Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Grateful Dead Concerts

My husband is a Deadhead. That means he has followed the band, The Grateful Dead, for years. They do not refer to concerts as concerts, but as Shows, because that's really what the Dead put on. Inside the venue and out. Hippies from across the country and the world attended Show after Show and partied in parking lot after parking lot. They were more than Tye Dye Bandits... they really believed the message of the music... they really believe(d) in peace and love. They still do, long after Jerry left this world and the band members went in other directions.

So why am I bringing this up? Well, anyone who has visited the PSU (www.powersellersunite.com) boards, specifically the OLA Discussion Forum, knows how venomous it it. Many of those members also have 'buyer' accounts at OLA and visit there to spew their venom. Today I was reminded of a bumper sticker I used to see at the Dead Shows I attended with my husband. The bumper sticker said:

MEAN PEOPLE SUCK!!!

Enough said.

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