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    Am i alone? Maudits français...
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    Well said! Germany, Germans to me are sort of boring, but I did meet an exciting German once on a flight from Frankfurt to Shanghai. It was a red eye flight and I noticed this huge big man and I thought that he and I would definitely be sitting next to each other as I usually can feel out who is going to be sitting next to me on these 10 hour flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai. Well it turned out that he was a container ship captain and I give much respect to these individuals as they have seen the sun come up over the oceanic horizon many times and they have the Merritt times down. Do you know what I mean? Well we got pissed and talked for about 3-4 hours until some German guy behind us said enough was enough. He said, your stories are very interesting but I want to sleep so please stop ordering beers and go to sleep!! Well long story short we agreed. Trifecta
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    I was born is Christchurch, grew up outside of Jacksonville Florida, went to High School in Christchurch and went to the University of Grateful Deadland! ;) Since being in the land of German beer I've been careful not to drink to much as it is so easy to! I have to learn the Haka as everyone seems to love the All Blacks rugby team, well, at least the more internationally minded folks I meet. Just today someone asked me when the next rugby world cup is, as if being a Kiwi I must know such a thing!?! ;) It made me wonder though, maybe I'd better check... hmmm...! :) I would say ALL music is world music as it's all related through the mists of history with the interconnecting trade routes and all. But what is considered world music as a categorical term must surely be Mickey Hart and his homies right?!? Although I thought he came from the same place as Spock; Vulcan! Maybe it's all in the ears of the beholder!?! ;) Are you kind?
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    jodester, I was not sure what you were commenting on and i was confused when the infomercial was in between my message and yours. By the way what is "World Music." Jodester where were you when you lived in N.Z. All Blacks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have great respect for kiwis as they can always drink more than i can and wake up early in the morning as if they drank only water the night before. Do you know what i mean? Shanghai
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    I was trying to reply to Trifecta but Archure must have submitted his post before I hit the "post comment" button. But your all inspirational to me anyway. It's good to hear folks are doing things and doing well (hopefully ;) !!! Are you kind?
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    But what are you saying to us Archure, besides your impressive resumé? Especially where you say "So I am trying to corner the International Market with Rock and an International Flavor"? Looking for bookings/connections over here? If that is the case, then I can help you. And I also second Trifecta Jodester. WHAT is inspiring for you? Trifecta's story, or Archure's list of contacts?
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    Jodester what is inspirational?
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    Are you kind? Nice to hear!
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    Hi: I am right here in the USA, but my Music (online at www.archure.net quick load midi files = 40 sec) has some International variations. When studying music at College of Marin in the 1970's, given a list of sub majors, "I chose International Music", but it's mostly Rock, with some New Age, a trace of Jazz, and even some Western (Country & Western). Back in the 70's as a Music Major, I used to see some of the Dead around, at parties. I used to have these "Neptune" parties, and "Full Moon" parties (and Venus and Jupiter too). And I gave the Dead some Astrological advice, before their European tour (1977?) providing them with a list of good day based on the chart of their first performance (since lost record of it). I also did Stevie Nicks chart, and tried to persuade her to stick with Fleetwood Mac, she knew my girlfriend Kris Karlson (Artist: she painted me a Teripin Turtle, but she kept it), and my good friend Marcus McCallen III (Musician). So I am trying to corner the International Market, with Rock and an International, Flavor. www.archure.net (quick load) or even quicker load time http://archure.net/music/songlist.html (no gifs no graphics, the whole page loads quicker) -Archure (Chris Holley) Music for the New Millennium by ARCHURE reg tmrk www.archure.net
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    By the way i have a lovely family here in China. My wife is Chinese and we have a beautiful gift/daughter that actually came on Christmas morning about 4 am while i was on my 5th bottle of wine and had the Dead up very loud on those Bose speakers that i dragged around the world!! My suggestion to my daughter is as follows: To truly see life, please look to the shadows. When i was about 20 and living in Summit County Colorado i bought a book that my X-girl friend gave to me when i was 18. The book was Siddhartha and this time i bought it for myself so that i could read during those long dark nights of living in the woods on the Great Divide in Summit County Colorado. Anyway, in the back cover of this book i found this phrase. "to truly see life, look to the shadows." I have followed this suggestion every since and have passed it down.
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Gather here and tell us your stories! And thanks to TigerLilly for the suggestion!
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I really don't know. We missed the show.I still feel bad about it. Instead of being able to publish the shows that I attended (zero) I could better publish a list of the shows that I missed: 1986 The Grateful Dead Gruga Halle, Germany. (Rock Palast) 2007 Bob Weir / Daedaheads, Norway 2008 Dark Star Orchestra, Amsterdam It is getting quite impressive. But there are always the CD's and DVD's to enjoy. Ship of Fools
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Looking for other Dead Heads in NL!!?!?! Anyone out there?? Jack Straw in Holland
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I live in the UK but travel around Europe with my job ( Marine Pilot) would be good to chat or meet with other GD fans
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I will be in Europe next week and will be in the following European cities. Am always up for some drinks and a conversation. I will be in Brussesl near the Grand Place for a few days and in London for a couple of days. Paris will only be for a day so not too much time. From Europe down to Africa. but anyway, i would love to meet anyone for a drink if our paths cross. The first round is on me. We are the eyes of the world. Trifecta
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i have just got down from the roof, after having spent the evening listening to Hundred Year Hall. 36 years ago and 1 day today.. looking forward to a long summer of sitting on the roof at night listening to music :-))) Bob - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://spanishsunshinedaydream.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/photos.php?id=633338979 Spanish Jam
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anyone in brussels
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Hey y'all, finally I reached page 37! Uff...Well, I hitchhiked through the States in Summer 89, once from Yosemite back to SF a girl gave me a ride and sais "I go to a GD concert, why don't you come with me? We'll get a ticket somehow". I did. Whoops, what was that? The parking lot, the people, the atmosphere *** We arrived at a friends tent who said "I'll get you a ticket." A while later he managed to buy one from a black young guy in a tye-die. So I went later on with the flow of happy smiling people who definitely were looking forward to something VERY special. I wondered and went with the flow, wow! At the gate they checked my ticket and this guy said "I'm sorry, a counterfeit, turn around and go back." Wot? Went back to the tent, sad... There this girl who gave me a ride and her friend who bought the ticket were waiting for me, "A counterfeit, right?", "Yeah". "Here, take mine, it's your first show". Man, that was unbelievable, kind and warm, friendly and helpful - DEEP. That was the entrance to my first Dead show. I was hooked, not seen very much shows but started tape trading later and then CDs, began hosting a radio show on public radio with a friend in Bremerhaven called FISCHPOP including my regular Dead Ecke (Dead corner). After moving to Hamburg, I started my own jamband-related radio show on Radio FSK (Freies Sender-Kombinat) called STASH playing sounds of the GD, Phish and other jambands from the States or Europe or Germany. Man, I love the music of the Dead, their jams and explorations on stage! Yes, there are some like-minded heads over here in Europe, I am in joyous contact with firends in Parma/Italy, Edinburgh/Scotland, Le Havre/France, Zürich/Switzerland and traded with uh, a guy in Madrid/Spain, one in Stockholm/Sweden and so on and with quite a few in Germany. There are even some deadhead meetings in this country. Visit www.germanheads.de or www.deadicated.de. And I'm happy to meet deadheads in Hamurg and it's getting more and more. A few weeks ago I was suddenly invited to a rehearsal of a GD tribute band here in Hamburg - together with Arne and Anneliese (anybody knows them??) I was impressed and deeply moved. They named themselves Cosmic Finger and a few weeks later they played their first show in front of only a dozenorsomething deadheads and muchmuch more people who had never heard about the Grateful Dead. That was an experience! Dancing all around the place (Mayday), everybody was happy and enjoying the music. Puh, I'm sorry, I'm writing and writing. I'll get back to you, after reading all the 37 pages in I don't know, two hours with a few Astra, I'm taking some of you in my heart already. Ah, before I forget: you can visit www.stash-radio.de to find out about my radio show, next one will be on June 10 with some Winterland 73 and Road Trips, new Phish releases and the marvelous Mars Mushrooms from the Nürnberg area. Wanna listen? All the previous shows are waiting to be heard at http://www.stash-radio.de/archiv.htm. I'll have one more on the balcony and go to bed. Ah, and DSO was a treat, last year in the Fabrik in Hamburg (yeah, where Bobby played) and in Bonn, this year in the Melkweg for a few days. >> Jodester, still hanging around in Hamburg? Gut Nacht, Frank --- www.stash-radio.de
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... about my long posting last night, was in the mood.Where is the google map with all the listed deadheads? Is it gone? Ciao, Frank
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If anyone reading this happens to know a guy named Marc Bose, please forward this message to him to ask him to write me. Marc lived in Frankfurt, Germany back in the mid to late 90's. We shared many a good tape a beer back then and there. Thanks! perrycj@hotmail.com
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Hi Christopher,I just posted your search into the germanheads messageboard. Good luck! Frank
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More than five weeks ago, I moved somewhere completely else and next to nothing worked out the way I had planned, thought and had been told it would. Now after I have internet access and a working email address again, I try my best to get used to the 56k modem flint stone thing again and again. Updates for my computer will take forever while downloading music is history. But well Aside the fact, that I feel like shooting a lion in my pants, like ole Groucho once said, life is good, especially the strawberries & I will ripple on andré
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good to hear from you. I was wondering where you'd gone. Good luck with the computer craziness.
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Anyone going to this gig? I've been travelling around England for the last five weeks! Glastonbury etc..! Great times! an old school tourhead finally makes it to Glastonbury and Leonard Cohen was wicked! Now I'm trying to do Little Feat in Wolverhampton, London and Weert (Bospop Fest. Holland). A little bit of the tour at least! Basically I need a place to crash after the Wolverhamton gig to make it feasible for me to be there. Or a ride to London after the gig that night as I can stay at my friends house there. Or hotel room floor space and I could chip in. Can anyone help out? I'll be out on the road across Northern Europe until November for anyone interested (Frank!! Wassup?)! Then back to Hamburg! The Sunday at Bospop also features Dickey Betts of Allman Brothers fame if anyone is interested! :) Hope to c some of u there perhaps!? Much love, Jody "Are you kind?"
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what's the name of the European Grateful Dead related bands website again? I've spaced it completely..! I could check there to see if anyone can put me up for a night. Cheers! J "Are you kind?"
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got back last night from the SOl party had a good time, half a dozen bands including Workingman's Deed a scottish GD covers band I will try and do a bigger post later with some photos Bob - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spanish Jam
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I have only just got an e-mail number and this is my first post ever.Love of the Dead is dragging me kicking and screaming into the modern world and it is hard work.I first heard the Dead in 71 when I borrowed Live Dead off a schoolfriend.I loved Dark Star-St Stephen-The Eleven but I didnt really "get" sides 3 and 4 at the time.Off to university in 73 where I bought a second hand copy of Europe 72 and I was hooked.The music scene at the time was rubbish so I got into US bands-The Dead,Allman Brothers,Dylan,Doors,New Riders etc. I only saw the boys once,at the London Rainbow in 81,a solid gig but a bit like a long first set.I missed them in 91 because I was into dance music at the time and didnt know they were over here.It is only through Dicks Picks and more recently downloading that I have come to appreciate what an absolutely stonking band they were.I am up to about 90 concerts on CD and I cant wait to jump on the Vines once I have worked out what to do.My tame computor geek left for S.Africa shortly after showing me how to download so it could be a while.I had to teach myself to convert flac and shn formats and it took ages.I am listening to a rehearsal session from 28-2-75,worth downloading just for the "Bouncy jam" which does exactly what it says on the can.Wonderful.
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Hi Sven, nice to see you in here!Yeah, Cosmic Finger is way cool! I've seen them four times (although they only played three shows yet...) and I was overwhelmed every time. Invited them as guests in my radio show STASH (http://www.stash-radio.de/archiv.htm), played their first studio track during the last show and gotta say, they are just a bunch of cool guys. I hope to see them a lot more on stage (and beyond...). Frank --- www.stash-radio.de
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Hi from France! Two years ago it was possible to get & buy on a official site all the CDs of the 2004 (more that 60 if I remember well)Dead Tour....and now I can't find it! Can you help me? Roert de BENOIST
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HI from Germany , saw the last tour back in the 90s , there is also the german dead heads club here , we can talk about it later but we are here and there and every where /PEACE
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Anybody in Paris next week, by any chance? Am there on holidays from 4-11, and have plenty of time/interest in a face to face coffee/dead chat if are anybody else does.********************************** Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you will still exist, but you have ceased to live. Samuel Clemens
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YEAH TigerLilly , gonna save my cash and make it later to Granada that means no Paris trip @ the moment , I ´ve been there just two weeks ago ,caught a cold since two days and thats why I´m hanging a lot online and staying home these days , last time in the chat room with johnman and the others was realy so good , took me few hours to read what was happening here on this site , gonna go and knock on sunshine day dreams door when I´m in Granada , he is the most active DEAD HEAD on this site "europe dead heads " then comes you , was nice to see that Marye cares about us all, made me feel more secure , wanna text my trip to the shows in Hamburg and Berlin here in the coming future , loveing you all and so happy to find the STACH radio WISHING YOU A HIPPI HAPPY PARIS TRIP tc and leave it on , AS LONG AS YOU ARE STANDING STRONG NOTHING IS GONNA BE WRONG
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about Bob, No I haven't heard from him or seen him here in awhile.Wonder whats up? Sunshine Daydream where are you?
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Hal RPosts: 735 Joined: 2007-06-13 Posted: September 3, 2008 - 7:09pm Spanish Bob Everyone can relax. I have heard he is OK from someone who is in touch with him fairly often. His reasons for not being around here are because of a technical problem. hope the tech issuses get fixed soon, really miss his musical selections/suggestions
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Chillin' in Hamburg after drifting all around Scandinavia for quite a bit! Superb scenery up there. Lofotens... floatin' on the Lofotens... those islands were the highlight! Waitin' on a visa for Russia... ...next I take Moscow! "Are you kind?"
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Is just fine-know this as the "someone" regularly in touch with him is me. He is indeed just having technical difficulties, and will be back with us as soon as humanly possible. Will tell him people have been asking-he should be pleased to hear that.********************************** Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you will still exist, but you have ceased to live. Samuel Clemens
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yes, I too can confirm that he's having Internet issues and we all hope this soon will pass!
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Gilmour paid tribute to Wright on Monday, saying his input was often forgotten. "He was gentle, unassuming and private but his soulful voice and playing were vital, magical components of our most recognized Pink Floyd sound," he said. "I have never played with anyone quite like him." "Are you kind?"
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i,m a Deadhead from Ireland! just joined to meet other like minded folks, it,s great to be a part of something that brings so much joy to so many, i would be delighted to talk about anything Dead related, ireland, or life in general,Peace out.x
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too bad you weren't here when the Kid was over there a few weeks back. We were getting the great travelogues... Whereabouts in the old country are you? (My ancestors hailed from County Cork...)
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I'm from Rome now living near Milan, never knew another deadhead from my country I know there must be a few scattered all around, but just a few...the Dead were never huge here, that's why they never played Italy, I guess got into the Dead listening to them on the Dylan/Dead album since then I got 90% of their stuff i love everything from 1970 on, don't like their sixties productions
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Frank from Hamburg here, my nickname in school was Francesco or Cesco!A good friend of mine is an Italian deadhead and lives close to Parma. His name is Mario Pasquali. I ask him to give you a message. He visited me in the radio studio once, you can listen to the show here: www.stash-radio.de/archiv.htm (show from 2 February, with pics) or directly www.stash-radio.de/archives/STASH_2008-02-09.mp3 Ciao, Cesco --- www.stash-radio.de
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Thanx for your tip Cesco, curiously enough my girlfriend calls me Franz, because in Lombardy Francesco gets shorted this way! the neighbours' grass is always greener... Nice to meet you, nice to know there are some deadheads out there! Ciao! Francesco
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Does anyone even know who The Dead are in Southport? If you are a deadhead from Southport, England send me a message or something because I am feeling on my own
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That is not a lonely hearts advertisement despite how it sounds
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Thought it was about time I joined and said hi! I'm in Manchester and was lucky enough to see them in '85. Only wish I'd been old enough to see them in the late 60s/early 70s as well. I've been to Southport - but I never saw any deadheads there! I remember there were a handful of deadhead gatherings at the Briton's Protection a few years ago. Do they still happen? Anyone know?