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It Was 30 Years Ago Today
Thursday, December 3, 2009
On Monday, December 3rd 1979, I began working for Hewlett-Packard. I started at the Stanford Park Division in Palo Alto. This was before


We Will Survive!
Friday, September 12, 2008
  It's been 7 years. Obama's talk tonight at the 9/11 Forum on Community Service reminded me of how united we were in the days following


Tiger Memories
Friday, August 1, 2008
For over 10 years Jerry Garcia coaxed some sweet sounds from this guitar, known as Tiger. This was his primary guitar from 1979 through


Sleep in the Stars
Thursday, August 9, 2007
"One day, the pain would be gone; but never the memory." That was the last line of a book that I read years ago; unfortunately I've


If I Had the World to Give
Thursday, June 1, 2006
If I Had the World to Give Words by Robert Hunter Music by Jerry Garcia If I had the world to give I'd give it to you - long as you live


RIP Ramrod
Saturday, May 20, 2006
Ramrod was a familiar site to folks attending Grateful Dead concerts; he recently passed away following a bout with lung cancer.


Sleepy Alligator in the Noonday Sun
Sunday, April 30, 2006
So begins one of my favorite early Dead songs, Alligator. I mention that because today is the 35th anniversary of one of the Grateful


There's Still That Song
Tuesday, August 9, 2005
A broken angel sings from a guitar. Jerry played the sweetest, most hypnotic and soulful guitar I've ever heard. He had what Miles Davis


10 Years Ago
Tuesday, August 9, 2005
on a cold dark night, ... oh wait, that's another song. But it was 10 years ago, and it was night time. I haven't shared this story before


Happy Birthday Jerry (and Adelia!)
Tuesday, August 2, 2005
I baked a cake today. Not really for Jerry, though it is his birthday today. I got to see Jerry play on his birthday one time, back in


Nine Hundred Thousand Tons of Steel
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
out of control. To some degree, those words from the song Tons of Steel, describe Brent Mydland's last troubled years. It was 15 years ago


So Many Roads
Sunday, July 10, 2005
The title of this post, So Many Roads, aptly describes both our travels of the past 17 days as well as the path followed by Jerry Garcia's


Jay-Z's Dead
Friday, June 11, 2004
Spinjunkies has released a new album, Jay-Z's Dead, which "encompasses the entire Black Album by Jay-Z set to the music of the Grateful


Waiting for a Miracle
Friday, April 30, 2004
Powerful, inspirational lyrics from Bruce Cockburn's song Waiting for a Miracle: You stand up proud You pretend you're strong In the hope


All Good Things
Saturday, April 24, 2004
All Good Things is a fragment of a lyric from the Jerry Garcia song, Run for the Roses, and now it is the name of a spectacular new 6 CD

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