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    Somewhere in Signpost, I think it is (or some other interview I haven't read for 20 years), Jerry is talking about the days when he and Hunter, newly sprung from the army, were living in derelict cars in Palo Alto (it is left to the reader to contemplate the halcyon days when there were derelict cars in Palo Alto...), mostly on canned pineapple liberated from the armed forces. Many's the time I've thought how different life would be for how many people if not for those days. Anyway, this is the place for fans of Hunter to congregate, pay tribute, fantasize about tours, and otherwise be darn glad we didn't miss this guy.

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    thanks marye
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    Tim Truman's Dr. Spasmodius
    lives here: http://www.dead.net/image/boxes-dr-spasmodiu
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    yes,
    Dr. Spasmodious is a yearly ritual, but there are the occasional subtle changes. It even was the subject of one of those Tim Truman comics, as I recall; I'll see if we've got it here.
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    does RH say that poem every year? Just wondering cause i have a copy of him doing the poem right before a new years show from back in the early eighties. I am not sure but i think it was 83into 84.
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    I have seen him several times live in between Dead sets....
    And he is amazing..He always plays the songs I wanted "The Dead" to play.... ROBERT ROCKS!!!!! Dead to the Core www.myspace.com/bongwizard
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    Counting up the things that counton the fingers of one hand Music, love, and friendship and the rest of it be damned This stanza is from See You Again written for the Rhythm Devils from Hunter's journals, 10/26/06. Kind of says it all. Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.) Walt Whitman-Song of Myself
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    What can I say about Robert Hunter? His lyrics are rooted in the mythology and the deep spaces of American culture. The lyrics are weatherbeaten and yet still shiny. They are mysterious, yet still accessible. They speak, in equal parts, of joy and resigned despair, but the despair always wears a wink and a grin. The characters in Hunter's songs are something akin to Faustian heroes. Sure, there are deals with the devil, hubris, bad choices, but there is (in the songs, music, and us fans) the constant striving and trying for something better, which is inevitably the heroes salvation, as well as our own. The characters are the denizens of Steinbeck's "Palace Flophouse," Kerouac's "one's who are mad, desirous of everything..." They are also the lonely and jaded wanderers along Hemingway's "Big Two-Hearted River." They are the existential heroes seeking authenticity and open to the unbelievable POSSIBILITY of it all. I've always identified most with Robert Hunter. Possibly because I don't play a musical instrument (I'm sure air guitar doesn't count!), but I do play with the words. I discovered the Dead and the words of Robert Hunter around the same time I discovered Whitman, Joyce and Chekhov. At 14 I made no distinction between them all. Perhaps I was naive. But I don't think so. Thank you Robert. BTW, Why isn't Hunter in the songwriter's hall of fame? Yo Soy Boricua!
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    ....is a genius.........and an amazing poet.
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Somewhere in Signpost, I think it is (or some other interview I haven't read for 20 years), Jerry is talking about the days when he and Hunter, newly sprung from the army, were living in derelict cars in Palo Alto (it is left to the reader to contemplate the halcyon days when there were derelict cars in Palo Alto...), mostly on canned pineapple liberated from the armed forces. Many's the time I've thought how different life would be for how many people if not for those days. Anyway, this is the place for fans of Hunter to congregate, pay tribute, fantasize about tours, and otherwise be darn glad we didn't miss this guy.
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Submitted by starsleeper on Thu, 04/16/2009 - 13:15

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that's the first I've heard of it. Is it out yet? Know what it's called? I wonder if they collaborated on any songs together, that would be wild.
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Submitted by Hal R on Thu, 04/16/2009 - 14:59

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I really look forward to this Dylan release. Two of the greatest lyric forces team up. If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake
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Submitted by starsleeper on Fri, 04/17/2009 - 10:09

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... is the name of the new Dylan album and is set for release April 28th. Dylan and Hunter co-wrote all the songs except one. This is Hunters 2nd time working with Dylan. They also wrote "Silvio" and "Ugliest Girl In The World" together.
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Submitted by AndIgoton on Sun, 05/17/2009 - 23:05

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whatever happened to RH's (sort of) daily blog entries? I used to count on reading about his daily battles with the (Russian?) river and whatever golden bits of introspection he chose to drop on us. it had no signs or dividing lines and very few rules to guide. if you're out there, RH, please reconsider doing that again. daily, weekly, monthly. yearly. whatever. it's all good.
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Submitted by marye on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 09:38

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to the one whose inspiration has moved us all, brightly or otherwise... Many happy returns of the day, and all good things to you and yours.
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Submitted by sunflower on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 12:13

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I hope you have been healthy, happy and creative. And that your friends and family are treating you like the King that you are! Drop us a journal entry...it's been over two years. Your adoring fans need to hear from you. Peace, love and respect, Sunflower Sandy
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Submitted by marye on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 13:33

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he does post from time to time on DNC, just fyi, though not usually at the length of the old journal posts alas.
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Submitted by noonie on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 16:24

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a big warm hug to you.... thanks for all the beautiful music and lyrics
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Submitted by Richard Vigeant on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 19:21

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and thanks to fit a lot of french words in the so "imagées" lyrics you gave us.Share the LOVE! Richard.
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Submitted by grdaed73 on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 20:44

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happy bday!!! miss hearing your thoughts, hope all is good for you on this day and every day that follows!peacen'muchlove
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Submitted by c_c on Wed, 06/24/2009 - 00:15

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Happy Birthday Hunter!! love and peace, cc (late as usual)
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Submitted by emoto on Fri, 09/11/2009 - 06:47

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He hasn't updated his Hunter Archive in ages. Anyone know how he's doing?
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Submitted by cineater on Mon, 02/01/2010 - 17:32

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Hunter was working on a fictional novel a few years back. Anybody know if it got published and the title? I need it for a birthday present plus I want to read it. Thanks in advance.
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Submitted by blue.jay.way. on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 14:50

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As I recall, he couldn't find a publisher, and let it drop. There were suggestions that he circulate it privately by various means, but the impression given was that he'd rather just let it be. Disappointing as that is, it's clear that Mr Hunter will do as he will, and I respect his decision, even if I don't happen to agree. The good news is, his second collaboration with Jim Lauderdale should be out by sometime this spring! Looks as if his writing is in high gear: Lauderdale, Dylan, NRPS, Papa Mali and BK, and so forth--
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Submitted by synchronicity on Mon, 02/22/2010 - 17:18

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Speaking of Hunter and his stomping ground - Does anyone know what happened to DNC? Drain the cup to the dregs, amen.
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Submitted by blue.jay.way. on Tue, 02/23/2010 - 15:12

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Hi there, synch! I returned your PM--appears to be new improved server time--
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Submitted by synchronicity on Tue, 02/23/2010 - 17:49

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Just a quick drive-by.But I took a look around, and the place looks great! Are those new drapes? Drain the cup to the dregs, Amen.
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Submitted by marye on Mon, 03/15/2010 - 11:26

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Thanks bluejay!
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Submitted by sherbear on Thu, 03/18/2010 - 21:16

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-----------(-----@Amidst the cosmic afternoon skies thoughts into mind not regular so complex elevated response real as only two but not three dense reality instant a dawning in the thickets where the briars struck beat past absent from start unable to separate the two the night fell many times I not being apart from me never saw as two but it entrenched me as one but that that one does know not can pass to a fate of beautifulness then it came to be of calm for it would never again be that way. I,I,I, Love you so much. -----------------(-----@ SherBear
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Submitted by marye on Wed, 06/23/2010 - 09:36

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and many more, to a guy without whom a whole lot of lives would be really different, and not in a good way.
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Submitted by Canyon Critter on Wed, 06/23/2010 - 11:24

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Thanks for all the great wonderful things you've done. Have a very Hippy Happy Birthday my brother! May you have many more! How about a Birthday blog for old times sake? LOL ♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥ Twirly Banner
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Submitted by Hal R on Wed, 06/23/2010 - 13:19

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and many more. Thanks for continuing to grace us with your words. Miss your online journal. Glad that this has been a productive time for you with the Dylan and Lauderdale releases. I saw myself a ring of bone in the clear stream of all of it. Lew Welch If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake
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Submitted by primo on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 10:59

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At -SAM`s- club they now have a nice standing -FAN- that says in nice lettering "-HUNTER-" on it~ !' Someone should get -RH- at least 5 of them-!' primo'
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Submitted by blue.jay.way. on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 15:51

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Mr Hunter has now allowed his live performances to be hosted, streaming and downloadable, on the Live Music Archive, thanks to a request by Charlie Miller. Thanks Charlie, and thanks, rh! "A well put together unreality is pretty hard to beat." --Mark Twain
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Submitted by marye on Fri, 04/29/2011 - 09:13

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that is great news!!!
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Submitted by marye on Sun, 06/23/2013 - 09:25

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Happy birthday Hunter!
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Submitted by Anna rRxia on Mon, 06/24/2013 - 03:15

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No longer are being presented under the BRE banner. The following are the sheduled gigs: Sat, Sep 28 Fri, Oct 4 Allentown Symphony Hall, Allentown, PA Keswick Theatre, Glenside, PA (What is BRE anyway? An organization of Scottish Rite Masons within the Illuminati?)
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Submitted by Ozette on Thu, 09/19/2013 - 09:23

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Who were the subjects Built To Last were written for? It's dawned on me that "3 blue stars" could be a reference to 3 Sons In Service (2 of whom apparently did not return). This song jumped out at me when my son shipped out to Marines Boot Camp, I had no idea why - it's the one song I have run thru my head each of the last 150 days, deeply but inexplicably connecting it to my son-in-service experience. Then, this morning, I learned of the "son-in-service" flags: 1 blue star = 1 son in Service; 3 blue stars = 3 sons in Service. cheers, Bob
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Submitted by mason's children on Mon, 11/18/2013 - 23:16

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I found a cool belt buckley if ya know of anyone who might of lost it at interlocked let me know.
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Submitted by marye on Fri, 05/23/2014 - 09:11

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That I first turned up on Robert Hunter's doorstep to do an interview for the Golden Road. I remember it as if it were yesterday, but perhaps not with perfect accuracy. (The interview's in the Oxford Grateful Dead Reader, which I think is still in print and which I'd heartily recommend on general principles.)
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Submitted by sisterearth on Wed, 07/16/2014 - 16:02

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Cool interview! Thanks for sharing!!
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Submitted by marye on Thu, 07/24/2014 - 07:11

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And it seems like a good idea to post it here, the rumor mill being what it is: Robert Hunter 10 hours ago · It’s come to my attention that there is an article circulating from http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2014/07/22/grateful-dead-lyri… taking a few quotes out of context from last year’s interview I did for a Rolling Stone profile. Thank you all for your concern regarding my health, however I am grateful this is old news taken out of context and has been sensationalized. I am fully recovered, and I am not in need of any financial help or indebted, although I'm deeply touched by the immediate concern and overwhelming response of the community. The reason I have decided to come back to touring is to play the music I love and for the deep connection to my audiences. I am going on stage not because I have to but because I WANT to. Reconnecting with the fans and the music is a powerful experience and not one that I take lightly. Still kicking, Robert.
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Submitted by A.Cajun.Head on Thu, 07/24/2014 - 19:45

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My son today told me he heard Robert Hunter had to go on tour to pay for medical expenses and I said that doesn't seem to ring true after reading a recent interview. This repost clears that up!!