Tag: website
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Audio Player Improvements
Read more: Audio Player ImprovementsI have, once again, extensively reworked the audio player on Grateful Dead of the Day. I’ve done this a few times over the years, largely in response to problems and complaints from users. This time, it started with a problem of my own. Earlier this week, the Internet Archive was partially down after an overnight…
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Putting Readers First and Supporting Our Mission
Read more: Putting Readers First and Supporting Our MissionOver the years, the most common criticism we’ve received—aside from occasionally disagreeing with our take on a particular show—has been the site’s advertising. We agreed. While ads help pay the bills, they also get in the way of enjoying the site. So we decided to make some changes.
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Giveaway Winner and His Concert Report
Read more: Giveaway Winner and His Concert ReportCongratulations to Jeff Andrade, winner of our Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration ticket giveaway at Tanglewood! Jeff and his guest caught an opening “Dark Star” and enjoyed the show and venue. Read Jeff’s short report and see a few photos of the night.
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Definitive Setlists
Read more: Definitive SetlistsHere at Grateful Dead, we are putting a definitive list of setlists together. Eventually, this will allow you to search for music and shows in all sorts of different ways. I started in 1977 and went forward. Compiling the setlists from the 70s, 80s, and 90s were a relative breeze. But as I returned to…
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Videos on Grateful Dead of the Day
Read more: Videos on Grateful Dead of the DayEagle-eye visitors to the site might have already seen that we have re-introduced videos to the website. Up to this point, we have over 400 videos on the site and are adding more daily. You can see a complete list of all the videos on Grateful Dead of the Day, which is now accessible via…
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It’s A Far Gone Lullaby, Sung Many Years Ago
Read more: It’s A Far Gone Lullaby, Sung Many Years AgoDear Grateful Dead of the Day community, Normally today, Margaret and I would be putting together the show notes for our latest episode of the Heads’ Tales podcast. Unfortunately, we are instead both caring for parents – Margaret’s father and my mother – who have fallen gravely ill the last two weeks. As anyone who…
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Dead Guests: Another New Feature
Read more: Dead Guests: Another New FeatureToday, we are unveiling another new feature at Grateful Dead of the Day: information about all the many guests that the Dead welcomed to the stage. It is all part of our effort, aided by our Patreons, to make Grateful Dead of the Day the definitive guide to the band beyond description. You can access…
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Cue Up the Recording of Your Choice!
Read more: Cue Up the Recording of Your Choice!Today, we have added an exciting new feature to Grateful Dead of the Day that allows you to choose the recording you would like to listen to. For each show, we have selected a recording to feature in the player, idiosyncratically mixing audience, soundboard, and matrix recordings. For the most part, this is all you…
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The Star Rating System Explained
Read more: The Star Rating System ExplainedThe star rating on every show is a feature that we carried over from the earlier version of the Grateful Dead of the Day website. These ratings do not represent our assessment of the show. Instead, they are a compilation of user ratings. You can add your rating to the conversation by clicking on whatever…
