mayfield@ucbvax.ARPA (Jim Mayfield) (06/15/85)
Here's Friday's playlist: Friday, June 14, 1985 Greek Theater, Berkeley, CA dancing in the streets west l.a. fade away c.c. rider peggy-o hell in a bucket <break to fix sound system> keep on rolling (or something like that -- purportedly an old derek and the dominoes tune) stagger lee let it grow deal -- o -- o -- morning dew playing in the band china doll brent & drums drums space truckin' smokestack lightning comes a time sugar magnolia -- o -- o -- keep your day job Altogether, an excellent show, and one that bodes well for the rest of the weekend. As the band came out, the P.A. played Sgt. Pepper's (It was twenty years ago today...) inducing a mild uproar in the crowd. They seemed psyched for the occasion, as evidenced by at least two waves from Jerry and some extended playfulness between the drummers. At the end of hell in a bucket, there was a ten minute pause to fix the sound system. This effectively converted the show to three sets, a trend which was generally approved of. At the start of the second first set, Phil and Brent sang the as-yet-not- officially-identified tune mentioned above; can anyone help out? The second set opened with a tremendous Dew, whose soft passages were so clear and evocative that I would have gone home satisfied had the show ended immediately afterwards. During the drums, they brought out a couple of effects that I hadn't seen before. One was an orb which seemed to contain a green light which was concentrated in the center, and which sent out tentacles of light to the surface roughly in time with the drums (and which would probably not use a run-on sentence if it were describing itself). The other was a high-tech version of the old rotating silver ball at the top of the dance hall; this one sent out narrow green beams of light around the stage and onto the crowd. The encore was a brief but vivacious day job. Berkeley has an ordinance which prevents such festivities from extending beyond 11:00 p.m., hence the `brief.' (If you ever thought that the '84 Greek dark star ends abruptly, there's the reason.) The `vivacious' was internally motivated. - Jim Mayfield
jjm@inmet.UUCP (06/17/85)
jim -
the effect or ORB of which you speak is a Plasma Light Sculpture (sp?)
it was 'invented'/'created' by Bill Parker. Mr. Parker is a graduate
MIT in 1975. He spent the past 10 years developing this idea. It is
by **FAR** the most intence thing I have **EVER** seen !!!
The boys had one in portland and TWO in providence in the spring --
much to my frinds and my superise. You see in boston there are two
places to check out these orbs ...
The compton gallery at MIT -=- they have about a dozen including
tubular ones and spheres that are three times the size f the ones
the dead has !!
also at ...
Gallery on the Square -- at copley place -- accross from the BPL
on Boylston St.
They sell them.
The ones the dead have run for == get this $3,000 each ! hefty but..
If you ever get a chance to check these things out ****DO SO****
OH,
I didn't mention...
These things are spheres of glass filled with some combination
of inert gasses that if electronicly charged create the forth
state of matter -- plasma!! (Similar to lightning) AND
when one touches the ball a ground is made and the plasma
ATTRACTS to your hands, etc.. !!!!!!!
SO UNBELIEVEABLE .. I could ramble for hours (NO shit.)
anyway Check them out if you get the chance.
See y'all at SPAC ---> on (YAHOOOOOOOOOWEEE) ..
I'm still recovering from NOT being at the Greeks :-(
'one way or another, this darkness has got to give'
pasta fazool
josepi
me right on down, mau.
myers@uwmacc.UUCP (Latitudinarian Lobster) (06/18/85)
> > Here's Friday's playlist: > > Friday, June 14, 1985 Greek Theater, Berkeley, CA > > dancing in the streets > west l.a. fade away > c.c. rider > peggy-o > hell in a bucket > <break to fix sound system> > keep on rolling (or something like that -- purportedly an old derek and the > dominoes tune) > stagger lee > let it grow > deal > That's Keep on Growing, a fine tune.
zben@umd5.UUCP (06/19/85)
In article <8196@ucbvax.ARPA> mayfield@ucbvax.ARPA writes: > >keep on rolling (or something like that -- purportedly an old derek and the > dominoes tune) > As all should know, Derek and the Dominoes was one of Eric Clapton's many bands. The song was "Keep on Growing", and was on several albums, including (I believe) the "Best of Eric Clapton" triple album. Berkeley was a hot show, and well worth the D.C. <=> Berkeley airfare and hotel and rental car expenses. California is really nice too, even though level 15 sunscreen is de rigeur for us fair-hairs! Thanks to Wendy and Andy and all the good people I met out there... -- Ben Cranston ...{seismo!umcp-cs,ihnp4!rlgvax}!cvl!umd5!zben zben@umd2.ARPA