Closing of Winterland Easter Eggs

First Appeared at The Music Box, January 2004, Volume 11,

Disc One:

Easter Egg #1
From the Set I Song Index menu, select Intermission from the list. When the blue rose appears, press your DVD remote's ENTER button. A short clip from the Steve Parrish's interview will play. There are three more pieces of this interview that play, depending on how many times you have pressed the ENTER button.

Easter Egg #2 Immediately after watching the end of Set II (Around and Around), a blue rose appears. As soon as it appears, press your DVD remote's ENTER button. The rose will then seamlessly break into five different smaller roses. Each has a selection highlight beneath itself. Those selections lead to a Mickey interview, another Parrish interview, and three photos.

Disc Two:

Easter Egg #3 From the lyrics menu, turn the visible lyrics setting OFF, then move the cursor to the Main Menu button. Push UP on the DVD remote. A small barely visible dot will appear just to the right of the rose on the left side of the screen. Press ENTER to see another short clip from the Steve Parrish interview.

Easter Egg #4 From the visible lyrics menu, turn the visible lyrics setting ON, then move the cursor to the Main Menu button. Push DOWN on the DVD remote. A small barely visible dot will appear just to the right of the rose on the left side of the screen. Press ENTER to see a photo of Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi at the afternoon soundcheck.

Easter Egg #5 From the audio setup menu, turn the Dolby 5.1 setting ON, then move the cursor to the Main Menu button. Push LEFT on the DVD remote. A small barely visible dot will appear just to the right of the rose on the left side of the screen. Press ENTER to see a photo of Mickey Hart leaving Winterland at 6:45 AM on 1-1-79. The last three eggs are reached from different screens in the Grateful Dead at Winterland section of the Bonus Menu.

Easter Egg #6 From the May 30, 1967 slide, push DOWN on the DVD remote. A small barely visible dot will appear just under the blue rose on the left side of the screen. Press ENTER to see a photo of a Blues Brother performance at a screening of Animal House.

Easter Egg #7 From the November 12, 1967 slide, push DOWN on the DVD remote. A small barely visible dot will appear just under the blue rose on the right side of the screen. Press ENTER to see a clip from the interview with Bob Weir.

Easter Egg #8 From the January 2, 1972 slide, push UP on the DVD remote. A small barely visible dot will appear just under the blue rose on the right side of the screen. Press ENTER to see a photo of Bill Murray leaving Winterland.