<![CDATA[André J. de Saint Phalle: Get In]]>https://substack.andrejdsp.com/s/ride-with-mehttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hmWy!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa4f4ca7f-2bb6-464b-835e-5efa6a26a9b6_454x454.pngAndré J. de Saint Phalle: Get Inhttps://substack.andrejdsp.com/s/ride-with-meSubstackMon, 01 Jun 2026 17:14:20 GMT<![CDATA[That time I helped Jerry Garcia buy a Super 8mm projector]]>https://substack.andrejdsp.com/p/that-time-i-helped-jerry-garcia-buyhttps://substack.andrejdsp.com/p/that-time-i-helped-jerry-garcia-buyMon, 01 Jun 2026 15:35:36 GMTYou don’t always get to meet your idol in person, let alone privately in an an impromptu manner. But it happened to me on July 5, 1976.

I wrote about it in Chapter 23 of my memoir, “Thumb Out” -

One afternoon I was alone in the movie room when Jerry Garcia walked in. I’d met him briefly three years earlier in San Rafael when he played my 1943 Harmony Cremona and told me to let it guide me. He bought a Super 8 projector, and we got to talking about film. He was genuinely enthusiastic — he wanted to make films, loved the medium, and we stood there in that cramped back room going back and forth about cameras and what film could do. A few days later his publicist called and arranged for me to shoot on stage with my Super 8 during a show. Standing on stage filming the Grateful Dead — that was probably the high point of my entire time in the Bay Area.

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]]><![CDATA[My First Grateful Dead Concert, October 15, 1970]]>https://substack.andrejdsp.com/p/my-first-grateful-dead-concert-octoberhttps://substack.andrejdsp.com/p/my-first-grateful-dead-concert-octoberMon, 01 Jun 2026 14:36:00 GMTI wrote an entire chapter about this night in the first volume of my memoir trilogy, “The Spaces Between” - THUMB OUT.

Read it here.

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]]><![CDATA[Hanging out with the boys in our front door yard]]>https://substack.andrejdsp.com/p/hanging-out-with-the-boys-in-ourhttps://substack.andrejdsp.com/p/hanging-out-with-the-boys-in-ourSat, 30 May 2026 18:23:46 GMTI can’t express how happy I am with my new vlogging rig. Three years ago when I first started using the RODE CAPTURE app for vlogging, it was a very complicated rig because of the paraphernalia that it took to connect everything. Now my wireless Lavalier mic connects directly into my iPhone 15 Pro Max and the DJI Osmo Mobile 7 gimbal automatically balances my bare phone, making everything fast and intuitive. This is the very first clip I shot and it came out great. I was able to stumble into some special moments with my two retrievers. This is the essence of why I vlog. I am definitely looking forward to doing more of these.

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