Thursday, June 4, 2020

Thursday, June 4th -- Benefit show online tonight. 6/4/20

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Two online events tonight... a quickie edition...
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THOUGHT FOR TODAY from one born on this date...

"I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means -- except by getting off his back."

~ Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist and philosopher (born June 4, 1828, died in 1910)

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Thu, Jun 4:
4:30 pm Pacific --
Tune-In To Watch

A Benefit For The Apollo Theater”

Free Concert LiveStream Tonight,
Thursday, June 4 At 7:30 pm EDT / 4:30 pm PDT at:

Ziggy Marley, Warren Haynes, Amber Iman, Divinity Roxx, Will Calhoun, Vernon Reid, Liv Warfield And More

join this benefit concert to support the legendary Apollo Theater and keep it presenting music for generations to come

During the show, artists will perform the music of Apollo legends including  B.B. King, Patti LaBelle, and Stevie Wonder, and highlight the Apollo Theater’s 86-year contribution to arts and culture.

NASHVILLE, TN (June 4, 2020) An expanded list of artists is joining tonight's “Let’s Stay (In) Together: A Benefit To Support The Apollo” concert event which will livestream tonight, Thursday, June 4 at 7:30pm ET/4:30pm PT on www.apollotheater.org.
 
Joining the “Let’s Stay (In) Together: A Benefit to Support the Apollo Theater” free event sponsored by Gibson, through the Gibson Gives foundation, are artists including ZIGGY MARLEY, WARREN HAYNES, AMBER IMAN, DIVINITY ROXX, WILL CALHOUN, VERNON REID, LIZ WARFIELD and more. 

The landmark event features previously announced performances by “CAPTAIN” KIRK DOUGLAS OF THE ROOTSKOOL & THE GANG, GARY CLARK JR.ROBERT RANDOLPHRAY CHEWMICHAEL MCDONALD, LIL BUCK & JON BOOGZ, KEB MO, CELISSE HENDERSONINFINITY’S SONG, MARC BAMUTHI JOSEPH and DJ REBORN as well as special appearances from DIONNE WARWICK, DOUG E. FRESH, ROY WOOD JR. 

For all details on tonight's “Let’s Stay (In) Together: A Benefit to Support the Apollo Theater, and to donate and win limited edition Gibson Custom Shop guitars, visit: https://www.apollotheater.org/lets-stay-in-together-watch/.

The “Let’s Stay (In) Together: A Benefit to Support the Apollo Theater” concert will also be available for free streaming by media partner TIDAL.
 
Music has the incredible power to connect, transform and heal. We hope you will support the legendary Apollo Theater and join us for this special event featuring music that lifts our spirits, shapes our lives, and continues to unite us all. 

Tune-in to watch the “Let’s Stay (In) Together: A Benefit To Support The Apollo” concert event on Thursday, June 4 at 7:30p ET/4:30p PT at www.apollotheater.org and support the Apollo Theater for generations to come.
 
In response to the pandemic and the cancellation of Apollo-produced live events through the month of June, the Apollo Theater has established an emergency relief fund to financially stabilize the Theater and safeguard its future. In addition, a portion of the funds raised will be allocated for micro grants to support local merchants and small businesses in the 125th Street neighborhood impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The “Let’s Stay (In) Together: A Benefit To Support The Apollo” event marks the launch of a partnership between Gibson and the Apollo Theater which will include collaborations on future show programming, music preservation, music education initiatives, and support established and emerging talent.

For all details on “Let’s Stay (In) Together: A Benefit to Support the Apollo Theater,” visit:
 
For the Apollo Theater:
 
 
For all things Gibson and Gibson Gives:
 
GIBSON.COM | INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK | GIBSON TV 

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Thu, Jun 4:
5:30 pm Pacific --
PETER HIMMELMAN
In trying to make an all-digital experience less, well...all-digital and more hands-on, we’ve created a special lyric booklet that you can print out, hold in your actual hands, and read (or sing) along with as you watch the show. I hope you enjoy it.

Looking forward to seeing you tonight at 8:30 ET on June 4 on Facebook Live for another episode of Songs & Stories From West 89th
Download Lyric Book Here

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Coming up this week (a few that are handy...)


Fri, Jun 12:
5 pm Pacific --
Monthly "WOODSHED SESSIONS ONLINE" with THE SUSIE GLAZE NEW FOLK ENSEMBLE & performing guests, continuing their series, online.
*  Today's musical guest is JOHN ZIPPERER
*  Click for guests & schedule and tune-in:
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Sun, Jun 7:
12:30 pm-1:30 pm Pacific --
Russ & Julie’s House Concerts presents a Virtual House Concert with The Black Feathers in R&J's "Quarantine Happy Hour" series. More soon.
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On to the necessary boilerplate...

Boilerplate? What "boilerplate"? Where's the main pressure gauge? And the firebox? How do you add water so it won't blow-up?

Who came up with that goofy term for the basic essential informational stuff? ...obviously some dumbass...

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Here's a reprint of important info from one of our February editions:

COVID-19 Coronavirus PRACTICAL PRECAUTIONS

(good for avoiding the "regular" flu & colds, too) 

Compiled from medical and emergency responder databases and interview comments. Copy and paste into your phone / post / print / share.

•  Coronavirus lives on inorganic surfaces anywhere from two hours to NINE DAYS; it all seems dependent on temperature, unless it is killed by disinfectant. When tests revealed that, even health care workers were surprised. It brings more emphasis to many of the following points.

•  Get the flu vaccine -- ordinary flu will likely mimic Coronavirus, so avoid being ostracized and quarantined.

•  Wash your hands, a lot: scrub for 20 seconds and wash them often.

•  Stop shaking hands. Don't do "fist bumps" because that's still hand-to-hand contact. And don't become a mad elbow-bumper, because of the next point.

•  Cough into the inside of your elbow, ANY TIME you cough.

•  Keep your hands away from your face -- touching your nostrils, eyes, or mouth brings-in every germ your hands picked-up.

•  Get a little bottle of hand sanitizer on a miniature carabiner. Clip it to your belt loop or purse strap and use it frequently. (Be sure you snap the lid shut, or it'll drain all over your clothes.) You can refill it from the pump bottle by the sink.

• Make your own hand sanitizer if the stores are out. Formula, from a doctor who makes it with her kids: two parts isopropyl alcohol (drugstore alcohol, at least 70% alcohol), one part aloe vera gel, a dash of any essential oil. Works just ss well as store bought stuff.

• Stay home if you're sick -- even if you don't get paid, DON'T be the "Typhoid Mary" that brings a pandemic of this or ANYTHING contagious. If you're "taking one for the team," make it the big team -- ALL of us.

•  Don't be a transporter. Immediately remove shoes inside your front door and change clothes when you get home. Don't plunk-down on the couch until you shed what you were wearing at work or in the store or on the bus or in the coffee bar. Stop tracking everything from the sidewalk onto your kitchen and bathroom floors and your rug.

•  Be mindful of your car. Everything you touch, everywhere, is on your steering wheel. Everywhere you sit is on your car seat. Keep 'em disinfected -- Clorox wipe the wheel, Lysol spray the seats, often.

•  Everything you wear goes in the hamper. No multi-day wearings between washings.

•  Keep track of where Coronavirus and other flus are headed, the latest ways to avoid contagion, and what symptoms go with what disease, by putting the CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL in your favorites: www.cdc.gov

•  Call your doctor or public health officials if you become symptomatic, and DON'T "just go" to the doctor or urgent care or ER; everybody else in the waiting room does not have what you have, and vice-versa.

•  Wear a mask when you go to the doctor (remember, everybody else in the waiting room does not have what you have, and vice-versa) -- the check-in counter will give you a surgical mask if you ask, or maybe even tell you it's mandatory. 

•  Don't buy-up all tbe masks that medical responders need. Nearly all the masks in the stores are Dust Masks, made to keep carpenters and other tradesmen from inhaling sawdust. Expecting those to protect you from tiny viruses is like trying to filter water with a tennis racket. Plus, wearing masks everywhere is not a good idea -- without training and lots of practice, you'll contaminate the thing and then breathe a stewpot of microorganisms up-close and personal.


•  Get proper nutrition and plenty of sleep to support your immune system. THAT is THE best way to stay healthy.

•   REALLY IMPORTANT: Think about what you routinely ignore:

   ~  your phone or tablet, which you constantly handle while you're touching everything else in the big, wide world, then keep handling when you're eating (keep your devices disinfected).

   ~  the Kleenex or cloth hankie you pull out of your pocket -- this time your nose or eye gets the side your dirty finger got last time (yeah, duh!)

   ~  door handles & knobs, especially "pull-to-exit" on the restroom door, and all door handles you grab or push.

   ~  gas pump handles -- whatever was deposited on them is now on your steering wheel, and marinading on your hands as you snack while driving.

   ~  restaurant menus, salt and pepper shakers, ketchup and mustard and hot sauce bottles that every unwashed hand touches. Same goes for bins of packaged condiments at fast foodies  or convenience store / gas stations (Use 'em, then use your hand sanitizer.)

   ~  lunch buffet serving spoons, spatulas, tongs that every unwashed hand uses in the food bins (your freshly-washed hands just got contaminated). And if sneeze guard glass panes aren't at the right height or aren't clean, demand a refund and leave.

   ~ coins in change and money, in general -- coins and folding money are germ transit systems. (Back to your little bottle of hand sanitizer.)

   ~ airline & train tray tables -- who knows when they were last cleaned and to what extent? When we saw a baby being changed on one... (bring a little plastic box of Clorox wipes when you travel).


   ~  bring your own food on the airplane -- you're probably doing that, anyway, since they stopped feeding you back when they started charging for carry-on luggage and made you ride with your knees in your armpits. Flight attendants have tested positive -- their hands pour drinks, dispense snacks, and pick-up everybody's garbage. 

   ~  remember to think and act consciously. There is an acute need to be mindful of others, so neither be paranoid reactive nor obliviously ignorant. There was great advice in the old cop show at the end of every briefing: "Be careful out there."

Read AND SHARE The Guide's complete feature story on the COVID-19 Coronavirus in the edition at: https://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2020/02/leap-day-weekend-leaping-into.html

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