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Poster: | brewster | Date: | Mar 7, 2005 7:27am |
Forum: | etree | Subject: | grateful dead shows on the internet archive |
I am the Digital Librarian of the Internet Archive and having the fantastic outpouring of support from music creators and lovers has been a high point in the last couple of years for our Archive and for me personally.
Recently there has been a great deal of excitement around the grateful dead and related performances. This excitement has sometimes turned sour as some may have felt that they do not know as much about what is going on as they would like.
Please be aware that everyone involved is working to keep a great tradition, non-commercial tape trading, alive and growing. Your respect for the work of others is key. Some may be frustrated in not knowing as much about as they would like, but what we are all striving for is in concert with the culture we all enjoy. There are just going to be some experiments and changes.
That said, we would appreciate toning down comments, or even letting slide, some of the evolving changes we are all experiencing. I really do believe that if we are respectful and flexible we can build an even more robust system than we have now.
A side story-- my 10 year old son picked Jerry Garcia as the person he wanted to study in-depth for his "person in profile" segment of 4th grade, largely because the dead pioneered sharing so much of what they did. Together, we read the Jason Blair biography, the oral history book, as well as watched all the movies. I never thought of myself as a deadhead, but I have to say I am impressed. There was a coolness, an unruffledness, that must have been hard to maintain through drug busts, the vietnam war, the difficulty of being on the road all the time. Channelling that coolness can be helpful at times. Anyway, I have enclosed a photo of my son playing Jerry in front of this whole school in a Q&A with a young Einstein. I have never been more proud.
In that spirit (not to be too corny), "been thinkin’, you got to mellow slow. Takes time, you pick a place to go..." So, we are taking some time.
Thank you all for building something great. Lets keep doing it.
-brewster
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Poster: | hoosker | Date: | Mar 15, 2005 1:40am |
Forum: | etree | Subject: | Re: grateful dead shows on the internet archive |
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Poster: | Nuggets | Date: | Mar 15, 2005 3:37am |
Forum: | etree | Subject: | Re: grateful dead shows on the internet archive |
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Poster: | Diana Hamilton | Date: | Mar 15, 2005 3:42am |
Forum: | etree | Subject: | Re: grateful dead shows on the internet archive |
Indeed, checking the "Get a Recommendation" function at db.etree.org shows this item currently owned by 14.07% of all traders listed there.
Of course, it's only #2 behind (drumroll)... 5/8/77 at 18.26%. (BTW those % numbers are *huge* in the scheme of things there.)
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Poster: | Diana Hamilton | Date: | Mar 15, 2005 3:28am |
Forum: | etree | Subject: | Re: grateful dead shows on the internet archive |
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Poster: | mpujol | Date: | Mar 7, 2005 11:21am |
Forum: | etree | Subject: | Re: grateful dead shows on the internet archive |
Let's all be happy for what we have
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Poster: | tomo | Date: | Apr 7, 2005 8:50am |
Forum: | etree | Subject: | Re: grateful dead shows on the internet archive |
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Poster: | sunship | Date: | Mar 7, 2005 7:27pm |
Forum: | etree | Subject: | Re: grateful dead shows on the internet archive |
Thanks for the kind advice to the group...it is great what ya'll offer up here and I'll do my best to keep it goin'.
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Poster: | barrywhiterules | Date: | Mar 7, 2005 10:42pm |
Forum: | etree | Subject: | Re: grateful dead shows on the internet archive |
Toning down? Couldn't agree with you more.
Letting slide? I suspect that's a little unrealistic.
People are gonna notice things changing, and they're bound to ask about them.
You're not obliged to answer, of course (though you're usually quite good about it.)
But if you expect people to think, "Ah, the Dead shows dropped from 2600 to 2500, and entire runs are gone. I won't say anything" ... well, people are bound to ask.
Hopefully they'll keep it civil.
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Poster: | Jim F | Date: | Mar 8, 2005 7:40am |
Forum: | etree | Subject: | Re: grateful dead shows on the internet archive |
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Poster: | Ole Uncle John | Date: | Mar 7, 2005 11:13am |
Forum: | etree | Subject: | Re: grateful dead shows on the internet archive |
I appreciate your post and comments. I agree with the toning down part. It's unfortunate that you are the recipients of allot of venting since your not actually the targets, however GDP doesn't respond to comments and y'all do, Thanks. Thanks also for your civil tone, something that we and some of your other staff who shall remain nameless should try to follow. Thanks for all you guys do.
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Poster: | Brad Leblanc | Date: | Mar 7, 2005 10:56pm |
Forum: | etree | Subject: | Re: grateful dead shows on the internet archive |
This post was modified by Brad Leblanc on 2005-03-08 06:56:37
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Poster: | Ole Uncle John | Date: | Mar 8, 2005 10:44am |
Forum: | etree | Subject: | Re: grateful dead shows on the internet archive |
Keep up the great work this site is a treasure to many.
John