From: Digestifier To: Subject: Dead-Flames Digest #445 Dead-Flames Digest #445, Volume #48 Thu, 29 Sep 05 11:00:02 PDT Contents: A reporters view of the REX benifit show. (ba ba booie) Re: 30 years ago today (Walter Karmazyn) Re: Gore 08 ??? ("Everybody's Gonna Be Happy") Re: Up in Smoke [NDC] ("Everybody's Gonna Be Happy") Re: Up in Smoke [NDC] ("Everybody's Gonna Be Happy") Re: Up in Smoke [NDC] ("Everybody's Gonna Be Happy") Re: We're Excited (NDC) ("pookietooth") Jerry's Garcia's widow, in the news again. (ba ba booie) Re: all the insults for fat people ("alejandro de tacobell") Re: We're Excited (NDC) (Ken Fortenberry) Re: No Direction Home (Sherry) Re: all the insults for fat people (axlq) Re: all the insults for fat people ("TNKEV") Re: 30 years ago today ("bongo") Re: all the insults for fat people ("alejandro de tacobell") Re: Shut Down The War Machine (Sherry) Re: SKB - Capistrano (Sherry) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jazare@webtv.net (ba ba booie) Subject: A reporters view of the REX benifit show. Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 12:47:09 -0400 A reporters view of the REX benifit show. Buzz Editor's Column: Jerry Garcia's music celebrated at Berkeley benefit By ALAN SHECKTER BERKELEY -- =A0Extended family, friends and musical comrades on Saturday paid an uplifting music tribute to Jerry Garcia, the patriarch and chief visionary of the Grateful Dead. "Comes a Time --=A0A Celebration of the Music and Spirit of Jerry Garcia," took place at the sun-filled, then starlit Greek Theatre, the 8,500-capacity bowl-shaped venue on the UC Berkeley campus. The event, a benefit for the Rex Foundation, a Bay Area-based philanthropic organization in which Garcia was a board member, marked 10 years since his passing. The six-hour sold-out show highlighted Garcia's music from several different angles. David Nelson, of New Riders of the Purple Sage fame, led a trio, who along with Garcia, made up the majority of a short-lived jug band, the Black Mountain Boys. "In 1963 we did every one of these songs with Jerry," Nelson said during a set that included such numbers as "Oh Babe, It Ain't No Lie" and "Barefoot Nellie." And thus the theme was set. Each act performed songs that Garcia had sung in his day. Next up, The String Cheese Incident reeled off a half-hour set that included "Friend of the Devil," "Casey Jones" and "Ripple." The mood at the Greek Theatre was completely upbeat; after all it had been 10 years since Garcia's passing. What was referred to as "Jerry Garcia's Band" followed. Garcia often fronted and toured with the Jerry Garcia Band, which featured several different lineups over the years. And this particular melting-pot band performed some of those songs, including "Cats Under The Stars," "Lucky Old Sun" and "Deal." Garcia Band's original keyboardist, Merl Saunders, despite his frail health, was led to the keyboards where he played --=C2=A0to a thunderous ovation --=C2=A0for what may have been the first time since suffering a stroke three years ago. Ratdog, Grateful Dead's rhythm guitarist/co-lead vocalist Bob Weir's current band, played next. In their four-song set, they too, stuck with the theme, offering versions of Garcia-sung songs, including "Bird Song" and "Big Railroad Blues." Next, Hamza El Din, part of the extended Dead family since 1978 when the band played in Egypt, led a short percussion and spiritual vocal piece with some 15 people all dressed in white robes lending a hand, including The Dead's percussionist Mickey Hart and longtime band friend and NBA analyst Bill Walton. After a short break, Weir acted as conductor for what was a well planned out, well rehearsed set. The final three hours featured The Jerry Garcia Tribute Band, kind of a Dead super-group. The large ensemble featured members of the Grateful Dead (Weir, drummers Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, vocalist Donna Godchaux-McKay) as well as several others, including Bruce Hornsby, Phish front man Trey Anastasio and Allman Brothers/Govt. Mule lead guitarist Warren Haynes. Members of Ratdog and String Cheese's Michael Kang also played in what was at some points a 13-person band. Anastasio, Haynes, Hornsby, Weir and Hart all shared in lead vocal duties on Garcia/Dead classics such as "Dark Star," "Bertha," "Eyes of the World," "Uncle John's Band," "Scarlet Begonias," "He's Gone" and "Franklin's Tower." The epic set's encore was the poignant "Brokedown Palace," followed by a final refrain of "Dark Star" and finally, "Touch of Grey," the band's biggest commercial hit, which includes the heartening lyrics, "We will get by; we will survive." Buzz Editor Alan Sheckter can be reached at 896-7771 or buzz@chicoer.com. bbb wrote: I wish I was there. Maybe next time. Hang on there Merl. : ) .. .. .. Have you checked these sites out today? http://www.jambase.com http://www.jambands.com http://www.jambase.com/festivals .. Find out where your favorite band is playing. Pollstar (the concert hotwire) http://pollstar.com ------------------------------ From: Walter Karmazyn Subject: Re: 30 years ago today Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 09:59:06 -0700 Bill wrote: > The Grateful Dead played their last free concert ever at Lindley Meadows in > San Francisco. Anybody here go? bongo? What bands played besides the Dead > and Starship? And in what order (Dead or Starship close it?)? > > This is also the site of another free concert this Saturday (Strictly > Bluegrass). > > They also did a great show 33 years ago today. Hard to believe how > different a band they were just 3 years later in '75. > > Bill > > I worked on the 75 show, and still have the backtage pass (at least for folks working), the oldest one I have. Plain strip of yellow cloth, which I tied onto the left front belt loop on the pants I was wearing. These would be my patch bluejeans, which've been following me around since 1970 or thereabouts. They currently sit in the closet, yellow strip of cloth still where I tied it- was it really that long ago!?;-)- waiting for me to lose about 30lbs so I can fit in them again, or my next of kin to sell them on ebay, whichever comes first. W ------------------------------ From: "Everybody's Gonna Be Happy" Subject: Re: Gore 08 ??? Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:03:33 -0700 "JC Martin" wrote in message news:szU_e.691$Aw.10395@typhoon.sonic.net... > Gee, it's not like I called someone a moron or a pussy. I'm just someone > who grasps this reality. It's a strong opinion that you're entitled to > disagree with. I'll consider you naive on this point, no biggie in the > big scheme of things, and I'd even put money down that Richardson isn't > nominated despite being otherwise the most desirable candidate in the > Democratic Party. I know it's not popular to consider race in most > political issues, so I'm ready for the dissent. He won't be nominated, but his being half Mexican isn't the reason why. Its because he isn't very impressive, he accomplished nothing in Congress or in his posts in the Clinton administration, and because his first name isn't Hillary. EGBH ------------------------------ From: "Everybody's Gonna Be Happy" Subject: Re: Up in Smoke [NDC] Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:07:58 -0700 "Sean Baker" wrote in message news:11jo51ro2ui1485@news.supernews.com... > Seems the forests could not preserve this crop. > > http://tinyurl.com/c7vfd > > Peace, > > Sean I love how they always wildly exaggerate the value of whatever they confiscate. "The seizure from several fields in the south suburbs filled two pickup trucks and would have been worth about $12 million on the street." Yeah, two pickups = 12 million bucks. Uh huh. EGBH ------------------------------ From: "Everybody's Gonna Be Happy" Subject: Re: Up in Smoke [NDC] Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:08:52 -0700 "DG" wrote in message news:bd6oj1t8t9b41iru90aesv7knsjugjii3r@4ax.com... > Sean Baker wrote: >> >>Seems the forests could not preserve this crop. >> >>http://tinyurl.com/c7vfd >> >>Peace, >> >>Sean > > > Here is what is going on in Sonoma County: > http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050721/NEWS/507210332 And this one: ------------------------------ From: "Everybody's Gonna Be Happy" Subject: Re: Up in Smoke [NDC] Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:09:42 -0700 "DG" wrote in message news:bd6oj1t8t9b41iru90aesv7knsjugjii3r@4ax.com... > Sean Baker wrote: >> >>Seems the forests could not preserve this crop. >> >>http://tinyurl.com/c7vfd >> >>Peace, >> >>Sean > > > Here is what is going on in Sonoma County: > http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050721/NEWS/507210332 And this one: "On July 1, a tip from a hunter led authorities to gardens containing 23,650 plants near the southern edge of the Austin Creek State Recreation Area, which is adjacent to Armstrong Redwoods. Bertoli estimated the street value of the marijuana at more than $100 million." Uh huh. EGBH ------------------------------ From: "pookietooth" Subject: Re: We're Excited (NDC) Date: 29 Sep 2005 10:22:32 -0700 brew ziggins wrote: > Subaru is easily the #1 car here in the PRoI, what with the snow and the > hills and the four-wheel drive, and I've never heard anybody say a bad > thing about them. > Lifters used to have a chronic problem, with no solution except a new engine (which would eventually have the same problem). Not sure if that's still the case. ------------------------------ From: Jazare@webtv.net (ba ba booie) Subject: Jerry's Garcia's widow, in the news again. Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 13:10:14 -0400 Jerry's Garcia's widow, in the news again. September 27, 2005 Koons Garcia - The Future of Food Debuts at Shattuck Cinemas By MATTHEW ARTZ A documentary that takes aim at the business of genetically modified food will debut Friday at Shattuck Cinemas. In making The Future of Food, Filmmaker Deborah Koons Garcia traveled in Canada, Mexico and the United States, lending a critical eye to wha t she sees as a corporate drive to control the world=E2=80=99s food supply. I thought people should find out what was happening so we don't lose control over the food we eat said Koons, a Mill Valley resident, and the widow of Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia. The film is one of the first feature length documentaries to critique how the increasing use of genetically modified seeds might affect independent farmers and human health. Featured prominently in the film is UC Berkeley professor Ignacio Chapela. In 2001, Chapela published in the journal Nature findings that genetically modified corn had unintentionally contaminated native corn in Oaxaca, Mexico. Chapela, who traveled to Mexico with Deborah Koons Garcia, will be on hand at Friday's premier screening to field audience questions. Deborah Koons Garcia said the film took three years and several hundred thousand dollars to make. The funding came exclusively from Jerry Garcia's estate. It felt like it was the most responsible thing I could do with the money, said Koons, who has directed several feature and documentary films and was the creative consultant for the Jerry Garcia retrospective, Grateful Dawg. Deborah Koons Garcia said she hoped her new film, which has already debuted in New York, Los Angeles and Oaxaca, Mex ico, would encourage viewers to support local organic farmers and help spur an effort to label genetically modified food in grocery stores. A labeling bill sponsored by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and Sen. Barbara Boxer has so far failed to garner support in either legislative chamber, she said. After several years of research, Koons Garcia said she was most surprised by the lack of health tests performed on the genetically modified foods. There are elements that have never been in food before and aren't being tested,=9D she said. Deborah Koons Garcia makes no bones that the documentary takes a strong anti-genetic engineering stance. Her biggest target is agri-business giant Monsanto, which she says is buying up the world's seed supply. Monsanto refused interview requests for the film, but agri-business firms have bought four copies of the documentary, she said. They still haven't acknowledged me, but I know they know about it,=9D she said. The Future of Food is scheduled to run for one week at Shattuck Cinemas, 2230 Shattuck Ave., beginning Friday. Showtimes Friday will be 7:10 p.m. and 9:20 p.m. A question-and-answer session with Koons Garcia and Chapela will follow the early show. For show times on other days, see www.landmarkthreatres.com or call 644-2992. bbb wrote: ***Deborah Koons Garcia said the film took three years and several hundred thousand dollars to make. The funding came exclusively from Jerry Garcia's estate.*** I hope she gets her point across. I guess Jerry would be proud. If she only got Jerry to eat healthy. ***It felt like it was the most responsible thing I could do with the money, said Koons, who has directed several feature and documentary films and was the creative consultant for the Jerry Garcia retrospective, Grateful Dawg.*** I guess she is right? The most responsible thing I could do with the money huh??? I guess Jerry would have wanted it that way? Jerry has no say in it now. booie...... ps. I am not to thrilled about eating genetically modified food on my plate. .. .. .. Have you checked these sites out today? http://www.jambase.com http://www.jambands.com http://www.jambase.com/festivals .. Find out where your favorite band is playing. Pollstar (the concert hotwire) http://pollstar.com ------------------------------ From: "alejandro de tacobell" Crossposted-To: rec.arts.movies.current-films,rec.arts.tv,rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: all the insults for fat people Date: 29 Sep 2005 10:32:57 -0700 chubby flabula chunkmeister thunder thighs bubblebutt fat cow hippo buffalo butt ------------------------------ From: Ken Fortenberry Subject: Re: We're Excited (NDC) Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:35:25 GMT pookietooth wrote: > brew ziggins wrote: >>Subaru is easily the #1 car here in the PRoI, what with the snow and the >>hills and the four-wheel drive, and I've never heard anybody say a bad >>thing about them. > > Lifters used to have a chronic problem, with no solution except a new > engine (which would eventually have the same problem). Not sure if > that's still the case. I've never heard a discouraging word about the Subaru Forester. There were some Subaru Outbacks that had American made automatic transmissions instead of Japanese transmissions that generated some problems a few years back, but other than that I've not heard anything bad about Subarus. Subaru is also the #1 car by far here in Champaign-Urbana, IL. We have no hills, but being a University town we do have a lot of Birkenstock wearing, economy conscious, low paid, ex-hippy types who used to drive Volvos. ;-) -- Ken Fortenberry ------------------------------ Subject: Re: No Direction Home From: Sherry Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:40:06 GMT > I don't know if he was rasised right, or if it was pure dumb luck on Jane's > and my part, Either way, he is a great kid. There aren't lots of Parents who > can say that they are actually friends with their kids, but I can I find it's a better friendship with mine, as they get older... we have some really interesting conversations about all sorts of things. :) Sherry in Vermont (4 great kids - and Thea just lost her first tooth today!) ------------------------------ From: axlq@spamcop.net (axlq) Crossposted-To: rec.arts.movies.current-films,rec.arts.tv,rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: all the insults for fat people Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:41:45 +0000 (UTC) In article <1127939475.173895.231000@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, alejandro de tacobell wrote: >fatso >fatty >fatass >jellybelly >beerbelly My wife sometimes calls me "Buddha Belly." I'm trying to lose it. -A ------------------------------ From: "TNKEV" Crossposted-To: rec.arts.movies.current-films,rec.arts.tv,rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: all the insults for fat people Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 12:36:02 -0500 she\he is just mad because she\he is fat! ------------------------------ From: "bongo" Subject: Re: 30 years ago today Date: 29 Sep 2005 10:45:01 -0700 Yeah, we drove in from Sacraficialmento for the day -- only found out later we'd missed the Diga Rhythm Band set. D'OH! We did catch the Starship set. So poorly matched our mood that to us they were forever rechristened the "Jefferson Startrip" from that day forth. One of many low points in that set: Craig Chaquico down on his knees, grimacing and leaning backwards, as if forcefully channeling the mighty guitar gods in their hallowed halls, while playing what sounded to me like a note for note copy of a solo from an old Johnny Winter And album. Gee, how, um, impressive. Fortunately the legendary Mickey Thomas made Craig seem almost humble. Oh well, can't please everybody, I guess. But the dead were awesome. This was the third time I'd seem them, but the first since being knocked out, hogtied, and thrown on the bus for good at Winterland that June. No Blues For Allah this time, but we did get another Stronger than Dirt, and a Help On The Way -- with lyrics this time. We missed out on 8/13, so this was the first time we heard Music Never Stopped and It Must Have Been The Roses, which sounded gorgeous. This had to be the day Weir said "we're going to get around to all the old favorites we can remember........ you wouldn't be clapping if you knew what that meant!" Lovely day in the panhandle. Still my favorite year for Dead music, even though there were only four shows. We were lucky enough to catch three of them, and fortunately the FM rebroadcast of the fourth soon became the vinyl boot Grateful Dead From The Make-Believe Ballroom -- just about a perfect first Dead tape, IMO. All this and youth too! Too bad I was pretty much as dumb as a rock back then , but one can't have everything, I suppose. Good memories. cheers, --bongo ------------------------------ From: "alejandro de tacobell" Crossposted-To: rec.arts.movies.current-films,rec.arts.tv,rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: all the insults for fat people Date: 29 Sep 2005 10:51:58 -0700 beer gut tub of lard ------------------------------ Subject: Re: Shut Down The War Machine From: Sherry Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:52:34 GMT > On the other hand...Men abandoning women and children to a life of > poverty and isn't necessarily confined to Vets, and situated only > overseas...IYKWIM This is true. Sherry in Vermont ------------------------------ Subject: Re: SKB - Capistrano From: Sherry Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:54:54 GMT >> Some time, just before the show starts, some guy comes up to me and wants >> to take my picture, because of my killer, brand-new, Nick's Picks tie-dye >> that I just had to wear for the occasion. I got quite a few good >> compliments on this thing tonight... That Nick sure does some great >> work... Nick does indeed do AWESOME work. We took family pics of all of us in 'em, even Daija's boyfriend. :) Sherry in Vermont ------------------------------ ** FOR YOUR REFERENCE ** The service addresses, to which questions about the list itself and requests to be added to or deleted from it should be directed, are as follows: Internet: dead-flames-request@gdead.berkeley.edu Bitnet: dead-flames-request%gdead.berkeley.edu@ucbcmsa Uucp: ...!{ucbvax,uunet}!gdead.berkeley.edu!dead-flames-request You can send mail to the entire list (and rec.music.gdead) via one of these addresses: Internet: dead-flames@gdead.berkeley.edu Bitnet: dead-flames%gdead.berkeley.edu@ucbcmsa Uucp: ...!{ucbvax,uunet}!gdead.berkeley.edu!dead-flames End of Dead-Flames Digest ****************************** .