came out not long after Jerry's death, so this must be a reissue. I haven't read it; as I recall it's fairly respected.

Jerry Garica...sorry!

the storyteller makes no choice...

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.

Cheers,
Peter

Hey now, Peter Conners,
Job well done! I just finished and greatly enjoyed your book. I was struck by the fact that, although I didn't become a DH until I was 46 (better late than never, right?), so much of what you said still resonated for me. The Dead playing in my head all the time thing has me debating whether or not I should get an Ipod - or do I already have something better hardwired in my brain?
It sounds like you have often felt like an outcast - hope you feel like you've found a bit of community here at Deadnet; it's a pretty nice place :)

I just finished reading Peter Conner's book Growing Up Dead and I really liked it. It bought back a billion memories but it also took me farther/further than my own Dead experiences on a journey of vicarious good times. It' recalls both the late era Dead scene and the music/philosophy that proceeded it as well as how teen rebellion is inspired, cultivated, and turned into something beautiful when it moves along to music.
I'd give it about twenty-three stars, with twenty stars the most a book can earn.