“Hey, all you Deadheads. Welcome back to the Radio Randy Show on SiriusXM. You can hear us in your car, or on your app, or just about anywhere. Coming up next is The Big Steve Hour starring Steve Parish, where every story ends with ‘and then we all got tugged off.'”
“Parish did get tugged off a lot, Radio Randy.”
“And that familiar voice is, of course, Bob Weir. He’s gonna be talking to us and answering questions. Bobby also insisted we do the interview in 1970.”
“Uh, about that: the Comment Section seems to think we’re in ’72.”
“The who?”
“Oh, I haven’t spoken to those guys in a while.”
“Not The Who, Bob. I was asking who the Comment Section was.”
“They’re right under us. Great bunch of folks. Some of ’em get an attitude once in a while, but you have to expect that.”
“I’ll just move on with the interview.”
“Super. Who’s, uh, this?”
“Radio Rhonda.”
“Sure. Does she have any lines?”
“Dialogue or cocaine?”
“Either is cool.”
“No.”
“Dang it.”
“Bob, tell us about the Grateful Dead’s future.”
“Well, Randy, we have a Time Sheath. We could just go see it. Gotta warn you: it’s depressing as hell.”
“Don’t tell me. I want to be surprised.”
“Okay. Lips are sealed. Although, if you’ve got money in the market, you should short Keith.”
“Not a thing.”
“Oh, Keith’s definitely a thing. I’ve smelled him.”
“Let’s take a call.”
“Awesome.”
“THE CIVIL WAR WAS NOT CIVIL AT ALL! PEOPLE WAS SHOOTING AND SHIT!”
“It’s ‘Ye, Randy.”
“I recognize his voice, Bob. ‘Ye, how are you calling us in 1972?”
“VIRGI ABLOH MADE ME A TIME SHEATH. I DESIGNED IT BECAUSE I AM A DESIGNER.”
“That’s some wonderful collaboration.”
“IT ONLY WORKS FOR PHONE CALLS RIGHT NOW. I CALLED THAT BITCH CLEOPATRA SO SHE COULD TALK DIRTY HIEROGLYPHICS TO ME!”
“How’d that go?”
“SHE GOT TO THE PART ABOUT THE BIRDS AND THE EYEBALLS AND I WENT SKEET ALL OVER!”
“Great story, ‘Ye.”
“MY STORIES ARE SCOOPY WOOPY.”
“Okay. Do you maybe have a question for Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead?”
“DID YOU KNOW LINCOLN LOGS ARE REPUBLICANS?”
“I did, yeah.”
“Great talk, ‘Ye. Bobby, how much longer are we going to be in 1972?”
“There’s only one more picture in this set.”
“Good to know.”
Either is cool
looks like david gans. also: i made it through approximately 15 minutes of that esau rehearsal before falling asleep. thanks for nothing. but gans gets name-checked at the beginning if you listen close. oh, i guess thanks for the different second verse. i remember hearing that bobby had re-tooled the song at some point during ’83, but i don’t remember ever hearing this original version.