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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

I Hate You! Dead Letters: The Very Best Grateful Dead Fan Mail

Posted by Ezra Ace Caraeff on Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 1:51 PM

Dear Jerry, I hate you. Signed, me.
  • Dear Jerry, I hate you. Signed, me.

I'm always looking for a millionaire dollar book pitch (Hot, gay Vampires that crave a good, hard staking! What? It's been done before?) so I can bail on this sinking ship and join the lucrative and profitable world of publishing.

Since Gaydracula is out (it gets better, buddy), looks like it's time for plan B: a book devoted entirely to Grateful Dead artwork that stoned hippies draw on envelopes. Now to sit back and let the Dead Head nostalgia money roll in...

Since the band's earliest days, Grateful Dead staff saved tens of thousands of decorated ticket-request envelopes sent to them by Dead Heads hoping to capture the ticketing staff’s attention with their mind-bending designs. These envelopes are inspirational and hugely insightful, not to mention brilliantly illustrated and unique within the world of rock. Now, for the first time in print, these unique pieces of art have found a home.

Crap.

From author, rock historian, and the Dead Head of all Dead Heads, Paul Grushkin, Dead Letters: The Very Best Grateful Dead Fan Mail collects more than 300 of these mind-blowing envelope masterpieces, all presented in 14 thematic chapters.

Are you ready to have your fucking mind-blown... by an envelope? I sure am. Of the "14 thematic chapters," 13 are devoted to "Dancing Bears and Skulls With Roses and Some Shit" with the final chapter being an epilogue.

 

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more sarcastic, crappy journalism from the Mercury. . .wow, you even denigrate your employer. . .entitled elitism. . .brilliantly unfunny. . .honestly, I wish you well. . .so does Jerry from beyond the grave. . .next time, let us know what you really think!
Posted by song&dance on November 29, 2011 at 3:11 PM · Report

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