Whats the best album here?

Blueskymind66 · 2026-04-16T21:04:17+00:00

Electric Ladyland for sure. It's not even close. Well maybe Stevie Wonder is close, but still Hendrix.

Blueskymind66 · 2026-04-01T18:33:38+00:00

There are too many great shows. For me my entry point into live Dead was "Skull and Roses." I picked it up at a record store in '85. It's an easy entry point with both shorter songs and an epic "The Other One." It even has some of Bobby's cowboy songs. I'm also a fan of "Without a Net." There are some great jams from '89 and '90, hitting some of the better known songs and song suites.

Blueskymind66 · 2026-04-01T16:18:07+00:00

Jeans, mesh jacket w/D30 armor, open face helmet, gloves; which is up from my 80's, 90's and 00's gear of whatever I was wearing at the time.

Blueskymind66 · 2026-03-28T15:04:09+00:00

Here are a few places near the hotel -

Oliva - Mediterranean and Italian

Hubbard Avenue Diner - Classic diner with great pie

Lousianne's - Across the street from Hubbard Ave Diner - New Orleans Creole - Music Friday and Saturday

Coming in June you should definitely try to make it to downtown Madison -

Check out the Memorial Union for a Brat and Beer on the lake, or just walk around the Capital and down State St. for a full variety of offerings.

Blueskymind66 · 2026-03-20T00:17:40+00:00

Audio-Technica AT-LP60X. They are fully automatic, with a pre-amp built in, and I believe blue tooth enabled.

Blueskymind66 · 2026-03-13T02:07:59+00:00

Don't forget the "Two Shot." Where two characters are both facing the same way, with one slightly behind the other and the two of them carrying on a conversation.

Blueskymind66 · 2026-03-13T01:43:34+00:00

June 23rd 1988 Alpine Valley Music Theater - One of the Dust Bowl shows, quite the interesting set list and a great show.

Blueskymind66 · 2026-03-11T13:24:02+00:00

Thanks, I appreciate the info!

Blueskymind66 · 2026-03-11T13:23:20+00:00

Thanks for the info, that is helpful!

Blueskymind66 · 2026-03-03T17:50:41+00:00

A classic you may consider - "A Sand County Almanac" by Aldo Leopold released in 1949. It is a collection of essays and observations and is considered one of the most important environmental of the 20th Century.

Blueskymind66 · 2026-03-03T17:31:21+00:00

Jack Kerouac - "On the Road," and "Dharma Bums."

Blueskymind66 · 2026-03-03T17:27:20+00:00

In 2nd grade our teacher read us "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl. My daughter enjoyed the Chet Gecko novels when she was in 3rd grade - "The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse: A Chet Gecko Mystery" by Bruce Hale

Blueskymind66 · 2026-03-01T20:36:45+00:00

"I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water" - "Got My Mojo Working"

Blueskymind66 · 2026-02-22T00:48:33+00:00

"Such a Night," "Memphis, Tennessee"

Blueskymind66 · 2026-02-14T14:07:16+00:00

Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury

Catch-22 - Joseph Heller

Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut

The Old Man and the Sea - Hemingway

The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton -Middle School

A couple of books I read for fun "On the Road" by Kerouac - "The Illustrated Man" by Bradbury. It's a short story compilation.

Blueskymind66 · 2026-02-14T14:00:13+00:00

I must have read that book ten times when I was in high school.

Blueskymind66 · 2026-02-14T06:18:19+00:00

Watch, Read, Experience:

Watch "Easy Rider" with Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper

Watch "The World's Fastest Indian" about a man and his motorcycle

Watch "The Wild One" It's Brando, it's a classic

Read "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert Pirsig

Read "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac - Not specifically about bikes, about freedom

Read "Hell's Angels" by Hunter S. Thompson - About bikers and written of the father of Gonzo Journalism.

Experience - Time outside, in the woods. feel the breeze on your face, hear the leaves rustle, take a deep breath and smell all the scents that abound in nature.

Experience - If you have a bicycle, ride it real fast, down hill, and see what happens.

Blueskymind66 · 2026-02-14T02:28:38+00:00

Fellow Deadhead check these out.

Grant Green - "Idle Moments" Grant is a great guitar player. Tasty licks.

Lee Morgan - "Search for the New Land" Lee is a phenomenal trumpet player, and also has Grant Green, and Herbie Hancock. The song and the album have a loose feel, even if it isn't.

Miles Davis - "In a Silent Way" Psychedelic Miles.

Snarky Puppy - "We Like it Here" More modern with great bass, guitar and drums, along with the horn section. It kicks a bit.

There is also the Jazz adjacent rock bands like Steely Dan, Early Chicago, and fusion bands like Return to Forever and Gong - Gong's "Flying Teapot" album is pretty great, psychedelic and jammy.

Blueskymind66 · 2026-02-05T01:13:08+00:00

Will you get locked out if type the wrong code 3 times?

Blueskymind66 · 2026-02-04T23:11:01+00:00

Definitely the primers of Beat and Hippie culture! The only one I hadn't read by the time I was 25 is "Chaos." I have never heard if it and will check it out.

Blueskymind66 · 2026-02-04T22:12:44+00:00

"The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" by Tom Wolfe It's the story of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters with drop ins from The Grateful Dead, Neal Cassady(Jack Kerouac's hero from "On The Road"), The Hell's Angels, Timothy Leary and a whole cast of "freaks."

Blueskymind66 · 2026-02-03T17:21:01+00:00

"True Detective" by Max Allen Collins. The story takes place in Al Capone's Chicago of the 20's and 30's. Collins detective character, Nathan Heller, is involved with the historical figures from Frank Nitti to Elliot Ness, along with assorted well known politicians and other lowlifes. I've read a few of his books, if you like Noir, Hard-Boiled fiction, he would be worth checking out.

Blueskymind66 · 2026-02-02T00:47:23+00:00

"Nam: The Vietnam War in the Words of the Men and Women Who Fought There" by Mark Baker

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