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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This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
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grateful for this thoughtful & wide-ranging piece by Rob Arcand on the state of the financialized culture industry & what criticism of it is for, that puts Mood Machine in conversation with Andrew deWaard’s Derivative Media @nplusonemag.com
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The Same Stream Twice | Rob Arcand
Two recent books, Liz Pelly’s Mood Machine and Andrew deWaard’s Derivative Media, explore the consequences of these technological intermediaries for the music, film, and television industries. While P...
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November 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
grateful for this thoughtful & wide-ranging piece by Rob Arcand on the state of the financialized culture industry & what criticism of it is for, that puts Mood Machine in conversation with Andrew deWaard’s Derivative Media @nplusonemag.com
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
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Was just telling a friend about what a formative experience it was to listen to KXLU as a kid in the LA area in the mid-1990s. Still tune in whenever I'm back in town, driving those infernal freeways. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/s...
College Radio Keeps Its Cool
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November 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Was just telling a friend about what a formative experience it was to listen to KXLU as a kid in the LA area in the mid-1990s. Still tune in whenever I'm back in town, driving those infernal freeways. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/s...
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A fantastic piece by @cushac.bsky.social -long live Doug and the Bass VI
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The Guitar-Bass Hybrid That Gives Tortoise Its Lonesome Sound
Bassist and multi-instrumentalist Douglas McCombs has made the cult-favorite Bass VI a staple of the post-rock legends’ palette.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A fantastic piece by @cushac.bsky.social -long live Doug and the Bass VI
www.hearingthings.co/the-guitar-b...
www.hearingthings.co/the-guitar-b...
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Tony Rettman, at the Bandcamp blog, interviewed Alan and Richard Bishop about their pre-SCG band with Mo Tucker. They've got stories
Paris 1942, Short-Lived Experimental Rock Royalty
How a chance encounter with Moe Tucker led to an experimental rock pioneer supergroup of sorts.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Tony Rettman, at the Bandcamp blog, interviewed Alan and Richard Bishop about their pre-SCG band with Mo Tucker. They've got stories
believe that's the first SEVA benefit, 12/26/79
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 AM
believe that's the first SEVA benefit, 12/26/79
whole lot to munch on in this wonderful retrospective interview with @negativlandland.bsky.social, with juicy new details about the U2 affair, including the roles of r.e.m. (accidental, unrighteous) & sinead o'connor (intentional, righteous)
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 AM
whole lot to munch on in this wonderful retrospective interview with @negativlandland.bsky.social, with juicy new details about the U2 affair, including the roles of r.e.m. (accidental, unrighteous) & sinead o'connor (intentional, righteous)
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"The asking price is $25 million, which might seem a startling figure for a two-bedroom, 2,300-square-foot home on a snug lot. But that figure might not surprise lovers of modernist architecture who know it as Case Study House #22."
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Iconic Stahl House, a Midcentury Modern stunner, up for sale
The Stahl House is selling for $25 million. The current owners say its tour program will continue for now.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
"The asking price is $25 million, which might seem a startling figure for a two-bedroom, 2,300-square-foot home on a snug lot. But that figure might not surprise lovers of modernist architecture who know it as Case Study House #22."
www.latimes.com/travel/story...
www.latimes.com/travel/story...
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It is dark here underground .... it is not evil or pain here .... it is black here, for reasons.
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
It is dark here underground .... it is not evil or pain here .... it is black here, for reasons.
for years, that was the only source. i don't think the soundboard got out until the big box.
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
for years, that was the only source. i don't think the soundboard got out until the big box.
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Live jazz options in NYC, late fall 1965
November 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Live jazz options in NYC, late fall 1965
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a Friday surprise! my beloved book, Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook, is now officially back in print AND ON SALE! #othernetworks if you know folks who have been trying to track down a copy, I'd love it if you'd repost shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898...
Lori Emerson - Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook. Mexican Summer & Anthology.
Buy Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook by Lori Emerson on Mexican Summer & Anthology.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
a Friday surprise! my beloved book, Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook, is now officially back in print AND ON SALE! #othernetworks if you know folks who have been trying to track down a copy, I'd love it if you'd repost shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898...
usually i try not to hit this sunshine until deeper winter, but y'know. presumably it wasn't jimmy cliff's decision, but takes some (earned) swagger to stick 2 full length versions of the title song on here.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
usually i try not to hit this sunshine until deeper winter, but y'know. presumably it wasn't jimmy cliff's decision, but takes some (earned) swagger to stick 2 full length versions of the title song on here.
bob dylan is back to playing regional covers. last night in killarney, a gorgeous "lakes of pontchartrain," the first since 1991.
November 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
bob dylan is back to playing regional covers. last night in killarney, a gorgeous "lakes of pontchartrain," the first since 1991.
saw jimmy cliff once, like 20 years ago, when i was on vacation with my family & he happened to be playing on the island where we were. he came on wayyyy late, maybe even after midnight, following like a half-dozen local reggae acts, & holy shit that voice was right there. so captivating & joyous.
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
saw jimmy cliff once, like 20 years ago, when i was on vacation with my family & he happened to be playing on the island where we were. he came on wayyyy late, maybe even after midnight, following like a half-dozen local reggae acts, & holy shit that voice was right there. so captivating & joyous.
that is an extremely perfect TOTD-like formulation.
November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
that is an extremely perfect TOTD-like formulation.
hanukkah night -21
fuzzy sunday grooving with a properly elixired @robynhitchcock.bsky.social at the bowery ballroom, delivering new/old surrealities, mini set with @emmaswiftsings.bsky.social & encore with lenny kaye ("and your bird can sing," "maggie's farm"), plus opening fun by hardline janglists the sharp pins.
November 24, 2025 at 4:09 AM
hanukkah night -21
fuzzy sunday grooving with a properly elixired @robynhitchcock.bsky.social at the bowery ballroom, delivering new/old surrealities, mini set with @emmaswiftsings.bsky.social & encore with lenny kaye ("and your bird can sing," "maggie's farm"), plus opening fun by hardline janglists the sharp pins.
November 24, 2025 at 4:06 AM
fuzzy sunday grooving with a properly elixired @robynhitchcock.bsky.social at the bowery ballroom, delivering new/old surrealities, mini set with @emmaswiftsings.bsky.social & encore with lenny kaye ("and your bird can sing," "maggie's farm"), plus opening fun by hardline janglists the sharp pins.
and, if you're still feeling the donna jean love, 50 years ago tonight, the keith & donna band (with billy kreutzmann) in boston, with cool promoter intro, 17-minute "farewell jack" (mostly drum solo, but still), & actual earned encore. heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #godchauxfreaksunite
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
and, if you're still feeling the donna jean love, 50 years ago tonight, the keith & donna band (with billy kreutzmann) in boston, with cool promoter intro, 17-minute "farewell jack" (mostly drum solo, but still), & actual earned encore. heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #godchauxfreaksunite
50 years ago tonight, the jerry garcia band in boulder, closing out a long road weekend. audience tape, notes, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #garciafreaksunite
November 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
50 years ago tonight, the jerry garcia band in boulder, closing out a long road weekend. audience tape, notes, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #garciafreaksunite
headspinning to think of all these iterations of @billorcutt.bsky.social's worlds on the same bills at @roulettenyc.bsky.social. signed up for both nights.
I'm doing 2 nights in March at Roulette in Brooklyn with EVERYTHING — Guitar Quartet, Louies, How to Rescue Things, Corsano/Orcutt PLUS sets by everyone whose records I've released.
Get details and tickets now!
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SATURDAY 3/21: roulette.org/event/bill-o...
Get details and tickets now!
FRIDAY 3/20: roulette.org/event/bill-o...
SATURDAY 3/21: roulette.org/event/bill-o...
November 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
headspinning to think of all these iterations of @billorcutt.bsky.social's worlds on the same bills at @roulettenyc.bsky.social. signed up for both nights.
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honored to have written gen-u-ine liner notes for my pal @spcfzz.bsky.social's latest adventure. spacefuzz.bandcamp.com/album/crush-...
May 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
honored to have written gen-u-ine liner notes for my pal @spcfzz.bsky.social's latest adventure. spacefuzz.bandcamp.com/album/crush-...
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Swinsian is one of the most useful tools for dodging the rent extraction schemes of music streaming platforms. One-time license fee for the app plus a couple rounds of updates including esoteric features that will surely delight fellow holders of unwieldy native digital music libraries.
November 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Swinsian is one of the most useful tools for dodging the rent extraction schemes of music streaming platforms. One-time license fee for the app plus a couple rounds of updates including esoteric features that will surely delight fellow holders of unwieldy native digital music libraries.
pals, i'm going to be on tales from the golden road on the siriusXM grateful dead channel this very afternoon at 4ish ET, yapping about the deadcast's "blues for allah" season finale with @dgans.bsky.social & @legslambert51.bsky.social.
today, @sg-marshall.bsky.social & i present an overstuffed deadcast season finale, a triple episode, feat. new musical scales, saudi acidhead regicide, connections between the dead & the gay rights movement, crickets, the quieting of ned lagin's biomusic & more. www.dead.net/deadcast/blu... /1
November 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
pals, i'm going to be on tales from the golden road on the siriusXM grateful dead channel this very afternoon at 4ish ET, yapping about the deadcast's "blues for allah" season finale with @dgans.bsky.social & @legslambert51.bsky.social.