Show is UP: Mickey Hart

As Miles noted at the end of this week's show Mickey Hart from Grateful Dead wouldn't seem like my sort of subject. But he's got lots to say about the volcano, certainly, but also about the science of music and other efforts to preserve endangered musical forms around the world. but Click on the date to hear it or right-click to download the show and listen whenever you want. Or subscribe via iTunes here or via Zune here.

Sept. 18: Mickey's $25m Vegas Gig

The Beatles were reincarnated in Las Vegas as a Cirque show. The Four Seasons and Abba came back as hit musicals. And Donny & Marie are returning as, well, Donny & Marie. But only the Grateful Dead could resurface on the Las Vegas Strip as, well, a volcano. Sort of. Dead drummer Mickey Hart has teamed up with an Indian musical maestro to score the classic street side attraction at the Mirage with a score that Hart says will blow you away. We'll talk to Hart this hour about that and more this hour.

In Banter: Notes from OJville, IGT layoffs, we’re a-Twitter, a too-catchy ditty, Gordie Brown goes back downtown and Andre Agassi’s benefit goes upscale.

Links of topics discussed:

Follow us on Twitter here
See a video documentary on the Mirage’s new volcano here
Mickey Hart’s website is here
Dominick Dunne’s Wikipedia page is here
Some of Steve’s coverage of the O.J. can be found here
The Gambler’s Book Shop podcast, with that fun little theme Steve can't stop humming, is here
Norm covers Gordie Brown’s move back to the Golden Nugget here
A press release about the new version of the Andre Agassi benefit is here
The Las Vegas Sun’s piece on more about Criss Angel’s delay here and catch the iTricks Criss Angel podcast here
Dare To Gamble Blog comments about Harrah’s cutting back on Wheel of Fortune slots here
The R-J’s breaking news alert on IGT’s layoffs is here

The Strip is LIVE tonight @ 7 p.m.

Join us live in the chat at LVRocks.Com from 7-8 p.m. PT for this week's show which will most likely feature Grateful Dead drummer/Mirage volcano scorer Mickey Hart and ex-Beach Boy Brian Wilson. But we may just use the Bobby Slayton interview. It depends a little on some factors, including what happens with me and the OJ Simpson trial. Here's my NYT dispatch on the case from today's paper.

I know we spoke last week on the live show and in the chat about starting earlier, but we can't do that right now because of my workload with O.J. So join us at 7 p.m. PT. We'll start promptly with news, letters, a new trivia question and, as always, the Top Secret Tourist Tip of the Week.

So join us tonight or wait for the podcast when it's available Thursday morning!