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  • marye
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    well
    for starters, are there any shows you have tickets for already? What tours are you planning to hit from an audience standpoint? This would help focus our thinking a bit.
  • shuga
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    thx for your response,,specific venues?
    so I guess I will ask if there are specific venues folks could direct us on? We are on the East coast...
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    well as of right now
    I'd say it would depend wildly on the promoter and the venue involved, seriously. Others with recent experience are invited to weigh in, but there are some shows where vending is actively encouraged and there's a clear path on how to do it, and other shows where you'll get mercilessly harassed and busted if you try. Often on the same tour. Or such has been my observation over the years. So I'd say before you invest heavily in this plan, do a little research, because it is big fun and many miraculous, enlightening rewards can come along the way and some real bummers as well. Watch each card, etc.
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    Hi all... A friend and I are thinking about doing Shake down at a show or 2 this year... We have questions of how to go about it. I have heard if u don't follow proper channels the powers that be can just take your wares and kick you out....We will be truly grateful for any info on this. (~):}
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    I can't find any evidence of such an image, so it could be that whoever posted it thought better of it somewhere along the line. If you get a specific link, I'll follow up. shrams, thanks, dealt with it, I THINK... you were one of many that got caught up in that little issue...
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    Anyone going to Furthur's NY Beacon Run? Just wanted to know who was going and what to expect financially. I will be taking a bus from Bethlehem,PA to a NY,NY station. Any advice/help/guide? I'm 18 and will be doing this solo for the 1st time. I have been to other stores but only with friends. I love The deads music and will be seeing Bob' Acoustic show in Wilkes=Barre, PA. Thanks alot anything, help would be useful
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    I once found a picture of the piece I'm referring to on this website. Tonight I'm unable to find it. I'm trying to set the record straight about this piece. The paragraph that was under the photo describing it was a cute story but completely false. So please if anyone (you guys) cares or at least is curious I would love to talk to someone.I can be contacted @ Iwantalan@hotmail.com or @ 781-733-4361 Peacefully, Alan Walker 1130 Tetherow rd. Williams, Oregon 97544
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    When posting to the forum I kept getting a gateway error message and I assumed my post never got submitted. I was wrong and now there are 6 or 7 posts for everytime I resubmitted. Since I really don't want to look like a spam bot and would like to share the links with this community is it possible to delete all but one of the posts? It's the one's with Into The Blue in the subject line. I'm assuming this has to be done on your end. Thanks so much.
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    quite a few Furthur discussions going on here, so jump right in...
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    not sure where to post this, could you help? thanks
    Copied the below text from "Couple observations from last night" cause I would like to see the scene clean-up a bit. I sure do miss seeing the old guard around at shows. Hey I miss Jerry bout as much as anyone, but if you're alive check Furthur because they are bringing the real deal around and around, for only so long, this time. What do other Deadheads think about helping the scene be better. Are Bobby/ Phil helping the Shakedown scene happen well? Perhaps I should ask an insider, I think there's one here . . . Happy New Year! 2012. What a ripping show last night. Only Jerry's live presence could have made it better. Not to say JK isn't tearing it up, cause he is bringing the heat. The whole band is tight, in a good way. Wifey and I wondering why there aren't more pictures of Russo? I, like many Deadheads (only title I've excepted, post Garcia's passing) wonder at Mickey and Bills absence. If it's a financial decision, I am appalled. That said, Russo is excellent. I can not say one is better than another. Even JK and Jerry, sure do miss Jerry's voice and playing; if I could never hear him again and he was sitting next to me listening to Furthur that would be better than how it is. However, w/ JK all I can hope is that he plays as much, or more , than Jerry, Loves life, a bit cleaner, and rocks on and on; love that his own sound and arrangements are coming through and hoping Bobby/ Phil can support him in leading the band. Certainly Bobby/ Phil will always garnish due respect; but come-on, lead guitar drives the bus; even though everyone, even me, lead the band sometimes. It is how it is and I am loving it. Listened to a Phish show from a good friend who's never taken them in, then a week ago they came home for him. http://operationwasabi.com/nospoilers/ph2011-12-28-set1-ns.mp3 Just heard the Decemberists' version of Row Jimmy, excellent. The miracles and life lessons I've received from my years touring, taping, cooking, selling trinkets, and cleaning up, just awesome. Love, Truth, abundant. Last people in CalExpo lot, cops driving by w/ lights flashing, no sirens, me ripping djembe, girl listening, it was an excellent night, Gloria not the highlight but best version I'd heard. Lone dude crosses the lot to only other car. Shortly there-after my elbow was dripping, it's confirmed, I am home. A few days later at Laguna Seca there's Pepper fixing some dude's car, dash torn apart shoulder deep in helping another go on down the road, couple hours before LSD start time (that's Laguna Seca Days) That's what's missing from the Furthur scene: family. We've received criticism from folks for having our children at the shows . . . I am seriously sorry folks missed the scene "back in the day," but it's simple, LOVE/ TRUTH. So what's with the hating? Phish rips, you don't like em don't listen, maybe one day you'll like them, maybe not. If I know one thing in this life: keep an open mind, make no decision before it's time. No Time to Hate. Be Here Now. At the Merch. table inside they hand out little advertisement/ setlist stiffys. It's not my gig, mostly cause if the music is on I'm gigging. I've loved tracking the setlists and often have notes of jams not caught in other lists, but, while I'm writing I'm missing something, sometimes that's OK. Kind of like a camera, a little separated from the experience while I'm trying to frame and capture it, best done for me in moving meditation. Last night ripped! So looking forward to re-cast in an hour. I love that people are willing to put opinions out, hash it out a bit, contemplate. Nice to have a forum, other than AA/ NA where folks communicate without interruption. Although the Dead shows of yore there were multiplicities of verbal and non that were w/o interruption. I could walk through entire shows, and I'm saying all over, w/o bumping another but lightly, respectfully and with notice, care, and communication. Bringing the vibe to Furthur: remove the Crack, H, Nitrous, X; propensities. Bring back the LOVE/ TRUTH. Quick shout out to John Dwork and hARRY hAHN. LOVE YOU GUYS! Time Is A Stripper Doing It Just For You. Don't miss it Hating.
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The fan photos that are (sometimes) getting uploaded and approved, but never appearing. Still working on this. The even worse problem of posts mysteriously disappearing: we think we're narrowing it down, but meanwhile, please, DO NOT POST YOUR ONLY COPY OF SOMETHING GREAT HERE. It may vanish for no reason, and it ain't the mods. We know the problem exists; we haven't solved it yet. Thank you for your continued patience...
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Does anyone have the Grateful Dead version of this song (no the Jerry Garcia one)? I used to have a tape I beieve from Penbroke Pines FL venue with a killer version of this song and I am eagerly trying to find another one. Thanks! Whit Low
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I do not see this show listed anywhere on this sight. The show with NRPS was at the Fieldhouse in Iowa City,Ia.Ticket prices,$2.50.$3.00,$3.50. I remember the Riders came out at 7:30 and the Dead left the stage at almost 1am. My first show.
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Why can't anyone answer the question of where they went and when they will be back?
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dawg440, I encourage you to click that Feedback button there on the bottom of your screen. MaryE and I aren't avoiding the question, but it's beyond anything we can 'fix'.
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and as soon as we have an answer we'll post it. Meanwhile, as posted elsewhere, the downloads are alive and well on iTunes, so if that format works for you, go for it.
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No, doesn't require an iPod, and the iTunes software has Mac and PC versions. You can play the music, burn CDs, etc. and never use an iPod at all. I used it for years before I bit the bullet and bought the iPod, and boy did I look silly sitting in the airport listening to tunes on my iBook... The more audiophile among us think there may be better audio formats than the one iTunes uses, so you may want to wait for them to weigh in here. (Or ask over in the Technical Discussion topic in Tapers.)
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Thanks for the info. It just seems foolish to me that the Download Series is no longer available, hopefully it is short term and will return. Ratdog, Gov't Mule, Phish, Widespread Panic, and many more all have downloads for sale on their sites, seems like it would be purely a cost effective profit maker as there is no hard product to manufacture, ship, etc. I saw a posting on here the other day by someone that said "alot of Heads he knew are in fact dead", given that statement and the fact that we all are getting older, common sense would tell you that there are less of us today than there was 10 years ago, the longer it takes to get the music out there, the fewer sales there ultimately will be. Don't get me wrong, I am ecstatic every time a new archive release comes out like Three from the Vault, and I do purchase them all, but it should have come out years ago. (Don't get me started on the JGB stuff!) I realize it takes time to remaster stuff, and there is no way to do this every piece of tape in the vault, but it doesn't matter that every show is sonically perfect, the demand is there. If you take look at the Internet Archive at http://www.archive.org/details/GratefulDead and see how many times each show has been downloaded, this proves my point and if they charged a fee to download from there instead of allowing just the streams, that would be a hell of alot income for the band and its staff. Yes I agree the old philosophy that the music is "free" doesn't apply anymore, but it would make alot of people happy if they just made it available. I'll get off my soapbox now.
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I am sure many would share my sentiments. I have enjoyed the new site thus far, the Tapers Section is great, met a few new people already, I'm sure it will only continue to grow.
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I made a post in the families forum on July 3. It was there later in the day as I logged on to let my wife read it. Today (July 4) I went back to the forum to read any new posts and my post was not there. I'm not very computer savvy, but am curious has to how and why this happened. Thanks so much for any enlightenment on this.Peace.
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I just saw your post in there, tphokie1. Page three of Families>We've All Got 'Em. is that the one you were looking for? it's from about 2 pm on July 3.
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...shall we go, you and I while we can... Could you please let me know how I might send an e-mail to David Lemeiux? It's private and I'd prefer not to post it. Thank You for your help.
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I seem to be having difficulty downloading the the MP3 downloads.Is it because I have a Mac? How exactly do you go about it?
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what browser are you using? I find that safari and firefox handle it quite differently.
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lemme go take a look and report back. We're talking about the weekly clips in the taper section, right? and you want to download 'em, not stream 'em?
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You'll find David Lemieux's email address at the end of each week's column in the taper section. This week's here. If you run into any trouble lemme know.
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Okay, the first paragraph in the current Tapers Section that has a link is this: "Our first selection is from 7/3/69 in Colorado Springs, and features the best He Was A Friend of Mine (MP3 18.41MB) these ears have ever heard. Please note that is drawn from the cassette master, as this tour was recorded only to cassette and not to reels, so it does sound a little hissy, but this rendition is so darn good, it’s easy to overlook the minor sound issues." In the actual text, "He Was A Friend of Mine" is a link. Position your cursor strategically on said link, hold down the control key, and hold down the mouse button. A pop-up menu will offer you various options, including Play Song in iTunes and Download Linked File. Choose the option you prefer. Should you choose iTunes, it will probably think about it for a bit and then start playing the tune. Should you choose Download, your download window will open and you should be able to monitor the file's progress and then play in in the app of your choice. Including iTunes. Hope this helps. If it doesn't, speak up!
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I am getting an "access denied" message when I try to upload a photo. Is this a temporary thing?Or is it just me? I went through a whole bunch of topics but didn't any discussion about this. Thanks!
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Unkljohn, the photo upload got broken on a server migration a week or so back and is on the short list to be fixed. It's not you, TMOT. Chubbycat, the short version is that on this site only mods (i.e. izzie and me) can start topics. As to other sites, DNC works the same way, the Ratdog site lets you start topics to your heart's content, etc. We don't think this is the One True Path, but for the moment it's what fits the software limitations and other issues here. If you want a topic on a particular subject, you're heartily encouraged to post in the What Else Should We Be Talking About topic, or send a PM to izzie or me. We're generally pretty responsive, at least I hope we are. Thanks!
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Mary, I couldn't remember about the uploads.No worries. John
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used to have the original album from 69 before warner bros re-released in 71 or72 and CLEANED it up, loved the barber shop quartet ending of doin that rag .any one know were to get a cd copy or if the dead are going to put that out in the the original recordings
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I NEED HELP FINDING INFO ABOUT MY 1/4" OR 3/8" FOAM BOARD, GRATEFUL DEAD LIVE WITHOUT A NET POSTER. ITS BIG. MAYBE 5' X 3' OR SOMETHING. IM ALMOST POSITIVE ITS ORIGIONAL....... I THINK? IM WONDERING HOW MUCH ITS WORTH AND ANYTHING ELSE. IT WAS A KICKDOWN, I LEFT IT WITH FRIENDS, THEY SPLIT UP, NOW HES CLAIMEN ITS HIS. IN THEIR COURTCASE, HE CLAIMED ITS WORTH $13,000 SOMETHIN. DRAMA !!! I GUESS HE DOSENT KNOW ABOUT THE NAME ON THE BACK !!! ANYWAY, I WROTE THE FAMILY HE RIPPED OFF ( EVEN STOLE THE KIDS TOYS) A LETTER AND IM GITTIN IT BACK. SHES HOLDIN IT FOR ME.!!!!! ANY INFO AT ALL WOULD REALLY HELP. MY E-MAIL ADDRESS IS redbudgreen@yahoo.com PLEASE,PLEASE HELP!!! THANX TO ALL WHO READ THIS !!! PEAS AND HOMINEY!!
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I seem to be one of the ones where my own recent posts do NOT show on my profile page. Would really like to have this feature accessable when the powers that be figure out how to do this. Thanks!
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Would be cool if could be subcategories of that function ie: Forum topic, venue, show, etc. and we could click on one category at a time, instead of having them all mixed together. Just a thought.
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Just found the filter for my above post. Sorry for the stupid comment!
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What is Dan Healey been up to now a days? I always remember people saying he was 7 member of the band. Is it true he was fired messing with Weir's voice during shows? I had the privalege of being his geust at the Buckeys 88 show. He was a ture gentalmen. For me, he made it the BEST show of my life!!
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Hi, wonder what's wrong. a post from yesterday in the "All around the world section/Europe" doesnt appear today anymore. Still cant mark my location (Germany) on the map. Still cannot upload photos from show. E.g. Germany 1981 ??? Gerdie
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Check the FAQs; we will announce it when the thing is fixed, believe me. As far as the map goes, it's a Google Map kind of deal, so any difficulties you're having are Google rather than dead.net. However, we have noted with U.S. addresses that it needs an exact street address before it will mark you on the map. If you've done this and you're still having trouble, please speak up. As to your missing post, I'm at a loss. It's not in the spam queue and it's not in the topic. Something has clearly malfunctioned, and I'm sorry. Please post again if you'd be so kind. Thanks! We'll keep an eye on the situation.
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that the Fan Photo Upload feature is now fixed, so have at it, and if you have problems, report back!
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tj crowley tough one to get from cali to nyc for the 6 7 70 gig and which of the winterland gig's was where mickey showed..don't see it here and can't remeber exactly and which of the fillmore east's did fleetwood mac show up for (late show-they were in town same eve) tom crowley thnakyou
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my photos don't show up if you click on them. Why, and is it something I need to do to fix it? I have more photos, but don't want to up load if there is a problem. :)Lake
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The fan photos are moderated, so they're not immediately accessible when you upload them. (This is mostly to head off such things as the uploading of, say, Jim Marshall's photos by people other than Jim Marshall.) If the problem persists, we're dealing with something else, so speak up... Thanks!
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Marye,my pictures were up and working fine for days/weeks, now they won't show when trying to enlarge, when I click on yours the same happens, others work fine...I don't know what changed....Lake
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Thanks for the heads up. I'll pass this on and report back.
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on what cd's is this song?
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It was after the last of the studio albums, but there's a rehearsal version on the last disc of the So Many Roads box set. Anyone with better info, please post!
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...shall we go, you and I while we can... This place has been here for six weeks or so and I'm seeing the complaints outweighing the compliments about two to one . Izzie and Marye got tossed into a definite work in progress. They were honest about that from day one. Look, If the Grateful Dead experienced that much negativity at the beginning when things didn't work right, the music was sloppy, the venue sucked,, we wouldn't be hear today, 'cause the band would have called it quits. The initial scene thrived on what was going right and how to build on it.Let's try that here. See 'cause how many times do people need to hear that the store isn't fully connected with the site, that opening new topics isn't gonna happen in the forums,etc. There's a lot of arch tone and unnecessary sarcasm that's well, frankly juvenile. Wheather it was Watkins Glen Or the Berkely Community center, Woodstock or Anchorage, Alaska, I always saw the faithful in the audience adapt to the situation with the same smile, ,cause they knew something great was about to happen. The same thing can be true here. After all, what do we really want, lindley Meadows or Altamont??? Give it some thought,and sure if you got a gripe, you can always express it in a pleasent manner. Be sure to say something nice along the way as well, it will come back to you.
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Would probably help if people read through the posts in the sections about technical problems BEFORE they post new complaints. If problem has already been brought up, then would be kinder NOT to be repetitive and post, or if the person absolutely can't help themselves, then to say something very mild like: "XYZ problem, ditto" or "me too". izzie and Marye have said they will keep us informed on fixes and updates, and they WILL. They are doing a great job, with a monumental task, and no need to stress them with the s.o.s. over and over.
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Sometimes when I log in, the whole section under "dead community" on the left is all black, and sometimes I can see "All recent posts, Member map, Members, Who's online" etc. Does anybody else have this phenomena? Does anybody know why it happens?
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What browser are you using? I very occasionally have instances of pages loading weirdly, but it doesn't persist. So say more about this.
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I am using Mozilla as a browser. Whole column under the cursive text "dead community" is just a black box. Can see no individual text in the box, other than the who's online text. Also cannot click on anything in this black field. Happens about 30% of the times that I log in. Also happens that if I log out, close Mozilla, and then log back in, all text and functions are back. Seems to be a temporary black hole or something-I have no clue what it could be. Was wondering if I were the only one with this, as I took my own advice and looked for someone else asking about this before I posted ;-)
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I'm using Firefox - latest release - tigerlily, and have had the same thing a few times. I have no idea what's causing it, but it happens on other pages for me,too. Not as often as you're describing though.
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I'm using Firefox too, but on a Mac. I've had the occasional weirdness, but never black boxes... TigerLilly, next time this happens, can you do a screen shot and email it to us so we can pass it to the techs? The problem may not be on this end, but at least they can check it out.
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Sure thing. Will do it the next time I see the black box.