Grateful Dead

Did you hear that the Dead will release $50 seats behind the stage when the show sells out? Don't know if that was just a rumour, but I think it's a kind gesture, if it is true. What do you think? If it is just a rumour, I hope it comes to pass.

Can someone tell me the details on the presale for the New York area? The site says it's going on until Friday at noon, but there's no information about where or how to purchase tickets (i.e., no passwords). Thanks!

can anyone tell me when more tickets go on sale is it the 23rd or the 24th i want to try to get into msg

When Jerrry passed away I had just come home from work and turned on the tv. The channel was on CNN and there was a picture of Jerry and the reporter kept saying thing like--"He WAS, this and He WAS that" I couldn't understand why he kept using him in the past tense!! Then they flased the years from birth to death and I was completely shocked and terribly upset!! The next morning I woke up and went straight to the den to play the latest live show I had found and cried! When I went to work--I am a teacher--I tried to explain to people at work what had happened and half of them didn't even know who I was talking about and the other half didn't seem to care! The love for the Grateful Dead, Jerry, and everything associated with them is hard to explain to people who are not as "in love" as we are. And what I find so amusing is the fact that it is so easy to feel as though you have so much in common with someone who loves them like we do, even if that is the only commonality you share:)

The grateful dead movie could probably sum up most of that question. Phatmoye

Obviously there is no adequate way to fully describe what it was like to be at a show or be a Deadhead. However, I think the Grateful Dead Movie is a pretty good historical record, and may help to shed some light on what the scene was about. "Let there be songs to fill the air."

Cept wen it does that. The X button gets stuck, posts 2 or 3 times. Still got some trouble shootn to do.Phatmoye

Did you say your using your wii? Is it hard? Im using my playstation 3 and its starting to get easier. They just updated everyones ps3s so now I have photo gallery added. Gettn some great pictures. Oh, and thanks for the input on Xplanin a dead show everybody.Phatmoye

I see so much excitement in the posts, but it's clear that they were all made before the prices were announced. I've spent over 500 dollars in the last 18 months on dead stuff, direct from the site. I bought all the new releases, box sets, and other special stuff (often more than one copy to give as gifts). I didn't do this because I had to - everyone knows that it's unbelievably easy to find high quality recordings on the internet for free. But I don't ( or didn't) b/c I felt that was disrespectful to the band. But you know what's disrespectful? Charging 100 dollars for tickets in the middle of a recession. So much for doing a 6 night run like I wanted to. It's clear that the remaining members have lost all grasp of the ideals that they started and promoted more than 40 years ago. I'm ashamed for showing them so much respect when they clearly care very little about respecting the fans.

That HR mgr's successor turned out to be a fellow Head. I NEVER had to explain it to her...