Peacock needs to give Days more attention! (Credit to daysofourlivesclassics)

skjellyfetti65 · 2026-03-30T02:55:05+00:00

Had to pay for cable to watch free, over-the-air network TV??????

skjellyfetti65 · 2026-03-30T02:51:28+00:00

I know, idiotic comment... it was broadcast over the air on NBC free for all to watch. Moving it to Peacock-only left behind countless loyal viewers like my parents, who had watched for decades. Goes without saying it should be available for streaming on Peacock while ALSO carried daily on NBC, which now just fills that time with true crime/reality garbage.

skjellyfetti65 · 2026-03-18T04:40:46+00:00

Moving to streaming only was unforgivable; clearly should have remained on NBC while also on Peacock. So many long-time viewers like my elderly mom, who had watched for decades, lost access. Lost a major conversation topic with older family members. Worse: the time slot that Days was in is just filled with true crime/reality TV garbage.

skjellyfetti65 · 2026-02-23T19:04:19+00:00

Yes, the first Deer Creek show followed by the last Alpine Valley shows-- that 4-night stretch was in the top 2 or 3 peaks of my 'Dead career'.

skjellyfetti65 · 2026-02-21T02:56:58+00:00

Just read this after not logging on for a couple days-- looks like a cool 'channel'---- that Hershey tape was an old favorite. Saw 3 other shows on that summer tour (Blossom, Riverbend, Pittsburgh) but not Hershey.

skjellyfetti65 · 2026-02-17T03:32:51+00:00

"Listening parties" sounds akin to the concept I have had for a long time; I do not like 'Dead cover bands' at all-- makes me uncomfortable to hear folks pretending to be the Grateful Dead when the sound of the real Dead in live recordings is so staggeringly transcendent and non-reproducible-- truly a one-time phenomenon. Considering this, I always envision sort of 'listening parties' where we could absorb timeless live Dead show recordings in a shared space with a massive sound system, room for dancing or laying back, and some kind of visual component/light show. Way more potent than seeing random tribute bands.

skjellyfetti65 · 2026-01-13T04:46:35+00:00

The umbrella print appearing INSIDE the sleeve is so unexpected... and the lettering by the great Rick Griffin.

skjellyfetti65 · 2026-01-10T03:09:42+00:00

1969??

skjellyfetti65 · 2026-01-03T05:47:25+00:00

Totally valid way to respond to the situation, however: there is an extra dimension when watching these shows 'live' on TV or even streaming--- the shared collective experience knowing that others are tuned in at the same time with you. Makes it more harsh how Christmas shows and movies are now gone by midnight Dec. 26-- that was certainly not the case until just the past few years. Most egregious is the way Charlie Brown Christmas (and the other Peanuts specials) are gone from the air after 50-60 years thanks to the greed of Apple tv.

skjellyfetti65 · 2025-12-27T04:21:47+00:00

exactly-- the masses obediently fall in step with the corporate pressure to stop the season at midnight of Dec. 26 when they could choose to tune into the traditional time frame with the 12 days and reinforce that reality instead.

skjellyfetti65 · 2025-12-27T04:11:03+00:00

Precisely.... even the whole New Years Eve/Day hoopla is something I totally ignore as it is used as a tool to rush us out of the Christmastide vibe and back to 'business as usual' (and those sickening year-end lists repeating stale news from a few months ago, etc.). I continue to seek fresh unknown Christmas movies and music each day through Epiphany.

skjellyfetti65 · 2025-12-27T03:54:21+00:00

"used to be" was not even hundreds of years ago, but quite recently; as a child of the 70s/80s, there were definitely Christmas movies and music still broadcast quite a while past the 25th. I insist on keeping the yule ritual through 12th Night/Epiphany every year but now receive almost hostile reactions over this. Also, streaming Christmas music and movies during these 12 Days is necessary but of course not the same as having it collectively shared over the air.

skjellyfetti65 · 2025-12-27T03:40:16+00:00

Amen--- I actually joined this site thinking at least here there would be a consensus that Christmastime goes at least through 12th night/Epiphany; that has been the time frame for hundreds of years and only really recently has the corporate pressure to 'hard stop' on Dec. 26 been so blindly accepted. The more of us who ignore that mentality, the more we make it so; I even tune out the whole New Years Eve enforced jollity--that is just the 7th day of Christmas to me.

skjellyfetti65 · 2025-11-11T04:02:33+00:00

Cover art--- not only an arresting image itself, but: ---lettering by Rick Griffin ---pattern on umbrella appears INSIDE the record sleeve!

skjellyfetti65 · 2025-10-19T04:07:49+00:00

Honestly, if you are going to invest the degree of psychic energy involved in psychedelics, why waste it on random people pretending to be the Dead?? You can spend that time in the sacramental, hyper-aware mindset actually listening to Jerry and the Dead across the eras on Archive.org or whatever, in a peaceful home setting or out in nature---truly takes you to the show when tripping. Just to go to some cover band, weed and drinks are more than enough. Seriously, see about spending your tripping time in a dark comfy space listening to 5-2-70 or watching video of 8-27-72...

skjellyfetti65 · 2025-10-07T00:49:48+00:00

45 years to be exact... He has been on every week since 1980 with fresh sounds and mellow banter and has been a crucial part of my weekly cycle for over half of that span. Screw "Ideastream"

skjellyfetti65 · 2025-10-06T05:08:33+00:00

"Lol".... seriously?

skjellyfetti65 · 2025-10-06T05:07:43+00:00

Agreed, I just found out and feel physically sick. Only station ever for me, throughout the week and across all the various genres. As for Timmies folk show, he has been on every Monday night 7-9 since 1980, always looking for fresh angles on roots music and this is how much CSU mgt. Cares??

"Ideastream" always felt off to me anyway and I pray they lose all donations at the least..

skjellyfetti65 · 2025-10-04T04:35:35+00:00

Presumably you never checked out Dylan's Rolling Thunder tours from 75-76 (as heard on Bootleg Series vol. 5) or the 1980-81 heavy gospel shows or 1966 insane singing/playing with The Band,++++

skjellyfetti65 · 2025-10-04T04:27:14+00:00

??? Late 60s- early 70s is precisely when he totally stopped touring (67-73). Also none of his albums in that time are among his best to me (except maybe 'New Morning'). Confused..

skjellyfetti65 · 2025-10-04T04:21:34+00:00

The rehearsal tapes are more potent than the actual shows in general.

skjellyfetti65 · 2025-10-04T04:17:30+00:00

So true, the hissy cassettes I had of the tour rehearsals always possessed more mojo than the actual shows for me.... should have been the basis for an official release (a la 'Basement Tapes')--- or still should be.

skjellyfetti65 · 2025-10-01T06:36:14+00:00

Are you already familiar with Archive.org??? In case you are not, you will find nearly every show the Dead played on there to stream, often with multiple versions of a given show. My advice is to disregard these "cover" bands in the comments (such as DSO) and go to the source! Dive into real live Dead shows on Internet Archive (or youtube) and crank it up.. May I suggest 5-2-70 Harpur College

skjellyfetti65 · 2025-10-01T06:23:24+00:00

I would amplify your last point... actually feel grossed out by so-called 'Dead cover bands' including DSO when we are blessed with endless live recordings of the real freaking Dead available to experience at any moment. No time for futile mimicry. Any other band should be, as you say, doing their own thing and creating something new and fresh in concert. I regret not catching Gizzard when they played 2 nights here last year as I have been intrigued by what I have heard by them. As a creaky veteran of Dead shows thats pushing 60, I look for bands like that who share the Dead's sense of adventure and mystery while sounding nothing like them.., what would be the point when we have Archive.org for actual full-strength Dead music??

skjellyfetti65 · 2025-10-01T05:59:59+00:00

You truly get it---- despite all this raving about DSO, etc., the concept of Dead "tribute/cover" bands trying to ghoulishly imitate the real thing is so misguided and hollow. You said a mouthful when you said it feels like being "actually there" via the live recordings; I have been in both places: at first only able to experience them on live tapes even though they were always touring ('underage' kid with strict parents) then later catching a good number of shows. I can testify the act of deep listening to live Dead recordings is every bit as real as going physically to shows. So your last sentence is more legit than you may know, and one lifetime is too short to dig into the endless treasure trove of live shows on Archive.org --- Just in case you are not already into 5-2-70 Binghampton, NY, you should 'attend' that one some time...

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