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EDIT2: STILL LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO GO TO THE DEAD CONCERT NEXT WEEKEND!!

I am generally curious as to whether anyone else is a fan or critic of the Grateful Dead. More specifically, I am curious as to whether anyone would like to attend The Dead's May 9, 2009 concert in Los Angeles with me.

The Dead (http://www.dead.net/) are back together (minus the actually dead) and are touring. Here (http://www.dead.net/dead09) is tour and ticket information.

I happen to be a devoted fan of the Grateful Dead. I also happen to have 2 VIP tickets to the LA show, but no one to go with me. Anyone interested? :fluffle:

Please also discuss your love, hatred, or indifference toward the Dead. :wink:

EDIT: Two things I should emphasize regarding my search for someone to attend The Dead concert on May 9th.

1. The VIP tickets are already paid for and I don't expect compensation -- monetary or otherwise -- I just want someone to use the ticket and hang out with me.

2. I'm not being particularly altruistic in making this offer. I don't want to go by myself and I consider NSG a group of friends.

I have never heard any of their music, so I have no opinion either way.

I can't see any real reason to hate the Dead and Deadheads in general. All the shows look less like concerts and more like one big social event.

Bunch of goddamn pot-smoking hippies. They tried ruining America once, and now they're at it again with their beards and boring songs that go nowhere.

I happen to be a devoted fan of the Grateful Dead. I also happen to have 2 VIP tickets to the LA show, but no one to go with me. Anyone interested? :fluffle:
Fuck yeah!

Fancy paying for a ticket from Glasgow to LA (you fancy lawyer, you)?

I guess not... :(

I dont like the Grateful Dead. Not my kind of music.

I am generally curious as to whether anyone else is a fan or critic of the Grateful Dead. More specifically, I am curious as to whether anyone would like to attend The Dead's May 9, 2009 concert in Los Angeles with me.

The Dead (http://www.dead.net/) are back together (minus the actually dead) and are touring. Here (http://www.dead.net/dead09) is tour and ticket information.

I happen to be a devoted fan of the Grateful Dead. I also happen to have 2 VIP tickets to the LA show, but no one to go with me. Anyone interested? :fluffle:

Please also discuss your love, hatred, or indifference toward the Dead. :wink:

how many of them are left?

I like some of their stuff... but not enough to warrant going to a concert. but rock on!

boring songs that go nowhere.

grrrr!

Yeah I'm not like 60 years old, so the Grateful Dead aren't on my music radar.

I'd love to go, but unfortunately I won't be out in California until the end of May.

Yeah I'm not like 60 years old, so the Grateful Dead aren't on my music radar.

I'm 19, I still like them.

Yeah I'm not like 60 years old, so the Grateful Dead aren't on my music radar.
I'm still in my early 20s, and I like 'em.

Don't you listen to anything before your time (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R8RuOagzck)?

I'm very disappointed that many people who voted don't seem to like pie. :(

I'm very disappointed that many people who voted don't seem to like pie. :(

Pie can go fuck itself.

I'm still in my early 20s, and I like 'em.

Don't you listen to anything before your time (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R8RuOagzck)?

Britney was before my time, and I love her!

Pie can go fuck itself.

Reported. I expect a permanent ban to follow such a statement.

Pie can go fuck itself.

I'd pay to see that. :)

Britney was before my time...
I feel so old.

I feel so old.

Aw. I was kidding - we're about the same age.

I love the Dead, and I'm steadily acquiring a CPU-warping array of their live albums.

But unfortunately, London to LA and back in time for finals seems an unrealistic prospect, so I shall just sit here and glower with envy.

Meh. Not my kind of music.

Wait...I have multiple "albums?"

How about "I have several trays worth of slowly decaying 2nd and 3 gen tapes of live shows from back before the days of downloading them or buying Dicks Picks."

I've been to 50+ shows, and a whole bunch of Phil and Friends and Ratdog shows from the last few years.

And I'm not going this summer. $100 a ticket seems so against anything that was the Dead scene I remember. And I always paid for my tickets. I have my good memories. I don't need to buy them back.

Pie can go fuck itself.

I'd pay to see that. :)

http://www.dvd.net.au/movies/a/01293-3.jpg

But Pie feels so used and violated... :(

I only liked a few Dead songs I have heard. But really... Jerry Garcia is dead, and I don't know about the grateful part but some people really need to stop...

What a long strange trip it has been.

probably the best line:

Busted - down on Bourbon Street
Set up - like a bowling pin
Knocked down - it gets to wearing thin
They just won't let you be

Friend of the Devil is up there with my all-time favourite songs, I used to play that a lot on guitar with a friend.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld1MySgkHZw&feature=related

Not my favourite version but nice enough all the same.

Wait...I have multiple "albums?"

How about "I have several trays worth of slowly decaying 2nd and 3 gen tapes of live shows from back before the days of downloading them or buying Dicks Picks."

I've been to 50+ shows, and a whole bunch of Phil and Friends and Ratdog shows from the last few years.

And I'm not going this summer. $100 a ticket seems so against anything that was the Dead scene I remember. And I always paid for my tickets. I have my good memories. I don't need to buy them back.

I'm jealous of your having been to so many shows. :mad::D

Previously I have only been to a couple and I was tripping a bit too hard to really remember much. :$:eek:

I do think, however, that there is no need for competitive puritism regarding fandom. :wink:

I don't think I could name a single track of theirs, I don't even remember hearing one. Whereas most bands of that era of equivalent fame I could probably name two or three songs.

On the day that I was born
Daddy sat down and cried
I had the mark just as plain as day
which could not be denied
They say that Cain caught Abel
rolling loaded dice,
ace of spades behind his ear
and him not thinking twice

Half-step
Mississippi Uptown Toodleloo
Hello baby, I'm gone, goodbye
Half a cup of rock and rye
Farewell to you old southern sky
I'm on my way - on my way

If all you got to live for
is what you left behind
get yourself a powder charge
and seal that silver mine
I lost my boots in transit babe
A pile of smoking leather
Nailed a retread to my feet
and prayed for better weather

Half-step
Mississippi Uptown Toodleloo
Hello, baby, I'm gone, good-bye
Half a cup of rock and rye
Farewell to you old southern sky
I'm on my way - on my way

They say that when your ship comes in
the first man takes the sails
The second takes the afterdeck
The third the planks and rails
What's the point to callin shots?
This cue ain't straight in line
Cueball's made of styrofoam
and no one's got the time

Half-step
Mississippi Uptown Toodleloo
Hello baby, I'm gone, goodbye
Half a cup of rock and rye
Farewell to you old southern sky
I'm on my way - on my way

Across the Rio Grand-eo
Across the lazy river
Across the Rio Grand-eo
Across the lazy river


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rFgdz2ufic&feature=related

I'm jealous of your having been to so many shows. :mad::D

Previously I have only been to a couple and I was tripping a bit too hard to really remember much. :$:eek:

I do think, however, that there is no need for competitive puritism regarding fandom. :wink:


For true deadheads, that’s not even a lot….a couple of shows on Spring and Fall tour, a few summer shows... And, knowing my limits, I remember all of them. (But, I played “mom” to a lot of people who didn’t.)

I took my kids to see Phil last summer for their first show. I said afterwards that if I never went to another show, I could be happy, because it had all the best elements of all the good shows I’d been to in the past. The band sounded great, the crowd was small and friendly, there was plenty of space to spread out and dance on the hillside… I can’t imagine taking them to one of the stadium shows I’d been to, especially in those last few years where things were getting way out of hand.

And I don’t truly bemoan people for spending $100 to go, I was kind of teasing with that – I spent $60 on tickets last summer and it was worth it. If I'd never been before I'd consider it, but I've been there, done that, and had a good time, so I'm content to call my limit and stay home this summer.

So have a good time, and I hope you get to hear the sweet refrains of Ripple under the canopy of a warm starry night, because it just doesn’t get any better than that.

I've heard of them often enough, but I don't think I've ever actually listened to any of their music. Therefore, I choose I couldn't care less.

I've heard of them often enough, but I don't think I've ever actually listened to any of their music. Therefore, I choose I couldn't care less.

Oops. My bad. I blame the acid flashbacks. :eek:

I am generally curious as to whether anyone else is a fan or critic of the Grateful Dead.

I'm a fan, there's not question.

More specifically, I am curious as to whether anyone would like to attend The Dead's May 9, 2009 concert in Los Angeles with me.

Would I ever. Tragically, I'm in Ohio.

My roomie is heading out somewhere in that timeframe, though, he'd probably be up for it as well.

Britney was before my time, and I love her!

Yeah, we're talking about music here.

Also, am I really that old?

Didn't even know they were going on tour until I clicked your link Cat. ... and they are starting it off here lol. I'm such a hermit :$

I might go .. it's less than a month away.

Damn, no takers so far re going to the show. :(

More excited about Blink reuniting. Far more excited.

More excited about Blink reuniting. Far more excited.

*curses these young whippersnappers and their modern music*

*actually doesn't care for Blink-182, but am looking foward to Blur reuniting*

I am generally curious as to whether anyone else is a fan or critic of the Grateful Dead. More specifically, I am curious as to whether anyone would like to attend The Dead's May 9, 2009 concert in Los Angeles with me.

The Dead (http://www.dead.net/) are back together (minus the actually dead) and are touring. Here (http://www.dead.net/dead09) is tour and ticket information.

I happen to be a devoted fan of the Grateful Dead. I also happen to have 2 VIP tickets to the LA show, but no one to go with me. Anyone interested? :fluffle:

Please also discuss your love, hatred, or indifference toward the Dead. :wink:
I can't imagine watching them without Jerry Garcia. I saw them in the '70s, back in Ohio, then again in '92 in San Francisco. Very different music but still a great band.

More excited about Blink reuniting. Far more excited.

I pride myself on giving new music and youth culture in general an objective eye or ear, but that lead singer's accent is just so over-the-top, like Crispin Glover doing a bad Crispin Glover impression. :tongue:

As to the OP: I don't have an opinion, but that's a really cool and generous idea. Just wanted to say so. :)

Damn, no takers so far re going to the show. :(

I totally would, it would be pretty awesome (I even drive an old VW Bus). But work has been pretty slow and there really isn't any way for me to afford the trip from San Francisco to LA much less the ticket.

I actually had a thought about you CtoaN on Cats offer ..both in Cali ..both like the dead .. you're cool.. he's cool. hehe

Damn, no takers so far re going to the show. :(


If I wasn't a hermit (some sort of extreme self conscience shit I need to be diagnosed on) .. and had moneys I would. :tongue:

Really cool of you asking us here btw, Cat.

I understand the appeal of Grateful Dead but I just can't do it. Every time I've listened to them high on the weed, they (bizarrely) have made me nervous. From what I understand, they are supposed to do the opposite. People I respect are fans and they make convincing arguments for why I should be a fan but I am not a fan.

I understand the appeal of Grateful Dead but I just can't do it. Every time I've listened to them high on the weed, they (bizarrely) have made me nervous. From what I understand, they are supposed to do the opposite. People I respect are fans and they make convincing arguments for why I should be a fan but I am not a fan.

hell weed makes me nervous .. or well did the last couple years I smoked it. It's been years now. I will try again tho!! One day. hopefully smoking my own grown. :)

Two things I should emphasize regarding my search for someone to attend The Dead concert on May 9th.

1. The VIP tickets are already paid for and I don't expect compensation -- monetary or otherwise -- I just want someone to use the ticket and hang out with me.

2. I'm not being particularly altruistic in making this offer. I don't want to go by myself and I consider NSG a group of friends.

I'd go, even though I only like them when I'm stoned.

But I'm not going to be there then.

man, I am so sick about this. I've been a Deadhead from the beginning, and I can't believe I can't go to this gig.

TCT, you're truly generous - and a true Deadhead at heart. do me a favor and enjoy it twice - once for me. I'll be in hospital most of that week having my knees reconstructed (again), but I'll have my Dead CDs pumping through my headphones.

I am generally curious as to whether anyone else is a fan or critic of the Grateful Dead. More specifically, I am curious as to whether anyone would like to attend The Dead's May 9, 2009 concert in Los Angeles with me.

The Dead (http://www.dead.net/) are back together (minus the actually dead) and are touring. Here (http://www.dead.net/dead09) is tour and ticket information.

I happen to be a devoted fan of the Grateful Dead. I also happen to have 2 VIP tickets to the LA show, but no one to go with me. Anyone interested? :fluffle:

Please also discuss your love, hatred, or indifference toward the Dead. :wink:

EDIT: Two things I should emphasize regarding my search for someone to attend The Dead concert on May 9th.

1. The VIP tickets are already paid for and I don't expect compensation -- monetary or otherwise -- I just want someone to use the ticket and hang out with me.

2. I'm not being particularly altruistic in making this offer. I don't want to go by myself and I consider NSG a group of friends.

Heh, I tried the Dead, cause they sounded interesting. Way too low-energy for me.

This is more than a bit pathetic, but I am reviving this thread because I still haven't found anyone to go to the Dead concert with me this next weekend.

I'll pay all expenses, no strings attached. I'm really a nice guy, but I've been a hermit the last few years and none of the friends I do have are free this weekend.

Isn't there anyone interested?

Here are more details as I listed in the OP:

I am curious as to whether anyone would like to attend The Dead's May 9, 2009 concert in Los Angeles with me.

The Dead (http://www.dead.net/) are back together (minus the actually dead) and are touring. Here (http://www.dead.net/dead09) is tour and ticket information.

I happen to be a devoted fan of the Grateful Dead. I also happen to have 2 VIP tickets to the LA show, but no one to go with me. Anyone interested? :fluffle:

Please also discuss your love, hatred, or indifference toward the Dead. :wink:

EDIT: Two things I should emphasize regarding my search for someone to attend The Dead concert on May 9th.

1. The VIP tickets are already paid for and I don't expect compensation -- monetary or otherwise -- I just want someone to use the ticket and hang out with me.

2. I'm not being particularly altruistic in making this offer. I don't want to go by myself and I consider NSG a group of friends.

Meh, theyre not really "Me" so to speak, but, I dont have a problem with them either, Ill listen when its on...

How much does "all" expenses cover?

Regardless, I (due to several time zones and impending exams) shan't be able to make it. Try pinging CToaN about it again.

Yeah I'm not like 60 years old, so the Grateful Dead aren't on my music radar.

You're not like 250 years old either, so I guess Mozart also doesn't show up :p

I only saw the Dead twice, but I liked both shows. Used to listen to the Dead Head Hour on the radio too, made a bunch of tapes of it.

This is more than a bit pathetic, but I am reviving this thread because I still haven't found anyone to go to the Dead concert with me this next weekend.

I'll pay all expenses, no strings attached. I'm really a nice guy, but I've been a hermit the last few years and none of the friends I do have are free this weekend.

Isn't there anyone interested?

Here are more details as I listed in the OP:

I am curious as to whether anyone would like to attend The Dead's May 9, 2009 concert in Los Angeles with me.

The Dead (http://www.dead.net/) are back together (minus the actually dead) and are touring. Here (http://www.dead.net/dead09) is tour and ticket information.

I happen to be a devoted fan of the Grateful Dead. I also happen to have 2 VIP tickets to the LA show, but no one to go with me. Anyone interested? :fluffle:

Please also discuss your love, hatred, or indifference toward the Dead. :wink:

EDIT: Two things I should emphasize regarding my search for someone to attend The Dead concert on May 9th.

1. The VIP tickets are already paid for and I don't expect compensation -- monetary or otherwise -- I just want someone to use the ticket and hang out with me.

2. I'm not being particularly altruistic in making this offer. I don't want to go by myself and I consider NSG a group of friends.

My gig just got extended to the 9th, otherwise it'd be a possibility. Rough drive, though. I'd have to drive, I mean, it's a VW Bus...

I'm not really a fan, but I'd go if I was in the area.