The No Simple Road Episode

Get Familiar with the No Simple Road Podcast, one of the major inspirations for Almost Familiar that’s hosted by a Deadhead family of charismatic cosmic wanderers. Wes and Elizabeth share how they met, what it took to get the podcast off the ground, and how they got “turned on” to Pretty Lights - and it doesn’t take long for the No Simple Road family to understand that there’s something about our culture that feels almost familiar to theirs.

Aaron, Mel, and Apple share the first time they experienced the crossover of Grateful Dead and electronic music culture at Summer Meltdown, when they got their “wigs flipped” at Tipper, a sensory experience which Aaron describes as smelling like a “brand new tennis shoe on fire.” If you’ve been to a Tipper show, you know what he’s talking about. Despite the generational gap, there’s something about this music that gets us to the same place that exists outside of time where there “ceases to be a separation between the music and the listener” where “you have a feeling and the music will play it or the other way around.” Whether you consider yourself a casual fan of the Grateful Dead or identify as a Dead Head, there’s no better way to get familiar with that culture than with the No Simple Road family.

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Heard in this episode: 

Almost Familiar by Pretty Lights

Something's Wrong by Pretty Lights

Out of Time by Pretty Lights

Ripple by The Grateful Dead