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The VT radar has picked up on committed awesomeness that is Nubian Peak. Big ups to Nubian for keeping local- don’t fret, young one. Even though Blacksburg has its share of Wades Supermarkets, I promise its far enough to make you feel some distance from ol Pulaski. No need to go to California or Florida or Charlottesville.

Here’s a highlight real that the Brooklyn Hokies for a Better Society (The Bro-Ho BS) found on Nubian’s potential awesomeness. Nubian: the Bro-Ho BS suggests you please go the route of Kevin Jones, and not Brandon “the bore” Ore. Thanks.

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Last night, I was fortunate enough to see Robert Plant & Alison Krauss do their thing at MSG’s Theatre. One of the highlights was them trading off verses during “Battle of Evermore,” a most fantastic Zep song. Here’s the best vid I could find of the complete version. Mandolins make things better.

Update: I wrote this here review.

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The official start to summer in New York isn’t Memorial Day. It’s ninety degree temps, BBQ straight from Yazoo City, Miss. and Las Vegas via the Big Apple BBQ Festival.

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I used to go to Tower Records to hear new albums. I’d walk around for hours at a time, going from listening station to listening station. Now, this. No wonder they closed.

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AD pointed me to this clip of the Dead on Playboy’s After Dark, back in 69. It’s great to see Jerry in this setting; not because of the absurdity of Hef’s “serious” questioning about the death of the hippie scene, but how much of a sense of humor Jerry seems to have with all of it.

Things I noticed and subsequently enjoyed:

• Phil’s coke-bottle glasses
• Bobby’s grin towards the end of “Mountains Of The Moon”
• Haight-Ashbury is just a street
• Many of today’s popular folkies- mainly Devendra and Vetiver, remind me so much of Garcia during the aforementioned “Mountains.”

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Visited the Telectroscope over the weekend.

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