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“There Is NOTHING like a Grateful Dead concert!” The Lockn’ Festival might be happening this weekend, but we will continue the festival Monday night. Two single-set Phil & Friends events at Lockn’ Festivals, both happening to be on August 27ths. The first with The Infamous Stringdusters, and the second with MOE. Two superb audience recordings. […]

Well life has got in the way of getting to Muddy Roots Music Festival. This is the first one we have missed in 8 years and I am wicked bummed. Upside , added some whiskey and you get two hours of real alternative country music this week. Not all sad sack music but there is […]

  In the midst of controversy surrounding the usage of North Sarasota Library as an early voting location in Newtown, a “Souls to the Polls” event seeks to increase the turnout of African-American voters in Sarasota county. Florida Gubernatorial candidate, Andrew Gillum, arrives to Newtown as part of his “Bring it Home” Bus Tour around […]

Last week, the President upset with criticism of him and his administration revoked the security clearances of former CIA director John Brennan. Other former or retired intelligence officers and military officials protested the President’s capricious  and self-serving move. There are reasons why a former director of the CIA would still need to be kept in […]

“There Is NOTHING like a Grateful Dead concert!” Grateful Dead – Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA August 20, 1983 (FOB)Sony ECM-220T > AUDMC(Sony TC-D5M/Fuji Metal Tape/Dolby B) Transfer Info: Cassette Master (Nakamichi DR-1/Dolby B) > Sound Devices 744T (24bit/96k) All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller Thanks to Rango Keshavan for lending me […]

Last Sunday’s Unite the Right commemorative rally in Washington DC was an epic fail for them and great victory for tolerance and peace everywhere. Lecia Brooks (above), Outreach Director at The  Southern Poverty Law Center  will join Steve and Lew this week to unpack the significance of that event. Does the weak attendance (fewer than […]

First hour going to air out some new to me music I recently acquired . Second hour will be featuring some of the artists playing Muddy Roots Music Festive this year. Things that turn my cranks this week. Burlesque and Jazz this Saturday $10 buck show! Test and tune on Thurdays The Supersuckers are coming […]

“There Is NOTHING like a Grateful Dead concert!” Grateful Dead McNichols Sports Arena,Denver, CO August 13, 1979 Matrix by Hunter Seamons SBD (shnid=119999): Set 1: SBD -> Cassette Master -> Dat (48k) Set 2: SBD -> Reel Master -> Reel -> Dat (48k) All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller AUD (shnid=33583): Master Audience Cassette; […]

The photo above is from the Manatee-Sarasota Sierra Club website and depicts an idyllic setting of what much of Florida could still look like in 2050. However, as county officials continue to bend the restrictions of the long-term master plan know as 2050 plan to accommodate every Pat, Carlos, and Nathan developer, the more likely […]