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An ongoing series of articles on songs & performances of the early Grateful Dead.
December 3, 2010
Jerry Garcia Interview Links
So I've decided to at least take a small step and try compiling links to the various interviews available to read or hear online. This list is just a start, and is meant to be a work in progress – I hope readers can suggest other interviews I've missed, so I can make additions.
This list is not meant to cover what's available in books or DVDs – it's a list of weblinks, not a bibliography. I was hesitant to include youtube videos; but there's a lot of good material there. I drew the line, though, at listing every ten-second snippet!
I also (somewhat arbitrarily) decided not to include torrent downloads, only things that can be streamed.
This is arranged by date – I tried to list the actual interview dates, but sometimes had to settle for publication date.
UPDATED March 2018 with some youtube interviews added (and others deleted). I'm sure I've missed or forgotten other items online, so it would be appreciated if people could point out some of those!
July '64 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eJfdPThgD4 (Mother McCree's interview)
Spring '67 - http://www.archive.org/details/gd1967-XX-XX.sbd.bershaw.5419.shnf (Audio)
(Several copies are also up on youtube.)
'70 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_g2GWeAgYQ (Audio - Grateful Dead radio interview)
9/70 -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UZZAPWHjlA (Audio - Grateful Dead interview on WMCA-AM, New York)
10/11/70 - http://www.itkowitz.com/mam1965text.php?aid=260 (by Jay Itkowitz, for Action World)
Feb '71 - ftp://gdead.berkeley.edu/pub/gdead/interviews/garcia-in-JazzPop-mag-Feb71 (by David Bromberg)
6/21/71 (has French voiceover) - taken off youtube; may be available elsewhere?
Summer/Fall '71 - ftp://gdead.berkeley.edu/pub/gdead/interviews/72-rs-interview (by Charles Reich & Jann Wenner; published in Signpost to New Space)
Also part here: http://www.jannswenner.com/archives/jerry_garcia_part1.aspx
4/11/72 - http://www.muthergrumble.co.uk/issue05/mg0523.htm
April '72 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU30HpQlV94 (very short, only a minute)
5/7/72 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTbpEH2PCKU (brief preshow interview)
'73 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yivr8a9cioc (brief Hell's Angels documentary clip)
6/7/73 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gm8nqWUZso (Audio - by Dennis McNally; mostly about early scene, Neal Cassady)
Oct '73 - http://www.theuncool.com/journalism/grateful-dead-circus-magazine/
Jan '74 - http://www.theuncool.com/journalism/the-grateful-dead-creem-magazine/ (by Cameron Crowe - not straight interviews, but use lots of Garcia quotes)
6/8/74 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTAHRpJieFk (Audio - by Ken Wardell for BAM, backstage at Oakland Stadium)
October '74 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve3NqNo7yEA (unreleased interview done for the Grateful Dead Movie) [Dead.net also had an unedited clip of this interview on a "Celebrating Jerry" page a couple years ago]
3/23/75 - http://www.archive.org/details/gd1975-03-23.sbd.snack.18525.flac16 (Audio - preshow interview by James Cameron included)
Spring '75 - https://soundcloud.com/mvyradio/peter-simon-interviews (Audio - by Peter Simon, for WVOI radio)
https://beta.prx.org/stories/179550 (shorter edit, excerpts with songs added)
8/6/75 - http://www.concertvault.com/jerry-garcia/unknown-august-06-1975.html (Audio - by Mary Travers)
9/22/75 - http://www.concertvault.com/jerry-garcia/unknown-september-22-1975.html (audio)
4/1/76 - http://www.relix.com/articles/detail/the_grateful_dead_revisited_a_1976_interview_with_jerry_garcia (by Steve Weitzman, for Relix - also published in Rolling Stone's Garcia tribute book)
1976 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjjsI_RDUBA (Audio - by Ben Fong-Torres for Rolling Stone; in 5 parts, follow links)
10/2/77 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj48pFBUuqo (audio)
also here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-wzFBZnEsQ
3/10/78 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6fijoFd8v0 (Audio - radio interview w/ Garcia & Kahn about punk & new-wave bands – great music excerpts)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya2Vv1zcGmY (longer, unedited)
3/11/78 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZZYCzoFSIw (Audio - radio interview by Andy Gefen, w/ the JGB)
Oct '78 - http://www.guitarplayer.com/miscellaneous/1139/gp-flashback--jerry-garcia-october-1978/11702 (by Jon Sievert; excerpts from Guitar Player interview)
(deadhookforums.com/archive/index.php/t-17932.html had a few short excerpts from later Guitar Player interviews, but the page is now gone)
5/10/79 - http://www.concertvault.com/jerry-garcia-and-mickey-hart/unknown-may-10-1979.html (Audio - with Mickey Hart; for Direct News radio broadcast)
6/10/79 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXrQLsOonNA (Audio - Robert Klein radio show)
Also at: http://www.concertvault.com/the-robert-klein-hour/episode-8-june-10-1979.html
11/7/79 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzgzgU0ln7I (Audio - WMMR radio show, Philadelphia)
12/6/79 - http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-jerry-garcia-talk-bruce-springsteen-grateful-deads-egypt-visit-20160122 (Audio - Studs Terkel interview, Chicago)
Oct '80 Radio City press conference w/ Weir - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdp_MPqOn5E (pt 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCIbyHL_-iA (pt 2)
3/28/81 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VccFNwMkr5Q (Audio - Essen, Germany)
5/7/81 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXPdo2M3ivo (Tomorrow Show w/ Tom Snyder - with Ken Kesey)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kutqwEFPUdU (with the band)
band clip also here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSdmogq1Hrc
7/10/81 - http://www.archive.org/details/jg1981-07-10-Interview.shnf (audio)
9/7/81 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbtdAWZKLdQ (video)
Oct '81 - ftp://gdead.berkeley.edu/pub/gdead/interviews/Musician.article.1981 ("In Search of the X Factor" – also includes other Dead interviews from Musician issue)
1982 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTMqbNJwITA (Audio - "A Talk with Jerry Garcia" - by Joe Territo)
see also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GLD3EIzONo (Audio - "a talk with Jerry," part 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N11PA-sJF1Y (part 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf7cqJsfhAw (part 3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1CY5Qpk1y4 (part 4)
4/9/82 - http://www.concertvault.com/jerry-garcia/unknown-april-09-1982.html (Audio - by Lisa Robinson)
11/8/82 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqItkTk6R-g (Audio - by Bob Coburn, on Rockline radio show)
1/21/83 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBJZSjOhQ2Q (Audio - Santa Rosa 101.7 KVRE FM radio interview)
and here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQzfkOPiuaw
and here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQADTMieWgY
6/2/83 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-zEcX9_nXM (MTV interview, part 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl85mQ49Rlw (part 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLEjbZxkFe8 (part 3)
Complete 30-minute clip also here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJbL4HD8t_Q
and here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN4E5GQIZao
May '84 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN4dI4o9VBA (Audio - Paul Krassner radio interview in Eugene, partly printed in '85)
Fall '84 - http://www.denniselsas.com/jerry-garcia/ (Video - "PM Magazine" TV spot by Dennis Elsas - brief Garcia comments used)
12/31/84 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igfxUvcu_-I (Audio - by Guido Sarducci)
also here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnAIb6hPyuY
1/12/85 - http://jasobrecht.com/jerry-garcia-the-complete-1985-interview/ (complete Jas Obrecht interview for Frets; excerpt was used on guitar.com)
Sep '85 - ftp://gdead.berkeley.edu/pub/gdead/interviews/Garcia.1985.by.Paul.Krasner (by Paul Krassner, for Realist; different edit than '84 radio excerpt above)
10/14/86 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JOhtcJCjXA (by Steven Marcus)
also here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdpTSBbo3Vc
'87 (video) - NBC News On Stage, Jerry Garcia Speaks, vol. 1 - used to be on hulu.com/watch/11363/nbc-news-on-stage-grateful-dead-jerry-garcia-speaks-vol-1 as well as sidereel.com video, Amazon instant video, etc., but no longer available for streaming
'87 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tamQ9Uj1Hk (for Rolling Stone 20th-anniversary TV special)
'87 - http://blogcritics.org/music/article/interview-jerry-garcia-on-the-making/ (by Justin Kreutzmann, about the Touch of Grey video)
'87 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S819x9yRJfY (Audio - Grateful Dead "In the Dark" promo interview)
April '87 - http://edcone.typepad.com/wordup/2003/01/a_conversation_.html (audio - brief)
10/31/87 - http://www.concertvault.com/jerry-garcia/unknown-october-31-1987.html (audio)
11/12/87 - http://www.yoyow.com/marye/garcia.html (by Mary Eisenhart, for BAM – full transcript)
12/87 - https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/jerry-garcia-discusses-his-gear-near-fatal-illness-and-new-grateful-dead-album-dark (for Guitar World)
12/31/87 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDPVxYesve8 ("Garcia's backstage kitchen" comedy bit w/ Tom Davis)
also here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMZnjWONmUs
'88 - http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/05/17/jerry-garcia-opens-up-about-life-in-long-lost-1988-interview-tapes/ (by Kate Kelly, for KPIX TV)
5/23/88 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyC0oEjfhH8 (Audio excerpt on the acid tests - by Joe Smith - partial interview was printed in Off The Record)
9/13/88 - http://hightimes.com/entertainment/ht_admin/609 (by Legs McNeil for High Times, on rainforests)
7/3/89 -
http://www.relix.com/articles/detail/q-a-with-jerry-garcia-portrait-of-an-artist-as-a-tripper (by Jeremy Alderson, for Relix)
Oct '89 -
http://www.relix.com/articles/detail/built-to-last-a-conversation-with-jerry-garcia (by Steve Peters, for Relix)
10/13/89 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1qnkJO4hCI
11/30/89 - http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/the-rolling-stone-interview-jerry-garcia-19891130 (by Fred Goodman, for Rolling Stone)
Also at:
May '90 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_lSnwBddzg (in Hawaii, on a boat)
6/27/90 - https://medium.com/@hrheingold/june-27-1990-interview-with-jerry-garcia-c63ddb4178d1 (by Howard Rheingold - with Bear)
Oct '90? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6rNO0i2gxE (GD press conference)
2/27/91 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMiqDiSU8xY (Headliners TV) - This has been taken down.
3/1/91 - ftp://gdead.berkeley.edu/pub/gdead/interviews/Garcia-Costello-Musician-03011991 (w/ Elvis Costello, for Musician)
4/16/91 - https://medium.com/@hrheingold/interview-with-jerry-garcia-bob-weir-april-16-1991-dff48d26f0af (with Bob Weir, by Howard Rheingold, for Interview magazine)
6/237/91 - http://brigidmeier.com/jg-interview/ (by Brigid Meier - excerpt later printed in spring 1992 Tricycle magazine)
9/9/91 - http://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/09/arts/grateful-dead-alive-and-thriving.html (by Peter Watrous, for the NY Times)
9/13/91 - ftp://gdead.berkeley.edu/pub/gdead/interviews/Jerry-Garcia-09.13.91 (by Scott Muni)
(Same as ftp://gdead.berkeley.edu/pub/gdead/interviews/jerry-interview-fall1991 and ftp://gdead.berkeley.edu/pub/gdead/interviews/garcia91 )
10/31/91 - http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/jerry-garcia-the-rolling-stone-interview-19911031 (by James Henke, for Rolling Stone)
spring '92 - ftp://gdead.berkeley.edu/pub/gdead/interviews/garcia-Tricycle-Buddhist-Review (by Barbara Meier, for Tricycle)
May '93 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBuBKctZ0xE (backstage in Las Vegas)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5af3P8gOOQo (part 2)
also here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AmK5wsQ-4A
May '93 - http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1993-06-10/features/9306100421_1_polite-fall-tour-band (by Greg Kot, for the Chicago Tribune)
5/20/93 - ftp://gdead.berkeley.edu/pub/gdead/interviews/Guitar-Player-1993 (w/ Bob Weir - by Jon Sievert, for Guitar Player)
9/2/93 - http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/the-rolling-stone-interview-jerry-garcia-19930902 (by Anthony Decurtis, for Rolling Stone)
'93 - ftp://gdead.berkeley.edu/pub/gdead/interviews/New-Yorker-article (10/11/93 New Yorker retrospective, by Bill Barich)
Jan '94 – http://www.lycaeum.org/~maverick/garcia.htm (for Magical Blend)
(Different edits of this interview also available at ftp://gdead.berkeley.edu/pub/gdead/interviews/jerry-interview-Magic-Blend and
http://malfalfa1.tripod.com/garciainterview.htm and
ftp://gdead.berkeley.edu/pub/gdead/interviews/GarciaInterview-byDavidJayBrown-RebeccaMcClenNovick )
3/31/94 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM64QhtDWGo (short interview on art)
5/2/94 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVkkbJ_KI2Y (History of Rock & Roll unedited interview)
There used to be a shorter two-part copy on youtube, but it's gone now -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlLz5PBwUQc - this is part 2.
'94 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdfpzVaVSek (phone interview about comic-book artist Will Elder)
'95 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeW-kdQ46ys (Jerry talks about Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein)
also here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qVIKJuSZbI
4/28/95 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1APJNMkfiys (Garcia's last interview)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo2E_n27WjQ (excerpt from above - a brief reminiscence about the old Palo Alto days)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf28wgj5RbQ (a brief clip of Jerry talking about playing on Merl Saunders' Blues From the Rain Forest) - This has been taken down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utNwlr1Bxc8 (brief audio on 1970 drug bust; don't know what interview it's from)
?? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxn66PN74aE (Audio - "Got Some Things To Talk About" compilation)
'80s - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcV2ljT3xiQ (Don Fass "Reaching Up Radio" show, part 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfrZsbGXTCg (part 2)
Nov '91 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaT5FO-qkvU (some interesting Garcia comments used in this CNN news report from Aug '95)
Some other short TV bits:
11/6/79 Philadelphia TV show (with Weir) -
10/29/80 Good Morning America (with Weir) -
1982 Don Bleu's Weekend (talking about Run for the Roses) -
4/13/82 Letterman TV show w/ Weir -
9/17/87 Letterman TV show w/ Weir -
9/15/88 Good Morning America (talking about rain forests) -
10/10/89 ABC Studios, interviewer Kurt Loder (with Weir, on the growing audience at recent tours) -
October '89 Today Show (with Weir, a similar interview) -
And Garcia with Grace Slick & Bill Graham on a San Francisco TV show in 1984, interviewer Bill Kurtis (talking about changes in the music scene since the '60s) -
47 comments:
Sadly, due to lack of time, this may be the last post I make here until late January. (Unless I can think of some really short topics... The things I want to write about, though, are all big time-intensive projects, so they'll have to wait for now.)ReplyDelete
Thanks for this post! Turns out, I just so happened to be looking for a collection of Garcia interviews, and here they were! Thanks a lot, enjoy your break.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 10, 2010 at 10:19 AM
Thank-you LiA . This is from the '92 Tricycle article . It demonstrates of of the aspects of Garcia that I respect and appreciate the most .ReplyDelete
Barbara Meier: You don't impose any political message.
Jerry Garcia: I couldn't do it. The power is frightening.
Barbara Meier: Are you ever tempted?
Jerry Garcia: No. I thought, if I'm going to be onstage I'm not going to say
anything to anybody or address the crowd, because it doesn't matter what you
say, sometimes just the sound of your voice might inadvertently set somebody
off. The situation with psychedelics is so highly charged that you never
know what's leaking in. I don't mind doing it in the music, because that's
where I divest myself of ego. It's egoless, something I trust. If the band
has something to protect, it's the integrity of the experience, which
remains shapeless and formless. As long as it stays that way, everything's
Garcia interviews from 10/2/77 and 3/28/81 are also available as downloads here & there.ReplyDelete
How could I have forgotten this short Garcia interview from July 1964? He talks about the different musical elements of the Mother McCree's jugband, and what the future holds for the bandmembers. Prophetic.ReplyDelete
What I have found is so many good resources are now gone. Many of the old sites just faded away.ReplyDelete
Great list you tube seems to be where so much of the information has gone.
I've updated this with a few more youtube interviews. Are there other interviews I've missed? Let me know!ReplyDelete
Another one to add -ReplyDelete
(12-31-84, with Father Guido Sarducci)
The '73/74 Cameron Crowe links don't work anymore; his page has changed.ReplyDelete
The '73 article:
The '74 article:
Jay Itkowitz wrote:ReplyDelete
"I am so pleased to see my interview with Jerry from 1970 archived. I always felt it was special but I don't think I dreamed that 41 years later people would still find it of interest, yet they clearly do.
The interview was kind of a blind shot in the sense I had no connections to the Dead. I got the interview because they played my college (Queens) and as an editor on the college newspaper I was able to get on stage while they were tuning up. I went directly up to Jerry at an opportune moment, handed him four reefers and asked him for an interview. He gave me the name of the band's manager and told me to call the next day. I called and they let me come up later in the afternoon.
When I got to the room at the hotel, there were quite a few people hanging out while Jerry just sat there and played riffs for about a half hour or so. When he finished, he turned to me and said okay, what do you want to know.
I had prepared for the opportunity by reading The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe and had a lot of questions about the formation of the group and how they got together with the Merry Pranksters. Jerry patiently answered every question I had.
The rest is, as they say, history. The interview was featured in Action World and was snapped up the moment it came out. The interview was periodically reissued by Action World over the years and was always very popular.
Ironically, about nine months later I was across the country in Oregon and thought I could get an interview with Ken Kesey. I located his number and actually got him on the phone. I asked him for an interview and his response was as follows: "I don't do interviews."
Jerry could have certainly taken the same position inasmuch as he was very sought after. He didn't."Replies
- AnonymousJuly 12, 2013 at 4:24 PM
I've always wondered about that interview. It seems like a fairly clumsy interview. I mean, starting off with "what happened last night?", asking if he ever jammed with Hendrix -- asking if they still hand out acid at concerts! Was this your first interview? Some of Garcia's responses seem as if he was fairly well ticked-off. Did he give that impression to you at the time?Delete
And Garcia's long "You know, I think everybody should take one step backwards and two steps sideways and let the whole thing collapse" response is classic... Do you remember what kind of he had on his face at that time?
I am trying relentlessly to get in contact with my aunt. She was the housekeeper/ maid for jerry in the 80's i believe. I think she is maybe be involved in the 1/12/85 interview titled "Nora's house". However, when i click on it the link is dead. If anyone could help me i would be so thankful..ReplyDeleteReplies
Unfortunately, it looks like some guitar site has taken over Jas Obrecht's site, but that interview is still available here:Delete
Nora isn't mentioned; I've read that the interview took place at Nora Sage's house, but all Obrecht wrote was that it was at "the home of a Grateful Dead supporter who, it turned out, was letting Jerry Garcia live in her basement." (I wonder if this was Rock Scully's place where Garcia was staying, & Obrecht was misinformed.)
Dennis McNally has some negative comments about Nora Sage in his book Long Strange Trip, p. 524 & 589, basically categorizing her as a Garcia-stalker "who'd been incessantly sending mail and gifts to Garcia since 1976" and had been removed from a JGB show once at Garcia's request, but "managed to entrench herself" and became his housekeeper & drug connection. In 1991 Garcia apparently asked NY artist Vince Di Biase to "take over his art business from Nora Sage, who annoyed Garcia with her aggressive commercial instincts."
Blair Jackson interviewed her for his Garcia bio and has a more positive portrayal, basically presenting her as his caretaker who more or less saved his life in the '80s & got him turned around from the depths of his drug addiction, but got shut out afterwards - see p.337-38, 344-46, 350, & 413-14. (There are also a few comments in Robert Greenfield's Dark Star bio, p.207-08.)
Though she seems to have been very close to Garcia in the early '80s, she had some enemies among Garcia's other friends, and Garcia eventually kicked her out of the house after his coma in 1986. At some point after that, she became his art agent, but by '91 he wanted someone else to do that too.
So it seems to have been an off-and-on relationship - which wasn't uncommon at all with people who knew Garcia; various factions formed around Garcia, and he could often fall out with someone for years & then reconnect.
The aftermath:
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Jerry-Garcia-Estate-Sued-in-Dispute-Over-Art-Sales-3017376.php (As of 1995 she lived in Bend, Oregon.)
I updated this post with a few new links to youtube clips; also corrected many old dead links.ReplyDelete
Unfortunately, things online have a way of disappearing, so some of these interviews appear to have vanished for now.
As always, I'm sure this list is very incomplete - there are probably many more Garcia interviews scattered across the Web - so more additions are welcome.
I'm debating whether to include torrent links as well.
I added this recently surfaced 50-minute interview from 1994/95, for the History of Rock & Roll series - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVkkbJ_KI2YReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousSeptember 8, 2013 at 12:10 PM
This is a fantastic interview.Delete
I had a hard time figuring out when it took place: '94 or '95 makes sense. You know it's pretty late because his hair is extremely white: but, he seems a whole lot healthier than I thought he would be at that time. He's pretty damned chipper, actually, in this interview, which makes his death all the more semi-incomprehensible.
I wish the questions being put to him were a little more audible. His reactions to them are pretty funny -- it's as if he can't believe he has to answer the same damned questions he's answered for thirty years now. But, he does his best, and soon has us (or at least me) spellbound with his interpretation of what it all meant...
Sometimes he'll be grumpy at the start of an interview, and then quickly warm up. And many times we can see his reaction to being asked the same questions for the hundredth time - "arggh, again?" He always graciously answers, though. It's very rare to see him uncooperative through an interview; he usually musters up some enthusiasm, and in many of these late interviews he is very chipper.Delete
- AnonymousOctober 20, 2013 at 4:00 PM
One quick question:ReplyDelete
In a 1991 interview with both Garcia and Hunter (by Blair Jackson, which apparently isn't on the web anywhere), Jerry talked about the origins of "Uncle John's Band":
"At that time I was listening to records of the Bulgarian Women's Choir and also this Greek-Macedonian music, and on one of those records there was a... little turn of melody that was so lovely... I thought, 'Gee, if I could get this into a song it would be so great.' So, I stole it."
Well, OK -- it's nice to know where at least some of the otherness of "Uncle John's Band" is coming from. But -- in the Stoned Sunday Rap, the interview between Charles Reich and Garcia (which also is hard to find on the web), there are also two separate mentions of Bulgaria -- in particular, Bulgarian cuisine. Reich mentions Bulgarian cooking in passing, and Garcia talks about chestnut puree -- "a Bulgarian dessert that's fantastic".
So I guess my question is: What's all this about Bulgaria? Did Garcia have a Bulgarian friend, perhaps? Was there a substantial Bulgarian cultural presence in the Bay area at the time -- e. g., a Bulgarian restaurant or two?Replies
Just coincidence, I think....Delete
I updated the three Relix interview links here (one in '76 & two in '89). It seems Relix links frequently get taken down or changed.ReplyDelete
- Bill BrinaSeptember 10, 2014 at 12:30 AM
The Bulgarian connection: Back in the 50s, Nonesuch Records put out an album titled the Folk Music of Bulgaria. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Bulgaria David Crosby listened to it, turned lots of other people on to it, and the modal tunings and droning minor key melodies of Bulgarian music thereby made their way, piecemeal, into West Coast folk rock: the music of the Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, CSN and Jerry Garcia. Jerry would have been familiar with Bulgarian music through his friendship with David Crosby. Since both guys liked to eat, they might have checked out Bulgarian food, too. I don't know, but I'd guess there might have been a Bulgarian ethnic enclave somewhere in the Bay Area.ReplyDelete
New to youtube: Garcia's last interview from 4/28/95, 48 minutes:ReplyDelete
Some other older short TV bits:
Philadelphia TV show 11/6/79 (with Weir) -
Good Morning America 10/29/80 (with Weir) -
Don Bleu's Weekend, 1982 (talking about Run for the Roses) -
Good Morning America 9/15/88 (talking about rain forests) -
ABC Studios 10/10/89, interviewer Kurt Loder (with Weir, on the growing audience at recent tours) -
Today Show, October '89 (with Weir, a similar interview) -
and Garcia with Grace Slick & Bill Graham on a San Francisco TV show in 1984, interviewer Bill Kurtis (talking about changes in the music scene since the '60s) -
And an alternate copy of the May '90 Hawaii boat interview -
There are probably others I've missed.... The appearances with Weir are all pretty funny.
- AnonymousJanuary 7, 2015 at 4:34 PM
Hi, caught your Blog when I was hunting for information about Nora Sage.ReplyDelete
Kinda a long story and am open to share by phone if you're interested but I was married in the early 80's to a woman who had this study partner @ Golden Gate University Law school who claimed she had a boyfriend in a band. ...she wasn't pretty but relatively petite and interesting; ...well for many months she'd come to our apartment & study with my then wife Susan & continue to mention she had a boyfriend in a band; ...frankly I didn't think she had a boyfriend but that was her claim.
After a few months & Nora talking about her boyfriend in a band I said put-up or shut-up meaning if you really have a boyfriend let's meet him since she was mostly camping our at our apartment studying law with my then wife Susan. Nora then says he's famous and asks to see my record albums, I showed them to her, which included bands like the Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Heart, Willie Alexander & the Boom Boom Band, ect.
Then Nora asks me if I like the Greatful Dead which frankly I was not a fan so then Nora tells Susan and I that Jerry Garcia is her boyfriend. At that point, I didn't believe her but she didn't have a car & asked me to take her home (Larkspur) from our apartment on Hyde Street. Susan & I drove her there & sure enough it was Jerry Garcia's duplex but the kind of duplex on the side of a hill where Jerry lived on top & Nora claimed the bottom was open & they lived together.
I can tell you stories about Nora & her somewhat relationship with Garcia which seemed at best to be a sexual pal thing however Nora had access to all his stuff including his Will in the early 80's that showed he had some property in Mendocino county but not much cash @ the time. After that I dropped Nora off many times @ Jerry's place & when Susan & I divorced about 18 months later Susan stayed with Nora in Jerry's bottom half duplex.
Back then I was about 24 working in the Silicon Valley and Jerry wasn't selling many records so he asked me to help him market his music but I declined - he was also working on a screen play then with one of Belushi's & had worked a little with Steve Jobs on some graphic ideas for the Mac. His artwork was everywhere in his top half of the duplex but he hadn't launched the neck ties yet.
When you went in the front door of Jerry's place turned left then walked down a narrow hallway to an open living area that had a couple of lazy-boy recliners, the left wall of that room was full of records; ...he must have dropped whatever he was smoking on the floor because the carpet was covered with burn marks. It was a small place and at first he didn't have a car then one day a friend dropped-off a BMW = he / Jerry was a giver and that day one of his buddies either paid him back or returned a favor.
Susan & Nora used to baby sit for his kids, I was the designated shuttle driver to get Nora to Jerry's concerts in Berkeley in the outside arena and inside a theater but wasn't interested in Jerry's music which was a surprise to him so I seldom attended just dropped her off...
Anyway, I can tell you more if you're interested?
More from Mike:ReplyDelete
"I was thinking more about Nora last night, she seemed more like a nurse-maid back then meaning Nora had access to all Jerry's stuff & am not certain about any intimacy so I wanted to correct that. I called her a nurse maid back then but she didn't like that. None of it mattered to me at the time -- it all seemed like a sham, meaning she wanted to be part of his life and we didn't see her connected in the same way she described, more of a caretaker.
I do remember Nora saying that Jerry was writing a screen play with a Belushi. I saw the play he was working on as we spent a fair amount of time @ Jerry's place when he was traveling because I had to drop her off many nights after law school or when she was studying with Susan at our apartment on Hyde street.
I was with Nora one of the nights Jerry ended-up in the hospital in the SF area; she said Jerry was addicted to speed balls -- Nora shared he shot-up a combination of coke & heroin I think, but it's been so long ago am pulling from memory. At that time Jerry had left some drugs in this BMW I told you about; we had to figure out a way to get the car -- I don't remember much more other than Jerry was a mess -- it was prob. in the 1984/85 timeframe -- I think his car was downtown SF & he was taken by ambulance to the hospital that night.
I can tell you that Nora was in Law school with my then wife Susan & they reviewed & tried to help him with his Will which I saw as well. It outlined the Mendocino land / property but he didn't have much liquid assets at that time. Jerry grew weed on that land, had a guy tend to it and sold it to his friends; this was in the 1984 - 1985 time-frame when I was still married. The family price for this stuff was $250 but it was amazing or so am told :). Funny thing was he seemed to be less interested in weed and more into the crazy stuff he shot up.
Nora was surprised that I was not into the Dead and that I never wanted to go back stage at the Berkeley concerts, nor did I stay for them after the first one; I think she thought everyone was a Deadhead but frankly I wasn't into their music. Jerry's band also played local gigs downtown SF, I never went but Susan did, it did seem cool that he played big tours with the Grateful Dead but when not traveling played with his band in small bars...
Nora was focused on Law school, it was painful for me to be the taxi but the benefits were having access to the vegetables Jerry was growing :) It was hard to tell but seemed like Nora had a solid friendship with Jerry but more as an older guy-younger girl care taker relationship. Nora would bring Grateful Dead stuff to our apartment like buttons, printed stuff, etc to thank me for the rides but I never accepted the stuff & don't remember if Susan (x-wife) kept it...
Am not sure but probably met Nora through Susan in 1983 / 1984; we moved from Hyde Street to buying an apartment on Fillmore & Bush then within 9 months or so filed for divorce; at that time Susan stayed w/Nora @ Jerry's place. It did seem a little different at the time of our marriage separation that Susan stayed @ Jerry's place in that I had to call his home to speak with her however Jerry was quite gracious to let her stay in bottom duplex & was always kind on the phone to me."
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Nora Sage may have been more of a caretaker than a girlfriend. (From other accounts, Jerry's sex life was pretty diminished in those years.) As mentioned in the 2/27/13 comment above, McNally's & Jackson's biographies each have a very different portrayal of Nora and her role. Like many people around Garcia, she probably wanted a bigger role in his life than she had.
Garcia was working on a screenplay for "Sirens of Titan" with Tom Davis in 1984. John Belushi died in early '82, years before; but Davis had worked with Belushi on Saturday Night Live.
I haven't heard of any interaction between Garcia & Steve Jobs; however Steve Wozniak (co-founder of Apple) sponsored the US Festival in 1982, where the Dead played, so there was some contact with Wozniak at least. (Garcia apparently said at that time, "Technology is the new drugs!")
In the early '80s Jerry was living with his manager Rock Scully on Hepburn Heights in San Rafael, but then in early '84 Scully was fired and moved out, and after that it was just Nora & Jerry. The description here more or less matches that house (a duplex on a hill, Garcia staying in a small room with recliners & burn marks on the floor), though it wasn't in Larkspur but the neighboring San Rafael, and other accounts say Garcia stayed on the bottom floor.
The BMW mentioned here is most likely the same car Garcia was arrested in, in January 1985:
Not surprised to hear Jerry was on speedballs. That's what killed Belushi, as well as Brent Mydland. But as an addict Jerry was beyond caring at that point; he bottomed out in the mid-80s.
He went into a coma in his home in July '86; apparently Nora found him and took him to the hospital, where he stayed for a few weeks. (Nora was told to move out before he came back.) I haven't heard of earlier hospital trips, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were earlier emergencies that haven't been told, given his poor health & constant drug use at the time.
Some of the Dead family didn't like Nora & told her to move out of the house after his coma. She still ran Jerry's art business in the late '80s (I think she pressed him to start selling stuff & do the neckties), but he got tired of her in '91 and got someone else to manage the art business & his property. Last I know of she was still selling art in Oregon.Replies
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per Anonymous "mike": "...I was with Nora one of the nights Jerry ended-up in the hospital in the SF area; she said Jerry was addicted to speed balls -- Nora shared he shot-up a combination of coke & heroin I think, but it's been so long ago am pulling from memory..."
While I don't find that inconceivable, I find it much more plausible that Garcia was smoking (actually vaping) the cocaine-heroin "speedball" combination than that he was injecting it.
Tom Davis and Rock Scully were about as close to Jerry as anyone in the early to mid 1980s. Both of them were his roommates for a long time. And while they're pretty much entirely up-front about the fact in their respective memoirs that Garcia was all too avidly fond of both substances, their anecdotes refer to him (and also them) using the drugs by smoking them (& also sniffing cocaine), almost exclusively.
The single exception I know of is found in Scully's book, where he mentions Garcia being injected with drugs during the 1984-1985 New Year's show run. Scully also states in the same passage that neither he or Garcia cared for needles, but that they made an exception at that time, possibly because the heroin or other opioid that was available to them wasn't in a readily smokeable form (from my reading, some types of heroin or opioids are more easily smoked than others.)
Tom Davis relates a lengthy anecdote in his book that- while redacted- is pretty clearly about cooking up cocaine into freebase. There's no need to do that unless you're going to vaporize it; cocaine hydrochloride- powder- works just fine for sniffing or shooting. The point of boiling up cocaine with baking soda is to get rid of the hydrochloride, leaving "free base" cocaine. Freebase coke melts at a fairly low temperature, and vaporizes when heat is applied. By contrast, powder cocaine hydrochloride blackens and burns- or at least most of it does- if someone tries vaping it. That's the the crucial difference between powder and crack.
Your correspondent Mike refers to Garcia living at a Larkspur address in 1984-1985, and the only address I've heard explicitly connected to Garcia's residence in those years by either Davis or Scully is Hepburn Heights, which is in west San Rafael. If Mike was driving Nora Sage to and from the place where Garcia was living, it's possible that he could have confused Larkspur with San Rafael, but not likely. The exits to Larkspur are only a couple of miles south of SR, but unless you're really determined to take the long way around, the only way to get to Hepburn Heights is to drive into downtown San Rafael. If the address is actually in Larkspur, it's conceivable that neither Davis or Scully were around. If Nora was the only person keeping tabs on him- Mike doesn't mention anyone else around- he might have been doing things that neither Tom Davis or Rock Scully witnessed. (The entire paragraph above? Speculation.)
That said, I still find the assumption that Garcia was injecting his cocaine and heroin unlikely. For one thing, shooting speedballs tends to be a very intensive form of drug use- speedball shooters typically aren't shooting up merely 2-5 times a day, it's often more like 20-50 times a day. It's a bad game of bruises and welts; user injection sites often appear to have been run over with a sewing machine. Chet Baker- a notorious speedballer- eventually ran out of places to shoot in his arms and legs, and ended up shooting the combination between his toes and into the veins on his neck (Chet was often photographed wearing turtleneck shirts). (Chet Baker's habit of injecting speedball combos is common knowledge, openly admitted by him in the film Let's Get Lost.)I never heard of Garcia in that kind of shape.
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I think Mike's account is valuable, but these are 30-year-old memories so not every detail is accurate. In particular, all he knew of Garcia's drug use is what he remembers Nora telling him, so it's second-hand and he admits being uncertain about the specifics.
My guess is that Larkspur is a slip of the memory; what surprised me more is to hear that relative strangers could visit and stay in Garcia's house during those years...hardly his most social, healthy period. But I suppose since Nora lived there, her friends could come and go...and he'd even take phone calls for them!
For whatever it's worth, I can confirm Jerry lived in what is known as the "in-law unit" or lower level of 12 Hepburn Heights Rd in San Rafael, certainly during the summer of 1979 when I stayed with him there, and well into 1982 or 83 when I would make periodic visits. Rock and Nicki Scully and their children Sage and Acacia, with occasional visits from Rock's son Lucas from a previous relationship, lived upstairs. During the brief time I knew Jerry intimately, I never witnessed him administer drugs of any kind intravenously. However, during this period of late 1978 through early 1980, I witnessed him inhaling the vapors of Persian tar heroin through a crudely hand-fashioned pipe apparatus made of heavy weight aluminum foil. This came to be known in street-drug parlance as "chasing the dragon,' (with a reference made to it in the Steely's Dan song "Time Out of Mind.") During this period, Rock Scully would procure the heroin and the two of them would smoke/inhale in the in-law unit when the band was not on the road. My sense was Rock was not as dependent as Jerry was, but that is only my extremely un-sophisticated observation of the time, when I was I in my early twenties. I met Nora Sage and found her clear-headed and cordial, and her role was explained to me at the time as a sort of care-taker. Within the subsequent years of 1983 to 1985, I met and later married my husband, and would occasionally call Jerry to check in and say hello. On one phone call, in early 1985 he sounded alarmingly incoherent, and this was to be unfortunately the last time we spoke. A year later, when Jerry suffered his collapse and diabetic coma, I brought a gift to 12 Hepburn Heights for Nora to give to Jerry who was still in the hospital. He was now living in the upstairs main level of the home. The gift was a coffee table book of George Herriman 'Krazy Kat' cartoons, as I knew Jerry appreciated those, and I entrusted the gift to Nora. At the time, Jerry was still, to my knowledge working on a 'Sirens of Titan' script with Tom Davis of SNL (Al Franken was originally working on it as well), a project which of course, never came to fruition. Of course it's possible Jerry later took speedballs intravenously, but he did not in my presence during this brief time, nor did he on the 1979 tours that I accompanied him on, nor when hanging out with John Belushi, Franken and Davis, and others at hotels and at Belushi's and Aykroyd's "Blues Bar' others during other visits to NY.Delete
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- AnonymousDecember 31, 2019 at 5:12 PM
This is all fantastic first and second hand info. Thank you all so much.Delete
New to youtube: a 60-minute 1987 interview for the Rolling Stone 20th-anniversary TV special.ReplyDelete
I've updated this post with a bunch of new youtube links. (Also some links from the concertvault.com Garcia collection; however you have to be a concertvault member to stream those.)ReplyDelete
I didn't check all the old links to see if they still work - youtube items are taken down all the time, but hopefully get re-uploaded later on.
I've considered also adding Garcia interviews that can be downloaded by torrent from the Lossless Legs site; I might add those someday, but wanted to confine this list to interviews that are streamable online and available to all.
A few Dead interviews/press conferences are here, but I'm sure I've missed some since I wasn't specifically looking for those.
There is also a growing number of early Garcia interviews available on the Dead Sources site, which I've made no attempt to add here.Replies
Updated again - a couple links changed, a couple deleted, a few added.Delete
A new Garcia TV interview from 1988 has surfaced - 25 minutes long, interviewed by Kate Kelly of KPIX:ReplyDelete
When this first appeared, it had the full interview, but only the edited 3-minute selection is available now. Sigh....Delete
Do you know what interview has Jerry mentions Bob making harmonic connections he never would have thought of? I think it's from 81-82ReplyDeleteReplies
He probably said something like that more than once.... One that comes to mind is in the 4/28/81 interview in Gans' Conversations with the Dead: "There are ideas that Weir has that I would never have had, that in fact maybe only he has." (p.39)Delete
Added a new half-hour Garcia interview from 10/13/89:ReplyDelete
Added the newly surfaced 12/6/79 radio interview with Studs Terkel & journalist Abe Peck, part of the growing Studs Terkel Radio Archive: http://studsterkel.wfmt.comReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 30, 2016 at 1:52 PM
did that 20th anniv. rolling stone interview from 87' ever resurface?ReplyDeleteReplies
Unfortunately, it looks like that link got taken down from youtube, so it's not available at the moment unless someone re-uploads it. Little clips are available as teasers for the supposedly upcoming documentary "This Is Jerry," which uses the interview.Delete
As another option for some people, a 3-GB video is available as a torrent download from Lossless Legs:
I haven't seen this copy, but the notes seem to mistake the interview for the Steve Marcus interview in October '86. Two different interviews - the Marcus interview has the two of them in the Dead office with a wall of fan art behind them; the Rolling Stone interview just has Jerry with a colored background.
- AnonymousDecember 24, 2016 at 9:00 AM
BAM interview from 74'. Uploaded Aug. 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTAHRpJieFkReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks! Fascinating interview - it's by Kenny Wardell, backstage at the Oakland Stadium 6/8/74 - probably edited for the youtube upload.Delete
Another recent youtube addition is Garcia's 3/38/81 Essen interview:
Updated this list with the above, and also the 9/7/81 video interview:Delete
and an excerpt from Paul Krassner's radio interview in May '84:
The Krassner interview was printed in '85, in part, but the print & radio excerpts each have parts not in the other.
A brief interview with Greg Kot from the Chicago Tribune, done in May '93 in Las Vegas and published 6/10/93:ReplyDelete


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Eric Christian Olsen and Sarah Wright have a baby on the way! The actors hit up the Kaleidoscope Ball in Beverly Hills Apr. 17 (benefitting the UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute), where they confirmed to Us Weekly that Wright will welcome a baby boy in August.
"I feel amazing!" said Wright, who dressed her baby bump in a knee-length white cocktail dress. "I was completely exhausted the first three months and just felt sick and nauseous, and then I got to my second trimester and it was like clockwork. Right at 14-15 weeks I was like, 'Let's go do something! Let's go to the beach. Let's go on a hike!'"
Olsen, 35, joked that during his wife's first trimester, "She was curled up in a ball by the fireplace and I was bringing her crackers." Now that the 29-year-old actress has resumed her active lifestyle, he added, "She's in that place where she's just glowing and happy and obviously stunning as always.
The NCIS: Los Angeles actor has been doting on the Parks and Recreation guest star, often making trips to In-N-Out Burger to buy her milkshakes. Wright, he joked, "is reading 75,000 books" to prep for motherhood. "Every day we get a book from Amazon and she gives me the highlights and sets it on my side table, so her stack of books gets smaller and my stack gets bigger."
Olsen — known for his roles in Fired Up, Not Another Teen Movie, The Hot Chick, Celeste and Jesse Forever, The Back-Up Plan and Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd — added that he also has several pregnancy apps on his phone — including one that compares the size of their growing baby to fruit. "It started out as a lemon or a poppy seed," he said. Said Wright, "He's like, 'Our baby is the size of a papaya today!"
The future parents began dating in 2007 and got engaged four years later. Olsen and Wright — who has appeared on several TV shows, including Happy Endings, How I Met Your Mother and 7th Heaven — got married in June 2012.
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Regular readers of this blog (God bless 'em) know that for the past few months I've been in the habit of posting brief reviews of the museums and historic sites I visit. I debated long and hard whether to take a crack at Lee Chapel & Museum, located on the campus of Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA.
It was one of my favorite stops from my recent Virginia trip, but it's also as much a shrine as a place of historical interpretation. These reviews are meant to be assessments of how well museums and historic sites present themselves and educate their visitors, based on the time I spent working in the public history business. This approach just didn't seem appropriate for a sacred space. However, since W&L has constructed a kind of interpretive center in the chapel's lower level, I've decided that it's a legitimate subject for a review, so here goes.
This particular site owes its existence to the two figures who cast longer shadows across Virginia's history than anyone. On the one hand, you've got George Washington, whose donation to the college led to its being re-named in his honor. On the other hand, you've got Washington's relative-by-marriage Robert E. Lee, who became the school's president after the Civil War. It was Lee who directed the building of the chapel (1867-68) that bears his name, and who now lies in a vault below the sanctuary level.
By any measure, visiting the sanctuary itself is an incredibly impressive experience. On the outisde, it's a beautifully constructed nineteenth-century brick church; on the inside is an auditorium with a seating capacity of 500, which is still in use by W&L. Two portraits, one on each side, flank the front of the sanctuary. On the right is a painting of Lee in uniform, similar to some of the famous photographs taken of him during the war. On the left is an absolute gem, the oldest portrait of Washington, painted by Charles Wilson Peale in 1772, which depicts him wearing his colonel's uniform from the French and Indian War. I had no idea the original was at Lee Chapel until I walked in the door, and seeing it was an experience that was hard to beat.
The sanctuary's other highlight, though, comes pretty darn close. When Lee died in 1870, he was buried underneath the auditorium, until the addition of a new section to the building in 1883. Under the sanctuary, the addition contains the Lee family crypt. Upstairs, it houses Edward Valentine's magnificent recumbent sculpture of Lee, which rivals any monument or work of art I've ever seen in my life. It's an incredibly lifelike work of art, practically life-size, with a uniformed Lee lying in repose underneath a folded drape that looks far too natural to be made of stone. (Here's a photo that gives you the general idea, although it doesn't do it justice.) The one-two punch of this amazing sculpture and Peale's famous Washington portrait in the same space is quite a thing to experience, and I don't think I can convey the impression it makes on you if you're a history enthusiast. You just walk into the door and they're right there.
Since the chapel area is meant to be more of a shrine than a museum, the interpretation upstairs is pretty discreet, as it should be. There are a couple of interpretive panels near the sculpture with background information on Lee's funeral and the construction of the addition. During visiting hours a guide is on hand to talk about the chapel's history and answer questions.
Most of the interpretation takes place in the "museum" of Lee Chapel and Museum, which is downstairs from the sanctuary. In 2007 the college installed a beautiful new exhibit, "Not Unmindful of the Future:" Educating to Build and Rebuild a Nation. Although it's a relatively small display, you should plan on spending some time here. There's a lot of fantastic material to see. The exhibit tells the story of the school's founding, with an emphasis on Washington's role and the inclusion of some of his personal items. There's a fine assemblage of Lee material here, too, including not only personal belongings from his years at the college, but also artifacts from his life before and during the Civil War. The exhibit also explores W&L's evolution within the context of the history of American higher education (Lee, for instance, helped launch the inclusion of professional and practical programs of study in U.S. colleges) and the role the school's students and alumni played in the Civil War.
Stepping outside the museum, you'll see the Lee family crypt on your left. Robert E. Lee isn't the only famous American commander laid to rest here. His father, "Light-Horse" Harry Lee of Revolutionary War fame, is buried next to him. Just a few steps away from the crypt is yet another grave, this one for Traveller, the horse Lee rode during the war and after. (You know you've made it into the pantheon of heroes when your horse's grave becomes a pilgrimage site.)
It's a lot of history for one building, and well worth a drive to Lexington. The collection and interpretation in the museum at Lee Chapel are both first-rate, and the sanctuary itself is not to be missed.


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A clean, well-groomed, apparently healthy 6-year-old girl was accompanied by the school nurse and special education teacher to an initial visit with a consulting pediatrician. The appointment had been arranged by the principal at the child's school who knew this clinician had a special interest in children with behavior disorders.
In preschool the child's erratic, disruptive behavior had prompted evaluation by the school nurse and school psychologist. She was given a diagnosis of attention deficit disorder (ADD). She had been referred to the local mental health clinic but, because of her mother's work schedule, few of the appointments were kept.
The mother was young, single, and worked at several poorly paid jobs, but had been very cooperative with the school's recommendations that the child be evaluated and treated. Documentation confirming the child's behavior patterns, including classroom observation, came from 2 psychologists' reports and from several physicians. According to these reports, the child had met all the DSM-III (the edition available at the time) criteria for a diagnosis of ADD. A list of medications revealed that the child had at various points been prescribed all drugs that were FDA-approved at that time to treat the disorder, as well as other medications used off-label.
It is common for children with ADD to be subdued and relatively inhibited during a first encounter with a new physician. When the consulting pediatrician first saw her, however, this child was so disruptive that she had to be removed from the room so that the consultation could proceed. The pediatrician suggested that there could be an undetected problem with medication compliance at home. A treatment plan was developed to have all medications administered as prescribed at school by the nurse. This plan was executed, but there was no change in the child's behavior. She was then referred to an in-patient pediatric psychiatric unit. The diagnosis of ADD was again confirmed and medication dosage was doubled. After 6 weeks of inpatient treatment, the child returned to school but the teachers complained that she was "dull" and too sleepy to do her work.
During this time the child's mother continued to cooperate with the school's suggestions and was supportive of the inpatient referral. She was rarely seen in person, however.
When should a behavioral disorder like ADD/ADHD be questioned as a manifestation of abuse?Click here for discussion.
1. Briscoe-Smith AM, Hinshaw SP. Linkages between child abuse and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in girls: behavior and social correlates. Child Abuse Negl. 2006;30:1239-1255.
2. Ouyang L, Fang X, Mercy J, et al. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms and child maltreatment: a population-based study. J Pediatr. 2008;153:851-856.
Additional Reading
Shipman K, Taussig H. Mental health treatment of child abuse and neglect: the promise of evidence-based pratice. Pediatr Clin N Am. 2009;56:417-428.


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Boa Constrictor [NON-NATIVE]
Scientific name: Boa constrictor (LINNAEUS 1758)
* Currently accepted name
* scientific names used through time
- Boa constrictor – LINNAEUS 1758
- Constrictor formosissimus – LAURENTI 1768
- Constrictor rex serpentum – LAURENTI 1768
- Constrictor auspex – LAURENTI 1768
- Constrictor diviniloquus – LAURENTI 1768
- Boa constrictrix – SCHNEIDER 1801
- Boa diviniloqua – DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1844
Description: Average adult size is 64.5 inches (164 cm), record is 99 inches (252 cm). A stout-bodied snake with hour glass-shaped brown blotches. The blotches on the posterior portion of the body and tail are darker and typically reddish. The scales are smooth. The pupil is elliptical, a cat-like vertical slit. There are deep facial pits along the upper lip. Juvenile pattern is similar to that of adults, except that coloration is lighter and may be pinkish.
Range: In Florida, although this snake has been introduced in many areas it is known to be established only in and around the Charles Deering Estate in Miami, Miami-Dade County. Outside Florida, the species occurs from Mexico south to Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina, as well as Dominica and St Lucia in the Lesser Antilles. It has also been introduced and established populations in Puerto Rico, Cozumel Island, Aruba, and possibly Curaçao.
Habitat: In Florida, this species has been found in tropical hardwood hammocks, pine rocklands, landscaped areas, and along canals and oolitic limestone walls.
Comments: HARMLESS (Non-Venomous).
Historical information, along with the current presence of all size classes and gravid females, suggest that Boa Constrictors have been at Deering since at least the 1970s. Females are known to give live birth. The record clutch size in Florida is 33 live and one stillborn young ranging from 43-52 cm total length (TL) and 54-75 g from a female (ca. 200 cm TL, but missing most of tail; 9.1 kg). However, one large female (238 cm TL, 14.5 kg) deposited 47 infertile ova.
A boa captured on 13 August 2001 at Deering had eaten an opossum (Didelphis virginiana). Boas >270 cm TL from Deering fed upon only dead raccoons (Procyon lotor) once in captivity.
Boa Constrictors can cause severe lacerations with their bites, as well as constrict.
Comparison with other species: The Boa Constrictor cannot be confused with any other snake as its markings are quite distinct.


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among others. We also had the pleasure of visiting Duke University, Simmons College, Prairie View A&M University, Morehouse College, Georgia Southern University, and a number of other fine institutions. We even hosted an event with MBA Diversity Prep and OSU's Fisher College of Business, and conducted webinars and workshops for The Consortium, ALFPA, the NBMBAA, and the PhD Project. We thought we should, in the spirit of the holidays, share one of our recent workshops that was recorded. We've embedded the link below so you can learn more about the GMAT and get a jump start on your preparation.
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Exploring Australia's Chinatowns: from Bendigo to Broome
Australia is now the most popular country for first-time Chinese travellers, according to new research from Hotels.com.
Chinese travellers are also spending more and staying longer – research shows Chinese tourists spent 40 per cent more in the last twelve months than the twelve months prior as they opt for lengthier vacations and more long-haul travel.
Chinese millennials are driving the trend, according to a recent report from The Chinese International Travel Monitor (CITM). Young Chinese travellers have increased their spend by a massive 80 per cent in their quest for edgy, exciting and unique travel experiences.
But David Spasovic, Hotels.com Marketing Manager for Australia and New Zealand, says Australia has been slower to implement Chinese-friendly initiatives compared to the global market. Despite 2017's China-Australia Year of Tourism, Australia was deemed just the fifth most welcoming country to Chinese visitors, down two places from the year previous.
"The CITM report shows the Australian accommodation industry must keep up in order to stay connected to the Chinese audience, especially with Tourism Australia predicating Chinese travellers will make up close to half of Australia's inbound tourism market by 2020," Mr Spasovic says.
"We know from the CITM report Chinese travelers feel comfortable and most welcome in destinations when Chinese mobile wallet and QR code scan via WeChat is accepted, shop and hospitality assistants speak Mandarin, and there is signage they can understand."
Chinese tourism is set to continue to boom well into the future, but towns and cities across Australia already enjoy a rich and vivid Chinese cultural influence, from delicious food to unique art, traditional music and much more. Here's five of Australia's most interesting, creative and tasty Chinatowns.
Dai Gum San, Bendigo, VIC
The perfect destination for the history loving traveller, Bendigo's Dai Gum Sun Chinese Precinct links the Golden Dragon Museum, Yi Yuan Gardens and Kuan Yin Temple together.
Want to learn more about the 1850s gold rush? Head to the Golden Dragon Museum – the cultural hub is filled with must-see pieces and covers the history of the Chinese people of Bendigo from the gold rush right up to present day.
While you're here, make sure to visit Sun Loong, the world's longest imperial dragon. It can be seen at the Bendigo Easter Procession or year-round at the museum.
Stay centrally in Bendigo at Alexandra Place to explore cultural offerings, just ten minutes walk from central Bendigo.
Chinatown, Melbourne, VIC
Get ready to explore the bright lights of the city at Melbourne's Chinatown – the longest continuous Chinese settlement in the western world. It's a must-see during your Melbourne adventure, marked out by the famous red arches recently restored by the City of Melbourne.
The main archway was handmade in China according to traditional techniques and materials, and assembled in Cohen Place under the supervision of highly skilled Chinese craftworkers.
Local and international visitors are drawn to Melbourne's Chinatown throughout the year with a number of traditional festivals and activities in the calendar. Visitors can also wander through Tianjin Garden or the Chinese Museum for some peace and reflection.
If you're looking to treat yourself, head to award-winning Cantonese restaurant, Flower Drum, for their signature Peking Duck or aromatic baked crab shell.
Visitors can stay right in the hustle and bustle of the Chinatown area at the Mantra on Russell.
Chinatown, Broome, WA
Broome has a fascinating and incredibly rich history that's often overlooked when compared to state capitals. Broome's Chinatown brings together the area's rich history and local culture to create an exciting must-see spot in our nation's North West.
Ever since pearling crews from China and Japan set up their camps and tin sheds back in the 1880s, Broome's Chinatown has been the multicultural hub and heart of the region's business, tourism, and leisure industries.
Chinese travellers are increasingly on the hunt for authentic local items and as Australia's pearl capital, Broome is the perfect location to shop and search for jewels of the ocean, plucked straight from the depths of Broome's stunning coastline.
Located within walking distance to the CBD, the Mangrove Hotel, Broome, is the ultimate base to enjoy all that Broome has to offer.
Chinatown, Sydney, NSW
Nestled in the southern end of the CBD you'll find perhaps Australia's most iconic Chinatown. In the 1980s, local Chinese businesses and the council worked together to revamp Chinatown into a celebration of Chinese culture that continues to attract visitors from far and wide.
Let the neon lights of the Chinatown Night Market light up your Friday night – head down to Dixon Street Mall to explore the array of stalls along the market selling everything from sizzling street food to miniature backpacks. The markets also showcase a number of talented young artists, designers and students from the area whose work is inspired by their Asian heritage and culture.
While you're in Chinatown don't miss lining up for the famous Emperor's Puffs. Don't let the hole-in-the-wall shopfront fool you; these delicious custard puffs are the real deal – and at 35c a pop, are totally worth the wait.
Stroll to the Night Markets from your luxurious room at BreakFree on George.
Chinatown, Adelaide, SA
Set amongst the lively streets of the city's CBD, Adelaide's Chinatown really sets the scene with pagoda roofs and traditional red lamps for a gram-worthy shot of you and the delicious dumplings you've just discovered.
A foodie's paradise, the renowned destination is famous for world-class cuisine. Award-winning restaurants like Concubine on Gouger Street showcase the best of South Australia's food scene by fusing fresh local produce with flavours of the orient.
For party lovers, make sure you hit up the Lunar New Year street party for a night filled with live performances, bustling food stalls, local wineries, and even a traditional lion dance.
Stay in luxury at the Pullman while you explore the city of Adelaide.
Chinatown, Gold Coast, QLD
Part of the revitalisation of Southport as an international CBD for the Gold Coast, the Chinatown Street Markets are nestled in the heart of Southport and attract crowds from far and wide to share in the lively atmosphere, entertainment and live music.
Held on the first Saturday of each month, the markets are a celebration of diversity, culture, and of course – cuisine.
The Chinatown Street Markets are bursting with authentic cuisine from China as well as Malaysia, Japan and Korea, to name just a few.
To be amongst the action, base yourself at Meriton Suites Southport with an incredible view across the ocean.


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The National Archives' latest podcast features a talk entitled Anxiety, Dread and Disease: British Ports 1834-1870, given by Sarah Hutton at TNA's diversity week last November. To access, visit www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/british-ports.htm.
The introduction states 'As Britain's status as the 'workshop of the world' grew, so did the new industrial and trading towns. Ports became densely populated and ripe for the spread of infection; once disease took hold it moved rapidly and lethally. Yet what made these ports so particularly vulnerable, in addition to the threat from within, was their high exposure to threats from abroad. While obviously of huge economic importance, a section of the 'inside' port town community undoubtedly perceived seafarers as 'outside', 'foreign' and a medical threat. The daily interplay between these settled and transient communities created an environment imbued with anxieties as to the nature of disease, its transmission and its treatment. Sarah Hutton is a modern domestic records specialist at The National Archives, where she has worked for five years. She is particularly interested in 19th and early 20th century health. '
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10. Parks and Recreation
Season 1 of Parks and Rec wasn't that great and left us wondering if this show was worth the time. Season 2 brought its A-game, fast becoming my 1st-pick of Thursday shows to watch. I always find myself defending P&R from being called an Office-clone. First, Lesley isn't a complete moron, just an optimist frustrated by the man. Second, the show is actually funny (hey-o!). Seriously though, the show is on a roll with the hilarity of Ron Swanson, hatred of office scapegoat Jerry, and bringing Adam Scott and Rob Lowe into the fold as government officials tasked with overseeing the Pawnee government. Watch, laugh, get a DJ Roomba.
9. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and Atlanta
You are seeing this and probably thinking I am high, but there is no enjoyment I have like the hot mess housewives of Beverly Hills and Atlanta. Atlanta dumped perennial bore Lisa Wu-Hartwell and brought on a mostly-dull-until-she-made-a-friendship-contract Cynthia and crazy-ass lawyer Phaedra Parks. People hate Phaedra but her insanity and weird words of wisdom have brought a new energy to the show. Plus her baby shit in her hand during a classy photoshoot! Then there is the magic that is Beverly Hills. When I heard about Beverly Hills, I feared another Orange County, which is a franchise I have skipped. Wrong! The delusions of Camille Grammer, Adrienne's glitter weave, the Richards sisters, and the oh so fabulous Lisa Vanderpump and pup Giggy have made it my favorite Thursday night tradition. And not to brag, but my live tweeting is hilarious.
8. Friday Night Lights
It's hard to dump almost your entire regular cast and start from scratch, but FNL did so and created their best season since the first. Coach Taylor begins season 4 fired from Dillon High and having to start the new East Dillon Lions, bringing in a whole new batch of talented actors and storyline potential. While the character of Becky drove me nuts, her abortion storyline was powerful and gave Connie Britton Emmy reel material. Kudos to Michael B. Jordan, whose Vince became so heartbreaking it gave me flashes of his beloved Wallace from The Wire. I don't have the Dish Network, so I'm really looking forward to FNL's final season airing this summer on NBC.
7. Top Chef All-Stars
Now THIS is an All-Star cast. Just a few weeks into the season, I feel like the Top Chef I love is back. Top Chef was never gone, but in languished in a few unmemorable winners. The challenges are fresh and fun and the All-Stars are actually all talented and deserve to be there. Unlike other shows who seem to pluck the same losers over and over, Top Chef brought back the real stars for an ultimate clash of the culinary titans.
6. RuPaul's Drag Race
Covering reality shows week after week, I have to admit you lose some of the joy after awhile (see: The Biggest Loser). When I discovered season 2 of RuPaul's Drag Race it was like the reality TV stork was thinking of me and brought me something new and wonderful. The show is fabulous! The contestants are fashionable, hilarious, gorgeous, and entertaining. RuPaul was born to be a host and I love seeing both RuPaul the man and fabulous drag queen. Plus she introduced "Hey squirrel friends!" into my vocab. The final elimination decision of lip-synching is sheer brilliance and I don't think any kick-off catchphrase is better than, "Shante you stay, Sashasy away." Still trying to decide if season 3, starting in January, deserves the Rundown treatment.
5. Party Down
When Jane Lynch left Party Down for her role on Glee, the skeptics expected Party Down to suffer in her absence. Even I wavered a little, but I was wrong. Megan Mullaly, of Will & Grace fame, joined the cast as naive and overbearing stagemom Lydia and brought the show to new levels of awesome. You tell me another show where Steve Guttenberg's birthday party turns into an impromptu table-read for a hard sci-fi move, ending in awkward hot tub nudity. That's right, you can't! It's a shame this show was cancelled because it was brilliance. It will sit right next to Arrested Development in the gone too soon category.
4. Modern Family
Best comedy on network TV. The show has easily transitioned into one of the best shows on TV, even. Season 2 hasn't missed a beat (so far). Phil Dunphy is my reigning awesome TV dad and Gloria's comedic timing is impeccable. It is truly an ensemble show, with talented adults, kids, and writing. Who said a family comedy has to be hokey?
3. Mad Men
This show just won't quit being awesome! People were furious when Don proposed to sweet secretary Megan, but that's part of the Don Draper allure and mystery. Probably one of the finest hours of TV this year was the "The Suitcase," showcasing the dynamic of Don and Peggy's sometimes tense work relationship, yet unspoken deep friendship. Powerful stuff! Of course, we do have the funny moments, thanks to Roger Sterling's memoirs.
2. The Good Wife
I should begin this by stating that prior to this showed I loathed Julianna Marguiles. I don't know why, but she rubbed me the wrong way. However that attitude of hers completely works in playing the role of attorney/politician's wife on the CBS hit. Her will they/won't they dynamic with boss Will Gardner while juggling life with her reformed cheater husband Peter, keeps you intrigued week after week. But much of this show's love goes to my current favorite character on TV: Kalinda Sharma. The air of mystery surrounding Kalinda has come full force with her new foe, leading to some super sexual tension with evil P.I. Blake. Kudos to the rest of the cast including the dreamy Matt Czurchy, awesome Christine Baranski, and scene-stealer Alan Cumming. While this show may not be for everyone, I wish it was cause it is awesome.
1. Lost
In 2010 we said goodbye forever to our dear Lost. After 6 seasons of questions, answers, non-answers, and amazing nicknames for people, Lost went out in a blaze of kinda-purgatory glory. I was in the loved-the-finale camp, sobbing for a solid 20 minutes afterwards. I can't think of a more powerful moment in TV than watching Jack lay on the ground with Vincent the dog nuzzling up to him. Oh god, I'm getting verklempt now. Lost is the first non-reality show I watched every single episode of without missing a week. I would wait to go out to the bars in college until after Lost aired. I'd stay up until the wee hours to make sure I wasn't spoiled the next day. It was a phenomenon and a show I'll love forever.
Honorable Mentions:
Luther - More like a mini-series, but holy awesome. Idris Elba and Ruth Wilson are phenomenal as an unlikely friendship in the cop series.
90210 - I love to rip on it.
Eastbound & Down
The Walking Dead - Just work on the dialogue and some of the blank stares and this show will break the Top 10.
Boardwalk Empire - People won't give up on Steve Buscemi being mis-cast, but I totally disagree. BE had a great first season and if they can take out a few duds (I mean you Jimmy's kinda lesbian girlfriend, Angela), this could be top 10 potential
Treme - A little slow at times, but that's the brilliance of David Simon's work. It feels real and emotional. Underrated.
Flipping Out - Jeff, Zoila, Jenny and the gang are always top notch entertainment
Cougar Town - Now that the show found its footing, this hilarious group of friends bring the laughter (and a craving for red wine)
Grey's Anatomy - I can't believe I almost forgot this much improved show (thanks @MamaXanaz). After the insane hospital-shooter season finale and the aftershocks carrying over this season, Grey's is back to the show I used to love. A big reason for my love: the news doctors, Avery and Kepner, who have brought a youthful energy that isn't the annoying Lexie Grey to the show
Raising Hope - Another can't believe I almost forgot it (thanks @buzzmusic). This show has improved weekly and become a great comedy for the Fox line-up. Not to mention the show actually cast a cute baby.
Skins - After watching all 4 seasons of Netflix, this should be in top 10 but it didn't all air this year, so it's an honorable mention.
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-- Pierre LeBrun, ESPN Analyst, commenting on yesterday's activity on the NHL trading market
We suppose there are a lot of ways to look at what the Caps did – or more precisely, did not do – yesterday. The club made no deals, despite almost the almost universal assumption that veterans Mike Knuble and Roman Hamrlik would be dealt.
There is, on the one hand, the reactionary message board sort of opinion that will conclude that George McPhee was asleep at the switch while other teams were active. It is tempting to just dismiss this out of hand. In fact, there were only 15 trades made yesterday involving 19 teams. St. Louis did not make a deal. The Flyers did not make a deal. Florida did not, Dallas did not, Los Angeles did not.
But, trading "day" is not necessarily just a "day." The trading "period" got started on February 16th, when the Flyers sent a 2nd and a 3rd round draft pick to Dallas for defenseman Niklas Grossman, a player who already has three assists in three games for the Flyers and is plus-2 averaging 17 minutes a night. If you then look at the February 16-27 trading "period," 28 deals were consummated involving 26 teams. The only teams to sit out the dance were: Pittsburgh, Calgary, Carolina, and…
To be sure, a number of those deals were rather minor. One cannot imagine much impact – certainly for this season – of a Brandon Segal for Matt Fornataro trade. But those deals were in the minority. There was considerable tweaking of teams participating in the trading activity.
The Caps did not tweak. Fans cannot know what the Caps were seeking or what teams were offering for a Mike Knuble or a Roman Hamrlik. Knuble's situation might be the more perplexing from the fan's point of view. Mike Knuble is a 39-year old player on an expiring contract. Given that he has played a lot of fourth line minutes this season and has often been a healthy scratch in recent games, the natural conclusion to reach here is that the Caps do not see him in their plans going forward. Why not move him for a mid-round draft pick?
Well, there are several possible responses to this. First, can we be sure the Caps were offered that much, if anything at all for Knuble. There is that matter of not being able to listen in on the conversations George McPhee might have had with his fellow wizards. If the offers were more along the lines of a sixth or a seventh round pick fans might ask, "well, hey…why not? It's something." Take the longer view for a moment. Knuble's best days are not ahead of him. However, he is a player with 271 goals on his resume and one who came into this season with eight consecutive 20-goal seasons. Even if his production has fallen significantly, he is worth more to the Caps right now than a sixth or seventh round pick (we'll leave alone the fact that the Caps have not exactly found a lot of nuggets in that part of the draft). Perhaps there is enough in the tank to make some – if modest – contributions between now and when the season ends for the Caps. If it comes to the summer, there is the chance – perhaps remote – that the Caps could trade rights to Knuble to a team wishing to sign him to another contract as a free agent. Whatever, the uncertain marginal return of a low-round draft pick – even a mid-round pick – does not clearly argue for Knuble being dealt yesterday. Holding him is not evidence of being asleep at the switch.
Hamrlik is a different situation. Defensemen are gold at this time of year. Of the 32 war bodies traded yesterday (i.e., not including draft picks), 18 were defensemen. In a perverse way, that argues against the Caps trading Hamrlik, even if he sees press box time instead of ice time. And that gets to need and availability. What was being offered for Hamrlik? One can infer from McPhee's comments after the trading day closed:
"We would have added something to the team if we thought it would make us better, but it had to make us better. What transpired today, really there wasn't anything there that would have been the right thing for our club. Everyone seemed to want our players but they wanted to give us futures and prospects. I wasn't interested in doing that."
This the same "bird in the hand, two in the bush" argument that suggests the team was less interested in the potential (conversely, the uncertainty) of futures than in the certainty of a player with a body of work. Well, they have a player with a body of work in Hamrlik, and in a sport where defensive depth is an important ingredient to success, standing pat on Hamrlik has advantages over the alternative.
Then there is the 800-pound gorilla in the room – the need for a second line center. See any of that specie move yesterday? Paul Gaustad, whatever his other talents, is not a second-line center on a contender. Even if you want to argue that he is an upgrade over what the Caps have now, is he worth a first round pick (what Buffalo took from Nashville for Gaustad and a fourth rounder)? Not for a team that has a commitment to building from the draft. And, as if this needs saying, a "manager" cannot merely manage trading day, he has to manage the long view as well. It's his job.
Other names were tossed around as a potential solution (band-aid might have been better) – Tomas Plekanec, Derek Roy… even Olli Jokinen. But are these solutions? Or merely a "name" to appease fans that would command a price in picks or prospects that would cost the Caps in developmental terms while the flaws in these players could been seen from closer range by those fans? The "second line center" market pretty much dried up when Jeff Carter was traded by Columbus to Los Angeles. After that, even if the Caps had been inclined to bid on Carter (and we have no idea if they were or did), there was not much of a market.
In the end, there was no rabbit in the hat. George McPhee stood pat. But rabbits and hats are all part of an illusion, anyway. The Caps are left with the reality of the roster they take to the ice against the Islanders tonight and for the last 19 games of the season following that. And that is a different kind of reality. If McPhee can be credited with not panicking and making a deal he might regret this summer, he now has the team he built this past summer as his legacy to this season. It has not been a team that is easy on the eyes or effective on the ice. On paper last fall, it had the look of a team that could do damage during the season and deep into the playoffs (we sure thought so). Injuries to Mike Green and Nicklas Backstrom were of the sort that could be expected to knock the team onto the shoulder of the road to the playoffs. What seems less acceptable is that they knocked them clear off the road and into a ditch.
Alex Ovechkin has not come back from a sub-par season in 2010-2011. Alexander Semin is as enigmatic as ever. Michal Neuvirth took a step back in his development, although he has shown signs lately of emerging from a season-long funk. Marcus Johansson has not come close to filling the shoes of his countryman who is still injured. John Carlson has not duplicated his fine rookie season last year. Brooks Laich is versatile, but the flip side of being the jack-of-all-trades is that he has too often been the master of none of them. The free agents brought in last summer have been inconsistent in their respective contributions. The team as a whole has nothing approaching the snarl that their new head coach had as a player. And that new head coach has struggled to find the right buttons to push while the man he replaced is dragging his new team closer and closer to the playoffs in what looks like the 2008 Capitals all over again.
This is the team McPhee built this season and the one that will now carry the Capitals' banner over the last 20 games of the season. It is no longer a team "on paper." It is one with 62 games of history in it, one that has some fair sized dings and dents in it, and one that sits on the outside of the playoff mix looking in. The manner in which the Capitals – their management and their players – will be judged for this season lies not in what did or did not happen before 3:00 yesterday, but in what actions were or were not taken over the past ten months since the last Capitals playoff disappointment. It is that body of work to which people might, and perhaps should be praised... or held accountable for what comes of this season.


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The Syrian government reportedly doesn't want to adhere to Google's motto: Do no evil.
The Middle Eastern country -- in the midst of cracking down on political dissidents -- has reportedly outlawed the use of Apple's iPhone in the country.
The move is ironic considering Syria's favorite American son, Steve Jobs, is behind the phone. Jobs was born to a Syrian immigrant to America, whose family still lives in Homs.
"Steve Jobs must be turning in his grave on learning that his iconic device is banned in his home country," a Syrian protester told Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
Jobs' biological father, Abdulfattah John Jandali, also spoke out in a YouTube video about his country banning his son's invention.
The news is not likely to be a boon to Google's Android alternative either.
Although no other phones have been banned yet, a move to block other smartphones could be coming.
Instead the Syrian government's Finance Ministry sent a letter to activists in neighboring Beirut, Lebanon warning them that iPhone use is no longer allowed in Syria.
The government reportedly does not want activists documenting the crackdown on the protests against the government of Bashar al-Assad, who has ruled the country for 11 years.
The United Nations estimates that more than 4,000 people have been killed in country since Syrian citizens joined the protests that began sweeping the Arab world last Spring.


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You will now use our main library doors to gain access to the library at all times.
This means to enter the Library after hours, law students MUST USE THE LIBRARY FRONT DOORS ONLY .
The door by the Office of Academic Records will no longer work.Ernster, the Virtual Library Cat


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