Hey, handsome.
“I am rugged in a manly way, yes. Thank you for noticing.”
Nice to see you back in semi-civilized society.
“Best hospital in the world is still the worst place in the world to be.”
They’re like airport terminals, but without the alcohol, and there are 24-year-olds with brand-new stethoscopes trying to kill you.
“You know what they call the biggest dumbfuck to ever graduate from medical school?”
Doctor.
“Doctor, yeah. They’re just guessing like the rest of us.”
Well, I’m glad you made it through and you’re back on the street causing trouble.
“Me, too.”
Gonna be healthy enough to go to New York for the Garden shows?
“My year hasn’t been rough enough?”
Excellent point. What’s on the schedule for JPB?
“Hang out with the animals. Lots of things need shooting. Gonna bitch about the government. Crawl on top of Mrs. Perry Barlow.”
Back to basics.
“Don’t fix what ain’t broken.”
…
So, you were clinically dead?
“Eight minutes, yeah.”
What’s that like?
“Ever been to Sacramento?”
dapper!
Is there a reason why the Dick Cheney – Barlow shitstorm never gets a mention on your blog?
What is this now?
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2003_11/002606.php
Maybe not the poopstorm, but a profile of Cheney written by our favorite cyberlibertarian
The fact that Dick Cheney is more or less the inspiration behind Throwin’ Stones is one of the more sadder and hilarious facts in GD history.
http://www.jambase.com/Articles/7105/THE-LEGEND-OF-JOHN-PERRY-BARLOW/0
LOL Barlow describing Cheney in that Washingtonmonthly link –
“Though much has been made of his connection to Halliburton and the rest of the Ol Bidness, he is not acting in the service of personal greed. He is a man of principle.”
Then he admits to “helping” Cheney get elected in Wyoming, but never discloses the fact that he was actually Cheney’s campaign manager.
This reddit thread has some interesting comments on the subject. Throwing Stones was released 1987. So the question is: Was 80s Cheney a ‘nice’ guy that later turned to the Dark Side. Or was he always a major ahole.
https://www.reddit.com/r/gratefuldead/comments/2i3do2/jerry_garcia_and_dick_cheney/
http://images.sodahead.com/polls/002137293/5324643385_vader_fight_bw_cheney_xlarge.jpeg
He should go see Phish for the NYE at MSG
they are pretty much killing it, as Phish goes
Saw them at MSG 02. Killed it (I think ? Little foggy)
without getting into any kind of actual Phish v. Dead comparison/clusterfuck I can state flatly and with absolute confidence that they will incinerate this FratDog lineup musically speaking…I don’t want to hear bitching from anyone that “doesn’t like Phish”….fine…but they are a real band back to something close to top form & not a recursive cover band thrown together from spare parts
Can’t disagree with you there. We’ll put Mr. Completely
http://ca.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/20090723/300.spuds.mackenzie.lc.072309.jpg
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/09-1974-Volkswagen-Karmann-Ghia-Down-On-the-Junkyard-Picture-courtesy-of-Murilee-Martin-550×412.jpg
http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad40/ciprian_f2/Porsche%20917%20LH%20Hippie/01.jpg
I think the peanut gallery of commenters, and perhaps Totd himself need to go to JPB’s ranch and get our heads straight. Also JPB can probably use a hand on the ranch.
JPB is surely reading so when JPB tweets us the dates, we will send out a spreadsheet with the details.
Things to get ready..
Wyoming still hates a lot of things including hippies and the gays, so I suggest we keep a low profile while traveling from the airport in Jackson to the ranch in Pinedale. They love freedom, but not always our kind of freedom so we need to be discreet about more than just the reefer.
That means.. Spencer needs a haircut, Maggie needs to Shave the legs, The Hairy Lass of Fennario needs to put the dreadlocks in a bonnet, the hundred dollar steal your face hoodies and other tribal freak wear keep those at home, Mr Completely and Joni begonias need to hide the piercings, any tattoos besides horse shoes and half naked ladies should be covered, and even though we will be excited to see each other no same-gender kissing or holding hands.
The local shop in Pinedale should have the fishing gear we need, but in general pack for a fall mountain lake trout fishing trip, bring bear spray.
I actually just shaved my legs today wow lmao
Btw this is the most wonderful thing I’ve ever read yAs
Maggie,
Well then we are ready to go then, Tweet to JPB that we are on our way.
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Tor
OKAY
I’m going to write an anagram and tweet it to him because I’m super bored and would like to get my mind going in some way or another. TotD, stop me if you think it’s weird, but lmao I’m fckin chillin RN I need something 2 do
It took me two years to grow them out. Do they like blondes? I could make them blonde…
Bonnie Lass,
If you keep the dreads, I suggest either an amish bonnet, or a head scarf.
Of course they like Blondes.
Also I think a nice pair of cowboy boots and a large cross will distract any Wyoming person for long enough for us to get to the ranch before they decide to beat us for sport.
Here is what the women of the Barlow family try to look like to keep the cowboys from mistreating them.. We should follow their lead when we can, and cover up what is non conforming but we want to keep.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9nnChmCcAEJq14.jpg
Things that make you go Hmmmmmm…..
“Active in campus politics, enraged by the Vietnam War and stoned a good bit of the time, Barlow was the subject of one campus legend, which he confirms: that administrators tracked him to Boston before he could carry out a plan to use 25 pounds of explosives to blow himself up in Harvard Yard.” – 1981 interview.
https://ramblinjoemusicblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/john-perry-barlow-cognitive-dissident.pdf
JPB, get out of the hospital man. a speedy recovery. i like your hair when it’s long too. you look like Shemp that way.
He does a little, yeah.
https://homes.eff.org/~barlow/AngelOfDeathSmall.jpg
http://www.filmgrouch.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Birdman.jpg
Not for nothin, but once upon a time this happened in Sacramento.
https://archive.org/details/gd72-08-12.sbd.hamilton.3327.sbeok.shnf
I stand by JPB’s statement.
I think I can give voice to the entire Sacramento region in saying F.U., Mr. TotD! While the Big Tomato does pale in comparison to S.F. or Berkeley, I’d rather spend my time there than in any of the major [cough] metropolitan areas in Florida I’ve been to. Also, the [cough] agricultural products in CA are far better than those in FL, when evaluated on the basis of what gets you in the mood for a listening session. Now, if we compare the Delta to the Everglades, well… the Delta is nice but it comes in second.
lol hell hath no fury like a central valley resident scorned
it was a nice place to watch the band rehearse.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhZIe0jQCnM
I forget whether I was at the 5/26 or the 5/27 show, but it was a mighty fine rehearsal!
I’ve jettisoned the “no research” policy (which, of course, really only binds Mr. TotD) and checked back. Yes, I was at the 5/26 show, and yes, that Playin’ jam did melt a whole lot of minds when played live. Golly, it still sounds great. While I still would recommend ’60s and ’70s Dead over ’80s and ’90s… there’s plenty of good music, “you’ve just gotta look around.”