Maho Bay

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

Grateful Web Book Club & Review – 'Comédia Infantil'

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'

The Porchlight Prophecies

Phix News, July '05

Celebrate Jerry at the 2006 Grateful Garcia Gathering

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

Introducing Sleepytime Gorilla Museum: A Masked Unmasking

  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

Ladell McLin's 'Stand Out'

TW Classic 2005

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

Gathering of the Vibes – August 12th, 13th, & 14th

Greetings Friends, It’s with great pride & excitement that we are now able to announce that we’ve been welcomed back to the Town of Duanesburg to join our friends at the Indian Lookout Country Club to celebrate the 10th Annual Gathering of the Vibes, August 12, 13 & 14, 2005! What a long, strange trip… Continue reading Gathering of the Vibes – August 12th, 13th, & 14th

Don't Panic – 06/24/05 | Red Rocks

Today thousands of Widespread Panic fans awoke still scratching their heads over last night’s second set at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Of course your hard-core Panic fan will analyze each set they play with both the precision of a Talmudic scholar, perfected in the mold of the Grateful Dead scholars that came before them, and the… Continue reading Don't Panic – 06/24/05 | Red Rocks