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“We were just happy with the album we were making at the time.... But now, in hindsight, I can see it was a real important album.”

Mariah Carey will get to flip the switch that temporarily changes the lighting of the Empire State Building to don the colors of her latest smash-hit album E=MC2 . The ceremony is in honor of the New York ... via FMQB

Industrious students searching for higher education will soon be able to pore over the personal files of the Grateful Dead. via WJBF-TV Augusta

The Grateful Dead announced today that the band will donate its archives to the University of California, Santa Cruz. via Cronaca

The surviving members of the Grateful Dead are turning over the rock band's archives to the University of California at Santa Cruz. via The Ledger

Grateful Dead Live at The Music Box on 1969-04-15 This audio is available in streaming format Description 01 [10:13] Morning Dew 02 [05:26] It Hurts Me Too 03 [05:26] Chinacat Sunflower> 04 [06:51] Doin' That ... via Internet Archive

On this day, April 20, marijuana advocacy groups claim millions of people around the world are celebrating 420 Day, a term synonymous with smoking marijuana.

The so-called 'high holiday' shares an infamous date with Adolf Hitler's birthday in 1889, and the tragic 1999 Columbine High School massacre.

There are many myths behind the origins of the phrase 420 as slang for marijuana.

One popular myth is that 420 came about because the California police code for marijuana possession was 420. Not true. Read more

From Amazon jungles to the American Plains, British mental wards, Swiss labs, New York mansions and Grateful Dead shows, the history of hallucinogenic drugs is as fantastic as the visions the drugs produce. via Wilson's Almanac

“One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest") and his friend Jerry Garcia (of the Grateful Dead). As leader of the Merry Pranksters in the late '60s, Kesey gained his greatest fame by touring the country in a psychedelic bus and, later, hosting "acid tests”

"The Tomorrow Show" with Tom Snyder was a popular talk show in the 1970s that featured guests who were notable fixtures in pop culture. via The Free Lance-Star

“Dog people really are terrific”

FOR some people, a dog is more than a pet - it's a weekend lifestyle. Consider the Westchester County Center in White Plains, one cold Sunday morning last month, where hundreds of dogs and their humans milled ... via New York Times

“These are artworks that would be used for posters, album covers, T-shirt designs and even handbills and they were typically psychedelic in colour and influenced by the idea of death and hallucinations with images of the weird and wonderful”

It was the hazy acid-soaked heyday of psychedelic rock when the cool kids of West Coast America crammed into the now-legendary Fillmore auditorium to witness the birth of bands who came to epitomise the ... via The Independent

Mickey Hart Grateful Dead drummer and percussionist Mickey Hart will launch a 20 city tour this summer including appearances at many of the nations premiere festivals. via JamBase

Grateful Dead Live at Fillmore East on 1970-02-11 This audio is available in streaming format embedding and help Description Individual Files Be the first to write a review Reviews Notes * with Duane Allman, ... via Internet Archive

Grateful Dead Live at Fillmore East on 1970-02-13 This show has been commercially released as Dick's Picks Vol. via Internet Archive

“I know that this structure didn't exist when they were recording it, but in a way it almost feels like I am presenting it as if it grew in this way”

We treat our idols like assholes: Just as wax museums house life-sized recreations of heroes we may never meet, tribute bands give us that thrill of seeing a band master songs by an act that may never pass our ... via Independent Weekly

The group, led by former Grateful Dead founding member Lesh, kicks off its remaining spring run May 8 and 9 in Denver, closing out the season with a five-night run at San Francisco's Warfield Theater beginning ... via LiveDaily News

“Donna Jean and the Tricksters (including "Weight of the World", "Travelin' Light”

March 29th, 2008 by Rockin Randi comments Donna Jean and the Tricksters performed on Saturday, March 22, 2008 at Skipper's Smokehouse in Tampa, Florida. via KyndMusic/RightAction