Tag Archives: grateful dead

Palo Alto rock and roll landmark(s)

Posted on August 17, 2022 by markweiss86

  In this alley, roughly 60 years ago, Jerry Garcia, playing a banjo, first met Bobby Weir, to form the Grateful Dead:   And here, on Bryant Street in Palo Alto, California, USA, someone painted part of a bike bridge … Continue reading →

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Or: There and Back Again

Posted on February 15, 2022 by markweiss86

We love it at the Fillmore and the Music HallThe Earl in Atlanta and the Turf in St. PaulThe Exit, The Basement, The Ryman gotta play ’em allThe Capitol stage where Jerry playedThe Troubadour where dreams are madeLet’s get on … Continue reading →

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When Lynda Barry future Genius grant winner told David Letterman who saw hail as big as hams that Deadheads will steal your condiments

Posted on May 23, 2020 by markweiss86

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLvfaiCvlok bwI was bs-ing Aidin V of the Chron about the fact that his claim that Shoreline looks like “steal your face” is as valid as my yarn about Bill Graham being circumcised, and that’s what the seats look like. … Continue reading →

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Come join The Robert Hunter Hoot, Palo Alto, Calif.

Posted on September 25, 2019 by markweiss86

Earthwise Productions of Palo Alto at the Mitchell Park Community Center is hosting a special music memorial to the life of Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter, who died Monday in San Rafael at age 78. MORE DETAILS TO BE ANNOUNCED. … Continue reading →

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I saw a Deadhead taper in The New York Times

Posted on July 6, 2015 by markweiss86
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Why don’t we do it on the road?

Posted on June 16, 2015 by markweiss86

And if you have 5 minutes to spare here, in 1985 April back at Philly Spectrum (a basketbal and hockey gym, for awhile) is Grateful Dead doing as first song of 2 hour show, “Why Don’t We Do It in … Continue reading →

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Bob Weir at The Greek in 1981

Posted on June 16, 2015 by markweiss86

I saw the Dead at the Greek about a year later, in 1982. Actually, you can listen to that show, or those shows, all 3 of them at the Achive or Dead net. I also found a stack of ticket … Continue reading →

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Quodlibet w. litany

Posted on May 22, 2015 by markweiss86

Everybody saw the sun shine, but I saw a dragon fly, while Gretchen said “butter fly” and Eva shook her tuckas, rising towards heaven — posted, May 22, added June 22 Latin what plus it pleases I got to indirectly … Continue reading →

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Faking hipness with AlunaGeorge shout re FrostFest

Posted on April 4, 2015 by markweiss86

Four of the acts I punched up from this flyer seem to not have this on their schedule, yet from where I sit at Oak Creek I can hear some loud music as if they are sound checking at nearby … Continue reading →

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Michael McFaul lecture for World Affairs Council in Atherton, Calif., September, 2014

Posted on September 23, 2014 by markweiss86

Terry and I caught an excellent lecture by Michael McFaul, of Stanford’s Hoover Institution, and the former U.S. Ambassador to Russia, for the World Affairs Council, at a private residence in Atherton, California, in September, 2014. McFaul is a Rhodes … Continue reading →

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