irl lol at Uncle Jah's Band.
Speaking of Dead cover bands, I know Steely Dead got shit on over on the Dan thread, but a friend had an extra ticket last night so I checked them out. I have no huge interest in Dead or Dan, and a high tolerance for stuff like Dread Zeppelin, and I liked them fine. They're great musicians (especially the "Jerry") and had some interesting arrangements (Help>Slip>Green Earrings) that go beyond just being clever mashups. I smiled a lot, and I'm sure got as much out of that $15 ticket as I would from any "real" $200+ Dead show.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Friday, 29 October 2021 13:15 (two years ago) link
some amazing eyebrow dancing by Mickey Hart at about 9:19 in that video.
― peace, man, Friday, 29 October 2021 13:28 (two years ago) link
good christ i'd forgotten all about Bob's wall street mullet/ponytail abomination
― caddy lac brougham? (will), Friday, 29 October 2021 13:34 (two years ago) link
NIN are absolutely amazing live, i've not really listened to them much but was gobsmacked by them. this was during 'ghosts' era xxxp
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 29 October 2021 15:17 (two years ago) link
I saw them on the first lollapalooza, had never heard them, had no idea what to expect and it was kind of mind blowing especially in broad daylight at like 3pm
― joygoat, Friday, 29 October 2021 17:23 (two years ago) link
Haven't seen them since the Downward Spiral tour, which was amazing.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 29 October 2021 17:31 (two years ago) link
I’ve always wanted to do a “Guess if Real or Fake” game with Dead cover band names.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 29 October 2021 18:48 (two years ago) link
― tobo73, Friday, 29 October 2021 20:34 (two years ago) link
I've never seen NIN less than great live. I made it through about six seconds of that Dead clip. Needs more dry ice and fishnets.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 29 October 2021 21:56 (two years ago) link
The Dead's 'Super Dads Having A BBQ' period.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 29 October 2021 23:04 (two years ago) link
What do we think of Go to Heaven? (Besides the cover being awesome)
― calstars, Saturday, 30 October 2021 12:19 (two years ago) link
Feel like a stranger is like chubby Phil showing up to the Saturday night fever disco joint two years late, plugging in his bass and laying down some fat octave lines
― calstars, Saturday, 30 October 2021 12:53 (two years ago) link
I like Lost Sailor and Althea
― J. Sam, Saturday, 30 October 2021 13:29 (two years ago) link
Yeah I love Althea and for me it’s easily top 5 best things they ever did in the studio. Feel like they did a fun version of Getaway on SNL
― caddy lac brougham? (will), Saturday, 30 October 2021 13:47 (two years ago) link
I bet the Meat Puppets are big Althea heads
― caddy lac brougham? (will), Saturday, 30 October 2021 14:21 (two years ago) link
feel like a stranger fucking owns. love the version that opens without a net
― brimstead, Saturday, 30 October 2021 15:22 (two years ago) link
I like Go To Heaven! "Alabama Getaway" and "Don't Ease Me In" for sure
― Communist Hockey Goblin (sleeve), Saturday, 30 October 2021 17:41 (two years ago) link
https://vimeo.com/279972896
― caddy lac brougham? (will), Saturday, 30 October 2021 17:46 (two years ago) link
Half stepMississippi uptownToodeloo
― calstars, Saturday, 30 October 2021 23:54 (two years ago) link
https://deadline.com/2021/11/jonah-hill-jerry-garcia-martin-scorsese-grateful-dead-pic-apple-1234875832/
― peace, man, Thursday, 18 November 2021 18:59 (two years ago) link
hoo boy
Good thing there's an Altamont connection so Marty can still shoehorn "Gimme Shelter" into the soundtrack.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 18 November 2021 19:13 (two years ago) link
Oh fuck no
― calstars, Thursday, 18 November 2021 19:31 (two years ago) link
!
― Sterl of the Quarter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 18 November 2021 19:32 (two years ago) link
hoo boyGood thing there's an Altamont connection so Marty can still shoehorn "Gimme Shelter" into the soundtrack.― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, November 18, 2021 2:13 PM (thirty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, November 18, 2021 2:13 PM (thirty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
lol
― peace, man, Thursday, 18 November 2021 19:48 (two years ago) link
Obviously it's no sure thing this will happen, especially since they're still writing the script. He's attached himself to so many high profile projects that had the cast, the studio and the money, and then lost interest when a satisfactory script never materialized: the Frank Sinatra biopic, the Dean Martin biopic, the adaptation of Devil in the White City (with no less than DiCaprio attached), etc.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 18 November 2021 20:08 (two years ago) link
The White City thing is still on, afaict, with Leo and Marty, but now as a TV series for Paramount+.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 18 November 2021 20:28 (two years ago) link
Todd Haynes should do it: either like his Velvet U. doc, or Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, with one of those little GD rainbow bears as Jerry, also miniature plastic skeletons in Uncle Sam gear, or like Velvet Goldmine and I'm Not There, with Aidy Bryant adapting her SNL Ted Cruz beard to play Jerry.
― dow, Thursday, 18 November 2021 20:42 (two years ago) link
But if Scorsese does it, have Schrader script: like we notice mohawked Granpa Travis Bickle watching thee stage, as dancers writhe past.
― dow, Thursday, 18 November 2021 20:46 (two years ago) link
like in 1990s
― dow, Thursday, 18 November 2021 20:48 (two years ago) link
Middle of the movie should be reenactment of the 47+ minute Cleveland Dark Star.
― hocus pocus, alakazam (PBKR), Thursday, 18 November 2021 20:59 (two years ago) link
xxxxp Yeah, but Scorsese isn't directing any of it anymore. His executive producer credit may be mostly nominal.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 18 November 2021 21:04 (two years ago) link
(well, nominal with a lot of money)
― birdistheword, Thursday, 18 November 2021 21:05 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I was just saying he is still involved.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 18 November 2021 21:11 (two years ago) link
shoehorn gimme shelter into the soundtrack and then shoehorn the grateful dead out of it
― mark s, Thursday, 18 November 2021 21:17 (two years ago) link
xp I don't think he's directed a whole series before, but it would be amazing if he changed his mind and did that for White City...I mean, he and DiCaprio have openly discussed how hard it is to get big budget prestige films made, but the thing is, those projects haven't gone away, they've just moved to streaming and cable, albeit in multi-episode form. I'm sure there may be reasons why he doesn't want to - other feature directors have said that doing a series, even a limited series, is far more exhausting than a film, and Scorsese is 79 now.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 18 November 2021 21:19 (two years ago) link
LMAO, imagine him screening his first cut and they're all like, WTF, what happened to our music? Why is it all Stones????
― birdistheword, Thursday, 18 November 2021 21:20 (two years ago) link
thats altamont baby
― mark s, Thursday, 18 November 2021 21:20 (two years ago) link
Cornell 77, the beauty and the power of Garcia's solo on Morning Dew, many people prefer say the Europe 72 version. But for me it has never been equaled. pic.twitter.com/YIyPET3gwr— not the guy (@notnotnuanced) November 18, 2021
― birdistheword, Thursday, 18 November 2021 21:42 (two years ago) link
The scriptwriters, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, also wrote Ed Wood and My Name is Dolemite, so this gives me some hope, should it ever happen. The weird, mannered, almost gothic comedy in things like Wolf of Wall Street is the most interesting aspect of Scorsese's late style, imho, and god knows there's a comedy to be made out of the Dead story. So many great supporting parts to be cast - Kesey, Cassidy, Sam Cutler, Mountain Girl, Donna and Keith, Mickey Hart's father, Bill Graham etc etc.
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 18 November 2021 22:09 (two years ago) link
The Wolf of Shakedown Street
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 18 November 2021 22:43 (two years ago) link
Ok that actually sounds goodThe less earnest the better I guess
― calstars, Thursday, 18 November 2021 23:10 (two years ago) link
This could be good if it was Hill and his crew (and Scorsese!) doing a stoner comedy about a fictionalized Garcia.
Actually, in all seriousness, this would be good if it was just about the Dead and the Hells Angels in the months and days leading to Altamont, ending right before it goes down.
FADE TO BLACK
TEXT: "In the end, the Grateful Dead never played Altamont, citing the threat of violence. The night ended as scheduled, with a performance by the Rolling Stones, during which fan Meredith Hunter was stabbed and killed by a member of the Hells Angels.
In 1987, the Grateful Dead released "Touch of Grey." It peaked at number 9."
"Gimme Shelter" by the Rolling Stones begins to play as credits roll.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 18 November 2021 23:10 (two years ago) link
I actually think a movie about Jerry between, say, '82 and '85 could be interesting.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 18 November 2021 23:11 (two years ago) link
I would absolutely take a Dead comedy over a biopic.
― hocus pocus, alakazam (PBKR), Thursday, 18 November 2021 23:57 (two years ago) link
Should be Seth Rogen instead of Jonah Hill.
― hocus pocus, alakazam (PBKR), Thursday, 18 November 2021 23:58 (two years ago) link
Jerry Garcia does not seem like the most compelling character in the altamont thing
― brimstead, Friday, 19 November 2021 00:15 (two years ago) link
Jonah Hill needs to go full De Niro and put on 60 lbs for a late Garcia role.
― hocus pocus, alakazam (PBKR), Friday, 19 November 2021 01:44 (two years ago) link
― tobo73, Friday, 19 November 2021 02:46 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I didn’t say it would be an uplifting movie, but it’s as a darker counterpoint to the hippie ideal I think there’s a story to tell and it could still have a more positive twist at the end, depending on where you cut it off. I just think the vivid imagery of the freebasing bust in Golden Gate Park would be striking.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 19 November 2021 03:23 (two years ago) link
Based on the LST doc, I think an easy film to make would be towards the end around 93-95 when he’s ruining all his relationships. Whirlwind of crappy Jerry behavior in 94 alone!
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Friday, 19 November 2021 08:49 (two years ago) link