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Peter Conners: Growing Up Dead

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Rdallas1
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Posted: 06.17.09, 11:54 AM
Even though I did not grow up in that era, I feel that there definitely is not a feeling of community like there was back then. My generation has grown up in such a materialistic and selfish world and it is a shame. You just can't find that sense of community and free feeling that people had at those concerts. Yes, there was a lot of drugs and maybe a little too much of carelessness but I think my generation could learn a lot of valuable lessons from what went on during that time. I definitely want to read this book to really see what it was like since I will never live in a time quite like that.
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8:30dreamer
Posts: 8
Posted: 06.17.09, 03:15 PM
I don't think the late '80s-mid '90s were particularly unmaterialistic. While mainstream culture is (like, I think, it was then) materialistic today, you can always find the enclaves of idealistic culture today. You just have to look in the right places.
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ladyfox14
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Posted: 06.17.09, 04:31 PM
For some reason, maybe because of their name, but I had always thought that the Grateful Dead was more along the lines of punk rock. Prior to watching the video, I wikied the band and got some really insightful information. Their wiki info intrigued me even more and so I found some of their youtube videos and within a ten minute span, have come to like their music. I am adding the Grateful Dead to my list of new bands that I like.
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Atomicknot
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Posted: 08.01.09, 02:04 AM
Escaping through the lily fields, I came across an empty space
It trembled and exploded, left a bus stop in its place
The bus came by and I got on, that's when it all began
There was Cowboy Neal at the wheel of the bus to never ever land
Bob Weir/Bill Kreutzmann

I got on the bus....and you weren't on it. What an amateur. Learn how to pronounce the names properly. That might give you some credibility.

You complain about ticket scalpers, as you should.....but aren't you doing the same thing, making money on The Grateful Dead.
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PeterConners
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Posted: 08.13.09, 11:24 AM
Good to see some of the comments here! It's amazing to me that a reading at a bookstore in San Fran can resonate & ripple so far...

For what it's worth, no, I don't think that writing a book is the same as scalping a concert ticket. It ain't that easy. Growing Up Dead is about the influence that the Dead culture & scene had (and continues to have) on my life, so it's a memoir that focuses more on my experience than on the Dead themselves. That said, I also love biographies of bands & have never considered them to be preying on the bands they're about. Writing a book is hard work, period. If you don't love it, you don't do it. Or, said another way, "please don't dominate the rap Jack, if you've got nothing new to say..."
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little jimi
Posts: 1
Posted: 12.29.09, 06:18 PM
Don't be a hater .

Writing this was probably like therapy for himself.

So you would say the same thing about me if I were to write a book .
get real bro.
where is your "kindness"

I was on a bunch of bus's back on tour . what bus were you on .
I did trash crew for a long long time ...
didn't you find the love there ... enjoy the memories this guy is sharing .

Grateful Forever Forever Grateful .. little jimi
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