From the article:  “One batch fell into the hands of some enthusiasts who cleaned them up, transferred them to a digital format, and began distributing immaculate copies to the vast network of Deadhead tape collectors.” I was one of about ten tape-traders, calling ourselves, the “Unindicted Co-Conspirators”, who handled the distribution of a number of these shows, through a series of postings to the rec.music.gdead Usenet group under the title, “What’s Become of the Bettys?” I was really a small-timer in the tape-trading community until then, and I no longer recall how I got tapped to be a part of that group, but it was a great time. (New Yorker)

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Follow Me Here… turns thirteen today. (I know this because I got a text message from my calendar app reminding me to send FmH a birthday greeting.) This is the age, according to Jewish law, when a young man becomes accountable for his actions and become a “Bar Mitzvah”. If FmH were female, this would have happened a year since, as a “Bat Mitzvah” occurs when Jewish girls become 12, and it means the same as it does for boys — a rite of passage from being considered unable to properly understand things to being considered old enough to begin to understand and thus for boys and girls alike to be treated more like adults. So I guess there is no excuse anymore. I will try to act responsibly…

In any case, thank you all for continuing to be a part of this journey and helping to make this a vibrant conversation. Many happy returns to us all.

Is there is one post from the time you have been reading FmH which you would single out for distinction?

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