Eliot Spitzer

Do you think for all that money she urinated in his ears? Phish only charges $22.50 to urinate in our ears….

Dead Heads for Obama

Bobby, Phil and Mickey will reunite tonight for a benefit concert for Barack Obama. The show will be streamed tonight at 7:30 pacific time via iclips.

Umphrey’s McGee

I know this is late, but here’s the setlist from Umphrey’s McGee on 10.27.07

Set One	Pay the Snucka -> Push the Pig, 40’s Theme, Nothing Too Fancy > In the Kitchen > Dr. Feelgood > Pay the Snucka
Set Two	Bridgeless* > Bright Lights > In the Kitchen > Nothing Too Fancy, Dirty Love, Der Bluten Kat^ > Dump City^^ > Der Bluten Kat**
Encore	Ain’t No Fun$

Jerry Garcia August 1, 1942 - August 9, 1995

R.I.P.

I want to say to my sisters and my brothers
Keep the faith
When the storm flies and the wind blows
Go on at a steady pace
When the battle is fought and the victory’s won
We can all shout together, we have overcome
We’ll talk to the Father and the Son
When we make it to the promised land

If we walk together, little children
We won’t ever have to worry
Through this world of trouble
We’ve got to love one another
Let us take our fellow man by the hand
Try to help him to understand
We can all be together
For ever and ever
When we make it to the promised land

Our bible reads
Thou shalt not be afraid
Of the terror by night
Nor the arrow that flies by day
Nor for the pestilence
That walketh in the darkness
Nor for the destruction
That waiteth in the noonday hour

This world is not our home
We are only passing through
Our trail is all made up
Way beyond the blue
Let us do the very best that we can
While we’re travelin’ through this land
We can all be together
Shaking a hand
When we make it to the promised land

When we make it to the promised land children
Make it to the promised land children
Make it to the promised land children
Make it to the promised land
When we make it to the promised land sisters
Make it to the promised land children
We can all be together, forever and ever
When we make it to the promised land

Ratdog

Here’s the set list from the July 27th Ratdog show in San Diego:

July 27, 2007 Humphrey’s Concerts by the Bay, San Diego, CA
I: Jam > Tomorrow Never Knows > Playin in the Band > Jus’ Like Mama Said > Dark Star > Book of Rules > Odessa > Dark Star Jam > Deal
II: El Paso@, Mexicali Blues@, West L.A. Fadeaway* > Ashes and Glass* > Stuff* > Black Peter+ > Touch of Grey
E: Johnny B. Goode*

The West L.A. Fadeaway > Ashes and Glass  was smokin’

Jam Band Fan or Taliban

My new favorite game: jam band fan or taliban

Maid Marian

The lyrics to Maid Marian from Page McConnell’s new CD are very relevant to my situation.

Hesitating as you pulled the rug from me,
heading toward the ground and reaching for the curtains.
Can’t relate because I’m only trying to see,
if instead of me, I could have been more certain.

Such a different way to play the thing,
such a difficult thing to say,
to someone that you care for.
All’s forgotten they can say it if they please
still I lay awake, all the way to daybreak

But I won’t let myself go there again
’cause I’m not falling through thin air again
but I’m not looking for Maid Marian

Such a desperate way to trade your wings
for your 18 inch spinnin’ rims
with neon underneath you
Past the last goodbye in laps of luxury
with my history a couple cars behind me

But I won’t let myself go there again
’cause I’m not falling through thin air again
but I’m not looking for Maid Marian

Circumnavigated feelings weigh on me
Explanations from a door without a key
Should I try to understand or should I try to be?

Expectations taken you away from me
Opportunity it sounded good in theory
Calculations seldom come with guarantees
What I really want is someone that can hear me.

Such a different way of playing it.
If you’d only take time to see
you’re everything you should be
Fleeting feelings feed the longing quality
to experience emotions deep inside me

But I won’t let myself go there again
’cause I’m not falling through thin air again
you don’t have to be Maid Marian
I’m not looking for Maid Marian
’cause I’m not marrying Maid Marian
–

New Grateful Dead site

I wish I had the breaking news with this, but TechCrunch is the first to report the new Dead.net website.

At their peak, rock legends “The Grateful Dead” attracted an estimated community of 40,000 self-proclaimed “Deadheads” trailing them as they toured the country. The movement had originally spawned from fans meeting at concerts and networking on mailing lists. Mailing lists turned digital with the launch of Dead.net, which will relaunch in the next 24 hours as a full blown social network.

The new version of Dead.net was created on the Drupal content management platform and features extensive archives cataloging Grateful Dead history, songs, photos, memorabilia, and shows, indexed and searchable by tags. Dead users will be able to participate in forums, upload their own photos, and bookmark concerts and shows they have attended. Fans will also be treated to exclusive free mp3 show downloads.

Gotta love the Good Ol’ Grateful Dead

Page Side, Rage Side

Page McConnell is releasing his debut solo CD a week from today. Trey, Mike and Jon make contributions to it as well. I’ve always been a huge Page fan and can’t wait to listen to it. One song is intriguing, “Beauty of a Broken Heart,” written when Phish broke up tells of how good things can come out of difficult situations.

Sunday Morning

Nothing like listening to a 5.9.77 Franklin’s Tower on a sunny Sunday morning.

This 8.4.74 He’s Gone is good too.

“Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile.”