I've finished listening through Box of Rain. What a neat performance. I was lucky enough to hear the very first, 10/9/72, some two years after the album got released, Donna Jean sang backups, just like with the studio version of Unbroken Chain. That tune did not get performed live till March '95, it was performed at the last show i saw, …
I've finished listening through Box of Rain. What a neat performance. I was lucky enough to hear the very first, 10/9/72, some two years after the album got released, Donna Jean sang backups, just like with the studio version of Unbroken Chain. That tune did not get performed live till March '95, it was performed at the last show i saw, 6/4/95, and at the very last Dead show, 7/9/95. The lyrics were by Bobby Peterson, who also wrote Pride of Cucamonga (also on the "Mars Hotel" album, never performed live by the Dead) and New Potato Caboose, on Anthem of the Sun, performed a bunch of times between '67 and '69, sang by Bob. Phil wrote several tunes which were performed which he did not sing lead on, including Clementine (a rare Jerry-sang tune), The Eleven (he sang backup) and Passenger (on Terrapin Station, sang by Bob). He also wrote and sang lead on a couple of tunes introduced in '94, If the Shoe Fits and Childhood's End, and a '92 tune Wave to the Wind. All throwaways, he was to say later on.
In a case of either serendipity or synchonicity (or both?), i wrote a segment in my Newsletter of today about the election, coming to the same conclusions as you, but before i heard anhy of this program! We must be feeling/sensing the same thing.
"Department of Defense directive from late September should be highly concerning. I see a distinct possibility that the post-election situation will bring massive civil unrest by the reaction of the supporters of the defeated candidate, and this could be used to legitimate a military takeover and the imposition of a “coalition government” which will be tasked with tackling mounting problems such as a possible regional war in SW Asia, economic collapse and a feigned health crisis via public-private partnerships, digital IDs and massive social coercion.
Note page three, subsection (2) which enables military forces to act in concert with civiilan law enforcement, and subsection 3, 3, (2.c) which includes the use of lethal force within our national borders if deemed necessary by the Secretary of Defense.
In its entirely this document authorizes the Military to use lethal force against civilians.
DOD INTELLIGENCE AND INTELLIGENCE-RELATED ACTIVITIES AND DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE COMPONENT ASSISTANCE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND OTHER CIVIL AUTHORITIES
And thanks a LOT for the Peter SHipley tribute. Hope he's sleeping in the stars.
Are we to believe that LGBTQish, feministicish, CRTish do-gooders are plausibly going to be accused of "civil unrest"? If they want anyone to believe it, they have to put in Harris and blame the riot on another guy in a Viking hat.
Pete was great. Master media tactician who taught me a lot of the basic rules of the game and how to work the press ecosystem. I could go on and on with the projects we did, some of which now need to be classified due to the prevailing political climate but let's just say we went after Pubs and Dems with equal disregard for the party line.
One that I can talk about is that he was the numbers guy on the Jean LaMarre story that hit big in the NY papers — CUNY's High Roller, the $400+G student budget that went to limos and banquets.
I would not have been nearly as confident going to press with that one had he not dug through a mountain of invoices and requisition forms etc splayed out on the table with his calculator...and said yep this is really happening...and we trusted our source down in the city...two sources really (CCNY Day Student Government, and Meridian at Lehman, which was our city desk and tried to do the story months earlier but it got no traction).
But internally we had the paperwork and confirmed the numbers and the without that there would not have been a story. He pretty much lived at the SLNS house with us that week.
It was really a musical collaboration where we were pretty much always in tune. And before I got up here, the ONE thing Peter was missing was someone who could actually get his stories into the press, someone who took him totally seriously and would help him develop them into coherent writing — so it was great fun to have that role in his life. Then once the ball was in play, he was brilliant at keeping the story going.
Some of his tactics and strategies still work in the Substack environment — the Poornima Wagh story is a good example of that. I wish he could have read that one, he would have laughed his ass off and taken me out to dinner.
Regarding your first para. Many people will believe anything, especially if they get texted it. They can always claim "Stonewall Riot" or "Dan White Night Riot" precedents.
hahaha Stonewall! I tell the LGBTQs in my neighborhood I am glad they were not in charge of the movement that night. We needed some real men in dresses to throw chairs. And you're right — whenever my SMS goes off I say, wow that must be true! ugh
I've finished listening through Box of Rain. What a neat performance. I was lucky enough to hear the very first, 10/9/72, some two years after the album got released, Donna Jean sang backups, just like with the studio version of Unbroken Chain. That tune did not get performed live till March '95, it was performed at the last show i saw, 6/4/95, and at the very last Dead show, 7/9/95. The lyrics were by Bobby Peterson, who also wrote Pride of Cucamonga (also on the "Mars Hotel" album, never performed live by the Dead) and New Potato Caboose, on Anthem of the Sun, performed a bunch of times between '67 and '69, sang by Bob. Phil wrote several tunes which were performed which he did not sing lead on, including Clementine (a rare Jerry-sang tune), The Eleven (he sang backup) and Passenger (on Terrapin Station, sang by Bob). He also wrote and sang lead on a couple of tunes introduced in '94, If the Shoe Fits and Childhood's End, and a '92 tune Wave to the Wind. All throwaways, he was to say later on.
In a case of either serendipity or synchonicity (or both?), i wrote a segment in my Newsletter of today about the election, coming to the same conclusions as you, but before i heard anhy of this program! We must be feeling/sensing the same thing.
"Department of Defense directive from late September should be highly concerning. I see a distinct possibility that the post-election situation will bring massive civil unrest by the reaction of the supporters of the defeated candidate, and this could be used to legitimate a military takeover and the imposition of a “coalition government” which will be tasked with tackling mounting problems such as a possible regional war in SW Asia, economic collapse and a feigned health crisis via public-private partnerships, digital IDs and massive social coercion.
Note page three, subsection (2) which enables military forces to act in concert with civiilan law enforcement, and subsection 3, 3, (2.c) which includes the use of lethal force within our national borders if deemed necessary by the Secretary of Defense.
In its entirely this document authorizes the Military to use lethal force against civilians.
https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodd/524001p.pdf?ver=2019-03-22-081833-130
DOD DIRECTIVE 5240.01
DOD INTELLIGENCE AND INTELLIGENCE-RELATED ACTIVITIES AND DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE COMPONENT ASSISTANCE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND OTHER CIVIL AUTHORITIES
And thanks a LOT for the Peter SHipley tribute. Hope he's sleeping in the stars.
Are we to believe that LGBTQish, feministicish, CRTish do-gooders are plausibly going to be accused of "civil unrest"? If they want anyone to believe it, they have to put in Harris and blame the riot on another guy in a Viking hat.
Pete was great. Master media tactician who taught me a lot of the basic rules of the game and how to work the press ecosystem. I could go on and on with the projects we did, some of which now need to be classified due to the prevailing political climate but let's just say we went after Pubs and Dems with equal disregard for the party line.
One that I can talk about is that he was the numbers guy on the Jean LaMarre story that hit big in the NY papers — CUNY's High Roller, the $400+G student budget that went to limos and banquets.
I would not have been nearly as confident going to press with that one had he not dug through a mountain of invoices and requisition forms etc splayed out on the table with his calculator...and said yep this is really happening...and we trusted our source down in the city...two sources really (CCNY Day Student Government, and Meridian at Lehman, which was our city desk and tried to do the story months earlier but it got no traction).
But internally we had the paperwork and confirmed the numbers and the without that there would not have been a story. He pretty much lived at the SLNS house with us that week.
It was really a musical collaboration where we were pretty much always in tune. And before I got up here, the ONE thing Peter was missing was someone who could actually get his stories into the press, someone who took him totally seriously and would help him develop them into coherent writing — so it was great fun to have that role in his life. Then once the ball was in play, he was brilliant at keeping the story going.
Some of his tactics and strategies still work in the Substack environment — the Poornima Wagh story is a good example of that. I wish he could have read that one, he would have laughed his ass off and taken me out to dinner.
Regarding your first para. Many people will believe anything, especially if they get texted it. They can always claim "Stonewall Riot" or "Dan White Night Riot" precedents.
hahaha Stonewall! I tell the LGBTQs in my neighborhood I am glad they were not in charge of the movement that night. We needed some real men in dresses to throw chairs. And you're right — whenever my SMS goes off I say, wow that must be true! ugh
And there's also BLM, available 24/7 to start something once the text gets sent.