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#tbt (now Friday) to the days Bob Bralove would get me backstage passes and great seats ‪#‎gratefuldead‬ ‪#‎stealyourface‬

well that makes a lot more sense He was great in Treme (a favorite show of mine). I forgot he was on The Wire (another favorite), what season? Seen him a few times, but not in a long while.

the actor?

I caught the next night at the Orpheum (where they announced the first Solid Sound), one of my top 5 shows of all time.

I think this is a new add, Friday July 10, Des Moines, headlining a festival

The WilcoWorld shows page only goes up to August 16, so my fingers are still crossed for another Lockn' appearance (or 2)

at 2nd SSF? I was there but didn't catch the sound check, but I was in line outside MassMoca the year they did the benefit show and was able to hear the soundcheck and am almost certain they soundchecked Say You Miss Me then too. I could be completely wrong about that, but that's my best memory.

I saw them for the first time around the same time, maybe a year or so later (must have been right when Murmur was released), in a gym at Harvard, with Husker Du opening. I don't know if it was $5, but it wasn't much more. They were my wife's and my favorite band for many years. I still listen to R.E.M. more than every once in a while, and every time I do just freaks me out how great they were and how much I love their music. Same with my wife.

All the more reason to go!

New GD Meet Up at the Movies, Alpine Valley, 7-19-89. Monday, May 4. Should be a good one. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

"Underrated" is a hard term to define. For instance, I would never consider Handshake Drugs to be underrated. Or Wishful Thinking, or many other songs nominated so far. One song I think is underrated (by any interpretation of the word) is You Never Know. I love the song, but I've read lots of negative comments about it here, hence my feeling it's underrated. Right now I really can't think of any others, I'm sure one or two may come to me at some point.

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I will listen and watch a lot of R.E.M. today to celebrate! One of my all time faves. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Love all those unnamed thematic jams that would pop up every once in a while. Add Spanish Jam and Mind Left Body Jam to the list. At the time I didn't appreciate how fortunate I was to catch a Spanish Jam at my first GD show. I think one of the best known Feelin' Groovy jams is from the famous 2-13-70 Dark Star

The concept that Wilco's cancellation in protest of this law is the "artist as coward" is completely lost on me.

It was great. Would not have wanted to be anywhere else.

BTW, what is the status of "guests" here? Can anyone get in and read the forum topics without being a member? I don't care, just wondering.

Just started listening while eating lunch. It's raining pretty good during I Might.

Hot Tuna is playing Lockn' again. Jack and Jorma are also separately doing a set honoring 50 Years of JA, with GE Smith, Larry Campbell, Teresa Williams, Rachel Price "and others." I've been hoping the "others" would include Paul and Marty. Probably more likely that they would have been named and "the others" are musicians from other bands already on the schedule. Hoping for a full recovery for Kantner no matter what. http://www.locknfestival.com/artists-2015/jorma-and-jack-celebrate-fifty-years-of-jefferson-airplane

Yes, Friday night particularly of SS2 I was under a rain poncho or umbrella, as were most, so the sound was not ideal! You can hear the rain pelting on the umbrella over the mike stand on the audience recording.

One thing that hasn't been mentioned in this recent convo, the sound system is spectacular. Crystal clear, perfect volume. I've been to all the SS's and each time I'm amazed at how good they get the sound at an open air field. So wherever you are, no worries about the sound. I love the visuals of being up close for a show, but the reality is there's always a tradeoff as the sound is usually better a little farther back.

My memory is nothing starts before 5, but that's a very foggy memory

My view on all this, as posted in all the shit storm on FB yesterday, in response to some similar comments here that little Wilco and a single concert doesn't matter so why cancel: "Good for Wilco! Sucks for the Wilco fans who had tickets, but a bunch of little political protest statements start adding up. The state of Connecticut passed a law banning government employees from going to Indiana. Who bears the brunt of that? Hotels, restaurants, cabbies, etc. But then they start speaking out and some momentum for change gets built, a little at a time. Whether it's "musical" or "political", the

Wilco's voice is being heard, quoted at the end of this article http://www.cbsnews.com/news/indiana-newspaper-mike-pence-fix-religious-freedom-law-now

Definite shit show on the Relix posting, less so on the JamBase posting (so far at least)