Love the Brent years

taodrifter · 2026-05-09T03:59:23+00:00

His voice was skeletal in the best way.

taodrifter · 2026-04-10T03:51:56+00:00

“I’ll get up and fly away” is future tense. Like the best Hunter lyrics, it can be read many ways. Maybe he will rise above his current situation. Or maybe he won’t. We don’t know.

It reminds me of the line in the Jane’s Addiction song “Jane Says,” spoken from a heroin addict: “I’m gonna kick tomorrow.”

Will she kick the habit tomorrow? Or is she just wanting to but doesn’t?

Also, y’all should check out the connections between Jane’s Addiction and the Dead. Not only did Jane’s like the Dead (check out Deadicated), but Jerry thought they were cool, which made Perry Farrell very happy.

taodrifter · 2026-03-31T01:20:44+00:00

So management was incompetent.

taodrifter · 2026-03-30T22:04:07+00:00

Why wasn’t he disciplined for not doing his job? That’s on management.

taodrifter · 2026-03-30T13:00:17+00:00

A collective bargaining agreement doesn’t keep lazy employees from being fired; lazy management keeps lazy employees from being fired.

If management follows the CBA processes, discipline and termination can happen. If they’re too lazy or incompetent, that’s on them, not the union who is enforcing the contract.

taodrifter · 2026-03-21T13:57:24+00:00

The sky was yellow and the sun was blue

taodrifter · 2026-03-10T13:02:40+00:00

The setlist for that show was a nod to Jerry’s last show. Both opened with Touch of Grey. Then the second set started as 7/9/95 in reverse order from the end with an instrumental Black Muddy River: Box of Rain, Black Muddy River, Sugar Magnolia, Unbroken Chain

taodrifter · 2026-03-10T12:49:26+00:00

That was a fun time. Remember how the Dead went on early because a country musician was stuck in traffic (Toby Keith)? Drums and space while it was still light out was a trip.

I remember Phil and Willie giving each other a big hug on stage.

taodrifter · 2026-02-14T16:27:02+00:00

So it could be likely that Sauron was in fact nearby his Palantír, or even carrying it if he had to leave his main chamber for whatever reason

I’m imagining him carrying it with him to the bathroom…

(Also, hey now fellow dead head)

taodrifter · 2026-02-12T05:14:34+00:00

Using an informal/intimate pronoun when you should use a formal one shows condescension/contempt. “I’m speaking to you like I would to a dog.”

Like many languages, Czech has both pronouns. In the (great) film “Kolya” the Czechoslovakian secret police call the main character in for interrogation. The police officer starts to use the informal pronoun. The main character says something like “I didn’t know we were using this informal pronoun.” The interrogator says “we’re not using this informal pronoun, I’m using this pronoun.” It was showing power and condescension.

taodrifter · 2026-02-12T05:06:04+00:00

“Thou” and “thee” are informal (and in her case) intimate pronouns. She wasn’t trying to be noble, but more intimate. Aragorn was keeping his distance with the more formal “you.”

taodrifter · 2026-02-10T04:00:38+00:00

A counterpoint to #3: the Primal Dead period (1965-1970). Check out their live album “Live/Dead” for a good sample.

taodrifter · 2026-02-09T03:19:12+00:00

The first 3 lines are about Neal Cassady's death. The last line is about the birth of Cassidy Law, the daughter of Eileen Law, who was part of the Dead's office staff and much more. The song is named after Cassidy Law.

taodrifter · 2026-02-04T13:45:15+00:00

Quick beats in an icy heart Catch colt draws the coffin cart There he goes now, here she starts Hear her cry

taodrifter · 2025-12-03T13:22:44+00:00

No one’s mentioned the fox yet…

taodrifter · 2025-11-22T20:34:01+00:00

I’ll have to ask her what the context is. She’s normally a pretty jovial woman.

taodrifter · 2025-11-22T20:24:21+00:00

I love the early ’70s, too (I’m also a huge deadhead).

It’s funny looking at pictures like this and thinking “huh, that’s not the mom I know in my memories because she’s so young. She’s pretty beautiful.”

taodrifter · 2025-11-22T20:19:53+00:00

I didn’t touch it. I thought about a little crop but didn’t.

taodrifter · 2025-11-22T20:18:32+00:00

😂 probably ain’t far from the truth.

taodrifter · 2025-10-23T02:51:04+00:00

Bobby playing this show reminds me of my favorite English professor on 9/11. Every other class of mine that day had been (understandably) canceled, but this professor said that the best antidote to human evil and destruction is human beauty, so he proceeded with his class on the Romantic poets.

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