Mr. Heartbreak
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Hell yeah! Her contributions on Reflections and Cats Under the Stars are stellar too. I think Reflections was really one of the last great Dead albums. The whole band was on it, and pretty much every tune is a winner. Cats was more a Jerry solo album, with different players and a less Dead-ish feel. But it's hard to imagine the history of Dead shows without Might As Well, It Must Have Been the Roses or They Love Each Other.
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Can't argue with that.
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The NRA response is bizarre: Isn't "prosecuting violent criminals" usually a state issue, not a federal one? Who are they talking about, Al Qaeda?
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I hate to flog the dead horse, but since everyone is talking guns and race, might as well go back to the Trayvon Martin case again. I read an interesting comment on huffingtonpost.com. Interesting question. I don't have an answer, and actually wonder the same thing. Why is it "the jury has spoken" in that case, but "travesty of justice" in the other cases? All were trial by jury. Thoughts?
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Wow, that is way cool. I never got anywhere near the stage...not even a floor seat.
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But even when his sound and playing went downhill, he just became a non-factor. It never seemed prominent in the mix. At least not the shows I have heard. Maybe they turned him down? Poor Jerry, on the other hand, was always on display, no matter how much he declined. The only time that changed was towards the end, when he is reported to have turned his guitar down himself.
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I love Donna, but only when she's not off-key or "flat." Brent was great when he was on the B3 for sure, and his singing brought a different dimension to the band. But honestly, Keith was always my favorite keyboard player of all the eras. Sure, he was a non-factor in the late 70s, but listen to anything from the peak years of '72-'74. That is some great stuff, especially the boogie woogie piano style on songs like Mississippi Half Step and Ramble on Rose, or the jazzier playing on a good Chinacat > Rider. The guy was awesome for a time there.
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Pretty good overview/explanation here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/allenstjohn/2013/08/26/breaking-bad-511-recap-the-case-of-the-missing-backstory-or-wtf-did-jesse-realize-about-the-ricin-cigarette/
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I wouldn't actually say I have ever written off an entire era of Dead, but my "go-to" stuff is mainly from '69 to about '83. If someone directs me to an outstanding performance, I'll check it out, but I won't sit down and listen to an entire show from towards the end. It just really, really bums me out, 'cause I loved ol' Jer. Maybe I'm just a pussy.
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Check out 10/9/82 & 10/10/82, the Frost Ampitheatre shows, if you haven't already heard 'em.
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From what I have heard, he had good and bad days. I never saw a really bad show, and my first one was in '82. But my own personal feeling is that by the 90s, he had more bad days than good. I know a lot of folks on the board here listen to 90s Dead with some frequency, but I can't do it: if I listen to a 90s show, I'm likely to skip the Jerry tunes. I think they were surviving in spite of him, not because of him. Very sad story, really.
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I can see why you went there, but it's a bit of an apples/oranges thing. If we really wanted to take down Hussein for his use of chemical weapons, Bush the first would have gotten the job done, wouldn't he? The real Iraq war, under Dubya, was all about the looming (but fictional) threat of a mushroom cloud. Looks like a coalition is forming: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/27/france-syria_n_3823398.html Too bad, Obama had about a two-month window to be a "peace President." Here comes our next war.
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Congratulate Mr Jeff Tweedy for Being Older This Day!
Mr. Heartbreak replied to Lotti's topic in Just A Fan
Great thread, but I think someone needs to have a heart-to-heart with Lotti about the usage of the phrase "full facial." -
I never said it did.
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Yes, you're missing something. There's more to projecting an image than the clothes you wear. In the Floyd's case, that had a lot to to do with stagecraft, special effects, and so on...not their shirts or pants.
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Well, the prosecutor has already put out a statement saying that race was not a factor in the Christopher Lane case. Not the defense. The prosecutor. So there is that. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/26/christopher-lane-murder-race-not-motive_n_3816705.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl2%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D363798
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The writers do such a great job on this show. Every time I think I know which way it will go, I get proven wrong, and I love that. Walt's "confession" was stunning. I never saw that coming.
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That last episode was incredible. Now I have a better idea of how Walt's house gets that way...I think.
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Well, you're right: anyone wearing anything has an image. My man Zappa once said, "Everybody in this room is wearing a uniform, and don't kid yourself." But I think there is a huge difference between people who cultivate a pop image for the express purpose of promoting themselves (e.g., Lady Gaga, etc.) and people who just wear what they feel like wearing, not concerned with whether or not it will sell records (Dead, Floyd, et al). I highly doubt Jerry Garcia ever got up in the morning and said, "Wow, I really need to market myself better; perhaps I should switch from black T-shirts to red.
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So here's the part where I play along and pretend you're sincerely asking the question. The quote above is what I am referring to. There is a name for that in the world of psychology: it's called passive-aggressive. Not the first time I have seen you do it, either. That's another good one. There are a couple words for that, too, such as patronizing or condescending. By the way, I think you meant to write "they're," not "their." Seems to be the trend now on message boards: no one can write or post anything, no matter how insubstantial, without someone else coming along and feeling it's i
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What's weird is you being a douche about a very simple, harmless topic on which not everyone agrees. Did I make that point?
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There really was an antagonistic relationship between L.A. & S.F. bands back then. I know Zappa was more associated with L.A., and he thought the S.F. stuff was crap. It's okay to like them both - I do - and it's okay to compare and contrast them, too. The artists themselves sure did.