Line Out - Comments on Drivin' That Train http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/drivin_that_train_1 This past Friday night I stayed home and had a Jerry Garcia celebration of my own. Thanks to a suggestion from Michaelangelo Matos, I rented the documentary Festival Express. The film follows a 1970 tour--by train--that took the Dead,... Copyright 2008 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:57:08 -0800 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:20:47 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Ari Spool $15 in 1970 is about $80 in 2006 (the last year for which inflation information is available).

I BET hippies protested. Ha!

]]> Ari Spool http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/drivin_that_train_1#c776711 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/drivin_that_train_1#c776711 Love Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:08:37 -0800 Comment by Jason Josephes Burn down the barbershop!

]]> Jason Josephes http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/drivin_that_train_1#c776736 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/drivin_that_train_1#c776736 Love Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:29:29 -0800 Comment by elswinger Great movie. Check out Message To Love (1970 Isle of Wight Festival) and Fly Jefferson Airplane too.

]]> elswinger http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/drivin_that_train_1#c776738 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/drivin_that_train_1#c776738 Love Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:31:15 -0800 Comment by jim you're just now watching this? Hasn't this been out for a few years???

]]> jim http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/drivin_that_train_1#c776746 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/drivin_that_train_1#c776746 Love Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:40:11 -0800 Comment by jz yeah, it came out in 2004. im a dumbass.

have you guys heard of this other really cool movie "the last waltz?"

]]> jz http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/drivin_that_train_1#c776759 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/drivin_that_train_1#c776759 Love Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:56:20 -0800 Comment by Chet Helms Hello, my name is Chet Helms and I am surfing the net from the afterlife to letcha know that you, sir, are a bonafide SQUARE. why in God's name would you, as the music editor for a high profile seattle newspaper, stay at home on a friday night to watch a '60's festival dvd that can be viewed anytime - instead of goin' out to a ROCKING *LIVE* Jerry Garcia celebration held that night at Nectar in ye olde Fremont? the show RIPPED, man! the capacity crowd went BANANAS! andy coe SHREDDED! might you have stayed home in order to try to dislodge the FOOT STUCK IN YOUR MOUTH? *YOU*, Mr. HIPSTER-SUCKUP SQUARE, are the only one who *really* SUCKS, and this blog posting don't really make up for the fact that... YA DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT...

]]> Chet Helms http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/drivin_that_train_1#c776768 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/drivin_that_train_1#c776768 Love Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:04:04 -0800 Comment by elswinger Don't feel so bad. I'm 43 and still haven't watched Gone With The Wind.

]]> elswinger http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/drivin_that_train_1#c776786 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/drivin_that_train_1#c776786 Love Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:23:44 -0800 Comment by Frank All you fucking hippies should crawl into your time machines with your patchuli and go back to the early 70's in SF. Just get the fuck out of here. Then maybe the Stranger can return to writing about current music and events that matter. What the hell is it with The Dead, jam bands and Fremont?! Fuck off already. Please return the Stranger to some important standing in the music community. Next thing you know Zwickel is going to unload on us about his love for Jimmy Buffet. Fucking bell bottomed retro posts about Bernie Taupin and fools who just discovered Grand Funk. It's like Line Out turned into the freshman dorms at Berkely. Someone please stop this bullshit!!!

Are we really arguing about whether some hippy should be out at a Dead tribute or home watching some 60's tour documentary on a Friday. Are you all really this lame? Is this Bellingham or Seattle?

Oh well, guess it's time to start reading the Weekly again, goddammit.

]]> Frank http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/drivin_that_train_1#c776787 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/drivin_that_train_1#c776787 Love Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:24:09 -0800 Comment by Mattydread Even better than that Dead fest (I'm sure) was Crack Sabbath at the High Dive across the street. They did a ten-minute black metal drone jam that left the bunnies confused, then Ron went off against the Bush administration.

]]> Mattydread http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/drivin_that_train_1#c776788 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/drivin_that_train_1#c776788 Love Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:26:11 -0800 Comment by nipper I agree with the hippies, all festivals SHOULD be free.

]]> nipper http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/drivin_that_train_1#c776819 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/drivin_that_train_1#c776819 Love Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:51:39 -0800 Comment by jz oh no, fremont! if it doesnt happen on the hill its not really music!

dont worry, frank, ive been fine-tuning my jimmy buffett thesis for the past few weeks. youll love it.

and chet, ive got bill graham on the celestial cellphone. he says you oughta take a a few deep breaths.

i know its crazy, but theres other stuff i like besides music. i was in friday night so i could get up and out saturday morning to go hiking. even that is me working--i ended up slogging about the trip:

http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/outtatown_del_campo_peak

]]> jz http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/drivin_that_train_1#c776823 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/drivin_that_train_1#c776823 Love Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:55:56 -0800 Comment by Chet Helms i've got tim keck tuned in via my third eye and it appears that your days as The Stranger's marginally competent music editor are numbered (your "company-man" hippie-band dissing-plan has apparently backfired) ~ so take a few deep breaths of the same hot air that just spewed outta ya, drop your trend-hugging "i'm a deadhead" pretension, and then prepare thyself to take a permanent "hike"...

]]> Chet Helms http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/drivin_that_train_1#c777177 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/drivin_that_train_1#c777177 Love Wed, 08 Aug 2007 06:41:53 -0800 Comment by dc Buddy Guy effin rips it up in that flick.

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