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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 t

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 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.

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

Thanks for the upload.

Bring the kids and have fun.

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

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/..._world_ord.html

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.

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!

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.

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.

A dvd is being released in March - see billboard link. A little late for Christmas...but none the less.

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/phish-...003928432.story Deer Creek: June 19 Alpine: June 20-21

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

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/phish-...003927559.story Not much news, but something.

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.

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