tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post3141614144056446631..comments2024-03-17T11:10:04.872-07:00Comments on Grateful Dead Guide: The Mystery of 6/19/68Light Into Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-23199229930468482262024-02-23T02:32:20.973-08:002024-02-23T02:32:20.973-08:00I'd like to talk about this with you. How do I...I'd like to talk about this with you. How do I get in touch?Ritchie Yorkenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-16788637302006062502023-06-25T14:13:26.981-07:002023-06-25T14:13:26.981-07:00The Celestial Synapse happened much as described i...The Celestial Synapse happened much as described in Rolling Stone magazine. I was there. I dropped acid in '66, dropped out of Hastings Law School in '67 and, in '69, was living on Haight Street That night, almost everyone was on acid. One person (not on acid) used the word, pagan, to describe it, an understandable description upon seeing thousands of hippies, many naked, body Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-84650139668772953782021-11-11T17:37:04.448-08:002021-11-11T17:37:04.448-08:00I was at the Synapse Dance and I don't remembe...I was at the Synapse Dance and I don't remember any nudes on stage at all. Maybe I left before this went down. I was invited to take a bus ride to Harbinger Hot Springs with a bunch of very high people.60sKidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16450172395475057253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-32052951847033269982021-07-27T19:38:41.000-07:002021-07-27T19:38:41.000-07:00Little Andre was named on the poster too, headlini...Little Andre was named on the poster too, headlining the "Soul Scene." <br />This was the Dead's last show at the Carousel. It's too bad any tapes have gone astray! Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-36312293471572286542021-07-27T13:38:36.501-07:002021-07-27T13:38:36.501-07:00My first Dead show was the actual 6-19-68 event, t...My first Dead show was the actual 6-19-68 event, the Black Man's Free Store benefit. The best music of the evening was in the last entry in the talent show for kids from the Black community. Little Andre (only 13 years old!), about four feet tall and wearing what looked like a Nudie suit, covered James Brown's "Cold Sweat". Which meant that after the first verse he grunted aboutChuck Karishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04924187320568607731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-12503309002966604432018-11-15T13:04:38.474-08:002018-11-15T13:04:38.474-08:00Very nice account and photos! It's said the sh...Very nice account and photos! It's said the show ended with We Bid You Goodnight. Too bad the first part of the show is missing on tape... <br /><br />It's funny that this photographer decided not to capture any of the "naked people festooning the stage" (who featured prominently in the press coverage of this event).Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-83247900254428347882018-11-15T08:02:36.067-08:002018-11-15T08:02:36.067-08:00Thanks for the link, wonderful stuff. The Synapse ...Thanks for the link, wonderful stuff. The Synapse photos are images 22 to 27 on the bottom link<br /><br />https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/xv396rr4464<br /><br />Image 2 is of a band with horns which might be the same event. Golden Toad are in image 23.runonguinnessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-70955783287113267592018-11-14T22:24:02.485-08:002018-11-14T22:24:02.485-08:00An illuminating first hand account from Sat Santok...An illuminating first hand account from Sat Santokh Singh Khalsa, then known as Bert Kanegson that I hadn't come across previously:<br /><br />http://library.stanford.edu/blogs/special-collections-unbound/2017/12/grateful-dead-bob-fitch-contact-sheets<br /><br />Supposedly there's images in the archive of Bob Fitch's photographs on Stanfords site, but I couldn't find them easily.timothy.g.andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04919047038045661377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-31477210969798298422017-06-18T05:23:32.693-07:002017-06-18T05:23:32.693-07:00Just discovered this show last night.. it's st...Just discovered this show last night.. it's still mislabeled (according to your research) as 68 on archive. For some strange reason I find myself disappointed that it isn't from 68.. anyway I can mostly do without the brain-fry hippie weirdness of the "chanting" section but the 2nd half is absolutely wonderful. Thanks for all the new knowledge!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09887920161530828712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-48179329268072259492016-01-04T21:30:22.557-08:002016-01-04T21:30:22.557-08:00Garcia briefly recalls this show in the new interv...Garcia briefly recalls this show in the new interview book Jerry on Jerry - he calls it a "disaster" similar to the June '69 Fillmore West dosing: <br />"The one they called the Celestial Synapse, the one that Don [Hamrick] guy put together where everybody got a card with an STP tablet in it...the invitations included an STP tab. [Mountain Girl: "Oh God. Ugh!"] That Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-10264214305529049082013-05-23T16:56:33.958-07:002013-05-23T16:56:33.958-07:00Don McCoy, who appears on this tape, had a commune...Don McCoy, who appears on this tape, had a commune at Olompali. His daughter wrote me about a project she's working on: <br /><br />I wanted to make you aware of a new documentary we're producing about Rancho Olompali, where the Dead lived for a short time during 1966. The film is about the history of Olompali and will focus primarily on my late father, Don McCoy, who started a commune Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-38827764480916729672013-03-12T18:45:23.330-07:002013-03-12T18:45:23.330-07:00Curious. Where is the info that "hubby"...Curious. Where is the info that "hubby" had worked with the CIA and mind control, that HARBINGER COMMUNE was an experiment conceived by the CIA under "OPERATION CHAOS" using a prolific amount of drugs provided by them to the commune and HAMRICK was at the center of their OPERATION? Hubby abandoned his 4 children to be raised by his ex with NO support ever from him (HAMRICK) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-91381962354032318742011-02-02T13:01:38.334-08:002011-02-02T13:01:38.334-08:00Thanks for posting - I had seen that, but decided ...Thanks for posting - I had seen that, but decided not to use it since there's only the briefest mention of the Dead (and, personally, I'm not too interested in these people or their Harbinger organization!)... <br /><br />It's a shame comments can only be so long - that's been a stumbling-block for me at times!<br /><br />And, as an aside to everyone - I'm sorry it's been Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-82984544127564244862011-02-02T12:41:04.686-08:002011-02-02T12:41:04.686-08:00here is the ending of that...
I-) ihor
--------...here is the ending of that...<br /><br />I-) ihor<br /><br />----------<br /><br />http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=370<br /><br />My husband is 74 years young now, (I’m almost 50). He’s still the loving and loveable hip hippie he ever was. He took people off of drugs and turned them on to meditation. He gave them back the control over their own nervous systems. As Jack Nicholson, the actor, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-72072181920295918922011-02-02T12:39:40.028-08:002011-02-02T12:39:40.028-08:00not sure if you saw /read this comment?
> Yo...not sure if you saw /read this comment?<br /><br /><br /><br />> Your HTML cannot be accepted: Must be at <br />> most 4,096 characters<br /><br />okay, okay, so i send it in two parts...<br /><br />I-) ihor<br /><br />----------<br /><br />http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=370<br /><br />#<br /><br />Hi, thank you so much, Eric and Roio.<br /><br />We so appreciate being able to download and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-25960505529563288452011-01-25T01:32:13.119-08:002011-01-25T01:32:13.119-08:00I really enjoy reading this stuff. Thanks for all ...I really enjoy reading this stuff. Thanks for all you do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-77979593978963628682011-01-19T12:45:59.012-08:002011-01-19T12:45:59.012-08:00I believe deadlists.com has the correct setlists f...I believe deadlists.com has the correct setlists for 6-24-70. <br /><br />There is a very good chance of "the full LiA treatment" of this show here at some point, considering I'm going through 1970 month-by-month. Sharp-eyed readers will notice I haven't gone past April '70 yet, and that was many months ago... There's a giant hurdle in the form of May '70, with Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-69547619426074870222011-01-19T09:27:16.734-08:002011-01-19T09:27:16.734-08:00LiA, I have a favor, which is a question. What was...LiA, I have a favor, which is a question. What was the exact song order for GD& NRPS on 6-24-70? <br />Here is a thread at DHook,<br />http://www.deadhookforums.com/showthread.php?t=25822<br /><br />Any chance of the full LiA treatment of this show here @ GDG? Thank-you, SeanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-53311707586544258382011-01-10T18:31:01.535-08:002011-01-10T18:31:01.535-08:00Hi LiA. I haven't had a chance to say Happy Ne...Hi LiA. I haven't had a chance to say Happy New Year.to you. Here's to peace and prosperity in '11 for you. I would like to thank-you for sharing the work that you do with us. I have learned a lot. The VU thread got me the most excited last year, but many others also informed and enlightened.<br />And Garcia picking off the recalcitrant dheads was priceless. Thanks again, Sean (Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-75036756127433343062011-01-04T09:34:36.045-08:002011-01-04T09:34:36.045-08:00Fabulous post. How nice to have a date for one of ...Fabulous post. How nice to have a date for one of these shows pinned down definitively by correlation between the tape and a detailed press review. Your research prompted me to dig out this show for a fresh listen, and it is indeed a wild ride. Even during the Dead's experimental period, it seems rare for them to abandon the safety nets of songs and vocals as thoroughly as they did for "cryptdevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944617292210813801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-37000617626698967682011-01-01T15:09:29.621-08:002011-01-01T15:09:29.621-08:00Collector Mike Dolgushkin was the first guy I know...Collector Mike Dolgushkin was the first guy I know of to suggest the re-dating. (His notes are on setlists.net for 2/19/69.) I simply followed his lead. <br />Actually it's kind of embarrassing for me not to have caught on for so long that this couldn't be a mid-'68 show (just musically, even disregarding the RS article)...but then, I haven't listened to it in a long time!<br /><Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-62151454733796671332011-01-01T12:30:38.335-08:002011-01-01T12:30:38.335-08:00wonderful commentary and insight. love that you s...wonderful commentary and insight. love that you share this breathe of knowledge in untangling the past.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-28654402920414984302011-01-01T11:11:46.243-08:002011-01-01T11:11:46.243-08:00I have been one of those very conservative collect...I have been one of those very conservative collectors on this. Garcia's sit-in with High Country at the Matrix, which is characteristically dated 2/19/69, is an important piece of the puzzle I am working with. So I was conservative on re-listing "6/19/68" as 2/19/69 ... just reluctant to tinker with something I know so well!<br /><br />There is one other thing that seems to have Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-48362679461154183572011-01-01T09:08:35.474-08:002011-01-01T09:08:35.474-08:00This is fantastic research, just an amazing job. I...This is fantastic research, just an amazing job. I had always found the June 19 '68 date for that setlist kind of questionable, but your ability to pin the tape down to a specific date is tremendous.<br /><br />Now, to work on who the guests might have been...Corry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.com