Whispertown2000 & Grand Ole
Party
posted December 1, 2006Some
performances I recorded 11-29-06 at Porter's Pub, UCSD.
Thanks to the bands for letting me record them. I was able to hook up to the
soundboard, so the quality is pretty good (but came out a bit overloaded).
I also recorded the headliners The Elected, but check back for that
recording later, hopefully. For now, here're the openers Whispertown2000 and
Grand Ole Party.
Whispertown2000 - 11-29-06 Porter's Pub, UCSD, San
Diego, CA
01. intro
02. Through a Hole
03. new song ("tightrope walkin' fool")
05. Hometown
07. Restless
08. Lean Back
09. Hello Wishin' Well
10. 103
12. another new one ("on top of a mountain")
Whispertown2000-UCSD-info.txt
Big thanks to Morgan.
Check them out at
myspace.com/whispertown2000 and
livininadream.com
Grand Ole Party - 11-29-06 Porter's Pub, UCSD, San Diego, CA
(incomplete)
GrandOleParty-2006-11-29-UCSD-01.mp3
GrandOleParty-2006-11-29-UCSD-02.mp3
GrandOleParty-2006-11-29-UCSD-03.mp3
GrandOleParty-2006-11-29-UCSD-04.mp3
Unfortunately, I had some issues with my recorder and only ended up with the
last 4 songs of Grand Ole Party's set. They're an up n' coming band out of
San Diego. Great stuff in the vein of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and White Stripes.
Check them out at
myspace.com/grandoleparty
E6 Townhall comp
posted November 20, 2006
Elephant 6 fans throw some of their songs together in a
charmingly enjoyable collection called
Hear ye, Hear ye! The Townhall Comes
to Order. Go ahead and give it a download.
Regina Spektor in San Diego
11/5/06
posted November 14, 2006
[Crap, I missed making an October post. I'll try to double-up November or
December to make up for it and keep my once-a-month rate going.]
After nearly a decade of recording shows with various
crappy tape recorders, I've recently started upgrading my setup by buying a
nice M-Audio Microtrack 24/96 digital recorder. Unfortunately, I didn't have
the money to buy the accessories I need for it (such as decent mics and a
battery box), so my first recording with it came out pretty bad. Heavy
clipping/distortion in the loud parts. Hopefully I'll have things worked out
by the next show I tape.
Until then, here's Regina Spektor live on November 5,
2006 at 'Canes Bar & Grill in San Diego, California. It's a lovely little
venue right on the beach, marred only by the douchey security staff (Regina
herself has harsh words for them after they do nothing when a fan up front
passes out during the last song.)
I posted a few of the highlights here, with the
remainder of the show available in a
zip file at rapidshare. Again, the quality is pretty rough, especially
the full-band songs, so you probably won't want to bother with it unless
you're really a big Regina freak. There might be a better recording of this
show out there on a torrent site, but I don't know.
Regina Spektor - 2006-11-05 Canes, San Diego, CA
1. Ain't No Cover
2. The Flowers
3. Summer In The City
4. Baby Jesus
5. Poor Little Rich Boy
6. Bobbing for Apples
7. That Time
8. On The Radio
9. Sailor Song
10. Apres Moi
11. Better
12. Edit
13. Carbon Monoxide
14. Fidelity
15. Your Honor
16. (encore wait)
17. Dance Anthem of the 80s
18. Field Below
19. Us
20. Samson
21. Hotel Song
The rest: Songs not linked above are available
in this zip file (regular-click):
http://rapidshare.com/files/3392615/Regina-2006-11-05-remainder.zip.html
Regina photo courtesy of absolutelyaudrey.
Check out her nice video clips from this show:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=absolutelyaudrey
Regina links:
http://www.reginaspektor.com/
http://www.myspace.com/reginaspektor
http://reginaspektor.infopop.cc/eve
Frank Black acoustic
'93-'96
posted September 17, 2006
This is a collection I put together circa late '97. I
had a bunch of cool Frank Black acoustic radio sessions and stuff, and I
picked out my favorite version of each song. Most of these came
from 2nd or 3rd generation cassettes, so the sound quality isn't always
great. For a track or two, I had to "cheat" and go to the rare Hello
Recordings EP, including "Space Is Gonna Do Me Good" (which I recently
sent over to Dean at
frankblack.net for the great
podcast
they do over there, btw.)
Download below (right-click), or for possibly more convenience, I put it on
RapidShare in 2 zips (regular-click)..
tracks 1-13,
tracks 14-28
Frank Black - Acoustic (1993-1996)
1. (I want to live on an) Abstract Plain
2. At The End of the World
3. Brackish Boy
4. Calistan
5. Czar
6. Duke of Earl
7. Freedom Rock
8. Fu Manchu
9. Handyman
10. I Don't Want to Hurt You (Every Single Time)
11. I Heard Ramona Sing
12. The Jaques Tati
13. Jumping Bean
14. Kicked in the Taco
15. the Last Stand of Shazeb Andleeb
16. the Man Who Was Too Loud
17. Men In Black
18. Modern Age
19. Old Black Dawning
20. Pray A Little Faster
21. Pure Denizen of the Citizen's Band
22. Space is Gonna Do Me Good
23. This Is Where I Belong
24. UFO (Man of Steel)
25. Village of the Sun
26. Whatever Happened to Pong?
27. You Ain't Me
28. You Never Heard About Me
Neutral Milk Hotel fans write
new NMH songs
posted August 16, 2006
Want something, umm, different to listen to?
The Giant Egg
Leaks Over The Masses: Fanfare Vol. 4 may be just what you need. It's
the long-awaited new Neutral Milk Hotel album... or so it claims. Several
fans on the
e6townhall message board came together to celebrate the songs of Neutral
Milk Hotel on 3 separate occasions (Fanfares 1 through 3). Then they got
creative on the 4th time, and created the mythical "new Neutral Milk Hotel
album" by combining original music with Jeff Mangum's words. (read
the forum topic for more info)
» cover art - front
» cover art - back
Mercury
Rev stuff
posted July 16, 2006 (more added
September 17, 2006)
I've recently done a bit of revamping to my Mercury Rev
fansite, Before The War..
specifically, I made a nice forum for it. If you're a fan of the band,
please consider yourself invited to sign up and post. It's one of my oldest
websites.. created way back in 1998.
So in honor of all that, here are some rare Rev
downloads:
Mercury Rev - Peel Session, BBC. Originally
broadcast July 29, 1995
Everlasting Arm (great "rocking" version, much different from album)
I Only Have Eyes For You (cover of the old standard)
Racing The Tide / Close Encounters of the 3rd Grade (very
nice)
Cartwheel [rapidshare link.. regular-click] .. Lovely track sadly
omitted from See You On The Other Side. Only available as a bonus
track on the Japanese import cd.
October 8, 1995 KREV radio session, Minneapolis, MN
1. Car Wash Hair [4:49]
2. Frittering [6:54]
3. Tears of Rage (The Band cover) [6:42]
A bit muffled, but decent. The Band cover is really good, and as far as
I know, this is the only known recording of Mercury Rev playing it.
http://rapidshare.de/files/10668967/MercuryKREV95.zip |
And here are some mp3s from
various early bands featuring Mercury Rev members. These are all rare
tracks that haven't been circulated much. (Big thanks to David Anderson for
these.) They are mostly from copies of copies of 20 year old tapes, so the
quality isn't that great. But still, very cool for Rev fans to finally hear.
[update (9/27/06): the
below links seem to be dead, but I put the 10 mp3s in a zip on Rapidshare..
http://rapidshare.de/files/34708438/pre-rev.zip
By the way, the track "Clamor" has since been released on the hits/rarities
collection
The Essential Mercury Rev : Stillness Breathes 1991-2006]
Shady Crady
![[SND]](http://aperture.cit.buffalo.edu/icons/sound2.gif) clamour.mp3
in bloom.mp3
| Quote: |
| Before there was Mercury Rev, there was Shady Crady,
a group of friends from Buffalo, New York. The band started up around
1986/1987 and originally consisted of Dave Baker (vocals), Jonathan
Donahue (guitar), Sue Thorpe (flute), Sean Mackowiak (bass), and Mike
Huber (drums). |
Sunny In Chernobyl
the sound of music.mp3
track 3.mp3
track 4.mp3
track 5.mp3
track2.mp3
| Quote: |
| Sean Mackowiak and Mike Huber were also in another
Buffalo band called Sunny in Chernobyl, an industrial band that
was heavy on percussion. Both Sean and Mike played drums for the band,
and there were two other drummers who played percussion on various bits
of metal. The sound was rounded out by a guitarist and bass player. |
SugarFix
hello.mp3
in your mind.mp3
yes.mp3
| Quote: |
| Sean Mackowiak was the original bass player for a band
called SugarFix. They included Steve Rinaldo (guitar), Mike Huber
(drums), Greg Sterlace (vocals, now host of The Greg Sterlace Public
Access Show), and later David Anderson (bass). |
[more info: The Legend of Shady Crady: Before and during the early days of
Mercury Rev]
Links:
http://mercuryrev.com
http://myspace.com/mercuryrevmusic
MySpacer
posted June 12, 2006
Well, I guess an update a month is my goal for this blog.
One rare Rilo Kiley mp3 by request:
Plane Crash in C (12/7/01 Fullerton) poor quality, but rarely-played
live
I've recently come down with a MySpace McFever (huh?)
and have been on there a lot this past month. Here are a few lesser known
bands I've been diggin'...
http://www.myspace.com/darkhills (p:ano)
http://www.myspace.com/hopewell
http://www.myspace.com/mellowdrone
http://www.myspace.com/thetwofunerals
http://www.myspace.com/warandcinema
http://www.myspace.com/masterguru (buddies)
http://www.myspace.com/slewfoot (buddies)
http://www.myspace.com/fiberoctopus (me)
These guys said nice things about me, so I love them...
http://www.myspace.com/paradisehills
http://www.myspace.com/lauracushing
http://www.myspace.com/youkissbythebook
http://www.myspace.com/conni
http://www.myspace.com/czechmates
http://www.myspace.com/houseofjoel
http://www.myspace.com/soundofquetzal
http://www.myspace.com/usedbooks
(sparklers)
http://www.myspace.com/reverendblight
and I apologize to other worthy bands in my list of
"friends" whom I haven't mentioned. I'm still trying to go through and
listen to everybody.
Willy Mason on KCRW
posted May 1, 2006
This guy's pretty good.
Willy Mason performing (with Nina Violet) on KCRW's
Morning Becomes Eclectic, April 27, 2006. Mp3s made from the streaming video
(available
here.)
track 1 (intro)
track 2
track 3
track 4
track 5
track 6 (interview)
track 7
track 8
track 9
track 10
track 11
track 12 (outro)
Links:
willy-mason.com
http://www.kcrw.com/
Rilo Kiley rare tracks
posted April 15, 2006
The vast majority of the mp3s I've offered here so far have
been Rilo Kiley related (yet none of them have actually been Rilo Kiley
until now).
These are some tracks that I originally shared
on my untitled Rilo Kiley
fansite back in December 2004, where they stayed for about a year, until
the hosting dried up. So I'm happy to offer them again here for anyone who
missed them the first time around.
Rilo Kiley - "SUPER AWESOME MP3S!!!"
The Biggest Lie (Elliott Smith cover) - live in SF
2/27/04
In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (Neutral Milk Hotel cover) - live in L.A. 2002
Science Vs. Romance (acoustic, kinda, version) - KXLU Studios 2001
"The Biggest Lie" is an Elliott Smith cover done by Jenny
and Blake live in San Francisco. Very nice. This was only the second time
they played it. They first did it at the Elliott Smith memorial show in '03.
"In The Aeroplane Over The Sea" is a Neutral Milk Hotel cover that the band
has only played once, at the Knitting Factory in June 2002. NMH is right
along side RK atop my list of favorite bands, so I wanted to find this track
bad, and although the quality isn't that great, I sure was a very happy boy
when I finally got it. (btw, if you like them, check out my
Neutral Milk Hotel site)
The version of "Science Vs. Romance" here was recorded during a radio
session in 2001. Just Jenny and Blake. It sounds amazing, with Blake's
acoustic guitar giving a newfound intimate feel to the song.
None of these 3 tracks were online before I originally
shared them (..ooh, ego alert!!). The KXLU song is off a rare
not-available-in-stores cd
called "kxlu live volume 7". The other two are from audience recordings. And
in fact, the NMH cover actually got me in some hot water with the taper..
Apparently she asked me to keep it to myself, though I don't recall her
saying that. Although we've since pretty much smoothed things over, I still
kinda feel bad. But the track is just too damn cool to be kept secret!
Links:
buy Rilo Kiley's latest cd, More Adventurous, from Amazon. I'm
sure Warners will appreciate it.
The Elected in San Diego 3/11/06
and stuff
posted March 29, 2006
I kinda got into Melanie (aka Melanie Safka) a while ago
thanks to my mom having a few of her old records which I transferred to cdr for her. Now, with artists like
Joanna Newsom, Regina Spektor, and Feist making a name for themselves (ie, solo female
singer/songwriters with strong, unique voices), she seems to be gaining
cred in the indie community. So it was a nice surprise, but not too shocking
when The Elected bust out a cover of a Melanie song at their
headlining show in San Diego on Saturday 3/11/06 at the Epicentre. Here's
the mp3:
The Elected - What Have They Done to My Song, Ma
(2006-03-11 San Diego)
Note that this song is also called "Look What They've Done to My Song,
Ma".. Yep, it's been officially released under both names.. so just pick
one, I guess. I went with "What.." because that was apparently the title of
its original release in 1970.
Anyways, that entire day was a lot of fun. I organized a little pre-show
party for some of us from the
Rilo
Kiley forum, complete with booze, food, and a sing-a-long jamboree.
Here are a couple highlights from the party, but be warned that there was no
practice, and most of the people there had been drinking, so the songs are
very loose! Featuring Gav, The 'Stash, steeplejake, mojo shivers,
BadNewsMama, b to the ree, and SuperME...
RKnet Parkdale Party Posse - Science Vs Romance
RKnet Parkdale Party Posse - Such Great Heights
Also, here is a mix cd I put together for the party. It's an hour-long
mp3. Some neat stuff in there. (Rapidshare link.)
http://rapidshare.de/files/15513661/parkdale-party-podcast.zip
And speaking of Melanie, here's another song from her that I
really like:
Melanie - Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)
And speaking of Rilo Kiley related things, does anybody have an extra
ticket or two to the Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins 4/1/06 Los
Angeles, Orpheum Theatre show? If so, please let me know asap. Thanks.
Jenny Lewis with the Watson
Twins 3/3/06
posted March 8, 2006
Jenny Lewis' show at the San Diego Women's Club
was a lot of fun. I took a several pictures.. some of which turned out ok. I
sent them to
rilokiley.net, so expect them to pop up in the gallery there soon.
Special guest Mike Bloom (a.k.a. The Caveman) from
Rilo Kiley and The Elected played on several songs, so that was a nice
treat. The openers, Vagtown 2000 Whispertown 2000 and Willy
Mason were pretty good, too. And it was lotsa fun hanging with some of the
so. cal crew from RKnet again before and after the show.. although the
evening ended with my fingers being crushed in an electric car window!
Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins - 2006-03-03 San
Diego Women's Club
Run Devil Run
The Big Guns
Happy
You Are What You Love
Melt Your Heart
The Charging Sky
untitled (new song)
Paradise
Rabbit Fur Coat
Rise Up With Fists!!
Jack Killed Mom (new song)
Born Secular
It Wasn't Me
Met Him On A Sunday
Cold Jordan
Links: a glowing
review of the show from the San Diego Union-Tribute.
http://www.team-love.com/new/bands/jenny/
http://www.myspace.com/lewiswithwatsons
http://www.thewatsontwins.com
The Elected - early
unreleased alternate tracks
posted March 3, 2006
I was lucky enough to get a copy of the first Elected cd several months
before its release back in 2003. I kept it to myself out of respect to Blake
and the band, but now that it's old news, and the advance version has popped
up in thrift stores, I figured it'd be safe to share a couple interesting
tracks from it. First, a version of "7 September 2003" prefaced by an odd
instrumental which was originally "track one" of the album, but omitted from
the official release. The advance cd was credited as "Blake Sennett - The
Senate" but changed to "The Elected - Me First" after it was
discovered some rap group was already using the name The Senate. Apart from
the intro track, it has only a couple other noticeable differences to its
officially released counterpart: the absence of "British Columbia" which was
a last minute addition requested by Sub-Pop, and the lack of the "glitch"
that appears in the middle of the track "Go On", apparently a mini remix
to shake the song up a bit. It seems most fans who've heard the advance cd
prefer the original "Go On" and miss the weird intro song. So anyways here are the 2 tracks of interest:
The Elected -
7 September 2003 (early mix with unreleased song as intro)
The Elected - Go On
(early mix without glitch)
Links: purchase
Me First and/or their latest
Sun, Sun, Sun. visit The Elected's
official site.
Trader (Beach Boys)
posted February 27, 2006
This is kinda random, but I had to share this song that
I've been obsessing over pretty much since discovering it last month. It's
likely my most-played track for 2006 so far. From 1973's
Holland album. It's just an incredibly gorgeous song.
The Beach Boys - Trader
Links:
Holland
Wikipedia entry
The
Elected & Stars in San Diego 2/12/06
posted February 14, 2006
The Elected and Stars were at the Casbah in San Diego
the other night, Sunday 2/12/06.
Unfortunately, that evening I got caught up watching My Neighbor Totoro
taped off of TCM last month (btw,
a new 2-disc DVD of that nifty film is due out March 7), plus I foolishly took an intermission to watch The
Simpsons rerun. So by the time I arrived at the venue, I had missed the gist
of The Elected's opening set. But at least I was there in time for the last song, "The Biggest Star," which
was the one song I really wanted to hear. My friend
Mojo Shivers
mentioned it was a longer, more jammed-out version than when he saw them
play in LA recently. And the recording would seem to affirm that, as it
clocked in at about 9 minutes.
The Elected - Biggest Star (2006-02-12 Casbah, San
Diego, CA)
I got to talk with Blake for a couple minutes after the show. He
graciously
signed my copy of Sun, Sun, Sun and I bragged that I saw him with Rilo
Kiley in the same venue back in '02 when they opened for Rainer Maria.
(Though I think I misspoke and called them "Rainer Marina," which is usually
the kind of thing that happens when you try to talk people in bands you like.)
He was pretty cool, though.
Stars put on a terrific show, too. My recording of their set didn't come
out very good, however. I met up with my friend, the lovely Sarah, who
was feeling quite tipsy, so that made for a doubly fun show, but there's
laughing and talking and mic blocking. Plus I did some drinking between
bands myself, so I was kinda sloppy with tape flipping (btw, yeah I
still use an old school cassette recorder for taping shows, which is pretty
arcane by today's standards, I know.. I'll probably get a minidisc one of
these days) and I did a bit more hooting and hollering than any
self-respecting
bootlegger should do. So bottom line, my Stars recording isn't really worth
posting in its entirety, but the first 3 songs were salvageable.
Stars -
Theme From the Stars (2006-02-12 Casbah, San Diego, CA)
Stars -
Set Yourself on Fire (2006-02-12 Casbah, San Diego, CA)
Stars -
Reunion (2006-02-12 Casbah, San Diego, CA)
I took a handful of pictures, but they didn't turn out that well either.
Here are the best of them:
elected-2006-02-12-pic1.jpg (larger version of above pic)
elected-2006-02-12-pic2.jpg
stars-2006-02-12-pic1.jpg (larger version of above pic)
stars-2006-02-12-pic2.jpg
stars-2006-02-12-pic3.jpg
stars-2006-02-12-pic4.jpg
Links: Here're purchase links for the latest CDs of
Stars and
Elected. Recommended, both.
first post / Neutral Milk Hotel
"secret mix"
posted February 12, 2006
Well, I decided to turn this page into a pseudo mp3 blog. Really just a place
to occasionally share some rare mp3s and plug bands I like. I bought a year of
cheap webspace, so I figured I'd have some fun with it. I'll try to post an update
every week or so.
In The Aeroplane Over The Secret Mix
For my inaugural blog offering, I picked something from my favorite band,
Neutral Milk Hotel. This is specifically for people who love the album
In The Aeroplane Over The Sea and have listened to it countless
times. It's basically a chance to listen to the album in a "new" way. For
those who believe in magic, the mix was made by happy
pixies in
a sunny
lagoon in
the enchanted
land of
smiles. For the less whimsically inclined, it's
just an effect made with an audio editing program. But still, I think it's
kinda neat.
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
(Secret Mix)
The King of Carrot Flowers pt.1 (vocal)
The King of Carrot Flowers pts.2 and 3 (instrumental)
In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (instrumental)
Two-Headed Boy (in the jar)
The Fool (loud)
Holland, 1945 (drumless)
Communist Daughter (whispered)
Oh Comely (quiet)
Ghost (fuzzy)
untitled (alt)
Two-Headed Boy Pt. 2 (quiet)
Links: If you don't already have it, you should
do yourself a favor and
purchase the original album from
Amazon or Merge. For much more on
Neutral Milk Hotel,
neutralmilkhotel.org
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