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The Year Jerry Died
August 9, 2010
On August 9, 1995 I was eight years-old, soon to be nine. My family and I hadn’t been in the new house for long, but in my memory it doesn’t feel any different from the home I call home today. I don’t remember exactly where I was or from what source I heard the news, […]
Happy Birthday, Jerry
August 1, 2010
Sixty-eight years ago today, Jerome John Garcia was born in San Francisco, California to parents Joe and Ruth Marie “Bobbie” Garcia. About 23 years later, Jerome would be known as Jerry Garcia of the newly formed Grateful Dead, formerly the Warlocks. Just 30 years after that, Jerry would pass away inside a rehab facility, leaving […]
The Law of the Line
July 18, 2010
There’s always that one person who has a few too many at the party and pukes all over Mom’s new carpet. Before you know it, Mom’s pissed and the future of your epic house parties is crushed. Mom questions the people you hang out with and gives you the stink eye every time you crack […]
Truckin’ On Independence Day
July 4, 2010
On July 4th, 1989 the Grateful Dead held a show at what was then known as Rich Stadium in Buffalo, NY. Several reviews refer to this show, and the rest of the tour, as one of the Dead’s best in their last 15 years on stage. In 2005 the CD and DVD recordings of this […]
The Case of Casey Jones
April 29, 2010
In the third grade a fellow classmate dressed in a worn, white t-shirt brought in a tape cassette made specially for me and labeled, ‘Casey Jones’, the hit Grateful Dead song. Fifteen or so years later and that’s still the sweetest thing a boy has ever done for me. I wish I could remember his […]
"He's not only moving my mind. My mind is moving him!"
March 24, 2010
I started reading Robert Greenfield’s Dark Star: An Oral Biography of Jerry Garcia a few days ago. Sixty pages in and I’m fascinated by how little I know. It’s an interesting thing to suddenly learn so much about someone or something you feel so close to. But, I’ll save my new facts and figures for […]
September 27, 2010
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