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jesse jarnow (@bourgwick@heads.social) @bourgwick

writer / @WFMU DJ / good ol' @GratefulDead-cast co-host / books: WASN'T THAT A TIME (2018), HEADS (2016), BIG DAY COMING (2012). 1/3 of @RealSloppyHeads.

Joined September 2008
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i am absolutely thrilled to be working on a new book for @HachetteBooks, an alternate history of music told through grey area recordings, live tapes, bootlegs, mixes, & other secretly influential non-releases from the 19th century to the present. out in 2022... maybe?
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3 hours of new music & missing pieces on last night's frow show on @WFMU. bit.ly/4dB6fDN
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navigate the evening with the frow show, from now 'til midnight ET on @WFMU, 3 hours of new music & good-weird-not-bad-weird radio. bit.ly/4dB6fDN
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50 years ago today, the grateful dead (& wall of sound) in jersey city, the last east coast show for 2 years, rescheduled from a few days earlier. tapes, cool seastones soundcheck photos, scene reports, my listening notes, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1129… #deadfreaksunite [8/6/74]
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50 years ago tonight, the grateful dead at the philadelphia civic center, the 2nd of 2 nights, with the wall of sound & ned lagin, now in part on “dick’s picks 31”. tapes, photos, scene reports, my listening notes, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1129… #deadfreaksunite [8/5/74]
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50 years ago tonight, the grateful dead, ned lagin, & wall of sound in philadelphia, the 1st of 2 nights at the civic center, now partly on “dick’s picks 31.” tapes, photos, concert program, memories, my listening notes, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1129… #deadfreaksunite [8/4/74]
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50 years ago today, the grateful dead (& the wall of sound) in hartford, now "dave's picks 2". tapes, many wonderful photos by @LegalPhotogCT & others, news coverage, memories, my listening notes, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1128… #deadfreaksunite [7/31/74]
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go for a refreshing swim in the free airwaves of @WFMU with the frow show, 3 hours of cooling new sounds/jams/songs/drifts/dreams. bit.ly/4ccnJVM
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get adjusted with the frow show. songs & sounds for uplifting gourmandizers, from now 'til midnight on listener-supported @WFMU. bit.ly/4ccnJVM
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50 years ago tonight, the grateful dead in maryland, just outside the beltway, just before nixon’s resignation. tapes, photos, scene reports, my listening notes, etc: heads.social/@bourgwick/1128… #deadfreaksunite [7/29/74]
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jesse jarnow (@bourgwick@heads.social) retweeted
Oneida@oneida_official
26 Jul 2024
Go see this Heads Happening! Big one
Sloppy Heads@RealSloppyHeads
25 Jul 2024
The next Heads Happening, our monthly residency at Brooklyn’s Mama Tried, is happening on crazy 8/8 when we will be joined by the great NURSE & SOLDIER (ft @oneida_official’s Fat Bobby & Erica Fletcher) TWO MULE TEAM with WILLIE KLEIN (ft @BrownBattery & @SueGarn54278958)!
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50 years ago today, the grateful dead (& wall of sound) in roanoke. keith godchaux on rhodes all night, presumably issues with the rented steinway (or the person supposed to tune it). tape, scene reports, my listening notes, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1128… #deadfreakunite [7/27/74]
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jesse jarnow (@bourgwick@heads.social) retweeted
Sloppy Heads@RealSloppyHeads
27 Jul 2024
All day today: Festival of @WFMU bands in Montclair NJ! Sloppy Heads play at 7:45pm! BYOB!
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50 years ago tonight, the grateful dead in chicago, a surprisingly under-documented show for the era, besides the tape. jams, some scene reports, my listening notes, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1128… #deadfreaksunite [7/25/74]
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jesse jarnow (@bourgwick@heads.social) retweeted
Sloppy Heads@RealSloppyHeads
25 Jul 2024
The next Heads Happening, our monthly residency at Brooklyn’s Mama Tried, is happening on crazy 8/8 when we will be joined by the great NURSE & SOLDIER (ft @oneida_official’s Fat Bobby & Erica Fletcher) TWO MULE TEAM with WILLIE KLEIN (ft @BrownBattery & @SueGarn54278958)!
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lean into the freeform with last night's frow show on @WFMU. bit.ly/3WB1S63
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pathways to pathways on the frow show. new music, freeform radio, & other adventures from now 'til midnight ET on @WFMU. bit.ly/3WB1S63
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40 years ago today, the grateful finish their summer ’84 touring on the beach in ventura. tapes, photos, my listening notes, etc. heads.social/@bourgwick/1128… #deadfreaksunite [7/22/84]
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50 years ago tonight, the grateful dead at the hollywood bowl, along with maria muldaur & commander cody. classic audience tape of the only show with owsley’s piano system, photos, scene reports, my listening notes, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1128… #deadfreaksunite [7/21/74]
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40 years ago this afternoon, the grateful dead begin their summer-closing weekend on the beach in ventura. tapes, scene reports of olympic fever, my listening notes, etc. heads.social/@bourgwick/1128… #deadfreaksunite [7/21/84]
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50 years ago tonight, the grateful dead (& the wall of sound) begin their mid-summer touring in fresno, now “dave’s picks 17.” tapes, my listening notes, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1128… #deadfreaksunite [7/19/74]
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