Showing posts with label grateful dead. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grateful dead. Show all posts

Thursday, July 3, 2008

soundtracking: Alligator

"Sleepy Alligator In The Noon Day Sun"
Aimless walks through the neighborhood are sort of my specialty. I never know where I'm going or why, or what I'm doing, but regardless, I go and I explore and I get lost. Two days ago I did just that and wound up half conscious in McCarren park, laying under an old oak tree while one woman experimented with doing sit ups on a high wire and another young lady roamed around on stilts. The eleven minute "Alligator" from Anthem of the Sun couldn't have been a more perfect soundtrack.

Grateful Dead- Alligator

Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Grateful Dead - Cornell 77

"Once in a while you get shown the light..."
Neon Jerry

30 years ago today, the Grateful Dead rolled into Ithaca, NY and played a show at Cornell University's Barton Hall. The cause of what transpired that night remains up for debate (Bear's finest batch?), but the outcome is certain: the magnum opus of the band's illustrious career.

The mayor of Ithaca has declared today "Grateful Dead Day" in recognition of the "transcendent" performance. Check out the tracks below to get an idea of what went down on that extraordinary night all those years ago.

Scarlet > Fire

Morning Dew