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Dean

If you plant ice, you're gonna harvest wind.

About Me

Just another cat beneath the stars tonight.

My Interests

if you ever have an idle half hour zip up to Burlington, VT for some beverages from McNeill's Brewery. Truly the most amazing beer I've ever had.

I'd like to meet:

Krusty the Klown

Music:

Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers Band, Phil Lesh & Friends, The Dead, The Other Ones, Derek Trucks Band, Gov't Mule, moe., Buckethead, Praxis, Dark Star Orchestra, Yonder Mountain String Band, Nickel Creek, Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, Widespread Panic, Derek and the Dominos, Alice In Chains, Blind Faith, Eric Clapton, Counting Crowes, Dire Straits, Oysterhead, Phish, Trey Anastasio, Leo Kottke, North Mississippi Allstars, Xavier Rudd, Jerry Garcia Band, Jimmy Page & the Black Crowes, J.J. Cale, Pink Floyd, Rich Prez, RAINation, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Stone Temple Pilots, Umphrey's McGee, Perpetual Groove, Disco Biscuits, Sublime, Tool, U2 (the old stuff), Aquarium Rescue Unit, Traffic, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Les Claypool's Flying Frog Brigade, Django Reinhardt, G. Love & the Special Sauce, Jack Johnson, Gabby La La, Keller Williams, Miles Davis, Particle, Moe., Papa Mali, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, String Cheese Incident, Trichromes, Oscar Brand, Alan Sherman, Big Bill Broonzy, Bill Frisell, Blind Blake, Billie Holliday, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Burning Spear, Los Lonely Boys, Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, Galactic and on and on an on...

Movies:

The Deer Hunter, Once Upon a Time In America, Gallipoli, Chinatown, The Last Detail, Apocalypse Now, Platoon, A Clockwork Orange, Willow, Cool Hand Luke, Being John Malkovich, Deliverance, Glory, Knife In the Water, Grateful Dead Movie, Rising Low, Rosemary's Baby, Mean Streets, GoodFellas, Sweet and Lowdown, Before Sunrise, Dolemite

Television:

SNY Mets baby!

Books:

Robert Hunter's Box of Rain

Heroes:

Obelix, Ranier Wolfcastle

My Blog

Gov’t Mule Stone Pony Outdoors Asbury Park, NJ

Well folks. That was crazy. It must have made the Top 5 Mule shows of all time. Warren has this way of tweaking with your equilibrium. He makes you savor every nuance of every note he plays. That's wh...
Posted by Dean on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:20:00 PST

Eric Clapton PNC Arts Center Holmdel, NJ

A Clapton show at PNC is a no-brainer. I went down with my boy Pete and completely missed Robert Randolph because of 2 1/2 hrs of traffic. Beer was just more important. I was expecting a standard set ...
Posted by Dean on Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:56:00 PST

The Jammys Theatre at Madison Square Garden, NYC

So it would seem that this would be my third and last appearance at the Jammys. The orchestrators decided to move on in a different direction. That's cool, I wish there was a '07 Jammys but I guess I ...
Posted by Dean on Sat, 10 May 2008 09:49:00 PST

Gov’t Mule Beacon Theatre, NYC

I grabbed a ticket at the last minute. 5th row was good enough for me. For some reason Warren was restricted to Mule classics only. Too bad. I love his new material. He did sneak in his favorite "Mill...
Posted by Dean on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 06:57:00 PST

Phil Lesh & Friends Nokia Theatre, NYC

We hit up a bar in the middle of Disney Land, NYC. Phil and his cronies are splattered all over the front of the Nokia Theatre in the middle of Times Square. It's the not the same mosh pit I saw over ...
Posted by Dean on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 06:14:00 PST

Govt Mule Central Park NYC

Back for another dose. We could hear Warren belting out 'Slackjaw Jezebel' from afar. Wish I was there for that. No prob. It's a nice night, Warren's with us and the air is just right for drinking. We...
Posted by Dean on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:09:00 PST

Allman Brothers Band/Ratdog PNC Arts Center Holmdel, NJ

Well it seems the authorities have started to crack down on people that are looking to have a good time. Two kids overdosed and died at the last Ozzfest at PNC and supposedly there is no alcohol allow...
Posted by Dean on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:24:00 PST

Allman Brothers Band/Ratdog Tweeter Center Camden, NJ

I guess this is my first Ratdog show and my fourth trip to Camden. I've been on a brief hiatus since Moe. so I'm a little excited to get back into a groove. We walk into the Tweeter a moment after Bob...
Posted by Dean on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 03:11:00 PST

Moe. Highline Ballroom NYC

A nifty little venue that just came on the scene. Holds about 500 maybe. They threw 'Paranoid Android' that old Radiohead tune in there. They open the second set with 'Buster' and people go bananas. B...
Posted by Dean on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 03:29:00 PST

Allman Brothers Band Beacon Theatre, NYC

They open up with a face melting 'Jessica'. One of the best I've ever heard. 'Wastin Time.' The 'Maydell' was slow moving. They went into a little jam segment and then Derek took it by storm and lit ...
Posted by Dean on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 01:42:00 PST