ZONE OUT with the ROLLING RIDER
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Anticipating the OTHER ...
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'This must be heaven
'Cause here's where the rainbow ends
If this ain't the real thing
Then it's close enough to pretend'

"Close enough to pretend.."...that blissful thought swirled in many a deadhead's mind during melty sugar magnolia sunsets at Alpine Valley. And it grows even closer by the day. Like miles of lava rocks, laid out on the baked earth like a jigsaw puzzle, finally revealing the golden flow, our timeless band is again percolating, and ready to bubble over into its next metamorphisis.

As the Grateful Dead received it's 'Lifetime Achievement' award at the recent Jammys, Philzone.com was doing more than receiving their deserved accolades as phan 'Web Site of the Year' -- they were poised for flight, ready to keep the phans in the know as we collectively ride the crest of a wave that is 21st century Grateful Dead.

Surely it will be paradise regained. With a Fall tour that includes some of our favorite old stomping grounds like the Spectrum and MSG and a New Year's celebration smack dab in the Wizards Lair of Oakland, someone certainly may have to pinch the Rider -- it seems like all this life is just a dream.

(to be continued)

phaithfully yours,
Rolling Rider

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