Michael Wanger has just released "Grateful Dead Documentary," a double CD of a
radio program produced with Vance Frost in 1969. It was first broadcast in
June 1969 on San Francisco's KSAN-FM, and has been passed around as a bootleg ever since.
"Grateful Dead Documentary," Michael's fourth project for Grateful Dead Records,
traces the history of the Grateful Dead from its beginnings to 1969. It features
interviews with band members Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann,
Mickey Hart and Tom Constanten. Others interviewed are Paul Kantner and Spencer
Dryden of Jefferson Airplane, David Freiberg and John Cipollina of Quicksilver
Messenger Service and San Francisco Chronicle music critic Ralph J. Gleason.
"There's a lot of silliness in there," says Michael, "but it describes
the formation of the band and the process of creating their first two albums. It was
recent history then. Jerry and the rest of the band tell all the details and were
very enthusiastic."
Currently, the 108-minute documentary is available only by
purchasing the Golden Road Box Set directly from Grateful Dead Productions.
"We hope to make it part of their catalog in 2002."
For more information, plus a complete transcript of the documentary, check out
Michael's Web site, www.vidkid.com.
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In October, the Digital Story Center (DSC) co-produced with Marin's DigiQuest Learning
Center a two-weekend workshop as part of the Mill Valley Film Festival. The two
non-profits asked Marin and Sonoma County high school students to create public
service announcements that reflected their points of view about the September 11
terrorist attacks.
DSC founder and Executive Director Stephen Yafa said, "We've heard
about the tragedy from adults around the globe, but rarely from youth. We wanted to
create such a forum." You can view the PSAs and filmed interviews online at the
DigiQuest Web site.
The PSAs and interviews will also soon be available on www.apple.com.
DSC plans to take the workshops to New York, connecting with local facilities to offer
the service to friends and families of WTC victims. Yafa likens these workshops to
"creating a living AIDS quilt of personal memories as multimedia stories."
Locally, the Center's next three-day digital story workshop will be held
November 15-17, at DigiQuest Learning Center, 1115 Third Street in San Rafael.
"We hope to provide a creative means of sharing to non-profits, individuals,
businesses, and students. We offer a place to gather as well as gather your thoughts,
and a way to speak from the heart with passion, in a form that can be instantly
understood at an emotional level," says Yafa. The cost is $475, on a sliding
scale for seniors and students. For more information, go to
www.digitalstorycenter.org.
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