Jefferson Airplane

Streaming service HBO Max — which has finally been added to Roku and Amazon Fire TV devices — has an amazing library, including loads of music-related titles. We’ve picked a few things that are worth seeking out.

Today’s picks for amazing live videos to watch while there are no actual shows to attend include Minor Threat in 1983, New Order in 1985, Napalm Death in 1990, and more.

Wilson’s trippy lettering style, as seen on posters for The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and more, was as distinctive as it was hard to read.

This was a softer blues rock set as far as Electric Hot Tuna goes (which sometimes can get pretty heavy), but it was great and included tons of favorites from Tuna’s prime early ’70s era…

The Jefferson Airplane co-founder and co-lead vocalist wrote and sang some of their best songs, especially early on, and his presence was a big part of what made them such a unique band.

Former Jefferson Airplane co-lead-singer Marty Balin says a botched surgery left him with a paralyzed vocal cord and is ruining his music career, and he’s suing a NYC hospital because of it.

Catch the restored documentary in a theater near you, head to Morrison Hotel Gallery to check out a photo exhibit, and read a recap of a recent Q&A with D.A. Pennebaker. Also: watch Michelle Phillips play “California Dreamin'” at Monterey Pop 50 with The Head and the Heart.

In honor of the 50th anniversary of Monterey Pop Fest and the Summer of Love, here are the 50 best psychedelic rock records of 1967, from Jefferson Airplane to Love to the Bee Gees to Pink Floyd to Donovan, and yes, The Beatles.

This week is also the 50th anniversary of ‘Surrealistic Pillow.’