Archive for October, 2024

Phil Lesh

One of my dearest friends saw well over a hundred Grateful Dead shows (and remembers the set list from every single one). A few years ago he saw nine (!) Phil Lesh and Friends shows in Port Chester, New York, in one month. He sent me this marvellous archive from the Port Chester shows.

Phil Lesh was a musical genius who increased the musical vocabulary and swelled the listening sensoriums of everyone who paid attention, bringing worlds into us.

“The root of beauty is boldness. That is what’s brought us to one another.”— Boris Pasternak

Coming home in October

I took a bit of video crossing over the Fraser River yesterday evening, from my seat on the Amtrak, returning home to Vancouver. I love a train the way a child loves trains, so watching other trains from my train was a special delight.