11/15 /09 SHOW PHOTOS from Cousin Bud
http://picasaweb.google.com/cousinbud/081115upperdarby#





Another reason to look forward to 2009-
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0985052/fullcredits#cast

Is John Perry Barlow, the Thomas Jefferson of the internet?
http://www.reason.com/news/show/29236.html




Alrighty! Garcia film on the way!


http://www.relix.com/Features/Daily_News/Garcia_Biopic_Gets_Rolling__200811133374.html










Article on Kirby show seems okay but t I've never heard some of the songs listed as classic Bob Weir songs!
http://www.citizensvoice.com/articles/2008/11/13/lifestyles/entertainment/wb_voice.20081113.t.pg24.cv13cdratdog_s1.2083551_ent.txt!

FOTD from last night!
cleeky here!






Check out Yusuf's blog.
There's a link to watch "Go Furthur" online over there. Nice appearance by the Bobby in that film.

Hippy September!

And a hearty welcome home to all the Ratdog peeps!
Enjoy your weeks off as I'm sure it's deserved!


Need a Bobby fix?
click here as that blog will direct you to where you can view Bobby among others in the film "Hellhounds On My Trail: the Afterlife of Robert Johnson".

Ready for Dead tour?
http://www.glidemagazine.com/articles/53861/the-dead-to-tour-in-spring-09.html

Ratdog in San Diego- one two or ?? nights???
cheeeek eeet owwwut


Opening this weekend!
http://www.wetlandspreserved.com/

Joseph Campbell and the Grateful Dead






Music documentary "Chasin' Gus' Ghost" will screen on March 29 as a part of the On Location: Memphis International Film Festival.

The film, directed by Todd Kwait, is a labor-of-love documentary focused on one of America's most beloved forms of folk music, the jug band. Featuring a who's who of '60s folk artists like Rock and Roll Hall of Famers John Sebastian (Lovin' Spoonful) and Bob Weir (Grateful Dead), David Grisman, Geoff Muldaur, Maria Muldaur and Jim Kweskin, "Chasin' Gus' Ghost" explores the history of jug band music and the influence it had on these legendary musicians.

Jug band music has deep roots in Memphis. Two of the most famous early jug bands were from the city: Cannon's Jug Stompers, featuring Gus Cannon, and the Memphis Jug Band, featuring Memphis native and blues godfather Will Shade. Both bands recorded and played in Memphis during the 1920s and 30s. Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers were a popular Beale Street act into the 1930s. Three decades later, following the folk revival of jug band music in the early 1960s, Will Shade and Gus Cannon recorded an album for Memphis' Stax label.

Here's what the critics are saying:

"Delightful... it is the first word that came to mind when considering Chasin' Gus' Ghost... the end product happens to be the most enjoyable film anyone will see this year."
DocumentaryFilms.net - Bryan Newbury

"An absorbing movie capable of inspiring a whole new generation of ghost-chasers."
AllAboutJazz.com - Sam Chell

What: "Chasin' Gus' Ghost" screening at Memphis International Film Festival
Where: Malco Theatre - Studio on the Square
When: Saturday, March 29th 12:30PM
Tickets: $8.50 at door, available online at http://www.malco.com

http://www.chasingusghost.com

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If youre going to San Francisco...

You should try to be here by Monday!

No officially official news but read this! !
And more about it over on http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrack/white-supremacists-everywhere-rejoice-upon-reading-dead-and-obama-in-same-headline/

Meanwhile A new album with MARK KARAN in it!
Check it out!
And also coming up is the soundtrack to Electric Apricot
Article here!

I'm having trouble with my links
I think it's from changing my format
Links are on my template that arent appearing in my link list.


I added http://tahoejimbo420s.blogspot.com/ but he's not showing up.

From The Chicagoist
http://chicagoist.com/2008/01/18/movie_roundup_1.php

--In the mid-sixties, the obsession with folk music among young white musicians started to take some weird turns. What we got were bands like The Lovin' Spoonful and Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions (better known under their eventual name, the Grateful Dead). It was the jugband music recorded in the early decades of the phonograph that really lit the spark for these psychedelic folkies, and the new documentary Chasin' Gus Ghost chronicles this peculiar genre. In addition to priceless archival footage the movie features interviews with John Sebastian of the Spoonful, Bob Weir, Geoff Muldaur and tons of concert footage. Best of all, there's a free screening on Sunday, January 27 at the Old Town School of Folk Music. It's at 2 pm; afterwards there'll be a "jug jam" until 6.

Have some extra time to poke around?
Lots of good pix to be seen at http://public.fotki.com/araslich/concerts/!!!!!

I'm not heading to Phil but this looks very groooovy!
We received it in today's email!
(((JB)))

Hey Now, Hey Now...

If you are coming to San Francisco to see Phil on January 25/26, you should put some flowers in your hair and make the scene at Open Mind Music. On hand will be the man behind the Trips Festival documentary, Eric Christensen. He will be leading a gathering of the tribes with a Q&A, clips from the documentary, good vibes and groovy folks. This is a BYOKA event, aka Bring Your Own Kool Aid.

The scene is at Open Mind Music, 2150 Market St. San Francisco, between Church and Sanchez on Friday, January 25 between 5 and 7pm. Your host for the evening, store owner Henry Wimmer, cordially invites you to pay a visit, turn back time, and dream a dream all your own. Hope to see you there!

Loved this article on The Festeroo
movie!
Check it out!http://www.relix.com/Features/Interviews/Mockumentary_Love_200801142696.html

TONIGT!
Reminder:

Guest DJ: Bob Weir
Tues 1/15 8:00 pm ET
on Sirius radio!

Hmmmm,


Rock Scully - Two Decades On The Bus With Garcia And The Grateful Dead

From: MVD Visual

MVD EXCLUSIVE TITLES

Rock Scully - Two Decades On The Bus With Garcia And The Grateful Dead

The 40th Anniversary Summer of Love Oral Archive by Rock Scully is a collector's edition audio book CD. This 55-minute recording of spoken history featuring former Grateful Dead manager Scully reveals outrageous stories from the Love-Ins, the Acid-Tests, the Dead, Who, Stones, Beatles, Janis and Jimi. This collector's edition package contains a 6 page booklet with a bonus two-side tray that features a Stanley Mouse illustration suitable for framing, plus unreleased photos and original music.

CD
SKU#: VP428CD
UPC: 604388327928
SRP: $18.95
BOX LOT: 30
RUN TIME: 54mins
LABEL: ZEIT1
GENRE: Pop/Rock

PRE-BOOK DATE: 01/15/2008

STREET DATE: 02/19/2008

This is fun!
It's Project Ticket Stub!
Check it out!!


"CHASIN' GUS' GHOST" JUG BAND DOCUMENTARY TO SCREEN IN PORTLAND JAN. 29

Film Features Portland's Beloved Fritz Richmond

Acclaimed jug band documentary "Chasin' Gus' Ghost" is set to screen at the 25th Reel Music Festival (http://www.nwfilm.org/) in Portland at the Whitsell Auditorium on January 29, 2008. "Chasin' Gus' Ghost" has recently screened to sold-out crowds at the Woodstock Film Festival, Hartford International Film Festival and the San Francisco Jug Band Festival.

The film, directed by Todd Kwait, is a labor-of-love documentary focused on one of America's most beloved forms of folk music, the jug band. Featuring a who's-who of '60s folk artists like Rock and Roll Hall of Famers John Sebastian (Lovin' Spoonful) and Bob Weir (Grateful Dead), David Grisman, Geoff Muldaur, Maria Muldaur and Jim Kweskin, "Chasin' Gus' Ghost" explores the history of jug band music and the influence it had on these legendary musicians.

Fritz Richmond, who made his home in Portland later in life and is widely considered to have been the finest jug and washtub bass player in the genre, is featured throughout the film. Fritz passed away while "Chasin' Gus' Ghost" was being filmed, and in some ways the film became an ode to Fritz - to his talent and character. He led an illustrious musical life, co-founding the Jim Kweskin Jug Band and performing with Jackson Browne, Ry Cooder and the Grateful Dead. "Fritz was a cultural icon," says Sebastian in the film.

Todd Kwait says, "One of the last things Fritz said to me was that if I wanted to tell the complete story we needed to go to Japan and the Yokohama Jug Band Festival." Todd followed his advice, and filmed what became some of the documentary's most exciting and endearing scenes.

What: Screening of "Chasin' Gus' Ghost"
Where: Whitsell Auditorium, 1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR
When: January 29, 2008 at 7PM
Tickets: $7 for adults, $6 for students and seniors https://nwfc.spotlightboxoffice.com/purchase/step4?ticketID=103

http://www.chasingusghost.com
http://www.shorefire.com/clients/chasingusghost

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Heads Up Bay Area!

National Lampoon presents: 
Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo 
Thursday, January 10, 7:30

Les Claypool and Cast members in person

Les Claypool, singer and bassist with the band Primus, makes his directorial debut with this irreverent spoof of the music industry, tracking a fictional jam band called Electric Apricot along their rocky commercial and spiritual journey to achieve the glories of the Grateful Dead and Phish. Claypool plays Electric Apricot’s drummer Lapland, and along with fellow band members Adam Gates, Brian Kehoe and Jonathan Korty, we share the travails of recording the first album and follow them up that yellow-brick road to Festeroo, their ultimate gig. Largely filmed in Marin, the film features cameo appearances by musicians Bob Weir and Mike Gordon, as well as Seth Green and Matt Stone. Rated R for some language and sexual content including references. Producer: Jason McHugh. Executive Producer: Matthew J. Powers. Director Les Claypool. (US 2007) 91 min.

Tel. 415-454-1222 • 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael, California
http://www.ticketmakers.com/GenFilm2P.dll/zipsearch