groovy and far out
Joining to ask for help on some GD tee shirts
new on the scene
New Here
Peaceful Greetings
High Yall
Holy smokes, Johnny
Welcome Hockey John!
Thanks for the welcome!
Let's see if I can get this
I is gonna try put words on
Hi everyone
Hi. I'm Eirik, originally from Sweden but now living in the US.
Been a deadhead for almost 25 years. My dad would play vinyl's of their classics and it didn't take me long to pick up on it. Really love the design of this site and looking forward to contribute more. I see that the introduction section has been "dead" for a while, but I'll still give it a go. As for my private life I'm married with 2 kids, and work as a database programmer. I also run my own personal economics blog - https://www.refinansiere.net/. Might have to add another section on the GD soon though :)
Hi!
Hey everyone! New to the Dead here with a recent mind blowing revelation of how great this band truly is. I watched the amazon special and now exploring on Tidal a lot of there stuff. I grew up listening to best hits but could never get into their other stuff. Fast forward 25 years and with regular mj use the dead is really opening my mind. This looks like a great site to learn about this epic band !
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Hi,I grew up in a southern town too. Mechanicsville Virginia. About 20 minutes from Richmond Virginia. I graduated high school in 94 and saw the dead on 10-9-94. It was crazy seeing jerry and Phil and everyone. So fun. The only thing I have seen from them since was in 1999 I saw Phil and friends at the mosque in Richmond. They played strawberry fields forever. And a lot of dead. It was great. Now I am living in cocoa Florida and am a professional illustrator. Just wanted to say hi.
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Hi! I am just a millennial who missed the original bus, but caught the later spin off buses!😂 From the south and listen to Dead all the time with my cat. I hope to move out west soon, and leave the south for a while!
Keep on Truckin and hope to see y'all on the lot, GratefulGal7277! 🌹⚡
Welcome Gratefulgal
Head over to the Dave’s Pick 34 and June 76 Box pages, that’s where the current action is.
Click on your account picture in the upper right, then click on ‘recent posts’.
new (old) member
Had an account long ago... hadn't logged on for a while and so maybe it was wiped? Set up a new account. Wannabe writer, I have 2 books on Amazon/Kindle and working on a third. Was a staff artist for Relix and Unbroken Chain magazines back in the mid-1990s. Saw shows from mid-eighties to mid-nineties. Here's info about my writing --- jdwilsonbooks.com
hey folks
hey all
my name's mike
hopped on the bus 2 years ago, was way too revved up playing in punk bands in college and finally slooooooowed down and it's been a trip ever since
i live about an hour north of NYC so i'm lucky for east coast shows
i hike and snowboard and build guitars and i enjoy listening to music outside and with no commitments
just here to say hi and give all you nice people something to read while you're at home during this unfortunate time
give me a killer show from '73 (EVIL DEAD) that i haven't heard yet
Esau_Esau...
....hi. You need to move to the other more active boards here. There are 3 going strong. Magic number.
Cute Doodles
Hi guys, I arrived at this site just now. I hope to make many friends.
I'm kind of crazy because of the pandemic and I'm creating a channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC2bcLGSymsTt9mXBe3YhWg
The Sad, Broken Legacy of a Great Band (tl;dr?)
Hello Bob, Phil, Bill and Mickey…..
I can probably state this is my first and last post as I’m done. I registered to put this one post up. I wouldn’t be surprised if the moderators didn’t look kindly on the following “appraisal” which I will now explain:
I was still in the final years of school when Europe ’72 came out which puts me a generation behind the initial Dead fan base. In recent years I have become totally obsessed by the Dead, and the culture that surrounded the band. (Notice I said “surrounded”, as in past tense?)
On July 4 2021 (I am not from the USA) I ordered the DVD digipak with bonus disc of Long Strange Trip from the Dead.Net Store.
This is what happened next (copied from my communications with the Store with contact details redacted):
My Initial Request:
This 3 DVD digipack of Long Strange Trip has Disc 2 marked "Bonus Content" and does not have the second half of the documentary on it as stated on packaging. The bonus content is the same as that on Disc 3 which is supposed to be the bonus content for this 3 DVD set. Also Disc 1 which does have the first half of the documentary on it does not have a Dolby 2.0 audio option as stated on the packaging. It is questionable whether any of these discs are the one supposed to be packed in this version of the release. After the time and expense of getting the shipped from the Grateful Dead source this is extremely disappointing.
Where we are at now:
The replacement copy just sent has the same problem of discs mislabeled and packaged. It must be from the same print run as the first copy I received. Disc 2 is again bonus content NOT the second half of the documentary.
Please... I'm begging you. I ordered this July 4 and I still haven't gotten the full movie. I'll buy a Region Free Bluray copy. Just send me an invoice for the difference in price. Whatever.... please.
NOW:
I'VE JUST RECEIVED A THIRD COPY OF STRANGE TRIP AND YOU'VE DONE THE SAME THING AGAIN. YOU DIDN'T CHECK THE DISCS AND HAVE SENT A COPY THAT DOES NOT HAVE DISC 2 OF THE MOVIE. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME; YOU HAVE RIPPED ME OFF.
There you have it.
So this is Grateful Dead 2021; just another commercial juggernaut that wants to extract money from people by selling clothes, pet accessories, garden accessories (or whatever!). Another cash machine that cares nothing about the only thing about the band that matters and what is truly real about Grateful Dead.
But hey! When it comes to delivering the sound and vision which is the history and legacy of a great band this is what you get.
Oh! Commercialism! It can’t be!
Well take a good look at eBay. The egregious amount of profiteering there is disgusting to the point of being abjectly blinding. The CD warehouses will get copies of Get Shown the Light, but they sell out in a day or two and will be resold at triple the price.
I’ve got some seriously rare Dead CD’s and they are now worth a small fortune. After what I have experienced with the Store I am so disgusted and, more to the point disappointed, that I am seriously thinking of “getting my chips cashed in” (remember that old chestnut I just paraphrased?) and eBaying my whole collection.
You can’t say there ain’t a buck to be made out of the good ‘ol Grateful Dead!
It’s so sad to see the band’s unique contributions, their legacy, being torn up in this way.
There’s a general tenet of art theory that states that art is but a reflection of society. I have been fascinated by the fact that the Dead weren’t a band, but more of a “scene”; a family, a society, if you will.
Garcia used to talk about evolving humanity, the society, through psychedelics, art, music, culture etc. Well society and humanity, the truth is:
Welcome to capitalism.
It’s just as well “faith” is but a word and, therefore, counts for very little. (As I’m sure is the case with my words written in this post).
Peace out.
Goodbye.
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Addendum:
I was going to make the above post my first and last post until, upon registering for these forums, this email arrived:
Hey there Grateful Dead Fan,
We’re so glad you got on the bus! You’re in for a mighty fine time.
As a subscriber to Dead.net, you’ll be the first to know about the Grateful Dead’s exclusive limited-edition releases, breaking news on the band, community events, and so much more. It’s all happenin’!
We’d like to thank you kindly with 10% off* your next order. Simply use this coupon code at checkout:
Oh, wow! Thank you master! This wage-slave is so uplifted by your magnanimous offer! Thank you so much for extending the cosmic joke you have played upon me, and more fool me!
Talk about adding insult to injury.........
I think I’ll pass, as ten percent of nothing, which is what your organisation has given me, is nothing.
How about giving me back ten percent of the purchase cost of the flawed and incorrectly packaged item that I spent money on in July? I would be happy with ten percent of what your organisation has defrauded me.
Now I’m done.
Hey now!New to the site. Kind souls connect with me!
I'm 44 and was blessed to start seeing The Grateful Dead when I was just 12! Rich Stadium in Buffalo. Hit mostly all the East Coast shows until 96' and then our lives changed for sure. Went to Penn State University and I am a social worker. My son is almost through high school and then I'm looking for adventure! I am not sure where what or with whom? Auroraville, Peace Corp, meet the man who rocks my world??
hello i am Billy Cyprus how…
hello i am Billy Cyprus how are you?
Thank each and every one of you from the bottom of my heart.
I understand this thread is half-dead, but I need to let you guys know how much you (yes, you) mean to me. How's everyone doing? I'm Alex and this is not my first post (oops!). But I am so happy to be here. I am in the midst of losing my dog who is the light of my world and the DeadHead family has made me feel at peace. I know this is my introduction but I already have so much thanks to give!! I have been a DeadHead for the better part of my life, living adjacent to the middle of nowhere. So I have always been the black sheep of the friend group listening to this hippie drone music. I called in to Tales from the Golden Road right before Tucker's (my dog) diagnosis with Lymphoma, nervous as all get out about my first Dead & Co show for my birthday here in a few weeks, and as soon as I was connected with Dave and Gary, all anxiety melted away, it didn't matter how many listeners I was on the air with, I truly felt like I was just shooting the shit with some old friends. I felt at home. And now more than ever, I need a little home. And each and every one of you make me feel at home in this strange world. As I make my entrance, I already am feeling beyond welcomed.. So thank you. A lot.
Many Thanks!!
Dave and Marye, thanks for welcoming me aboard. I can truly say that in this crazy world, I feel like I have found my "forever home" here. I moved from a big town to a little one for work and can't say there are many like-minded folk in this land of sparse population, so it is really comforting knowing I have my buddies right here :)
As for as the puppy, thanks for the concern and kind words Dave. Lymphoma is kinda scary in dogs I've found out. But my little fur ball is started up on prednisone and has his puppy energy back!! Just one of those things where he's gonna keep rocking until he can't and more than likely he will lay down for a nap and just drift away. Which when you think about it, I know that I would definitely want to go that way if I had a choice.
I will need to check out that thread! Any others I should look into? I am eager to join the party! I do love storytelling and digging into music theory!
Much love to you both and thank you again, from the bottom of my heart!
-AZ
New from Ky!
Hey all, just joined the forum. I'm new to the Dead,(i know) Just recently picked up the bass, and really got into Phil's playing. Glad to be here.
Hello All!
Hi all. First post. Recently decided to join the greater Deadhead community after years of being a closeted Deadhead. Actually came to The Dead via The Jerry Garcia Band, so kind of backwards.