It's good to be back

[Ed Grabianowski <zeppelined@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's Been a Long Time...
Yes it has. If any of the old crew are still around (remember Digital 
Graffiti?!), drop me a line. To anyone else...hi. Nice to meet you.

A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum...
I haven't been listening to a lot of bootlegs lately, but I popped in 
Psychical Graffiti the other day. It took me some time to get used to the 
sound quality. I remember listening to some fuzzy old '70 audience tape 
that sounded like it was recorded in the men's room of the bar down the 
street from the club where Zeppelin was playing, and loving every minute of 
it! I need a little practice to get my "boot ears" back, I guess.

Changes.
Since I've been gone, no one trades on tapes anymore, it seems. When I was 
last trading actively, the first CDR trees were just starting. It's the 
standard now, I guess. Better invest in some new tech, I want to get some 
more shows! But it's kind of sad. All those Maxell XL-IIs gathering dust. 
The Nakamichi decks longing for mylar. No more, "Clean your heads and keep 
the levels hot!" Now it's all, "4x blah bah blah, buffer yadda yadda, 
digital artifact etc."

I'm Gonna Join the Band.
  My now extinct band used to cover WLL in the midst of a funk song, which 
always gave me a chuckle, since LZ used to cover funk songs (Crunge, Cold 
Sweat) in the middle of WLL.

Shaft!
The other day my brother asked me what the weirdest song Zeppelin ever 
covered was, and I had to go with "The Theme from Shaft," Manchester '72. 
Check it out if you haven't heard it. The show was hard to come by, and in 
poor quality once upon a time, but who knows what's come out in the last 
little while. Other contenders include Robert singing Big Brother and the 
Holding Company's "I Need a Man To Love" at the Fillmore West during "As 
Long As I Have You," (It's right before the bass amp implodes.) and "Stand 
By Me."

Precious Metals
I've heard a bit about this EC DVD, but could any kind soul clue me in as 
to any major or otherwise interesting boot surfacings in the past two years 
or so?

Ed Zeppelin