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“It is said that, if you lined up all those who have ever been to a Grateful Dead concert head-to-toe, the line would stretch around the moon, and about halfway back. And nobody would complain!” Grateful Dead Omaha Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE October 21, 1973 SBD > Rm > ? -> Dat > Sound Forge […]

This Wednesday we’ll talk in the studio to Bruce Rodgers, Executive Director of the Hermitage Artist Retreat. The Hermitage hosts artists on their Gulf-front Manasota Key campus for “escape-to-create” residencies. Some come to explore and experiment, some are on deadline or working on a commission. The idea is that artists require focused time to produce quality […]

The people spoke loud and clear in the 2018 election when about 65 percent of the Florida electorate instructed the government to reinstate voting rights to about 1.5 million Floridians who had committed a felony and completed their sentences. Amendment 4, as it was named on the ballot, was necessary to correct the egregious injustice […]

This Wednesday, October 16 at 9am we’ll talk to Billy Cox, a reporter for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and a union member. We’ll talk about how our daily newspapers are under siege by their corporate owners which continue to lay off or not replace news gatherers across the country. A proposed merger between Sarasota Herald-Tribune owner […]

“It is said that, if you lined up all those who have ever been to a Grateful Dead concert head-to-toe, the line would stretch around the moon, and about halfway back. And nobody would complain!” Grateful Dead Miami Arena, Miami, FL October 14, 1988 REPITCHED VERSION (2/22/04) using Charlie Miller’s original SHN’s SBD -> Cassette […]

While the legalization of marijuana both medical and recreational get the big headlines, perhaps in the long run a more transformative cannabis product will be hemp. The cousin of marijuana has no psychoactive qualities but has been used for everything from making rope to building materials and is easy, and environmentally friendly, to produce. Jeff […]

WSLR and Peace & Justice supporter Roland Levy is celebrating riding 100,000 miles on the Legacy Trail! Roland supports WSLR and three other local nonprofit groups. We’ll talk about them this Wednesday. Roland leads a local group of SOS – Secular Organizations for Sobriety each Wednesday from 6-7 PM at Prospect House at 240 S. Tuttle Avenue […]

“It is said that, if you lined up all those who have ever been to a Grateful Dead concert head-to-toe, the line would stretch around the moon, and about halfway back. And nobody would complain!” Grateful Dead The 50th Spectrum Show, Philadelphia, PA October 7, 1994 DAUD/FOB>Unknown Mics (AKG?)/Deck>DAT@48k>DAT CLONE>SOUND FORGE 4.5a>SHN(seekable) Special Thanks to […]