Loogar, Dumpjack and Yail Bloor listen to the Dick's Picks Series

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:24 pm

Dumpjack and I have hatched this scheme and brought Bloor along for the ride.

We're going to try to do daily, but for sanity's sake we might just have to do a couple a week, or whatever.

Not in order, either. We will decide as we go. Tomorrow we go with Volume 9, from Madison Square Garden in 1989

This should truly ruin my entire fall!

jsh · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:35 pm

sounds like torture. let me know if you need help.

DumpJack · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:36 pm

Also, we'll up the album(s) for anyone interested.

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:36 pm

jsh Wrote:

sounds like torture. let me know if you need help.

Feel free to play along. We'll post what we're playing, and you can add your thoughts if you have it or whatever.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:40 pm

Just for future reference, its good to announce the next one at night instead of in the morning so I can add it to my phone and then have it on the commute.

So thanks for that.

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:49 pm

Yail Bloor Wrote:

Just for future reference, its good to announce the next one at night instead of in the morning so I can add it to my phone and then have it on the commute.

So thanks for that.

Just so we're clear, I am not responsible for any wrecks incurred, either intentional or unintentional.

robotboy · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:50 pm

am i correct in understanding that this will be an ongoing commentary thread on the grateful dead?

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:21 pm

I'm down, and will play along for sure. Posting up albums will be a definite plus.

DumpJack · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:35 pm

Flying Rabbit Wrote:

I'm down, and will play along for sure. Posting up albums will be a definite plus.

I'll up this one first thing.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 9:01 am

A quick note on the Dick's Picks series:
The Harpur College Binghamton, NY set from 1970 (Vol. 8) is the best thing I've ever heard from this band. Period.

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

I consider myself a pretty big fan of the dead, but sometimes full shows are a bit too much for me. Drums/Space are for bathroom and beer runs, not for listening to 35 years later.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:19 am

jewels santana Wrote:

I consider myself a pretty big fan of the dead, but sometimes full shows are a bit too much for me. Drums/Space are for bathroom and beer runs, not for listening to 35 years later.

That's why there's a "SKIP" button on your CD player.

jasn · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:29 am

DumpJack Wrote:

Flying Rabbit Wrote:

I'm down, and will play along for sure. Posting up albums will be a definite plus.

I'll up this one first thing.

Please send me a link and I'll play along when I can (you can save the bandwidth and cut Space, BTW

)

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:41 am

PopTodd Wrote:

jewels santana Wrote:

I consider myself a pretty big fan of the dead, but sometimes full shows are a bit too much for me. Drums/Space are for bathroom and beer runs, not for listening to 35 years later.

That's why there's a "SKIP" button on your CD player.

I'm trying not to do this -- I might zone out, or do work, or even go to the restroom, but I'm going to try to experience these as they are presented.

(And I feel the exact same way as you, but for some reason I am going into this with an open mind.)

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:55 am

Wouldn't it be less painful to stab pencils into your ears and do an ongoing commentary on that?

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:57 am

Radcliffe Wrote:

Wouldn't it be less painful to stab pencils into your ears and do an ongoing commentary on that?

Senator GAR QAEDA Wrote:

This should truly ruin my entire fall!

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

Senator GAR QAEDA Wrote:

PopTodd Wrote:

jewels santana Wrote:

I consider myself a pretty big fan of the dead, but sometimes full shows are a bit too much for me. Drums/Space are for bathroom and beer runs, not for listening to 35 years later.

That's why there's a "SKIP" button on your CD player.

I'm trying not to do this -- I might zone out, or do work, or even go to the restroom, but I'm going to try to experience these as they are presented.

(And I feel the exact same way as you, but for some reason I am going into this with an open mind.)

that's why i mentioned it, because i figured there would be no track skipping during this experiment. Thankfully drums and space tend to just be boring background music rather than grating.

DumpJack · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 12:33 pm

Dick's Picks Vol. 9

Quote:

Recorded at Madison Square Garden in New York City on September 16, 1990, the three-hour concert captured on this three-CD set marks a milestone for the band in that it is the second Grateful Dead show at which the keyboard chairs were occupied by Vince Welnick and Bruce Hornsby. Less than two months had passed since the death of Brent Mydland, and Welnick had taken over earlier in September; Hornsby joined on piano when the tour hit New York, and this was the show at which the band jelled in its new form. Rather than being tentative, the two new players transform such songs as "Little Red Rooster," "Queen Jane Approximately," "Tennessee Jed," and "Iko Iko" into keyboard showcases and participate in an improvisational "space" interlude that had become an infrequent part of the band's recent performances. This show is not necessarily great Grateful Dead, and as such not of interest to the less devoted fan, but to the band and the Deadheads, it represents the transition to the last, five-year phase of the Dead's career.

Disc 1

Code:

http://www.hidelinks.com/?o51lm98lrk

Disc 2

Code:

http://www.hidelinks.com/?hnk5fs7jg9

Disc 3

Code:

http://www.hidelinks.com/?nrwpbhihk1

DumpJack · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 12:35 pm

jasn Wrote:

DumpJack Wrote:

Flying Rabbit Wrote:

I'm down, and will play along for sure. Posting up albums will be a definite plus.

I'll up this one first thing.

Please send me a link and I'll play along when I can (you can save the bandwidth and cut Space, BTW

)

It's all here, Space and all.

I just put on the album myself. I loaded up the ipod to head out for awhile and promptly forgot earphones. Anyway, this is livelier than I remember thus far.

discostu · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 12:35 pm

Not really sure I want to listen to any Dead past the 70s.

I may ask for an upload if one of these piques my interest. I know GAR is a stubborn mother fucker, but I wonder how long he'll stick this out.

DumpJack · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 12:36 pm

discostu Wrote:

Not really sure I want to listen to any Dead past the 70s.

I may ask for an upload if one of these piques my interest. I know GAR is a stubborn mother fucker, but I wonder how long he'll stick this out.

I'll have links up for every set.

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 12:39 pm

discostu Wrote:

Not really sure I want to listen to any Dead past the 70s.

I may ask for an upload if one of these piques my interest. I know GAR is a stubborn mother fucker, but I wonder how long he'll stick this out.

I picked this 1989 show precisely because their huge corporate rock sound is exactly the way to start the whole show off wrong.

jsh · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 12:45 pm

Senator GAR QAEDA Wrote:

discostu Wrote:

Not really sure I want to listen to any Dead past the 70s.

I may ask for an upload if one of these piques my interest. I know GAR is a stubborn mother fucker, but I wonder how long he'll stick this out.

I picked this 1989 show precisely because their huge corporate rock sound is exactly the way to start the whole show off wrong.

Yeah, even Dick warned you:

"This show is not necessarily great Grateful Dead, and as such not of interest to the less devoted fan, but to the band and the Deadheads, it represents the transition to the last, five-year phase of the Dead's career."

Anyway, I like this ambition, because I've been working through it quietly in my car and bedroom on my own anyway. I will now take off 12/16/78 Nashville for #9. Frankly, I'm kind of tired of listening to shows from the 70's, and I know there are gems in the 80's and 90's to discover, and I have a lot to learn yet.

jasn · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 12:49 pm

Likely a personal "Duh?" moment, but is there a password to DL those sets?

discostu · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 1:14 pm

jasn Wrote:

Likely a personal "Duh?" moment, but is there a password to DL those sets?

If you've been around a while, then you know it, but since you're new...

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