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jesse jarnow

@bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy
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writer / WFMU DJ / good ol' grateful deadcast co-host / working on a history of music told through grey area recordings (hachette, 2025ish) / "big day coming" […] [bridged from heads.social/@bourgwick on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy ]

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 52m
gonna need a bigger beanbag for these heavy lidders jams. the ringwear looks disconcertingly real. no perfs on the blotter side labels, though. feedingtuberecords.bandcamp.com/alb… @vinylrecords
Liquid Donnon LPLP sticker with blotter art
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026
new billboard over gowanus. #nyc #brooklyn
billboard advertising High Fructose Corn Syrup
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026
as always, the frow show's BOOT HAPPENING is part of listener-supported @wfmu.bsky.social's annual hellraiser, special programming to raise funds without (much) on-air spieling by us DJs. please support truly independent media & get totally rad swag! pledge.wfmu.org/donate?program=JJ
new WFMU t-shirts available for pledges
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026
tonight, the frow show's BOOT HAPPENING returns for the 1st time in 2 years, 3 hours of nothin' but live tapes & rare jams, special programming for @WFMU's mostly-silent hellraiser fundraisin' spectacular. tune in at 9pm ET! wfmu.org. #music #radio
a stadium full of people with a boombox in the place of the stage, plus info in post
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026
peaceful & weird travels to original merry prankster mike hagen, aka mal function, the head behind the camera on the 1964 bus trip. www.facebook.com/zane.kesey/posts/o…
Mike Hagen on 1964 Bus trip
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026
2 more sloppy heads shows this week, both at mama tried in #brooklyn: today, the annual BNS benefit, with james mcnew in a duo with mike mcginnis, & arturo o'farrill & band! and thursday, at the record release party for our good buddy ben copperhead's new zolephants album!
poster for BNS Fest featuring Elvis as a pigflyer for Zolephants and the Snags at Mama Tried
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026
autumn jammer today at the industry city bandshell with wet tuna, chris forsyth's what is now, & the slopqy heads! moved the start time up to 3. industrycity.com/event/sloppy-heads… #nyc
updated flyer, further info at link
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026
at cassette in ridgewood, joe westerlund & trever hagen billowing 4th/5th/6th/7th world jazz (& a few satellites beyond)
Trever Hagen and Joe Westerlund on synth and percussion
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026
66-minute HE’S GONE > DRUMZ > THE OTHER ONE > COMES A TIME > FRANKLIN’S TOWER > SUGAR MAGNOLIA. on same day as arista signing, 1st HE’S GONE since 10/74 (& mickey’s return). great OTHER ONE filled with bliss tangents. soulful, dynamic COMES A TIME in ballad slot […] [Original post on heads.social]
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026
10/15/76 shrine auditorium: vibey garcia tunes with fine singin’ & full-band punctuation, especially on dramatic LOSER & long, lazy 10-minute SUGAREE. 16-minute EYES OF THE WORLD > THE MUSIC NEVER STOPPED. rare EYES 2nd set opener immediately jumps into 3 minute […] [Original post on heads.social]
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026
50 years ago tonight, the grateful dead in los angeles, the last road gig of the ’76 comeback & the day the band signs to clive davis’s arista records. fall ’76, show #13, 2nd set filled with nice surprises. soundboard: archive.org/details/gd1976-10-15.sb… [1/3]
ticket for Grateful Dead at Shrine Auditorium
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026
new bonus grateful deadcast this week! we celebrate the deluxe 10th anniversary reissue of bob weir's "blue mountain," maybe my fave post-dead project, with collaborators josh kaufman & josh ritter, plus @conrad, cowboy #folk history, & more […] [Original post on heads.social]
reissue cover of Blue Mountain by Bobby Weir
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026
memories of the dead in los angeles, tonight in 1976, with the runaways & the tubes (or members thereof) supposedly in attendance. #deadfreaksunite #gd101476 [3/3]
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026
10/14/76 shrine auditorium: triumphant SCARLET BEGONIAS. weir & drummers peak but jam keeps going. garcia & lesh find gorgeous minute-wide vista. MIND LEFT BODY has left (or at least been diminished in) MUSIC NEVER STOPPED. big jam is 29-minute DANCING IN THE […] [Original post on heads.social]
Classics of the Grateful DeadALLAN ARKUSH: They were playing at
the Shrine Auditorium [in Los Angeles],
during the baseball playoffs in [October]
1976. Jerry said: “Oh, you gotta go say
hello to the band. They're right down
there, on the right.” I walk there and I see
these old guys playing poker. I said, “I
thought you said that’s the band.”

Garcia says, “Yes, that’s the band.” Then
he told me this thing about the Shrine
Auditorium. If you were a rock band com-
ing into their place, the union rules said
that you were usurping the job of the
house band. You had to hire the house
band and pay them off, because you were
taking their jobs. He thought it was end-
lessly funny.
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026
50 years ago tonight, the grateful dead in los angeles at the shrine auditorium, their 1st LA gig since july ’74 & 1st at the shrine since ’68. fall ’76, show #12. 1st set is only on murky audience tape, 2nd set is soundboard: archive.org/details/gd76-10-14.sbd.… [1/3]
ad for Grateful Dead at the Shrine Auditorium
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026
the auto-generated summaries on the transcription site i use have successfully graduated from merely annoying to actively terrorizing me. neil young isn't even mentioned in this interview. WTF?!
Neil Young's personality and death
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026
hell, i blurbed the dang thing (& just tickled to share blurbspace with peter coyote, huey lewis, & diana halperin)
An enchanted fog's-eye view of the hyperreality on the far side of the Waldo Tunnel and how it rippled out to the rest of us. Both dreamy & meticulous.
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026
thoroughly loved "morning in marin," a far-out new history of the marin county underground/overground from the 1920s-1980s by @WFMU alum dave perlis. www.heydaybooks.com/catalog/morning… #books
Book: Morning In Marin
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026
moved my dad out of my childhood home today. heavy shit.
sign that reads Jarnow & Co Inc Picture Frames & Mouldings
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026
not in cuba, turns out.
truck that reads J. Garcia
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
the best birthday present i received this year is finding out a soon-to-be 8-year-old friend wants my entire-ass baseball card collection for his own birthday.
baseball cards stacked up on moving pallet
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
memories of the dead & the who, today in 1976, part 2. #deadfreaksunite #gd101076 [6/6]
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
memories of the dead & the who, today in 1976, part 1. [5/6]
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
donna adds, “i said...” before her 1st PLAYING scream, which is a fun/funny touch that i’m not sure i’ve heard elsewhere. groovy-messy space-jazz textures, slightly reined-in by 2nd drummer. THE WHEEL bends into exhilarating exchanges, good period for the song […] [Original post on heads.social]
backstage at Oakland Coliseum Stadiumbackstage at Oakland Coliseum Stadiumbackstage at Oakland Coliseum Stadiumbackstage at Oakland Coliseum Stadium
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
10/10/76 oakland coliseum stadium: over 2 gigs, dead only repeat chuck berry’s PROMISED LAND. pete townshend supposedly shocked; who’s been playing same set for a year. 1st set capped by tight 27-minute DANCING IN THE STREET > WHARF RAT > DANCING IN THE STREET […] [Original post on heads.social]
The Grateful Dead onstageBill Graham's Day on the Green stage set at a distanceThe Who and the Dead in super rock music doublebillThe Dead and The Who in concert
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
chillin. [2/6]
The Who & the Dead chillTownshend and Garcia
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
50 years ago today, the grateful dead & the who at oakland coliseum stadium, the 2nd of 2 days on the green, presented by bill graham. fall ’76, show #11. now “dick’s picks 33”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgSqbSt2nO0… […] [Original post on heads.social]
poster for The Who & the Grateful Dead
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
pretty much gasped when i saw this depiction of emile berliner's very early recording studio, circa 1890s, as described to an illustrator in the 1920s by a session participant. syncopatedtimes.com/emile-berliners…
a dandily dressed man sings with a tube attached to his face
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
the t***a dealership that took over the building where the sloppy heads used to practice is now completely devoid of cars, which is an entertaining development. perhaps soon devoid of t***a too. #nyc
carless car showroom
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
memories of the day on the green, today in 1976, part 3. #deadfreaksunite #gd100976 [8/8]
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
memories of the day on the green, today in 1976, part 2. [7/8]
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
memories of the day on the green, today in 1976, part 1. [6/8]
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
more day on the green ’76 coverage. [5/8]
Setting the stage for rockWho, Dead successful reunionThe Drug of Choice - Back to AlcoholWho-Dead Show: a Fantasy Come True
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
19-minute ST. STEPHEN > NOT FADE AWAY > ST. STEPHEN, band achieving deep & creative choogle midway through, with big reprise. crisp no count-off start to 41-minute HELP ON THE WAY > SLIPKNOT! > DRUMZ > SAMSON & DELILAH, SLIPKNOT > FRANKLIN’S TOWER. fresh & […] [Original post on heads.social]
Rolling Stone coverage, page 1Rolling Stone coverage, page 2Rolling Stone coverage, page 340,000 Fans See Who, Dead
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
10/9/76 oakland coliseum stadium: SCARLET BEGONIAS is all afternoon sunshine, godchaux on rhodes, cowbell mixed pleasantly low, garcia finding new jam grottos. pleasant 1st set. magnificent 11 minute SUGAREE closer builds to ecstatic crest & slow descent into […] [Original post on heads.social]
turning around that's what they're gonna dothe Grateful Dead onstagethe Grateful Dead onstagea woman adjusts microphone on giant mic stand
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
bill graham’s stage set for the dead/who crossover involves a british phone booths & mock lampposts (& he’ll apparently keep recycling the set for years & charging the dead for its use, a point of contention). [2/8]
The Who & Grateful Dead balloonsBritish phone booth onstageJerry Garcia and Bobby Weir in actionBill Graham watches from side of stage
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
50 years ago today, the grateful dead & the who at oakland coliseum stadium, bill graham’s day on the green, with the dead starting at 11am. fall ’76, show #10. now “dick’s picks 33” […] [Original post on heads.social]
poster for The Who and the Grateful Dead
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
reconfigured the hi-fi for the colder months & celebrating with the barry walker unit as they were meant to be heard. pedal steel jams via a fresh-ish soundboard from january in corvallis, sold at the merch table i think
Barry Walker Unit cassette in Sony D6 tape deck
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
can't remember the last time i saw one of these in the wild #nyc
truck with Keep On Truckin mud flap
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
this is the ideal way to browse for pens. you may not like it, but this is what a peak office supply store looks like.
pens lined up in plastic boxes at Staples
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
10/7/66 fillmore auditorium: for, like, 10 seconds CREAM PUFF WAR takes the modal plunge. psychedelic! GOOD MORNING LITTLE SCHOOL GIRL now regularly over 10 minutes. locked-in jams in high-speed middle & subtly swinging outro. #deadfreaksunite #gd100766 [2/2]
Bill Graham under the Fillmore marquee during these shows
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
60 years ago tonight, the grateful dead on a stacked bill, originally set to be their winterland debut, moved to the fillmore after a shooting. 19 minutes of the 1st tape since owsley’s august departure, the band’s september move to 710 ashbury, & LSD […] [Original post on heads.social]
wild poster for show at Winterland
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026
was honored to write liner notes & untangle the story of robert hunter's lost "alligator moon" LP, recorded in 1977 by bob matthews & betty cantor-jackson at the dead's front street studio, & finally out next month. hunter's follow-up suite to "terrapin station" […] [Original post on heads.social]
an alligator & moon reflected in the water
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026
cozy up to the wireless & bathe in the nurturing sound-glow of the frow show, 3 hours of new music & other vibrations from now 'til midnight on listener-supported @WFMU. wfmu.org/playlists/JJ/261006 #radio
pixelated eyes with frow show info spelled out in purple text
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
$3.00 in most hi-fi stores or wherever cassettes are sold
newspaper article: Damaged cassette tape can be easily salvaged
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
autumnal afternoon jams next weekend at the industry city bandshell with wet tuna, chris forsyth's what is now, & us sl0ppy h3ads! industrycity.com/event/sloppy-heads… #nyc #brooklyn
hand drawn flyer by Abraham for What Is Now, Wet Tuna, and the Sloppy Heads
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
i'd never seen this little clip before, ken kesey interview promoting the halloween '66 acid test, with jerry garcia jamming in the background on the roof of furthur/further with the merry pranksters' band. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kUEH7Aa3Hg
Jerry Garcia jams with the Merry Pranksters' band
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
scene reports from the dead in detroit, today in 1976. #deadfreaksunite #gd100376 [4/4]
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
PLAYING dissolves to DRUMZ without doing much but left turns begin with high-speed WHEEL excitement, headed for 1st GOOD LOVIN’ since 10/74, only 2nd since pigpen. not into weir’s version, but here it hits a piano-driven PLAYING-like mode & lands gracefully in […] [Original post on heads.social]
Dick Latvala's handwritten notes
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
10/3/76 detroit: 1st set bounces right along, lots of ’71-’72 songs. very present lesh. drummers may’ve claimed BERTHA, but garcia still owns SUGAREE. rolling groove on SCARLET BEGONIAS swells inventively. impeccable MUSIC NEVER STOPPED, continuing to peak after […] [Original post on heads.social]
Jerry Garcia plays guitarJerry Garcia and Bobby Weir onstageGrateful Dead onstage amid gearDonna Jean chillin' onstage
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