The Truth and Fun

Literary Archive

Grateful Dead Concerts Are Like Baseball Games, from The Official Book of The Dead Heads
A Lifetime of Inspiration, an essay that appeared in Garcia: A Grateful Tribute
The Burden of Being Jerry, an interview with author Robert Greenfield (San Francisco Focus 11/96)
Reporting Live from Deadland, a 1990 article for the KPFA Folio.
Dawn of the Deadheads, a piece I wrote for Headliner, a college quarterly, in 1983.
Show Me Something Built to Last, an essay for Herbie Greene's 1990 photo collection Book of the Dead.

Interview with Ozzy Osbourne 1/10/82 (complete transcript)
Bimbo Rock, from the 9/84 issue of Record Magazine
Review of Firesign Theatre CD Give Me Immortality or Give Me Death
g beat Goes to Vegas, an account of a 1992 trip to see Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band
The Man Who Stole Michael Jackson's Face,a profile of John Oswald. Wired Magazine (3.02), February 1995.
Desktop Digital Audio -- Millennium Whole Earth Catalog (HarperSan Francisco, 1994).
A dog's-eye view: Thurby's Olfactory Diary
My Musical History, Part 1
Bo, a memoir.
A 1984 encounter with Twisted Sister. Record Magazine.
Founders of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (with R.U. Sirius). Mondo 2000.
Partners, Brothers, Friends - and Parents: John McEuen on the Road (January 1986)

Interview with Carolyn "Mountain Girl" Garcia 1/27/97
Hundred Year Hall interview with Phil Lesh and Bob Weir by Marty Martinez and David Gans, 9/7/95
Interview with Donna Jean (Godchaux) Mackay 3/28/98
Interview with Phil Lesh on KPFA 4/2/97
Interview with Phil Lesh 10/11/97 at the Maritime Hall in SF
Interview with Paul Kantner 6/2/86
Interview with Carol Brightman, author of Sweet Chaos: The Grateful Dead's American Adventure (12/19/98)
BOOKS by David Gans