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Kid Berwyn

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2. South Side

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Tue May 13, 2025, 07:35 PM

May 2025

El Papa knows how to live. I grew up with friends from the South Side of Chicago. Pope Leo grew up one of us -- a human being who loves life and art and all the stuff that makes us human.

ETA: Spaced out that I've been to four Grateful Dead concerts -- three in Chicago. They know how to live.

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The Pope was (is?) a Deadhead. [View all] underpants May 2025 OP

Sheesh. I've been to The Mosque. mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 #1

Good venue. underpants May 2025 #6

South Side Kid Berwyn May 2025 #2

5 here underpants May 2025 #5

Liking him more and more... highplainsdem May 2025 #3

Since the Dead play a lot of Dylan ... Tarzanrock May 2025 #4

Reminds me of a guy who said he couldn't consider himself a deadhead because he never actually saw them. Shambala May 2025 #7

I don't want to be too philosophical here, but being a deadhead is a state of mind. flashman13 May 2025 #11

I wonder if he could get a miracle now. Shambala May 2025 #8

Love that song. underpants May 2025 #9

Is the new Pope a practicing Exorcist by any chance? Submariner May 2025 #10

Just yesterday I saw a YouTube video about... GReedDiamond May 2025 #12

Cronkite became friends with one of the Dead drummers, Mickey Hart fishwax May 2025 #14

I could not find the video I saw before... GReedDiamond May 2025 #15

Never cared much for The Grateful Dead, but that's just me.... if the new Pope does or did, Jack Valentino May 2025 #13

I can say I saw and heard the grateful dead. Was too stoned to remember 🫨 Clouds Passing May 2025 #16