tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post6765238092505718647..comments2024-03-19T08:42:45.690-04:00Comments on The Delaware Libertarian: The Dead Has ArisenSteven H. Newtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09097470960863103473noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-2732410175766087402009-01-06T22:12:00.000-05:002009-01-06T22:12:00.000-05:00I look more like a hippy than you, but then Philly...I look more like a hippy than you, but then Philly was never particularly bad in that respect. Nothing like the sadistic thugs that Giants / Brendan Byrne hired as security.<BR/><BR/>I probably will try to catch one of the Spectrum shows.tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06653459162258850269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-73577393688586785282009-01-06T21:59:00.000-05:002009-01-06T21:59:00.000-05:00Actually, my link is a (Dan) Healy mix, not a stra...Actually, my link is a (Dan) Healy mix, not a straight soundboard.<BR/><BR/>I had a chance to meet and get to know Healy this past Nov/Dec. He is doing Dark Star Orchestra's sound now. Great guy. Very down-to-earth, humble, as in love with the music as ever.Tyler Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03009459340275592274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-2109830698520248952009-01-06T21:54:00.000-05:002009-01-06T21:54:00.000-05:00You beat me to it, Tom!I added a link to SBD of th...You beat me to it, Tom!<BR/><BR/>I added a link to SBD of the show.<BR/><BR/>I was literally front row for the first set...it was hot as hell and LOUD AS SHIT!!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your thoughts. I have found security isn't as ball-busting as it was in the Dead's heyday, by any stretch.<BR/><BR/>You should catch at least one show this spring.Tyler Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03009459340275592274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-64132341625993119522009-01-06T21:33:00.000-05:002009-01-06T21:33:00.000-05:00Listening to it now...<A HREF="http://www.archive.org/details/gd1989-07-07.akg414.unknown.89653.sbeok.flac16" REL="nofollow">Listening to it</A> now...tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06653459162258850269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-81998928674077081532009-01-06T20:37:00.000-05:002009-01-06T20:37:00.000-05:00I had a chance to go see the last show and decline...I had a chance to go see the last show and declined. was a dead fan back then....man do I regret thatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-55449850470555338012009-01-06T18:53:00.000-05:002009-01-06T18:53:00.000-05:00I'm quite impressed that Tyler managed to announce...I'm quite impressed that Tyler managed to announce the Dead tour 8 hours before WMMR did.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, I've lost my taste for big-venue shows largely due to the increasing oppressiveness of their "security" measures, which often rival the TSA for their arbitrariness and stupidity. <BR/><BR/>For example, at the last big concert I went to, security confiscated my ball-point pens on the way in. When I asked why (after getting over his disbelief at being questioned) the guy said it was to prevent stabbings. Almost made sense -- except that he didn't frisk me thoroughly enough to find either of the knives I routinely carry most places w/o a second thought; and once inside, they had no qualms about selling me beer in glass bottles at three times the typical bar prices.<BR/><BR/>It also didn't help that Dead shows in many places have been disproportionately targeted for undercover drug enforcement.<BR/><BR/>I too was at the last JFK show and<BR/>Tyler might be understating it. By the 2nd set some parts of the stadium were literally crumbling around us. concrete dust was falling out of cracks in some of the hallway and bathroom walls in time with the drumbeats, and a few sections of seating had to be evacuated because they were on the verge of collapse.<BR/><BR/>The band became significantly less apolitical around the time <I>In The Dark</I> came out. Consider for example the Bob song "Throwing Stones". Probably their biggest venture into the political arena was in the late 80's or early 90's when Jerry & Bob testified before Congress about the deforestation of the Amazon (certainly a worthy cause, though how they qualified as experts or what Congress was supposed to do about it I'm not sure).tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06653459162258850269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-54337995027398680002009-01-06T16:52:00.000-05:002009-01-06T16:52:00.000-05:00How did we miss each other amongst the near 100,00...How did we miss each other amongst the near 100,000 people there, Maria?!?<BR/><BR/>Must have been the heat stroke...<BR/><BR/>Remember the enormous bonfire set in front of the north side entrance after the show? It was like 50 feet high!Tyler Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03009459340275592274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-91268362115628114772009-01-06T16:38:00.000-05:002009-01-06T16:38:00.000-05:00I was at that last show at JFK, and I don't rememb...I was at that last show at JFK, and I don't remember seeing you there. But I can certainly vouch for the fact that the stadium was falling apart, I remember crumbling steps and loose seats...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com