Live music in SF/Oakland, and maybe elsewhere...
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Medium Medium 'Part Time Punks' festival 2009-10-11 The Echoplex LA
taper: lammah equip: Sonic Studios DSM-6/L > Edirol R-09HR locat: Right in front mstrg: 48/32 WAV > Adobe Audition 1.5 [compression/limiting on claps/normalization/re-EQ/tracking] > FLAC
Tracks 01 (You Got Me) Dangling On A String5:35 02 Nadsat Dream4:03 03 M Train [Pylon, in memory of Randy Bewley]5:55 04 Serbian Village6:48 05 Let It Breathe4:50 06 Mice Or Monsters6:24 07 Further Than Funk Dream7:25 08 Hungry, So Angry6:25 TOTAL 47:27
I taped this group at the very same location last year. If anything, I found them even more enjoyable the second time around! One of the finest UK indie-funk groups to ever grace our shores. They covered Pylon's "M Train", in memory of Randy Bewley their guitarist who passed away last year. I was lucky to have saw them (briefly) at PTP last year and at their penultimate gig at the Independent in SF a couple of days after.
And I was lucky to see the Medium Medium guys play here...unlike the previous year Andy Ryder was all in black instead of his typical all-white garb. Amazingly, since their reformation, they have *only* played Stateside...and not often, only a half-dozen or so times at most.
If I must say so, this is a superb recording, one of the best I've ever done. Spent quite a bit on time in "post", it's worth it.
Included some good pictures from my friend Mark and some not-so-good iPhone blurrage from myself. As well as a pic by Ned Raggett.
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An assemblage of video clips synced from my friend's Kodak Easyshare, maybe also incorporate footage from my iPhone?
The Intelligence from the 'Part Time Punks' fest at the Echo in LA on October 11th, 2009, featuring Lars Finberg and cohorts. Two brief clips, joined together....including "The World Is A Drag" [0:00], "Like Like Like Like Like Like Like" [1:18], "Black Hole", a Urinals cover [3:14], and their last song, The Unessential Cosmic Perspective [4:34]
Going in performance (forward) order....this is an archival record of everything that I've turned up for this show.
To date, no footage or recordings appear to exist for GRASS WIDOW / NODZZZ / WEAVE... There's one track for VIV ALBERTINE, which I'd make up for in LA.
While FOR AGAINST was listed on the flyer, they had to pull out at the last minute due to logistical issues.
While I was up in the mezzanine hearing Viv practicing on her guitar, there's no documentation of her set either. "Gang Of Four" was indeed just Hugo Burnham DJ'ing as the flyer says, and while we videoed nearly all of Section 25, it's only via the horrible overloaded digicam audio (a Kodak unit)
And even The Raincoats recording got cut off, due to...read on... *sigh*.
Death Sentence: Panda!
2009-10-09 'Part Time Punks' mini-fest The Mezzanine SF
The first track (or second) "In Love With Witches" was videoed...
The rest of the set was captured, more or less.
[0:00] Fight Or Flight (start cut)
[1:50] Lips Of Chaos
[4:03] Insects Awaken
[9:28] Dessert Parade
01 Perez Hilton intro [1:34] 02 Magic [5:12] 03 Professional Suicide [4:28] 04 Dusk Till Dawn [3:34] 05 Manipulating Woman [4:12] 06 Another Runaway [4:07] 07 Love Don't Live Here [5:04] 08 Danny and Jenny [4:09] 09 Better Than Sunday [4:06] 10 Back In The Van [4:31] 11 Paris Is Burning [6:09] -- 12 My Delirium [NOT TAPED]
Total: 47:09
Note from the future (2023) as the following notes were contemporaneous:
I seem to have been in a very bitchy mood, perhaps in homage / emulation of the compere. Aside from the headliner, at the time I felt this was one of the worst shows I've attended.
NPSH do sound like Black Kids, but actually like them upon re-listening...even if you can hear my friend Tom say at the end "that was really bad". And the other groups were good to listen to as well...Semi Precious Weapons' approach would get echoed in LA groups like Starcrawler.
Here's my recording of Ladyhawke at the half-full or thereabouts Fillmore.
The denziens of my hometown apparently weren't that keen on attending a show with the imprinteur of Mario Armando Lavandeira [popularly known as 'Perez Hilton']. Oddly enough, nothing much in the way of what makes the Fillmore annoying seemed to rear its ugly head that night...though the opening acts...ugh, NPSH [which stands for Natalie Portman's Shaved Head] sounded like a crap Black Kids...Julian Perretta was OK, nothing to write home about, and Semi-Precious Weapons...majorly sucked, in a semi-entertaining way...musically, they were absolute tripe, and their frontman looked like a blonde-haired Syndrome from the Incredibles. That's as bad as it's supposed to sound. He did a wardrobe change mid-song... (writhing on the floor while changing) sand seemed damn proud of the fact. Oh boy.
If you're going to call the audience "cunts", even endearingly, mean it, man.
...though they did have this song called "Put A Diamond In It and Bite
Down" has a massive bass groove going on, after which, the frontman
busts out with this gem:
"I'd like to discuss these people sitting in the balcony. Just because you're in the balcony doesn't mean you should sit. I know rock n' roll has been dead for a very long time, but when it was alive, people stood up for rock n' roll. You were never get laid sitting down. YOU WILL NEVER GET LAID SITTING DOWN."
[In an interview I read, he claims to have never been laid on account of being in a rock band. I believe him.]
Anyway, enough of them. Seeing Pip Brown in the flesh was entirely worth it. She seemed unusually talkative, and really appreciated the crowd...who was vocal enough...this is not for you if you don't mind a little potatoes with your meat...but actually, this is one of the best sounding recordings I've done to date. I think the only complain was not enough keyboards on 'Paris Is Burning'. We'll live. Perez was right when he said this was an album of hits...
At the end of Ladyhawke's encore track Semi-Precious Weapons came back out again and made fools of themselves. Sadly, my batteries had run out by then, so no "No Delirium" for you [ed note...it was documented, see below]
Usual crap iPhone photos added along for the ride. I do have recordings for all the opening acts, but I wouldn't bother if I were you.
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As last song "My Delirum" was not taped, we'll rely on gaae2000's video for it.
kit: Sonic Studios DSM-6/L mics > Edirol RO9-HR > Adobe Audition (limiting/normalization) > CD Wave (tracksplits) > FLAC(6)
location: 2nd floor balcony front/center
Tracks
00 1:52 soundchecking 01 2:48 Doing All The Things That Wouldn't Make Your Parents Proud 02 3:03 This Love is Fucking Right! 03 4:52 Young Adult Friction 04 2:14 103 05 3:55 The Tenure Itch 06 5:33 Stay Alive 07 3:53 Come Saturday 08 3:59 Higher Than The Stars 09 3:29 Everything With You 10 3:21 The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart 11 1:40 --- 12 5:38 Gentle Sons
Total: 46:23
First time for me visiting the Rickshaw. By happenstance, found a good place to tape, albeit a bit distant. Only real glitch is 1:25-1:35 of track 7 gets a bit muffled.
The bad news is the opening groups were really awful. I did tape the Champagne Socialists' sub-Siouxie fronted Smithslike jangle(*) but decided that Girls was not worth wasting battery on, one set of Nelson twins is enough.
However, this was more than made up by The Pains, who while sounding like every 80's/early90s band you know and love (with a huge vocal nod to Chapterhouse), they were impressive.
I can understand why these guys are building a following.
(...)
Indeed they did, and did very well for Mike Schulman and Slumberland, so glad for their success, even if they eventually called it a day. I saw their bassists's new band Massage recently at the Bottom Of The Hill and thought it was pretty good.
(*) Note that was my opinion at the time, which doesn't hold up, as I quite enjoyed listening to them again now, and didn't realize their only 7" was released on Slumberland!
Know they later changed their name to Neverever but don't think they lasted much longer, I don't think. Girls, on the other hand...not for me. I included the one song I taped of them before I stopped the recording. I may have been overly harsh here too...not sure whatever happened to Christopher Owens from that group.
Speaking of which, here's my live recording of them, linked below:
Champagne Socialists - ? / ? / Blue Genes / ? / Young Runaways / ? / ? / Girls set (incomplete)
Their Slumberland 7" SLR 98 single (playlist of tho songs)
There is nothing in the way of photos from the show or posters or videos, just these recordings from the now dearly departed Hemlock Tavern. An absolutely brilliant set of bands, too. Recordings linked to via the band name.
Was the second night in a row seeing Savage Republic play with other legendary bands like Flipper and Toiling Midgets the previous night, and The Urinals for this present show, along with local promising groups Brilliant Colors and Rank/Xerox
Rank/Xerox - soundchecking / Discipline / Turn To Stone / Our Early Time / Basement Furniture / Drips / Nausea / Stairs / outro
Brilliant Colors - soundchecking / Mythic / I Searched / Should I Tell You / English Cities / Short Sleeves At Night / Over There / Yell In The Air / Absolutely Anything
The Urinals - intro + soundchecking / Strip Club / Close Our Eyes / Girl Before / Water/Blood / Bring Me Joy / This Love Is Impossible / Rocket To The Moon / Insomnia / Shut Yr Trap / Black Hole / The President & King Shake Hands / Unblackmailable / (sounds like a Sonic Youth cover) / This Song Is a Virus / outro
Savage Republic - soundcheck (w/chatter) / Year Of Exile / Procession / Mobilization / Next To Nothing / Andelusia / Viva La Rock n' Roll [Alternative TV] / 1938 / Siege / outro
loc: stage left-ish, about 5-10' away from the band
prep: 32/48 WAV > Adobe Audition 1.5 (normalization, bass EQ, conversion to 16/44) > CD WAVE (tracksplits) > FLAC(6)
tracks
00- intro - [0:25]
01The Lights The Sound The Rhythm The Noise [5:47]
02Sacrifice [6:29]
03 [4:13]
04 The Way Of The World [5:19]
05Ha Ha Ha Ha [3:01]
06 [5:06]
07- Bruce improv tune - [0:11]
08Ever [4:59]
09Survivors Of The Plague [7:01]
10(I Saw You Shine) [10:09]
11 Get Away [4:37]
12Life Is Cheap [faded out] [5:42]
(contemporaneous write-up)
There's a couple of songs (03 and 06) I can't identify, much appreciated if you could help a brother out. Apparently they played nothing from Love, which is quote weird considering it came out in June 2009.
Unfortunately, my recording cuts out before the encore of "Sex Bomb", and I may have missed "Talk Is Cheap" before that, so if anybody else here has another version of this that is complete, please share.
Can't complain how this came out otherwise.
Mr. Calderwood was in "fine" form and was so pissed off he didn't bother to come back on for the encore. I don't think the crowd hated him quite enough for his liking, even once the moshpit started going. New bassist Rachel Thoele availed herself well, though during the start of one of her songs, Bruce started going off on her playing out of tune. That man can down a beer faster than
anybody I've ever seen though...not Dumweiser even but one of those thick foreign brews...I think everybody was actually impressed by that.
Probably not a show you'd re-play frequently, but a good, even if incomplete, document.
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"The Lights The Sound The Rhythm The Noise " - Filmed by 'BayAreaMusicLens' for their 2008 Cafe Du Nord show, with Krist from Nirvana instead of Rachel from Frightwig on bassist duties...for Flipper, this instrument is the equivalent to drummers for Spinal Tap, it is said.
Doves 2009-05-18 The Fillmore San Francisco CA USA
taper: lammah gear : Sonic Studios DSM-6/L mics > Edirol R-09HR loc : About 15-20' behind left-hand side stack prep : Adobe Audition 1.5 (normalization, clap suppression, bass EQ) > CD Wave (tracksplits) > FLAC(6)
Tracks
6:40 01. Jetstream 4:14 02. Snowden 5:30 03. Winter Hill 3:51 04. Rise 4:33 05. Pounding 6:12 06. Almost Forgot Myself 4:41 07. 10:03 6:03 08. Compulsion 5:06 09. Words 4:07 10. The Greatest Denier 5:01 11. Kingdom Of Rust 3:30 12. Ambition 4:44 13. Black And White Town 4:34 14. The Outsider 6:00 15. Caught By The River 3:18 16. (Crowd) 4:17 17. Firesuite 5:53 18. Here It Comes 4:05 19. The Last Broadcast 1:31 20. There Goes The Fear (cut) 4:24 20. There Goes The Fear (continued) [*]
Total: 98:23
* = used iPhone, very poor quality, about 30 seconds is missing from this track
2009 notes:
The Doves live at the Fillmore in "San Fran", as Jimi referred to it continually.
Unfortunately, this didn't come out as good as some of my other recent efforts, could be because Doves were LOUD, as this was one of the few recent shows I kept earplugs in, the other of course being MBV...or due to poor acoustics even though I was relatively close to the front stacks, was on the other side the last time...or perhaps I'm unfairly comparing this to the superior Seattle recording that cut_here did with his AT853's that was shared here on (a certain Bittorent live music sharing site)...
In any event, I reckoned I didn't have enough battery power to tape the opening act, as I ran off in a rush and forgot to take an extra set with me. I was right, and I didn't have enough to capture all of the set either, as I ran out of juice a minute and a half into 'There Goes The Fear'...I had the wherewithal to then use my iPhone to capture the rest of it in extremely poor, distorted quality.
There were a few other distractions, but it's otherwise still an OK listen.
Also note that I have switched to a generic filename format and am now properly utilizing FLAC tags. (undone for this share) Good review:
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Recording sounds a bit thin, which is probably due to the sheer volume causing the Edirol limter to compress if I had to guess. I could probably do some EQ tricks, but it becomes making a silk purse out of a sow's ear, so best just keep it as it is...I've certainly heard worse in my time....was a very good show, but probably one of the loudest five shows I've ever been to...
As stated above, openers Wild Light were not taped.
Here are some videos of this performance that I found...I played "Almost Forgot Myself" to my audio recording, was very enjoyable...
"Pounding" from none other than "Karen" (how mad):
Stunning footage of "Almost Forgot Myself" from 'bayareanorthernsoul':
Poorer quality "Black and White Town" from "gaae2000":
And finally, a quartet of videos from "AdmiralNeeda" who has captured quite a few shows over the years...
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum 2009-05-10 Great American Music Hall San Francisco CA
taper: lammah equipment: Sonic Studios DSM-6/L > Edirol R-09HR postion: stage right, in front of Carla, and 1" in front of front fill stack editing: Adobe Audition 1.5 (normalization/balancing/attenuation of audience clapping/re-EQ) > CD Wave (tracksplits > FLAC(6) > here
Tracks
01 - (entrance march) 5:29 02 - bring back the apocalypse 7:12 03 - headless corpses enactment 5:50 04 - phthisis 7:06 05 - (luciano vox) 3:41 06 - norgarden nyvla [Fred Frith on bass guitar] 6:21 07 - the salt crown 9:02 08 - the last human being 6:01 09 - salamander 8:04 10 - the only dance 7:47 11 - the old grey heron 9:37 12 - a hymn to the morning star 5:26 13 - the donkey-headed adversary of humanity opens the discussion 7:35 __ 14 - angle of repose 10:21 15 - 1997 (tonight we're gonna party like it's...) 10:23
TOTAL 110:02
bonus: FF01 Fred Frith (opening act) 35:23
I've heard SGH's albums, and thought they were good, but they pale compared to catching them live. Wow!
This was a tour-end show so had a few special additions, like the absolutely unforgettable entrance march, still something I've not see any other band try to pull off.
Took a very interesting position, right in front of Carla Kihlstedt, who is just an amazing musician and performer. The others are talented too. :) Thus, the original recording is unbalanced toward the left channel, as that was picking up the fill stack 1" in front of my left mic. Along with re-EQing some bass, I've fixed this in the mastered version.
A photo of the setlist can be found here, taken by my friend Jason:
I've also included Fred Frith's opening set, which was a single long 30+ minute song. Apologies for any talking you can hear during this...it is what it is. As for video there are bits from other Great American shows but none from this as far as I've been able to search.
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Another outing from Peter Kember and the boys. First time at the GAMH for me, if you can believe it! Great-looking place with a stage not too high up, so you feel like you're right there.
Apparently, he had a sore throat and was losing his voice, so he had throat spray right up on stage and was using it copiously. Music to take sore throat spray to listen to music to.
Got almost all of the Spectrum set, ran out of battery the last couple of minutes but got almost all of the feedback freakout at the end of Suicide. Killer set otherwise, you won't be disappointed.
I taped both openers, though the Dora Flood set apparently got written over. There was one other taper lurking about, who may have taped this.
The Entrance Band set I have...and for the first time it is being shared here, their first song was amazing, but it then descended to a bit of a Hendrix power trio-jamband thing, others enjoyed it but not 100% my cup of tea. At one point the singer, some guy dressed all in white, decided to soak in a bit of Spectrum and stood in the audience right in front of us, which was cool.
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Ladytron 2009-04-30 The Fillmore San Francisco CA USA
Gear: Sonic Studios DSM-6/L > Edirol R-09HR (v1.05 firmware) mastering: Adobe Audition 1.5 (normalization/levelling/downsampling from 48/32) > CD Wave (tracksplits) > FLAC(6)
Setlist:
Black Cat [5:12] Runaway [4:50] High Rise [4:55] Ghosts [3:55] Seventeen [4:42] I'm Not Scared [3:48] True Mathematics [2:27] Seasons Of Illusions [4:03] Soft Power [5:09] Discotraxx [3:56] International Date Line [4:22] Fighting In Built Up Areas [4:42] Tomorrow [3:29] --- (pre-encore audience bit) [2:03] Versus [5:19] Destroy Everything You Touch [5:30]
Total: 68:32
(My recollections around the time I first shared this, back in 2009)
Stood stage left-ish, about 20' behind the PA rig.
I wish the sound would have been better...as the mix was all over the place...some parts were pretty muddled, though it seemed to get better as the set went on. I'm pretty happy with my rig though, I don't turn out bass-riddled garbage anymore....though maybe I should bring the bat box back.
There was a big fight/"security action" near us right before the end of the main set, enough to have the band at the start of the encore to implore the crowd not to fight...sounds like it's been a pretty fraught tour for them...
Apparently this is the set they're touring the US with...more focused on their new album, which based from this recording, sounds absolutely superlative, with 'Black Cat', 'Runaway', 'I'm Not Scared' and 'Tomorrow' being standout tracks.
Don't get me started on the Faint...everybody except yours truly and friend seemed to worship the ground they stand on, enough to start shaking it from all their jumping around...or the Fillsore...which truly lives down to their name...I'll probably still seed their set...so you can judge for yourselves the merits of Omaha's finest new-wave/electroclash act.
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CD1 (71:33) 1 intro 2 Very Friendly 3 Persuasion 4 Something Came Over Me > 5 Live Ray 6 Hamburger Lady 7 Almost A Kiss 8 Spring Bankistan 9 (banter/band intro) 10 Endless Not
CD2 (18:34) 1 What A Day > 2 Discipline 3 (crowd/curtain call)
total time: 1:30:07
Genesis Breyer P-Orridge - vocals, violin, bass Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson - electronics Cosey Fanni Tutti - guitar, electronics Chris Carter - electronics
http://throbbing-gristle.com/
This recording was shared by Michael Z. on a certain bittorrent sharing site, a couple weeks (or maybe a month?) after I put up my inferior offer, which Mr. Z. was *quite* critical of, but at least he shared his byproduct instead of just harsh works, so we should be very thankful for his generosity!
My own effort is available here: AUD #2 (lammah), along with my writeup, and some distant, blurry pics, the best of which is to the right of this text.
Here it is, a recording of Throbbing Gristle's first San Francisco appearance since they last played here in 1981, when I would have been ten years old.
Some of the people around me were a bit loud, especially the French-y guy you can hear shouting at Genesis after the first track, and there's conversation during the last part of Persuasion... I sound like a grumpy taper, don't I? For some reason, the chatter bothered me, but who am I to dictate what others choose to do besides stare slack-jawed in rapt attention, which is probably either the first or last thing Mr. P. Orridge wants, depending on her mood.
Very amusing bit where Genesis reads off the phone number of one "Stephanie", who exhorts the vocalist to 'call her', as she's 'ready to be created'. I'm going to assume this was done with her consent and have left this information in the recording unedited...
Otherwise, this recording should be more than adequate to give those who missed this a taste of the proceedings. Yes, the volume nearly doubled for the last two tracks, but still hopefully not enough to brickwall.
Not sure that #6 is really 'Live Ray', assume that's what it's called, based on process of elimination, given the 2009 setlists I've seen so far. [ed note: Correct] The opening act (I think 'The Dakotas' is what they called themselves, and isn't just them saying where they're from) played a single long song that was pleasant enough, so I've included it here. [ed note: not sure what substances I was on when hearing what the singer announced herself as.]
As recompense, I ended up remastering the opening set (Erika Anderson of 'ambient folksters' Gowns)...which you can grab from here.
[NOTE: Both the co-headlining sets were shared on a certain Bittorrent site at the time, but the opening act Judgement Day had not been. ]
Black Kids 2009-04-21 The Independent San Francisco
Co-headline date with Mates of State. This is the second night of a two night sojourn in SF.
taper : lammah (aka thehappyone) gear : Sonic Studios DSM-6Ls > Edirol R-09HR mastering: Adobe Audition 1.5 (hardlimit of audience clapping, normalization) > CD Wave (tracksplits) > FLAC(6)
Was actually recorded as 16/44.1, normally I do 24/48 and downsample, probably reset by the firmware upgrade I just did on the Edirol.
Tracks
1:10 00 - intro music/soundchecking
3:24 01 - Listen To Your Body Tonight 4:20 02 - Partie Traumatic 3:49 03 - I've Underestimated My Charm (Again) 2:27 04 - I Took Her Love For Granted [Hefner] 4:48 05 - Look At Me (When I Rock Wichoo) 4:17 06 - Hit The Heartbrakes 4:34 07 - You Were Faux Cool 4:33 08 - Love Me Already 4:52 09 - I'm Making Eyes At You 4:47 10 - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend 1:16 11 - pre-encore cheering 3:46 12 - You Only Call Me When You're Crying 6:22 13 - Hurricane Jane
Total 54:31
"I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend" has a bit of Bizarre Love Triangle by New Order, nice touch for this old NO fan.
Probably the best recording I've ever done, was right in front, too. No re-EQ done, anything other than keeping the audience shouts/clapping in line.
This was one of those things that didn't sound that great when you were there but sounds absolutely wonderful listening to the playback in the sunlight of daytime. At one point, an female (probably quite inebriated) exhorted myself and my cohort to dance or something, but we refrained since we're old white guys, the kind Black Kids frown upon because they don't dance...at least that was my excuse for the erstwhile "Hurricane Jane"...
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Lots of muffling during the first couple of tracks, and in fact, throughout...probably due to me not knowing how to hold up a microphone...the MS907 isn't a lapel mic but something more handheld/tabletop.
GSM interference from my iPhone during "Blackout", and midway through "Shake". Kraftwerk sample during "Throw It In The Fire". A good early example of me being totally excited and whooping my approval after every track, though I never picked up their album "X Marks Destination"
Must have shocked the hell out of Bruce for some SF rando evento have mentioned Alex! Adding "The Red" finally clued him in...
taper: thehappyone equipment: Sonic Studios DSM-6/L mics > Edirol R-09HR
Bruno Wizard with his coterie...
Fourth time for me at the BOTH....this set hasn't been made available before.
Setlist
00 Part Time Punks DJ tracks include...
- "Ambition" by Vic Godard/Subway Sect
- "Gordon Is A Moron" by Jilted John aka Graham Fellows, who later would develop his John Shuttleworth persona (which I sadly mis-ID'ed at the time as "Atilla The Stockbroker", how embarrassing.
- "I'm In Love With Margaret Thatcher" by Notsensibles
- the band themselves playing over whatever's being played.
01 intro
02 Hearts In Exile
03 You're Not Moving (The Way You're Supposed To) pt.1
04 Astral Glamour
05 Neutron Lover
06 "you old cunt!" (chantalong)
07 Technique Street
08 Flying
09 My Night Out
10 Snapshots Of Nairobi
11 Pentecost 2016
12 Walk Before Imitate
13 Divorce Proceeding (From Reality)
14 Vociferous Slam
15 False Sentiments
16 You're Not Moving (The Way You're Supposed To) pt.2
17 (Bruno reggae improv + outro with a punk version of "I Heard It Thru The Grapevine)
Unfortunately, don't recall much of this one except with a name like that, this had to be something pretty good. Upon playback, yes, oh yes...Hearts In Exile and Astral Glamour are great tracks....but the highlight is the 20 minute (in 3+17 minute portions) of "You're Not Moving (The Way You're Supposed To), which is spine-bending and mind-blowing.
WOW, their entire recorded output is available here:
lineage: Edirol R-09HR (built-in) 24/48 > Adobe Audition 1.5 (downsample to 16/44.1, normalization, fades) > CD Wave (tracksplits) > FLAC(6)
This is the same seed posted to a certain Bittorrent lossless recordings of independent origin site of some renown shared later that night, if I can believe my notes...most likely this was really a couple days afterwards....though I remember at the time I was *very* enthusiastic about this show.
Tracklisting 00 - intro 1:43 01 - My Love 4:52 02 - Again and Again 3:06 03 - Diamond Dave 4:21 04 - Fucking Boyfriend 3:47 05 - Ray Gun 4:00 06 - Preparedness 3:45 07 - Birthday 5:07 08 - Man 3:53 09 - Love Letter To Japan 4:28 10 - I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) [Hall n' Oates] 5:08 11 - Meteor 5:18 12 - Polite Dance Song 5:50 -- 13 - How Deep Is Your Love 4:21
Total 59:46
Here's my recent recording of the fabulous The Bird and the Bee. The Independent was packed on a Monday night to see this group, which features the daughter of Lowell George (from Little Feat) playing in a synth-pop duo. The 80s are back! Or was it electroclash finally becoming popular in LA? Crowd was pretty sedate considering the place it was filled, so I'm guessing the group was a bit more casual than the usual wild bunch that go to see shows here. :-)
Blurry photos and ticket stub included.
Will also put up Obi Best soon (which I did)...they were a very pleasant surprise, and of course Alex and Wendy from that group also help out on backing vocals and random instruments.
REMEMBER
* DO NOT USE THIS RECORDING FOR ANY SORT OF MATERIAL GAIN. * I'M OK WITH TRANSCODES AS LONG AS REFERENCE TO THIS LOSSLESS ORIGINAL IS RETAINED
As a bonus, I also assembled a YouTube playlist of footage from this show, which starts from "My Love", which you can click on below.
"This was shot with a Sony HVR-Z1U, Audio is from Church Audio 9100 Mics and
Pre-Amp to a Roland R09 16/48. Taper = Derek Dubuque (Drock). Thanks to
Inara, and the Independent for allowing me to tape." Indeed, this source sounds outstanding, and better than my effort.
I believe at one point I received the entire gig on DVD, but have to find that. If I do find it and it includes more than what's online, I'll update this and share it.
Believe this was the first show I went to there (went back a total of 25 times all told), and since there's no documentation of these performances other than my recordings, I'll just present you the downloads which heretofore have not been shared.