Hey, remember the Grateful Dead? This blog used to be about them? Weird-looking fuckers, bunch are dead?
Anyway, a few of the remnants and some pretty guy and a couple of ringers are playing in San Francisco, which–and this is something only a real Dead fan would know–is where they’re from. Some of them still live there and most likely drove themselves to the show like big boys. (Mickey’s wife drove him, as Mickey has been drinking since Christmas Eve.)
The show doesn’t start for another hour or so, because everyone but the East Coast of America gets the time wrong, but if you’re interested in the show, maybe someone will post links to the streams in the Comment Section. Or maybe they won’t, and a bear will break into your house and eat your tushee. Who knows what the future holds?
Also: maybe a Bay Area Enthusiast can enlighten us all. Is that Oakland in the left hemisphere of the Stealie? Because–and I mean no offense by this–that is a seriously unimpressive skyline. At least the San Francisco part has that big pointy building that’s going to kill so many people when it collapses in the Big One.
Info on Forum and ticket sites says show starts 19:00 West Coast Time (7PM) Seems early so maybe that’s when doors open but….
I’ve been watching Periscope for the last hour and have seen no pre show broadcast tests or area watering hole/Shakedown tours. Quiet as a mouse.
Here we go
https://www.periscope.tv/gratefulkeener
7PM must have been doors opening
https://www.periscope.tv/davidtrew
https://www.periscope.tv/randomhuman
https://www.periscope.tv/fastedc
Does anyone know of an audio only source? Data charges are hight in Alaska, so aud is preferable to periscope – Thanks
http://mixlr.com/longstrangecouchtrip
Sounds good so far
Audio only
Thanks toomanyroads, good show.
thanks!
Naw it’s just a poorly-depicted representation of the rest of the San Francisco skyline, which consists of buildings that are more rectangular (as contrasted to the Transamerica Pyramid that you so much love).
The clue is that two-pronged thing you can see, and in this photo as well.
We all mostly tend to ignore/avoid Oakland, for more reasons than I can enumerate, but primarily personal safety.
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The tour posters have a quite different representation of the skyline—just the art museum (¿?) and GG Bridge.
Oakland seceded. Pretty much went rogue about 2007.
https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.Ma8848fc382742b4cfc1564f492c16ae9o0&pid=15.1
Yes, definitely not the Oakland skyline (no Tribune clock tower) and not really the SF Skyline, except in a vague generic way. Should we refer to it as the “Golden State” skyline (notwithstanding that it is really a San Diego reference)?
Poor Oakland. Getting a bad rap from people who don’t actually go there. Oaktown, around 66th Avenue, where the Coliseum is actually located, has been a pretty sketchy area over the years, but that is just one neighborhood. Few people judge Madison Square Garden on the basis of 241st in the Bronx.
Quality audio and video stream here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/P9RYDQrHFKk
Looks like downtown Los Angeles skyline to me.