From David Gans's logblog:

Grateful Dead Hour #966

March 25th, 2007

Week of March 26, 2007

Part 1 38:04
Interview: David Lemieux
Grateful Dead, Live at the Cow Palace New Year’s Eve 1976
I BID YOU GOOD NIGHT
Interview: David Lemieux
Grateful Dead 1/2/72 Winterland, San Francisco
GOOD LOVIN’->
CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER->
GOOD LOVIN’
Interview: David Lemieux

Part 2 18:46
Interview: David Lemieux
Grateful Dead 1/10/70 Golden Hall, San Diego CA
HARD TO HANDLE
Ratdog 2/11/07 House of Blues, Las Vegas
MAMA TRIED
Ratdog 2/14/07 Fillmore, San Francisco
BROWN-EYED WOMEN

David Lemieux was the Grateful Dead’s archivist for many years, and he continues to work w/ GD music as we move into the next phase. He is posting The Tapers’ Section, a weekly essay with audio, on DeadNet every week. Check it out! All the entries, and all the music, are archived, so you can catch up now and read the new one every Monday.

Guitar Camp Offers More Than 'Kumbaya'

Nice story about Jorma Kaukonen & Fur Peace Ranch

By Michael Ventre

MSNBC contributor

Updated: 7:21 a.m. PT March 28, 2007

Michael Ventre

At most camps, they sit around and sing “Kumbaya.” At the Fur Peace Ranch, they’re more likely to sing “Baby, Please Don’t Go” or “Nine Pound Hammer” or just about anything by the Rev. Gary Davis.

Located in the hilly farmland of southeastern Ohio, about two hours from Columbus, the Ranch was not created as a place for kids to hold potato sack races but rather for adults to polish their guitar and music skills. Dreamed up by world renowned guitarist Jorma Kaukonen and his wife Vanessa as far back as 1989, the camp has gradually evolved since then into an oasis for pickers who can escape their jobs and families for a long weekend as they indulge their fretboard fanaticism while eating well and making new friends.

Note to regular visitors/listeners

My wife has been very ill in the past month, and as a result I haven't been as all over my radio station tasks as usual.

Bear with me, I'm slowly getting back up to speed.

And remember, I always change the playlist at least once a week, no matter what.

Peace
Robert

Grateful Dead Hour # 965

Week of March 19, 2007

Part 1 28:08
Grateful Dead 8/4/67 O'Keefe Centre, Toronto, Canada
NEW POTATO CABOOSE
VIOLA LEE BLUES

Part 2 28:12
Grateful Dead 8/5/67 O'Keefe Centre, Toronto, Canada
TURN ON YOUR LOVELIGHT
ALLIGATOR
Jorma Kaukonen, Stars in My Crown
LATE BREAKING NEWS
MIGHTY HARD PLEASURE

Melt Into A Dream 3/24/07

Grateful Dead - 3/17/77
Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA

It's All Over Now
Sugaree
New Minglewood Blues
Peggy-O
Cassidy

The Waybacks w/Bob Weir 4/28/06
4/28/06 Merle Fest - main stage, Wilkesboro, NC

Tomorrow Never Knows
Cumberland Blues

New Riders of the Purple Sage 1/24/07
Stubb's Bar-B Que - Austin, TX

Last Lonely Eagle
Henry
Goin' To Mississippi *
How Long Blues *
Got My Mojo Workin' *
Absolutely Sweet Marie

*w/Pinetop Perkins

Grateful Dead 3/14/83
Club Front, San Rafael, CA

Help on the Way ->
Slipknot
(Rehersals)

Earth bakes in hottest quarter on record

• By Veronica Smith in Washington
• March 16, 2007

THE Earth has just experienced its warmest December-February since records began 128 years ago, adding fire to global warming concerns.

A US government agency reported a record warm January worldwide pushed average temperatures to 0.72C above normal for the 20th Century.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said it was the highest average temperature for the period since records began in 1880.

The report came less than a month after a UN panel said that global warming was almost certainly caused by human activity and several governments and international bodies have sounded the alarm over the need to cut carbon emissions.

Grateful Dead Hour # 963

Grateful Dead Hour no. 963
Week of March 5, 2007

Part 1 29:28
Jim Lauderdale 1/20/07 American Beauty Project, New York City
BLACK PETER
Sex Mob 1/21/07 American Beauty Project, New York City
NEW SPEEDWAY BOOGIE->
UNCLE JOHN'S BAND->
RIPPLE

Part 2 26:52
Grateful Dead 12/31/90 Oakland Coliseum Arena
DRUMS->
SPACE

Melt Into A Dream 3/10/07

Shortened show today

Eyes of the World - Ratdog: 2/17/07 Moore Theater, Seattle, WA
The Mountain Song - Paul Kantner's Wooden Ship 12/30/92, Musicians Exchange, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Hijack ->
Have You Seen The Stars Tonight ->
Starship
Ship of Fools/It Must've Been the Roses - Elvis Costello: Stolen Roses - Songs of the Grateful Dead
Terrapin Station - Grateful Dead: 6/26/93 Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Dark Star - David Grisman Quintet: Stolen Roses - Songs of the Grateful Dead
Golden Road - Kettle Joe's Psychedelic Swamp Revue: 8/19/06 Gathering of the Vibes, Mariaville, NY

The Day The Music Died?

Internet radio in jeapordy - corporate greed

From Save Net Radio's website:
On Friday March 2nd 2007, the Copyright Royalty Board announced new royalty rates for Internet Radio stations. The rates are retroactive to January of 2006.

The new rates are far higher than any industry experts expected. In fact, if they remain unchanged, bankruptcy looms for many online radio stations.

The new rates essentially levy a tax of $0.0011 per performance. Now, that doesn't sound bad does it. But consider this. Each hour, the average radio station plays 16 songs. So that's about 1.76c per hour, per listener. A station with 500 listener average would be hit with fees of $211 per day, $6,336 a month or $76,000 a year.

This amount of money is beyond the resources of all but the very wealthiest of corporations. Many of the internet radio stations are run by enthusiasts and hobbyists. These small stations are the ones bringing new music, and old favorites to you every day. Music you can't hear on corporate-owned terrestrial stations.

Could this be the day the music died?

Grateful Dead Hour no. 962

Week of February 26, 2007

Part 1 31:48
Grateful Dead 12/31/90 Oakland Coliseum Arena
NOT FADE AWAY->
EYES OF THE WORLD

Part 2 24:02
Grateful Dead 12/31/90 Oakland Coliseum Arena
DARK STAR

Melt Into A Dream 3/3/07

Due to grave illness very close to home, there was no Melt Into A Dream this week. We'll be back next week for sure.

My wife is fine and home, all is good. Blessed and Thankful!