New Listening Party - Meet Scharpling AND Wurster.

[Omar]

Would it be possible to add captions to the pictures so I can know who's who?

I'm starting to add notes but I'm bad with names. Everyone, please go to the Flickr page. I think other people (as long as you're a Flickr member, although maybe you have to join the FOT group) can add notes to the photos. Help me! Identify thy attractive selves!!!

The jazz-handed redhead = http://www.julieklausner.com/who.html

[B_Buster]

Which one of these is the REAL Grateful Dead fan?

Ha ha! You got my number, buffcoat. FYI, I got "off the bus" after Brent Mydland joined the band.

[buffcoat]

I've got "Skeletons in the Closet" on CD and "Touch of Grey" on mp3 myself. 

But the break for me with the Dead came in about 1994, when the Deadheads descended on Chapel Hill.  The only time I ever saw people selling plastic-wrapped BOWLS OF SALAD on Franklin Street.

[John Junk]

I'm jealous!   Looks like it was an awesome time.  Next time I'm anywhere near New Jersey I'm at least forcing Jason to drink with me.

[Josh]

I'm jealous!   Looks like it was an awesome time.  Next time I'm anywhere near New Jersey I'm at least forcing Jason to drink with me.

I think you can pretty safely replace "forcing Jason to drink with me" to "finding where Jason happens to be drinking at that time".

[buffcoat]

Some of those people clearly aren't posting.  Are they lurkers, or, Dear God, do they choose not to be involved in the message board?

[Sarah]

But, but . . . how could this be possible?  Wait . . . what's this sound I hear?  I think it might be my world crumbing.

[Miss]

I smiled the entire time, looking at those pictures! It looks like you all had a fantastic time. Why don't you all hop a plane to Spokane and take the listening party on the road?

I like the big crowd picture, where Tom is sticking out of the middle smiling. Cracks me up!

[A.M. Thomas]

Oh, I was talking to Brett for about a minute and I didn't know he was the M.C. Steinberg until right now.

The Gorch painting was amazing.

Tom called me "The Pride of Union" and made my night.

[Josh]

I'm done adding notes to my photos from the meet-up. If you recognize someone I didn't identify, please add a note to the proper photo.

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Everyone I met was so nice. I was so happy that I went. Big thanks to my grandparents for scheduling their wedding anniversary on the best possible weekend, which allowed this trip to happen.

It was great to meet No Underbites, Jason, TRocks, Susannah, Grimlock, Dorvid, and the other posters from the board. Tom, Ms. Barberie, Jon, and APMike were amazingly gracious. Sorry to Andy from Pittsburgh for telling you that you know nothing about football after you suggested that Chris Gardocki wasn't bad last year (I'm right though; he was 3rd from last in punting average in 2006). Hope everyone enjoyed the gobs and sorry my camera's flash is so goddamn bright.

[Dorvid Barnas]

I forgot to thank Josh for the truly comprehensive photo collection, the kick-ass DVD, and the GOBS.
Also, Jason and Megan for hosting me, Ms.B and Therese for the swag and kind words, and Susannah for my Tom/Jon photos.
Why haven't we heard from Laurie yet?
The picture w/ her, Josh, Tom, and Jon is very sweet.

[Laurie]

I slept 12 hours last night!

[Tom Scharpling]

Thanks again to everybody who came out and make it such an awesome night! Jon and I were both very touched by the show of support from youse all.

An especially special thanks to Jason who put it all together. You are one in a million, sir.

Tom.

[Tyrannosaurus Rocks]

Gobs are almost as fucking brilliant as The Best Show.

[Andy]

this makes me sad.