http://thedeadbeat.com/unclejohn/ The first days were the hardest days, don't you worry any more en-us xian@pobox.com 2007-02-20T14:04:58-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://thedeadbeat.com/unclejohn/2007/02/20/my_presentation_from_the_10th_anniversary_dead_caucus.html Here are my slides from the conference. I offered to host slides and comments from other participants and/or to link to them offsite. We’ll see if anyone takes me up on the offer. Naturally this deck is just a skeleton of my half hour talk, but I’d be happy to discuss it further here if there’s interest. Also, I got a bunch of good leads that would help me flesh this out further if I can ever find the time (including a reminder about Sonic Youth, surprising info about Shane MacGowan, a hint about Richard Lloyd,... 9948@http://thedeadbeat.com/unclejohn/ 2007-02-20T14:04:58-08:00 http://thedeadbeat.com/unclejohn/2006/05/18/rest_in_peace_ram_rod.html Lawrence ‘Ramrod’ Shurtliff: 1945-2006 / Mainstay of Grateful Dead crew dies — ‘he was our rock’: Born Lawrence Shurtliff, he was raised a country boy in eastern Oregon and once won a county fair blue ribbon in cattle judging. He got the name Ramrod from Kesey while he was traveling through Mexico with the author and LSD evangelist, at the time a fugitive from justice. “I am Ramon Rodriguez Rodriguez, the famous Mexican guide,” he boasted, and he was known ever after as Ramrod. … “I remember when he first showed up at 710 Ashbury,” said Dead... 8768@http://thedeadbeat.com/unclejohn/ 2006-05-18T12:03:38-08:00 http://thedeadbeat.com/unclejohn/2006/05/14/donna_jean_tricksters_form_a_new_band.html Kettle Joe’s Psychedelic Swamp Revue Announces Spring, Summer Dates Kettle Joe’s Psychedelic Swamp Revue, a band formed several months ago by Donna Jean Godchaux, formerly of the Grateful Dead and Heart of Gold Band; Mookie Siegel, formerly of Phil Lesh and Friends and the David Nelson Band; Wendy Lanter; and The Zen Tricksters, has announced a series of spring and summer performances. Consisting of a mix of traditional venues and festival appearances, the band will play select markets between June and August. Following a brief break, the band will then launch a full U.S. tour next fall.... 8751@http://thedeadbeat.com/unclejohn/ 2006-05-14T09:02:17-08:00 http://thedeadbeat.com/unclejohn/2006/04/05/gd_listing_in_uncyclopedia.html uncyclopedia calls itself “the content-free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.” The entry on the Grateful Dead is hilarious. The Grateful Dead was originally a regimen of Special Ops. Army forces used to assassinate Soviet and Chinese officials in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War, as well as to carry out psyops against the populations of both North and South Vietnam. Firm believers in the slogan “Better Dead than Red” they named their organization in honor of civilians killed in the bombings of North Vietnam who they believed were grateful to no longer be living under Communist rule.... 8609@http://thedeadbeat.com/unclejohn/ 2006-04-05T10:50:18-08:00 http://thedeadbeat.com/unclejohn/2006/03/15/kreutzmann_x2_on_kpfa_tonight.html Bill Kreutzmann and his son, Justin, are coming to KPFA tonight to talk and play some recordings. Bill has some jazz he recorded in Hawaii, plus some Serial Pod (w/ Trey Anastasio and Mike Gordon) recorded last December, and we’ll listen to some Grateful Dead as well, of course. Justin has a recording of Rachel Fuller and Pete Townshend, and some new projects to talk about. 8:00-10:00 pm PST tonight onKPFA 94.1 fm in northern California, KFCF 88.1 fm in Fresno, and online at kpfa.org and kfcf.org Playlist will be updated as we go at logblog.gdhour.com P.S.... 8506@http://thedeadbeat.com/unclejohn/ 2006-03-15T11:07:25-08:00 http://thedeadbeat.com/unclejohn/2006/03/14/alan_daltons_oitw_banjo_book.html Grateful Dead Hour #914 includes an interview with Alan Dalton, who transcribed all of Jerry Garcia’s banjo work on the first Old and In the Way album and then got the tablatures published. Story, photo and audio of the interview are posted on the GD Hour logblog.... 8500@http://thedeadbeat.com/unclejohn/ 2006-03-14T09:01:04-08:00 http://thedeadbeat.com/unclejohn/2006/03/02/ratdog_on_kpfa_sound_and_pictures.html Ratdog performed live on KPFA’s Dead to the World on Wednesday, March 1. Between sets, Bobby and the boys crowded into the control room and took some calls from listeners. On this logblog entry, you’ll find photos by Susana Millman and Sue Weiand, plus audio of the between-sets amusements. The entire two-hour program is archived on KPFA’s site. DG... 8430@http://thedeadbeat.com/unclejohn/ 2006-03-02T19:08:31-08:00 http://thedeadbeat.com/unclejohn/2006/02/10/day_three_of_the_dead_caucus.html We’re wrapping things up today. The conference at large continues through Saturday but we don’t have any papers or panels tomorrow. Things start off this morning at 8 am with “Grateful Dead 9” in Enchantment F: Improvisational Space: The Sonic Field of Postmodern Community “Crying Leonardo Words from out a Silk Trombone”: Surrealist Impulses and Consensus Consciousness, Mark Tursi, College of Misericordia “And Then Flew On”: Improvisational Moments of Rhizomatic Assemblage in Grateful Dead Musical Experience, Jim Tuedio, California State University, Stanislaus And at 10:00 we have “Grateful Dead 10”: Tribute and Anti-Tribute Songs Panel Chair: Christian... 8317@http://thedeadbeat.com/unclejohn/ 2006-02-10T07:57:34-08:00 http://thedeadbeat.com/unclejohn/2006/02/09/day_two_of_the_2006_dead_caucus.html Things start off today at 12:30 pm with “Grateful Dead 5” in Enchantment F: Panel Chair: Alan Lehman, University of Maryland Mourning for Jerry Garcia, Rebecca Adams, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Mourning the Loss of Jerry Garcia: A Cultural Communication Analysis, Natalie Dollar, Oregon State University, Cascades (unable to attend at the last minute, but she sent her paper to Rebecca) Playing in the Band: Online Memories of Jerry Garcia, David Gans At 2:30 we have “Grateful Dead 6,” which includes my second contribution: Mixed Marriages: Deadheads and Non-Deadheads Panel Chair: Rebecca Adams, University of... 8309@http://thedeadbeat.com/unclejohn/ 2006-02-09T08:43:20-08:00 http://thedeadbeat.com/unclejohn/2006/02/08/day_one_of_the_2006_dead_caucus.html 8301@http://thedeadbeat.com/unclejohn/ 2006-02-08T11:09:44-08:00 http://thedeadbeat.com/unclejohn/2006/02/04/remember_cassettes_part_two.html Andy Monfried writes a paean to Maxell tapes in his blog, You ain’t gonna learn what you don’t want to know. I remember in the early 90s when we used to imagine how eventually trading would be digital - it would happen directly online. How cool that would be. Along the way we lost some of the charm and the social interaction of cassette tape trading. And, just like one of his commenters, “I still have an unwrapped Maxell XLII 90 min, ready to go!” See also Remember cassettes? (Part one).... 8205@http://thedeadbeat.com/unclejohn/ 2006-02-04T09:45:18-08:00 http://thedeadbeat.com/unclejohn/2006/01/31/from_a_japanese_deadhead.html My name is Nabe. I’m an old Japnese Deadhead. I’ve been to the Dead shows 12 times only. I had enjoyed your program The Grateful Dead Malathon on last Sunday in Japan. It’s a small community of Deaheads in Japan,but Good old community. There were so nice party named Oshino Dead : Jerry Garcia 10th Memorial Gathering. Many Dead’s Tribute band appeared and camping among three night with good fellows and Dead music. We got a message from Phil Lesh . “The spirit lives among you ! “ I send you a photograph of Oshino dead I... 8181@http://thedeadbeat.com/unclejohn/ 2006-01-31T08:58:59-08:00 http://thedeadbeat.com/unclejohn/2006/01/28/kpfa_gd_marathon_happening_right_now.html See dttw.gdhour.com for the details. Webcast via nugs.net Playlist updated live at logblog.gdhour.com Goes til 1 am PST.... 8166@http://thedeadbeat.com/unclejohn/ 2006-01-28T09:58:03-08:00 http://thedeadbeat.com/unclejohn/2006/01/27/david_singer_needs_help.html From Marty Hohn: Anyone who remembers the old Fillmore posters is familiar with the work of David Singer. As a long-time staff artist for Bill Graham, David was responsible for the art for nearly seventy posters. David went into the hospital with gallstones in November, and a series of complications has left him in seriously ill condition. He is slowly emerging from an induced coma, but faces weeks more of procedures and a lengthy recovery. His excellent prior health gives us encouragement, but without an income, his family needs help. The Rock Poster Society (TRPS) has set... 8156@http://thedeadbeat.com/unclejohn/ 2006-01-27T11:01:07-08:00 http://thedeadbeat.com/unclejohn/2006/01/24/its_a_family_affair.html From a mailing list I’m on: A forthcoming Discovery Channel/TLC program is searching for old school Dead Head parents and their progeny. The call is out for “families who have children now between the ages of 25 and 45 who raised them on tour or did a lot of traveling to shows while they were growing up.” The casting department for the program adds, “If this description fits your family at all and you have pictures or home movies from when you all were traveling-please send me an email about your family with a picture if you... 8136@http://thedeadbeat.com/unclejohn/ 2006-01-24T17:37:52-08:00