Those goddamn, dirty, lovable hippies known as the Grateful Dead -- i.e., Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, and Phil Lesh -- reunite tonight in honor of (our future president) Barack Obama. Looking to snare to what Joe Garofoli refers to as, "California's gray-haired ponytail vote," the Dead is backing Obama. Minus, Jerry Garcia, of course, since he is now most literally a dead head. more ›

So now that our Nance is the women in charge, how did her big soiree go? Jam-a-riffic it sounds like as besides performances by Carole King, Wyclef Jean, and Tony Bennett, Pelosi had various members of the Grateful Dead and some other jam-band types play her party. Apparently Pelosi is a big fan of the Dead which we're not buying at all but we guess that's part and parcel of representing a district (does this mean if we ever achieve political office we'd have to pretend to like the Counting Crows?) more ›