Kevin Bronson on April 20th, 2020

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Here’s hoping your 4/20 is blazing:

ONLINE FIND

■ David Scott is an artist from Cape Town, South Africa, who goes by the name The Kiffness. He’s spending his quarantine making people smile — he’s reshaping famous (and almost-famous) songs into COVID-19 anthems. He has posted a dozen “Lockdown Parodies” to YouTube, including “The Sound of Sirens” (“The Sound of Silence”), “Lockdown Rhapsody” (nailing the harmonies on “Bohemian Rhapsody”) and “Crappy” (Pharrell’s “Happy,” for the coronavirus doubters). Pretty brilliant. Here, he takes on Chumbawamba and the Verve:

TODAY’S ONLINE STREAMS

■ 5AM: Josh Piterman on Instagram.
■ 9AM: Alison Krauss & Union Station feat. Jerry Douglas (archive livestream) performing the “Oh Brother Where Art Thou” soundtrack and more on AXS TV.
■ 9AM: Caroline Polachek (archive livestream) on KEXP’s YouTube.
■ 9AM: Jam in the Van’s 420 Fest supporting MusiCares with Mara Connor, Hamish Anderson, E Arénas, Robert Randolph, Cordovas, the Blank Tapes, Futurebirds, the Wrecks, Duane Betts, Satsang and more on YouTube
■ 10AM: The Arkells’ Flatten the Curve Music Lessons on Instagram.
■ 10AM: La Blogotheque’s #StayAwayShow with Taylor Rice (Local Natives) on Instagram.
■ 10AM: Chris Bandi on Facebook.
■ 10AM: The Dunwells on Facebook.
■ 10AM: Jazz piano master Fred Hersch via Facebook live. 
■ 10:05AM: Travis Tritt (archive livestream) on AXS TV.
■ 11AM: The Aces on Instagram.
■ 11AM: Beethoven and Brett Dean by National Youth Orchestra of Germany & Christoph Altstaedt on Digital Concert Hall.
■ 11AM: Flyte (from London) on SoFar Sounds website.
■ 11AM: The Grammy Museum continues its Monday, Wednesday, Saturday sharing of never-before-released archives of past Public Programs at their Clive Davis Theater. Check out Richard Marx here today.
■ 12PM: Cold War Kids on Instagram.
■ 12PM: Dirty Projectors (guitar lesson) on YouTube.
■ 12PM: JP Cooper on Instagram.
■ 12PM: Marem Ladson on 88.5FM Latin Alt HD3’s Instagram.
■ 12PM: Martin Guitar’s Jam in Place with Particle Kid on Facebook.
■ 12PM: Oh Wonder on Instagram.
■ 12PM: The Roots’ Guitar Stories with Captain Kirk with Johnny Marr on YouTube.
■ 12PM: SCENES Live Sessions with Clark Beckham on their Facebook.
■ 12PM: Shannon Lay on Instagram.
■ 12PM: Stephane Wrembel plays Django Reinhardt on Facebook.
■ 12PM: We Are Hear with Linda Perry on YouTube.
■ 12PM: Weedmaps’ “Higher Together: Sessions from Home” with Wiz Khalifa, Billy Ray Cyrus, Ari Lennox, Joey CoCo Diaz, Berner and more on their website.
■ 1PM: Tim Burgess’ Listening Party with Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti and his album “Before Today” with Ariel Pink himself and TIMKOH on Twitter (#TimsTwitterListeningParty).
■ 1PM: Deerhoof “Future Teenage Cave Artists” listening party and Q&A on YouTube.
■ 1PM: Herman Li (Dragonforce) on Twitch TV.
■ 1PM: Grouplove on Instagram.
■ 1PM: Highstream 420 Festival on Nugs TV.
■ 1PM: The Kennedy Center’s #KCCouchConcerts with Bobi Céspedes and Thao & the Get Down Stay Down on YouTube and Thao’s Facebook.
■ 1PM: Pickathon’s “A Concert a Day” with the Oh Hellos on YouTube.
■ 1PM: Tori Kelly on Instagram.
■ 1:10PM: Cypress Hill on Live X Live (live).
■ 1:20PM: SPF20 x SYNC^UP with Kero Kero Bonito, Giraffage and more on Sync Up World.
■ 1:20PM: Told Slant, Infinity Crush, Jordana and Fog Lake on escene’s Twitch TV.
■ 1:20PM: TwentyForFourTwentyTwentyTwenty with M Geddes Gengras, Mukqs, Dan Friel, Gobbin Jr, Sarah Register, itboy and more on Babycastles on Twitch TV.
■ 2PM: The National’s “An Exciting Communal Event” on YouTube.
■ 2PM: Santana Live at the 1982 US Festival with special guest Herbie Hancock (archive livestream) on AXS TV.
■ 2PM: Tim Burgess’ Listening Party with The Pogues and their album “Rum, Sodomy & the Lash” with Spider Stacy and Cáit O’Riordan on Twitter (#TimsTwitterListeningParty).
■ 2PM: Uncancelled Fest with Union County PAC Stage: Unitopia (Mark Trueack & Sean Timms), Sky & Dan, Kiki Ebsen, Ted Wulfers, Chris Clark and Dave Bainbridge on StageIt.
■ 2:20PM: Brendan Benson of the Raconteurs’ “Boy in a Bubble” daily series on Instagram.
■ 2:20PM: White Mystery on Facebook.
■ 2:20PM: Willie Nelson’s “Come and Toke It,” with Nelson, Kacey Musgraves, Billy Ray Cyrus, Tommy Chong, Angel Olsen and Beto O’Rourke, on the Luck Reunion website.
■ 2:30PM: Downtown Boys on Instagram.
■ 3PM: Christine & the Queens on Instagram.
■ 3PM: Digital Dragfest on StageIt.
■ 3PM: Melissa Etheridge on Facebook.
■ 3PM: Neil Finn & family on Mixlr/Fangradio (and archived here).
■ 3PM: Honey Harper on Instagram.
■ 3PM: CARYS on BMI’s YouTube.
■ 3PM: Quinn XCII’s Quarantine Green quiz show on Instagram (every weekday).
■ 3:30PM: Queen: Hungarian Rhapsody – Live in Budapest (archive livestream) on AXS TV.
■ 4PM: Charlie Worsham on Instagram.
■ 4PM: Iskwē on Instagram.
■ 4PM: One Lung and Abby Jasmine on Royal Mountain’s Instagram.
■ 4PM: We Are Hear with Matt Pinfield on YouTube.
■ 4:10PM: Cypress Hill on Live X Live (rebroadcast).
■ 4:20PM: Snoop Dogg’s “Smoke-In” DJ set on Instagram.
■ 4:30PM: The Metropolitan Opera: Strauss’s Elektra on their website.
■ 4:30PM: Preservation Hall Jazz Band on Instagram.
■ 4:30PM: Renana Gutman (piano) on 92y’s website.
■ 5PM: “All Dressed Up & Nowhere to Show” with Miles Nielsen at SPACE music hall’s Facebook.
■ 5PM: Anderson Street Project Neighborhood Chats with Eric Roberson on Instagram.
■ 5PM: Coyle Girelli on Rockwood Music Hall’s Instagram and Facebook.
■ 5PM: Diane Coffee, Dropper, Sabrina Ellis and Kahiem Rivera on Baby TV.
■ 5PM: Edwin McCain on Facebook.
■ 5PM: #MetallicaMondays on Facebook and YouTube.
■ 5PM: Nevrland with WWE guest the Godfather (420 edition) on Instagram.
■ 5PM: SCENES Live Sessions with Liv Greene on their Facebook.
■ 5PM: Umphree’s McGee (archive livestreams) on Nugs TV.
■ 5:01PM: Karen Elson and Deer Tick on Levi’s Instagram.
■ 5:30PM: Annabel Lee on Instagram.
■ 5:30PM: Jay Nash on Facebook.
■ 6PM: Amy Gerhartz on Facebook.
■ 6PM: Experimental Sound Studio: The Quarantine Concerts with Hollow Deck (Andy Allen & Mia Friedman) on their website.
■ 6PM: The Roots’ DJ Questlove Presents (Live) on YouTube.
■ 7PM: Hotel Cafe’s Monday Monday with Joel Eckels, Taylor John Williams, JP Saxe, Jade Hendrix and more on Facebook.
■ 7PM: Jeff Tweedy and family on Instagram.
■ 7PM: SCENES Live Sessions with Rachel Lorin on their Facebook.
■ 8PM: Rhett Miller plays Old 97’s album “Hitchhike to Rhome” on StageIt.

SUPPORT MUSICIANS & CREW

■ MusiCares has set up a COVID-19 Relief Fund for musicians in need. Donate here.

■ Sweet Relief is accepting donations at its COVID-19 Relief Fund as well. Donate here.

■ Musicians Foundation also has a COVID-19 fund. Donate here.

■ Live Nation has established Crew Nation to raise funds to support tour managers, production managers, riggers, sound engineers, backline techs, lighting directors/designers, special effects teams, carpenters and more who work behind the scenes of live events. Donate.

SUPPORT THE SCENE

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

■ A GoFundMe campaign has been started for staff at the Troubadour. Donate.

■ 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.

■ 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. There is also a GoFundMe campaign. Donate here.

■ 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.

■ Downtown’s Resident has a GoFundMe campaign ongoing for its staff. Donate.

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

■ A GoFundMe campaign has been started for staff at La Cita. Donate.

■ 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— 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.