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Things John Mayer May Not Wear As A Grateful Dead

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  • All of his clothes at once, for some reason.
  • Blankets.
  • No hats.
  • No do-rags.
  • Ditto Keith Richards-style pirate scarves wrapped around your head and blowing behind you as you do your guitar moves.
  • Hey: maybe no guitar moves?
  • Medieval armor.
  • Chain mail.
  • Morph suit.
  • Any of your little costumes, I don’t care whether or not it’s Halloween.
  • More than one (1) necklace at a time.
  • Said necklace may only have one (1) charm, pendant, or bauble hanging from it.
  • But maybe let’s not do a giant diamond crucifix.
  • You have one.
  • We all know you have one.
  • Shorts. (Bobby’s thing.)
  • Dead shirt. (Mickey’s thing.)
  • Half-ton of living, orange rock. (The Thing.)
  • “Let Trey Sing” t-shirt?
  • Do not do that.
  • You may not possess any sort of scarving.
  • Do not tie a long scarf around your waist, to flow of your hip like a bullfighting superhero.
  • (The bulls were evil, I guess.)
  • You also may not have a scarf tied around your neck, arm, leg, shin, dong, guitar, or mic stand.
  • Stop it with the scarves, Stevie Nicks.
  • To settle all future controversies about what is and isn’t allowed, let’s make this the standing order: only clothes with a purpose.
  • “Can I wear a jacket?”
  • It’s almost November in New York: of course you can.
  • “What about pants?”
  • Otherwise, you will be arrested!
  • Wear yourself some pants, white boy.
  • “I would like to wear a scarf.”
  • Is is made of wool?
  • “No.”
  • You may not.
  • See how easy life is?
  • You may have heard stories about, or seen pictures of, Bobby in his Madonna shirt back in the day and thought, Hey: it would be funny to honor Bobby and the Madonna shirt by wearing a shirt with Katy on it; you must stop thinking that.
  • White. (The show is after Labor Day.)

John Mayer: Joining All The Bands

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Always remember, Enthusiasts: in the grand scope of things, the Grateful Deads have aged with at least a modicum of dignity. Crazy, cranky, deaf, and hobbled, sure…but not this.

Not like this.

Holy shit. Just, you know: holy fucking shit, Def Leppard. What did you do to yourselves? (Not you, Lefty: I know what you did.)

Also: John Mayer, we are going to need to sit down and have a serious talk about accessories.

This Year’s Model

john mayer douche clothesWhy are you wearing all of your clothes at once?

“I’m a cowboy.”

No, you can’t think you’re a cowboy. Bobby thinks he’s a cowboy. That’s his thing.

“Wow, man: what a hater you are. Not even gonna congratulate me?”

Did you buy a new watch?

“On the gig.”

Good for you. You practicing?

“Oh, yeah. Nothing but. Listening to shows and playing guitar and reading Hitler’s speeches.”

Sure. What?

“It is worth learning German. Lot of nuance in his arguments that just get boiled down to “the Jews did it.'”

This is weird stuff coming from you, John Mayer.

“It is weird that in this actual interview you’re doing with me, rock and comedy’s John Mayer, I’m expressing these kind of fringe and offensive opnions, but: there you go. Also: Team Cosby.”

This is so strange, you must admit.

“I also must admit to drifting from town to town in the suburban summer nights, hopping fences and shitting in pools.”

You monster! Poor children need public pools!

“I need to do it! For my boners!”

Wait. You mean–

“Yes: John Mayer can only achieve an erection by taking a dump in someone else’s pool. Preferably off the diving board, but I’m not picky.”

Does Katy know about this?

“Oh, yeah. She’s into pool-play now.”

Ew.

“She hates that Taylor Swift, y’know.”

I heard.

“I banged that Taylor Swift, y’know.”

Yes.

“Fucked her so hard a song popped out.”

Wow.

“You wanna see my Confederate Flag tattoo? The stars are swastikas.”

OKAY. That’s enough.

Aw.

Due To Death, The Part Of Jerry Garcia Will Be Played By John Mayer

Grateful Dead Live at Dillon Stadium, Hartford, CT 31 July 1974. Featuring the Wall of Sound. Summer weekday show, one of the longest ever played by The Dead.

“Who?”

John Mayer.

“Parish, bring me my phone?”

How do you have a smart phone?

“Dude, I have access to a time machine, a super-intelligent AI, and a bag of infinite holdings: I can get an iPhone.”

Okay.

“Huh.”

Yeah.

“Leave ’em alone for twenty years and look what they get up to.”

It’s a mess.

“Where Phil in all of this?”

His band’s across the street.

“Literally?”

31 miles away.

“For fuck’s sake.”

Yeah.

Your sideburns make you look like pudgy Wolverine.

“First of all, Wolverine’s healing factor would never allow him to become pudgy; second: bite me.”

Songs For Halloween

  • Your Bobby is a Wonderland (If you don’t make this joke, you get jailed by Obama. Thanks, Obama.)
  • Dark (C-List) Star
  • The Other, Other, Other, Other, Other One.
  • Suckin’
  • (Chicago Should Have Been) The Last Time
  • Turd Song
  • Douche Of Grey
  • Douching That Bag
  • Phil Don’t Have No Interest (In This Band)
  • I Know You, Mayer (Now Please Fuck Off)
  • (Y’know What Would be Fun: Disassembling an ’82 Datsun 240z and Beating John Mayer to Death With) The Wheel
  • (It Would also Be a Gas to Break John Mayer’s Legs, Take him to the Top of Mt. Whitney, and Set A) Fire on the Mountain
  • Terrapin Imitation
  • Throwing Stones (at our Reputation)
  • Estimated Profit

The Suite Life

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The only way Billy could afford these tickets to the Dead show is by playing in the Dead show, thereby defeating the purpose.

In another life, TotD watched an LA Kings game from the serious-money box seats and it’s a different, and better, world in there. For instance, there is no limit on hot dogs, and then, when you vomit because no one stopped you from eating nine hot d0gs, the staff will act like they’re not disgusted. They will also keep bringing you hot dogs.

The nice folks at CID (Capitalus In Domino) were responsible for the luxury boxes in Chicago, and the amenities were super. You could pick out any fan in GA and have him or her brought to you, for eating or sexual purposes.

CID guests that took in the shows from our Praetor’s Villas also had access to:

  • Attractive people could bathe you at set break.
  • Or, if that’s not your thing, ugly people could throw turkey sandwiches at while you tried to pee. Either way is good.
  • Many cakes.
  • A similarly large variety of pies.
  • Like, any sandwich you can imagine.
  • Imaginary meats in between impossible breads and slathered with legendary spreads and/or condiments.
  • Dragon on gluten-free pumpernickel?
  • You want a pickle with that?
  • You get pickles with fucking everything at the Praetor’s Villa.
  • CID staff will accommodate any food allergies or sensitivities with a smile, because if you’re rich enough to be in this joint, then you have food allergies and/or sensitivities.
  • Rich people are bored, I think.
  • Massages upon request.
  • Licensed physiotherapist or sex slave off the highway: whatever context you like strangers to grab at you in.
  • We can also get fat ladies to do stuff to your feet, or with your feet, or on your feet.
  • If you want to get your feet together with fat ladies, we can make that happen in almost any way, is what we’re getting at.
  • Private bathroom, or security to escort you to the common facilities.
  • If you request, the security will push everyone else out of the way so you can go first, and then throw money at them while you tinkle.
  • Complimentary, exclusive, limited-edition Dead 50 merch, such as t-shirts, hoodies, and cock rings with Bruce Hornsby’s disapproving glare printed on them.
  • “Bruce says, ‘What are you gonna do with this boner, you filthy perv?'”
  • Free parking, OR
  • Shuttle bus to the hotel/after-party, OR
  • Piggy-back ride to the nearest guy selling balloons, OR
  • Skinned and dumped in an alley.
  • Private, secure suite with 4 55″ HD sets playing the shows and a 7.1 surround-sound system with an EXCLUSIVE sound mix just for the Praetor’s Villa done by Bear’s Ashes.
  • Fully-stocked bar.
  • Experienced and attractive bartender with pretty much everything else you’d need in his backpack.
  • So much shrimp you deny Christ’s divinity three times before morning.
  • Ninjas on-call.
  • Really complicated deserts that require fire, for some reason.
  • John and Katy might stop by at set break.
  • Full complement of armed guards in case the Poors decide they’ve had enough and/or want your shrimp.

All in all, CID’s endeavors were a success. All of the Praetor’s Villas were sold out, and none of the illiterate wastrel scions of the nation died on premises, so legally that’s a win.

 

To Lay Me Down (Ineffectually)

I am posting these pics under formal protest against this nap that simply will not take. Did I not lay down all sleepy-shluffy? Were there not David Attenborough-narrated nature documentaries on the Netflix?

I blame Peter Shapiro.

Let’s see what’s going on around the Dead’s world:

jeff chimenti bruce“Bruce, I’m gonna show them my power.”

“Jeff Chimenti: do not do that. They can’t handle your power. Bobby can’t even stand.”

“Power’s gotta come out, man.”

“You look like a drag queen’s Emmylou Harris routine.”

“Fuck off, Bruce.”

mickey billy
“Hey, Billy?”

“How’d you get up there?”

“No idea. Listen: can I have some real drumsticks?”

“Out of the question. You realize how much embossing Stealies on all those mallets and brushes was?”

“I guess. Can I bring every drum ever made?”

“Oh, sure, definitely.”

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Were you aware that Bill Walton enjoys the Grateful Dead? He doesn’t really wear it on his sleeve – his freakishly large, surgically reconstructed sleeve.

10932434_383741128501547_1271544524_nPeople failed to recognize John Mayer’s buddy Andy Cohen in the previous shot; he is an executive at the Bravo channel and has some sort of talk show where he gets drunk with reality stars.

John Mayer is most often referred to as a douchebag; Andy Cohen has never been called this because douchebags are for vaginas and Andy Cohen is most assuredly not for vaginas.

What’s The Opposite Of Bravo?

Is it tough being famous? Sure. Do I miss being an anonymous genius, now that I’m a merely a genius? Of course. Would I give it up? Not on your life.

“Hey, Thoughts on the Dead! Does your penis need touching?”

It’s so I can’t leave the house sometimes, but I feel like my celebrity is a good thing; not because of the good it can help me accomplish, but for the private gain it can help me accrue.

Why spend so much time goofing on a semi-defunct choogly-type band? Beats me; this wasn’t the dream. I wanted to be a salvage diver, or a disgraced congressman, or invent a machine that did things to trees.

No one ever said that life was fair.

How else do we know that life is not fair? Well, these two men are multi-millionaires:

andy cohen john mayer

Phil And Phrenemies

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  • Oh, God, no.
  • None of this, please.
  • Oedipus didn’t claw out his eyes because of the motherfucking, it was because he saw this picture.
  • Is that Jeremy Sisto?
  • AND WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT WACKY THING?
  • Can someone get that poor woman some heels, or at least get her to poof her hair up a bit?
  • Is that Dave Grohl?
  • Over/under on the price of Jim Muffler’s jeans is set at $699.
  • The lady is pretty enough to get away with just straight-up wearing a tablecloth.
  • Does Dave Grohl have his key to his bus locker dangling in front of his potato salad?
  • Seriously: everything about Left Shart over there screams “stay away.”
  • I would like to abort that guy.
  • Although, at his age, I think the act is legally called murder.
  • Either way, I’d icepick the soft part of his head, then vacuum him out of his van.
  • That fucker owns a van.
  • Look at the size of Number Two’s forehead.
  • It’s like the Steppe.
  • It stands for Shitty Vacant Guitarist.
  • I have deliberately not mentioned the person I have deliberately not mentioned.
  • Phil looks superb.
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