Thanks Marye for starting this up. Maybe pissing in the wind as they say, but hell, let’s start this on a positive note.

I have been thinking awhile about David Lemieux’s workload. Making the picks for Tapers section and doing the necessary processing…well it probably takes a while and maybe what comes out is sort of ‘by catch’ from bigger projects ( I hope) . Maybe 1 day per week?.. Preparing stuff for Sirius…well I have never heard it so I don’t know what it takes, but lets say another day or two. Those two jobs don’t seem like a full time gig to me (correct me if I’m wrong). So maybe, just maybe the rest of his time he is crafting multitrack gems for us to enjoy down the line. Nice dream?

What has been getting me is why no-one has made any positive official announcements, or holding statements or anything ..all we get are indirect hints that good people are saying the right things. It totally baffles me what they are trying to do. I think if I ran the vault and listened to what is coming from this site, I would at least say
a) Thanks for being here and supporting this thing and providing so much feedback
b) What in outline the plan is. For me, given how much SBD stuff is available out there, my intention would be to focus on multitrack source material. If it takes a year to produce a multi CD release then I would tell people just that.

Enough I think……….

well thanks for that Richard, but my I am too clumsy to thread all those tapes, my ears are shot and all those hours sitting at the console would play hell on my piles!

Like so many areas of my life, I still have the heart for it but the body won't cooperate.

Like my Dad used to say: I hate getting older but the alternative is unacceptable.

Sigh.........

I like it too much! Ifn's I twas in charge of the said Vault, I would recommend some sort of rotating "Boss" to be in REAL charge of things... We could elect a first time replacement to Lemieux, (I hereby nominate Cosmic Badger...) and that way, people would realize the ipso-factoids of controlling the worthwhile values that are around us all. Of course we could only do this if it worked. And it CAN. Don't forget, The Mayor of Los Angeles, during the 60's tried to initiate recycling long before it was "deemed" acceptable & neccesary. What does that have to do with this? Think about it...
Thank you, Mayre & Badger.

I would contact the remaining members of the band and let them know that the lack of response from Rhino and the band members has alienated some of the fans and caused a loss of trust and good faith and we need to get it together and be more open if possible. And I would ask Robert Hunter to get involved. I sure miss his wisdom regarding the Dead world.

If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.
Wiliam Blake