Jeff Weiss

At the height of the Summer of Love, "The Saturday Evening Post" sent Joan Didion to San Francisco to assess the hippie scene in the Haight-Ashbury. On her trip, Didion spoke to the Grateful Dead – a conversation which eventually made its way into a brief section of her landmark essay "Slouching Towards Bethlehem." The full three-page reported essay about Didion's afternoon with The Dead had never seen the light of day – until now. Thanks to the opening of the Didion archives, this is the never-before-published chronicle of the time that Joan met Jerry. powmag.net/p/a-little-dee…

Portishead performing "Numb," on 11/2/98 at Roseland Ballroom, alongside a 22-piece string section from the New York Philharmonic

If you aren't subscribed to the new POW MAG, you're missing out on an immaculate run of music journalism In this week alone: @soflogemstoned reported live from Florida’s BIG Culture & Arts Festival, a display of creative resilience in dark times and one of the premier gathering spots for the modern underground powmag.net/p/festival-rev… @Svetz17 paid tribute to the tragically murdered DMV rapper, HavinMotion, the “Kanye West of Crank,” a young master of paranoid narrative storytelling and tender love songs powmag.net/p/havinmotion-… We published the full three-page reported essay about Joan Didion’s afternoon with The Grateful Dead, which had never seen the light of day until now. Yes, really. powmag.net/p/a-little-dee… @paulxt interviewed true hero of modernity @meaghan_garvey about her masterful debut collection, Midwestern Death Trip. powmag.net/p/meaghan-garv… The Rap Up remains the best rap column on earth powmag.net/p/the-rap-up-m… Plus, a Truth Hurts episode with DaBoii, where we discussed the origins of SOB x RBE, collaborating with Kendrick Lamar on the Black Panther soundtrack and more. powmag.net/p/im-my-own-ma… Subscribe here: powmag.net

Herbie Hancock showing Quincy Jones how to use the Fairlight CMI synthesizer - one of the first commercially available digital samplers Herbie was an early adopter, using the $80,000 machine to compose and arrange, "Rockit," his classic work of early hip-hop/electro/jazz fusion.

Sarah Vaughan performing "Misty" in Sweden (1964)

Alice Coltrane and Alice Coltrane's harp (2002)

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Behind the scenes pictures from the set of 2Pac’s "Hit Em Up" music video. The video was filmed in a warehouse off Slauson near the Fox Hills Malls on June 3, 1996.

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Today at the magazine: @DonnyMorrison26 breaks down the *other* rap you should know about this week powmag.net/p/the-rap-up-m…

James Brown performing "The Payback" in Zaire (1974)

R3 Da Chilliman pays tribute to Fat Joe (kind of) Mike Sherm & G-Bo Lean make their case for CEO. P'z makes a smooth soundtrack for a sunny afternoon in Biarritz Trim is about to get a coconut water brand deal The Rap Up is here By @DonnyMorrison26 powmag.net/p/the-rap-up-m…

@TuneMortgages hard to argue otherwise

@Passionweiss Beautiful. On the topic of Summer Breeze, of the many versions, we can all agree that the Isley Brothers version is the all time superior version right?

The Ramsey Lewis Trio covering "Summer Breeze" (1973)

Stevie Wonder playing drums with Formula 3 (1970)

"The Speed Of Jazz" by Francine Winhan

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Meaghan Garvey talks to Paul Thompson about the importance of articulating a vibe, replacing Eve Babitz with Lucia Berlin, memories of the earlier, better iteration of the internet and her sensational new book. Make it a Midwestern Death Trip summer. powmag.net/p/meaghan-garv…