Notes From a Pandemic: Watch Billie Eilish, the Raconteurs; find today’s live streams; support the scene

Kevin Bronson on March 28th, 2020

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Doing our best to do our best. Here is a multitude of options for online entertainment for Saturday — and don’t forget to support the musicians in any way you can. Plenty of name-brand artists are live-streaming today, but since it’s a weekend, may we suggest discovering someone you don’t already know? Our pick for the day: Tom Morello’s boyhood pal Ike Reilly, streaming at 6 p.m. Pacific time:

TOP PICKS

■ PBS has a trove of “Austin City Limits” performances archived from their TV program available to enjoy on their website, including Vampire Weekend, Arctic Monkeys, Cage the Elephant, Mitski and Sharon Van Etten. Here’s Billie Eilish and the Raconteurs, for starters:

TODAY’S LIVE STREAMS

■ 6AM: Peter Bjorn and John’s “36h INGRID” live-stream marathon on Twitch from their Stockholm studio continues with OLSSON, Axel Boman, Shout Out Louds, Anna Drvnik, Jenny Wilson and more.
■ 7:30AM: Potter fans, tune into the O.W.L. Fest of wizard rock (organized by Percy and the Prefects), crystallizing from around the world on this Facebook event page.
■ 9AM: Day 1 of 2 of Doomed Fest with Talker, Cheer Up Club, Holander, Joshua and the Holy Rollers and more. Reserve your spot on WeShowUp.
■ 9AM: Twitch Stream Aid 2020 with Brian Aubert of Silversun Pickups, Biffy Clyro, Alec Benjamin, Barry Gibb, Dan Smith of Bastille, Die Antwoord, Diplo, Ellie Goulding, Garth Brooks, John Legend, Jonathan Russell of the Head and the Heart, Lady Antebellum, LAUV, Matt Quinn of Mt. Joy, Matt Shultz of Cage the Elephant, Quincy Jones, Rufus Wainwright, Sameer Gadhia of Young the Giant, Steve Aoki, YOLA, Luke Steele of Empire of the Sun and many more. Catch all of it on Twitch.
■ 11AM: The Grammy Museum is releasing a new archive from their public programs every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Today is X Ambassadors. Check them out on the museum’s website.
■ 12PM: Master Musicians’ Social Distance Fest continues on day 6 of 7 with Spooky Fox, Sylmar, Lylak, Josh Nolan and more. Info on how to tune in here.
■ 1PM: Holy Wars on Facebook.
■ 1:20PM: Park the Van presents the two-day Home Sick! (A Home to Home Music Fest) with BOYO, Nik Freitas, Dustin Lovelis, Spendtime Palace, Hot Flash Heat Wave, La Luz and more. Tune in on Facebook.
■ 1:50PM: Join experimental music artist and flautist Clare Chase in a participatory global performance of “The World-Wide Tuning Meditation” by electronic music pioneer Pauline Oliveros. Sign up here to join.
■ 2:00PM: Stay At Home Fest with Shannon Lay, Guppy, Boy Scouts, Madeline Kenney and more via their Instagrams.
■ 3PM: Ben Folds on his Patreon (in front of the subscriber wall).
■ 3PM: Jack Johnson on Instagram.
■ 3PM: Lauren Ruth Ward, Pale House, Grits, Pom Pom Squad and more on Pancakes and Whiskey’s Instagram.
■ 3PM: Neil Finn & family on Mixlr/Fangradio (and archived here).
■ 3PM Christopher Hawley on Instagram.
■ 3PM: Low Cut Connie on Facebook.
■ 4PM: Ben Gibbard on YouTube and Facebook.
■ 5PM: Beam into Chicago’s Third Coast Percussion for their first ever performance of “Perpetulum,” written for them by Philip Glass, plus a Q&A. Tune in on YouTube.
■ 5PM: Dead & Company on Facebook.
■ 5PM: The Grand Ole Opry beams performances by Vince Gill, Amy Grant with daughters Jenny Gill and Corrina Grant Gill on their Facebook.
■ 6PM: Chicago’s Ike Reilly has enlisted his family to join in for a performance on Facebook.
■ 6PM: James Supercave on Facebook.
■ 7PM: Erin Rae on Instagram.
■ 8PM: Or maybe some poetry is in order? Red Hen Press Poetry Hour, presented by the Broad Stage and hosted by Sandra Tsing Loh, features poets Douglas Manuel, Francesca Bell and Brendan Constantine and more. On Facebook.

MORE ONLINE FINDS

■ The second edition of Neil Young’s “Fireside Sessions” is now live. Watch it here.

■ Here’s a great Jimmy Eat World session (complete with a Magnetic Fields cover), recorded at the (empty) Crescent Ballroom to help raise funds for the Arizona venue’s employees.

SUPPORT THE SCENE

With venues and bars shuttered, fundraising campaigns are underway for staff — sound engineers, bartenders, security, door people, etc. Here’s how to help:

■ A GoFundMe campaign has been started for employees of the Teragram Ballroom and the Moroccan Lounge. Donate.

■ A GoFundMe campaign has been started for employees of the Satellite. Donate.

■ A GoFundMe campaign has been started for employees of the Hi Hat. Donate.

■ The Hotel Café is soliciting donations via it tickets page, with 100% of the proceeds going to employees who are jobless because the venue is shuttered. Donate.

■ Zebulon Café has set up a GoFundMe page for its employees. Donate.

■ The Lodge Room (and adjacent Checker Hall) has a GoFundMe for their employees. Donate.

■ Gold-Diggers has launched a GoFundMe campaign for its staff. Donate.

■ The recently reopened Airliner has set up a GoFundMe page for its people. Donate.

■ The Bootleg Theater, which is operated by the nonprofit Rampart Theater Project, sent out a message to patrons thanking them for past support and noting that tax-deductible donations may still be made. Donate here.

■ The 1933 Group, owner of 11 establishments including Highland Park Bowl, both Bigfoot Lodges, the Sassafras Saloon and the Thirsty Crow, is taking a novel approach to fundraising: They’re selling “bonds.” Essentially gift certificates, the bonds are worth $100 in future purchases, and they’re being sold at a discount for $80. More information here.

DoLA NEEDS HELP, TOO

DoLA— the popular website and email newsletter that’s a virtual city guide to all things music, arts and culture — is soliciting donations for its staff. Like many outlets who depend on marketing dollars (including this site), DoLA’s revenue has plummeted to zero because of the lockdown. Their plea is simple: help us stay in business. Meanwhile, the site has relaunched under DoStuff [At Home], offering a menu of virtual events and (safe) activities.