Brooklyn Vegan — As Dead Heads likely know, original Grateful Dead member Phil Lesh has an ongoing residency at Port Chester, NY's Capitol Theatre with his band Phil Lesh & Friends. The residency has already had him at the venue multiple times,... more info

ContactMusic — Grateful Dead drummers Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart will kickstart the band's 50th anniversary celebrations by performing together for the first... more info

Topix — Record Store Day is a pretty wonderful idea. Now, Grateful Dead fans have an extra reason to embrace this yearly promotional song-and-dance. more info

Mercury News, California — SANTA CRUZ -- Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart honored the late UC Santa Cruz music professor Fred Lieberman on Saturday at a celebratory memorial event in the campus's Music Center Recital Hall. more info

Time — Here’s something that couldn’t have happened in 1999 (and definitely isn’t a party): Musician Prince is filing a lawsuit against 22 individuals who “engage in massive infringement and bootlegging of Prince’s material.” The artist is seek... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Mental Floss lists 10 pop culture adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven." Stereogum lists the best Grateful Dead songs. 32 "best books of 2013" lists were added to my master aggregation Sunday, including The Migrant Bookclub's best books for... more info

Powerpopulist — Ummmm, what a year. The big story this session is Rollo & Grady's excellent Best of 2013 songlist. Thanks, Rollo. You, too, Grady. Of course some of our other faveblogs haven't been shabs themselves. Thanks fbs. The Grateful Dead - Mindbend... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Welcome to the sixth installment of Dead Notes, where we find the Grateful Dead in the Fall of 1970, gigging at the famed Capitol Theater in Port Chester, NY. Between 1970 and 1971 the band played the theater 18 times, placing it thick in the pantheo... more info

Mercury News, California — Stephen Stills and Grateful Dead box sets also among the best holiday shopping bets for the classic rock fan. more info

Consequence of Sound — Disciples of Radiohead, The Grateful Dead, and The Polyphonic Spree rejoice. more info