@bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy Do you know the date/location of this photo?

Ronald McDonald is such a good clown name. You wouldn't have thought of it. You would have given him something obvious like Bloopers McBurger, the name of a clown. They gave him the name of a man.

wild/wide new '90s san francisco tape collection, now added to @livetapes.heads.social.ap.brid.gy, supposedly made by an usher who worked at shoreline/warfield/greek, etc., with microphones on wristband. not the highest of fis, but lots of cool stuff. tons posted already: archive.org/details/@nee...

Let us not forget that aside from his musical contributions, Garth Hudson RECORDED The Basement Tapes!

Rest easy, Garth. Thanks for everything.

In the episode I mentioned a letter I wrote to Garth Hudson in 2022 (at the encouragement of @harryhew.bsky.social) when he was in the hospital. Kind of sums up how I feel about the man.

“I think it goes without saying that [Garth Hudson] is the greatest organist in rock history. But that is a little too reductive to what he was as a musician.”

@stevenhyden.bsky.social nailed it.

I started a podcast called I WAS IN THAT BAND!

Check out my friend’s one and only Dead concert review. I guess he missed the bus.

www.dallasobserver.com/music/echoes...

There is only one extant show from this day in Dead history, and it includes a sweet LL Rain, Candyman, and Stagger Lee in the first set. The second half is highlighted by a rocking Scarlet which finally gives way to a relentless, searching Fire. Enjoy it all! gratefuldeadoftheday.com/12-22-1978

Apropos of absolutely nothing, a good holiday watch this year would be the Station Eleven miniseries (on Max in the States). Moving and surprisingly life-affirming, I promise it’s not just about a deadly pandemic.

40 years ago today, the very first yo la tengo show, with antietam, at maxwell's in #hoboken. happy birthday, YLT!