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    Politics 2019

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    Another great article from Glenn Greenwald ringing the alarm about the shift of the Democrat party to the right...

     

    "All of this has resulted in a new generation of Democrats, politically engaged for the first time as a result of fears over Trump, being inculcated with values of militarism and imperialism, trained to view once-discredited, war-loving neocons such as Bill Kristol, Max Boot and David Frum and former CIA and FBI leaders as noble experts and trusted voices of conscience. It’s inevitable that all of these trends would produce a party that is increasingly pro-war and militaristic, and polling data now leaves little doubt that this transformation – which will endure long after Trump is gone – is well under way."

     

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    "This is, of course, not the first time that Democratic voters have wildly shifted their “beliefs” based on the party affiliation of the person occupying the Oval Office. The party’s base spent the Bush-Cheney years denouncing war on terror policies, such as assassinations, drones, and Guantánamo as moral atrocities and war crimes, only to suddenly support those policies once they became hallmarks of the Obama presidency."

     

    https://theintercept.com/2019/01/11/as-democratic-elites-reunite-with-neocons-the-partys-voters-are-becoming-far-more-militaristic-and-pro-war-than-republicans/

    NFL 2018

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    that cowboys injury was nuts...I looked up and saw him lying on stomach with foot facing upwards...wow...it's kind of like touching your left elbow with your left hand... there are just some things you are not supposed to be able to do...

    The Grateful Dead

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    Hey man - if you get confused just listen to the music play, but always remember that the grass ain't greener, the wine ain't sweeter, either side of hill...But, it is also important to not shake the tree if the fruit ain't ripe...especially if you are hauling red hot items for mob - best to try to be copacetic... and if all that fails, there is only one equation you need to know which is "F=ma" and there is only one word you need to know if "ripple."

     

    But what do i know...i mean even the purest of romantics compromise...

     

    As a one time deadhead, I think the thing that caused me to jump ship was the way other deadheads would use the lyrics the way many Christians use bible verses.  No matter the scenario, if there was a group of deadheads around, someone would spout a song lyric as if it was wisdom passed down from on high.  And like many Christians, it was too often a smokescreen to hide poor behavior.  A lot of the lyrics were good, but It was juggalo level annoying to me.  I've tried to convince myself that I'm just being cynical and that this was something that happened organically and was outside of the band's control, but there were shelves full of officially sanctioned Grateful Dead books in every bookstore when the Dead were a going concern (I owned a few of them) that encouraged this type of fandom, and had lyrics as pull quotes on every page.  Exactly like what you see in religious books.  Coincidentally, this all  occurred to me around the same time I gave up Christianity.

     

    I still like the Dead, but that was one aspect of them that I wasn't able to stomach. 

    The Grateful Dead

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    I just remember that Jerry in 88 / 89 was like seeing a reborn individual / band. They seemed excited and confident with high self esteem.

     

    Brent died and things changed.

     

    Jerry started heroin again in 1989 before brent died so it is not fair to blame Vince for the initial demise. But, i remember seeing them in 92 / 93 and everyone I saw shows with just seemed to “know”. We all loved it but we all knew it was or was near then end…

     

    It was like hearing that your friend / brother / father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. We just knew...And on top of that knowledge were the feared looks on Bobby and Phil's faces...And on top of that was this madman who was screaming absurd harmonies who seemed deliriously happy and frantic and mimicked jerry's parts on his keyboard while Jerry looked weaker and weaker and more frail and craven. It was like visiting your friend / brother / father at the hospital when it could be "any day now" and there was someone who barely knew your friend but acted like he had been there forever and absurdly oblivious as to what was happening around him.

     

    vince just always seemed like "that drunk guy."

     

    After every show in 92 / 93 that I saw it was like I was trying to say goodbye and there was this lunatic getting in the way screaming, ironically, about a way to go home. After each of the shows in 93 I thought it was likely to be Jerry's last…

     

    It was like Vince felt like he earned his way through the Tubes and everything and finally "made it" now that he was playing keys for the Grateful Dead and he was gonna enjoy every minute of it. What he didn't understand was that he joined a Grateful Dead that was diagnosed with a terminal illness. He never seemed sensitive enough. I'm probably displacing a lot of negative energy unfairly on welnick. Who knows…

     

    That era really shaped me for many future events in my life. I truly loved this musician and I guess still do. Maybe I was and still am looking to blame. Who knows...I learned a lot about seeing a person's slow demise. I learned a lot about myself.

     

    But after seeing the listless Other One soloing and the Standing on the Moon in Chicago 1993, I said goodbye…

     

    Honestly, when I was heading to Kaplan MCAT prep with my future wife on august 9, 1995 i remember being surprised for several things...surprised that i wasn't surprised...surprised that it took until 1995...surprised at the response from everyone who hadn't ever experienced him...surprised that I had so completely moved on with my life in a 36 month span...surprised how much i hadn't...surprised that while I still listened to him on a day to day basis that I no longer was a touring head...surprised how intensely it hit me...surprised at how lonely i felt..surprised that a part of me died that day...surprised (years later upon reflection) that a part of me became an adult that day...just surprised...

    The Grateful Dead

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    Nope....my first show was in 1988...Alpine....Saw them until 1993....Became too difficult to see Jerry / Vince...And other bands (Trey) was really worth seeing more than Vince.

     

    I generally feel that Vince was the gravedigger for Jerry and the Grateful Dead. Musically, I don't think he was that interesting or impressive but really made it difficult was how joined Jerry in heroin. Jerry brought himself to it. But Vince joined him.

     

    Oh to ponder about how Jerry could have aged into his 60s switching to only acoustic shows....

    The Grateful Dead

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    2.10.1989 rarely gets mentioned in best of 89 lists...I think it is right up there.

     

    The 7.7.1989 lovelight was cool because the song formally ended, and then weir started singing "shine on me" again thus restarting the song for another 3 minutes.

     

    My favorite 89 Dark Star is the 10.16 version.

    The Grateful Dead

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    Etree.org is going through some turmoil it would appear. Here is the message shown for the site:

    Unfortunately, long time etree.org volunteer, Tom H Anderson, has leftetree.org and has asked that this site be removed.He claims under penalty of perjury in a United States court of lawthat he is the owner of "all code and database for the site."This is something etree.org disagrees with. We hope to returndb.etree.org VERY soon. We apologize for this inconvenience. "What we're thinking about is a peaceful planet. We're not thinkingabout anything else. We're not thinking about any kind of power. We'renot thinking about any kind of struggles. We're not thinking aboutrevolution or war or any of that. That's not what we want. Nobodywants to get hurt. Nobody wants to hurt anybody. We would all like tobe able to live an uncluttered life. A simple life, a good life. Andthink about moving the whole human race ahead a step, or a few steps."--Jerry Garcia
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