The Grateful Dead, Music, Art, Film, Theater, Poetry
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Music
Dead, Dylan, Old-Time, Bluegrass, Americana, Townes Van Zandt, Bruce Springsteen, Steve Earle, Hank III, Beatles, other cool 60s stuff, CSN&Y, Simon & Garfunkel, Cat Stevens, Mozart kicked total ass and so did Beethoven
Movies
Film Noir, Hitchcock, anything with Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, Bette Davis or Greta Garbo, Quinten Tarrentino, Independent Film, Foriegn Film sometimes, The Grateful Dead Movie, Cowboy movies
Television
Simpsons, South Park, classic sitcom re-runs of all sorts/decades, Seinfeld, old Saturday Night Live, Weeds, Sopranos, Medium, Deadwood, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek
Books
Tom Robbins, Dostoyevsky, Beat Poets, Dorothy Parker, Tennessee Williams, Faulkner, Zola, Camile, The Arabian Nights, Grimms Fairy Tales, my Great Uncle's Pulp fiction, Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Lorca
About me: Check out some of your host's features, interviews and photo galleries on GratefulWeb.net
My new feature, Hunchin' at the Crossroads, that touches upon the tale told by the cool cats below and is full of lots of other fascinating stuff - Hasil Adkins and a new documentary about him, "My Blue Star" by R. Smith:
and then Gonzo went full force
Also check out:
My political and music news blog at The Official Blog of GratefulWeb, featuring special sections: "Art Attacks" and "Band-idates"; spotlights on hot art and music shows nation-wide as they happen
Mike Seeger
Bo Bice and how he and Mr. Seeger intertwine with the music of my Grandmother's time, Seeger's "True Vine", Part II
Brian Mitchell, a.k.a., El Diablo, (he's got 2 new CD's out too, well worth checking out). He's touring now with Levon Helm and Phil Lesh, more tales of his Devlish adventures and reviews of the tunes coming soon.
Visual artist and author extrodinnaire, Molly Crabapple
Best-selling author and Toltec Shaman, Don Miguel Ruiz
One out of hand outlaw, Mike O'Neill
Hope to see you there Buy your tickets now. 1st come 1st serve camping. $50 weekend pass $5 parking Early entry is Noon, Thursday, July 30th for an additional $10.
DEADHEADS GET READY TO PARTY HEARTY WITH FAMILY GROOVE COMPANY~ROOTSTAND~IFDAKAR,AND MORE! Hey now! The 3Gs ('aka Grateful Garcia Gathering), is returning back to the Camp NCN Venue in beautiful Black River Falls Wisconsin July 30th though August 2nd 2009 where it all began over 6 years ago! A grateful place where Garcia fans will be gathering! It also marks the celebration of Jerry Garcia's 67th Birthday, plus the 14th Anniversary of Jerry's untimely passing. We have leased the campground venue for July 30th though August 3rd 2009 for our 6th annual music festival.
Other great music festivals have hosted at this venue such as Weedstock, Farmapalooza, Big Wu Family Reunion, Campout Roots Festival,just to name a few!
Artists included: Family Groove Company, Rootstand, Ifdakar, Boney Fingers, Baghdad SCUBA Review, Fungus Garden Reverb, Jam and the Playground Kids, In the Dark, MMC Trio, Elf Lettuce, Vinny Weible & Soul Logic, Groovitational Pull, The Reggie, Grateful Beth and the Volunteers, The Bar Tab Band, John Statz, Mr. Cab Driver, Brok'n Arrow, Greyleaf, and more Jambands to be added soon!
Our friends at Mystix Toyz will be on board at the 3G's for tons of family fun with juggling demonstrations, including juggling workshops, face painting, kids parades, plus drum circles and fire dance jams every night
The 3Gs ('aka Grateful Garcia Gathering), is returning back to the Camp NCN Venue in beautiful Black River Falls Wisconsin July 30th though August 2nd 2009 where it all began over 6 years ago! A grateful place where Garcia fans will be gathering! It also marks the celebration of Jerry Garcia's 67th Birthday, plus the 14th Anniversary of Jerry's untimely passing. We have leased the campground venue for July 30th though August 3rd 2009 for our 6th annual music festival. WOW! Advance online tickets ONLY $30 four daze three nites! www.GratefulGarciaGathering.com
Thanks for the add. ¶ Watching, shopping, voting are not enough. The ideological battle between love & fear shapes the world, and its outcome is still being written, so every one of us may be needed. People hear only what they want, so facts alone won't wake them; they'll need inspiration too. What is human nature? Our task is not just to describe what we see, but to choose what we will become. An echo of an echo of Buddha or Jesus, encrusted in ritual, loses context & content. Still, we write what we can. Try to hear the deeper questions. ¶ This world's diverse evils have a common root: Bullies, liars, thieves, & murderers — in market, government, & elsewhere — believe we're all separate, motivated only by greed. They want us to share that belief, for they use it to justify themselves, to keep us apart, to control politics & the economy, perpetuating war, poverty, ecocide. Their power comes not so much from cabals as from ubiquitous propaganda, implicit in their framing of the news. But they're mistaken about our motives. You & I have found empathy inside ourselves & our friends. It's in everyone, even the bombers, if only we can wake them, for we're all one flesh & blood. Let's spread that vision, for until we do our other advances will be minor & temporary. The bureaucracy of brutality cannot stand if we open the eyes of its workers. ¶ If you haven't already, join the global conversation, in whatever way feels right for you. Merge the revolutions of enlightenment & class struggle. Worldwide understanding has no precedent; we must discover & erase its rules en route. Make love not war is as serious as Orwell & as light as "Chocolat." For a start, just talk with people — that may not sound like much, but really it's huge. Spread the word. Each of us knows only part of the song, but keep singing, hoping, resisting, questioning. Hand in hand, we may heal this world. ¶ Eric
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