1. I wrote Jeff an email of gratitude for his superb March 20th Deadish show and mentioned that in his After Show selections, hearing Jerry Garcia perform "Mission in the Rain" hit me hard and deep.
Jeff records his show in advance of the Thursday broadcast, so on Thursday evening last week, he was free to go to WOW Hall and hear the Garcia Project perform.
He told me in a return email that he was so moved by the Garcia Project's performance of "Mission in the Rain" that he left the show -- it sounded to me like he didn't want any other songs to interfere with the emotional experience "Mission in the Rain" roused in him.
I went to my first Grateful Dead show in Oakland on Dec 31, 1987.
It was not only my introduction to seeing and hearing the Grateful Dead live, but I arrived in San Francisco on Dec 27th, my 34th birthday, stayed with Jeff at Jay's apartment, and met a bunch of people from across the USA who were Jeff and Jay's equals in their knowledge of and devotion to the Grateful Dead.
So Jeff and his pals schooled me.
We listened to recordings, they gave me history lessons, told me stories about the Grateful Dead and Haight Ashbury, showed me books, posters, and other Grateful Dead memorabilia, and did other generous things to help prepare me for my maiden voyage into the Grateful Dead scene and the show itself.
In addition, Jeff gave me a Jerry Garcia Band show tape.
Jeff had me listen to it and he told me to be sure to listen intently to one song that he cherished.
"Mission in the Rain"
I did.
It hit me deep and hard in December of 1987, got me again Tuesday night when Jeff played it on Deadish, struck Jeff's soul at the WOW Hall on March 20th, and continues to be one of several songs in the Dead-iverse that makes the world stop whenever I hear it.
2. Debbie finds it relaxing to find a quiet spot at Radio Brewing and work school tasks.
Often she then brings home an entree for us to share.
I had a dinner planned tonight, but texted Debbie that if she'd rather eat food from Radio, no problem.
She wanted home cooked food.
Awesome!
So I got out the wok and fixed us a Thai wheat noodle stir fry dinner featuring cut up tri trip steak, red onion, carrots, celery, mushrooms, zucchini, yellow squash, green beans, broccoli, fresh spinach, and fresh herbs.
My timing was pretty good as far as cooking these ingredients evenly.
I set out different bottles of sauces.
We dove in and enjoyed one of my favorite meals to prepare and eat.
It worked.
3. I made a quick trip to Yokes today.
My mind wandered to the music that plays in the store while I shop.
It didn't happen today, but every once in a while the playlist at Yokes plays the one song that moves me to find a spot in the store underneath a speaker, try to stay out of other shoppers' way, and listen to it to the very end when the song features one of my all-time favorite guitar solo outros ever.
The song appeared on the Talking Heads 1985 album, Little Creatures.
The song?
"And She Was"
Jerry Harrison plays that solo and any time that song comes on at Yokes, I never have anything more important or more urgent in my life to do than to stop everything, listen to this tune, wait for the outro, and clench my hand into a victory fist.
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