DeadCon04
Below is the "official" schedule for our Grateful Dead sessions in San
Antonio April 7-10. Nick and I had nothing to do with the dates or times,
and this list doesn't reflect anyone who has told us they'd now be unable to
attend.
The good news? We only have to get up early Thursday morning!! The bad
news? We run till 6pm on Saturday. Here it is...
THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 800-9:30AM
GRATEFUL DEAD I: DEAD WORDS: FICTION, POETRY AND RECENT BOOKS
Nicholas Meriwether, Editor, Dead Letters
The Tomb Of The Unknown Hippie: Reading from a Grateful Dead Novel
Matthew Armstrong, University of South Carolina, Greensboro
"Home Before Daylight" But Still "In The Dark" A review of Steve Parish's
book
Alan Lehman, Independent Scholar
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Living With the Dead: The Anatomy of a Grateful Dead Novel
Rob Weiner, Mahon Library, Lubbock, TX
Grateful Poesy: A Reading of Poetry Inspired by the Grateful Dead
Jon Ney, University of Calilfornia - Irvine
}
THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 10:00-11:30AM
GRATEFUL DEAD II: BUSINESS, CULTURE AND THE GRATEFUL DEAD
Julia Hardy, Muhlenberg College
Commerce, Move Me Brightly: How Capitalism Killed the Dead
Don McCallister, Independent Scholar
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The Grateful Dead: A Business Model for Teaching Graduate Business Courses
Barry Barnes, Nova Southeastern University
The Origins of DeadBase
Michael Dolgushkin, University of California - Davis
What's become of the baby? Thoughts on the Post-Garcia Dead
Daniel J. Dasaro, Independent Scholar
}
THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 12:30-2:00PM
GRATEFUL DEAD III: COVER BANDS AND MUSICIANS WHO PLAY MUSIC OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD - PANEL DISCUSSION
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David Gans, Record Producer, Author, Musician
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Mark Mattson, Fordham University
Peter Sawyer, California Institute of Integral Studies
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Revell Carr, University of California - Santa Barbara
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Rebecca Adams, University of North Carolina - Greensboro
THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2:30-4:00PM
GRATEFUL DEAD IV: ASSESSMENTS AND ASPECTS OF THE DEAD EXPERIENCE
Nicholas Meriwether, Editor, Dead Letters
Sometimes I Get a Great Notion: James Booker in the Jerry Garcia Band
Christian T. S. Crumlish, Independent Scholar
'The Thousand Stories Have Come Round to One': Studying the Dead
Nicholas Meriwether, Editor, Dead Letters
Spinning: Ecstasy and the Grateful Dead Experience
Matthew Robertson, Independent Scholar
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The Grateful Dead: A Musical Example of a High Performance Team
Barry Barnes, Nova Southeastern University
}
FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 12:30-2:00PM
GRATEFUL DEAD V: THE SOCIOLOGY OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD PHENONENON
Jim Tuedio, California State University - Stanislaus
A Portable Community: Forces Facilitating Repeated Interactions At Shows
Rebecca Adams, University of North Carolina - Greensboro
A Multidisciplinary Consideration of the Grateful Dead: Mapping the Trip
Natalie Dollar, Oregon State University - Cascades
Deadheads, Computer-Mediated Communication, and Community
Gary Burnett, Florida State University
"I want to say to my sisters and my brothers": The Rhetoric of Family in
Deadhead Culture
Elizabeth L. Caroll, Appalachia State University
FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2:30-4:00PM
GRATEFUL DEAD VI: COMMERCE AND THE INFLUENCE OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD -
PANEL DISCUSSION
Barry Barnes, Nova Southeastern University
Don McCallister, Independent Scholar
Mike Dolgushkin, University of California - Davis
David Gans, Record Producer, Author, Musician
Daniel J. Dasaro, Independent Scholar
FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 6:30-8:00PM
GRATEFUL DEAD VII: SPIRITUAL DIMENSIONS OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD
Julia Hardy, Muhlenberg College
Wharf Rat: A Spiritual Journey
Jon Ney, University of California - Irvine
The Grateful Dead and God: Is there a theology for Deadheads?
David Bryan, Union Theological Seminary
The Nature and Practice of Deadhead Spirituality
Peter Sawyer, California Institute of Integral Studies
Taoist Perspective in the Lyrics of John Perry Barlow's "Let it Grow"
Melinda Belleville, University of Kentucky
SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 10:00-11:30AM
GRATEFUL DEAD VIII: PHILOSOPHICAL AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE GRATEFUL
DEAD
Rebecca Adams, University of North Carolina - Greensboro
Words Half Spoken and Thoughts Unclear: Is There Really a Grateful Dead
Philosophy?
Stanley Spector, Modesto Junior College
Nothing To Hold (You Can't Let Go): Embracing The Uncanny In Grateful Dead
Songs Of Home
James A. Tuedio, California State University - Stanislaus
Steal Your Face Right Off Your Head: Linking the Grateful Dead with the work
of Gilles Deleuze
Joseph Holt, Independent Scholar
The Grateful Dead in Tales and Culture: Common Themes and Structure in
Ancient Folktale, Modern American Music, and Community
Amanda Diederich-Hirsh, University of Chicago
SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 12:30-2:00PM
GRATEFUL DEAD IX: SPIRITUALITY AND THE MUSIC AND LYRICS OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD
- PANEL DISCUSSION
Peter Sawyer, California Institute of Integral Studies
Julia Hardy, Muhlenberg College
Revell Carr, University of California - Santa Barbara
David Gans, Musician, Record Producer, Author
Stan Spector, Modesto Junior College
SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 2:30-4:00PM
GRATEFUL DEAD X: MUSICAL AND MYTHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE GRATEFUL DEAD
Natalie Dollar, Oregon State University - Cascades
Music and Excitement: Buildups in the Music of the Grateful Dead
Mark Mattson & Charles Jacobus, Fordham University
That Old Time X-Factor: Contra Dance, Community, and Transcendence in the
21st Century
Revell Carr, University of California - Santa Barbara
Songs of the Dead: Joseph Campbell and The Hero's Journey
Lans Smith, Midwest State University
Music, Myth and the Grateful Dead Experience
Nicholas Meriwether, Editor, Dead Letters
SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 4:30-6:00PM
GRATEFUL DEAD XI: SPIRIT AND THE GRATEFUL DEAD "X-FACTOR": FINDING IT IN
TODAY'S MUSIC - PANEL DISCUSSION
Gary Burnett, Florida State University
David Gans, Record Producer, Author, Musician
Revell Carr, University of California - Santa Barbara
Melinda Belleville, University of Kentucky
Jim Tuedio, California State University - Stanislaus
Barry Barnes
Associate Professor of Management
Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship
Nova Southeastern University