jerr\'s dead..oh that\'s different i didn\'t know.....as for living in the past....i spend lot\'s of my time following moe and pb while still seeing panic,umphrey\'s,nmas,dbb and others whenever i can...the grateful dead will always be my favorite band but i gave up living in the past a long time ago...no i just live in the past weekend...oh and the band has done just about everything BUT move on...all they did was bicker until the money began to run out....bobby loves to tour as evidenced by ratdog and phil gave us all something special with plq....but they wouldn\'t even speak to each other until jill lesh looked at the bank account...mickey\'s gotten all holier than thou and billy finally decided to comeback...why..oh yeah...to make some money...nothing wrong with that but fill the band out with bandmates...not hired guns who cain\'t make the next practice session... i won\'t pay for practice when there are so many other good games to go see....and don\'t forget...phil cain\'t sing...all those times we chanted "let phil sing"...we didn\'t think he would take us ser...on the side leith..i normally really enjoy your posts and look forward to meeting you someday when you come to staven for some real pizza....duane