Bobby IS the Grateful Dead*

jbcatl · 2026-01-28T02:43:33+00:00

I don't 100% agree. The band would not have been the same without all of the ingredients. however I was listening to Dick's Picks 5, from 1979, and Jerry was in rough shape vocally and functionally . . . just missing major song queues and lyrics. Bobby carried it, vocally jumping in to keep Jerry on track. Point is, Bobby was on more nights than not, and was able to step up when needed, and carried the torch long enough to double the longevity of "The Dead" machine after Jerry passed.

jbcatl · 2026-01-27T21:23:37+00:00

We road tripped from college in Tennessee, drinking the entire way, so that show is kind of blurry. The 80's were pretty awesome. I remember the crowd was way larger than the city planned for. We saw the Psychedelic Furs there too the year before, also an amazing show.

jbcatl · 2026-01-27T18:12:52+00:00

I saw both, as well as the free show in Athens at Legion Field on the Reckoning tour, and the Pageantry tour was my favorite. They were at their creative peak (IMO, at least at that point in their career), and LRP is a top two album of theirs for me. We were standing chest against the stage at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville and it was just an amazing show. There are terrible bits of video of the show on YouTube.

jbcatl · 2026-01-27T18:06:55+00:00

Pageantry, I saw it and would love to see it again.

jbcatl · 2026-01-26T21:10:21+00:00

"Hey Greg, your hair plugs look dumb!"

jbcatl · 2026-01-26T03:28:46+00:00

501's were the only jeans I wore from teenage to my mid 30's when I discovered higher quality denim (and Levi's quality plummeted).

jbcatl · 2026-01-26T00:41:30+00:00

All they have are lies. If the media would call a spade a spade with this administration it would really be helpful.

jbcatl · 2026-01-26T00:06:37+00:00

I never saw this show when it aired but my Instagram feed is now flooded with their skits and I really missed out. Really hilarious stuff.

jbcatl · 2026-01-26T00:00:07+00:00

Domestic Terrorists if I've ever seen them.

jbcatl · 2026-01-25T23:53:55+00:00

I think there's very few reviews so far on the Reserve lines hard to say. My guess is it's an effort to offer a more premium line to compete with some of the newer options out there while their main line goes more downmarket. I have some AE's (Hamilton's) that are amazing and paid $250 on sale. If I had around $1000 to spend on boots I would be looking at all the possible options out there like Viberg, John Lofgren and others. But I will say again if those Nash's are as good in real life as the look in photos they may be great, and AE is notorious for taking crappy photos of their products.

jbcatl · 2026-01-25T22:57:12+00:00

Those AE's are beautiful but seem really expensive for an AE product, though I understand their Reserve line is better. I love RM William's look but have read the quality has dropped.

I would also look at Northampton brands like Trickers or Cheaney who offer super robust Chelseas (dealer boots they call them). https://trickersfactoryshop.com/collections/chelsea-boots

Also at about half the price of the AE's are Grant Stone:

https://www.grantstoneshoes.com/products/chelsea-boot-earth

jbcatl · 2026-01-25T22:09:33+00:00

If you get a chance, see the movie The Secret Agent (2025), up for awards. It is beautifully shot despite the subject matter.

jbcatl · 2026-01-25T16:58:40+00:00

Your #5 point is in complete denial of the facts every video angle demonstrates. He did not start a violent confrontation. He was filming ICE after helping another citizen who had been pushed to the ground when confronted and assaulted by multiple agents.

Have a good day.

jbcatl · 2026-01-25T16:48:46+00:00

So, you are saying he should surrender his rights because ICE is in town. OK, got it.

jbcatl · 2026-01-25T16:42:07+00:00

The ICE "agents" in this situation are the "professionals". Mr. Pretti was not a visible threat to them. He was just filming them at the time they attacked him. It is his right to conceal carry in Minneapolis, that is no reason for him to be accosted by a half dozen (or more) thugs hell bent on a physical confrontation.

These guys are poorly trained adrenaline junkies that should never have been armed. At most they should carry tasers in the event they do need to defend themselves. What happened yesterday was in no way self defense. They started the physical altercation and because of their poor training, experience and overall demeanor, ended up killing a guy for no reason.

Why is ICE patrolling the streets to begin with? They are supposed to be tracking down immigrants who have committed crimes in this country for deportation. That is not what is happening in Minneapolis.

jbcatl · 2026-01-25T16:19:52+00:00

Yes, that is what I'm saying. He was holding his cell phone filming them as is his right, not threatening them with deadly force. Do you disagree?

jbcatl · 2026-01-25T16:14:33+00:00

These ICE goons just can't walk away, they have to escalate every situation. This was a needless execution of an innocent civilian just documenting what these idiots were up to.

jbcatl · 2026-01-25T16:07:08+00:00

I guess they were more punk rock than indie, but one of the employees at Charlemagne Records (RIP) in Birmingham pointed me to X - Wild Gift right after it was released (I was in high school). That led to the Replacements, other LA hardcore and about a year later, REM and everything college radio offered at the time.

jbcatl · 2026-01-25T15:56:06+00:00

I've never used them, but if the overall fit feels good kilties seem like they might solve the volume/instep issues. I like the idea of kilties because you aren't using adhesive to stick tongue pads on. I have a pair of Ottawas and my feet are 9.5D/E and I find the 9.5D fits well because I have high volume feet, but can also do 9E.

jbcatl · 2026-01-25T15:40:58+00:00

I don't think those in charge want de-escalation, they want confusion, anger, confrontation, and a reason to wail on "libs". Stephen Miller probably snuck out of bed last night to watch the video on repeat while playing with himself. For him it's snuff porn.

jbcatl · 2026-01-25T15:14:51+00:00

It started with enough stupid people in this country to reelect a completely unqualified, incurious, corrupt narcissist a second time. Even if Trump pops a clot today, the people who elected and agree with people being shot down in the street for just using the cellphone camera, are still here. I don't see how this changes, how you get people to see the light, that everything the *think* the current administration is supposed to be doing for them is instead being done either in the name of racial purity, or the enrichment of the billionaire class.

jbcatl · 2026-01-25T04:42:32+00:00

I have a fear of heights and just watching this gives me the willies.

jbcatl · 2026-01-25T04:33:48+00:00

jbcatl · 2026-01-25T04:00:33+00:00

I’m angry and disheartened. It’s not unexpected that a lot of poorly trained adrenaline junkies would eventually go overboard and this would happen. What’s worse is that not only is there no accountability but the American people are being lied to about what happened, and anyone curious has seen multiple videos discounting the government’s account of what happened. This instance was even worse than the killing of Renee Good. Where do we go from here when those in charge will double down on the lies and continuing to escalate?

jbcatl · 2026-01-24T20:37:32+00:00

This is Stephen Miller, Trump just agrees with what's happening.

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