A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF AMERICAN MUSIC
WEST COAST TOUR - DECEMBER 2024

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn_lAwn8h1E

New slideshow & presentation by Eric Isaacson, co-founder of Mississippi Records, traversing the American planescape for the first time since 2018!!!

A new lecture / film / slideshow that attempts to tell the entire history of North American music in ninety minutes guiding you through this whirlwind presentation of archival film, sound clips, and images.

Subjects include:

- Examples of industrialization devolving the human race to become dumber while other animals are getting smarter.
- The insane early American Puritan's visions of a utopian musicless society.
- How The Church Of Scientology saved the record industry.
- A brief history of Mississippi Records and details about the many chips on their shoulders.
- The dystopian world of Spotify and AI music.
- Hopeful messages about the future.

Overall, it's the story of how the powers that be try to control music and people throughout history finding ways to work outside puritans, corporations, and tech lords' systems despite these social engineers' best efforts. Don't worry, it's a fun telling of this tale with lots of great music, images, and wild stories.

About the presenter:

- Eric Isaacson founded the Mississippi Records store and label in 2003. The label has released over 360 records and 160 cassettes. Eric has toured with presentations like this one for the past eleven years, performing over two hundred shows in over forty different countries.

Dates:

12/5 - Eugene, OR - Wandering Goat - https://wanderinggoat.com/
12/6 - Sacramento, CA - Beers Books - https://bookshop.org/shop/beersbooks
12/7 - Joshua Tree, CA - Yucca Valley Materials Center - https://www.yuccavalleymaterial.org/
12/8 - Los Angeles, CA - Zebulon - https://link.dice.fm/Peoples-History-of-North-American-Music-Dec-8
12/ 10 - Santa Cruz, CA - Indexical - https://www.indexical.org/
12 /11 - Berkeley, CA - Grand Opening
12/12 - San Francisco, CA - 4 Star Theatre - https://www.4-star-movies.com/calendar
12/13 - Bolinas, CA - Bolinas Hardware - https://www.bolinashardware.com/
12/14 - Fort Bragg, CA - Larry Springs Museum - https://larryspringmuseum.org/