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Wow, this is a coincidence. I posted the interview link before I read it all the way through; the below is from end of the interview.

LP: If you could move forward 200 years from now and people were interested in knowing what your fondest memories were, what would you tell them?

BW: Well, when we were playing in Egypt and let me first say that we really didn't play that well, which was a result of being jet lagged along with other numerous difficulties. The electricity was hit and miss and was very disruptive to our flow. And the first night that we went on stage, we sound checked and tried to get everything as right as we possibly could but the electricity was on and off. We were playing at the Salumina Theater which is at the foot of the Sphinx, which in turn is at the foot of the great pyramid with two other pyramids behind it. They were all lit up spectacularly. But the problem was that we were also close to the Nile River and there were lots and lots of these big mosquitoes. After the stage lights came on, I saw this cloud of mosquitoes and I was getting bit and my immediate thought was, "welcome to hell." And just as I came to that conclusion, something flew by my head, and then another and then another. I looked across the stage and there were these big bats, a foot across feasting on all of these mosquitoes. And they saved our asses, and this happened every night.

On the third night, there was an eclipse with a full moon that lit up everything. I looked out across the moonscape along with the silhouette and there were two ridges that were lined up with Bedouins on their horses and camels, guns slung over their backs. And at that moment I thought, OK here are the Bedouins on the bluffs, silhouetted under a full moon and then in the backdrop is the great pyramid and the Sphinx. And then there is this thousand year old stage and on that stage is a rock and roll band surrounded by a cloud of bats. It was then that I had one of those moments where I thought, "Take me now lord, just take me now. I want to remember it just like this."

Those dudes going through the trash to get information - that's a trip.

That made me crack up. True "deadication", to say the least. Do you think people hung out behind Wilco's Loft to see if they can find info on a 2009 residency?

Perhaps that's why people in the past were always asking where the Loft is? Uh oh, I hope I didn't give anybody any ideas.

I picked it up at the library a few weeks ago. Great sound. Some nice playing. I think these shows were a bit under the radar because of the sound (at least in all the ones I had heard previous to this). The shows were not spectacular but they were quite solid, imo. Some nice nuggets in there.

I concur. I heard bits of these shows before I got the Craddle release and the audio of the tapes was not very good. Rhino and the Dead organization did a good job cleaning up the sound. The DVD is great to watch, if nothing else for just having a visual of them play in front of the pyramids. Sure the camera work is a bit erratic but it does not hamper the the viewing much. Garcia is rather animated throughout the performance. There are definitely some clunkers, but worth the purchase.

Plus it is fun listening and watching the discs while reading the Compendium write up.

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=31645

A rather lengthy Weir interview.

has "devil's radio" anything to do with the G.Harrison tune from 1987? (i havent read the whole thread!)

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...endID=441639542

Further explanation is on her Myspace page. You can find past play lists there to, which is nice.

Made it to 11pm last night (I pretty much suck at the whole live blogging thing, hence I just follow along reading it.)

Interesting and somewhat mellow stuff last night. I think pretty much every song was new to me (which is a good thing) or one I haven't heard in a while. Another Bowie song...it was fun to him sing with Tina Turner.

It was funny hear the spot on the upcoming Irish Fest where they mentioned the Dorians. I did a plenty of the drunken jig watching the play in my past.

Thanks for the upload.

Bring the kids and have fun.

Probably not a great idea to try to do all the presales at the exact same time.

Nope.

I started to re-read this book about a week ago, about 20 pages in I wanted to whack Holden Caulfield upside the head and I put the book back on my shelf.

When I read the book in high school I loved it, now 20 years later I find Caulfield aggravating. Which I guess is Salinger's point. I should just plow through it, again. (That's great you found a first edition, no matter what shape it was in)

I have reread The Great Gatsby a few weeks ago, a book I have not read since high school, and that book was a great as I remembered it being.

Just started to reread Hesse's Steppenwolf, another book i thought was great back when I first read it. Looking forward to reading it again.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/10/us/10zan.../partner/rssnyt

The song is about a specific event, yes. Dylan did take some "poetic" liberties (like most do). What makes this song so great is not because it is about the specific event, but the overall theme of if you have money, the justice system sees you in a different manner. All this talk of Dylan "slandering" or creating non existing scenes about this Zanzinger fellow is kinda absurd. Zanzinger is not the subject of this song. Injustice is. Of course, I might feel differently about this if I were Zanzinger. But critics should know better.

I wonder how the tapes came to have mold on them. I take it they must have been taken out of the GD vault at some point and improperly stored elsewhere.

You would think she would store them properly --- she won't make any money off of a moldy tape. I haven't been following this that closely, but I believe there might be some more litigation to clear up, perhaps she is saying the tapes are getting moldy to expedite things. A threat, if you will. Which is clearly demented.

Arrrgh!

I found this on David Gan's blog - she is talking about "The Garcia Tapes":

 

Video interview with Deborah Koons

All I can do is shake my head. It's just f..kin' weird listening to her talk about the Garcia Band's music. Anyway, it is what is, I let all the others on Dead related boards do the venting, because at the end of the day she is going to do whatever she wants to do with the music... The one thing I don't understand is, why is she letting the tapes deteriorate? I assume she can afford to store them properly.

wow, cool. Did you go to school there or just live there? Nice, but small town.

 

 

LouieB

Yep, I am a Saluki. My wife's family lives in the area, so I still go down there quite often. When i need to "get away" from the in-laws I head into town and hit Longbranch for a coffee and check out Plaza records. Anyway, I look forward the next show.

I always have been partial to Honky Tonk Women, when it comes to the Stones. Very simple opening, of course.

Also the Dead in me has to say Dark Star.

Few more links here, today:

http://expectingrain.com/

Listened up the Wicked Messenger, which was nice to hear. I believe it was Patti Smith, never heard that rendition before.

Also enjoyed the David Bowie song, with Lester Bowie sitting in. Never heard that song either. Actually I did not even know Lester ever played with David.

I spent the first half the 90's in Carbondale, WDBX was just getting off the ground when I finally left town. It's great that the town/area has a decent radio station, now.

The Clifford Ball, Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh NY

 

 

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With all due respect to The Great Went, LemonWheel, and ESPECIALLY Big Cypress, this is my favorite of all the Phestivals. This was when we all realized that the boys had MADE IT, big time.

 

Set 2 from 8/17 is probably my very favorite set of Phish ever - some of their most challenging material played flawlessly. I can't recommend this set enough. A DVD of these shows would be the best Xmas present ever!

A dvd is being released in March - see billboard link.

A little late for Christmas...but none the less.

i hope they make there way somewhere very close to Chicago so i can finally see them!!!

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/phish-...003928432.story

Deer Creek: June 19

Alpine: June 20-21

I can't find any confirmation that this son of a bitch is dead. Link?

http://thebaynet.com/announcements/index.c...nnounce_ID/4654

I found the link on the Expectingrain site.

One of my favorite Dylan tunes. One of his many songs about a specific event that is still as relevant today as it was when he wrote it. It's great that he still plays it on a pretty regularly basis. (Saw Dylan perform it as recently as 11/08 in Kalamazoo.)

http://www.bobdylan.com/#/songs/lonesome-d...-hattie-carroll

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lonesome_..._Hattie_Carroll

from wiki (I think Dylan was "easy" on Mr. Zanzinger)

In 2001, Zantzinger told Howard Sounes, in Down the Highway, the Life of Bob Dylan, "It's actually had no effect upon my life," but expressed scorn for Dylan, saying, "He's a no-account son of a bitch, he's just like a scum of a scum bag [sic] of the earth, I should have sued him and put him in jail." Zantzinger claims the song is "a total lie", though it closely reflects the facts which led to his 1963 conviction. He has not attempted to prevent Dylan from performing it.

and

In addition to his federal tax delinquencies, Zantzinger fell more than $18,000 behind on county taxes on properties he owned in two Charles County communities called Patuxent Woods and Indian Head, shanties he leased to poor blacks.[9][10] In 1986, the same year the IRS ruled against him, Charles County confiscated those properties. Nonetheless, Zantzinger continued to collect rents, raise rents, and even successfully prosecute his putative tenants for back rent.[1]

This went on until 1991. At that point, the Maryland Independent newspaper broke the scandal: in a hamlet about thirty miles from Washington, D.C., Zantzinger was charging black families rent to live in shacks he no longer owned.[1] Even when he had owned them, prior to their confiscation by the county, the poorly-maintained properties in Patuxent Woods and Indian Head were in violation of county habitability codes, lacking water and sewer connections. Lacking even outhouses, the human waste dumped on the ground contaminated the water in the shallow wells. He was charging as much as $200 a month for these buildings, which also lacked modern heat.[1] In one example, a four-room shanty contained at least six people.[11

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/phish-...003927559.story

Not much news, but something.

Link

 

 

 

The Deadhead's Taping Compendium, VOLUME II: An In-Depth Guide to the Music of the Grateful Dead on Tape, 1975-1985

came in the mail today. I paid 60 bucks for it - but it is worth it. The copy I received is in pristine condition - it looks like it has never been looked at. Now, it I can only find Volume III for a good price.

I think I stated this before while discussing the Egypt CD release --- the review of the Egypt run in Vol. II is pretty damn cool.

FYI PSU/ USC Rose Bowl just used "Rockin in the Free World" as a commercial outro while I was typing this post!!

This Note's for you.

Don't forget, for those who have XM/Sirius, NYE coverage just starting now.