When we visited with Grateful Dead Archivist Nicholas G. Meriwether at UC Santa Cruz, he was kind enough to give us a tour of their current exhibition on the literary tradition of the Grateful Dead. Nick ensured that LITTLE HIPPIE would get all the tidbits not included on the exhibit’s placards, starting at the very beginning with their official … Read More
Defining Grateful Dead, With Primary Sources
Every now and again you meet with an object that gives you physical proximity, and makes you feel a connection to a moment that resonates deeply across time and space. In this case, THEE dictionary edition referenced by Jerry Garcia as the primary source for the band’s name, now on view at the UC Santa Cruz Grateful Dead Archive. … Read More
Visiting the Grateful Dead Archive At UC Santa Cruz
Little Hippie recently had the pleasure of meeting Grateful Dead Archivist Nicholas G. Meriwether while visiting the Grateful Dead Archive at University of California at Santa Cruz. The Grateful Dead Archive is located in McHenry Library on the beautiful campus. Archive materials are on display in the Brittingham Family Foundation’s Dead Central Gallery on the 2nd Floor … Read More
Owlsley’s Eleven Great Grateful Dead Books for Little Hippies
We’re catching up on Michael Hamad’s piece Deadhead Scholars, Fans Marking 50 Years Of Grateful Dead: On the scholarship front, several new books about the Dead, some of which draw upon records located in the Dead Archive, will hit the market in 2015, including Peter Richardson’s cultural history “No Simple Highway”; “Deal,” a memoir by Bill … Read More
February 2, 1970 is the Day Modern Concert Production Was Born
Just reading Steve Harvey over at the AV Network talking about the event that kicked off modern concert sound production. While various individuals and companies were simultaneously working on developing bigger and louder speaker systems across the country, and around the world, particularly in the U.K., the birth of the modern concert production sound system can … Read More
The Other One: The Long Strange Trip of Bob Weir
Bob Weir’s guitar is on thousands of Grateful Dead songs over the last 50 years, and the new documentary “The Other One: The Long Strange Trip of Bob Weir” profiles the legend of music and psychedelia. We’re reading Frank Scheck’s Hollywood Reporter piece about the film’s debut last year. After the Tribeca Film Festival premiere Bob … Read More
What are your favorite music festivals to bring your family to?
We’re collaborating with Relix Magazine this spring on their annual festival guide to provide them with a directory of family friendly festivals, and we’d love your input! Whether you’re a long time festival attendee or planning to take your family to a festival for the first time this year, please let us know what festivals you recommend … Read More
Last-ever Grateful Dead Show at Alpine Valley on the Big Screen
Get excited to watch a big screen presentation from Fathom Events and Rhino Entertainment who are bringing the Grateful Dead back to the big screen for the fifth annual Meet-Up at the Movies on Monday, May 4th at 7:00 p.m. (local time). This year’s can’t-miss Meet-Up features the previously unreleased last-ever Grateful Dead show at … Read More
Victor Moscoso’s Acid Rock Posters
If you’re in New York before April 25, 2015, check out Victor Moscoso’s acid rock posters and other works at the Andrew Edlin Gallery in Chelsea. Ken Johnson at The New York Times writes: In the 1960s, Victor Moscoso produced some of the most memorable acid rock posters of the psychedelic revolution in San Francisco. … Read More
Little Hippie Spring Favorites
Click through to see some of our favorites for spring 2015.