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Lithuanian Basketball Team in Tie Dye Uniforms

96 Lithuanian Basketball Team

’96 Lithuanian Basketball Team and ‘friends’. (photograph by Jack Straw)

Chris told me this great Olympic story about the 1992 Lithuanian Men’s Basketball Team—how the first team was partly sponsored by the Grateful Dead. Naturally, they wore colorful tie-dye warm-up uniforms, sporting a version of the typical skull logo—typical if you’re a dead fan, that is.

Not only did they stay warm in them, though, the public sight of the Lithuanians accepting bronze medals was pretty heart-warming. It sounds like the Olympic podium has never been quite the same.

Against the odds, Lithuania went on to win the Bronze in Barcelona and stood proudly to receive their medals in tie-dye green, yellow and red with Lietuva (Lithuania) written across their chests. I wish I could have seen it.

The story actually begins with Lithuanian born Raimondas Šarunas Marciulionis :

Drafted by the Golden State Warriors in the sixth round (1987), Marciulionis was one of the first Europeans to get significant playing time in the NBA. He really got excited when his country gained its independence from the USSR in 1990, and set himself to organizing a national basketball team. The rest is history as the Lithuanian team went on to win three Olympic Bronze medals.

Saurnas Marciulionis is quite a special fellow I’d say. Back in 1992, the Goldenstate Warriors thought so and signed him to a 10.4 million dollar contract . The part I like is how Saurnas jumped right into the middle of that scary Bay Area earthquake. During the aftermath of the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake, he was spotted in his Goldenstate Warriors jacket pulling trapped passengers from a train wreck and administering first aid.

After his career as a pro was over in the mid-nineties, Marciulionis moved back to Lietuva, his homeland—our loss, their gain. He is reportedly one of Lithuania’s most successful businessmen.

How (you might ask) is Lithuania fairing in the Beijing Olympics? True to magical form, Lietuva stunned Olympic Gold Medal hopefuls, Argentina (79-75) on Sunday and then went on to pound Iran 99-67. Their next game pits them against Russia on Thursday. For a full basketball game schedule, click here.

Happy tales, and happy clicking for more information on sendoutcards,

Laura signing off

 

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The Grateful Dead will live again. The band’s remaining original members have confirmed plans for a new Dead tour in 2009.

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The Dead Tour Dates 2009

The Dead Tour 2009

The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, and Mickey Hart played together in support of Barack Obama’s campaign this past fall (video below). Now, the Dead’s members say they’ll embark on their first official Dead tour since 2004.

The band will play 19 shows across 16 cities, joined by keyboardist Jeff Chimenti and Allman Brothers Band/Gov’t Mule guitarist Warren Haynes.

So why now? The band members say the Obama show sparked their interest, and they realized their time together had more life in it yet.

“We’ve got some unfinished business,” Weir says. “Everybody has a whole new bag of tricks. We have the body of material we workedup over the years and we have a mind meld going on here and it would be a sin to let that just wither and die.”

“For me, it’s the question mark that’s really pulling me in — what’s gonna happen?” Lesh asks. “When you walk out on the stage the possibilities are infinite every time.”

Grateful Dead announce spring tour dates 2009

The Dead Tour Dates 2009

The following is the full list of Dead tour dates for the 2009 tour. A ticket presale begins January 13, with the full nationwide sale starting on the 23rd.

April 12 Greensboro NC Greensboro Coliseum
April 14 Washington DC Verizon Center
April 15 Charlottesville VA John Paul Jones Arena
April 17 Albany NY Times Union Center
April 18 Worcester MA DCU Center
April 19 Worcester MA DCU Center
April 21 Buffalo NY HSBC Arena
April 22 Wilkes-Barre PA Wachovia Arena @
Casey Plaza
April 24 Uniondale NY Nassau Coliseum
April 25 New York NY Madison Square Garden
April 26 Hartford CT XL Center
April 28 E. Rutherford NJ IZOD Center
April 29 E. Rutherford NJ IZOD Center
May 1 Philadelphia PA Wachovia Spectrum
May 2 Philadelphia PA Wachovia Spectrum
May 5 Chicago IL All State Arena
May 7 Denver CO Pepsi Center
May 9 Los Angeles CA The Forum
May 10 Mountain View CA Shoreline Amphitheater

The Dead Tour 2009: Video

The following video is from the Dead’s rehearsal for the 2008 Obama rally show — the show said to have planted the seed for the new 2009 Dead tour. The band has also posted another video on its official site here.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGDsfE86_1A

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What are some deep and poetic songs i can use for my english essay?

I have to do an essay on a song. We've been studying poetry and we have to choose a song with deep lyrics and talk about it's imagery, symbolism, tone, etc. I've been looking at a lot of songs but none have really hit me yet. If anyone has any suggestions that would be great especially songs from the 60s/70s; anything from The Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Bob Dylan, etc. Thanks!

Dance with the Devil.
stairway to heaven.

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METALHEADS of R&P...what is the LEAST brutal song on your Ipod?

Computer or CD collection? Or album?

I got Metallica arranged as Lullabyes and a rendition of "the Teddy Bears Picnic" by Jerry Garcia.

You can't get more TRVE KVLT than that!

Mq: your turn!?!

Bq: are you as grim and humorless as the masses want to believe you to be?
Bq2: what's your favorite cute n fuzzy animal?
(Chuck Schuldiner was a huge fan of Kittens. Personally, I think that made him MORE brutal)

Bq 3: Most "kvlt" bit of apparel you own? The least?
(Most is probably the suit of armor I own. Least... idk ... my 3 piece suit? Or happy tiger t-shirt, lol)

Bq4: m/ metaaaaaalllll!!! m/

=P

hey KP,
I never actually listen to it, just got it for a laugh, but Anal C*nt - Picnic of Love. It's an EP of well constructed love songs...

BA: No, i'm afraid not... I'm a pretty bubbly fella!
BA2: The Otter. I'm sure they could get fuzzy after drying off for awhile... Ultramanly.
BA3: I have a viking outfit... (leather cuirass, horned helmet, faux wolf pelt, etc.) My 21st bday was a viking feast... The least would be my Pains of Being Pure at Heart tshirt...
BA4: I like swans?

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Does other people (female) pee insanely crooked?

Does every other female experience urinating straight? I'm not able to make use of public bathrooms because I will not pee looking at the particular chair....I "hover" like 3 inches over the toilet. I finish track of my pee squirting all around the chair! I finish up urinating inside a cup rather (near to my body system) after which flowing it in to the toilet. I acquired fed up with always needing to wipe the chair off! It'll pee just like a man was urinating which i finish up urinating all around the back of my pants Despite The Fact That I'm dead center over the toilet area! Again, I simply make use of a cup, but I am fed up with transporting cups beside me constantly. I requested a physician, and that he stated, don't be concerned about this and become grateful that I've got a steady stream. What can cause this? And inflict other women experience it? Thanks.

Perhaps you have attempted tugging open your vaginal lips, maybe that will assist. Might be that the lips aren't opening enough to allow the stream use a straight direction. It is the same for any guy who is not circumcized, the foreskin (if this is not partly or fully retracted) will hinder the direction or even the flow of urine (leading to it to spray).

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