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    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    Cheers ring around the office as Germany loose in comedy fashion to South Korea and go out.

    First time Germany's ever not advanced from the group stage.

     

    This is the same team that didn't lose a single game in qualifying!

    The Grateful Dead

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    Oh yeah - now I see that road via google. I did see people heading out on the road. I didn't go that way, because I wasn't sure where it lead to.

     

    Never thought I would write it - but just keep the shows at Wrigley....

    I've never been to the Northerly Island place. Any good?

     

    I was supposed to be in attendance at the last Brent shows at Tinley park in 1990, but my own stupidity and an undercover cop conspired against me. Seems out of the way, but I see they still book tours there too. 

    The Grateful Dead

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

     Townline leads into the Alpine Valley Resort - not the actual Music Theater.

     

    People in the know or VIP's may get to park there, though - and then walk over to the theater -- it seems to be connected.

    It connects (via a left turn) to the Music Theater too. Back when I had disposable income we were routed that way (in and out) for a show I went to in 2007.

    The Grateful Dead

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    It is so secret that Google doesn't even know...

     

    Townline Road is the road we always use -- most direct route to our Camp Site (Pinewood at Kettle Marine South).

    That's the one our bus was coming down, but that entrance to Alpine was closed (except it was staffed, so maybe they opened the gates for VIPs only...)

    The Grateful Dead

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    There is a secret back road into Alpine, but I'll never tell. Probably doesn't work for most destinations tho.

     

     

    They made all entrants pass through a single entry point into the parking lot - the main entrance. They had all the others closed. It sucked.

     

    I'm looking at Google Maps right now, and unless your secret back road involves climbing the ski hills to get to the resort, there's no other way in.

    The Grateful Dead

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    Would have loved to get to the lot earlier (and left earlier too), but such is the life of shuttle reliance. Bark River had a ton of heads there, ranging from old farts to crusty road warriors to backwards hat bros. They had a burger stand up and running when we got back and that burnt thing was just what I needed before sleeping on the hard ground. 

    The Grateful Dead

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    Thoughts on the Alpine 2nd night: 6/24/18:

     

    Set 1:

    Music Never Stopped

    Easy Answers

    Alabama Getaway

    Big River

    Jack Straw

    Black Muddy River

    Friend of the Devil

    Bird Song

     

    Set 2:

    The Weight

    Shakedown Street

    Althea

    China Cat Sunflower >

    I Know You Rider

    Drums

    Space

    All Along the Watchtower

    Standing on the Moon

    Sugar Magnolia

     

    Encore: One More Saturday Night.

     

    The show started out with promise, but the 2nd song (Easy Answers) killed any momentum. Alabama Getaway sort of brought it back. I'm not the biggest fan of that song - it just seems like a bland mid tempo rocker suitable for a Jimmy Buffet concert. Dad rock at its finest. 
     
    I was psyched to hear Big River, but it was so clunky and slow that I ended up irritated. It used to be a fine showcase for Jerry's hot country licks, but Mayer doesn't have those in his arsenal, so it just kind of floundered. Saw a couple redditors say it was the best Dead & Co version yet, which made me sad, because it paled in comparison to what I'm used to.
     

    Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) came on for the final three songs of the 1st set. I loved his guest spot. I've been reading on Reddit that people hated his falsetto on Black Muddy River (and because of it, it was the worst show they've ever done. WHAT WERE THEY THINKING??? OMG), so what do I know. For me, it was fresh and interesting. Bird Song was amazing. The high point of the whole show for me, and the only spot where it seemed that things were falling apart and being rearranged together again at the same time. It was exciting. 

     
    2nd set was fine, but songs went on a bit too long. The Weight is kind of a clunky 2nd set opener. Althea wore out its welcome for me. John M’s guitar wankery tried to prolong the climax with higher and higher deedly deedly deedly triplets, and I'm just not into it. 
     
    China > Rider was good. 
     
    Overall I enjoyed myself and I’m happy I scratched that itch, but I can't imagine going to another Dead & Co show. 
     
    As for Alpine - holy shit did I forget what a clusterfuck that place is. I was staying at Bark River campground, which offered a shuttle that left the campground at 5. It's only 24 miles away from Alpine, but because of the traffic clusterfuck, it took 2 hours to finally land in the lot. I saw a dude with a flat-top and aviator glasses who said "Shrooms?" which made me laugh right at him. OK Copper. The crazy thing is, there were still tons of people in the lot (show was supposed to start at 7) making their way to the entry gates. That whole arrangement was another mess. We thought we were making/pushing/getting pushed towards a security gate, only to end up at a waist-high fence. So we hopped it and went through security. We made our way down the steep hill, parking ourselves about 40 feet from the front of the lawn, a bit to the right of center. Decent view. Great sound. People were still coming in 1/2 way through, and we ended up getting jostled enough that the people I parked next to ended up about 12 feet away.
     
    Getting back to the campground... I think the show ended around 11:30 or so. We got to our bus, and I ended up leaning my head against the window and passing out. I don't think we got out of the lot until 1:30 or so, and then it took another hour to get back to the campground. We crashed, got up at the crack of dawn and headed home. 
     
    Had fun, but that's it for this other one. 

    RIP Anthony Bourdain

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    Not part of my usual diet, but I worked with a guy from Laos who brought some in for us.  I was one of the few who would try it.  Tastes like chicken (seriously).

    oy. I don't think I could do it. 

     

    I've read that eating balut was one of the filtering steps for contestants who wanted to be on Fear Factor. 

    RIP Anthony Bourdain

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    I was reflecting on how open-minded I've become re: food and being willing to try "anything" over the past decade or two, compared to how I used to be very picky and skeptical of anything "weird."  In retrospect, I think I owe that almost entirely to Bourdain. 

     

    His shows (I was a fan from the FoodTV/Cook's Tour series) really informed me of the importance of keeping an open mind about food.  How the stuff that sounds/looks the least appealing may actually be the tastiest bites.  How cultural differences were really just that -- local ingredients cooked properly/traditionally were every bit as delicious as the "high cuisine" we're familiar with.

     

    So I'll toast Tony with some beef tongue, balut, silk worms, menudo, toasted crickets, durian, and Mexican street corn* in his memory.

     

     

    * yes, the idea of putting mayo and cheese on corn on the cob was absolutely repulsive to me the first time I saw it.  I now obsess over it.

     

    Do you really eat Balut??

    The Grateful Dead

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    I don't have the physical space for it, but I don't feel like I really *have it* unless I have the physical media to hold and look at. I am someone who will sit with the album cover and inserts or cd book most of the time when I'm listening. Which is why I don't have Sonos or have all my music stream or in some digital server. So for me, it's get the physical box or probably not at all. I wish the Baker's Dozen and this box weren't both teasing me at the same time. Damn.  :headbonk

    Ha. You just flipped me into getting the physical copy before it's sold out.

    The Grateful Dead

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    Complete shows on 19 discs! Now I have a decision to make: this, or the complete Phish Baker's Dozen, both, or neither??? Hmm...

    I'm trying to figure out if the physical set is worth the extra $80 over the digital files. I'm not the type to burn the discs and resell the whole thing, and I know from experience with things like the May 77 box that came out last year, that I take a look at the booklet once, and then it's on the shelf for the rest of time.

     

    I think I'm going to forego the physical box set this time. 

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