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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 7h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Mike Barthel @mikebarthelauthor.com · 19h

Sending wishes for a speedy recovery to Dolly Parton. If she dies during this administration and does not lay in state in the US Capitol, as any American saint should, may the giants slumbering beneath the Appalachians rise up with force and level the Washington monument with a blow.

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 19h

wish it was more than 6 minutes, but love the alternate elephant 6 universe suggested by "leap through poisoned air" (excavated from 1999/2000), pretty seamless combo of elf power's magick folk & the olivia tremor control's pocket dreamscapes. orangetwinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/leap-t...

Leap Through Poisoned Air (4 song EP), by W. Cullen Hart and Andrew Rieger

4 track album

orangetwinrecords.bandcamp.com

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 20h

i recall one of the file sets said he was a bgp usher & usually taped by using headphones as mics, plugged into input.

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Mr. Completely @brokensymmetry.art · 23h

New to circulation, 16bit flacs of:

Garcia/Saunders 11.15.74 Worcester (complete show, major expansion/upgrade)

Legion of Mary 4.13.75 Kennedy Center (!!), Washington DC (1 reel/4 songs, first recording to surface)

both sound great

In my public shares folder:
drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Public shares - Google Drive

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gentleman johnny's party train @fripperskitter.bsky.social · 1d

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Affluent White Man Enjoys, Causes The Blues

HIGHLAND PARK, IL–Steve Smalls, a senior vice-president at Chicago’s Alliance Manufacturing, the world’s largest producer of industrial refrigeration systems, is a self-described "blues nut."

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The Frito Bandito @thefritobanditoo.bsky.social · 1d

Guys, every person you see on Fox News in a mask is just Robert O'Neill, retired Navy Seal and occasional Fox News contributor. He's the former Antifa, former Gazan, former gang member. His eyes are very unique.

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Howl by Allen Ginsberg @howl-bot.bsky.social · 1d

What sphinx of cement and aluminum bashed open their skulls and ate up their brains and imagination?

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WFMU @wfmu.bsky.social · 1d

WFMU's Hellraiser Fundraiser continues through October! There's new swag, and special programs and events will happen throughout the month. Help us out with a donation and grab one of two new T-shirts. pledge.wfmu.org/donate/

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 21h

happy 70th to the still prescient & ecstatic & terrifying @howl-bot.bsky.social. you don't look a day older than the eternal Now!

Beatghoul ⑆⑇⑈⑉ @beatgrrrl.bsky.social · 1d

October 7, 1955: Allen Ginsberg read Howl publicly for the first time at The Six Gallery in San Francisco.

6 Gallery Poets ✲ Philip Lamantia, Michael McClure, Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, Philip Whalen, and Kenneth Rexroth ✲ Friday, October 7, 1955 ✲ 3119 Fillmore, San Francisco, California.

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 1d

it was/is the honor of 1,000,000 lifetimes to be included on this reading list.

QueenCityJamz @queencityjamz.bsky.social · 1d

Gary Panter's Hippie 60's Movement Before It Was Replaced By A Dancing Bear Reading List from Crashpad (2021). I spy @bourgwick.bsky.social's HEADS on there.

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 1d

making a note to remind myself to unmute @wired.com sometime after fuckin' "a****n prime day"

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 1d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Future of Music Coalition @futureofmusic.bsky.social · 1d

The recent victory that Portland, Maine activists won against LiveNation is huge—but not without precedent, as it follows the Chicago Independent Venue League’s successful fight. Understanding this history is important, because there’s so much that can be learned. pitchfork.com/news/chicago...

Chicago Indie Clubs Band Together to Fight New Live Nation Venues

Empty Bottle, Metro, Schubas, the Hideout, and more team up to delay the $5 billion Lincoln Yards development

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Vincent L. Anthony @vincent-l-anthony.bsky.social · 1d

There's a bizarre small door next to the urinal at the office. I added some evil looking eyes staring up. Ima just listen for the ambulance to know that it worked

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 1d

setting live at public records last april (fresh from their frow show session), billowing electroacoustic improv bliss with processed harmonium, conversational drums, hammered banjo, etc. a wonderful space, even if it doesn't quite capture the surround sound. setting.bandcamp.com/album/at-pub...

band onstage with keyboard, drums, harmonium

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Circuits @mlupica.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 1d

I cannot begin to tell you how much it infuriates me when educators -- people who claim to enjoy working with young people and who should be setting good examples as thoughtful and responsible leaders -- can be such brazen hacks. Literally locking students out of their own radio station which […]

Original post on c.im

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 1d

i had a camp counselor when i was 14 or 15 who had (at least in my memory) an entire milk crate of ONLY residents CDs, & another crate of other stuff. went home with taped copies of the commercial album, eskimo, & maybe one other. as much as the music, it was wild to encounter that kinda fandom.

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The Ladybug Transistor @ladybugtransistor.bsky.social · 2d

We return to Brooklyn on Sunday, December 7th at Union Pool with @giantday.bsky.social. Advance tickets recommended!
tr.ee/ckEbmh

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 1d

can't remember if i've mentioned this, but my friends (who i was supposed to be with!) sat behind those 2 fellas when the residents played nyc in '08.

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Peter McLennan @dubdotdash.bsky.social · 2d

There's a biography of Chris Knox out this week - the author Craig Robertson contacted me a few years ago, as back in 1995 when I was at Ak Uni, I made a half hour documentary on Chris and he wanted to see it.
Anyway, I dug out the digital file and it's now online, enjoy! youtu.be/VQjvic02S8M?...

Chris Knox: Songs Of You And Me - a documentary about Chris Knox (1995)

YouTube video by Peter McLennan

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L'Oie de Cravan @oiedecravan.bsky.social · 2d

HEAVY TRIPP & BIG EARS FESTIVAL PRESENT:
MYRIAM GENDRON +
ZOH AMBA
FRIDAY, 01/16/2026 
LIVE, 7PM, SOUND ROOM
Public Records
dice.fm/partner/tick...

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 2d

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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Plate Stealer @platestealer.bsky.social · 5d

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 3d

@raypadgett.bsky.social's always-crucial dylan newsletter (covering far more than live shows): www.flaggingdown.com
and @robmitchum.bsky.social's long-running phish project, tracing them gig by gig, essential reading if you swim that way: phishcrit.substack.com

Phish Essays | Rob Mitchum | Substack

Essays on every Phish show from 1994 onward. Click to read Phish Essays, by Rob Mitchum, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

phishcrit.substack.com

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