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I was on etree in the early oughts, doing my Dead obsession thing, and my oldest and dearest pal (not on VC) turned me on to Wilco. All the sudden I was looking for Wilco shows and came across a dude in Spokane named Rob Shelden (I can't even recall his VC name at the moment). This was Fall 2005. We started trading - Wilco for NRPS. He told me about VC - "You REALLY need to go there". So, in early '06 I did. At almost the same time another dude from Denver who was/is a HUGE Deadhead named Chris Beatty joined - the infamous "Lammycat". We immediately hit it off. Soon I made a number of great fr

45th Anniversary of the GAMH "One From The Vault" show. Just about a perfect show. And the one that broke the vault open, thank God. 36 Dick's Picks, 35 Dave's, 17 Road Trips, countless box sets and Rhino single show releases., and no signs of stopping. Love Live The Dead!

Question: has anybody got their Dave's 35 yet? Here we are at 8/5 and I haven't even received a shipping conformation yet.

It's up to us, ALL OF US, to honor the man and what he stood for by doing all we can to fight injustice. RIP to a true patriot.

I don't even know what to think or say about this. It almost feels like a requiem for the soul of America or something. Nobody can do to me what Bob does. Thanks, Bob.

Hey, we should be taking a pretty decent whack out of our carbon footprint.

The thing I try to keep in mind on this board is that, although I agree with the vast majority of opinions expressed, it is not at all representative of possibly half of the electorate. God, there are SO many misinformed/uninformed people who can vote. Y'all are a cut above most any random group of folks. There is not a Democrat on earth that would cause me to vote for a Republican instead right now. But that has always been the case for 40 years, anyway.

I'm an unabashed Neil fan. Although I haven't been able to see him in going on 14 years (CSNY Living With War) I saw all of the different changes in the 80s, from Trans to The Harvesters to The Shocking Pinks, Blue Notes, etc. Saw the solo,all acoustic Neil in '92. But what he does with The Horse - whom I saw the Garage Band tour of '86-'87, the Ragged Glory tour in '91, the Summer Tour in '96 - might be my favorite of all. Cause I like to kick out the jams, motherfuckers.

7 years! DAMN. Looking forward to this.

I've been yammering about 6/14/76 getting an official release for forever so I'm pretty stoked that it's finally happening. My favorite Help Slip Frank, my favorite Crazy fingers, and a killer Playin', for starters. 6/15 & 6/19 I have played to death on cassette as well for over 30 years. I think this is a good pick for a box set. Now, if we could only get a Greek Theater retrospective box set that would be the bomb.

Thank you, brother. I love this. Nothing but the best to you in this endeavor, and all those in the future.

I realize now that my post went way off topic and into the personal., which is how it is with those you truly admire. You relate on a personal level. There isn't a helluva lot of people that make me feel like that.

This will be the most important music-related thing I will see this year, hands down. So much of my life was/is tied up with Jay's music. At my daughter's Sweet 16 party we had a PA and I did a solo set and her brother did a set with his band, the Semi Legendary "Who Ya Burn". . Anyway...I did "My Darling" and my whole family (including my mom and dad) were in tears. Hell, so was I! She was 'growing up too fast' - following my example haha - but I'm proud to say she's now a 29 year happily married mom, with the light of all of our lives being my grandson, Desmond Otto Rodriguez - aka "Cra

While a Tuskeegee Airman (100 years old) is in the room. That says all one needs to know.

Not just any Scar Fire, a 35 minute Scar Fire!

I believe you are correct, sir. . It's a super close cousin. One less boom.

I got Dave's #33 a few days early today. Pleasant surprise! Just started a 3 day weekend and although I'm super familiar with this show it's something to look forward to.

That was not Joey Kramer onstage, was it? Walk This Way - Drummer goes, boom-BAP-boom boom BAP. I know (as well as everybody here) it goes, boom-BAP-ba boom boom boom- BAP. That kinda pissed me off. No Robert Hunter? REALLY? JFC.

You may consider that what we've seen so far is just "going through the motions", a hiccup in the inevitable. In the back of mind I can't escape that feeling. But at the end of the day (in my view) the House managers have done about the best they could do so far, given the paucity of cooperation from the WH. I could pick apart stuff where I thought they may have acquiesced to 'decorum' - whatever the fuck that means in 2020 - and not went with more vehemence, but that might have not have helped their case. It might have made for more of a spectacle in what should ideally be a dreadfully seri

That really jumps out at me. As woefully incompetent as most of this administration is they seem to grasp the value of obfuscation and the blurring of reality. It seems to be the whole point for them.

So much THIS, folks. Great footage from one of my favorite pieces of Rock music EVER. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK1hmDpa8bo

Bolton has been one of the most batshit warhawks to ever enter politics in this country in my lifetime since Wallace tapped Curtis LeMay for his VP in '68. If Democrats think he will help their case it shows how things desperate things can get when there is total obstruction from the Executive Branch (documents, testimony, etc.). To even entertain the idea that Bolton was a voice of reason in the room when he was in the WH reveals how beyond the pale we are at this point.

What a wonderful, eloquent statement by PM Trudeau. I don't know how our VC friends from Canada feel about Trudeau but I must say from Indiana that he seems like an alert, astute public servant. I once had a President that could write and speak like that, and he is missed. I'm a bit jealous of you all. But I won't go further than that here, politically speaking. My sincere condolences go out to Mr. Downie's family and friends, and his many fans here and around the world. That is beautiful.

Full disclosure: I burned up a couple of decent tape decks in about 5-6 years (late 80s-early 90s). The snail mail trading thing was in 5th gear. I was upward of 50 hours a week then. I don't think I've dipped below 25+ hours/week since then. But clearly I need to step up my game.

Same as every year. Listen to more Grateful Dead. At least it's a resolution that can be achieved.