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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 31m

almost 200 years late there!

jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 36m

there's a dead rehearsal tape from the '70s where weir says "let's try running that at speed" & garcia responds with a sarcastic "at speed?"

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 42m

seems more related to the older expression "at speed"?

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 53m

sunday, 10/19, the sloppy heads return to our beloved @mamatriedbk.bsky.social backyard for an afternoon benefit for brooklyn new school, with @dumpland.bsky.social, jon glaser (!), & more.

flyer for BNS Fest, Sunday October 19 3pm-7pm with Jon Glaser, James McNew, Fran Lopez, Sloppy Heads, Tatters & Rags, Grand Gesture, Jose Joaquin Garcia, David Angel and Rima

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 3d

on this week’s deadcast, @sg-marshall.bsky.social hit “the music never stopped,” tracing from jam to song, exploring how the music almost stopped & the band had to sell their record labels, & getting into high times magazine & the ‘70s pot biz with @seanhowe.bsky.social. www.dead.net/deadcast/blu...

tracking sheet for Music Never Stopped in Bobby Weir's handwriting with Godzilla & Friends written as artist name

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 12h

future jazz for a rainy night: SML in chicago earlier this year, especially silvery with sam prekop on electronics during 2nd set.
set 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwkN...
set 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GRA...
(and immediately added this channel to @livetapes.heads.social.ap.brid.gy)

SML @ Empty Bottle

YouTube video by Temporary Correspondence

www.youtube.com

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 14h

fresh sounds from @chrisforsyth.bsky.social's new vibed-out jazz-ish trio, what is now, recorded last week in philadelphia. soundcloud.com/chris-forsyt...

Whiplashed

What Is Now is a new Philadelphia-based project from BASIC/Solar Motel Band founder Chris Forsyth featuring members of Bark Culture, Florry, and the Daniel Villareal Trio. Chris Forsyth: guitar John

soundcloud.com

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 17h

50 years ago tonight, the jerry garcia band in berkeley, the 2nd of 2 fun shows with muscle shoals session player tim henson on 2nd keys alongside nicky hopkins, though less in the mix tonight. some of the more varied tapes of the hopkins era. heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #garciafreaksunite

Sat. & Sun., Oct. 11 & 12
The JERRY GARCIA BAND
NICKY HOPKINS
JOHN KAHN RON TUTT

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John Coulthart @johncoulthart.com · 1d

Reading a book of letters between Aldous Huxley and Humphrey Osmond (psychiatrist, psychedelic researcher & the man who coined the word "psychedelic"), one of the minor revelations is that the Osmond household included a chihuahua they named "Mescalina".

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Dan Pasternack @danpasternack.bsky.social · 1d

October 11, 2025 is a milestone in comedy history. Not only is it the 50th anniversary of the 1st SNL, today is also the final new Dr. Demento show. After 55 years, Barret Hansen is hanging up his top hat. Please go to drdemento.com to hear his all time demented top 40 countdown special.

Dr. Demento

drdemento.com

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 1d

this is a pretty odd/fun john cale show from 1981 with a one-off band & a bunch of not totally finished songs that i don't think were ever played again.

Live Tapes @livetapes.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

JOHN CALE AND JAMES-HONEYMAN SCOTT AND CHRIS SPEDDING @ NYC 1981-10-11 https://ijwthstd.blogspot.com/2025/10/john-cale-and-james-honeyman-scott-and.html

JOHN CALE AND JAMES-HONEYMAN SCOTT AND CHRIS SPEDDING @ NYC 1981-10-11

Sounds so much better than just "and Friends" LIMITED TIME / LAST TIME https://pixeldrain.com/u/ALziBDCj JOHN CALE & FRIENDS Mudd Club Ne...

ijwthstd.blogspot.com

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Future of Music Coalition @futureofmusic.bsky.social · 1d

Works out to roughly $19,656 USD per enrolled musician at a cost of about $7.43 per Irish citizen. In contrast, the US Govt spends only about 59 cents per citizen on the entire national endowment for the arts (across all artistic disciplines).

DJ Mag @djmag.com · 2d

Ireland’s government is pressing ahead with plans to permanently implement a basic income scheme that will support 2,000+ artists, creative workers and musicians in 2026

djmag.com/news/ireland...

Ireland’s basic income scheme for artists to be made permanent in 2026

The scheme aims to support 2,000 artists and creative workers, paying each successful applicant €325 a week

djmag.com

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 1d

sweet & swingin' compilation of mid-century south african country/folk/pop, which i can never get enough of. especially tickled by how "kumnandi kwazulu" by cowboy superman & beauty (amazing name!) accidentally presages "mellow yellow" matsulimusic.bandcamp.com/album/zulu-g...

Zulu Guitar Blues, by Various Artists

25 track album

matsulimusic.bandcamp.com

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 1d

50 years ago tonight, the jerry garcia band in berkeley, the start of a fun 2-show double-keyboard micro-period (new to me) with muscle shoals session player tim henson on synth/rhodes alongside nicky hopkins. also the 1st soundboard of the new group: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #garciafreaksunite

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Brooklyn11211 @brooklyn11211.bsky.social · 2d

Until he ran for mayor this year, Andrew Cuomo hadn’t lived in NYC since (I think) he sold that Douglaston house in 1993. Needing to establish residency to run for mayor, Cuomo moved into his daughter’s $8,000-a-month Upper East Side apartment earlier this year.

A view of midtown Manhattan from the amenity roof deck at Andrew Cuomo’s upper east apartment (actually his daughter’s apartment).

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jeff @jazyjef.bsky.social · 2d

Tom Zé was born in Irará, Bahia 🇧🇷 on this day in 1936. He turns 89 today.

📸 Jeff Caltabiano, São Paulo, Brazil, 1.8.23

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 2d

* via this @stevesilberman.bsky.social classic, a useful mantra. bsky.app/profile/stev...

Steve Silberman @stevesilberman.bsky.social · May 4

Happy #StarWarsDay! My own favorite personal anecdote: I saw Star Wars with poet Allen Ginsberg when it first opened in Boulder in 1977. When the crawl went up the screen ("A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away..."), Allen sighed, "Thank God - I don't have to worry about it!"

Young Steve Silberman with glasses with Allen Ginsberg in a blue jacket and tie at the Booksmith in San Francisco.

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 2d

in the words of allen ginsberg*, "thank god, i don't have to worry about it"

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 6d

Spotify is partnering with ChatGPT

• Will personalize music and podcast recommendations

• Available on an opt-in basis

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 2d

for all your solo robert hunter setlist & tape needs, douglas aldridge just updated/relaunched his long-dormant hunterbase. stillunsung.com

Robert Hunter Performance Archive

Comprehensive documentation of 600+ Robert Hunter performances spanning his complete musical career. Search setlists, venues, and recordings from the Grateful Dead lyricist's solo work and collaborati...

stillunsung.com

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 2d

if it sounds remotely interesting to you, really highly recommend the book.

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 2d

50 years ago tonight, the jerry garcia band in cupertino, about 6 months before the founding of apple. wonder if jobs & woz were there. audience tape (with 1st circulating version of a garcia/hunter classic), photos, review, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #garciafreaksunite

lush handdrawn poster for Jerry Garcia Band by Jake Pierre, featuring wizard/alchemist

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

one of my favorite act of street #protest is when the #nyc group called the up against the wall motherfuckers (or someone affiliated with them) removed the hands from this clock during a 1968 be-in organized by bob fass & #radio unnameable, an act which in turn triggered a cop riot […]

Original post on heads.social

heads.social

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 2d

just heard that annye anderson, robert johnson's stepsister, died earlier this year. she published the mindbending memoir "brother robert" in 2021. thechitlincircuit.substack.com/p/rest-mrs-a...

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 2d

learned today that merle haggard described the recording of "mama tried" as "trying to land somewhere in between peter, paul & mary and johnny cash"

Elijah Wald @elijahwald.bsky.social · 8d

This week's Songobiography post is an autobiographical classic from Merle Haggard:
www.elijahwald.com/songblog/mam...

Mama Tried (Merle Haggard) - Old Friends: A Songobiography

My take on Merle Haggard's autobiographical classic, with some comments on his movie debut and the iconic guitar licks.

www.elijahwald.com

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TheJediSwitch @thejediswitch.bsky.social · 2d

The The Music Never Stopped Deadcast is fucking *loaded* y'all. @bourgwick.bsky.social nails:

- Song development from proto-idea to fully formed
- Its roots in Mind Left Body jams & how MLB is still a core part of the tune
- The original lyrics by Hunter (👀) including the line "fuck me shoes" (👀👀👀)

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