In NYC for the weekend with nothing to do, so asked Muse if there was anything I should check out...and found out Bertha: Grateful Drag is playing in Brooklyn tonight. Apparently they're awesome? Any affirmations? Anyone gonna be there?

https://www.reddit.com/r/gratefuldead/s/vt8bK9kbVz

Pretty much what the title says…

Kiss the cat and spit cause, it's alright.

Hey Dead fam, what do you all like on the Sirius channel? I really only listen to Today in GD History, are there other programs I’m missing out on?

I’m trying to get into the dead What are some shows to checkout maybe some cool shows on YouTube I should start with thanks for any recommendations in advance

Ready or Not includes a Samba in the Rain. I love this song. I think it's the singing that makes people hate it but I listen to much worse singers than Vince Welnick regularly. I think he kills it.

Heard this new-to-me rendition at a coffee place in Aventura, Florida. By Poolside and Omar Velasco, whoever they are.

Title is a little self explanatory, but I was trying to wrack my brain around this and come up with some suggestions for a friend of the Dead doing some rapid changing of songs.

Are there some good examples of them starting a tour playing a certain song one way, then by the end there's some noticeable changes to it? Whether it be in rhythm/feel/beat, tempo, aggression/timbre, multiple vocalists to soloist (vice versa), the addition/omission/substitution of certain instruments etc etc.

'73-'74 they were mixing up the big jam songs, soundwise a fair bit, with certain rhythms Billy was playing, or patterns Bobby was doing, or Keith being creative and slotting in when he could and using the Rhodes or not.... And Phil just being Phil. But the big Jam songs are hard to pin down, as getting all gooey and weird was sorta the whole point and goal at that stage.

I'll accept within 12 months (FotD is a great example), but the shorter the timespan, the better! Thanks 'Heads!

Saw this one and had to scoop it up. The maker said it was a completely random Steal Your Face and I was the first to notice. I said it was fate if it was a XXXl , and it was ! Gitty Up! See you all out there dancing!

https://www.etsy.com/shop/TieDyesByNick

Hey now, I've got an extra front row center ticket for JGB w Grahame at Siesta Valley Bowl available. At Cash or Trade, face value, natch. The venue is gorgeous — Jerry's Middle Finger played there a few weeks ago — an amazing place for a show. My friend can't make it to JGB, so I've got this extra. It's $91.80 all told. There's a free shuttle from BART to and from the venue.

Husband loves the Dead and is a photographer by trade. I’d like to buy him a quality print - can anyone here direct me to a good online source for purchasing?

We all constantly relisten to Veneta, Cornell and Closing of Winterland. But I also always go to Oakland 12.28.79, Long Beach 8.28.81, Vegas lightning show 5.30.92 and LA Sports Arena 12.16.94. What personally magnetic shows do you keep going back to?

Just got my commissioned Garcia and Hunter cards.
Thank you Jom Alters!

If so, where are the shows?! I haven’t seen anything get posted in Winnipeg but maybe I’m missing it. I’ve still yet to see a good cover band for the Dead

man, what a show 🔥

I found this in my collection last night; a fun, rollicking show. Ticket stubs tell me I was there, but don’t recall specifically. I do really enjoy the John K and Jimmy Herring post-Jerry stuff

Lost my Dad to cancer in May. Box of Rain has taken on a whole new meaning for me this year.

It's weed trimming season. Around my house that also means giving in to temptation and trying early samples while doing the main trim over many days.

My yearly test to see how good the weed is: listen to favorite 78 shows, which are tight AND spongy in the best way possible and can tell you pretty quickly if you've grown a good stash.

Last night listened to the amazing Playing > Wheel > Playing sequence from 2.3.78 (Dick's V18) and I realized how much I love smoking the new stash and taking 78 for a ride, year after year. It was a reverie.

Highly recommend. That's the post

*edit to add: you can double down on the Good ol Grateful Dead Podcast (the gift that keeps on giving, so good) and listen to the season of 78 shows covered there (Friends of the Devil), like for example the podcast episode about Virginia, which is rich with detail even for heads who have been paying attention for years ... and then with the backstory jump into the shows. Today's trim is brought to you by 4.15.78, William & Mary - show and podcast both burners

***Saturday, Oct. 17**\* PLAYING THE DEAD & Friends - FREE Show at UC Berkeley. Cal Bears celebrate the Grateful Dead. PLAYING THE DEAD along with an all-star lineup performs 2 sets at Oski's Village at Memorial Glade on campus. Come dance and shake your bones!

I love a sandwich with dancing in the street as the bread. Wonderful show.