I’ve decided to stop watching the news. I’ll stop reading it, too. No more compulsive tapping on the refresh button on the CNN.com home page in the hopes that something wildly tragic has happened somewhere so I can palliate my boredom for five more minutes. No more news, because the news has blackened my worldview.… Continue reading No More News!
In light of the upcoming Fourth of July I would like to invite all readers to comment with your ideas of what constitutes American Music. We could get a very nice discussion going regarding bands, styles, influences, allusions, imagery, intent, and anything else that might come up about what American Music is, was, means and… Continue reading Thoughts on American Music & Jerry Garcia
In 1917, the United States of America bought the Virgin Islands from Denmark for twenty-five million dollars, acquiring such unique island gems as St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John. On May 16, 2005, I arrived at one of the most spectacular vacation spots in the world, Maho Bay Camps, on the island of St.… Continue reading Maho Bay
Original title: Comédia Infantil Translated in Dutch: Comédia Infantil (also known as: Verteller van de wind) Author: Henning Mankell Mankell is born in 1948 in Stockholm. He spent his youth in the Northern part of Sweden (Harjedalen). In 1972, he went to Africa for the first time, which influences his work later on. At age… Continue reading Grateful Web Book Club & Review – 'Comédia Infantil'
Such a Grateful place for die-hard Garcia fans to be Gathering! We’re so happy and grateful to announce that we will be having our 5th outdoor music and camping get together this summer! The “Grateful Garicia Gathering” will be returning back to the beautiful “NCN-North Campground” on July 29th through August 1st 2005, in beautiful… Continue reading Celebrate Jerry at the 2006 Grateful Garcia Gathering
On June 10th, 2005, San Francisco Bay-area band Sleepytime Gorilla Museum deconstructed the eclectically cozy Larimer Lounge and reconstructed the crowd into its own festival of mayhem. Experiencing Sleepytime in concert reminded me of taking off all my clothes in church and letting the Lord loose the congregation on my naked corpse. Praise the… Continue reading Introducing Sleepytime Gorilla Museum: A Masked Unmasking
This year, my “summer festival season” started with TW Classic, which can be seen as the precursor of Rock Werchter, which takes place in the same area one week later. On the agenda this year: Gabriel Rios, Brian Wilson, Novastar, Arno, Duran Duran, and Lenny Kravitz. As you can see, a mixture of Belgian and… Continue reading TW Classic 2005
