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Ticketmaster processing error, when I entered my credit card to finalize it. So no, got shut out again.

HMD does sound "fresh" - for lack of better term.

I always thought Umm... was the basement.

Standing O - nice.

Dawned 0n Me may be one of favorties;

Commies!

Handshake Drugs works in this category.

Sunday morning was great - a song they should continue to play throughout the rest of the year. Esp. the first night in Nashville.

Pace yourself.

"art of nowhere"

Just finished watching it - it's a good one. Thanks for the suggestion (and U2, too)

Speaking of tapes, Blair Jackson's latest blog post is a nice read. http://dead.net/feat...ye-my-cassettes He should have added, "until the the cd with my liner notes I wrote were actually released."

you're good.

That Fallon week looks cool - I saw Dierks Bentley perform at a Lollapalooza one year - pretty decent performer. I guess this is to promote the release of their box-sets.

That is cool - need to look through the Fall 72 reviews again.

Not a huge fan of the new artwork. Vol. 2 just came out.

Sounds good.

I am glad I saw them play twice (after Berry left, though). Having Wilco on the bill both times made it better, but I thought REM put on a great live show.

I actually listened to Reveal and Around the Sun again yesterday and thought they weren't "that bad". I haven't listened to either of them in a while.

That's why I think it's pretty shitting that they the took it off the Archive - if people what to stream it or rip an MP3 off the Archive, so be it. I am not pissed that they are selling the individual shows - I figured they would. Might as well, like you said, they put all this effort to do every show.

Instead of "Crumbling ladder tears" I heard "Crocodile tears"

I am only up to show 6, the April 16th (Show 5) is a fun show and perhaps my favorite so far. They all sound very good, though at times, Kreutzmann seems a bit low in the mix. Pigpen is great, throughout. I must admit sometimes his organ playing bugs me a bit, not so on this tour. It does suck that the entire Europe 72 run is off of the Archive.

"Phone my family, tell them I'm lost on the sidewalk and, no, it's not OK" (Tweedy's delivery of the lyric is great)

I haven't bought a record since the early 90s - does this happen often, a different track order on the record/cd?