Dawson Street Dramatic Society: DEAD AIR: The Title

"Magic is what we do, music is how we do it."
--Jerry Garcia

Hello All! With the Fringe fast approaching and rehearsals/recordings well under way for the DSDS upcoming WORLD PREMIERE new work "DEAD AIR: The Final Broadcast of the Zombie Apocalypse." There has been a little confusion as to the origin of the title of this work (a radio play starring the survivors of the zombie uprising) and I wanted to clarify, but also give credit where credit is due

Dead Air--–noun

the loss or suspension of the video or audio signal during atelevision or radio transmission

Ok so far so good, DEAD AIR is also the name of the roller hockey team some guys in my office play on so its a pretty general term.

But why call this play DEAD AIR? I mean, it could be because that after the un-dead rise and consume the living, there won't be much to listen to on the radio....but really, the title itself comes from a little place called...

When I was growing up out near Houston, Texas, as a young dead head in training, my weekly exposure to the infinite world of Jerry and the boys came in through my radio speakers, with DJ Sandy bringing us DEAD AIR---playing live un-cut sets from those bootlegs and tapers, for all those additional Saturday nights when it was time to tear this old building down. I can recall one weekend, living out in Brazoria county on the banks of the San Bernard river, and after sneaking a smoke in the backyard, found and managed to tune an old radio to KPFT during those twilight hours full of the dead. Sitting outside, I can still see the lights and feel my mind really think as Jerry sang of the ship of fools right into my brain and showed me the only truth: that there is nothing like the Grateful Dead. Its magical what the Dead can do to a young guy staying up late just to listen to the sounds.

"Deadheads are kinda like people who like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but people who like licorice, REALLY like licorice!"

--J. Garcia

Even with my love of the Dead and their music firmly implanted in my mind and personality from birth, Sandy's weekly broadcast proved that there would always be a Dead show, floating around out there, not asking for anything other than a good listen, and maybe some dancing!