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Stoked I’ll be in Charleston that weekend. Better anyway than a drive to Greenville!

Haha. Truth. How to make a Tomato sandwich John Holt tells how to make it: "Do this. Get a tomato. Not just any tomato. One from Johns Island or elsewhere along the Southern South Carolina coast. Make sure the tomato is firecracker-red and softer than the hindcheeks of a two-month-old. Find a serrated knife. Cut said tomato into thick slices about the width of Margaret Mitchell’s “Gone With the Wind.” Tomatoes from the South Carolina Lowcountry are different from common varieties. They are superior tomatoes. In fact, top archaeology scholars at Columbia University now believe that the original Garden of Eden was located east of I-95 in South Carolina. And most experts agree that the forbidden fruit consumed by Adam and Eve was possibly purchased from a roadside stand in that area. Next, find two slices of Sunbeam bread. In a pinch, you can use Bunny Bread, Wonderbread, or Colonial bread. But stay away from any bread with packaging labels that read something like, “59 whole grains and seeds!” or “3,234 grams of dietary fiber!” This isn’t real bread but an abrasive material meant for sanding boat hulls. Consequently, if all you have in your pantry is “gluten-free” or “keto” bread, please stop reading here. Once you have your white, floppy, flaccid, tasteless bread ready, open a jar of Duke’s mayonnaise. Duke’s is the brand with the canary-yellow lid, manufactured and packaged by real evangelical seminary graduates so you know it’s sacred, mostly. If you don’t have any Duke’s, you’re not totally out of luck. Blue Plate mayonnaise will also work if it’s all that’s available. Hellmann’s, however, isn’t fit for consumption by a Yankee. Similarly, Miracle Whip is neither a “miracle,” nor a “whip,” but the brainchild of communists sympathizers who don’t love the Lord. And Kraft mayo is industrial doorknob lubricant. It bears mentioning, if all you have in your refrigerator is a kind of mayonnaise labeled “light” or “low fat”, please forfeit your tomato to someone who will use it correctly and resume doing Crossfit until your buttocks turn into tiny shriveled prunes. Next, use a No. 8 masonry trowel to apply approximately one gallon of approved mayonnaise onto your limp, lifeless, nutrition-free bread. If the bread is still visible after mayonnaise application, you did it wrong. Step Four. Carefully place slices of tomato onto your prepared bread. If, by chance, your bread has already absorbed too much mayonnaise and tomato juices and is now disintegrating into a papier-mache-like puddle on your kitchen counter, and it no longer resembles bread, congratulations, you’re on the right track. Salt and pepper to taste. If you discover that you are tempted to add cheese or onions or lettuce or something else weird to your sandwich, thereby violating the Holy Trinity of tomatoes, mayo, and bread, please step away from the cutting board. Take deep breaths, open a can of Natural Light, and start sipping until the urge passes. Next, place both segments of your sandwich together slowly and softly. Warning: Do not compress sandwich. Do not cut sandwich in half. Do not even blink or your sandwich will fall apart. Now, gently lift your sandwich—very gently—as though you are assisting in a heart transplant operation. Walk across the kitchen and stand over the sink. Say grace silently. Go ahead, we’ll wait. To eat sandwich, open mouth wide, place one corner into mouth and bite firmly. Your tomato wedges should slip from between the pieces of bread, shooting forward, falling directly into your sink, leaving you with two naked pieces of bread. If this does not happen you did not use enough mayonnaise. Retrieve tomato hunks from the basin of your nasty, crud-covered, salmonella-encrusted sink while cussing liberally. Replace mangled remains of tomato onto sandwich and attempt to eat sandwich a second time, making sure to mash your soggy, glutenous, snot-like bread pieces together until they are indistinguishable from lumps of Elmer’s Glue. After the third or fourth bite, the front of your shirt should be stained red, covered in tiny seeds and your kitchen should look like a hog killing has recently been performed on the linoleum. When your sandwich expenditure is finished, you can slap yourself heartily on the shoulder because you have just eaten a proper tomato sandwich. You may now recite the ceremonial benediction uttered by South Carolinians statewide every summer: “Thank you, Lord, for chicken and ‘taters, “For grits, white rice, and baby limas. “But most of all, thank you for all the ‘maters, “From God’s country of South Carolina. “Amen.” – John Holt (via Tom Collins)

What a tasty Playim sandwich

Wow! That’s throwing it around like tossed salad. I like it! Randy. Loose Lucy Lucy I need a Miracle -> Bertha.

Brian Blade fellowship at the Jazz Kitchen Second Show. Stoner Hill Landmarks Shenandoah Her friends call her Dot Farewell Bluebird dang. Wowzah. Beauty. Ecstasy. Higher ground. Over the moon. so happy I had the luxury of experiencing THAT!! the first shownwas a poignant introduction live.

This was where Tea got on the bus! I had a feeling it was so.

4/11/88 Detroit E: White Rabbit Hell in a Bucket Sugaree New Minglewood Blues It Must Have Been the Roses Stuck Inside of Mobile To Lay Me Down Music Never Stopped Touch of Grey Man Smart/Woman Smarter Ship of Fools Truckin' drums The Wheel Gimme Some Lovin' All Along the Watchtower Stella Blue Turn on Your Love Light Happy Birthday Brokedown Palace

🥰, Doc!! Not my pass but I did bail for Jubilee instead and needing to be close this weekend. My son is out of knee surgery and will snowboard again! I will be hauling VW a$$ to OH on Friday after daughter graduates and we celebrate. try cash or trade Gr8tfulpair.

STOKED!!! I'm 100% committed. Gonna be good....don't ya know....

42!!! some he played like a harp

Pat Metheny Side Eye Project! Thomas Wolfe Auditorium with James Francies on keys of Houston and Joe Dyson on Drums and of course the orchestrion. Wow truly inspired playing by his bandmates. Monstrous! What I've got is...... Have you heard? Antonio Message to a Friend It Starts When We Disappear Timeline When We were Free A dissonant crazy Ornette Coleman song Acoustic melody with This is Not America and Last Train Home included. I think the final exam for a new crew member is can you tune the Picasso guitar? 😉 I did get run over by a spotlight during "It Starts When We Disappear". jeez. It was strong and came right at me. 🤪

Last I remember Bobby Weir playing with them was 2/11/14 at Great American Music hall. what a thrill! I’m glad to see Viola in the mix . I miss her. I had talked of coming to visit and my friend Rose but I’ve been setting up a new office. Playing my cards as they are dealt.

.....Omni (Hotel) ......The former Omni Coliseum is now Phillips Arena, I miss the old Omni interior. Attended some fantastic drum circles in the outside corner niches , too! First show at 16 was there. Got an outstanding Terrapin and Wharf Rat.

Hey Now! Happy Thanksgiving you turkeys!! I'm catching the Friday show with the energizer bunny. Gonna be at the Omni. Can't wait to see our boys and one spectacular gal crush it! Peace Love and Thanksgiving!

I have no expectations of commiserating or return on my expression. Do with what is your hand. coronaviruses mutate and a COVID-19 “vaccine” for lack of a better word doesn’t promise eradication like a polio vaccine.

Yeah, tell that to the ladies here who lost their almost full term babies that my father autopsied with placentas riddled with clots and hemorrhage due to Covid infection. 💔💙

Stand back soldier.

Why, sir, whatever do you mean? I am free to share my experiences, and “what would be the answer to the answer man?”?

I heard 2 already recovered. must have gotten sick on like Monday...For the 10 day thing... True Story: A 21 year old unvaxxed caught Covid19 on the day he was going to be inoculated. Day 10 out with little symptoms prior, -- sidebar- too easy to fall into the trap of starting to do the things --------------unknowingly before you are ready-- his pulse ox drops to 86% saturation. He was hospitalized and treated with antibody therapy, too late for antivirals. There for 5 days!! Once I had pneumonia, like full fledged abscess in my right lung 3 months after opening my solo practice. I ate copious amounts of pineapple which has bromelin that is spectacular for lung health. A 32 oz can a day- haha! It took me 2 months to recover. Given to being busy, I had to learn to slow down. Ah! there is the silver lining!

I'm thinking it was UJB->Sugar Mag-> Drums (beat boxing by new crew member- fantastic btw- the place was jumping!)-> Space-> Terrapin Franklins. E: Werewolves-> Sunshine Daydream What a fun run! I haven't that much experience with JK on guitar. I do think Jeff is a more psychedelic guitar player. However, JK has some very interesting original licks that take you to new places. Great chemistry was happening. Skip and Barraco were on fire, playing off one another and was delightful to watch. Nathan from Graham Lesh's band had great, solid rhythm. Drums was solid but didn't twist my snizzle quite like Koritz and Dino can. Eaton is such a great showman, strong vocals and not pitchy. I will say. Don't let complacency set in. Wear a mask to filter viral loads, though the virus is miniscule. Definitely, 1 person had a mask on. I'm guilty of letting my guard down. 14 people beside me at the shows have since tested positive with covid.

A review is right on! Whew, I do know why I love the GD. Laid plainly to see. Wanton for rest, I danced anyway! Sooooo good to see my son! I’ve missed him. He’s kickin it. MNS (I hear- late for show) TLEO Big Boss Man BIODTL Broken Arrow Ramble on Rose Cassidy Deal (Drum intro->) The Wheel Help Slip Playing D>S Unbroken Chain Eyes Throwing Stones Wharf Rat Playin Reprise Quinn the Eskimo

And!!! Promised Land ended 2nd set. Fun times! This one required me to dig kind of deep. Literally an 11:30 - 3:30 show for me after traveling. But I’m a sucker for good dancin and Colorado. “Doctor called me crazy, some say I am, some say I ain’t. “ No Melvin Seals. He wasn’t able to make it and they dedicated Moonlight Moonlight to him. Nathan a drummer from Midnight North filled in for Jay Lane, on call for DeadCo, What a difference a couple of months make in seeing live shows and restrictions. How far we’ve come because of the vaccine. From a 250 people maybe in April to 700? Grateful.

I saw a clip of St-> 11. It was tight and a musical smorgasbord. Evident was there are consummate musicians playing our favorite music. Wishing I was close by and in attendance.

7 things that affect your vibration frequency from the point of view of quantum physics. Vibration in quantum physics means everything is energy. We are vibrant beings on certain frequencies. Every vibration is equivalent to a feeling and in the world "Vibrational", there are only two species of vibrations, positive and negative. Any feeling makes you broadcast a vibration that can be positive or negative. 1ST - * thoughts * Every thought emits a frequency to the universe and this frequency goes back to origin, so in the case, if you have negative thoughts, discouragement, sadness, anger, fear, all this comes back to you. This is why it is so important that you take care of the quality of your thoughts and learn how to cultivate more positive thoughts. 2TH - * the companies * The people around you directly influence your vibration frequency. If you surround yourself with happy, positive and determined people, you will also enter this vibration. Now, if you surround yourself with people complaining, gossiping and pessimist, be careful! Indeed, they can reduce your frequency and therefore prevent you from using the law of attraction in your favor. 3TH - * the music * Music is very powerful. If you only listen to music that talks about death, betrayal, sadness, abandonment, all this will interfere with what you are feeling. Pay attention to the lyrics of the music you listen to, it could reduce your vibration frequency. And Remember: you attract exactly what you feel in your life. 4TH - * the things you look at * When you look at programs that deal with misfortunes, dead, betrayals, etc. Your brain accepts this as a reality and releases a whole chemistry into your body, which affects your vibration frequency. Look at things that do you feel good and helps you vibrate at a higher frequency. 5TH - * the atmosphere * Whether it's at home or at work, if you spend a lot of time in a messy and dirty environment, it will also affect your vibration frequency. Improve what surrounds you, organize and clean your environment. Show the universe that you are fit to receive much more. Take care of what you already have! 6TH - * THE WORD * If you claim or speak wrong about things and people, it affects your vibration frequency. To keep your frequency high, it is essential to eliminate the habit of complaining and bad talking about others. So avoid drama and bullying. Assume your responsibility for the choices of your life! 7TH - * GRATITUDE * Gratitude positively affects your vibration frequency. This is a habit you should integrate now into your life. Start to thank for everything, for the good things and what you consider to be bad, thank you for all the experiences you've experienced. Gratitude opens the door for good things to happen positively in your life.

Goes to show you don't ever know! As I sit here reflecting on the weekend and thinking forward to the next, I feel so happy when I get to see my favorite band and people. You never know how things are going to unfold. I had been planning on going to Bonnaroo with my daughter, camping in my Westie, and made preparations for such activity. Alas, the hurricane has made it a mute point - damn- but unknown of course, I came to Asheville early on Thursday for the loveliest time and then picked up my van freshly serviced. A relay switch had gone bad not allowing it to run or charge via shore power. I was understandably freaked!! My Hurdy Gurdy girl is running like a dream now. Parking brake tighten. She has power. All fluids checked and changed as needed. sigh..... FlairBlair and his wife brought me back up and I was stoked to make the shows. It meant however after a long week of unblinking mental focus I was ready to relax into the weekend. Friday was the perfect warmup for this show!! The second night was where it was at. Truly, I felt a part of the magnificence that 1977 delivers. Thank you band and crew!! After the confinement of the Louisville rows of seating, the Salvage Station was a blessed and welcomed change. I had the freedom to unfurl my wings. Food trucks lined the riverside and I munched through a taco before the elements or the start of music could persuade me otherwise. Oh man! HSF!! I literally was munching the last bite down and dancing in the eaves. The band was hitting all cylinders as powerfully as they ever have. The transition got funky and It was musically dense. Minglewood roared as Eaton commanded the lyrics. Tennessee Jed, Cassidy and TLEO were tops! My dog Jed Clampett reminds me of the loveliness of home, a Grateful Dead family home of my early years. My early GD family formed much of who and what I think today; where I had high hopes they would be there, circumstance of their elderly parents kept them away. The death and birth of Cassidy on the heels of summer's close. The sycamore trees have started looking a little browner than green. TLEO was much enjoyed and I took in Loser from the edge and Jeff sweetly delivered the hopes of one looking for a break, one more chance. So then as MNS erupted, these older ladies danced so gleefully. It was why I was called to the edge- to watch their merriment was everything. High stepping, the whole place erupted and it was a groovy get down. The second set continued to sound musically dense to me. All the members were showing what excellent musicians they are. Jeff sang with such heart. Sugaree was dynamic. Jeff wielded the guitar powerfully and the drums... so good. Eaton owned Estimated like he does. Lisa singing on Estimated beautifully delicate and lovely. Barraco's hands moved so fast, as he literally was bouncing off the keys, I watched them blur out. Otherwise, Barraco simply ripped up the 88s and laid them back down again. Skip dropped bass bombs all night. The dancing stage right was everything I want for when I see DSO in Asheville with the dance troupe from Philly. I don't think I stayed still enough to catch a virus, but my Birkenstocks stretched a half inch lol ( didn't get the chance to change shoes preshow) and my feet looked darkened as a week's worth of sun from the dust until I washed them; I gasped with disbelief. I'm still sore haha but it is a sweet soreness and tiredness. It was wonderful to see all my friends I've met and grown to know over these years. 8 now! I love you all dearly. Words fall short to describe this show and fail to express what you all mean to me. love you!! mean it!!