Setlist 5/19-20/05

Well, folks, I am in the process of working out the last few major kinks in my thesis, so my setlist commentary won't last too long. Suffice it to say that I enjoyed playing a load of new material I had just picked up recently. I hope you enjoyed it too.

Oh and did you hear that Phil's coming to Austin...oh yeah, I told ya that already.

Another thing: I'm filling in for Leann this Thursday, so get strapped in for 5 hours of quality tunage featuring Phil & Friends 5/13/05. That's right folks, I have the newest P&F show and I'm gonna share it with you, thousands...ok...hundreds...ok...tens of my closest friends out there in radioland!

Anyway, here's what you heard last week...


New Setlist + New Shows + Lewis Black = Fun Show!

Setlist 5/19-20/05

Artist - Song (Interview) - Album or Show

Jerry Garcia - What is a hippie? - Acid Test Reels
Galactic - The Beast - Ruckus
String Cheese Incident - Got What He Wanted - Tucson, AZ 1/31/2000
Particle - Make It Real - Denver, CO 9/6/02
Phish - Col. Forbin's Ascent>Shine>The Famous Mockingbird - Madison Square Garden, NYC 12/31/95
Mofro - War Goin' ON! - Boulder, CO 2/24/05
Widespread Panic - Life During Wartime - Madison Square Garden, NYC 10/31/03
Lewis Black - Super Bowl Redux, MTV, Halftime '04 - Luther Burbank Performing Arts Center Blues
Frank Zappa - Dupree's Paradise - Detroit, MI 11/19/76
Phil & Friends - Dupree's Diamond Blues - San Francisco, CA 5/13/05
Keller Williams - Jam>Bounty Hunter>Midnight Rider>Bounty Hunter>Aboration - Lawrence, KS 3/1/05
Frank Zappa - Stankfoot! - Detroit, MI 11/19/76
George Clinton & The P-Funk All-Stars - Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis>Maggot Brain - Myrtle Beach, SC 6/14/01
Hydra - We Are The Planet>Milestones>We Are The Planet - Milwalkee, WI 4/15/05
Grateful Dead - We Bid You Goodnight - Nightfall of Diamonds

Dead Theatre?

Check this out. A Grateful Dead play!

In other Grateful Dead news. Phil Lesh is coming to Austin to sign copies of his new book on June 10th.

Here's a link to the event.

Setlist 5/12-13/05

Well, the chaos that is my life has slowed down just enough that I won't be going out of my mind for a while. I finish editing my thesis next week, defend it the Thursday after that, and move on to the next big research gig.

So what's up for tonight you ask? Plenty. I've been cleaning out my hard drives and burning shows, so I have a load of new material to bring you tonight.

Anyway, onto last week's setlist which I haven't had the chance to get on the blog until just now...four and a half hours before the show.


Last Week's Setlist

Artist - Song (Interview) - Album (Show)

Jerry Garcia - What is a hippie? - Acid Test Reels
Galactic - The Beast - Ruckus
Grateful Dead - Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World - St. Louis, MO 5/15/77
Frank Zappa - Black Napkins - Detriot, MI 11/19/76
Grateful Dead - Never Trust A Woman - Nightfall of Diamonds
Robin Williams - Reality, What A Concept - Unknown Venue, 1979?
Hydra - Creature of Comfort - Denver, CO 4/12/05
Phish - Stash - Oxford, MS 10/13/94
The Peach Truck Republic - Laurel & Oleander - Barnboard Blonde
Moses Guest - De Jam > Stealin' - Moses Guest
Afroskull - Layers - Monster For The Masses
North Mississippi All Stars - Down In Mississippi - Hill Country Review (Bonnaroo 2004)
Tea Leaf Green - Country Seduction - Vail, CO 7/9/04
Bob Dylan - Black Cross - Gaslight Cafe, October, 1962
Robert Randolph & The Family Band - Calypso - Bonnaroo 2002
Umphrey's McGee - Miss Tinkle's Overture - Anchor Drops
Gov't Mule - Greasy Granny's Gopher Gravy Parts 1 & 2 - The Deep End Vol. 2
Grateful Dead - We Bid You Goodnight - Nightfall of Diamonds

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See ya in a little bit...

Real ID Bill passes through Senate

Well, you can go ahead and sign away a little more of your freedom. Yesterday, the Senate voted for a military spending bill which had a steaming load of christo-fascist crap attached. This legislation, known as the Real ID Act will completely change the way government issued ID's will be handled. States will have to conform to a federally mandated administration of ID's and Driver's Licenses which includes not allowing immigrants to get a driver's license even if they show technical proficiency behind the wheel. This is the bill of goods that was sold to the American public...Lock, stock, and barrel.

What supporters of the Real ID Act don't tell you is that it will require that all personal information from state databases be turned over to a central federal database. Putting citizen's personal information into one central database creates a system in which identity thieves could know more about you than even you know! For them to do so, they would only need to hack into one database instead of several as they have to do today. Gee, thanks, Republican-controlled federal government, once I lose all social security money in the stock market from this privitization scheme, I get to lose my identity to some 80 year old Joe Schmoe that wants to run up a huge bill on my credit cards so he can pay for his medicine because your irresponsible handling of that in which this country put it's trust, your judgment in governance.

Yeah, good going, chief. For the record, I would like to re-iterate that I voted against this regime in 2004 for some of these very reasons. For me to say I told you so would be like hitting a guy with glasses, but I DID tell you so.

Setlist 5/5&6/05

What a hell of a week last week. The flows of the universe know I'm glad that's all taken care of. I had one hell of a relaxing weekend. Now I only have one collaborative paper left and the semester is over. Leaving me with the task I've been wanting to complete all along, my thesis and the M.S. degree so I can say I've reached that milestone, and I'm ready to get deeper into the research. Finish that in June, then get the degree in August.

Now that a lot of obstacles have been cleared, it seems that the news has been flying right by me...(Insert Chef's voice here)bad stuff's goin' down, children.(Close Chef's voice here). We'll get caught up this week, and who knows, I might be playing some get out of town songs.


Last Week's Setlist...

Artist - Song (Interview) - Album (Show)

Jerry Garcia - What is a hippie? - Acid Test Reels
Galactic - The Beast - Ruckus
Jerry Garcia - Jerry's philosophy on taping shows - Interview Minneapolis, MN 7/10/81
Hydra - Lumineferous Ether - Chicago, IL 4/16/05
Phish - Timber Ho! - Memphis, TN 11/18/96
Little Feat - Cold, Cold, Cold>Dixie Chicken>Tripe Face Boogie - Boston, MA 10/31/75
Acoustic Syndicate - Pumpkin & Daisy - Charolettesville, VA 2/22/03
Jerry Garcia - Most of an Interview from Minneapolis, MN 7/10/81
George Clinton & The P-Funk All Stars - Mothership Connection - Philiadelphia, PA 8/30/93
Gov't Mule - Banks of The Deep End - The Deepest End
Keller Williams - Dogs - Home
Robert Randolph & The Family Band - Voodoo Chile - Montreal, Quebec 11/18/03
Allman Brothers Band - Instrumental Illness - Hittin' The Note
Widespread Panic - Chilly Water>Imitation Leather Shoes>Chilly Water - New York City 10/31/03
Grateful Dead - We Bid You Goodnight - Nightfall of Diamonds

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See ya later...

Grocery Store Wars!

You dorks getting ready for Episode 3? Yeah me too, but put down those Doritos and that Mountain Dew and let me show you this funny little video I was just turned on to. Now I'm passing it along to you.

Found this in an e-mail today...

I know, there's always that one person that sends you corny e-mail jokes that aren't particularly funny, but I got this one from the Brazos Democrats mailing list. I would just like to confess that I'm a think-aholic.

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HEAVY THINKING

It started out innocently enough: I began to think at parties now and then -- to loosen up. Inevitably, though, one thought led to another, and soon I was more than just a social thinker. I began to think alone --"to relax," I told myself--but I knew it wasn't true. Thinking became more and more important to me, and finally I was thinking all the time. I began to think on the job. I knew that thinking and employment don't mix, but I couldn't stop myself. I began to avoid friends at lunchtime so I could read Thoreau and Kafka. I would return to the office dizzied and confused, asking, "What is it exactly we are doing here?" Things weren't going so great at home either. One evening I had turned off the TV and asked my husband about the meaning of life. He spent that night at his mother's.

I soon had a reputation as a heavy thinker. One day the boss called me in. He said, "Shirley, I like you, and it hurts me to say this, but your thinking has become a real problem. If you don't stop thinking on the job, you'll have to find another job." This gave me a lot to think about.

I went home early after my conversation with the boss. "Honey," I confessed, "I've been thinking--"

"I know you've been thinking," he said, "and I want a divorce!"

"But honey, surely it's not that serious." "It is serious," he said, lower lip aquiver. "You think as much as college professors, and college professors don't make any money, so if you keep on thinking, we won't have any money!"

"That's a faulty syllogism," I said impatiently, and he began to cry. I'd had enough. "I'm going to the library," I snarled as I stomped out the door. I headed for the library, in the mood for some Nietzsche, with NPR on the radio. I roared into the parking lot and ran up to the big glass doors. They didn't open. The library was closed. To this day, I believe that a Higher Power was looking out for me that night. As I sank to the ground, clawing at the unfeeling glass, whimpering Zarathustra, a poster caught my eye. "Friend, is heavy thinking ruining your life?" it asked. You probably recognize that line. It comes from the standard Thinker's Anonymous poster. Which is why I am what I am today: a recovering thinker.

I never miss a TA meeting. At each meeting, we watch a noneducational video; last week it was "Dumb and Dumber." Then we share an experience about how we avoided thinking since the last meeting. I still have my job, and things are a lot better at home. Life just seemed...easier, somehow, as soon as I stopped thinking.

Soon, I will be able to vote Republican.

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Real eyes, realize, real lies.

Setlist Catchup...

Man, yet another hell of a week, and a recycled excuse for why I haven't gotten the setlists up until this late in the week. I'll be a miracle worker if I can pull some of this stuff off the way I want to. A true-to-form Josephus Jones. Ok, well I guess it's not gonna be anything like that, and I should just really calm down. Don't know what's making me so damn hyper-aware. It's like I'm a little jumpier nowadays than I usually try to be. Maybe it's just a sign that my mind needs a nice, long, and relaxing break.

Anyway, here's the setlists for last Loose Logic Set and last Sunday's Sunday Morning Sidewalk.



4/28-29/05 setlist part 1. Note to self, never use green ink again!

Artist - Song (Interview) - Album (Show)

Jerry Garcia - What is a hippie? - Acid Test Reels
Galactic - The Beast - Ruckus
Phish - Lizards - W. Palm Beach, FL 11/2/96
Hydra - Ed & Molly - Chicago, IL 4/16/05
Moe. - Planecrash - Camden, NJ 12/31/03
Mitch Hedberg - Koalas, Highlight, You Were Good, Shaving Too, Minibar, Beret & Pancakes - Strategic Grill Locations
Mofro - Lochloosa - Tampa, FL 11/7/03
Sound Tribe Sector 9 - What is love? - Bonnaroo 2003
Gov't Mule - Effigy>Folsom Prison Blues>Effigy - New York City 12/30/03
John Travolta & Samuel L. Jackson - Royale With Cheese - Pulp Fiction Soundtrack



4/28-29/05 Setlist Part 2...again no more green ink.

Phil & Friends - Passenger>Patchwork Quilt - San Francisco, CA 9/27/03
Trey Anastasio Band - Alive Again - Austin City Limits Music Fest, 2004
Afroskull - Zero Hour - Syracuse, NY 10/4/03
R.E.M. - Driver 8 - Vancouver, BC 7/13/85
Stockholm Syndrome - Empire One - Holy Happy Hour
Umphrey's McGee - JaJunk Pt. 1>13 Days>JaJunk pt. 2 - Anchor Drops
Grateful Dead - We Bid You Goodnight - Nightfall of Diamonds



Sunday Morning Sidewalk 5/1/05: Sunday With Bob Dylan

Special Thanks go out to the Philzone freaks that made most of this show possible. Kook, Brick, Hans, thanks so much for sharing of your Bob Dylan collections.

Bob Dylan - Mr. Tambourine Man - New Orleans, LA 5/3/76
- Subterranian Homesick Blues - Jones Beach, NY 6/30/88
- A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall - New York City, NY 10/??/62
- Visions of Johannah - London, UK 5/27/66
- Maggie's Farm
- Mozambique - New Orleans, LA 5/3/76
- Tangled Up In Blue
- Masters of War - Jones Beach, NY 6/30/88
- Motherless Children - New York City, NY 10/??/62
Bob Dylan & The Grateful Dead - Joey
- All Along The Watchtower
- Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Dylan & The Dead
Bob Dylan & The Band - The Weight - Before The Flood
Bob Dylan & Joan Baez - I Pity The Poor Imigrant - New Orleans, LA 5/3/76
Bob Dylan - Shelter From The Storm
- Stuck Inside of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again - New Orleans, LA 5/3/76
- No More Auction Block For Me - New York City, NY 10/??/76
- The Times They Are A'Changin' - Jones Beach, NY 6/30/88

See ya tomorrow night...