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    Then again, maybe we could meet at: Motorhead @ The Forum, October 19.
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    OK - a question for my fellow Melbournites: Anyone you can tip as playing around Melbourne these days who does GD-type thing? For the past couple of years, after three decades of incessant gig-going, I've been laying pretty low and doing other stuff. And the decade before that was mostly jazz at Bennetts Lane and elsewhere, so I'm singularly ill-informed. The Paul Williamson Hammond Combo plays every Monday night (free) at the Rainbow Hotel in Fitzroy and are fantastic. Straighahead jazz/blues/R&B in their own fashion, but they groove as hard as anybody. And every week they have sit-in guest which always makes it interesting. I think the clearest GD trip I've ever experienced regularly came froma now defunct outfit called Diana Kiss, which - like the Hammond Combo - had a long-running residency at the Espy. Lineup: Ross Hannaford (gtr), Peter Jones (dms), Jex Saarelaht (keys), Russell Smith (keys/tpt), Stu Speed (bass). Monster grooves all 'round and a Dead-like way with cover versions, same as with the Hammond Combo. And I reckon it could even be said that Hannaford is Australia's version of J Garcia. Then there's a band called Checkerboard Blues Lounge - i suspect they, too, inhabit a jammy world, although they don't play too often. Any suggestions? BTW, I reckon a Monday night at the Rainbow would be a great time/place for a first-up Melbourne Deadhead gathering. Any Monday, all Mondays!
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    Hey all, happy to see other Melbourne Deadheads, I knew you guys were out there! A Deadheads Club as mentioned or any other contact sounds great.
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    greetings fellow deadheads from down under been on the bus for 40 very odd years and ain'tgetting off till the end. cheers from oz!
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    Fascinating - thanks for filling me on that bit of Dead lore. Personally, I can relate to "Those damn hippies couldn't concentrate too long on anything much" more than other explanations.
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    "didn't work too well" is probably overstating the case for the sceptics. From the report on the experiments in the Fortean Times: The Dream Laboratory’s report on the experiment noted: “The average evaluation of the two judges was computed for each pair of dream transcripts and target pictures. If coincidence, rather than ESP, had been operating, the judges’ evaluation of the correct transcript/target pairs would have been higher than all other pairs one time out of six. For Miss Parise, one correct pair obtained the highest rating. In the case of Mr Bessent, the judges gave the highest score to the correct pairs four times out of six… Thus, for Mr Bessent, the ESP hypothesis is supported. Further, some support is given to the position that the agents must know who the target is to be transmitted to and where he is located for telepathy to occur.” See more at: http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/169/the_grateful_deads_ac… Happy Trails
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    WTF? Telepathy experiment
    The run of 6 shows at Port Chester from Feb 18 through Feb 24, 1971 were dubbed the ESP Experiment. Various pictures were projected onto a screen behind the band and the audience was supposed to focus on these images and try to 'transmit' them psychically to a bunch of subjects in a nearby lab. Apparently it didn't work to well. Those damn hippies couldn't concentrate too long on anything much. These shows were also among the first "Betty Boards" to surface into the mainstream. (Another useful fact to be gleaned from the Deadhead's Taping Compendium Vol 1) Tony
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    Telepathy experiment? You lost me there. I'll prolly buy Vault No.3 set when my tax refund turns up in a couple of weeks. Hey, hey - very nice to hear from fellow DHs here and through email. Let's stay in touch and get together ASAP. Cheers, Kenny
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    Kenny, please forget your prejudices and review it. You get to recount the telepathy experiment story for a start. And this is the first show without Mickey Hart. Happy Trails
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    Well, well, well. Nice to see some fellow heads out there.....It would be wonderful to meet up with you all sometime soon. I am traveling to Europe in mid august and back early Oct. I will try and set something up when I get back. Thanks for responding......if you wish email me on kurtperry@tmb.net.au and we'll go from there. Cheers Kurt
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Submitted by Strider 808808 on Thu, 07/15/2021 - 06:23

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I hit 99.9 bay fm and the end of Lovelight 8/4/71 comes on. My mind is blown. I love simpleradio. Wow, the ice creme kid. Kick ass!!
10pm - Midnight there in Australia; 0600 - 0800 Mountain Standard Time here. As an early Byrd I can handle it.

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Submitted by Strider 808808 on Thu, 07/22/2021 - 07:34

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99.9 The Bay fm in Australia rocks out! Contemporary and Aboriginal music, plus a kick ass Grateful Dead show. What’s not to love.
“Listen to the River” looks great. 1971 is possibly my favorite year . Will have to wait for my old fart social security check in a couple weeks to order. Beans & rice , rice & beans, and a victory garden. Apricot trees (in town) , pick, dry and store.
Several weeks w/o ganga. I think the THC is still kicking in from what little fatty tissue i have on me and from all the smoked phatties from all the years combined.
Phatty Patrol wasn’t just the destination, it was the journey & adventure.

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Submitted by Strider 808808 on Thu, 07/29/2021 - 06:55

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Champagne lifestyle on a near beer budget. Mesquite beans are almost ready also. Wild fruit trees. Bulk food order. Walk as much as I can. Keep from driving as many days in a row as possible.
Baby boomer retirement.
Enjoying the Australian based Grateful Dead radio show, Long Strange Trip. (Bay FM 99.9 Byron Bay) Contrary to some folks notions, radio is not dead. Streaming stations from around the world is an amazing way to get a glimpse, feeling, idea of what’s goin’ on. I really dig stations from Peru,Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Jamaica, Canada (Nunavut) and down under. Add in Tribal radio stations from around the U.S. As i live off the grid in the “outback” of the great Southwest this keeps me tuned in.

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Submitted by Ice Creme Kid on Fri, 06/02/2023 - 19:04

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Hey now everyone
A Long Strange Trip is going strong Thursday Nights at 10pm 99.9 BayFM or anytime online, just Search Bay FM Byron and click on the program guide.

2 FB groups I admin are
Deadheads Down Under & A Long Strange Trip
Please sign up to them.

Here is a list of recent interviews & guests we've shared with over the airwaves

Previous Guests Include:
Harry Angus (The Encyclopedia Of Jerry Garcia Music Venues)
David Frieberg
Dogs In A Pile
Liz Field ( Cornell Chimes)
Nathaniel Rateliffe
LPGiobbi
Pete Pen (Alligators)
Toni Brown
Dennis McNally
Jay Blakesberg
Lonnie Frazier (Box Of Rain Film)
Dean Budnick
Strider Brown
Denise Parent (Brown Eyed Women)
Gil Man (Might As Well Archive)
Sandy Troy
Catherine Hayes (Publisher of "The Untold Story Of Christine Bott")
Ross James
Mark A Rodriguez (Author of "After All Is Said & Done")
Ben Chakravorty (Jerry Day Australia/Shakedown Prophets Australia GD Cover Band)
Blake Savannah (Deadnecks Melb. Australia GD Cover Band)
Annabelle & Adam deadheaddressarchive
Peter Connors
Jesse Jarnow
Sam Cutler
Tony Masiello (Creator of MAJESTIC STAR)
Brenden (Latin Dead)
J.J. Grey