All Purpose Coronavirus Discussion Part XVIV: We're Goin Off The Rail On A Crazy Monorail

[Yukon Cornelius]

You had to be there, the Dead concerts of the late 1960s/early 1970s were totally mellow, you'd have a lot of freaks running around, but I don't remember a fight or any kind of incident - of course, there was Altamont, but that wasn't a "Dead" crowd.

It wasn't until the late 1970s/1980s when crowds shifted from the Dead Heads who went for the music to the ones who went for the "experience" and the frat boys who went to drink and party ("one in ten thousand that come for the show").

The Rolling Stones Disaster at Altamont: Let It Bleed

That was the source for "New Speedway Boogie"



1969-1974 to me are the peak years, by 1969 they had played enough to be polished (see Live/Dead) and in 1970-1972 their writing took off.
Losing Pigpen took some of the soul out of the band but Keith Godchaux was a much better musician.

When they came back after their hiatus, something was lost, but they were still a fine band through the 1970s, but Lesh's alcoholism and Jerry's heroin addiction gradually wore the band down before they rebounded in the 1989-1991 period.

Europe 1972 and the 2nd Live/Dead albums weren't optimal, the Dick Picks and the other "official bootlegs" from that period are better.

More good stuff, DH!

I knew the background behind New Speedway Boogie. One of my favorite songs, and I often use that lazy shuffle as a warm up whenever I play my drums.

Pigpen was the balls of the band. Keith was a great pianist, but I love that short period when it was just Pig on the Hammond. They played well off each other as well when Keith came on board.

Late 68 through 73 is my favorite era, with a preference for the one-drummer period in there. I thought that when it was just Bill they had more swing and flow. Europe 72 is good, but processed. I prefer the bootlegs of the original shows. Bickershaw might be my favorite out of all of them from that run.

74 had the full wall of sound, but it sounds too compressed to me on recordings, even in the soundboards. By 77 they sounded good, but more machine-like and polished, and they lost some of the swing (in my opinion).

There aren't very many latter era songs that I like. Althea would be one that I really enjoy.

 

[VladDrag]

Golfing now absolutely sucks. Since it's basically the only thing people can get out and do, the courses are packed. We quit yesterday after it took 2 hours and 45 minutes to play the front 9. Got to 10 and there were 3 groups on the hole, a par 3. It's absolutely miserable

That's half the reason I haven't gone yet. I think I'll go when Chester county goes to yellow. I'll do early tee times.

 

[Starat327]

I haven't stopped....is that bad

This is good. We want this.

 

[Curufinwe]

Golfing now absolutely sucks. Since it's basically the only thing people can get out and do, the courses are packed. We quit yesterday after it took 2 hours and 45 minutes to play the front 9. Got to 10 and there were 3 groups on the hole, a par 3. It's absolutely miserable

The golf courses should be limiting the number of people allowed in to avoid situations like that.

 

[Lord Defect]

No politics?
The thread seems to get a warning only when I post some. Come on guys.

 

[Rebels57]

Theres so much happening its hard to even keep up with and im sure whatever is being said right now by Jabba is going to make it worse.

Narrator: "It did."

 

[Rebels57]

 

[Cody Webster]

The golf courses should be limiting the number of people allowed in to avoid situations like that.

It's a public course, gotta make up for the money they missed out on.

To be fair, they do a really good job of keeping social distancing in the clubhouse and on the range

 

[Striiker]

 

[Cody Webster]

That's half the reason I haven't gone yet. I think I'll go when Chester county goes to yellow. I'll do early tee times.

Yeah, it's miserable right now. I had roll over vacation days from last year and took a few mornings off to go out and play early. That was awesome. Got out at 8 and we were done by 11:15. That's how golf should be played.

Heading down the Bulle Rock to play tomorrow. That's a great track

 

[Yukon Cornelius]

That, and the old Burger King dude, are two of the scariest things in the world....even more than clowns.

 

[Embiid]

That, and the old Burger King dude, are two of the scariest things in the world....even more than clowns.

That's Howard Eskin....

 

[Embiid]

No words can do this picture justice.

Sick....

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

That, and the old Burger King dude, are two of the scariest things in the world....even more than clowns.

The NFL Films commercials used to make me crack up though.

 

[Ghosts Beer]

You can’t have lawlessness in the streets. Innocent people being attacked, property being destroyed. There’s no justification for random public violence.

 

[deadhead]

You can’t have lawlessness in the streets. Innocent people being attacked, property being destroyed. There’s no justification for random public violence.

Guess that's the end of parades after championships!

https://www.foxsports.com/mlb/gallery/notable-sports-riots-gallery-040212
7 of History's Most Terrifying Sports Riots
Top 10 Most Insane Sports Riots In History | SportsShow

 

[Chinatown88]

I've been forced to the new Twitter layout. Mother#$#@#$@#%$^&*^%$#@$%^&%$#@!#

 

[Ghosts Beer]

Guess that's the end of parades after championships!

https://www.foxsports.com/mlb/gallery/notable-sports-riots-gallery-040212
7 of History's Most Terrifying Sports Riots
Top 10 Most Insane Sports Riots In History | SportsShow

Attacking random strangers, destroying random property, & stealing should be stopped, punished, & condemned period. You think I support that behavior if it comes after a sporting event? That’s nonsensical.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

What time are we starting to drink?

Yesterday.

 

[Embiid]

Fuglier..

 

[Lord Defect]

The boogaloo is a meme. I’m sure maybe 1% of the people that have seen it think it’s actually real, and want civil break down to happen.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

I really don’t know how anyone can enjoy being on social media right now.

 

[Tripod]

Fuglier..

They need to find those bastards

 

[Striiker]

Hey, remember this post? Can we at least pretend we're following it? The last two pages have been on another level.

Alright, here's my stance on this whole ordeal. If you want to post updates/things that are going on with these protests it's fine but when you go into deeper discussion about the topic at hand that's where i'm drawing the line. This includes Orange Man Bad and Orange Man Good. It doesn't provide any discernible value so let's not go down that road, please. Jojo begs you so that he can get a remodeled bathroom.

It's not allowed by site rules to talk about politics. We've allowed you guys rope this entire time so please don't hang yourselves or maybe do and it'll make my life easier.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

They were robbing Amazon trucks in Mayfair earlier today. I guess in a sense I’m not surprised but why the hell would they even be out there in hot spots of rioting/looting? Not that I really give a shit about Amazon but that’s not fair to their drivers to be put at risk like that.