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    RIP Dr. Albert Hoffman
    Dr. Albert Hofmann - January 11 1906 - April 29 2008 It saddens us to confirm that Dr. Albert Hofmann passed away at his home in Burg outside of Basel, Switzerland today, April 29 2008 at the age of 102 years. Dr. Hofmann was at his home with two of his caretakers, he passed away at 9am local time. Dr Hofmann follows his late wife Anita, who passed away this past December. We do not have much more information at the moment but we will update this note once more becomes available. We send out condolences to his family and friends and as you all to join us in celebrating the life of one of the most important scientists of the last 102 years. Dr Hofmann's discoveries have touched countless people and brought tremendous change to the world in more ways than can be counted. We are very glad that Dr Hofmann could still witness the early stages of new studies with LSD that will start in Switzerland in the near future. This matter was very important to him, we are grateful to all that were involved in getting approval for this study. We thank you for all you have done dear Dr Hofmann, may your ways be blessed and peaceful. We will keep your spirit alive and will continue with our work. The Albert Hofmann Foundation April 29 2008 http://www.hofmann.org/ --------------------------------- I'm not Beethoven
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    Happy birthday to all who
    Happy birthday to all who have shared their love and magic with the world. All who have are "famous" in their own right, and by their own right. This is the thread that binds us all. Thank you.
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    Happy (would have been) 100th birthday, Edward R. Murrow! "Good night and good luck."
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    Not too early now!
    Happy birthday TL!
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    ooops, one day early. I thought europe was ahead. anyways, Happy Birthday!!
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    Me And Tiger Lilly Busted out of Barcelona riding on a train Feeling nearly faded as her dress Tiger Lilly ate some paella just before the rain Farted all the way to Fi-guer-es Well I took my old cassette from my dirty sack Playin' slow while Lilly sang the blues Stinky farts keeping time Holding Lilly's spirit in mine We finallly sang near every song that we knew The Board's just another place to think about The Scene The Board can cheer you up -- if you know what I mean The internet is easy Lord, when there ain't no tour The Board is good enough for me Good enough for me and Tiger Lilly With the kind, grateful folks; rapin' here is fun Lilly shared the secrets of my soul Standing right beside me Lord in everything I done Lilly's spirit kept me from the cold Nowhere never on this Board, I'll let her slip her away Looking for memories I hope we'll find And I'll trade all my straight friends for a single head To be sharing Lilly's spirit, oh so KIND The Board's just another place to think about The Scene The Board can cheer you up -- if you know what I mean The Internet is easy Lord, when there ain't no tour The Board is good enough for me Good enough for me and Tiger Lilly yeah, I'm a re-gifter! Happy Birthday Tiger Lilly!!
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    HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIGER LILLY!!!!!!
    everybody sing: Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday dear Tiger Lily! Happy birthday to you! here is a little gift: http://www.archive.org/details/gd88-04-15.sbd.zei.2020.sbeok.shnf and http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Grateful%20Dead%29%2… and http://www.archive.org/details/gd1983-04-15.fob.at.miller.87725.sbeok.f… I hope you enjoy the shows and have a GRATE birthday! love and peace!
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    Hi i have a few new tunes
    ...sounds good (re the post above)...of course personally I'm up North snowed in so I won't be making an appearance.... ....but, i have a few new tunes and remixes of the older ones on my page now. The tunes are all tributes to the Dead except for On the Road which is more of a breeze through the beat scene etc (brief and not in depth but I think catchy) and Memphis Hideaway is more inspired by the Dead scene that a tribute to the band. I hope you enjoy them. http://www.myspace.com/dcmuir Merry Christmas all!
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    Okay, I have an announcement, along with a shameless solicitation for volunteers. Volunteers are needed to help out at next week's Project Homeless Connect in Oakland. It's at the North Oakland Senior Center from 9:30 to 3:30. Project Homeless Connect, which I think was one of Gavin's brainchildren in SF, is sort of an intensive one-day workshop for homeless folks with everything from food and medical treatment to job training referrals, housing assistance, etc. They had the first one in Oakland last year and I said, but what about the DOGS? The city of Oakland folks immediately agreed that it would be swell to have a veterinary component to this, as a number of homeless folks showed up for the first one and then couldn't get services because there wasn't a safe place to leave their critters. One of the city folks happened to be on the board of the East Bay SPCA, which does free shot fairs in poor neighborhoods, and they agreed to come and do a free shot fair there, and a vet's going to be there too. My designated gig is being one of the animal sitters who hangs with the dogs (which is what I expect most of the animals to be) while their owners are inside getting what they need. So I'm here to bang the drum for anyone who's in the Oakland area that day to come on down and help out. Send me a PM if you're interested and I'll send you the details. But Mare, you're asking. What does this have to do with the Grateful Dead? I'm so glad you asked. The North Oakland Senior Center is in the now much restored building once known as Grove Street College (among many incarnations), probably best known to us Deadheads as the locale for the video of "Throwin' Stones." So you can do good and visit the site at the same time!
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    At 11:00am EST today(1 hour from now) and again at 7:00pm EST today Sirius Satalite Radio will be replaying a run of songs from the 11/20/73 Denver show that is a MUST to hear if u haven't allready...Truckin>drums w/Phill Solo>The Other One>Stella Blue The Phil base solo with the drums is great and gets bigger when he shakes our brothers and sisters in Denver with his intro into The Other One and then it all settles down with a perfectly played (slow dance with ur lover) Stella Blue...Go Listen! 143or245 stay safe and feel good!
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Thanks Mary for all the good vibes...I should be around for a while. The seal is broken. I just wanted to let you know that the site has meant the world to my family and especially me. Thank you, this is a great place...home....website...family...
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"like a rhinestone cowboy".....may at least help.....
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Gypsy Cowgirl, I'm in with a beloved pair of silver hoops to help vibe up a New Year, Dark Star. And while I am here, I hope the sun is shinning thru your backdoor today. And everyday.
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Looks like you got your Dark Star after all! Good vibing. Here's hoping that the New Year brings much more music and magic to you all.Peace, K
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thanks all for the vibes.....I started @ Christmas.....xoox
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I just saw the whole first leg of the tour is sold out. Congrats! Now, when are they going to announce the rest of the west coast shows? A Monday night in Portland in March I can live without but a show down south somewhere so I could head out to the desert afterwards and soak up some sun would be sweet! Sunshine Daydream...
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gonna pick up gLadys on the way?********************************** By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's I mean. Mark Twain
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I finally got an iPhone for Christmas and, by far, my must have app is The Dead Tour 2009, which lets us have a total record—photos, vids, streaming audio, rehearsals, news feeds, set lists and downloads of two hours of the live music—of the tour. There’s more than 500 photos. It is completely sick and something you definitely have to get. The tour was the first in five years for Bob, Phil, Bill, and Mickey, along with keyboardist Jeff Chimenti and Allman Brothers Band/Gov’t Mule guitarist Warren Haynes. Jay Blakesberg took the photos and Justin Kreutzmann filmed it. You can get it on the iStore for three bucks. It’s definitely worth it. It’s by far my favorite app. The company that made it is called Mosaic Legends and they also have very cool apps for David Bowie and P. Diddy. I don’t have those, but I’ll probably download the Bowie one. If it’s anything like the Dead app, I’ll be stoked and do a post on it. I found an article where Phil Lesh talked about it: "With this new Dead tour App Mosaic Legends is bringing us the future earlier than expected."
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HiVery confused. Been in the family for over twenty years. Have gone to four national gathering, been part of the Chicago, Santa Cruz and New Orleans families. Spoken up for legalization all my life and put myself out there numerous times, been to countless dead shows, was on the Grateful Dead last tour, saw the dead in Florida on my 18 birthday and saw Jerry's last show to just start with how much I have been a part of my family and Love my grateful Dead and Rainbow brothers and Sisters. Now I try to log on to this site and can't, then I ask tech support who tell me there is no log in option. When I ask again how to log in they ignore me. Now I do log on in a different name and here I am. I really hope this is some sort of gross misunderstanding but see not how. It seems we have some family Nazis who have decided to excommunicate me from family. Please tell me I am wrong and explain the misunderstanding since I know if anyone is doing this that it does not represent our family at all. Please join us in our mission or love, understanding and tolerance of various spiritual expressions. Many of you know me out there and know I care deeply about people and their rights. Leif Trebla Breedor
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that using the word Nazi in conjunction with this site is really "some sort of gross missunderstanding" and wrong. You talk bout peace love and tolerance and then toss around that word so lightly??********************************** By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's I mean. Mark Twain
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it downright stinks, as a matter of fact, but i sense that the poster feels that someone has intentionally excluded them from this site, which i am sure IS a gross misunderstanding...maybe, Leif, you should try to contact one of the mods here for info on why you had trouble logging in, and i'm sure they will help you, given the specifics.
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since you seem to be here now just fine, the problem is functionally solved. For what it's worth, we are currently experiencing a spammer invasion that's causing me to have to delete hundreds of bogus accounts a day, and if yours got caught up in this purge I'm sorry. Welcome to the neighborhood, and yeah, what they said about throwing "Nazi" around.

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I went to the Va Tech game yesterday with my older son, Paul. I had been looking forward to this as it was the first chance we had had to spend some one on one time together for quite a while. One of the disadvantages of having 2 younger kids at home who have special needs is that I have very little chance to spend quality time with my 2 older kids. The game was a disaster but I didn't really care. While we were tailgating before the game Paul informed me that he and his wife are expecting their first child in May! What wonderful news!
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Ive seen talk about people killing each other in there too, you know there are hackers, thats a good start ! not a good way to sell records folks..... LIZ KEMPF <
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for you tphokie!!!!!!!!
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ATTENTION ALL FAMILY: A great kid needs your help! I'm Mindy, my fiance Chris from Conneticut, one of the kindest realiest kids was popped on some old warrants on the way into Moe DOWN, Chris has had some very bad luck in his life. He has spent the past 2 years in the hospital, he has had 2 open heart surgerys, a heart attack and a stroke at 27, all caused by an abbcessed tooth. I thought because of his medical conditions they wouldn't keep him in jail, but they came down from a 9 month sentence or 5k fine to 90 days or 1k fine, but he isn't getting the medical attention he needs, I have to get him out. Fortunately for me some great family, Woodstock Ron from Utica took me in. but we haven't been able to come up with the bail money. I need to get him out as soon as possible and was hoping that if any of you kind dead folks here could help out with donations it would be gratefully appreciated. Any amount will help and would be payed forward. You can send donations to Mindy Riffle at 1610 Sunset ave. Utica Ny. 13502. I hope that we can get Chris out, get him to his many doctors,get him some rest and then see you all on November tour. Forever Grateful, Mindy
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Has anyone heard anything about Furthur doing a New Year's Eve show?
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It's posted on the Furthur website. Dec. 30th & 31st Bill Graham Auditorium. Three sets on New Year's Eve.
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please all dead heads go to the espn web site/herd radio show rock band vote and vote for the dead who are currently behind pink floyd. thanks, freewheelin franklin
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Thank you Brother Owsely!
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Thank you Brother Owsely!
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from a user who is no longer with us. Sorry about that. At least the user is no longer with us. And for those of you just joining us, if you get a PM from someone inviting you to partake of the estate of a long-lost relative on a continent far, far away, suspect that it is not coming from a fellow Head with your best interests at heart, and do not go along with what they propose. Delete it instead. Thank you. ME, your forum moderator
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A spammy troll spouting about propaganda and politics, and then "buy magic bras"??? LMAO********************************** I am not young enough to know everything. Oscar Wilde
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not even the prospect of ongoing amusement causes me to leave it there.
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SIxteenth annual Jerry Jam this weekend in New Hampshire. Check their website and come on up!!!
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Hey NowThis may be considered off topic... but Any Deadhead worth his or her salt KNOWS it isn't... so I pray the folks maintaining this page will give this a moment. I am sure you've all heard a little something about the occupation of wall street. I've been following it with my kids and I have to say LATELY two things occur to me (pun intended) ... A) These folks are REALLY coming out and making a stand ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US... and B) THEY COULD USE OUR HELP. Think about it folks... Grapevine mechanics and remote event planning and logistics are things we do like no one else. There's maybe half a dozen Deadheads around the movement that I can identify. Just think about the impact you can have... you can do what you used to do when we'd fill up a tour by word of mouth all over again. And for the best of causes, making the world and in particular your society a better place (even just a little bit). "This isn't about money. So when ya get a moment... take a stroll to the facebook page facebook.com/Occupywallstreet page and give it a like. And then go get some LIVE... at https://occupywallst.org/ ... The Rest? Well it's what we make of it... and they're waiting for your ideas and support! Please at least have a look and ask yourself if you want to keep passing these opportunities for a better country by. Peace, Your Fellow Head, CharlieSheenBoosters
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If you're in the neighborhood on facebook, please friend me up ... my handle here is my handle there.Peace CSB
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Today (November 2nd) is our Johnman's birthday. Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday dear Johman We love and miss you And have a cooky (or two)
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Hi everyone! Just stopping in to say that I am participating in a blog giveaway. I design and make purses and the item I'm giving away is a skull and roses (Grateful Dead style) purse. There are two handcrafted other items being given away. It's easy to enter the giveaway. Please check out the details... If you have any questions, write me at thehobotrain@yahoo.ca. Here is the link to the blog... http://www.jolynnshobbyshop.blogspot.com THANKS!
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Estación Terrapin (http://estacionterrapin.blogspot.com.es/), the only Spanish program about Grateful Dead, tomorrow celebrates the 40th anniversary of the second concert at the Olympia in Paris on May 4, 1972, with a special program four-hour which will play the entire concert. In the tuning HomeGrownRadioNJ (http://www.homegrownradionj.com/), 7 to 11 AM East
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Paul Grushkin and I (Steven Marcus) will be doing a very special Mulit-Media Lecture, Question & Answer, Booking Signing in support of Paul's new book, Dead Letters, at The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio on June 13, 2012 at 7:00 pm (Ohio time) This will also be streamed live at rockhall.com. This is a feature presentation of the Grateful Dead Exhibit at the Hall of Fame...more information is available here: http://rockhall.com/event/multimedia-presentation-grateful-dead/ We look forward to seeing you there! Thank you and Stay In Touch! Steven
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my travel schedule for work is a busy one and I get to visit some wonderful places. It seems as though everywhere I go I try to find a bar that an old Deadhead would enjoy. And now I find myself headed to NYC this week (knowing that the Wetland Preserve is long gone). So I would love to hear from anyone who could recommend the best bars/clubs for an old Deadhead wandering around NYC..... Peace and Kindness TH
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Dead-related, but one of my favorite bars in NYC is McSorely's Old Ale House on 6th street just east of Cooper Square. Been there since 1854, and it's something to experience at least once in your life. Lots of really cool, all original crap hanging on the walls, sawdust on the floor, and they have both kinds of ale, light and dark! Order in increments of two. I have heard allegations that the Dead hung there a couple of times way back in the wayback. Not entirely implausible, as it is just down the street from where the Fillmore East used to be.
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Not that's it's particularly interesting, but I feel like I've worked so hard and achieved so little this year. I'm really bummed, it's hard to deal with the so many people against you. The best part though, and I believe the hope is: that I love my family here on Dead.Net. I got to visit some family members from old at Dead.net, and it really did my heart well. Although it was quite a long strange trip, and we didn't even make a show, the best part about it: I finally released some pent up emotions over my last trip. Thank you Dead.Net family, for instance you Pid, ch1na, scottishlass, mcgeeky, moye, the list is endless and of course MANY others I wish I could remember to name.and I can't thank all of you enough for how much support you've given me over the years. During our short little trip from Ohio to Chicago to Michigan back to Ohio and Home, I wrote and created a ton of material. It was alot of emotions and things pent up inside. It was the best release I could think of as I was physically and emotionally tired from the real Grind. I've had to deal with alot of past issues, both emotionally and mentally to even make it back alive this trip. Luckily, I had so many friends and family (((HUGZ)))) help me along the way. Thank you all for showing me that even in my darkests of hours in a long time, you still know how to bring me out into the Light and show me that LOVE is Real! Thanks Critter
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nice to see you back among us.Sorry for the tough times.
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Thanks Marye. Fortunately, I never left, just remained silent for awhile. It wasn't that rough, just something I didn't want to put upon all of you. This place has always been my home (since it's inception), and you all made that possible. And as usual, what was found is just more family. The love and good vibes I've felt through any tough time, is always appreciated and welcomed. Thanks Dead.Net fambly, You all ROCK.
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I won't say something banal (like "when life gives you lemmons..."). I'm sure you already know life is a rollercoaster, going up or going down. Don't be attached to the present direction. Like the weather, wait a minute and it will change. As the B-52s use to say: Get out of that state you're in! (Private Idaho)
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Definitely missed seeing you at Vibes this year. Ain't no Q-School for this tour, dude. Print your own card, you're fully exempt!
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Hey Jerry Garcia fans!If any of you live in the Fairfield County area of Connecticut (or are willing to make a longer trip), a tribute band called 'The Garcia Project' will be coming to the Ridgefield Playhouse on 06/27/15 at 8pm! The show will also feature special guest, 'Acoustically Speaking'. The Playhouse is located at 80 East Ridge Road in Ridgefield, CT, and tickets are $20. The show will definitely be worthwhile for any fans of Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead, or just good music in general, so try and come along - hope to see you there!
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Just saw Garcia Project last friday You should come up to jerryjam they are playing with melvin seals.