Well dang---Long Strange Trip is one night only----this Thursday, during the working week---most everywhere, except L.A. and Tri-State area Heads can also pick up tickets for the limited theatrical run, Thursday, May 25- Thursday, June 1st.. Complete list of theaters nationwide and link for tickets here:http://view.em-dead.net/?qs=b0a1eb0ca5da8e29dc2dea204b91247c016af571c527bfb9abb5fdcabcf158a56f06e0412999e297bbce40a306e7dffa58661dffb9f0b1c09a72d3513161b029
― dow, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 20:02 (six years ago) link
Wow, cool! Thanks for posting that!
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― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 20:04 (six years ago) link
Yeah, thanks! Also, that reminded me to check for this (Ornette w GD---he hasn't started playing yet, but so far so good) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRAlUJPv9ioAnd I guess this is the whole show:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVPlVdH2R6k
― dow, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 20:18 (six years ago) link
Link to "Dark Star" on Long Strange Trip soundtrack, says the Amazon-exclusive version has 80 minutes more than other (incl. 20 min. "Eyes of the World"), and other stuff:
http://view.em-dead.net/?qs=10f839664e1d947b2f51799f5412bfd6ed4f7ca9184541f79bb0ee3e594492abf4298e5c6f8d8cb2b5e1ab5168059cb237e5e1aadc152d6566b3fd31a3bd59a8
― dow, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 18:56 (six years ago) link
Amazon-exclusive version of the soundtrack, that is.
― dow, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 18:57 (six years ago) link
the movie was amazing, i don't remember if i posted about it, but holy shit it's a masterpiece. easily the best music documentary i've ever seen. the quote that stuck with was Jerry responding to a journalist asking about Deadheads taping shows: "It's fine with me if people can find some use in music that's already happened."
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 19:01 (six years ago) link
Should be up on Prime vid tomorrow, stoked
― Brakhage, Thursday, 1 June 2017 20:29 (six years ago) link
What's a good entry point for the Brent era--specifically, highlighting what he brought to the band, rather than just how the Dead were in general during that time? I've never listened past the 1970s, since '80s Dead seemed to the genesis of many stereotypes that put me off from getting into them for years: the parking lot scene, bro-ish jam band fans, etc. Not to mention the general track of record of '60s artists in '80s.
Still, the documentary seemed to stress Brent was a godsend for the band, and I know a few heads who really dig that period, so figured I'd dip the toe in to see what I'm missing.
― blatherskite, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:51 (six years ago) link
I got to that part in the doc and thought, hm, I should give the Brent era a chance. Then I heard him sing.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:54 (six years ago) link
I listened to Go To Nassau from 1980 recently and was surprised at how strong it was -- Garcia sounds great at least.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:57 (six years ago) link
Spring 1990 (the last tour with Brent), is considered by some to be the best point of that version of the band. There was a full box set out a year or two ago, but the 'Dozin' at the Knick' 3cd set is also pretty hot. I love Brent's singing.
― how's life, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 19:00 (six years ago) link
"Dozin'" seconded. My gateway to what limited Dead fandom I possess.
― smug dinner-jazz atrocity (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 20:28 (six years ago) link
Thanks, will check those out!
― blatherskite, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 21:13 (six years ago) link
Oh yeah. This is a go-to "show" when I want to hear early 80s Dead. The first set is remarkably strong and their take on Jack Straw here is probably my favourite ever. Love the energy as they return to the final verse.
― doug watson, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 23:48 (six years ago) link
Grateful Dead Fan Sends Women Unsolicited Dick’s Picks
― joygoat, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 14:56 (six years ago) link
heh
― how's life, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 15:25 (six years ago) link
I'm (re)discovering "High Time" today via Go To Nassau, and then a few different versions on Archive. Haven't owned a copy of Workingman's Dead since high school, and they didn't play the song all that often past 1970, so I'd kinda forgotten how good it is.
― smug dinner-jazz atrocity (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 18:41 (six years ago) link
I've been wondering - are there any "standard" dead songs, like ones they've played more than 10 times or so, where sometimes Jerry will sing, sometimes Bob will sing? I haven't listened to nearly enough shows to have any examples of this.
I never thought too hard about the "bob songs" vs. "jerry songs" thing until I watched the recent documentary and it mentioned the spinners who would sit down for Bob songs.
― joygoat, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 19:09 (six years ago) link
i don't think so -- only thing i can think of is "when i paint my masterpiece" which garcia sang with the JGB in the 70s but Weir sang with the Dead in the 80s. there are random exceptions -- weir initially sang "dire wolf" and garcia didn't chime in on "jack straw" at first.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 19:14 (six years ago) link
Hah hah, did not realize I had something in common with the spinners.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 19:19 (six years ago) link
Thought I'd pass this on, really enjoyable and led me to some great AUDs which ordinarily I wouldn't have sought out
― Brakhage, Monday, 7 August 2017 12:53 (six years ago) link
Brent sang some soaring harmonies during the chorus of Touch of Grey in the early 80s (thinking specifically of Merriweather 6/21/83, he's pretty high in the mix). Such a drag they cut his harmonies on the studio version until the very last refrain, and even then it's absurdly low in the mix.
― flappy bird, Monday, 7 August 2017 16:23 (six years ago) link
dude sounds like grover
― kurt schwitterz, Monday, 7 August 2017 16:50 (six years ago) link
lol true
1:08:27 tho... his singing is amazing, fits the songs perfectly, not Grovery at all
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5XEHvJO9-A
― flappy bird, Monday, 7 August 2017 17:13 (six years ago) link
discovered the bird song from 'ladies and gentlemen...' gentle and gorgeous
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 7 August 2017 17:31 (six years ago) link
deep into the dead right now. one of those periods when they about 90% of what i'm listening to. goddamn i love the internet archive
― marcos, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 16:57 (six years ago) link
past few nights i've been making art and listening to different versions of "black peter" over and over. this one from 1970-05-15 is killer https://archive.org/details/gd70-05-15.early-late.sbd.97.sbeok.shnf/gd70-5-15D3T01.shn
― marcos, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 16:59 (six years ago) link
been really enjoying late 73 shows lately. find it hard to get into pre-71 stuff outside of 'live/dead' tbh. and can't get into black peter! it's so lugubrious
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 18:06 (six years ago) link
oh man it is possibly my favorite dead tune or at least rotates that spot w/ a couple of other tunes
― marcos, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 18:48 (six years ago) link
i'll give it a shot once i wrap up my 11/11/73 listening :)
i do enjoy the studio version
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 18:51 (six years ago) link
fwiw, someone asked Geologist from Animal Collective at the Sung Tongs show in NYC recently what his favorite Dead show was, he said October 12, 1968 - Avalon Ballroom - San Francisco, CA
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 19:06 (six years ago) link
^ the second chunk of cryptical envelopment here rips, thanks!
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 20:52 (six years ago) link
so many 73 sugarees I am digging
i love this band so much. they are getting me through the winter man
― marcos, Sunday, 21 January 2018 04:44 (six years ago) link
live stuff finally clicked for me in the last few months after being a longtime workingmans/beauty fan and it's been an amazing ride, so much music to discover and enough variations to keep me happy for life i feel...
however, try as i might, i just can't get into dark star, can't even get my head around it. it's not the length- i can listen to a 30 minute love light or morning dew or 30 minutes of the same dancehall riddim or minimalist composition no problem but ds i just get lost and have nothing to grab onto, just sounds like a bunch of noodling to me.
i really WANT to like it. have mostly listened to 1969-70 versions, is there a different era of stars i might dig more?
― oiocha, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 18:45 (six years ago) link
68-69 are my favorite dark stars. iirc a lot of folks swear by 72-73
― marcos, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 18:47 (six years ago) link
this one has some nice panache, last one before their hiatus and it shows
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDXE2gGlqK0
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 19:11 (six years ago) link
i have never gotten behind the '69 dark stars. the stuff i first got into are the 1972s, which sound like shitty "live/evil" (that's a compliment). since then i've gotten into some of the better 1970s.
have you tried 1970-11-05? that's an interesting one for me because it's not very exploratory at all, it's kind of like a recap of everything they'd accomplished by jamming the song up to that point.
― Arnold Schoenberg Steals (rushomancy), Thursday, 25 January 2018 01:46 (six years ago) link
I love '69 Dark Stars personally - I learned to love them listening while driving, which I recommend if it's an option. I do feel like they're a good example of how a recording can't replace the actual experience of a show though.
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 25 January 2018 02:28 (six years ago) link
Oh yeah...think it might be tyme to repost "Grayfolded," a trip through many Dark Stars---a few notes of this one, more of that---full album here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl0-f1Vt6aE
― dow, Thursday, 25 January 2018 03:37 (six years ago) link
Got tix the other day to see Dead and Co. this summer with my pops. I've never seen any incarnation of the band in concert but I've heard good things about this group. Consider myself a very mild fan up until now but I'm starting to play catch-up and I'll admit it's pretty addictive to stalk the Dead through different eras and different versions of songs. Once you get in their headspace it's very easy to not want to listen to anything else. case in point I feel pretty guilty at how much Dead I ended up listening to last night and this morning instead of The Fall.
― evol j, Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:32 (six years ago) link
there's a fantastic app called 'relisten' which lets you store archive shows offline... it's dangerous
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 25 January 2018 15:21 (six years ago) link
triggering word there----evol j, you know about this right?https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead
― dow, Thursday, 25 January 2018 16:33 (six years ago) link
yes i do, i'll probably get there eventually though i'm content with what's on spotify for now.
― evol j, Thursday, 25 January 2018 17:03 (six years ago) link
john perry barlow died?
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 22:46 (six years ago) link
RIP, seemed like quite a character ...
― tylerw, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 23:41 (six years ago) link
he was quite likable in the doc- also, one of the only 'cool' republicans i can think of??
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 23:44 (six years ago) link
haha, i thought he was a "cyber-libertarian" ... which maybe is just republican, i dunno.
― tylerw, Thursday, 8 February 2018 00:00 (six years ago) link
rip he seemed like an okay guy
― marcos, Thursday, 8 February 2018 00:29 (six years ago) link
Never Not Funny Anecdote from the Annotated Dead lyrics site:
Steven Finney wrote:> I posted this a few years ago, but it bears a repeat...I read an> interview with Barlow (aka "the Barlitos"...to those who know the band)> many years ago in an English music magazine, and the following was> one of the original lyrics to "Hell in a Bucket" which Bobby chose> not to sing...(hey! This could even be taken as an HS reference!)> > "And while you were saying your mantra> I was humping your very best friend> And comparing myself to Sinatra> 'Cause I did it my way in her end".It's true! I was hanging out at Weir's a bit in those days, and therewere some gnarly ideas batted around for that song. Gerrit Graham (whowrote "Victim or the Crime" with Bobby) was around for some of thesesessions, too.I was actually able to contribute a little to "Hell in a Bucket": Isuggested to Bob that he change "You imagine me kissing the toe of yourboot" to "You imagine me sipping champagne from your boot." Barlowseemed slightly miffed about it, but I'm pretty sure he got over it.
It's true! I was hanging out at Weir's a bit in those days, and therewere some gnarly ideas batted around for that song. Gerrit Graham (whowrote "Victim or the Crime" with Bobby) was around for some of thesesessions, too.
I was actually able to contribute a little to "Hell in a Bucket": Isuggested to Bob that he change "You imagine me kissing the toe of yourboot" to "You imagine me sipping champagne from your boot." Barlowseemed slightly miffed about it, but I'm pretty sure he got over it.
― ...some of y'all too woke to function (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 8 February 2018 07:18 (six years ago) link
Fresh Air re-ran a Barlow interview today--- he saw that his kind of early small town experience in Wyoming was disappearing, America was becoming "Generica," but then he realized that "the Deadheads were going to The Well, an online village green" founded by The Whole Earth Catalogue's Stewart Brand and some of his crew. I started hearing about this thing in the 80s, though the only specic news item I recall is from the mid-90s, maybe: a guy who had been detailing his love life on there for years eventually decided to run for office and wanted at least some of these posts removed---caused a big furor on there, because the main doctrine on there always has been (just checked, it's still there) is, "You own your words": they belong to you alone, and you're responsible for them. Anyway, any ilxors been there? I tried an ilx search, bur gave up, "well" too common a word in thread titles.
― dow, Saturday, 10 February 2018 03:36 (six years ago) link