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

• Artist: J Mascis
• Tour: Solo
• Date: 12/13/08
• Time: 8:00pm
• City: J Mascis in 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
• Add to Google Calendar | Download iCal

“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

September concert in New York and new Fender web page celebrate one of the coolest guitars ever …

To celebrate the rich five-decade legacy of the ultra-cool Jazzmaster guitar, Fender is throwing an ultra-cool 50th Anniversary Jazzmaster Concert on Friday, Sept. 12, 2008, at New York’s famous Knitting Factory nightclub. The artist lineup that evening is as cool as the guitar itself, with performances from acclaimed Jazzmaster masters Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr), Nels Cline (Wilco) and Tom Verlaine (Television), with special guests Norton Wisdom and Edison Glass. Additional special guests are always an exciting possibility, too.

The event will also feature Fender guitar displays and graphics, videos and a Jazzmaster guitar giveaway. And rather than being an invitation-only event, Fender’s 50th Anniversary Jazzmaster Concert is open to the public on a club-capacity basis.

New York’s Knitting Factory, located at 74 Leonard St., is the perfect venue for this auspicious musical occasion. The famous nightclub is a downtown music destination that gives just the right nod to the Jazzmaster guitar’s initial late-’50s jazz intentions; it also provided a welcoming home to the experimental scene of the ’70 and ’80s that spawned great Jazzmaster-wielding groups such as television and Sonic Youth.

Fender introduced the Jazzmaster in 1958 as a high-end alternative to its omnipresent 1950s elder siblings, the Telecaster and Stratocaster guitars. Curvaceously sleek and boasting an abundance of controls and chrome, the Jazzmaster became an unexpected hit with youthful players who were blazing new trails in surf and garage pop music. Well more than a decade later, the Jazzmaster was rediscovered be new generations of edgy new guitarists who loved its great looks, versatile sound, affordable price and subversive cool. The guitar continued to attract those who dared to be different; the boundary pushers and the up-and-coming fringe talent.

Even a brief look at the instrument’s 50 years shows that whenever rock music experienced major stylistic shifts, the underdog Jazzmaster was always right there—be it surf, punk, new wave, goth, shoe-gaze, grunge, indie or any other subgenre in which the guitar was prized. The guitar remains a star instrument in the Fender galaxy, with three new models—the J Mascis Jazzmaster, the Elvis Costello Jazzmaster and the Classic Player Jazzmaster Special—introduced in 2007-2008.

A detailed history of the Jazzmaster and more information on the September 2008 50th Anniversary Jazzmaster Concert can be found online at our Jazzmaster anniversary page.

via: Fender.com

Related show

• Artist: J Mascis
• Tour: Dinosaur Jr
• Date: 09/12/08
• City: J Mascis in New York
• Venue: Knitting Factory – New York
• Address: 74 Leonard Street
• Country: US
• Add to Google Calendar | Download iCal

For more details check out the Fender site for the J Mascis signature Jazzmaster

This Is All I Came To Do

Almost Ready

J Mascis/ Witch SXSW schedule

• Wednesday 03.12 8PM – 1AM Tee Pee Records Showcase
  Performing: Witch, Earthless, Graveyard, Hopewell, Ancestors
  Location: Bourbon Rocks / Address: 508 E 6th St, Austin, TX 78701 Map
  Witch Set Time: 12am
• Thursday 3/13 Other Music Showcase
  Location: The French Legation Museum / Address: 802 San Marcos St, between East 8th and 9th Street. map
  J Mascis Set Time: 2pm
• Thursday 03.13 12PM–7PM Tee Pee Records/Alarm Magazine Day Party
  Performing: The Weight, Annihilation Time, Graveyard, Ancestors, Earthless, Witch
  Location: Encore Records / Address: 1745 W Anderson Lane, Austin, TX 78757 map
  Witch Set Time: 4pm
• Thursday 03.13 4PM – 10PM MTV2 Subterranean Metal Mansion Party
  Location: Walter Bremond House
  Performing: Witch, Saviours, Children, Dax Riggs
  Address: 711 San Antonio Street, Austin, Texas map
  Witch Set Time: 7pm
• Friday 03/14 12PM-7PM Whoopsy Magazine Day Party
  Performing: Witch, Ancestors, Red Fang, American Bang, Young Heart Attack, lions, Dirty Sweet, Totomoshi, Civet
  Location: Trophy’s / Address: 2008 S Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78704 map
  Witch Set Time: 6pm
• Friday 3/14 Ecstatic Peace Showcase
  Location: The Mohawk Patio / Address: 912 Red River St map
  J Mascis Set TIme: 12am
• Saturday March 15 Press Here Party
  Location: The French Legation Museum
  Address: 802 San Marcos St, between East 8th and 9th Street. map
  J Mascis Set Time: set time 3:50pm-4:20pm
• Saturday 03/15 2PM– Havoc TV/ Volcom /Tee Pee Records Skate Party
  Performing: Witch, Earthless, Graveyard, Annihilation Time, Ancestors, Titan, Birds of Avalon, Totomoshi, RTX
  Location: The Broken Neck Warehouse / Address: 4701 Red Bluff, Austin, TX 78702 map
  Witch Set Time: 6pm (approx.)

These are also on the tourdates page

Dutch broadcast station VPRO has recorded the performance of J. Mascis at the radioshow Club 3VOOR12 on 7 March.
A stream of this recording is now online at http://3voor12.vpro.nl/. This website is Holland’s biggest platform for alternative music.

And here are the goods!

• Audio ->
  J Mascis – Live in Club 3VOOR12 7-3-2007
• Video -> J Mascis – This Is All I Came To Do Live in Club 3VOOR12 7-3-2007

Thanks again Patrick!

To see animation work, visit http://www.hasbro.com/tpdvdforkids/.

{mosimage}“Pileated worked very closely with Parker Brothers to ensure our vision was carried through every step of the way,” said Rob Daviau, producer and Trivial Pursuit DVD for Kids lead game designer at Parker Brothers. “We’re thrilled with the animation and the humor…their passion came through on the DVD, web game, and all the commercial spots.”

All of the projects were animated using Adobe Flash and composited using Adobe After Effects. Apple’s DVD Studio Pro was used to author the DVDs. Original music was provided by J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr.

Sample clip | Get it @ Amazon

Amma has also started a vast range of humanitarian projects,
including orphanages, charitable hospitals and free homes for the
homeless. After the tsunami struck in December 2004, Amma pledged 23
million dollars in relief aid. Her organization is currently in the
process of building 6200 homes destroyed in the disaster, and has been
providing free food, medical care and shelter since the disaster
struck. All the proceeds of Mascis’ CD go towards this cause.

{mosimage}Amma is a humanitarian and spiritual leader who has
dedicated her life to uplifting suffering humanity through the her
embrace, which she offers to all regardless of caste, creed or
religion. She often sits as long as 20 hours straight in order to
console people in this way. In the past 30 years she has hugged more
than 24 million people throughout the world.

For information about Amma visit www.Amma.org.

{mosimage}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 about 1300 years agao, 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.

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{mosimage} BUY THE CD HERE – ALL PROCEEDS FROM THIS CD ARE BEING DONATED TO AMMA

Here is another an article about Amritavarsham50 where J also performed.