Tues (4/9): Writer / very nice person @seanhowe hits KGB Bar in #NYC to read from his book Agents of Chaos, which chronicles "the life and times of High Times’ enigmatic founder Thomas King Forçade, an underground newspaper editor and marijuana kingpin" (hosted by journalists Mark Jacobson and Noreen Malone). Doors at 7PM https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/sean-howe/agents-of-chaos/9780306923937/ #books #writing #nonfiction #journalism

I think it's worth noting that the people excitedly welcoming Ronna McDaniel to NBC News—Carrie Budoff Brown, in charge of political coverage, and her boss, Rebecca Blumenstein—are the respective chairs of the International Center for Journalists and the Columbia Journalism Review

If you're a professional writer of any kind—or, scratch that, a reader of anything on the internet—I recommend that you read this.

https://foreverwars.ghost.io/my-robotic-doppelganger-is-the-grim-face-of-journalisms-future/

tonight! at the house of #cannabis in #nyc, i'll be moderating a conversation with my friend @seanhowe about his wild new biography of high times founder tom forcade, "agents of chaos." https://www.thcnyc.com/programming/agents-of-chaos-book-signing
my (brief) rave about sean's book: https://heads.social/@bourgwick/110741841962000910

@scully I'm sorry, I just saw this! Anywhere is fine with me—local bookstore if you have one? Or local library! Thanks for reading!
Here's a link:
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/sean-howe/agents-of-chaos/9780306923913/?lens=hachette-books

@tlmoore Thank you very much!

Here's excerpt from my new book, which is out on Tuesday!

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/tom-forcade-high-times-magazine-1234810373/

A new Disney "documentary" is merely "corporate propaganda designed to promulgate the idea that #Marvel superheroes were primarily the creation of Stan Lee in his capacity as editor," total crap that has been discredited for years (see also the indispensable book by @seanhowe, mentioned herein) https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/stan-lee-marvel-comics-exploitation/ #comics #freelancers #jackkirby @thenation

out this week! astounding long-awaited new bio of high times founder tom forcade by @seanhowe, "agents of chaos." wild absurdist #history at the intersection of underground #media, weed (#cannabis) smuggling, #counterculture/mainstream #politics, government #surveillance, & downtown #nyc. big thrills, wondrous thread-connecting research. also boundless love for bill sienkiewicz's '70s movie poster style cover. a million thumbs up. https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/sean-howe/agents-of-chaos/9781549158971/?lens=hachette-books #books

@bourgwick Thank you so much, Jesse!!!

Hello #deadheads, #music, #gratefuldead fans. Thanks for the warm welcome. I don’t know a lot of you.

I curate Grateful Dead and other music (mostly unreleased) into unique listening experiences.

I write them up and provide mp3s on the Save Your Face blog. Check out the 65 tags menu on the left to quickly explore the range of mixes. Note the “not the Grateful Dead” filter (PiL, Miles Davis, etc.).
https://saveyourface.posthaven.com/

Most of the Dead mixes also stream on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8yyM8q9j5gYkJCSTEeciFyUItDQjFxcK

@CKHesq Thank you, Chris!

@doomandgloomfromthetomb Thank you, Tyler!

https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/sean-howe/agents-of-chaos/9780306923913/?lens=hachette-books

Whew!

This is so good. In Tennessee, where freaky, freaky genital-obsessed Republicans have banned drag shows, a drag #GratefulDead cover band with the perfect name is about to make its debut in #Nashville. More info at IG: gratefuldrag. #Deadheads #music

50 years ago tonight, the #gratefuldead in #baltimore, another serious marathon, just shy of 4 hours, featuring an appearance by wolfman jack himself. spring ’73, show #7. https://archive.org/details/gd1973-03-26.sbd.miller.34787.sbeok.flac16 [1/5]

David Berman's Grateful Dead cartoon of Jerry Garcia from Arthur magazine #11 (July 2004)

#NowPlaying an old fave: Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi Sextant album. The 1st time I heard #jazzfusion with radiophonic electronics. Apart from Hubbard's Songmy & Russell's Electronic Sonata albums, I hadn't heard anyone else mix #jazz with electronics &/or musique concrète. Any other 1970s examples?
#radiophonic

New from LAPL's photo archive: a video sneak peek at the thrilling new collection of Jay More's deathbed images of L.A. landmarks just before they were demolished. This is the lost block that should be enjoying views of Angels Flight Railway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xScHkTKlSNQ