Everett's Collection
Bob Weir & Rob Wasserman 06/08/2008
Sausalito by the Bay, Sausalito, CA
| Source | aud |
| Media | flac/dvd 1 disc |
| Notes | located on 4-8-08 ratdog |
| J-Card Comment | Bob & Rob (& Jack!) 6/8/8 Stop The Spray LBAM Benefit Sausalito, CA Intro/Tuning, Maggie's Farm, Birdsong->K.C. Moan, Friend of the Devil, Salt Pork West Virginia, Ashes & Glass ('spray lyrics') (K.C. Moan -> Salt Pork W.V. w/ Ramblin' Jack Elliot) Charity Notes: Spraying to 'eradicate the light brown apple moth'- what is at stake? We didn't realize the depth of reprecussions until this benefit event. We have seen played out the axiom that 'as California goes, so goes the rest of the nation' -- so even should you not live in the bay-area, decision here could eventually impact you. There are a growing number of public advocacy groups in existence; the one which hosted this 6-8-8 benefit event was 'stop the spray'- their website is: http://stopthespray.org Please visit that site for further information and details about what you can do. Thanks to Skip Berg & co. for enlightening us to the facts that follow. At the risk of repeating what some of you may already know, alarming issues of which we have become aware: 1. The 'california dept of food & agriculture'- that is, the government arm of corporate-industrial-agricultural entities- are being permitted to proceed with *pesticide spraying on urban populations* -- *before completion of "environmental impact reports" (EIRs)* -- in the name of 'economic expediency'. Substances like this pesticide are normally required by the EPA to be thoroughly tested for impact on the world before use or application. The CDFA has the power to delay the required EIR until *after* the pesticide application if they 'feel that a crisis situation exists'. The CDFA believes the lbam's presence qualifies for such a 'state of emergency' declaration and has exercised this EIR-delay power. This sets a terrible precedent for future erosion of regulation on these corporate chemical industries. At this writing, Bay-area urban spraying of the pesticide 'checkmate' is dated to commence on august 17, 2008- time is fleeting- there are only ~*68 days left* before they start. Once this door is opened, it will be difficult to shut. 2. Two of the ingredients in this 'checkmate' formulation are classified by the 'national institute of occupational safety and heath' (a federal agency)-- as *known carcinogens*. Several others are classified as 'endocrine disruptors'. 3. As of now, the only required testing of 'checkmate' is 'acute toxicity testing'- which is defined as 'putting a mouse in contact with the substance for 20 seconds. If no death occurs within 20 seconds, the substance passes this test.' This is clearly inadequate for a substance being sprayed over urban populations. 4. This pesticide cocktail is delivered in plastic-coated particle shells, some of which measure in size on the order of .5 microns. Particles of this size can travel far and wide on the wind, and will permanently lodge in the lungs of any creature which inhales them. 5. Current proposal would permit the arial spraying of 'checkmate' in urban areas every 60-90 days- for up to the next decade. 6. 75 million california tax dollars are being allocated to this task (q: is this per year?), granted to these pesticide-generating corporations- while our local police, firefighters, school teachers, ... general services are suffering from budget cut-backs. What can you do? Spread information to other citizens, & call and write letters of protest to your elected officials. Again, we recommend you visit: http://stopthespray.org ...for the latest information and details of action. So, we hope you enjoy this recording, and find it inspires you to act now. There isn't much time left to change course before this train wreck could hit home. Sound Notes: Sound path: Neumann skm 140s->Sound Devices 722->Resample-1.8+(24/192->16/44.1khz); minor glitch fixes w/ cooledit. There was a lot of wind noise, so I applied a fairly aggresive low-cut filter (curve, <55hz -30db, <68 -24, <82 -17, <100 -10, <110 -5, >=130 0). The wind noise is still audible at many points, but the end result is far more listenable. Lost a bit of Rob's 'rob-ustness', alas- but his bass has wonderful harmonics, so the remaining sound is still relatively rich. Towards the end of birdsong (~11:20-11:00), I applied frequency transforms to reduce/remove the sound of a woman who decided to respond to Bob's "Snow & Rain" lines with her own: "Bobby my love". She's still present somewhat- can't entirely eliminate her w/o seriously impacting quality of those sections- but compared to the alternative, well, I think you all will agree with the brief sacrifices of dynamic range to reduce her pitches. Rule of thumb: if you're going to distract everybody around you by 'singing' mid-song at a quiet concert, at least try to sing in key please. We removed her again when she struck up conversation in the midst of K.C. Moan, ~1:37-1:39, 1:41-1:43. email: phopely@seas.upenn.edu Green bittorrent downloads available from http://rosemary.dyndns.org |
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