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This content was originally published July 16, 2009. … There was a concert in Atlanta on Armistice day, 1971. The show was at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium. I have talked to dozens of people at that show, and heard hundreds of opinions. There was a controversy about police on the stage, with the band almost refusing to play. The Great Speckled Bird didn’t think it was that great, and said the only player that was up to par was Phil Lesh. One person who did like it was someone we will call Hampton. He became “born again” as a Dead Head that night. …
… In “The Doors of Perception” Aldous Huxley describes listening to a classical album under the influence of a psychoactive substance. He had the sense of hearing everything that was available to hear in the album, and pondered the concept of music made to be listened to while tripping, by musicians that were likewise tripping. This was written years before the acid tests in San Francisco. The house band for these evenings was the Grateful Dead. I always felt that the key to the band was Bob Weir. Weir played counterpoint to Garcia’s leads, and lead him on and up. …
This content was originally published July 17, 2009. … There is a dandy little squabble going on right now. On the one hand there is Corey Lynxx. He makes videos without wearing a shirt, or lighting his face. He might have other talents, but that is not evident from his videos. Mr.Lynxx got upset with a local restaurant owner, and decided to call the man at work to discuss this problem. The restaurant owner, a man named Shaun, was busy at the time and declined to discuss Corey’s problem. The next player in this drama is Andisheh Nouraee. Copy and paste is wonderful for Persian names. …
… Mr. Nouraee writes a column for Creative Loafing that I seek out every time I get a copy. The column makes tries to make sense of the world beyond the lower 48, and manages to crack a joke or two along the way. Andy was offended by the manner in which Corey was dealing with his problem, and made a video of his own. The next two entries in this exchange were made by Mr. Lynxx. The video monger manages to light his face, not that it is especially attractive. …
… Andy wrote a cover story at CL a while back about the best five blogs in Atlanta. A lady named Spacey Gracey was not included, and said lots of mean things about Andy. Nor was Chamblee54 mentioned. I took a look at Andy’s twitters. A Federal judge ruled in favor of Alabama and Florida, in the tri state lawsuit over the water of the Chattahoochee River. The Atlanta area has grown astronomically in recent years, without attending to the basic need of people for water. The Georgia legislature would rather worry about the State Flag. …
This content was originally published July 19, 2009. … There seems to be something about Sunday that makes people want to talk about religion. By way of Andrew Sullivan, here is a story about Atheism and semantics from England. The money quote: “Today one of the most insistent forces arrayed in opposition to us vocal atheists is the “I’m an atheist but” crowd, who publicly deplore our “hostility”, our “rudeness” (which is actually just candour), while privately admitting that we’re right. They don’t themselves believe in God, but they certainly do believe in belief in God. It’s not always easy to tell who just believes in belief, since the actions motivated by believing in belief” …
… Maybe the only appropriate thing to do is tell a joke. This is courtesy of funnyjokes.com. … “An old hippie dies and goes to the Pearly Gates. St. Peter looks him up in his big book and says, “I’m sorry, but you’ll be going down to Hell.” The hippie, astounded, peers through the gates and sees God walking in the distance. “God!” he says. “What gives? Remember that time I was tripping on acid? I saw you, and you said we’d be in Heaven together forever!” God thought for a minute, then said, “Oh yeah, but I was drunk.” … Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. Jack Delano took the social media picture in March 1941. “This family had moved out of the Santee-Cooper basin and were trying to get an addition built to their small “new” house. Near Bonneau, South Carolina”