jesse jarnow
@bourgwick.bsky.social
good ol' grateful deadcast co-host / @wfmu.bsky.social DJ / author of "wasn't that a time" (hachette, 2018), "heads" (hachette, 2016), "big day coming" (gotham, 2012) / jessejarnow.com / heads.social/@bourgwick
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Some new pics of the only Syd Barrett solo gig, circa 1970, have surfaced, and they are so cool. Jerry Shirley on drums, Dave Gilmour on bass
December 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Some new pics of the only Syd Barrett solo gig, circa 1970, have surfaced, and they are so cool. Jerry Shirley on drums, Dave Gilmour on bass
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my recording of Nate Wooley, Chris Corsano, and Ches Smith in the front room of the Sugar Maple in Milwaukee on July 6, 2025 is now on the Milwaukee Taper blog, freely available for downloading in both lossless FLAC and high quality mp3 file formats: www.milwaukeetaper.com/2025/12/nate...
Nate Wooley, Chris Corsano, and Ches Smith at the Sugar Maple in Milwaukee on July 6, 2025
Nate Wooley brought his improvising trio called Folk Music to the front room of the Sugar Maple in July as part of a short tour which incl...
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December 23, 2025 at 12:57 AM
my recording of Nate Wooley, Chris Corsano, and Ches Smith in the front room of the Sugar Maple in Milwaukee on July 6, 2025 is now on the Milwaukee Taper blog, freely available for downloading in both lossless FLAC and high quality mp3 file formats: www.milwaukeetaper.com/2025/12/nate...
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I just learned from this excellent book (by a woman scholar btw) that the first Beatles bio to include citations for sources was Hertsgaard’s A DAY IN LIFE in… 1995!!! WTF!??? Music writing has changed a lot in recent years. Thank g-d.
December 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I just learned from this excellent book (by a woman scholar btw) that the first Beatles bio to include citations for sources was Hertsgaard’s A DAY IN LIFE in… 1995!!! WTF!??? Music writing has changed a lot in recent years. Thank g-d.
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“Private collectors have thus taken on greater responsibility as custodians of history, often at great expense. And a handful of prominent ones … have emerged as both preservationists and exhibitors in this landscape.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/n...
That Old Classic Film in the Theater? It Might Be From This Man’s House.
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
“Private collectors have thus taken on greater responsibility as custodians of history, often at great expense. And a handful of prominent ones … have emerged as both preservationists and exhibitors in this landscape.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/n...
a ghost parade for departed nyc venues. evgrieve.com/2025/12/a-gh...
December 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
a ghost parade for departed nyc venues. evgrieve.com/2025/12/a-gh...
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"A [28-minute] mashup of the free improv sections from 'Up On the Sun,' as performed live on tour, May 2022"
meatpuppets.bandcamp.com/track/up-on-...
meatpuppets.bandcamp.com/track/up-on-...
Up On The Sun 2022 MegaMix, by Meat Puppets
track by Meat Puppets
meatpuppets.bandcamp.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
"A [28-minute] mashup of the free improv sections from 'Up On the Sun,' as performed live on tour, May 2022"
meatpuppets.bandcamp.com/track/up-on-...
meatpuppets.bandcamp.com/track/up-on-...
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i've come around to the utility of the livenation-owned setlist.fm, but i still way prefer a loving fan-made setlist/chronology page. i wrote a bit about why & made a list of a few dozen favorites that i return to often (or just thought were swell). what did i miss? jessejarnow.com/2025/12/a-pe...
December 28, 2025 at 12:39 AM
i've come around to the utility of the livenation-owned setlist.fm, but i still way prefer a loving fan-made setlist/chronology page. i wrote a bit about why & made a list of a few dozen favorites that i return to often (or just thought were swell). what did i miss? jessejarnow.com/2025/12/a-pe...
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I should have been soliciting contributions! in an imaginary future where I get to write #othernetworks part deux, what would you add?
spent quality snow-eve time with @loriemerson.net's brilliant & inspiring "other networks," an asynchronous history of non-internet communications. like many readers, i imagine, it made me think of others that might belong & my contribution is... jukeboxes! shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898...
December 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I should have been soliciting contributions! in an imaginary future where I get to write #othernetworks part deux, what would you add?
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Daniel Carter was born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania on this day in 1945. He turns 80 today.
📸 Jeff Caltabiano, NYC, 10.27.19
📸 Jeff Caltabiano, NYC, 10.27.19
December 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Daniel Carter was born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania on this day in 1945. He turns 80 today.
📸 Jeff Caltabiano, NYC, 10.27.19
📸 Jeff Caltabiano, NYC, 10.27.19
another annoying side effect of the rent being too damn high: out of business storefronts (& their absentee landlords) don't shovel the snow/ice off their sidewalks. lotta dangerous patches out there!
December 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
another annoying side effect of the rent being too damn high: out of business storefronts (& their absentee landlords) don't shovel the snow/ice off their sidewalks. lotta dangerous patches out there!
late night weekend television.
December 28, 2025 at 4:50 AM
late night weekend television.
so thomas pynchon just writes novels as elaborate delivery vehicles for all the character names, right? (complimentary)
December 28, 2025 at 4:18 AM
so thomas pynchon just writes novels as elaborate delivery vehicles for all the character names, right? (complimentary)
i own phil schaap's copy of the first dead album.
December 28, 2025 at 3:46 AM
i own phil schaap's copy of the first dead album.
i've come around to the utility of the livenation-owned setlist.fm, but i still way prefer a loving fan-made setlist/chronology page. i wrote a bit about why & made a list of a few dozen favorites that i return to often (or just thought were swell). what did i miss? jessejarnow.com/2025/12/a-pe...
December 28, 2025 at 12:39 AM
i've come around to the utility of the livenation-owned setlist.fm, but i still way prefer a loving fan-made setlist/chronology page. i wrote a bit about why & made a list of a few dozen favorites that i return to often (or just thought were swell). what did i miss? jessejarnow.com/2025/12/a-pe...
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"No girl would dream of calling me an asshole in my Modern Lovers shirt"
(Sardine Productions t-shirt ad in PUNK no. 6, 1976)
(Sardine Productions t-shirt ad in PUNK no. 6, 1976)
December 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
"No girl would dream of calling me an asshole in my Modern Lovers shirt"
(Sardine Productions t-shirt ad in PUNK no. 6, 1976)
(Sardine Productions t-shirt ad in PUNK no. 6, 1976)
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If that isn't startling enough, try this one. This one shows a cat crossing a dirt track, with a dry-stone dike behind it. Above the dike, trees of a small spruce plantation can be seen.
The picture was taken in about 1966. I think by me with a box brownie -- […]
[Original post on mastodon.scot]
The picture was taken in about 1966. I think by me with a box brownie -- […]
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December 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
If that isn't startling enough, try this one. This one shows a cat crossing a dirt track, with a dry-stone dike behind it. Above the dike, trees of a small spruce plantation can be seen.
The picture was taken in about 1966. I think by me with a box brownie -- […]
[Original post on mastodon.scot]
The picture was taken in about 1966. I think by me with a box brownie -- […]
[Original post on mastodon.scot]
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OK, this is genuinely scary. It's a picture of me, aged 5. It was taken in 1960. It was scanned and uploaded to Google Photos in 2002. No one has told Google where it was taken. But the map, bottom right, is correct.
Obviously, in 1960, my father's pre-war […]
[Original post on mastodon.scot]
Obviously, in 1960, my father's pre-war […]
[Original post on mastodon.scot]
December 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
OK, this is genuinely scary. It's a picture of me, aged 5. It was taken in 1960. It was scanned and uploaded to Google Photos in 2002. No one has told Google where it was taken. But the map, bottom right, is correct.
Obviously, in 1960, my father's pre-war […]
[Original post on mastodon.scot]
Obviously, in 1960, my father's pre-war […]
[Original post on mastodon.scot]
spent quality snow-eve time with @loriemerson.net's brilliant & inspiring "other networks," an asynchronous history of non-internet communications. like many readers, i imagine, it made me think of others that might belong & my contribution is... jukeboxes! shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898...
December 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
spent quality snow-eve time with @loriemerson.net's brilliant & inspiring "other networks," an asynchronous history of non-internet communications. like many readers, i imagine, it made me think of others that might belong & my contribution is... jukeboxes! shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898...
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i got a bit obsessed with the modern lovers this year & attempted to assemble a complete-as-possible 1970-1974 live chronology. it's far from complete, but found lots of fun stuff, including a setlist for what might be the 1st gig & ads for their shows in bermuda. jessejarnow.com/2025/12/the-...
December 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
i got a bit obsessed with the modern lovers this year & attempted to assemble a complete-as-possible 1970-1974 live chronology. it's far from complete, but found lots of fun stuff, including a setlist for what might be the 1st gig & ads for their shows in bermuda. jessejarnow.com/2025/12/the-...
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December 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
🚨JOB ALERT🚨 Enjoy writing clever headlines and assigning one-of-a-kind stories? Have an eye for detail and a knack for turning rough copy into sparkling prose? We're looking for another editor to join our small but elite team covering New York City news and culture.
i got a bit obsessed with the modern lovers this year & attempted to assemble a complete-as-possible 1970-1974 live chronology. it's far from complete, but found lots of fun stuff, including a setlist for what might be the 1st gig & ads for their shows in bermuda. jessejarnow.com/2025/12/the-...
December 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
i got a bit obsessed with the modern lovers this year & attempted to assemble a complete-as-possible 1970-1974 live chronology. it's far from complete, but found lots of fun stuff, including a setlist for what might be the 1st gig & ads for their shows in bermuda. jessejarnow.com/2025/12/the-...
housekeeping: i migrated my last dozen lists of year-end favorites to my site. less ranked best-ofs, more extended listening etc. journals so i don't forget. now tagged as "ginchy shit": jessejarnow.com/category/gin...
December 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
housekeeping: i migrated my last dozen lists of year-end favorites to my site. less ranked best-ofs, more extended listening etc. journals so i don't forget. now tagged as "ginchy shit": jessejarnow.com/category/gin...
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so what you're telling me is that a member of hawkwind beat the dead to the pyramids by 9 months?
Nik Turner @ Great Pyramid 1977-12-25 https://ijwthstd.blogspot.com/2025/12/nik-turner-great-pyramid-1977-12-25.html
Nik Turner @ Great Pyramid 1977-12-25
LIMITED TIME / LAST TIME https://pixeldrain.com/u/NpGZv6iS Nik Turner_1977-12-25 King's Chamber-Great Pyramid, Giza, Egypt I received this...
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December 26, 2025 at 4:37 AM
so what you're telling me is that a member of hawkwind beat the dead to the pyramids by 9 months?
so what you're telling me is that a member of hawkwind beat the dead to the pyramids by 9 months?
Nik Turner @ Great Pyramid 1977-12-25 https://ijwthstd.blogspot.com/2025/12/nik-turner-great-pyramid-1977-12-25.html
Nik Turner @ Great Pyramid 1977-12-25
LIMITED TIME / LAST TIME https://pixeldrain.com/u/NpGZv6iS Nik Turner_1977-12-25 King's Chamber-Great Pyramid, Giza, Egypt I received this...
ijwthstd.blogspot.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:37 AM
so what you're telling me is that a member of hawkwind beat the dead to the pyramids by 9 months?