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The Upful LIFE Podcast- Ep.050: JAY BLAKESBERG (rock photographer/ filmmaker / GD-culture anthropologist)

October 27, 2021 B.Getz author, dead and company, filmmaker, Grateful dead, incarceration, jamband, jambands, jay blakesberg, jerry garcia, john mayer, LSD, music podcast, phish, prison, psychedelics, rock photographer, rock photography, san francisco, upful life, war on drugs

Jay is best known for his iconic work shooting (and following) the Grateful Dead since the late 1970’s, and has continued to chronicle the various offshoots and band developments thru the years. He’s also a Bay Area institution, a world-renowned photographer /filmmaker/historian all over rock music, stretching out far beyond the ever-sprawling GD diaspora where he first made his bones.

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The Upful LIFE Podcast Ep.048: SCOTTY B (JamBase/YEMblog) & JASON ABRAMS (Rock n’ Wrestling Connection) TALKIN THE PHISH FROM VT: Summer Tour 2021

August 26, 2021 B.Getz jambase, jason abrams, jon fishman, mike gordon, music podcast, page mcconnell, phish, rock and wrestling connection, scott bernstein, scotty b, summer tour 2021, the phish from vermont, trey anastasio, yemblog

For Episode 048, we flip the script a lil’ bit. Finally, a podcast about The PHlSH from VT! Instead of one long form interview, for this two-hour hoo-ride I invited a pair of venerable Phishtorians to the show for twin conversations and complimentary commentary, as we discuss the band’s impressive, triumphant return to the stage in summer 2021.

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The Upful LIFE Podcast – Ep.046 – KARINA RYKMAN (bass- Marco Benevento, solo, ex-The Sound of Urchin)

June 16, 2021 B.Getz alex skolnick, anthrax, karina rykman, marco benevento, metallica, nyc hardcore, NYU, phish, rocks off nyc, testament, the sound of urchin, thrash metal, trey anastasio

KARINA RYKMAN, bassist of Marco Benevento’s trio, dynamic solo artist, skilled multi-instrumentalist, a lightning bolt of youthful exuberance, dedicated metalhead, hip-hop enthusiast, Phish kid, podcaster, quintessential New Yorker, and all-around swag factory.

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Choosing Our Own Religion: A Diary of Big Cypress & The Long Gig, Twenty Years Later [B.Getz on L4LM]

December 30, 2019January 6, 2020 B.Getz 2000, big cypress, john paluska, jon fishman, mike gordon, millennium, nye, page mcconnell, phish, phish new year's, the long gig, the phish from vermont, the set, trey anastasio, y2k

December 31st, 2019 marks the 20th anniversary of Phish‘s storied midnight–sunrise set at Big Cypress at the turn of the century on 12/31/99.

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PHAREWELL MY PHRIEND: Phish Says Goodbye. Coventry, VT. Aug. 2004 [B.Getz on JamBase]

August 20, 2004August 16, 2023 B.Getz coventry, jon fishman, mike gordon, page mcconnell, phish, trey anastasio, vermont

B.Getz’s swan song for the Phish from Vermont, written in the aftermath of their “farewell” festival Coventry, in August 2004. Originally published on JamBase as part of a collaboration with Aaron Kayce, Aaron Stein, and Deanne Herman.

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Agent 23 aka Cactus aka Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, welcome to The Upful Life Podcast! A founding member of pioneering Asheville-based live hip-hop collective Granola Funk Express (GFE). A progenitor of "family hip-hop" with his Secret Agent 23 Skidoo project, which took home a Grammy in 2019 for Best Children's Album. Cactus is a published author of several books, and a prolific educator around the country for kids of all ages and backgrounds.***LlNK lN Bl0***From train-hopping, to Rainbow Gathering kitchens, to rap ciphers at Phish festivals, this conversation is a colorful strut down memory lane for any GFE fan. And my man makes sure to spread the love around the krewe. Similarly, Cactus takes us through the birth of his daughter Saki, her transformation into MC Fireworks, and the heights their inspiring hip-hop connection took this beautiful family. These days, 23 and his 'Secret Agency' collaborate with students and symphonies, to wed classical music, global indigenous instruments, and storytelling to the elements of hip-hop. Cactus has also evolved into a successful educator, bringing hip-hop into the classroom as a multi-faceted teaching device. LISTEN ---> bit.ly/upful-076bioSecret Agent 23 Skidoo is an internationally touring, purple velvet tuxedo wearing family funk phenemenon. Combining the positive, primal power of hip hop with the surreal storytelling of science fiction, 23 Skidoo has concocted a potent potion that wows family crowds across the planet. After a decade of touring nationally as a rapper and producer in Granola Funk Express, he released his first kids' hip-hop album in 2008.Thanks 2 our friends at @iamAVL for the sponsor!@secretagent23skidooThe ingredients of his magic spells include reverence for the boundless mindstates of young children, respect for the culture and DNA of hip hop, funk and soul music, and a deep belief in the power of the imagination to change the world in positive ways, both personal and universal. At the 59th Grammy Awards in 2019, Secret Agent 23 Skidoo won Best Children's Album for his record Infinit ... See MoreSee Less

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