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  • #51
    Kate_C.
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    Incidentally, COSMICBADGER, where are you?
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    Kate_C.
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    First Snow.
    Went running in a nearby national park this a.m. and the scene from afar was breathtaking: below 500', fall foliage in driving snow; above that clearly demarcated elevation, everything covered in a solid white applique of snow and ice, with the ridge invisible under mist and likely heavier snowfall. Anyway, pup and I ran an eerily quiet forest floor along the base and small foothills for almost a couple hours, though I only know this because I pulled the earplugs once while the terrier stood at stiff attention facing ???, otherwise, I was transported 3rd row, center with a raucous crowd at the Fillmore East on 2/27-28/70 listening to Alvin and the boys of 10 Years After...WOOT!/K
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    Kate_C.
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    tuned in
    Actually, I think the first set of 5/7/77 was just one long tuning session with a few songs thrown in for good measure./K
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    wilfredtjones
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    a tuning compilation
    One from every year might be interesting. It could happen...
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    slo lettuce
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    funny stuff...
    A "Tuning '77" compilation. Some good Bobby-to-audience comments too.
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    slo lettuce
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    smile and say...
    "Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese." -G.K. Chesterton, Alarms and Discursions
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    Randall Lard
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    current cheeses
    Ossau Iraty - using sheep's milk from the Basque region of France. Quite sweet and fruity. Petit Reblochon - rind-washed, made from raw cow's milk. Rather nutty, lovely and smooth. Chaource - deliciously soft and creamy, using unpasteurized cow's milk. Cylindrical pleasure. Shropshire Blue - mildly spicy, slightly yeasty, from a traditional animal rennet. A simple joy.
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    Stealurface-bertbert
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    They're just friends you haven't met.
    I always believed the dead were a state of mind or a philosophy in away, they held the lens up for us to look through and experience. A constantly evolving organism. I was lucky enough to start catching them in the early 80's thanks to a friends brother and it was just the thing I was missing in my life. I somehow knew or sensed they or "something "was out there, much like you, but didn't know we're or how to look for it...at the time I started seeing them the older heads were telling me "it's changed". It's not like it use to be. True but the only constant In the universe is change and you can still experience the mind altering music they made as well as the state of mind. I'm really really glad to see a new generation enjoy the rare gem that is the Grateful Dead. If you need any tips and/ or direction with regards to the trail your on, you only need ask. Strangers stopping strangers...
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    innerblue47
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    Dead Head?
    That description fits me just beautifully. I never saw the Dead but was privileged to see 'Further' at the Red Rocks last year. It was cool, the vibe was great, and it was fun just to be a part of it. With the Dead, when you listen to them, you feel you can just lay your heart right on the line with them. Sometimes when I catch a little 'space' I listen to the dead and know they are companions that have been right there with me. It feels like home. It feels good.
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    Anna rRxia
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    If you're a human, you gotts be in!
    http://www.dead.net/archives/year/Artwork
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Submitted by slo lettuce on Tue, 01/19/2016 - 17:09

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lol....you know how I feel about roaches: waste not, want not ;-) Thanks, Wilfred; hope this winter is finding you and the Mrs. well.
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Submitted by Randall Lard on Tue, 01/19/2016 - 23:29

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my favourite slo quote was the expletive driven ranting a couple years back involving the cloak and dagger tactics from narcotics officers invading his email inbox. there may have been african brides attached as well. the memory falters. sadly deleted. still priceless.
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Submitted by slo lettuce on Wed, 01/20/2016 - 16:37

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lol....your memory serves you well, RL. There was most certainly a picture of a very attractive African woman tastelessly connected to a poorly executed fishing expedition.Dipshits. I don't think Antiques Roadshow would be interested though:-)
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Submitted by Randall Lard on Thu, 02/09/2017 - 00:00

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I Cannot Feel You As The Dogs Are Laughing And I Am Blind
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Submitted by Randall Lard on Wed, 08/16/2017 - 02:53

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"Hey Dad, What Do Poets Eat For Tea? Pork And Opium, Son, Pork And Opium"
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Submitted by gratefulsquid on Wed, 10/25/2017 - 19:24

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Who else listens on Spotify? My friend and I have been noticing something very strange over the past couple of months. From time to time, a random track or two off of a certain show will be replaced by a track of the same song from a completely different show and usually era. The quality will be much less, the track is unmixed, or suddenly Brent joins the band in 1977. The switched track usually goes away within a day and goes back to normal. On one occasion the same track switched to two different versions in the same day. I've noticed that the switch usually only takes place on the computer app. On my phone I was able to pull up the original at the same time. The switch only happened on my phone one time. Has anyone else noticed this? It is becoming more and more frequent. I am enjoying listening to the replacement versions knowing that some sneaky Spotify employee must have chosen them.
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Submitted by dwlemen on Thu, 10/26/2017 - 05:40

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Hey! I do listen to Spotify also, on the computer all day at work. I have not noticed it myself. But, I will keep a listen and report back if I also see songs swap. Might be that I'm zoning on work and just not picking it up. That is certainly odd behavior. I could see a theory of it being "close enough" but computers don't do close enough unless explicitly programmed to do so. Anyways, not much help for you, but if I do see it, I'll be sure to hop back on and at least give you some support! Peace, -Dave
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Submitted by gratefulsquid on Thu, 10/26/2017 - 08:38

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I forgot to mention in my original post: What makes it even weirder is that the replaced versions are usually always from shows that are not on Spotify, shows that have not been professionally mastered. On a few occasions they were versions that I instantly recognized from shows that I have downloaded from Archive.org. The tracks are often similar in length but not always. My theory is that a Spotify employee that has access to their file system (must be someone high up) is switching them. But this idea becomes tricky because of the timeliness of the switches. The songs often go back to normal within a day. This person would have to be doing this all the time, unless they somehow have it automatically programmed. There is ONE track that has been switched for a while and IS switched for me RIGHT NOW if anyone wants to check: The album '30 trips around the sun', Shakedown Street from Cornell 5/16/81 is playing as Shakedown Street from 12/31/81, a version I know well. The labels still say Cornell 5/16/81. This is starting to drive me crazy, as the switches often happen at very timely times..... I have searched the internet and found no posts or articles about such phenomena so I finally decided to make some posts on dead.net. Whatever this plot is I commend you because it is working.. Thanks, Josh
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Submitted by JinTenn on Thu, 11/16/2017 - 13:36

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Spotify is under some heat for other "weird" things employees are doing, like uploading their own music as a bunch of different artists nobody has heard of to flesh out the product. They don't exist, at all, except in Spotify. Or using computer generated music to do the same so they don't even have to make the songs. This was in the early days when they were still growing but the truth of it is coming out. I don't guess it hurts anything but it's deceptive.