WIRED just published my beginner's guide to Mastodon! Thank you to the 100+ people who responded to my request for tips and advice for understanding the culture here. https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-get-started-use-mastodon/

this week, the deadcast begins maybe our headiest excursion yet, part 1 of 2 on the dead’s entwined history with technology & the internet itself. quite topically, we hang with dead freaks from the stanford AI lab who started the world’s 1st online communities c. 1973, including DX7 synth pioneer andy moorer. we welcome back seastones composer ned lagin (later of processor technology), daniel kottke (apple employee #12), erik davis, steve silberman, too much to fit! https://www.dead.net/deadcast/long-strange-tech-part-1

Keeping my tradition of painting octopuses on the bottoms of tables in hotel rooms alive 😀

if you are in Philly, Baltimore or DC be ready to be entertained by eli winter’s guitar skills later this very week! yes! new to eli? check out the new LP here to get ready - https://threelobed.bandcamp.com/album/eli-winter

Step. 1: Vote ✅
Step 2: Listen to the Grateful Dead ✅
Step 3: Ignore all news television and websites for three days.
Step 4: More Grateful Dead
Step 5: Look at a reputable news site and find out who won.
Step 6: Listen to the Grateful Dead