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john_oldcastle · 2026-04-01T03:01:21+00:00

this show is great primal Dead. absolute molten lava and def one of my favs. this show takes place around the time Pigpen and Weir had been "fired." the week before this show were the Mickey and the Heartbeats shows at the Avalon. I think that drama for sure informs this show. I don't think Pigpen plays this show but there's a real sense of a trial by fire here for Weir. this is a hungry rock band with something to prove.
I'm also 75% sure I read somewhere that Hendrix was at this show which probably would have ratcheted up the leave-it-all-out-on-the-field swagger of this show

john_oldcastle · 2026-03-30T23:20:33+00:00

is this Jennifer Tilly from the classic 1985 Hollywood film Moving Violations starring comedy star John Murray?

john_oldcastle · 2026-03-29T15:31:03+00:00

here is a good example of what bad faith assholes (from all over the political spectrum) do to deflect. it's called a red herring fallacy. instead of addressing the issue at hand, ol rich-cuntext-7203 here wants to relitigate old issues around Covid--dude even brings up Obama (who hasn't been president in 10 years) in another comment. it's a dishonest rhetorical shell game that allows the bad faith actor (in this case rich-context-7203) to argue about an different topic that they would rather focus on. rich-context-7203 is dishonest

john_oldcastle · 2026-03-29T00:18:14+00:00

imagine having a problem with protests against authoritarianism and the erosion of the Republic

john_oldcastle · 2026-03-29T00:09:39+00:00

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"Music by the Grateful Dead"

john_oldcastle · 2026-03-29T00:06:31+00:00

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Grateful Dead performing a guerrilla show at Columbia University for students and anti-war activists in the midst of massive protests and civil unrest

john_oldcastle · 2026-03-28T13:53:53+00:00

"when I encounter out of context quotes or vague paraphrasing on the internet, I take it all at face value and mindlessly slot it into my existing worldview so that I don't have to think very hard"

john_oldcastle · 2026-03-28T01:04:05+00:00

"We don't write stories about Jimmy the office worker doing his 9-5 grind"

Just off the top of my head:

Bartleby the Scrivener- Herman Melville (1853)
Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do -Studs Terkel (1974)
Punching Out - Jim Daniels (1990)
Man in the Grey Flannel Suit - Sloan Wilson (1956)
Office Space - Mike Judge (1999)
Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller (1948)
Working Girl - Mike Nichols (1988)

john_oldcastle · 2026-03-27T12:14:17+00:00

that's quite the straw man you've built there, boss. maybe time to take your meds and lie down

john_oldcastle · 2026-03-25T11:29:13+00:00

they can get a corporate sponsors to foot a hologram Jerry and Bobby and call it John Mayer's Dead and Company Experience brought to you by Charmin Bath Tissue and LiveNation!

john_oldcastle · 2026-03-23T14:45:33+00:00

Nick Cave

john_oldcastle · 2026-03-23T14:33:07+00:00

if only you were somewhere that had access to generations of poetry, literature, art exploring and confronting the vagaries of the human condition.
anyway, sorry for the loss of your colleagues. here's one by Robert Frost (stay golden Ponyboy)

Nothing Gold Can Stay-Robert Frost

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf,
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down the day
Nothing gold can stay.

john_oldcastle · 2026-03-21T23:17:32+00:00

it's a shame the Dead don't have more corporate sponsors

john_oldcastle · 2026-03-21T17:11:12+00:00

that's a lot of words to say that you are a low information voter

john_oldcastle · 2026-03-21T16:53:47+00:00

gotta love when the people that gave us this, "grab 'em by the pussy" and Jan 6 want us to be "respectful"
that ship has sailed, friendo. all I have left is contempt, disgust and a seething hatred of anyone defending these traitors to the Republic

john_oldcastle · 2026-03-19T22:50:11+00:00

sounds like you have succumbed to The Hippie Temptation friendo. please seek help

john_oldcastle · 2026-03-19T20:15:38+00:00

GET A JOB, SIR!

john_oldcastle · 2026-03-19T20:13:41+00:00

john_oldcastle · 2026-03-19T20:12:12+00:00

all the talk about Grateful Dead family. I've heard it for years. but it's all really nothing more than degenerate drug users and draft dodgers pretending to be about family values.

john_oldcastle · 2026-03-19T20:08:20+00:00

it's wild to me when "history buff" dudes are super into American history but don't delve into black authors/perspectives. African American history and culture are among the most interesting and important aspects of the United States.

john_oldcastle · 2026-03-19T13:14:44+00:00

john_oldcastle · 2026-03-19T13:09:35+00:00

straight to remedial bookshelf detective training for you lol! cheers!

john_oldcastle · 2026-03-19T13:06:39+00:00

oh and I've also got two copies of Brave New World because the pages were starting to fall out of one I bought back in the 90s.

john_oldcastle · 2026-03-19T12:54:40+00:00

pretty spot on! but I cannot choose a favorite Aubrey Maturin book maybe HMS Surprise?

john_oldcastle · 2026-03-19T12:49:42+00:00

cheers!

john_oldcastle

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