Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Pastimes : Deadheads -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: SIer formerly known as Joe B. who wrote (23991)	11/16/2000 10:56:49 AM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 49843

Wednesday November 15 04:00 AM EST Dueling New Year's Eve Shows Leave Deadheads Spinning dailynews.yahoo.com By Richard B. Simon reports New Year's Eve gigs have been a long-standing Grateful Dead tradition, but this year Deadheads face a tough choice. While ex-Dead bassist Phil Lesh performs at the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center in Oakland, California, his former Grateful Dead bandmates, who bill themselves as the Other Ones, will be playing across town at the Network Associates Coliseum. Representatives for Lesh and the Other Ones declined to comment on the conflicting gigs, but the Other Ones posted a message at www.dead.net on Friday. "For 30 years or more, we all knew that a New Year's Eve without the Dead was unthinkable. Acting under the information that Phil and Friends were planning an East Coast show — information which we worked hard to be absolutely certain was correct — the Other Ones planned a New Year's Eve gala at Oakland Coliseum. Well, things change." Lesh toured with the Other Ones — whose lineup includes drummers Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, guitarist Bob Weir and keyboardist Bruce Hornsby — on 1998's Furthur Festival. The 1999 tour was canceled while Lesh recovered from liver transplant surgery, and eventually Lesh opted out of the group, citing philosophical differences. A rift continued to develop between Lesh and his former bandmates, partly over a plan to use venture capital to digitize the Grateful Dead's vast storehouse of live recordings. The Other Ones toured this summer with bassist Alphonso Johnson stepping into Lesh's role. Fans have been debating the merits of the two groups on the Internet, with nearly the ardor of Republicans and Democrats discussing the presidential election. "By dividing the audience and turning Deadhead against Deadhead, it can't help but become a partisan matter," Grateful Dead Hour radio host David Gans said. "It's a damn shame is what it is. ... They're dividing the audience. They're competing for the affection and the ticket money of