More of Bobby and his Wall of Crotch on this Sunday afternoon. (I think Mr. Roper wore that exact outfit once or twice.)
Also: Phil looks like an Amish drug dealer.
Musings on the Most Ridiculous Band I Can't Stop Listening To
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“Can you take Mickey seriously?”
“You mean with the bandana, or in general?”
…
“Good question.”
Besides Bird Song, the obvious hero of the new DaP 11 first set is Box of Rain, which might just be the best version they ever did of this easy-to-fuck-up favorite. Everyone’s mentioned the vocals–and they’re sweet and on key from everyone involved–but the secret hero of the song is Billy.
Listen again: it goes from Phil’s already quick count-off to the speed Billy wants, which is FAST as fuck–80’s tempos–and Phil can’t start crooning; all he can do is sing his beautiful melody and hang on.
Phil, of course, had a Lotus Esprit that, while he drove it pretty much constantly beswozzled, never sent him to the hospital because while it looked awesome, it: A, it made 0-60 in about nine seconds; and B, was a car made in Britain in the 1970’s. The only reason they started was to have electrical fires. Tough to drive a car over a cliff, cancelling the summer tour, when you’re limping to the next gas station to refill the radiator for the third time this trip.
So why did Phil buy it?
POP-UP HEADLIGHTS, MOTHERFUCKER! Seriously, you know Phil instantly whipped out his checkbook when the salesman did that trick. (Again, though: British car from the 70’s. Those things worked for a month, tops.)
The caption from this photo said it was Garcia, but I’m fairly sure this is Phil from ’74 with his giant Viking beard.
Also: got all his lego-fingers.
The Dead always liked high school foxes, but when they started taking them to their proms, there needed to be some real talk.
With a seethingly angry “thank you” to longtime commentator and object of an elaborate and specific cowgirl-themed crush of mine, Rodeo Amy, for the title.
Dude, how could you not come up with that?
Shut up.
It’s right there. You went with Stuck with You and a Dylan cover! You suuuuuuuck.
Shut it.
In the end, the Dead replaced unpresentable white men with unpresentable white men.
Seriously: Warren looks like he should have his contact info tattooed on himself in preparation for the next heart attack.
The Grateful Dead and Groovy Show was commissioned in 1975 about the Dead by popular makers of poorly-drawn cartoons, Hanna-Barbera.
In it,the Dead traveled around the country solving crimes with Groovy, their pet dog who could speak. It was never explained whether all dogs could speak in this universe or whether just one dog, and they happened to have it, and instead of making billions of dollars pimping out this super-dog, these fuckheads were washing their underwear in sinks because they lived in a van and played Hardy Boys.
Each of the Dead had superpowers that they displayed on occasion: Phil had super-hearing; Bobby was super-handsome; and Garcia had an alter ego, Captain Trips, whom he would hide in the bathroom and turn into except he never came out of the bathroom and now it smells funny.
The show was never aired.
Making a record, as in a record–a historical recording of the afternoon some guys (and Mrs. Donna Jean) sat in a room playing music together.
Later, using that window in the background, Billy would give everyone a pressed ham.
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