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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 7h

* 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 · 7h

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

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 4d

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 · 7h

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 · 7h

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

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 7h

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 · 10h

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 · 13h

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 · 13h

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 · 6d

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 · 16h

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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Tyler Wilcox @tylerwilcox.bsky.social · 1d

Another sweet Deadcast — @seanhowe.bsky.social cameo! (still kind of hate the sax on this song, though ...) www.dead.net/deadcast/blu...

Blues For Allah 50: The Music Never Stopped | The Official Grateful Dead Podcast

The Good Ol' Grateful Deadcast is the first official Grateful Dead podcast. New episodes Thursdays. Tune in everywhere.

www.dead.net

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 1d

i also wish perfida's mother was more of a character, with those roots teased out a tiny bit more, that all went by in 1-2 lines of dialogue. feel like a tiny bit more of that relationship could've added a lot to her character. makes me likewise wonder what they wrote/shot & left out.

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 1d

ain't gonna learn what you don't wanna know, as a fella wrote.

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

was also sad that they did virtually nothing with the nuns.

jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 1d

yeah, in order to justify a lot of that (or make sense of it), i basically had to imagine all the parts of the frenesi/DL background (& related plots) that i didn't make it into the movie.

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 1d

the specifics are very different but some (not all) of the big gestures/moves are similar.

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 1d

there's not really a yes/no answer to that. but probably more no if you're worried.

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 1d

now that i've seen "one battle..." & no longer fear spoilers, i should mention i was a guest recently on @johnsemley3000.bsky.social & co.'s slow learners podcast, poking at the counterculture threads in "vineland," which was seriously fun. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/v...

VINELAND EP 2: What Was The Hippie? (w/Jesse Jarnow)

Podcast Episode · Slow Learners · 10/02/2025 · 1h 38m

podcasts.apple.com

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 1d

it also dislodged a memory of stumbling woozily/blinkily out of a similar late show of "there will be blood" at like 2 in the morning & realizing yoko & sean had been a few rows behind us.

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 1d

the letter itself didn't bug me so much as that perfidia was definitely the main character/plot i wanted more from, feel like she thoroughly disappeared into the backstory in a way frenesi didn't in the book (which made that resolution feel a bit tagged on).

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 1d

despite it having very little with "vineland" & despite having just reread "vineland," it made me wanna reread "vineland." is it too much to ask for pynchon to write the cheapo paperback re-novelization?!

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 1d

caught the late showing of "one battle after another" last night & not sure i have much to contribute just yet, but it was awesome (as was the VistaVision) & my only wee quibbles were wanting more of some threads. please retoot or point me towards all your takes that i scrupulously scrolled-by.

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 1d

tonight!

jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 4d

this thursday at @mamatriedbk.bsky.social, an all-star season-closing heads happening! (now with proper flyer by abraham!)

Heads Happening presents
Thursday October 9 2025
Sloppy Heads
Greg Cartwright
Dew Claw
DJs Ira & Georgia

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Vintage Jerseys & Hats @polyesterunis.bsky.social · 2d

Jesse Orosco & the bullpen cart, 1983 #Mets

#Baseball

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Evan Davies @efd.bsky.social · 2d

Tomorrow (Thurs) night I’m playing drums for the only east coast appearance of Dew Claw (ex-Hypnolovewheel, XL Kings, King Missile, etc.)! James McNew from Yo LaTengo is on bass! Ira and Georgia are DJing! Not to mention Greg Cartwright solo and Sloppy Heads!! All at Mama Tried in BK, 6:30pm! Go!!

Poster for tomorrow night’s show with art by Abraham

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