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What The Hell Happened To The "Terrapin Station" Project?
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aveb...@live.com
Jan 12, 2012, 11:31:15 PM1/12/12
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Didn't the Dead put out that three disc set from the '90 Landover run
in part to fund their effort to create a permanent museum of the
Grateful Dead called "Terrapin Station"????
Did this get frittered away because of a lack of central leadership?
Could we at least get a showing of Garcia's guitars, or maybe Phil's
bassi?
Shit, I'd even go to check out Bobby's pink guitar and his collection
of shirts with the collars cut out of them. ( Cut off jean short-
shorts area for the VIP's ONLY...)
Maybe let Mickey handle this one. He's got to be more senseable than
the endless parade of Garcia's conquest's that are no doubt bickering
over their cut of the gate.
Should all of us that spent the $$ for that three disc set get a
refund if nothing is built within two years?
Class action lawsuit, anyone?
in part to fund their effort to create a permanent museum of the
Grateful Dead called "Terrapin Station"????
Did this get frittered away because of a lack of central leadership?
Could we at least get a showing of Garcia's guitars, or maybe Phil's
bassi?
Shit, I'd even go to check out Bobby's pink guitar and his collection
of shirts with the collars cut out of them. ( Cut off jean short-
shorts area for the VIP's ONLY...)
Maybe let Mickey handle this one. He's got to be more senseable than
the endless parade of Garcia's conquest's that are no doubt bickering
over their cut of the gate.
Should all of us that spent the $$ for that three disc set get a
refund if nothing is built within two years?
Class action lawsuit, anyone?
Ed Chapin
Jan 13, 2012, 1:27:45 PM1/13/12
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On Jan 12, 11:31 pm, avebu...@live.com wrote:
> Didn't the Dead put out that three disc set from the '90 Landover run
> in part to fund their effort to create a permanent museum of the
> Grateful Dead called "Terrapin Station"????
The "limited edition" release has yet to sell out 15 (?) years later,
> Didn't the Dead put out that three disc set from the '90 Landover run
> in part to fund their effort to create a permanent museum of the
> Grateful Dead called "Terrapin Station"????
which may be indicative of slow-rolling support within the Deadhead
community. Perhaps some good will still come of it?
I note for the record that the GD did donate a lot of museum-worthy
items to UC Santa Cruz, which are (or will be) available for free
viewing.
Personally, I was always more interested in Weir's Satchel Paige
project. I know that he (& Michael Nash) made earnest inroads into
the project at one point, but it since appears to have been relegated
to the back burner.
Oh, well. It happens. I have a few of those types of projects
myself, speaking of which...
Ed
Andrew
Jan 13, 2012, 2:10:20 PM1/13/12
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then never get around to fini......
3jane.
Jan 13, 2012, 5:36:24 PM1/13/12
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Edwin Hurwitz
Jan 13, 2012, 7:40:39 PM1/13/12
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In article
<761dbac1-b847-40c5...@k28g2000yqc.googlegroups.com>,
Edwin
<761dbac1-b847-40c5...@k28g2000yqc.googlegroups.com>,
Ed Chapin <edcha...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Personally, I was always more interested in Weir's Satchel Paige
> project. I know that he (& Michael Nash) made earnest inroads into
> the project at one point, but it since appears to have been relegated
> to the back burner.
Yeah, what happened there? I was always very curious about that.
> Personally, I was always more interested in Weir's Satchel Paige
> project. I know that he (& Michael Nash) made earnest inroads into
> the project at one point, but it since appears to have been relegated
> to the back burner.
Edwin
Ed Chapin
Jan 16, 2012, 1:10:50 AM1/16/12
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On Jan 13, 2:10 pm, Andrew <amuraw...@gmail.com> wrote:
which I had initially intended to write as election year political
satire. I sketched out an extinct galaxy called "Bolognasus
Pervasus," dominated by an elite and corrupt ruling class who lived in
a bubble at the outer reaches of the galaxy. They were called "The
Bubblicans" and conducted their daily business and exploitation of the
galaxy's working class from an establishment called "The Bubblican
Bologna Bar." The BBB had a high tech antenna-like thing that
attracted all the bologna in the universe, and which provided moral
and ethical sustenance to "The Bubblicans." Yada, yada, yada.
A purely objective assessment of the success of The Great Bologna
Conflict, however, led to the ultimate scrapping of "The Big Bologna
Bang." What can I say? The world just ain't ready for my kinda
brilliance :-)
I think I'll try a Harlequin Romance instead.
Ed
Ed Chapin
Jan 16, 2012, 1:47:45 AM1/16/12
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On Jan 13, 7:40 pm, Edwin Hurwitz <ed...@indra.com> wrote:
> In article
> <761dbac1-b847-40c5-ab6c-6ac677ebd...@k28g2000yqc.googlegroups.com>,
"Q: How did "Satchel" come about?
A: It started off as a song. I was working with a guy named Michael
Nash on "The Ballad of Satchel Paige." And it became clear to us that
there was just a whole lot more than a song here. [Paige] lived an
amazingly colorful life. All this was occurring to me while I was
taking a vacation down in Mexico. I met a screenwriter and I started
to wax prolific, I guess, on the life and times of Satchel Paige. At
one point, I said it would make a great musical. He said, "Well, you
should do that." I just kept on in full rave. And he stopped me two or
three more times, saying, "You should do that." I finally took it to
heart. . . .
Q: I understand that you and Nash traveled around the country
interviewing Paige's old colleagues from the Negro League.
A: Yes--many of whom are no longer with us. The greatest thing about
it was the way these old guys lit up when somebody came along that
wanted to hear their story. They all had a story to tell, and they had
great lives. They were not feeling altogether that slighted, or
whatever, particularly, by Judge Landis' refusal to let blacks play in
the major leagues."
http://articles.latimes.com/1995-11-23/entertainment/ca-6535_1_grateful-dead
From a 1997 Taj Mahal interview:
"..., and he’s just finished a collaboration with Grateful Dead
guitarist Bob Weir on a musical play about the life of baseball great
Leroy Satchel Paige."
http://astroalchemy.com/taj-mahal-monument-to-love/
From a 2000 article exploring "Rockers on Jazz":
The former Grateful Dead singer-guitarist, now the leader of the
improvisation-happy band Ratdog, is completing a musical about African-
American baseball great Satchel Paige. Weir has been working on it for
several years with Grammy Award-winning bluesman Taj Mahal and jazz
sax dynamo David Murray, who sometimes blew a few solos at Grateful
Dead concerts.
“In our writing, Dave, Taj and I are trying to quote a lot of old
greats, like Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington and Louis Jordan;
people from Satchel Paige’s era,” Weir said recently. “Jazz is the
direction in which I’ve been drifting for the last decade or so.
Ratdog is not a jazz band by any means, but we can go there.”
http://jazztimes.com/articles/20518-praise-from-the-rock-rockers-on-jazz
From a 2005 list of Broadway productions and readings:
"Pitchin’ Man, based on Hall of Fame Pitcher Satchel Paige - Michael
Nash (book), Kent Gash (director), Carey Williams (book), Taj Mahal
(blues musician), Bob Weir (musician from the Grateful Dead), and
David Murray (jazz musician)"
http://www.guydads.com/ticketstubs2005.html
Ed
> In article
> <761dbac1-b847-40c5-ab6c-6ac677ebd...@k28g2000yqc.googlegroups.com>,
> Ed Chapin <edchapi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Personally, I was always more interested in Weir's Satchel Paige
> > project. I know that he (& Michael Nash) made earnest inroads into
> > the project at one point, but it since appears to have been relegated
> > to the back burner.
>
> Yeah, what happened there? I was always very curious about that.
>
> Edwin
From a 1995 Bob Weir interview:
>
> > Personally, I was always more interested in Weir's Satchel Paige
> > project. I know that he (& Michael Nash) made earnest inroads into
> > the project at one point, but it since appears to have been relegated
> > to the back burner.
>
> Yeah, what happened there? I was always very curious about that.
>
> Edwin
"Q: How did "Satchel" come about?
A: It started off as a song. I was working with a guy named Michael
Nash on "The Ballad of Satchel Paige." And it became clear to us that
there was just a whole lot more than a song here. [Paige] lived an
amazingly colorful life. All this was occurring to me while I was
taking a vacation down in Mexico. I met a screenwriter and I started
to wax prolific, I guess, on the life and times of Satchel Paige. At
one point, I said it would make a great musical. He said, "Well, you
should do that." I just kept on in full rave. And he stopped me two or
three more times, saying, "You should do that." I finally took it to
heart. . . .
Q: I understand that you and Nash traveled around the country
interviewing Paige's old colleagues from the Negro League.
A: Yes--many of whom are no longer with us. The greatest thing about
it was the way these old guys lit up when somebody came along that
wanted to hear their story. They all had a story to tell, and they had
great lives. They were not feeling altogether that slighted, or
whatever, particularly, by Judge Landis' refusal to let blacks play in
the major leagues."
http://articles.latimes.com/1995-11-23/entertainment/ca-6535_1_grateful-dead
From a 1997 Taj Mahal interview:
"..., and he’s just finished a collaboration with Grateful Dead
guitarist Bob Weir on a musical play about the life of baseball great
Leroy Satchel Paige."
http://astroalchemy.com/taj-mahal-monument-to-love/
From a 2000 article exploring "Rockers on Jazz":
The former Grateful Dead singer-guitarist, now the leader of the
improvisation-happy band Ratdog, is completing a musical about African-
American baseball great Satchel Paige. Weir has been working on it for
several years with Grammy Award-winning bluesman Taj Mahal and jazz
sax dynamo David Murray, who sometimes blew a few solos at Grateful
Dead concerts.
“In our writing, Dave, Taj and I are trying to quote a lot of old
greats, like Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington and Louis Jordan;
people from Satchel Paige’s era,” Weir said recently. “Jazz is the
direction in which I’ve been drifting for the last decade or so.
Ratdog is not a jazz band by any means, but we can go there.”
http://jazztimes.com/articles/20518-praise-from-the-rock-rockers-on-jazz
From a 2005 list of Broadway productions and readings:
"Pitchin’ Man, based on Hall of Fame Pitcher Satchel Paige - Michael
Nash (book), Kent Gash (director), Carey Williams (book), Taj Mahal
(blues musician), Bob Weir (musician from the Grateful Dead), and
David Murray (jazz musician)"
http://www.guydads.com/ticketstubs2005.html
Ed
Randy G
Jan 16, 2012, 11:28:23 AM1/16/12
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>
> - Show quoted text -
Whatever you do, don't quit your day job.
Ed Chapin
Jan 16, 2012, 12:20:04 PM1/16/12
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>
> - Show quoted text -
LOL! Coming from a dyed-in-the-wool conservative apologist such as
> - Show quoted text -
yourself, that might actually be inspiration to finish it :-)
Ed
frndthdevl
Jan 16, 2012, 4:40:08 PM1/16/12
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On Jan 16, 9:20 am, Ed Chapin <edchapi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> LOL! Coming from a dyed-in-the-wool conservative apologist such as
> yourself, that might actually be inspiration to finish it :-)
>
> Ed-
> LOL! Coming from a dyed-in-the-wool conservative apologist such as
> yourself, that might actually be inspiration to finish it :-)
>
As usual, anybody who does not follow the worn out deceptions in the
current day Dem party step for step is seen as one of "them". Perhaps
you should meet Randy in person before you cast such aspersions. You
could have at least called him a tie dyed conservative. And for the
record I have never seen,or heard in person Randy say one of these
Republican bozos would be better than the current Wall Street
oligarch. Back in the 60's the idea that one would never evolve
politcally would be about as believed as pot would be still illegal in
40 years. Certainly wrong about that, as those 2 precepts are both
accepted established dogma for the decoder ring holders. As most here
are living in the past.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsCyC1dZiN8&feature=fvsr
and out of touch with what is happening.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/151943/record-high-americans-identify-independents.aspx
Ed Chapin
Jan 16, 2012, 5:19:51 PM1/16/12
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On Jan 16, 4:40 pm, frndthdevl <frndthd...@aol.com> wrote:
> On Jan 16, 9:20 am, Ed Chapin <edchapi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > LOL! Coming from a dyed-in-the-wool conservative apologist such as
> > yourself, that might actually be inspiration to finish it :-)
>
> > Ed-
>
> As usual, anybody who does not follow the worn out deceptions in the
> current day Dem party step for step is seen as one of "them". Perhaps
> you should meet Randy in person before you cast such aspersions. You
> could have at least called him a tie dyed conservative.
OK, Jeff. I'll grant you that. He's a tie-dyed conservative, and a
> On Jan 16, 9:20 am, Ed Chapin <edchapi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > LOL! Coming from a dyed-in-the-wool conservative apologist such as
> > yourself, that might actually be inspiration to finish it :-)
>
> > Ed-
>
> As usual, anybody who does not follow the worn out deceptions in the
> current day Dem party step for step is seen as one of "them". Perhaps
> you should meet Randy in person before you cast such aspersions. You
> could have at least called him a tie dyed conservative.
most intelligent and articulate one at that. Still, his conservative
(not open-minded) leanings shine through on occasion. Most recently,
I seem to recall him dismissing out-of-hand an alternative to a
Microsoft dominated world, and basing his opinion on the flimsiest of
evidence. It struck me as quite a vicious slap in the face to the
thousands of well-intentioned and hard working people who have
contributed to the development of Ubuntu over the years, not to
mention the 20 million users who avail themselves of this "free"
software. Shilling for the corporate giants, indeed.
Is it fair to denigrate the work of so many people solely because
Ubuntu doesn't support the current trendy audio program, Trader's
Little Helper? Not in my eyes, especially when there is comparable
Ubuntu software available, as Brad noted. Resistance to change is one
thing, but resistance to change without investigating the facts is
another altogether, and blind resistance to change that threatens an
established corporate giant in the name of the public good is, well...
And just for the record, I am not a Democrat.
Ed
frndthdevl
Jan 16, 2012, 5:38:32 PM1/16/12
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On Jan 16, 2:19 pm, Ed Chapin <edchapi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
, as Brad noted. Resistance to change is one
> thing, but resistance to change without investigating the facts is
> another altogether, and blind resistance to change that threatens an
> established corporate giant in the name of the public good is, well...
>
Nice
, as Brad noted. Resistance to change is one
> thing, but resistance to change without investigating the facts is
> another altogether, and blind resistance to change that threatens an
> established corporate giant in the name of the public good is, well...
>
That is certainly very well reasoned, and should be applied to
politics by some as well.
> And just for the record, I am not a Democrat.
>
> Ed
after all both parties seem to be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckxb6Mn-as4
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