September 30 – On This Day!

1986: Pussy Galore – The Continental Club, Austin, TX, US
w/ Nice Strong Arm and Mudhoney

1987: Pussy Galore – Club De Wash, Madison, Wisconsin, US
w/ Killdozer

1993: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – EX.it, Lyon, France

Live Photo: Massimo Scocca (https://www.instagram.com/massbo/)
Ticket Image: http://lesvieuxcons.fr

1994: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – London Astoria 2, London, UK

1996: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Now I Got Worry – released in the UK

2006: Heavy Trash – Lebowski Fest, Louisville, KY, US

2008: Heavy Trash – Bodega Social Club, Nottingham, UK

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September 29 – On This Day!

1993: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Democrazy, Gent, Belgium

1994: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – UMIST, Manchester, UK
w/ The Waking Seed Five

Ticket Image: Tom A. Deakin
Poster via https://nltfanclub.wordpress.com/2020/08/14/afro-by-jon-spencer-blues-explosion/

2000: Boss Hog / Cristina Martinez interview – Music Rules, Vienna, Austria

2002: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Sunshine Theater, Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
w/ Liars and Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Show Poster Design: Delano
Tour Poster Design: Paul Pope

2006: Heavy Trash – High Dive, Champaign, IL, US
w/ The Sadies

2008: Heavy Trash – The Cluny, Newcastle, UK

2010: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Bimbo’s 365 Club, San Francisco, CA, US
w/ Thee Oh Sees

Live Photos: Charlie Homo (https://thebaybridged.com/2010/10/05/photos-jon-spencer-blues-explosion-thee-oh-sees-bimbos-92910/)

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September 28 – On This Day!

Pussy Galore - 418 N. Martin Street, Muncie, IN, US (28 September 1986)1986: Pussy Galore – 418 N. Martin Street, Muncie, IN, US

1994: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Riley Smith Hall, Leeds University, Leeds, UK
w/ Scrawl

Ticket Images: https://www.instagram.com/st.cyrus/

2002: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Ogden Theatre, Denver, US
w/ Liars and Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Show poster uses artwork from the Plastic Fang cover design by Chip Kidd
Tour Poster: Paul Pope

2004: Tom Waits with Russell Simins and Judah Bauer – The Late Show with David Letterman, Ed Sullivan Theatre, New York City, NY, US

Tom Waits with Larry Taylor, Russell Simins and Judah Bauer performed Make It Rain.

2004: Blues Explosion – Damage – released in the US

2004: Nancy Sinatra – released in the US

Features Nancy Sinatra collaborating with Jon Spencer on Ain’t No Easy Way.

2006: Heavy Trash – Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn, IL, US

Live Photos: Johanna Claudette (https://www.instagram.com/yarrhanna/)

2008: Heavy Trash – Stereo, Glasgow, UK

2010: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Moe’s Alley, Santa Cruz, CA, US
w/ The Fresh & Only’s

2016: Boss Hog – Brood Star – released in the UK

2016: Jon Spencer (DJ Set) – Rebel House Club House, New York City, NY, US
w/ Daddy Long Legs

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September 27 – On This Day!

Happy Birthday Russell Simins!

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Stereolux, Nantes, France (1 December 2012) by Anthony Batista (http://www.toniomodio.com/)

Russell Simins Portrait from The 8G Band w/ Russell Simins – Late Night With Seth Meyers, Studio 8G, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, NY, US (3 – 5 February 2016) by Lloyd Bishop

Spin Magazine: Six Most Excellent Bar Mitzvahs (May 2004)

1987: Pussy Galore – Bogart’s, Cincinnati, OH, US
w/ Die Kruezen

1994: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – The Irish Centre, Digbeth, Birmingham, UK

1995: Boss Hog (released in Japan)

1999: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Heavy (12″ single released in the UK)

1999: Asian Dub Foundation – Rafi’s Revenge – released in Germany

Feat. Russell Simins remix of Free Satpal Ram

2002: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Xscape, Salt Lake City, UT, US
w/ Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Liars

Tour Poster: Paul Pope

2004: Blues Explosion – Damage – released in the UK

2004: Blues Explosion – Damage Radio Session – promo CD issue

2008: Heavy Trash – Open House Festival @ King’s Head, Belfast, NI

Live Photo: ‘Bombus; Rhombus’

Full Set: https://www.flickr.com/photos/stepho_bombo/albums/72157607610561607

2010: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Now I Got Worry – expanded reissues released in the UK

2010: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Controversial Negro – expanded reissues released in the UK

2020: Stewart Lupton – unreleased trax – released online

Digital only EP of previously unreleased recordings featuring Judah Bauer on Brushstroke.

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September 26 – On This Day!

1986: Pussy Galore – Dean’s Parkade Lounge, Cedar Falls, IA, US

1987: Pussy Galore – The Graystone Hall, Detroit, US
w/ The Honeymoon Killers, Black Snakes and Laughing Hyenas

1993: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Vera, Groningen, Netherlands

Poster Artwork (band photo): Niek Schutter
Poster Artwork: Wytse Sterk

1994: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – East Wing, Brighton, UK

1994: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion [interview / photos] – NME: Blew Up This Mornin’…

Photos: Roger Sargent (https://www.instagram.com/rogersargo/)
Interview: John Mulvey

1996: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Now I Got Worry – released in Japan

2008: Heavy Trash – Andrews Lane Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
w/ Powersolo and DJ Gavin Mulvey

2012: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Birthdays, London, UK

Live Photos: Valerio Berdini (https://www.instagram.com/valerioberdini/)

FULL SET: https://liveon35mm.wordpress.com/2012/10/04/jon-spencer-blues-explosion/

2012: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – BBC Radio 6 Music, London, UK

Photo: Pop Catastrophe

2020: Jon Spencer & The HITmakers – set live in Besançon, France broadcast as part of Shimane JETT Fes (recorded on 8 November 2019)

HITMakers show #120

Edited & Mixed: Don Fierro (https://www.instagram.com/hakanai_df/)
Filmed: Sébastien Faits-Divers (https://www.instagram.com/seb_faits_divers/)

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