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50 years ago today, bill graham’s all-star SNACK benefit at #SanFrancisco’s kezar stadium in golden gate park. the #GratefulDead as “jerry garcia & friends” open the day, debuting music from the in-progress album on a live broadcast, with guests mickey hart, ned lagin, & merl saunders, ned’s last appearance with the band. david crosby’s partner gives birth to their son django & croz bowz out.
the dead & co.: archive.org/details/gd1975-03-
#BobDylan & #NeilYoung & pals: archive.org/details/Dylan-Youn [1/7]

SF SNACK San Francisco Students Need Athletics Culture & Kicks, full poster with Golden Gate Bridge & artist listing
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“Prior to blowing minds in Dinosaur Jr, Mascis grew up in #Amherst, Massachusetts, as a ‘weird kid’.

A #music obsessive, he would build a wall of furniture around his bed to listen to records by the likes of the #BeachBoys, #DeepPurple and #NeilYoung.

When #Punk hit town, he formed a teenage #hardcore band called #DeepWound – his mum even knitted him a sweater with their name on it.

Obsessed with #NickCave’s the Birthday Party, Mascis would break eggs into his hair to try to emulate the singer’s wild crow’s nest haircut.”

#JMascis / #DinosaurJunior / #DinosaurJr <theguardian.com/music/2024/jan>

Friday 16th February, 2024 Jr. I missed Dinosaur Junior when they last toured Australia in 2017 so when the new tour was announced I jumped at the chance. My standard routine is to get in early so I can choose where to view bands playing. The support was Stepmother, who I'd never heard before. The preparation required to be this close to a wall of Marshall amplifiers is not to be underestimated. So I went with +5 level inserts plus some Peltor H10A 290 ear muffs. Did I need them? I couldn't tell at the time so I took them along anyway. Glad I did. First in line. source https://flickr.com/photos/bootload/53535910876/in/album-72177720314857767
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1001 Other Albums

k.d. lang – Hymns of the 49th Parallel (2004, Canada)

Our next spotlight is on number 522 on The List, submitted by swordgeek.

k.d. lang is a Canadian icon from my very own hometown (Edmonton, Alberta) whose varied discography includes country, pop, soft rock, jazz, blues, rockabilly, and folk. If you know anything about Alberta, it will likely come as no surprise that lang, even after having gained international recognition, Grammy awards, a sign in the town where she grew up (Consort), etc., was banned on local radio after her 1990 “Meat Stinks” PETA campaign, if not also after coming out as a lesbian in 1992. The province has since at least started to atone for their sins, as in 2013 the Edmonton-based Alberta Ballet put on “Balletlujah!”, a production honouring lang via an artistic-take on her upbringing in the province, complete with a gay love story. A documentary of the same name by the CBC was also released in 2015, celebrating both the artist and the ballet. Perhaps there’s hope for this province yet.

The album we’re looking at here, lang’s 6th solo LP, is primarily composed of covers. lang had a couple previous covers albums (her 1988 debut Shadowland and the 1997 Drag), but this one is a loving tribute to Canada, the title referring to the latitude line that essentially makes up the Canada/US border and the songs all written by Canadians (Bruce Cockburn, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Ron Sexsmith, Jane Siberry, Neil Young, plus one by lang herself). So, I may have picked this one to spotlight right now for, uh, reasons.

If you like what you hear and want to check out lang’s other work, fun fact is that both Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman (i.e., of The Revolution and Wendy & Lisa) are on Drag (1997), and Wendy is also on Invincible Summer (2000)!

Happy listening.

The cover art is a moody blue-tinged black and white photo of large tree without any leaves, behind a low stone wall. Snow is on the ground, and the colour of the sky matches the ground. The artist's name and album name are in brown and white font in a single line along the bottom.
#Canada#CanadianMusic#JoniMitchell
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