calvino
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Altamont: The Rolling Stones, the Hells Angels, and the Inside Story of Rock's Darkest Day He mentioned that Terry the Tramp was also a heroin addict - which goes against Angel code ----- which I found interesting. I started on Greenfield's book on Bear, but it didn't hold my interest. i just flipped through it.
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Well you can throw on a 72 show and keep the volume down -- that's what I do when I don't want to listen to my 'uncle'. His replacement (Jason Benetti) grew up in my neighborhood and went to the local high-school - so it's nice to have a local connection. He even made it down this year for the town's little league opening day and threw out the 1st pitch. Kinda cool, I guess.
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In Chicago, Bono definitely had his tough moments and it did seem some of the tunes were played in lower key, but I thought his performance was great, none the less.
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Yeah - what Chez said --- baseball announcers get to be a bit like a family member over a long period of time --- to outsiders a particular uncle may be an annoying blowhard, but to a family member he is just 'Uncle Ron' or 'Uncle Ken' and we accept them with all their faults.
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Up to part 5 of the movie - nothing real new (information wise) - but it is nice to see some footage that I have never seen before - the European footage was pretty cool. Also heard the Dead & Co's take of China Doll, with Oteil on vox - pretty nice version.
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I like Hawk, though he should have retired a few years ago. Santo was always enjoyable to listen, too.
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I am sure it was "Gawd-dag it".
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The Saturday Chicago show was pretty damn great. Definitely quite the production. I very impressed with the sound, Bono vocals were a bit hot during the first few tunes, but they finally fixed it and everything sounded pretty perfect. The Edge was something else - hearing his guitar sounds ring through out Soldier Field was definitely the highlight. Clayton dropped some great bombs/licks, too - that reverberated around the stadium. U2 definitely knows how to make a stadium sound like you in a club. Also really enjoyed seeing and hearing the Edge on keyboards. It was me and my wife's first ti
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Finally getting around to see U2 in Chicago.
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I am sure the above is a boot. Must admit, I never understood why someone would ever buy a Grateful Dead boot. I still see them at a few used records stores around Chicago.
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My wife bought one those butterfly kits - it had five caterpillars. The kids dug watching them transform. All but one survived the transformation stages and we let them go on Mother's Day. It was a fun little thing to do.
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Sure is amazing.
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Not only did members of the Dead not like his testimony, but his talking did not sit well with some of the members of his own band, either. I think that is what caused their first hiatus in the late 70's --- in addition to the copious amount of drink and drugs.
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Yeah - the business bit was a bit much on my part -- I figured Dickey brought in the Franklin tease and Gregg just went along with it. My point was I am not sure if Gregg would have introduced a Dead tune into the mix, but perhaps he did at one point and I am not aware of it.
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Not to mention or be petty, but Gregg didn't really have very nice things to write about the members of the Dead, either. And lets be honest, it was good for business in the mid to late nineties for the Allman's to toss in a Franklin's tease. I saw them perform it a few times and it was always fun. They always threw up a Garcia image on the screen during No One Left To Run With, too. From Gregg's book "My Cross to Bear"
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Listening to the SUNY 71 show --- that Blue Sky is definitely something. It's great to hear Duane speaking after the tune ---- of course it goes into Stormy Monday -- which should be the theme song for the band. Had my family over today - they were all cool with the Allman Brothers Band theme.
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Ugh. Was running around with kids and every time I turned on XM Deep Tracks, they were playing a Allman Brothers tune - after the fourth time, I assumed Gregg had passed and sure enough Earle Bailey - DJ on Deep Tracks, came on and said that he died. So happy that I was able to see him play. Now listening to the Fillmore East shows. I am listening to the Blu-ray, which runs pictures while it plays- nice to see them so young. 4 gone.
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Same with Bill Wyman --- it weird that bands forget about who played with them... It is a definite bummer about Vince.
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Well that sucks. He wrote great poetry, too.
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A long while ago - I took my car to a Walmart for an oil change and a new battery -- some guy stole my hitter box that was in my glove department. The bastards.
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Thanks for the heads-up.
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Just finished the below - first time reading any of Thomas Bernhard's stuff, definitely an interesting style of writing. Funny, too. Definitely will read more of his stuff. No onto the below - our letter writing/phone-calling group decided to set up a book club, too.
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I think a toad could get Chris to talk about Rich.
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I enjoy the hell out of CRB and Chris's songwriting - but the below is a bit of a hyperbole. Betty and CRB are a great fit.
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I agree - I'll give KevinG that the press may not be able to talk about more than one story at the time, but I know my group is still active in the healthcare debate.
