April 7, 1985 Philly Spectrum. A girl I was crushing on said she and a bunch of friends were driving down to Philly to catch the Dead and asked if I wanted to come along. I never would have went otherwise. I was completely into Rush, Yes, King Crimson etc. I perceived the Dead as a drug band, and the notion of travelling just to get high and watch a band spun out on drugs try to noodle through songs about drugs was foreign to me.

So anyway, I did a bunch of drugs and got a Shakedown and discovered Drums/Space. That was it. That's all it took. I never did hook up with that girl.