The Other One: The Long, Strange Trip Of Bob Weir

Well, Mr. Toti, it seems I am writing this blog post to you (though I don't know if you'll receive it). So, I decided to do a documentary since you seem to be very much interested in that genre judging from your presentation on Thursday. I also saw your film at Baldwin Hall, The Complete History of Seattle, so I decided that I should also make it a musical documentary. So, it was either a choice between a documentary about Nina Simone or Bob Weir, and given the band you did your documentary on was a punk band, I decided to go the more "alternative" route.
For those that do not know, Bob Weir was the vocalist and primary songwriter of one of the most influential bands in music history: The Grateful Dead. This documentary follows the musician in his old age and what he's doing now, as well as provides the history of the man and his time in the band. It starts from his youth, where he was adopted shortly after he was born, growing up a troubled kid and getting kicked out of numerous schools. He'd later eventually end up meeting and hanging out with future bandmate, the late Jerry Garcia. That's where they start out as The Warlocks and eventually end up as The Grateful Dead. The documentary goes into the details of the events the band goes through during their fame: drugs, sex, fans, the stuff, before culminating in the death of Jeffrey Garcia and the dissolving of the band. I'm being scant on details because that's what makes the documentary, and I dare not spoil a lot of it because it's worth the watch.
As the cinematography and the way it's shot goes, it's nothing really home to write about. It's filmed just like your standard, day-to-day documentary. It follows Bob around modern day to places of interest from his past (the house he grew up in, the place he first met Jerry, where the band lived at the time, etc.). It shows archived footage of the band performing, their fans, interviews, and news relating to the band, while also showing vintage photos of the band members (particularly Bob), standard stuff. However, it does keep cutting back to an interview between ex-talk show host Tom Snyder and Bob and Jerry, which I though was an interesting note.
So, in the end, I recommend this as not only a great documentary for real Grateful Dead fans (obviously), but also people who are big fans of psychedelic rock or alternative genres of rock in general. Hell, I'd even recommend it to people who are big into documentaries in general. And with punk basically being THE alternative genre of alternative rock, I figured you might interested in this, Nick, especially since your documentary focused on the rise and fall of a punk band, as does this documentary, although more-so for tragedy rather than any religious reason.