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Dinosaur Jr Frontman J Mascis Releases “J + Friends Sing + Chant for Amma”

at All Major Digital Retailers Via Baked Goods Records December 2

On December 2, 2008, “J + Friends Sing + Chant for Amma” will be released digitally for the first time at all major digital retailers on J Mascis’ own label, Baked Goods. The album is a collection of devotional songs dedicated to the living Indian Saint, Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma).

Amma is a humanitarian and spiritual leader who has dedicated her life to uplifting suffering humanity through her embrace, which she offers to all regardless of caste, creed or religion. In the past 30 years she has hugged more than 24 million people throughout the world.

Amma has also started a vast range of humanitarian projects, including orphanages, charitable hospitals and free homes for the homeless. All the proceeds of Mascis’ CD go towards this cause. For information about Amma visit www.amma.org.

The CD finds Mascis both on electric and acoustic guitar, playing original devotional songs, including “Help Me, Amma,” “Amma What Now?,” “Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu,” “Please Remember That I’m Here” and “Take Me Home.”

Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu” is a Sanskrit mantra meaning “May All the Beings in all the Worlds Be Happy.” The final song, “Ayi Giri Nandini,” is a metalized version of a Sanskrit hymn by Adi Shankaracharya. Written around 1300 years ago, the hymn sings the glories of the Divine Mother as she slaughters the demonic forces of Mahisha Asura, the Buffalo Demon. Mahisha Asura symbolizes the dark negativities of humanity: greed, anger, laziness, pride, etc.

“This self-released disc represents the most beautiful and nakedly emotional music J Mascis has ever created… it’s as powerful as anything ever wrought by Dinosaur Jr, with the crucial difference that it soothes the soul instead of warping the brain.” – Jason Ankeny, allmusic.com:

TRACK LISTING:

1. Please Remember That I’m Here
2. Help Me Amma
3. Lokah
4. Take Me Home
5. Amma What Now?
6. Heavy Metal Ai Giri Nandini

www.amma.org / www.myspace.com/jmascis / www.myspace.com/bakedgoodrecords

J Mascis & Friends Sing and Chant for Amma Concert on December 13th. Check the Tourdates page for more info.

Related show

• Tour: Solo
• Date: 12/13/08
• Time: 8:00pm
• City: J Mascisin Brooklyn, NY
• Venue: Go Yoga
• Address: 112 North 6th Street
• Country: US
• Admission: $20 Advance / $25 at the door.
• Notes: J Mascis and Friends Sing and Chant for Amma Very special Charity Concert

On Friday, November 14th, at 7:30PM, local Pioneer Valley musicians will be hosting An Evening of Music in Memory of Melissa Rich Mulcahy, who died unexpectedly on September 13th. She was a dear friend to many musicians in the community and an avid supporter of their endeavors. The concert, to be held at the Northampton Center for the Arts in downtown Northampton, is an opportunity to celebrate her tremendous spirit and her love of music. All proceeds from the event will go directly to her family.

The concert will start off with special performances by such local favorites as: Winterpills, Lo Fine, The Fawns, Spouse, National Carpet, School for the Dead, Aloha Steamtrain, Spanish for Hitchhiking, Haunt, The Claudia Malibu, Sitting Next to Brian, Jason Bourgeois, Trallfazz, The Caroline Know, The Humming Field, Zeke Fiddler, Steve Westfield, The Drunk Stuntmen, and others. New Haven-based musicians, Mr. Ray, The Mountain Movers, and Jeff Greene (Butterflies of Love) will feature in the latter portion of the event, along with a special performance by renowned Dinosaur Jr. front-man, J Mascis.

There will be a number of items raffled off throughout the evening, including an electric guitar autographed by participating musicians, handmade crafts, gift certificates, and CDs. Additionally, the merchandise area will feature arts/craft items produced by friends of Melissa Rich Mulcahy, in addition to albums and t-shirts donated by the bands.

Advance tickets are available at Pleasant Street Video in Northampton, and the Apollo Grill in Easthampton (Eastworks Bldg.), as well as online at rubwrongways.com. Ticket price is a suggested donation of $20.

For more information about this event please contact:

To make a donation visit: http://www.rubwrongways.blogspot.com/

J. Johnson
jj@designfarm.net
413.977.6581

Related show

• Tour: Dinosaur Jr
• Date: 11/14/08
• Time: 7:30pm
• City: J Mascisin Northampton, MA
• Venue: Northampton Center for the Arts
• Address: 17 New South Street
• Country: US
• Admission: $20 Donation

Called simply “J Mascis, Black Angels, Dandy Warhols,” the track, described by Dandys’ frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor as a “prog-rock school fight song,” is a dark, driving piece, anchored by Dandys’ drummer Brent DeBoer and the tom-heavy beat, and Dinosaur Jr.’s J Mascis, who forgoes his usual guitar for a high-fretted bass.

Vocals — provided by Zia McCabe, Brent, and Brian Coates — though sparse, are powerful and effective. The single syllables, the distant shouts, become part of the swirling landscape. Indeed, the music conveys both the individual contribution of the players and the integrity of the whole piece, a 5-minute long depiction of grunge-fueled psychedelia.

The sessions with J Mascis and the Black Angels, recorded on different days at the Dandy Warhols’ Odditorium, were filmed and compiled into an episode, which helps to trace and explain the progress of the first track, and is now playing on the Breathe Easy MySpace site.

100% of profits will go to the Three Rivers Land Conservancy, a non-profit organization that works to conserve and preserve land by the Clackamas, Tualatin, and lower Willamette Rivers against urbanization. Through the purchases of these songs, along with and corporate contributions, the initial goal is to save 10,000 acres of Oregon’s natural habitat. All songs will be available for purchase on the Breathe Easy MySpace site.

www.myspace.com/breatheeasybenefit

“For a misfit guitar, the Fender Jazzmaster has managed to hold its own through a half-century. On Friday night at the Knitting Factory, this guitar mustered the college-radio guitar heroes Tom Verlaine (of Television), J Mascis (of Dinosaur Jr.), Nels Cline (of Wilco) and Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo (of Sonic Youth) for a concert to celebrate its 50th anniversary. In their hands it was a guitar suited both to fine detail and blistering noise.”
Read the rest of the review @ the New York Times
* Richard Termine for The New York Times

There are lots more pictures up at Brooklynvegan

Here is that classic video of J playing Guitar hero against comedian David Cross

WFMU is pleased to announce that the station will be broadcasting and streaming live from the huge All Tomorrow’s Parties festival (curated by My Bloody Valentine) next weekend up at Kutsher’s Resort near Monticello, New York. As of now, WFMU will be live Saturday and Sunday (September 20/21) at the site, but our ability to be there Friday may change as well, stay tuned. On board: Yo La Tengo, Polvo, Dinosaur Jr, Growing, Harmonia, Om, Mercury Rev, Lightning Bolt, Bob Mould, Low, Wooden Shjips, Silver Mt. Zion, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Spectrum, and more! Before MBV fans get too worked up, we should mention that our broadcast permissions have all been given subject to the bands’ approvals and some are still pending/in channels of communication. But as you can see above, we’ve worked out things with a mighty healthy chunk of the weekend’s unbelievable roster. We’re still hammering away on this and making preparations for a dual-stage broadcast; news may change day to day, so please stay tuned to our site and airwaves for listings of exact set times we’ll be able to carry. The festival, by the way, was rumored to be sold out, but as of today is not, so please check in with ATP for more info. If any WFMU listeners have tickets and would like to help out the station in some capacity during the weekend we’d love to hear from you.

Show Schedule/Times

FRIDAY 19TH SEPT – DON’T LOOK BACK

STAGE 1 BUILT TO SPILL – 11.20PM – 12.50AM
THURSTON MOORE – 9.15PM – 10.30PM
TORTOISE – 7.45PM – 8.45PM
MEAT PUPPETS – 6.00PM – 7.00PM
BARDO POND – 4.30PM – 5.30PM

STAGE 2

PATTON OSWALT – 10.30pm – 11.15pm
EUGENE MIRMAN – 10pm 10.25pm
MARIA BAMFORD – 9.30pm -9.55pm
JOE DeROSA – 9.00pm – 9.25pm

SATURDAY 20TH SEPT – CURATED BY ATP

STAGE 1LIGHTING BOLT – 12.45am – 1.30am
SHELLAC 11.30PM – 12.30AM
LES SAVY FAV 10PM – 11PM
POLVO 8.45PM – 9.30PM
AUTOLUX 7.30PM – 8.15PM
EDAN with Guest Dagha 6.05PM – 7PM
FUCK BUTTONS 4.45PM – 5.35PM
THE DRONES 3.30PM – 4.15PM
APSE 2.15PM – 3PM

STAGE 2

THEE SILVER MOUNT ZION 9.45PM – 11.15PM
LOW 8.15PM – 9.00PM
OM 6.45PM – 7.45PM
HARMONIA 5.30PM – 6.15PM
WOODEN SHJIPS 4.15PM – 5.00PM
GROWING 3.00PM – 3.45PM
ALEXANDER TUCKER 1.30PM – 2.15PM

SUNDAY 21ST SEPT – CURATED BY MY BLOODY VALENTINE

STAGE 1MY BLOODY VALENTINE – 12am – 1.30am
DINOSAUR JR. – 10.00pm – 11.00pm
MOGWAI – 8.15pm – 9.15pm
YO LA TENGO – 6.45pm – 7.30pm
MERCURY REV – 5.30pm – 6.15pm
EPMD – 4.15pm – 5.00pm
ROBIN GUTHRIE – 3.00pm – 3.45pm

STAGE 2

BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE – 10.45pm – 11.45pm
BOB MOULD – 9.15pm – 10.00pm
TRAIL OF DEAD – 8.00pm – 8.45pm
SPECTRUM – 6.45pm – 7.30pm
LILYS – 5.15pm – 6.00pm
GEMMA HAYES – 4.00pm – 4.45pm
WOUNDED KNEES – 2.45pm – 3.30pm
LE VOLUME COURBE – 1.30pm – 2.15pm

9/2 @ Studio 7 Seattle, WA
9/3 @ East End Portland, OR
9/4 @ Café Du Nord San Francisco, CA
9/5 @ Brookdale Lodge Brookdale, CA
9/6 @ The Casbah San Diego, CA
9/7 @ Echoplex Los Angeles, CA *
* Tee Pee Records Manifest Destiny w/
Witchcraft, Graveyard, The Warlocks, Earthless, Ancestors, Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound + More.

via Witch @ Myspace

The band has added a few new dates to the tour.

• Sept 19 – Toad’s Place – New Haven, CT
• Sept 20 – Revolution Hall – Troy, NY
• Sept 21 – ATP Festival – Catskills, NY
• Sept 24 – The Stone Pony – Asbury Park, NJ
• Sept 25 & 26 – Terminal 5 – New York, NY *with Built to Spill & The Meat Puppets
• Sept 27 – Orpheum Theatre – Boston, MA *with Built to Spill & The Meat Puppets

See the Tour Dates Page for more info.

As you may (or maybe did not) notice, we are updating the site and will be doing a live redesign during the process so you may find that some areas are not working but may be working upon return as well as changes to the design.  We still have to clean up a lot of the old content as well.  The background image on the site was taken by the talented Andrew Workman.

Thank you and we hope to see you at the shows! Jeremiah

If anyone has information, ANY INFORMATION!

please, please, PLEASE as soon as possible contact

Eric Fischer at: nycentral13@gmail.com
IGGY AND THE STOOGES
EQUIPMENT STOLEN ON AUGUST 4, 2008
OUTSIDE THE EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL
208 SAINT ANTOINE OUEST,
MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA

all equipment was in a rented penske 15 foot yellow truck with u.s. (michigan) license plate number AC46493 and the theft had to have happened in the morning, between 6:30 and 7:30 am the truck was parked just outside the glass doors to the hotel directly visible from the reservations desk

there’s a web page at: http://www.hootpage.com/stoogesstolenstuff/stoogesstolenstuff.html

that will have pictures and updates to more stuff found missing

photo credit: mrmatt
Here is the list now:

• Item | Country of Origin | Serial Number
• Red roadcase containing: USA No serial number
  Red Gibson 1963 EB-3 bass (this is mike watt’s bass!) USA No serial number
• Black roadcase containing: USA No serial number
  Reverend Flying V guitar – Volcano black USA #08001
• Black roadcase containing: USA No serial number
  Reverend Orange guitar USA 03416 ZSL7
• Black fibre case containg: USA No serial number
  Gibson red SG short scale bass USA No serial number
• Black roadcase containing: USA No serial number
  Marshall Vintage/Modern Amplifier UK M-2007-07-0926-2 RoHS
• Black roadcase containing: USA No serial number
  Marshall Vintage/Modern Amplifier UK M-2007-07-0927-2 RoHS
• 4x Marshall 4×12 Cabinets (with Tuki cover) UK #1 Slant: M-2007-05-0149-0
• 4x Marshall 4×12 Cabinets (with Tuki cover) UK #2 Straight: M-2006-49-0380-0
• 4x Marshall 4×12 Cabinets (with Tuki cover) UK #3 Slant: M-2007-05-0150-0
• 4x Marshall 4×12 Cabinets (with Tuki cover) UK #4 Straight: M-2006-49-0381-0
• Orange Calzone road case containing:
  • Guitar pedal board and pedals USA/Japan No serial number
  • Assorted leads USA/UK No serial number
  • 2x mic stands Germany No serial number
  • Assorted strings and spares USA No serial number
  • 2x Boss TU2 Chromatic Tuner
  • Boss CH1 Super Chorus
  • Fulltone OCD Overdrive
  • Crybaby Wah
  • Peterson Strobo-Stomp Tuner Pedal
  • Whirlwind A/B Boxes
  • Whirlwind Cable Tester
  • and many many istrument cables
  • various tools ( screwdrivers, soldering iron, pliers, etc… )
  • tambourine and maracas
• Gretsch Silver Sparkle Catalina drum kit USA No serial number
  • 26″ Kick Drum No serial number
  • 13″ Rack Tom No serial number
  • 18″ Floor Tom No serial number
  • 4x Cymbal Stands No serial number
  • 1x Snare Stand No serial number
  • 1x Hi Hat Stand No serial number
  • 1x Drum Throne No serial number
• Eden D810 Bass cabinet USA D810RP4 0703E5001
• Eden D810 Bass cabinet USA D810RP4 0703E5002
• Cardboard box containg:
  Eden VT300 Bass amplifier USA 0601E5115
• Cardboard box containg:
  Eden VT300 Bass amplifier USA 0507E5033
• Floor Fan CHINA No serial number
• Floor Fan CHINA No serial number
• Green clamshell suitcase containing:
  • Yamaha snare drum JAPAN No serial number
  • Yahama kick pedal JAPAN No serial number
  • Zildjian Mega Bell cymbal USA No serial number
  • Zildjian 15″ Hi-Hats USA No serial number
  • 3x Zildjian 18″ 19″ 20″ crash medium cymbals USA No serial number
• Brown Epiphone guitar case:
  Black Epiphone EB3 short scale bass KOREA F300503

PLEASE FORWARD AS FAR AND WIDE AND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE!!!

if anyone has information, ANY INFORMATION!

please, please, PLEASE as soon as possible contact

Eric Fischer at: nycentral13@gmail.com
cell phone: +1 646 932 1907