah, yeah, yeah, appear to be pleasin' Oh no, no, not deceivin' But it's hard to believe it When you been so mistreated 'Cause you know that I mean what I say So don't go and take me the wrong way You know you can't go on gettin' your own way 'Cause if you do, it's gonna get you someday Only you know and I know Only you know and I know, oh yeah
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    sorry.....ok after this done with EC.....not you, it's me...... Further on up the road Someone's gonna hurt you like you hurt me. Further on up the road Someone's gonna hurt you like you hurt me. Further on up the road, Baby, just you wait and see. You gotta reap just what you sow; That old saying is true. You gotta reap just what you sow; That old saying is true. Just like you mistreat someone, Someone's gonna mistreat you. You been laughing, pretty baby, Someday you're gonna be crying. You been laughing, pretty baby, Someday you're gonna be crying. Further on up the road You'll find out I wasn't lying. Further on up the road Someone's gonna hurt you like you hurt me. Further on up the road Someone's gonna hurt you like you hurt me. Further on up the road, Baby, just you wait and see.
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    Blasphemy...really Damn music snobs Well she's walking through the clouds With a circus mind that's running 'round. Butterflies and zebras, fairy tales, That's all she ever thinks about. When I'm sad she comes to me With a thousand smiles she gives to me free. Said, "It's all right, take anything you want, Anything you want, anything." First Verse Second Verse Fly on, little wing.
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    ....for awhile......then he found a better way....blasphemy here but Derek n the Dominos.....Layla and other assorted Love Songs is my favorite album of all tiime..... and the song I resonate with......to this day..... Have you ever loved a woman So much you tremble in pain? Have you ever loved a woman So much you tremble in pain? And all the time you know She bears another man's name. But you just love that woman So much it's a shame and a sin. You just love that woman So much it's a shame and a sin. But all the time you know She belongs to your very best friend. Have you ever loved a woman And you know you can't leave her alone? Have you ever loved a woman And you know you can't leave her alone? Something deep inside of you Won't let you wreck your best friend's home.
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    You were saying EC was the king... Bell bottom blues, you made me cry. I don't want to lose this feeling. And if I could choose a place to die It would be in your arms. Do you want to see me crawl across the floor to you? Do you want to hear me beg you to take me back? I'd gladly do it because I don't want to fade away. Give me one more day, please. I don't want to fade away. In your heart I want to stay. It's all wrong, but it's all right. The way that you treat me baby. Once I was strong but I lost the fight. You won't find a better loser. [Chorus 2x] Bell bottom blues, don't say goodbye. I'm sure we're gonna meet again, And if we do, don't you be surprised If you find me with another lover. [Chorus] I don't want to fade away. Give me one more day please. I don't want to fade away. In your heart I long to stay.
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    All the world over, so easy to see People everywhere just wanna be free Listen, please listen, that's the way it should be Deep in the valley, people got to be free You should see what a lovely, lovely world this'd be Everyone learned to live together Seems to me such an itty bitty thing should be Why can't you and me learn to love one another? All the world over, so easy to see People everywhere just wanna be free I can't understand it, so simple to me People everywhere just got to be free If there's a man who is down and needs a helpin' hand All it takes is you to understand and to pull him through Seems to me we got to solve it individually And I'll do unto you what you do to me Shout it from the mountain on out to the sea No two ways about it, people have to be free Ask me my opinion, my opinion will be Nat'ral situation for a man to be free Git right on board now Oh, what a feelin's just come over me Love can move a mountain, make a blind man see Everybody sing it now come on let's go see Deep in the valley now, we ought to be free See that train over there? That's the train of freedom It's about to 'rrive any minute, now You know it's been'a long, long overdue Look out 'cause it's a'comin' right on through
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We don't need a website. That's way overboard for what I'm here for. Count me out.
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Totes has a point... My life has been lived in the moment for a while now....about 2 years... This merry band of strangers have been brought together by a cultural phenomenon and will convene for but a second in our virtual lives... I am happy to support and contribute ideas for a website...if asked Unfortunately I am unlikely to use it as well... But....I do understand that some people need living testaments and memorials and others like me are fine with the faded memories....they are almost always better than the real thing. Irrespective of personal preferences ...our collective thanks go to geohelpingtobuildamemorialforSunshinedaydreamersastheyseefitmeister After all we all have our own paths to follow... someone set me straight on that just about a month ago.... And I'm so lost down mine there ain't no going back! thanks George...hope you're feeling the love... :-)
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I'm Reckoning. Speaking of moments...
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Feeling the adrenaline rush... Deep Purple circa 72..... cmon, cmon lets go Space Truckin' How bout them Hawks brah.... Let's get Pat Kane another cup....do it for South Buffalo!!! Back to carpet shampooing sunshine n suds not necessarily in that order...
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Well said rrrrrgrrrrr. As much as these memories will live on and be a part me, it's all forward motion. The scrapbook idea is very nice though. I guess the SSDDer mission statement needs to be revised now. Contact the Poobah, we need chase this wabbit down the hole and create an IT department! The pill mother gave me didn't do anything at all. Tap, tap. Dammit, is this thing on? Where's Alice, I think she'll know. Hey Alice!
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Norton! Ralphie boy just sent her to the moon.... To the moon Alice....after all I am Space Truckin' And totes it's not a mission statement.... we are not on a mission, that's too much like work.... We are happy wanderers... Valderie Valdera... with a nap sack on my back.... to quote Wet Willie.... Keep On Smilin'..... Back to the ozone for me......
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Thank you brother... we are a figment of our own imaginations the only absolute is that we are Deadheads and we.... All miss Jerry.... Can I get an Amen from the choir?
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to those agnostic and athiest here a simple disaffected I know will suffice....
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Amen to that, and amen to Totem, I don't know nothin about no website. Whose dumb/clever idea was that? Actually, the URLs were procured so no scum bag would grab them and try to scalp bootleg tshirts or something. What about that back 40 acre spread down by the river we were planning on getting for an annual pic-a-nic? Who's in charge of that? And what about the go-fund me kickstarter campaign to fund indigent sunshiners? And the Daydreamers? The house band? we gotta have a place to practice, if we existed, which we don't, but I play a mean air-guitar, and keep knocking into my monitor here. What about the pies? We need more pies. And Ice Cream. And cobbler...a big old dutch oven full of peach cobbler, plenty of cinnamon and maybe a sassafras stick or three. Anyone got 40 acres we can have? maybe with a river, you know, one that we can listen to as it sings sweet songs to rock our souls...and our canoes...gotta have canoes... Gonna be a nice pic-a-nic... Have a great day everyone... geomusemeister
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group hug....it's time and stop calling me Shirley!!!!! rrrrjrjrjrjrrr.....out of the park.... don't leave me hanging here... missing Jerry, listening to Vince Gill.... A sucker for a shiny guitar and a sweet voice.... OhhhhhyeahhhhhayyyyyahhhhhOhhh... Not down by the river...that's where I shot my baby... PTSD....
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All of matter is just very very very very very very condensed energy - no one has ever been here ever, but still there are albums and memories, faded and clear, and every once in an while a service is born from an idea and sometimes it helps... nothing born out of nothing and that's become everything. We are all in the story. Some will be on the site or in the non-profit, and it's all just right.
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Crying like a little bitch here....thanks for the affirmation!!!! We are in this for one reason and one reason only... When the John Mayer rumor surfaced I was Dead in my steps.... Gravity stay the hell away from me...Totes say his body is a wonderland... Good enough for me.... Just sayin' @stella, Stella, STELLA Mmmmmm bopbop bop bop.... We love Jerry and our love will not fade away!!!!! Peace from my snow bank
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Words matter. Spiritual not religious.
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Don't know why iluvyalike I doAll them changes you put me through
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My minds goin through them changes.... Sorry Buddy Miles on that jukebox..... free form forum, yo....
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Through the GD50 Limbo group on Facebook I got a suite ticket (No View) at face value $200) that at least gets me in. So there's that. Looking for Friday now. Steve
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I have no idea who you are but speak with the Poobah and if you clear security.....???? (But I do know that you know somebody that I know...) Someday I'll be able to say so glad you made it! Congrats... On the ducat..... It's been a strange day cryptical envelopment.....oh my
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I note that 1) you have been on-board this forum bus since the last decade, and 2) you scored a single sweet Saturday suite ducat in a clever way, and 3) you know the magic handshake and posted on our friendly pic-a-nic board, and 4) it looks like you may already a sunshine daydreamer of the finest caliber and be in Chicago for that celebratory weekend, and last, but not least, 5) you probably do know how the songs go. Noting also that rgrgrrrgr hit the brakes long enough for you to hop on board and you got a nod from him... We welcome you to our friendly group of travelers...it appears all you have to do is PM one of us and you may find yourself taking it to the next level as it were, for we need to get you specific information...like tshirt, meet-ups, etc...for that we need your all important email address. Grab a seat, buckle up, say hi, but watch out, if you raise your hand, rgrgrgrrr may ask you to brive da dus... Good to know you! geonotthepoobahmeister
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He's ok by me.... ssshhhhhh..... I'm hunting wabbits!!!!!
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Hey now, Steve......check your PM brother. Thanks !
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......you stepped back from that ledge my friend. Rumorz??? We don't need no steenkeen Rumors! I know.
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Standing on the ledge makes one feel alive....gives one an adrenaline surge....and allows one to say f@ck Gravity....Totes is our man.... No more need be said on that.... A fall tour with Totes, Bieber and Bruce Jenner... Now go rip this joint.... Better watch my speed.....
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amen
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Went to Oriole Park tonight to see my birds play, and what had been a peaceful demonstration against our local death by cop episode, escalated into a bottle/stone throwing riot right outside the stadium. My first thought was "i hope nothing like this happens in Chicago" Ive GOT to get my head more into the now. I love my city. I believe we we can find justice without tearing it down.. probably just naive. mmmbop bop bop madswan needs more Ghandi.
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Hear ya about the Charm City happenings. Close by but saw it on the news - kept feeling bad for all those baseball fans who just went to see a game. Really people?
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Happy Sunday one and all..... Saw the Baltimore incident....shook my head.... Has to be a better way....and hope Chicage is at least organized chaos... If not at least the hippie stoner to asshole ratio may be in our favor.... Got the coffee brewing....bagels n cream cheese My boys band coming to rehearse at 10..... Porterhouse steaks with Montreal seasoning on the grill tonight Plenty to go around....stop on by... ....goo goo g' joob mmmmm bopbop, bop bop!
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Good Morning Daydreamers! Walk along the river, sweet lullaby. Oh yes, it's Sunday morning again. Have an awesome day. 62 days to Saint Clara 68 days to Shikaakwa
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morning rrrgrrr & co. Sun's out and hope springs. . Work gloves and push brooms. How bout we listen to the victim's family and keep it peaceful. I've got a gig w/ my son downtown this evening covering Widespread Panic show for local website. Irony factor: Jamband
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1992 Allmans show...Gregg sez Brother Dickey couldn't be here tonight, he got drunk and shot his wfe.... Let me introduce y'all to Derek.... then they played Temptation is a Gun... isn't it ironic, its like rain...ehhhh Enjoy the gig Swannie... Totes...as always you rock around the clock mahalo
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Welcome back... question to you or #88..... any idea if public transportation can get me from Midway to W Adams St? Rather not cab it unless I have no other choice.... Have a peaceful Sunday....
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From Midway to downtown take the Orange Line get off at Adams. You'll get a card (Ventra) that you'll be able to reload. Ditto from O'Hare http://www.transitchicago.com/
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Muchas Gracias..... May be taking a dry run to Chitown before July just to get lay of the land and check out the night life... just trying to reduce the chaos.... carry on my wayward son....
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Headed home. Visiting early? Give heads up.
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will do brah...home safe... Stay in touch... Go Hawks.....
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Woke up late to the party. Any more coffee? Jamaican me crazy please with brown sugar.
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Just like a black girl should..... Say yeah, yeah yeah...whoooooo! Coffee still on... Enjoy this glorious day....kid.... Be good... More Stones in the air..... and her face just ghostly, turned a whiter shade of pale......
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Catch em if you can. GREAT dead cover..more than a dead cover. If anyone is in Chi 7/1 or live there, catch this show. this band is hot. martyrs 8/1 with kadlicek (pardon mangled spelling please) opening. i wish i could get there 2 days earlier.
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Hippie stoner to asshole ratio...what the world needs now.
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You gave me no warning...... coffee is on.... Belgian waffles on the menu.... another week, another day closer to Dead... Up and at 'em kids....
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:| 62 days to Saint Clara 68 days to Shikaakwa Shine on you crazy diamonds (and patch on TOO).
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I don't like Mondays Morning Kyle! Whew, for a moment there I thought you lost track of time...silly me.
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My first message mysteriously did not appear. I re-posted it. I blame Monday for that. Logging off, closing office door, putting on headphones, and spending my day on the computer. Monday morning couldn't guarantee.
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You and me both.... ....well you wore out your welcome with random precision.... Maybe more coffee will help
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Sugar. And the coffee. After three me gets the jitters. Just another manic Monday. Jerry is like a sloth. Cool and chill. Just sayin.
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Talking about Almost Dead show and the Bertha closer. He got all excited..."Bertha! That's the dead right?!?" Bless his heart he didn't know it was a cover band LOL I think he is at the bus stop trying to figure out his crazy wife