jesse jarnow
bourgwick.bsky.social
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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On the eve of the Civil War, the mayor of Dutch-founded NYC sought to secede from the union to escape the Yankee-settled Upstate I wrote about it -- and the many related Gotham statehood drives that followed -- for @smithsonianmag.bsky.social:

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The Time When New York City Seriously Considered Seceding From the United States
A culture clash driven by finances and Old World alignments had the Big Apple contemplating leaving the Union. The Civil War ended that
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January 13, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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NYC nurses are holding strong for patient and nurse safety on Day 9! Today, nurses at Mount Sinai West were joined by healthcare justice allies Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders. Together, we're calling out corporate hospital greed and speaking out for safe staffing.
January 20, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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(More) Oddities. Check out an excellent lo-fi David Kilgour cassette from way back in 1989. doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/8062747...
January 20, 2026 at 4:59 PM
achieving highly localized star peace with a beautiful recording of the cosmic tones research trio in utrecht last fall. soundcloud.com/leguesswho/t...
The Cosmic Tones Research Trio - Live at Le Guess Who? 2025
The Cosmic Tones Research Trio perform live at Le Guess Who? 2025, curated by Lonnie Holley About Through saxophone, cello, piano, and flutes, The Cosmic Tones Research Trio offers the chance to enga
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January 20, 2026 at 8:16 PM
apparently the secret to bypassing the p4k paywall is using a slightly older browser, as i discovered accidentally.
January 20, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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January 18, 2026 at 8:18 PM
calming the waters with francis bebey, in aglow classical guitar mode. (never thought i'd cross paths with an original bebey LP but that's what the @wfmu.bsky.social record fair is for. it could happen to you!)
January 19, 2026 at 4:30 AM
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What’s Left is Red: A Farewell to 3D Comics by Lee Keeler www.tcj.com/whats-left-i...
What’s Left is Red: A Farewell to 3D Comics - The Comics Journal
Unfold those flimsy red and blue shades: Lee Keeler's farewell to an eye is your hello to a plastic journey of beloved (and bemoaned) 3D comics.
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January 14, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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I’ll never get tired of this ad at our local indie theater 😂
January 19, 2026 at 1:45 AM
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People have asked my reflections on Bob Weir's death, but only my sister got the long answer from me.

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Pass this way
Bob Weir, R.I.P.
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January 15, 2026 at 4:55 AM
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comfort food LP of the year: glorious gray area compilation of global/left-field beatles covers, from the space lady to mexican street bands. proud to say that at least 3 of these have been frow show faves over the years. ask your local record dealer! www.dustygroove.com/item/223483/...
December 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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'They Shall Take Up Serpents' marks Sublime Frequencies' first American release, with Ian Brennan documenting a West Virginia church where drumming grandmas + flatpicking guitarists enter trance states and put decades of rock posturing to shame.

Gimme Danger — Ian Brennan Among the Snake Handlers:
Gimme Danger — Ian Brennan Among the Snake Handlers
'They Shall Take Up Serpents' marks Sublime Frequencies' first American release, with Ian Brennan documenting a West Virginia church where drumming grandmas and flatpicking guitarists enter trance states that put decades of rock posturing to shame.
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January 16, 2026 at 1:34 PM
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❝ Parker cut the trunk of the diseased tree into “wood cookies” or cross-sectional slices. He carved grooves directly into the discs to create playable records. He then built a Victrola or record player that is specifically designed to play the wooden records. → www.yankodesign.com/2026/01/17/a...
January 17, 2026 at 4:00 PM
with love to the late ralph towner. enjoying a peaceful uneasy sunday with his first sublime acoustic/electric duo album with john abercrombie from 1976, a cornerstone @stevesilberman.bsky.social fave. not at all like fripp/eno but i also sometimes can hear it as a jazz adjacent place to them.
January 19, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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Spotted at East Broadway F platform
January 18, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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This is the fucking limit. I had no idea that Amazon drivers AREN'T ALLOWED TO SING

wat

CRUSH this monopoly wtf my levels were already redlining

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January 18, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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Listening to Franklin's from 5/15/80 and thinking about how jam-packed and eye-opening the Deadcast ep on the song is
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Blues For Allah 50: Franklin’s Tower | The Official Grateful Dead Podcast
The Good Ol' Grateful Deadcast is the first official Grateful Dead podcast. New episodes Thursdays. Tune in everywhere.
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January 18, 2026 at 6:26 PM
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I am so incredibly sad to learn Ralph Towner has departed our realm. Someone I got to know very well across decades of interviews. Once I process this devastating news, I’ll have a lot more to say.
January 18, 2026 at 4:31 PM
at last week's documentary screening, peter stampfel told a story about tennessee williams showing up at a fugs show in 1965!
you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones
January 18, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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Can't believe we did all this Weir posting and I forgot about the time he went undercover as a deadhead in the parking lot. Check out the fire Courtenay dye - except for that and the shoes he deadass looks like a narc
January 18, 2026 at 5:15 AM