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Bingo!

1/15/79 is also being discussed over on the Hoffman board - someone posted Dick L's notes on the show. "Brain Frying" is an apt and great description. (Jesse Jarnow posted the notebook page in his twitter feed). I am sure I mentioned this before, but one of the highlights for me seeing the Grateful Dead exhibit when it was at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was seeing the original pages of Dick's notes.

I remember being a show right after or around the time he ran into his former classmates at the restaurant and he brought it up while on the stage. At least I fairly certain he did, because when I read that part in the book, I thought 'hey, I remember when that happen'. For the life of me, I can't remember which show, though.

I know he can be a tool - but I am guessing he wouldn't. Now if Rich writes one, I would have to think about if he would or wouldn't.

Looks like there is a release date of Sept, 2019 for Gorman's book

That's pretty awesome. I got rid of XM a couple of years ago, but always enjoyed Earle's show -- he talked a lot about baseball on his show, too.

I like seeing him both ways, but my favorite time was a solo show at the Park West during his Townes tour. Joe Pug opened the show - it was great night of music. The way Earle handled an over-served table that was set up in front of the stage was an incredible sight. The whole show could have been derailed, but he was able to handle it well. I must admit, that night he could have held a master class for solo artists (like Tweedy) on how to handle unruly, drunk fans without making anyone feel uncomfortable.

I also have Already Dead: A California Gothic sitting my shelf, too - would you recommend Dead over Tree of Smoke? (I am only in 20 or so pages in the Tree book)

Just started:

I saw that clip last night on the Daily Show -- haven't watched that show in years, forgot how funny and on-point it could be....

The kid and I caught Spider-Man:Into the Spider-Verse this weekend - very entertaining.

I told my kid that the Bears are out and he said 'well that was quick...' I had a bad feeling going into the kick - crap way to loose a game, but so it goes...

yep - great shots as per usual!

Yeah some of it is interesting, too - I would support a proper release of the Satanic stuff --- in the the giant book that comes with it, like the White Album release - Keith can write a piece trashing both the Satanic release and Peppers for good measure...

Yeah - those sets are nothing like this White Album collection or like the Peppers' one. It still might be a rights thing with the Stones -- the whole ABKCO catalog. There is plenty of material in the ABKCO vault to do a proper Satanic release like the White Album/Pepper release - though I am not sure how well it would sell...I am not sure about the material for Beggers and Let it Bleed.

Finally got it from the library - it really is a nice looking set. Starting with Disc 4, which is studio rehearsals/takes and such. Revolution Take 18 is quite the trip. Enjoy take 2 of Helter Skelter, also. Looking forward to hearing the Blu-ray - which probably will be tomorrow. I have had the Esher Demos for a long while - I have not listened to them in a long while, though - guessing, I must have not have gotten much out of it, before. I can't imagine the Stones ever putting out a set like this. I am not sure which record they would even consider doing it for.

I am not a Van nor a Boston expert by any means, so I can't vouch for any further mistakes, but it is a good read. A half way decent copy editor should have caught that mistake, though.

After watching the Allman/Scooter Herring bit, I did a quick search and a 1976 Rolling Stone interview with Gregg popped up. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-sorrowful-confessions-of-gregg-allman-108095/

Yeah - I haven't seen the Big House doc., either.

It actually is a pretty decent doc. - some of the old management/roadies are in it. Some pretty cool footage, too. Worth watching - I checked out the DVD from the library a while ago. Watched a bit of it last night on AXS - the bit about Gregg 'ratting' out Scooter -- crazy, sad fucked-up time in the band's history.

Today, I finally gotten around to ordering a turntable -- a U-Turn Orbit Custom. Now I can finally can get my records out of my parents house that have been there since 1990. I am looking forward to searching out records, again.

Yeah - just audio --- they do have pictures on the discs that show on your TV as the music plays, though.

For those who have a Blu-Ray system --- Amazon has the The 1971 Filmore East Recordings (3 Blu-Ray discs) on sale for $16.92 - a great, nice sounding set.

I agree that the Dark Star lryics capture the psychedelic experience quite well - I think that was what Hunter was going for, so I guess he hit the mark. Regarding Playin' - I always enjoyed the first stanza and the theme of the tune quite a bit. The imaginary of the below stanza is great, too - especially while watching Weir perform it - heading into the 'standing' verse was always a highlight for me when I was at a show and the band performed it. The whole theatrics of Wier usually putting his arms in the air and all was fun. Standing on a tower World at my command You just keep a turnin

Listening to the below via sugar megs - Chuck Leavill's solo on Elizabeth Reed is spectacular. Betts had nice things to say about Chuck in the Rather interview -- even stating that perhaps Chuck should have gotten a songwriting credit for Jessica - then he retracted the statement, saying the song structure was 'pretty much all there before they went into the studio'.