Grateful Dead

Hey Now, I am in total agreement with you over the whole Chicago thing, although, to be honest, me living in Chicago helps. Sorry to hear you got a reject letter, but don't lose hope, and from your comment, I can tell you haven't. Scalper scum are every where here in the Windy City, and if everyone try their hardest to NOT buy from scalpers, they will be forced to dump their tickets near show time. Good news it is a large venue and I am sure screens will be up as they were in every single Solider Field show the played from 1991 to the very last show. Bad news is, they have redesigned the venue since 1995 and I have yet to go to any concerts that have been there. You'll get a ticket, especially with your attitude. Karma works bro, and I am serious when I say this, if I can get an extra, which, at this point I am hoping to get into at least one show, I will let you know. I got your back brother. Sincerely, and gratefully, Joe

Would love to hear the old stuff,Golden Road and Lazy Lightning, Viola Lee Blues. I do like Phish and really do not want to hear any Phish and would be so shocked if we did. Although Trey is so playful and love his spirit so if he teased a riff or two it might be funny if the timing is right but on second thought probably wouldn't go over so well. An acoustic Ripple would be beautiful but would make me too sad. Grateful no mail here yet, sent at 4:55 on the 20th from Colorado. Pushing out the worry with positive thoughts!

Whew! Just got back from a dusty 45 minute (each way) drive into town for another round of Russian Roulette with my post office box. Once again the “chamber” was empty, but who knows if/when it’s going to blow my head off with a SASE rejection. . . Following this board is a trip which I take at least once a day. We’re all pretty stoked about the idea of being part of the gathering in Chicago and the ticket scramble is making most of us crazy. All the pet theories of how the “pile” gets whittled down make good points, but we’ll never know for sure. Mail ordering tickets is not for the faint of heart. Thanks “inspired1” for reminding what the mail order instructions said: “We will be shipping tickets from March thorough June. Our goal is to notify folks of their ticket status by the outlet on-sale date of Feb 28th.” For me that translates into “you could receive a rejection notice OR a ticket confirmation ANY time between now and the end of February.” Ten days ago (or was it ten years?) MaryE answered my post on this board about the handling of all the requests this way: “In my experience, those folks are pretty darn conscientious. Good luck to GDTSTOO in dealing fairly and gracefully with the deluge!” Remember, GDTSTOO is part of the Grateful Dead family, not just a disinterested, third-party opportunist. I don’t envy the folks at GDTSTOO nor have a clue about how they’re tackling their insanely complex task, but I do know that I can’t think of anyone else I’d rather be handling the mail orders.