Tax Office Pisses Me Off Majorly Pt. 2

First off let me start this off on a good note. Make it a great note. I went to a "festival" last night. This is pretty much just a huge party in someone's back yard with a crapload of bands. The highlights were the opening band who was more bluegrass based. Then as the night went on there was a band called Ko from Charleston who was absolutely amazing. There were other bands there but none of them really stuck out. Also the only price was 5 dollars for a cup and you could drink all you want. They had 2 kegs and they were tapped around 11:30, the cops came around 1 to tell the bands they couldn't play anymore. It was a great time. Well, while I was there I got a phone call from a friend. She was wanting to know if I wanted to see the Dead tonight in Greensboro. The answer was yes. The spare ticket that her friends had was only 30 dollars. So far so good. Now for the part that pisses me off. The people that had the ticket needed someone with a car. I have a car but with an expired temp tag. A temp tag that I won't drive out of state because honestly I don't have the money for a ticket. So now I am not goin to see the Dead. Which I excepted a while back. The kicker is I could have seen and afforded it. Damn tax office being closed on Good Friday. Well happy Easter everyone.

Stupidity and the Tax Office

I am pissed off at the city of Greenville or is the state of South Carolina. So I went to pay taxes on my car today. I have temporary tags which expire on 4/10/2009. That is today. Apparently the place I have to go to pay the taxes is closed for Good Friday. The DMV across the street however was not closed. WTF?!?! The extremely kind lady at the DMV was telling me that the DMV had no idea that the tax office was going to be closed either. There were signs in the doors or anything saying that they were closed for Good Friday either. So now I am forced to drive with an expired temp tag for the weekend. I am also aware that I should not have waited till the last minute but my funds have been lower than normal. Which that is another story, in short I am entertaining the idea of looking for a new job or a second job.

On another note expect to see more concerts posted soon. I just received a crap load of Garcia stuff and I want to share the wealth. As a reminder, The Dead start spring tour tomorrow. So hopefully some more stats and more The Dead shows will be up on the 12th!!!!!

Megaman Vs. Metroid

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I have always loved Metroid. Megaman was always a fun game, just a little hard. Well here is the combination of the two classic games.

Alright as promised some 2009 Dead shows.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V1H5AQ3U Acoustic Show 3-30-09
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZHMGJPSX (set 2ish) 3-30-09
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2E058KRK (set 3ish and The View) 3-30-09
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=H4OFLBD3 1-20-09 Inaugural Ball

There is also a 2004 show for you guys to download as well.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FN894XDM 8-19-04 Atlanta

The Inaugural Ball show was well....bad. Still how often does the Vice President of the United States speak in the middle of a dead show.

The acoustic show is really good. Although, Bobby does mess up Dire Wolf pretty bad. Check out Bird Song. It is 20 minutes of pure acoustic bliss.

The other shows nothing really stood out too much. Althea was good at Roseland. Cassidy I think was the best played song of the night but the set seemed more of a tease to me.

That Atlanta show I was at. It was the last Dead show until the Deadheads For Obama show in 2008. Down The Road is a standout song from this show. I like it when Mickey sings. Its a fresh voice and his songs are usually rather fun. Please comment if you download.

The Dead 2009 Song Project

I am posting the songs they played as well as the number of times.

Dancin' In The Streets
Uncle John's Band (2)
Sugar Magnolia (2)
Eyes Of The World (2)
The Wheel (2)
Touch Of Grey (2)
Box Of Rain
Dire Wolf
Bird Song
Cumberland Blues
Pride Of Cucumunga
Lazy River Road
Casey Jones
Ripple
Playin' In The Band
Good Lovin'
Friend Of The Devil
Franklin's Tower
Althea
Cassidy
St. Stephen
Dark Star
Not Fade Away


Like the setlist project keep checking back. This will be updated once they start the spring tour.

The Dead 2009 Setlists Project

2009-01-20 Obama Mid-Atlantic Inaugural Ball, Washington, DC
01-Dancin' In The Streets
02-Uncle John's Band
03-Sugar Magnolia
04-Eyes Of The World
05-Crowd
06-VP Biden Speech
07-Tuning
08-The Wheel
09-Touch Of Grey
10-Box Of Rain
11-Obama Speech
12-Obama Dance With Wife
13-Dance & Back Ground Music

2009-03-30 The View
Friend Of The Devil (acoustic, only Warren,Bob,Phil)

2009-03-30 Angel Orensanz Center for the Arts New York, NY
01-Dire Wolf
02-Bird Song
03-Cumberland Blues
04-Pride Of Cucumunga
05-Lazy River Road
06-Casey Jones
07-Ripple
All acoustic, only Bob,Phil,Warren; Part One of Free The Dead

2009-03-30 The Blender Theater @ Gramercy New York, NY
1. tuning
2. Playin' In The Band ->
3. Good Lovin' ->
4. The Wheel ->
5. Franklin's Tower ->
6. encore break
7. Touch Of Grey
8. goodnights
Part Two of Free The Dead

2009-03-30 Roseland Ballroom New York, NY
1. tuning
2. Althea
3. Jam ->
4. Cassidy
5. Uncle John's Band
6. Eyes Of The World ->
7. St. Stephen ->
8. Dark Star ->
9. Sugar Magnolia
10.encore break
11.Not Fade Away
Part Three of Free The Dead

Keep checking back. This will be updated as soon as the shows happen.

Coming Soon

I will be uploading all of The Dead's 2009 shows as I get them. Yes that includes The View performance and interview. I just got the 3 shows The Dead performed in NYC on March 30,2009. Expect to see those up soon. Also will be uploading the Inaugural Ball show.