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  • dgans
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    Don't blame me
    It wasn't my idea to leave XM. When Rhino made their deal with Sirius, I was required to take the GD Hour off XM. I was also hired by Sirius to consult on their GD channel, which is good for me and all that but doesn't do the XM people any good. Eventually they'll merge and we'll all have the best of both worlds. Until then, I am sorry for abandoning you but I swear it ain't my fault. GD Hour blog Station list
  • GADEADHEAD
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    We XM subscribers have been screwed
    I don't know if Ganz just doesn't give a crap about us or if he is just in his own little world, but a lot of Heads (including myself) went with XM instead of Sirous because we could catch the GD hour on XM. Now, out of the blue, they have simply cut us off and switched everything to Sirious. There are discussions to merge the two. Why on earth would they pull the plug now and not just ride it out until a merger? I'll tell you why - IT'S CALLED GREED! What ever happened to the montra that once the band is done with the music, it is the fans'. Needless to say, I am pissed. I'll just have to wait for the vampires to figure out another way to take my money from me. Have they hired Mickey's Dad to organizde this? OK, OK I'll stop now before I say something I'll regret. Peace -
  • neddles
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    If the stupid government
    If the stupid government would let the xm/sirius merger go through then you wouldn't have to switch!How is it that they let Rupert Murdoch buy up the Wall Street Journal with out even lifting an eyebrow, but they have their panties in a bunch over satellite radio??? sheesh...
  • hwkn
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    Too bad they didn't do a
    Too bad they didn't do a deal w/XM instead of Sirius since the GDH was already on XM.Iguess those of us w/XM are out of luck[i'm not switching].
  • neddles
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    yeah, you'd think I was a stockholder or something!But no, I just can't get over how freakin' cool it is that after 40 years of little or no airplay on radio, the Dead now have their own whole station! 24/7! I got into my car this morning and they were playing 4/16/78! What a great show... A killer Estimated into one of the fastest Eyes I've ever heard! mmm mmm good!
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    But I may be if Neddles keeps telling me how great it is. I hope you get a %. Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.) Walt Whitman-Song of Myself
  • neddles
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    wow...
    I guess there aren't very many heads out there with Sirius!'Tis a shame I tell ye! You guys are missing some seriously great music... great mixing up the tunes and the eras! Tune in if you can! go here for a complete up to date playlist: http://www.dogstarradio.com/search_playlist.php?artist=&title=&channel=…
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    I am loving this preview so
    I am loving this preview so far!I have had Sirius for a year and a half and I've been thinking, "if they can have a Rolling Stones channel, why not GD!! It's like having ALL dead and dead related material in a giant ipod shuffle! Except when they're playing entire shows 4 times a day or interviews!! mmm, mmmm, good! go here for details and a free preview: http://www.sirius.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Sirius/Page&c=Flex… :^D
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    GD Channel Test Drive August 1-9

    (dgans posted this in his blog - ME)

    The Sirius Satellite Radio GD Channel “test drive” went live at noon EDT on Jam_On Channel 17.

    We led off with a totally uncirculated tape from the GD Vault: 5/3/77.

    This concert will be repeated eat least once during the nine-day run. I believe the plan is to play four complete shows each day.

    I’ve been a busy boy, getting material ready. There are 18 live concerts, some of which are commercially available but most of which are unreleased shows. And other treats, including:

    “This Week in Grateful Dead History” with David Lemieux, this week featuring a nice piece of 8/4/71 at Terminal Island in San Pedro CA. Two interviews with David Nelson. One is the story of the writing of “Friend of the Devil” and how it was originally meant to be a New Riders song but became a Grateful Dead song; the other is David’s wonderful story of how the New Riders of the Purple Sage came to be. “Jerry wants to be a sideman!” A new interview with Donna Jean Godchaux-Mackay and two unreleased studio tracks by Donna Jean and the Tricksters An October 1989 interview with Bob Weir by Bonnie Simmons, portions of which were used on an Arista Records interview disc to promote Built to Last but most of which you’re hearing here for the first time. And more…

    If you’re not already a Sirius subscriber, visit siriusradio.com for info on how to hear it. The “sneak preview” runs from now through August 9, and the GD channel itself launches later this month.

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Our own dgans is a programming consultant for the new channel!
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Shares of Sirius/xm rose 3 cents yesterday and are now at 13 cents a share. They need someone to refinance their debt to keep them out of bankruptcy.
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They're working with John Malone of Liberty Media[Directtv]to try to work something out btw.
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That seems like a good fit for both parties involved. Hope it goes through. Good to know you got shoes to wear when you find the floor.
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The deal went through yesterday[somewhere around $500 million]so Sirius/XM is fine for the next year or 2.
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what a sigh of relief! "In a bed, in a bed, by the waterside I will lay my head. Listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock my soul."
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Liberty Media Corp. will lend Sirius/xm $530 million dollars. It also says S/xm has 20 million subscibers which means they should be bringing in, if I'm correct, over $200 million per month. I wonder why they can't get by on that? Could someone inform me?
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I've posted this before, but have not seen any responses. Does anyone else have a problem with serius not posting schedules for three times a day concerts on their Grateful Dead site? Spotty at best,most of the time it's not posted. REALLY HARD to do this ,I guess.Makes it really difficult to record shows we've been at or might want because it was a great show.Lots of posts about their financial state, but none about the lack of service we get? W.T.F.? Oly- bob
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I contacted David Gans and have gotten a lil brainchild of mine to come to fruition...The "Tales" on March 8th will be a special on the subject of GD Tribute bands keeping the vibe alive and well...plus turning countless post-Jerry era fans onto the magic and love of The Grateful Dead (like myself)...this particular "Tales" will include interviews with Jimmy Tebeau-founder of "The Schwag" as well as some samples of their tunes....The Schwag hold summerlong camping festivals in a beautiful campground located in Salem, MO featuring all types of great music and of course shows by The Schwag....lots of vendors...LOTS of LOVE! So yeah, tune in this Sunday and enjoy! The torch is still burning brightly and there are masses new fans being turned on due to these tribute bands...Now Gans is even on the lineup for "Springjam" April 17+18! He's gonnaq experience the beauty firsthand...plus we'll get to hear him jam....NRPS is gonna be there, so is Donna Jean...in May Billy Kreutzman is gonna be there too...i encourage any/all to come check it out...visit www.theschwag.com for further details....Stu Allen from JGB with Melvin Seals is now on lead guitar for The Schwag....his Jerry vocals are fantastic....sounds just like late 80's-90's Jerry! Check it out...and tune in to the Tales From The Golden Road on March 8th! -pugdog "In a bed, in a bed, by the waterside I will lay my head. Listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock my soul."
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I hope our buddies at Sirius are doing well. I'm wondering if they are going to turn us on to some live Dead. I think a Madison Square Garden show would be worthy of a broadcast through-out the world and across the universe, maybe a Shoreline too!
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Loved the Tipper Gore interview after she jammed with The Dead the other night. While they were doing the interview Bobby comes by and they start talking and Tipper starts a rap about the spiritual side of drumming and Bobby's like "I've heard That before", and then "I'm gonna go get a drink". Hilarious!
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and thanks for the live Worchester show. My only complaint is that everything was turned up a couple clicks higher than the drum mix and there wasn't enough thunder, esp. on songs like Terrapin. As for the show, I thought One More Sat. Nite and a little four minute Johnny B. Goode encore was a disturbingly lame way to end the show. I know $100 to the boys holds about as much value as a penny does to the rest of us and they cannot understand the sacrifices their fans have had to make to attend these shows. But overall I thought they sounded pretty good and their were some very enjoyable moments.
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actually I guess you guys did great and it's my crappy car stereo that doesn't have enough thunder.
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If the Dead want to play One More Saturday Night I wish they would try doing it as a first or second set opener. I hate it when they close the show with it cause when you here the opening notes you know the show is over and then start hoping they'll play a good encore. As for Johnny B. Goode, if it's not a part of a 2- song encore, don't bother !
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any idea when we will find out when the other two live Dead shows are going to be broadcast on Sirius?
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Is it me or does the voices sound like 'What Has Become Of The Baby' very erryI LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!! Peace- Moye
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Is it me or does the voices sound like 'What Has Become Of The Baby' very erryI LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!! Peace- Moye
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I keep going to Sirius and there's a spot that says to "watch this space for info on upcoming broadcasts" but there's never anything there and nothing to click on. I know the Spectrum is coming up Sat. I hope I didn't miss any other shows. What am I doing wrong????
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Will they break out The Race Is On tonight at the Spectrum?
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My car stereo never sounded so good,please play it again soon. One More Saturday Night really blew my mind and Brown Eyed Women was just as sweet as could be. What a fabulous show. I love the "GRATEFUL DEAD" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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that was really cool, hope i can make it to Veneta.

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... on Mondays at 9:00 PM Eastern time? Why can't we have the complete and uncut concerts back in that time slot? Sirius advertised that there would be 3 concerts per day. Now for some reason on Mondays we only get 2 concerts. Haven't these Guest DJ shows been rerun about 10 times anyway? I never understood why they decided to use the scheduled concert time for these DJ shows... Is help on the way David, or or will changing this be a slipknot of towering confusion? Thank you for your consideration in this matter... :^ )
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is ever gonna play a JGB show again? The last one I heard was Kean College back in like February.
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Actually I think I remember one other from '77 too! More Jerry please!
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the storyteller makes no choice... Howdy, I'm happy to say that my very own "Head Set" airs tomorrow (7/3) on the G.D. channel on Sirius/XM! I read short sections from my new book, Growing Up Dead: The Hallucinated Confessions of a Teenage Deadhead, and put together some other intros to accompany the tunes. All the songs are from shows between 1987-1989. The show airs tomorrow (7/3) at 5PM EST. For Sirius/XM subscribers, the Grateful Dead channel is #32... but if you're here, you already know that... Cheers, Peter
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... was the first time I ever heard "Post-modern Highrise Table Top Stomp" . Ya think you guys could play the Rothbury show?
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for a great Jerry week. 10/31/87 did it for me. What a great Big Boss Man this morning! Had that puppy cranked. All you really need Is good love!

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is in error... Was supposed to be 8-16-91, and the first was played as advertised. The problem is that they played the second set of 8-18-91. Is there any way to straighten this out before the replay on FRIDAY, AUG 21st at Noon Eastern Time? Thank you very much for any help, in advance! I would try to contact Sirius myself, but they are just a bit less than say, responsive...
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I think Sirius responds to things written on Deadnet with songs. There have been a lot of times I've written something here and then a short time later will here a song on Sirius that seems directly related to my post and it seems like it's happened way to many times to be coincidence. I also think Ratdog and the Dead have been inspired to play a song in their sets a couple times from what I've written here. I'm sure they won't tell me though being the Pranksters that they are. Maybe it's just sirius synchronicity and strange coincidence but I like to think they're listening.
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Tune in Monday,August 31, at 10 PM Eastern time to hear a live broadcast of Bob Weir & Ratdog from the Denver Botanic Gardens. Awesome, awesome awesome!!!
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If we are going to get to hear some Further? I think we deserve another Ratdog show too, preferably one when they're fresh! We could have us a high time
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Looking forward to it, I hope you're feeling well. Keep up the good work.
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I'm pulling for the last show, sure would love to hear that Cosmic Charlie. Dum de dum de doodle e do Go on home your mamma's calling you
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I enjoyed tonight's show, as usual. I appreciated the insights about muscians "borrowing", "stealing", "Interpreting" other artists' songs, styles, etc. This is what truly keeps the music alive, isn't it? I was especially touched by the idea that everything a muscian gleans and absorbs from other artists through research, playing or listening to their music contributes - over time - to that muscian's own voice and style as an artist. I can't think of a better example of this than Jerry Garcia, who was a true music academic - ever seeking, exploring and learning his craft. PS: Can't wait till Furthur on the East Coast! "Inspiration, move me brightly"
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hey there. anyone know what show the Franklin's tower is from that was aired on the slot where Jackie Green guest dj'd? its phenomenal... best one i've ever heard. I must have that show! thanks!
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I really enjoyed Till The Morning Comes this morning by Pickin On The Grateful Dead. Never heard of them before, but I hope to hear some more!!
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I'm just old & in the way. The future's here, we are here, we're on our own.
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Nice "Simple Twist" yesterday and t.i.f. this morning. Old and In the Way is real fun to play on guitar. I never learned it til that last post. Now I have a Grisman song in my repitoirre! Let there be songs, to fill the air
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If there's any way you can get the new Furthur song,Welcome to the Dance, into the rotation that would be nice. I hope there is a chance of a live New year's eve broadcast, or maybe a new years day re'broadcast if live ain't gonna work. Till we all fall down It'll do you fine
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You're getting pretty good at this. You sure do make me laugh a lot. Thanks for brightening my morning! Won't you come out to play!
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Why aren't you playing a show with Welcome to the Dance in it!? Or New years at least.Would like to hear their new stuff
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I can wait. From what I've heard so far, the drummers sound good, Jeff has impressed me,very enjoyable. As for John's guitar, I've found myself cringing way too much. I hope the boys can teach him a few things so I don't feel like I'm listening to a amateur copy-cat who needs to find his own musical, oh I don't know, "soul"? I hope by the time they hit the west coast I can say I've heard a vast improvement. Believe it if you need it, or leave it if you care?