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pu bl i sh ed in Ma r in Co un ty , Ca li fo r ni a

Curtain call: Mickey, Bill, Phil, Bob, Warren a nd Jeff, feelin the love

from the audience at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountai n View, CA,

5/10/09.PHOTO: JAYBLAKESBERG

How does the song go?: The Dead running some tunes with

Branford Marsalis in the rehearsal room at Izod Center in East

Rutherford, NJ, 4/29/09 PHOTO: JAYBLAKESBERG

Home field advantage: Playing one for the locals, at Shoreline

Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, 5/10/09

PHOTO: ROBERTMINKIN

Friends of the devil: Jeff gets his horns, cape and

pitchfork from Mickey and Bill (with Mike Gordon

hovering), Madison Square Garden, NYC,

4/25/09 PHOTO: JAYBLAKESBERG

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CHANGEI -

the past year, that was it: Change,

for good or ill, was in the air everywhere;Political change, societal change, cultur-

al change and, more ominously, global

climate change and cataclysmic econom-

ic change (the latter of which had a good

many folks worrying about spare change).

Change being the dominant constant in our

corner of the Universe for more than four

decades, we here in DeadWorld felt right at

home in the midst of the tumult.

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G D and extended family were

an integral part of the process of effecting

change, through their active role in the his-

toric campaign, election and inauguration

of B Oas 44th President of the

United States. That activity in turn gave

impetus to positive change on the musi-

cal front, as P L, B W, B

KandM H(abetted

by WHandJC)

reconvened (as TD) to perform to -

gether for the first time in five years. In a

continuation of a sequence of events that

began with the Dead Heads for Obama

benefit in San Francisco in February 2008,

the band played another fundraiser for t he

Democratic candidate in October the

Change Rocks show (with the A

BB) in the battleground state

of Pennsylvania. Shortly thereafter came

the hoped-for announcement that The

Dead would do a full-on tour in the spring

of 2009.

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the singular honor of performing for the

President, Mrs. Obama and supporters at

the Mid-Atlantic States Ball, one of the

largest inaugural celebrations, on January

20th, the day Mr. Obama took office.

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taste of things to come with a breath-

less jaunt through the Big Apple on March

30th, with an event called Free The Dead!

(aka The Taxi Tour): three shows in dif-

ferent Manhattan venues in one day, all

of them free of charge (with tickets given

away online and through radio stations).

It started out with an acoustic afternoon

show by Phil, Bob and Warren at the Angel

Orensanz Center, a beautiful 19th Century

former synagogue-turned-arts-center on

the Lower East Side; then it was on to elec-

tric full-band fun at the Gramercy Theater

(a cozy converted movie house); and final-

ly the venerable Roseland Ballroom near

Times Square. It was a day those lucky

enough to attend wont soon forget.

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venue a day, thank you!) started for real on

April 12th in Greensboro, NC, made its way

to many of the longtime Dead strongholds

in the Northeast, then hopped from the

Midwest to the Rockies to the West Coast,

ending up in Washington state in mid-May.

The net result: 22 dates in all, over 150

different songs played, countless minds

blown. Among the high points were spec-

tacular shows at some of the most revered

GD venues, including Madison Square

Garden and (for

the last time, as its

scheduled for demo-

lition) Phil adelphias

Spectrum; a cou-ple of gigs in New

Jersey with old

friend B

Mproviding

added inspiration;

an amazing night at

the L.A. Forum that

did considerable

damage to the no-

tion that Southern

Californians are too mellow those folks

gave the New York and Philly crowds a run

for their money in the energy and enthusi-

asm department! The musical results were

impressive, to say the least the group-

mind was in full effect and The Zone open

for business, with Warren and Jeff hav-

ing no trouble at all jumping into the con-

versation with the Core Four. In fact, Mr.

Chimenti, who was a crucial participant

in the nightly sonic safaris with Bill and

Mickey, was accorded a rare honor indeed

induction, in a backstage ceremony in New

York, into the ranks of the RD

(complete with presentation of horns, cape

and pitchfork)!

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Gorge in Quincy, WA on May 16th (with a

marathon show also featuring the Allman

Brothers Band and theDB),

there was a mutual feeling, among band

and audience alike, of a job well done and

then some, and the members of The Dead

save for a one-off show in July at the

Rothbury Festival in Michigan returned

to their individual endeavors and collabo-

rations. What the future portends for The

Dead as a group is unknown, but this much

can be said: for that fleeting precious pe-

riod they spent together this year, they did

honor to a great legacy and, for all of us who

were fortunate to share the experience, put

the grateful back in the equation in no

uncertain terms.

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Their usual spring tour activ ities supplant-

ed by their leaders otherwise-engaged sta-

tus,RD

more than made up for losttime during the summer. The dog took

to the road just after the 4th of July (the

bands first gigs since a sweet Caribbean

idyll in January at the Grand Lido resort

in Negril, Jamaica). Despite the layoff

there were few signs of road rust, as the

band hit the road full throttle. Tour high-

lights featured dates with such friends as

.andJ Gsharing the bill,

and a performance (joined by special guest

D J G MK) at one

of the perennial favorites among summer

music events, the Gathering of the Vibes

in Bridgeport, CT. In the mix-and-match

jamming spirit of the event, Bobby put in a

little extra work of his own as a delightful

drop-in with the L H B.

O

of experiencing RatDog on tour in 2009

was the chance to observe the continued

good health and creative revitalization of

MK, whose recovery from can-

cer and return to peak musical form as-

sisted immeasurably, he says, by all the

love and good wishes sent his way by fam-

ily, friends and fans is as moving and in-

spiring as it gets. Mark took advantage of

some of his RatDog downtime to complete

his long-awaited solo album Walk Through

The Fire, about which youll find more on

page 5. And for all the latest info on Mark:

markkaran.com

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front: JLs hip-hop/funk outfit

B Bissued its first album,

Deadbeatz, Vol. 1 . Its a startlingly fresh

project that incorporates samples of clas-

sic Grateful Dead songs, transforming

them into entirely new compositions. The

Brotherz came to the East Coast while The

Dead were on tour and played a series of

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ture called FURTHUR, a melding of new

and old friends featuring guitarist J

K(of theDSO)

and drummer JR (B-

R D), joining the fam iliar f aces of

RatDogs Jay Lane and Jeff Chimenti. The

combination of players deeply rooted in

the traditions of Grateful Dead music and

others relatively new to the scene offered

the potential for some very intriguing cre-

ative chemistry indeed. Exciting previews

of coming attractions turned up in the form

of online videos from the groups rehears-

als, and the high expectations were fully

satisfied as the new combo made its debut

with three wildly successful performances

in September at Oaklands beautifully re-

stored Fox Theatre.

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BJwrote (in de-

tailed reviews you can read in full at dead.

net): Whew. This band is for real. Keep an

open mind. And dont miss em if they come

to your town!

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town? Well, just as we were going to press,a batch of new dates were announced for

December in the Northeast. You can get de-

tailed info about these, a nd any fast-break-

ing news of more to come, at furthur.net

continued from page 1

Further adventures: (Above) The

new group (L-R: Chimenti, Lesh,

Russo, Lane, Weir, Kadlecik) on-

stage during the triumphant debut

weekend at the Oakland Fox;

(Right) Feelin some

love of their own.

PHOTOS: JAYBLAKESBERG

Like fine wineBob Weir joins Taj Mahal at aRex Foundation benefit, 6/11/09 at Silver Oaks

Cellar, Oakville, CA. More on Rex below in the

Community Corner. PHOTO: ROBERTMINKIN

late-night gigs after the Dead shows, mak-

ing lots of new fans along the way. You can

join the rank s of those fans by visiting

bandorotherz.org

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M

H, whose Global Drum Project (with

Z H, S A and

GH) took the Gra mmy

Award in the Best Contemporary World

Music album category. Mickey, Zakir,

Sikiru and Giovanni were previously part-

nered on the groundbreaking 1991 release

Planet Drum, which won the very first

Grammy ever awarded in that c ategory.

M, Z S

of a celebration of a more somber kind on

September 9th, when they joined saxo-

phonist PWfor a beautiful per-

formance at a memorial event in tribute

to the great broadcast journalist W

C, who died on July 17th at the

age of 92. Mickey, who enjoyed a long

friendship with the legendary CBS Newsanchorman, was one of several speakers

(including President Obama) who eulogized

Mr. Cronkite, offering a ffectionate remem-

brances of their times together (which in-

cluded several Grateful Dead shows. Thats

right: Walter Cronkite was One Of Us!).

M

of the most poignant music releases of

2009: A Promise Kept, a posthumous tes-

tament by talented Bay Area singer-song-

writer JMP, who passed away

in 1985 at the fa r-too-young age of 40. The

promise referred to in the title was a si-

lent pledge to McPherson from his wife

Evy, to see the album to completion and

release. 24 years later, that promise has

indeed been kept, and the music world is

richer for it. The album was recorded at

Harts barn at his former home in Novato,

CA, and featured a stellar cast of Northern

California talent, including, in addition to

Mickey on drums, the late MS

on keyboards, BVon bass, sing-

er/multi-instrumentalist VR,

harmonica ace N B and

guitarist MH. For more in-

formation and to purchase the CD, visit

jimmcpherson.net

And for all the latest from Mickeys

world: mickeyhart.net

B K

ad-

venture, the BK3, begun last year in part-

nership with guitarist SM

and bassist OB, continued

to evolve and, yes, change. Oteil, one of the

busiest, most in-demand players anywhere,had to bow out of the project due to a few

too many musical and personal obligations

hey, a guy has to go home sometime! But

ready to jump in was another terrific bass

player: J H H,

probably best known for his long (and still

ongoing) tenure in the band of B

R. Hutch has a well-deserved reputa-

tion as a great in-the-pocket blues/R&B/

rock n roll player, but hes also got deep

roots in the Bay Area improv-rock scene,

and only too happy to bust out of that pocket

every now and again and stretch out. The

BK3 provides a perfect opportunity to do

so, and Hutch rose to the task with ease. The

3 became a 4 on its successful late-spring

tour, when the multi-talented singer/song-

writer/guitarist/fiddler/etc TN,

from the wonderful roots-rock band Donna

The Buffalo joined the party.

B

enjoyable and productive time with

the Mississippi-born, Louisiana-raised,

Texas-based guitarist/singer/songwriter

PM( papamali.com)

F BK3 ( 4)

Kreutzmann news, check out Bills spiffy

brand-new website: billkreutzmann.com

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in the world of Donna Jean Godchaux

MacKay? You got it change! After a couple

of happy years with DJand the

T, Donna went back to basics

with a smaller, leaner, funkier band, now

called simply the DJG

Band. Staying on from the DJ/Tricksters

period is the great guitarist/singer J

M, joined by one of Jeffs old pals

from the ZT, drummer J

C, plus Donnas husband D

MKon bass andMAon key-

boards. The resulting sound is a bit closer

to the Southern Soul feel that Donna grew

to love as a child in the fabled music com-

munity of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, but still

leaves lots of room for the jamming that her

Dead Head fans crave. Learn more at: don-

najeangodchauxband.com

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, - this new print edition of the Almanac,

change manifested itself yet again, with the

announcement that Phil Lesh & Bob Weir

were making plans for a new musical ven-

Saint Misbehavin: The Wavy Gravy Movieis

a hugely entertaining, moving and inspir-

ing new documentary by

filmmaker Michelle Esrick:

a labor of love ten years

in the making, tracing

the amazing journey of

Wavy Gravy the man,

the clown, the ice cream

flavor from his days in

the 1950s/early 60s as a

poet/standup comic (then

known as Hugh Romney)

in Greenwich Village,

opening shows for jazz

icons including Thelonious Monk and John

Coltrane and hanging out with such pals as

Bob Dylan and Lenny Bruce; to his lifelong

commitment to political and social activism;

his role as patriarch of the rolling commu-

nal family known as the Hog Farm, which

attained international renown for providing

free food, f reak-out counseling, peacekeep-

ing and other assistance to the stranded

and hungry hordes at the Woodstock

festival 40 years ago this past summer; and

perhaps most remarkably of all, his tireless

work as co-founder/fundraiser/goodwill

ambassador of the Seva Foundation, an

organization dedicated for more than three

decades to a philosophy

of compassion in action,

serving people around the

world who are struggling

for health, cultural survival

and sustainable communi-

ties. The film features rare

archival footage of Wavy

from all phases of his life,

as well as recently filmed

sequences of the man at

work and play, plus first-

hand testimony and music

from such friends, colleagues and admirers

as Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Ramblin

Jack Elliot, Buffy Sainte-Marie and the band

with whom Wavy was most closely associ-

ated over the years, the Grateful Dead.

Saint Misbehavinhas enjoyed successful

theatrical engagements in New York and

COMMUNITY CORNERLos Angeles, and is available for showings

at colleges and film festivals. To learn more

about the film and future opportunities tosee this indispensable cultural document,

visit rippleeffectfilms.com

Wavys own home in cyberspace:

wavygravy.net

And to learn how you can help the Seva

Foundation continue its ongoing tradition

of compassion in action:seva.org

The Rex Foundation was on the road

again this past summer, making friends on

the festival circuit, raising consciousness

and needed funds for a variety of good

causes.

Since the Grateful Dead's first Rex

Benefit in the spring of 1984, fans have

made it possible for the Rex Foundation to

grant $8.4 million to over 1,000 programs

across the United States and internation-

ally. The Rex Foundation grants support

grassroots programs working in bold,

innovative ways to secure a healthy en-

vironment, promote individuality in the

arts, provide social and economic justice,

preserve indigenous cultures, build strong

communities and educate children andadults everywhere.

Since the Grateful Dead ended its

touring life in 1995, Rex has relied on the

generosity and activism of you, the mem-

bers of the Dead Head community and

others who have joined the cause as the

Foundation has broadened its focus and

its outreach over the years.

To continue your support of Rex, visit

rexfoundation.org

In Memoriam:

Ustad Ali Akbar Khan

(1922-2009)

Master musician and educator; founder of the

Ali Akbar College of Music in San Rafael, CA

(recipient of the Rex Foundations 2008 Ralph J.

Gleason Award).

John Marmaduke Dawson

(1945-2009)

Singer/songwriter/guitarist; Co-founder of

New Riders of the Purple Sage; co-writer (with

Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter) of Friend of

the Devil

May the four winds blow you safely

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There were three other Road Trips re-

leases in 09, each as different from each

other as Dark Star is from Mama

Tried. In the w inter,Road Trips Vol. 2,

No. 2presented the full February 14, 1968

Valentines Day show from the Carousel

Ballroom in San Francisco, mixed down

from the original 8-track tapes (or, in

some cases, pulled from the best avail-

able 2-track sources). This legendary show,which no less an authority than Phil Lesh

once proclaimed his favorite show, cap-

tures the Dead as they were flowering into

true psychedelic beastsMickey had been

in the band nearly half a year at this point,

and a combination of relentless rehearsal

and a new dedication to original song-

writing was taking the music in fascinat-

ing and bizarre new directions. This show

contains early versions of such then-un-

recorded gems as Dark Star, China Cat

Sunflower, The Eleven, and Lovelight,

as well as fiery takes on all the songs that

would appear onAnthem of the Sunin a few

monthsindeed, bits from the this show

even turn up in the live-studio mashup

that album became, and the second set/

disc here features the entire album played

in order! Talk about a smoking crater this

is theprimal oozeat its core!

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P1ForRoad T rips Vol. 2, No . 3, we jump

forward six years to the summer of 74

and the Wall of Sound! Just as 77 has

its fierce partisans, so does 1974, with

its hugespacey jams and wild, f ree play-

ing, made all the more special by the

fact that it was being pumped through

the most magnificent sound system the

world had ever seenstacks of hundreds

of speakers, piled high behind the ba nd,

emitting the cleanest and clearest sound

imaginable to legions of Dead Headscoast to coast (and even in Europe). It

was a bitch to haul around, but dont tell

that to the fans, who dug it to the max.

Sound system aside, 74 is famous for its

var ied a nd adv enturous shows, and the

two represented on this Road Trip sre -

lease have long been esteemed by seri-

ous collectors6/16/74 from the State

Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa, of all

places; and 6/18/74 from Freedom Hall

in Louisville, Kentucky. (Just goes to

show you the magic has always revealed

itself in the strangest of places) The

Des Moines selections include one of

those great, loping 74 versions of China

Cat > I Know You Rider and a 29-min-

ute Playing in the Band that takes you

flyin and tumblin every which way;

and the Kentucky disc contains Eyes

of the World into China Doll, plus a

mind-blowing sequence coming out of

Weather Report Suite that touches

down at The Other One, Its a Sin and

Stella Blue, with manyindescribable

vis ta poi nts along the way.

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Fast forward another 19 years for our sum-merRoad Tripsexcursion, Vol. 2, No. 4,

featuring the best from May 26-27, 1993

at Cal Ex po Amphitheatre in Sacramento,

one of the cooler venues frequented by the

band. This is considered one of the best

of the bands latter-day runs, and its easy

to see why: The Playing in the Band on

Disc One is surely one of the best post-70s

versions, a twisting, constantly mutating

jamming jour ney; it is satisfyingly fin-

ished (reprised) on Disc Two. Theres an

emotional Box of Rain, a gnarly Victim

or the Crime, a lilting Crazy Fingers, a

funkified Shakedown all sorts of neat

stuff that will surprise those Heads who

might be casually dismissive of 90s Dead,

and delight those who have fond memories

of some of the excellent shows that were

played in that era.

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2009 was To Terrapin: Hartford 77, a

beautifully packaged 3-CD set encompass-

ing every note played by the band at the

Hartford Civic Center on May 28, 1977

yep, another jewel from the spring of 77!

This one kicks off in stylewith Bertha

> Good Lovin and then really gets into

There were many other cool releases in 2009 that you may

or may not be familiar with, so let us take a moment to either

educate you or remind you!

the groove with the 19-minute Sugaree

that followsShake it! There are plenty

of 70s faves i n the first set (Jack Straw,

Passenger, Candyman) and then

the second set ranges from Samson to

Estimated to Playing in the Band to

Terrapin, and, on the back end, Wharf

Rat, a killerNot Fade Away and more.

Can you own too much 77? Absolutely not;

this is yet a nother indispensible winner!

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there were two other disparate releases ear-

lier this year. The eighth installment in the

ever-popular Pure Jerry series marked thefirst release of acoustic music from Jerry

and John Kahn, a complete show from

the intimateMarin Veterans Memorial

Auditorium, February 28, 1986. This is

the duo up close and personalit practi-

cally sounds like youre onstage with them!

The song selection and performances are

both outstandingit includes such tunes as

Little Sadie, Friend of the Devil, When I

Paint My Masterpiece, Run for the Roses

and, probably the highlight of the whole disc,

a high-flying Bird Song. Definitely a feel-

good disc.

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And this past summer the Pure Jerry

series took a trip in Mr. Peabodys Way-

Back machine forBay Area 1978, a dy-

namite two-disc set drawn from four

Northern California shows, featuring the

band with Jerry, John, Keith and Donna,

drummer Buzz Buchanan and occasional

guest Maria Muldaur. This set shows the

group at its jammiest on way extended

versions of Lonesome and a Long Way

From Home and Dont Let Go, but also

the beautiful power of the Jerry-Donna-

Maria vocal t rio on numbers like The Way

You Do the Things You Do, Ill Be With

Thee, and what nearly everyone agrees is

the best version of Paul McCartney s Let

Me Roll It the g roup ever played. Toss in

standouts such as Mission in the Rain

and Mystery Train, among others, andyouve got a set with tons of vitality and

variety. This one is a gre at companion to

thePure Jerry Warner Theatre March 18,

1978release from a few years ago.

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You can learn more about every project on

these pages simply by going to dead.net.

Andsurprise, surpriseonce there, youll

also to be able to use your handy mouse to

click through and buy any (or all!) that

strike you. Theres lots of good listenin

on these pages and also a pr omise of lots

more to come!

But wait , it s not ju st arc hival mu sic

thats been coming out this year and

flying off the warehouse shelves.

There are also a few releases of new

music you should know about by Dead

Family members:

This past summer, Grateful Dead

compadres New Riders of the Purple

Sageput out their first album of new

material in 20 years, Where I Come

From. Led by original guitarist DavidNelson, the current Riders group also

includes pedal steel player Buddy

Cage (from their classic early 70s

lineup), longtime Hot Tuna rhythm

guitarist Michael Falzarano, bassist

Ronnie Penque and drummer Johnny

Markowski. The album features seven

fine new tunes co-written by Nelson

and Grateful Dead lyricist Robert

Hunter, as well as strong contribu-

tions from the others. This version of

the Riders is maybe a bit more rockin

and jammy than the original band, but

youll find that their new music fits

nicely with the groups long, distin-

guished tradition. A really solid effort.

RatDog lead guitarist Mark Karan

had been striving to cut a solo album

for many years, but it was a serious

bout of cancer a couple of years ago,

followed by his miraculous recovery,

that finally pushed him to complete

this dream project, titled Walk Through

the Fire. The album collects a number

of excellent original tunes Mark has

written through the years, along with

an eclectic selection of covers, includ-

ing Randy Newmans Think Its Gonna

Rain, Joe Jacksons Fools In Love, the

Robert Johnson blues Love in Vain,

the Deads Easy Wind, and a song

you might not know but should defi-

nitely hear: Susan Shellers Memphis

Radio. Mark sings and plays all manner

of acoustic and electric axes on the disc,

and hes helped out by an illustrious

bunch of very musical friends, including

Bonnie Raitt bassist Hutch Hutchinson,

keyboardists such as Mike Finnigan and

Little Feats Bill Payne, and first-rate vo-

calists like Chris and Lorin Rowan, The

Persuasions, Jackie and Gloria from the

JGB and Delaney Bramlett. Mark defi-

nitely shows musical sides of himselfyou probably didnt know he had.

Last, but certainly not least, is the lat-

est project from former Grateful Dead

electronics/MIDI/programming guru

Bob Bralovecalled Ultraviolet Licorice.

Bob was an important and influential

member of the Deads crew beginning

in the late 80s. It was Bralove who put

together the trippy GD Drums-and-

Space live album Infrared Roses. Since

his days with the Dead, hes shown

himself to be a very imaginative and

creative musician, working both with

others (such as his duo with ex-GD key-

boardist Tom Constanten, known as

Dose Hermanos) and alone (as shown

on his 2007 project Stories in Black and

White). The keyboardists new CD is a

collaboration with avant-guitarist Henry

Kaiser, and as you might expect from

two master free-form improvisers, the

tunes on this CD are all over the map

stylistically, ranging from abstract ex-

pressions to lovely melodic musings,

using both electric and acoustic instru-

ments. Definitely music for the mind

and soul.

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GoldenGatePark,1967

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cardboardcut-outofhimself,1994

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