[UA] Re: The dim and distant past of... 1998

[Jonathan]

Very nice dig at Dave Matthews.  I hate that guy.  >:D  Of course, I don't like Phish, either.

Anyone given any thought to groups like Dark Star Orchestra?  Basically, they are a Grateful Dead tribute band that tries to re-enact various shows *exactly.*  I.e. If one of the musicians improvised or made a mistake, they will attempt to duplicate the improvised performance or will purposefully make the same mistake.  That's got some power to it, I'd say.

For 1998, you could have the real Jerry be aware that the robot either stopped working or that someone stopped it, and either be in hiding or attempting to reclaim the faithful?

J


--- On Fri, 1/9/09, Foster Ranney <foranney at vassar.edu> wrote:

> From: Foster Ranney <foranney at vassar.edu>
> Subject: [UA] Re: The dim and distant past of... 1998
> To: ua at lists.unknown-armies.com
> Date: Friday, January 9, 2009, 4:13 PM
> Johnathon, dude ... Jerry died in 1995. No robots involved.
> The faithful panicked. The Dead stopped touring (for a
> while). That's the only reason anyone would listen to
> Dave Matthews: the good artists were already deceased.
> 
> Sorry to burst your bubble, but he's been stone-cold
> for a long time, and that's no secret. I guess he
> might've died during one of those comas in the eighties,
> though, and they just switched off the robot when they got
> tired of touring and figured that Phish could handle the
> crowds.
> 
>  - F.A.R. out
> 
> I was never a fan, but I remember ca. 1996-1998 as about
> the time that I became aware of that the bands Phish and
> Dave Matthews Band had to some extent replaced the Grateful
> Dead in terms of followers on tour, etc.
> 
> To that extent, a friend of mine once theorized while under
> the influence that Jerry Garcia had died and been replaced
> with an animatronic Jerry in order to prevent a panic
> amongst the faithful.  I'm sure you could do something
> with the True King, etc., if you want to mess with that
> idea.  
> 
> You should also look into what music was popular then.  At
> what point did Limp Bizkit and that kind of thing come out? 
> 
> 
> Jonathan
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