We'd like to include a section in "The Mockingbird Project" (that's our book's title) that we're currently calling "The Dictionary." The idea is not for it to be like The Skeleton Key (a comprehensive dictionary of Grateful Dead terms and names), but rather just a supplemental collection of community language and names that's not covered elsewhere. As you might guess, we're not exactly sure exactly what information will finally appear in the "Dictionary" section as opposed to other sections of the book.

This is a great opportunity for vets and newbies alike to get involved, as we try to collect both passed-down and freshly-baked conceptions of what things are and what they mean. So in other words, please "define" away!

Appropriate suggestions might include selections from Phish lore, common phrases used from songs, slang used in the taping culture, names and faces from the band and fan crowds, and on and on. You get the idea. If you need ideas, we're looking for definitions for these, at least as a very rough start:

Abrahams, Dave
Antelope Greg
Bad Hat
Bag-Vacuum
Bathrobe Dedication
Bathtub Jumping
Big Phil
Budnick, Dean
Chess Match
Clifford Ball, The
Culbertson, Shelly
Daubert, Mark
Doniac Schvice
Dry Goods
Dude of Life, The
Fishman, Mimi
Goddard College
Great Went, The
Halloween
Hockey
Holdsworth, Jeff
Holiday Run (see NYE Run)
HORDE
Horn Tour
Hose, The
Kuroda, Chris
Laguna Seca Days
Lamb's Bread
Language Signals (see Secret Language)
Marley
Marriage proposals (4/14/93)
Marshall, Tom
Minkin, Marjorie
National Guitar Summer Workshop
New York
NYE Run
Paluska, John
Pollak, Steve
Pollock, Jim
Pork Tornado
Rotation Jam
Sands, Brad
Schall, Pete
Secret Language
Shapiro, Kevin
Silent Jam
Skelton, Amy
Space Antelope
Special Guests
Stires, Ernie
Surrender to the Air
Taping
Theremin
Trampolines
Vacuum
WBCN
WIZN
Worm, The

Use the form below if you can; otherwise email your submissions to me at ellis@netspace.org. In either case, please give *all* the information requested in the form, especially your first and last name so we can credit you in the book.

Thanks!
Ellis Godard - ellis@netspace.org