Shakedown Stream: 500 members on Facebook.

Shakedown Stream has reached another milestone over the weekend. There are 500 members of the Shakedown Stream Group page on Facebook. This page has served as a venue for fellow streamers to follow the show and find out what the featured is from week to week on Shakedown Stream. There are also discussion boards for streamers to write to Jer Bear about their 1st Dead show or their requests or even their strangest experiences regarding the Shakedown Stream. One listener tells us that he listens to Shakedown Stream while operating on dogs - he is a Veternarian.

100 Episodes of Shakedown Stream

Shakedown Stream celebrates its' 100th episode this week on mvyradio.com. Join the stream this week for a chance to win free CDs of Grateful Dead shows as well as Mickey Hart CDs and the Other Ones. The featured show will be another from the Midwest - a theme that arose organically from the fans. Right On !!

Shakedown Stream Synchronicity

Jer Bear - Love the love of the stream. Was coming back from skiing in Colorado last Sunday, came around a bend near Santa Fe looking at the snow capped mountains, when the "Sante Fe" reference from Jack Straw came on from a previous stream, awesome! Also Love the weekly Pigpen tunes! You rock!

Dallas - Albuquerque, NM

Shakedown Stream: 11/03/09 Set List

The featured show last week was suggested by a deadicated listener/streamer, Giff. It was his wife's first show - the Bill Graham Tribute show at the Polo Field in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. Many well known musicians joined the Grateful Dead for this show to honor Bill Graham: The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Bobby McFerrin, Jackson Browne, Aaron Neville, Tracy Chapman, Santana, Robin Williams, Journey, CSN&Y, Joan Baez & Kris Kristofferson. Also, John Popper and John Fogerty play a few tunes with the Dead. Overall, it was not a bad show; the jam out of Truckin' into the Other One was a sweet highlight along with a unique Wharf Rat.

Giff and his wife listen to Shakedown Stream as a family event. Here's a "Right On" and happy 7th birthday (belated) wishes to their daughter Daisy, one of the youngest members of the Shakedown Stream tribe.

The Digitized Dead

The Grateful Dead Archive, housed at the McHenry Library, has been awarded $615,175 by the Institute of Museum and Library Services to photograph and scan collection images and upload them. The public will be able to access the online collection and offer fans the opportunity to contribute to the collection by digitally submitting photos.

Christine Bunting, head of special collections and archives at McHenry, said the school will use the grant over 2½ years to archive what she said is the world's largest public collection of Dead memorabilia.

"The ultimate goal of making the archive digital is that everyone will have a Grateful Dead experience," Bunting said.

What Joe said ...

Hey Jer Bear,

I've been listening for a few months now, and I really look forward to each episode. It took awhile for me to get used to your format, but then it occurred to me that listening to the stream is alot like going to a show. As you're walking through the parking lot, you get to hear bits and pieces of all kinds of shows - and that's like the beginning of your stream. Then, the main event. Then back out to the lot where you might catch a few bits of a couple of different shows. Then the waiting for the next show begins. Anyway, keep up the great work.

Joe - Apex, North Carolina

Shakedown Stream: 10/27/09 Set List

Episode #97 is the last Philly Spectrum show featured on Shakedown Stream. For one week, there was a poll posted on shakedownstream.blogspot.com of five Philly Spectrum shows for streamers to select from. The 10/20/89 show received the most votes. I was hoping for 5/1/09 and others were thinking it should be 5/2/09 (the official last Dead show at Philly), however, we do not always get what we want. Nonetheless, this show from '89 was a very good selection. The boys play one of only 2 versions ever played of "California Earthquake." It was on 10/17/89 that the earthquake of '89 happened in the San Francisco Bay area. The boys were on the east coast touring when their home town experienced this tragedy. Almost all of the songs are from the Philly Spectrum. I hope you enjoyed the theme. Peace - Jer Bear

Dead Rings: In a Class of their own.

Dear Dead Head,

For nearly four thousand years, in culture after culture, the signet ring has remained a clear symbol of personal affinity. For men and women of distinction, this classic piece of jewelry has always denoted a valued position, a special bond. Today that tradition continues. Those who wear signet rings share membership in a very special group of people.

It is with great pride that we offer Dead Heads all around the world, a work of exceptional beauty and superb craftsmanship – the Grateful Dead Tour Alumni Ring.

Officially licensed by Grateful Dead Productions and available in a wide choice of metals, each ring bears the classic "Steal Your Face" logo in striking bas-relief. The sculptured features of the designs, remarkably precise, have been achieved through "lost-wax" casting – a rare technique preferred since the early Renaissance for its ability to capture intricate detail.

This demanding technique requires the expertise of very gifted artisans. For this reason, Jostens, one of America’s most respected names in jewelry, has been authorized to create this superb keepsake. Twice selected by the International Olympic Committee to craft its gold, silver and bronze medals, and twenty-eight time supplier of Super Bowl Championship Rings, Jostens has been a name synonymous with excellence since 1897.

Your ring will be a very personal possession, custom crafted to your order, with your name engraved inside the band in elegant script. Then, only after it is polished to a rich luster that distinguishes the finest jewelry, will it be presented to you, ready for a lifetime of wear.

Link to your ring

Shakedown Stream: 10/27/09 - Everything is Ok!

I know, I know, I know ... I have received all your emails regarding the latest episode of Shakedown Stream. I am okay. I am not lost. Nothing has happened to the show. For some reason, there was a glitch in the regularly posted stream from Tuesday at 5pm (yes, it was last week's episode, you were not having a flashback) and it is not posted on iTunes - yet. The stream has been posted, however, on The Archives page at mvyradio.com. I apologize for the complication and the interruption to your regularly scheduled stream. Everything is okay. peace - Jer Bear

Bob Weir to Perform Benefit Concert

Bob Weir to Perform at Benefit for Global Security

AT THE TIPPING POINT:
NUCLEAR CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
FACING OUR GLOBAL COMMUNITY

10th Anniversary Celebration of the
GLOBAL SECURITY INSTITUTE

NOVEMBER 1, 2009
AT THE NAPA VALLEY OPERA HOUSE

Shakedown Stream: 10/20/09

Every week, after the dust has settled and we gear up for a new episode of Shakedown Stream, Jer Bear posts the set lists from the previous Shakedown Stream. The listeners - or better know as the Streamers - have asked if a set list of show could be provided so as to help them identify a song(s) that they liked.

All streamers are instructed to go to deadbase.com every week to view the set list of the featured show every week on Shakedown Stream. It is how it has always been done since the beginning of time. It is easy, plug in the date of the particular show, submit the query and then view the set list. As we go forward, improvements and adjustments will be made to the weekly set list.