Lookbook @ First Avenue

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Lookbook
First Avenue
Minneapolis, MN
Friday November 13th 2009

Taper: empty (emptystapes AT gmail DOT com)
Location: DINish, Behind board, ~40' back, ~11' ^
Source: MBHO 603a KA200N > Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV)
Transfer: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > TLH lvl 6 + Tested > FLAC]
Edit: CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 10 (fades + normalize)
TRT: 36:06

This Recording is for Promotional & Archival Purposes Only.

01. True to Form
02. Warm Coats
03. All My Best
04. Passenger
05. Believe the Hype
06. Wild at Heart
07. Surprise
08. Yesterday's Company
09. The Only Ones

Grant Cutler - beats, vocals, guitar
Maggie Morrison - vocals

www.myspace.com/lookbookmusic

Lookbook's debut LP "Wild at Heart" is available online at iTunes as well as here. The "I Fear You, My Darkness" EP is available as well but snatch that up before it goes out of print. Lookbook and The Hood Internet supported Solid Gold. Lookbook is a Twin Cities favorite so if you didn't know then now you do. Thank you to Lookbook and First Avenue for allowing this recording to go down.

Shannon and the Clams Live in Minneapolis

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Shannon and the Clams
Live from a Room
Minneapolis, MN
Monday November 23rd 2009

Taper: empty (emptystapes AT gmail DOT com)
Source: MBHO 603a KA200N > Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV)

This Recording is for Promotional & Archival Purposes Only.

Shannon- Bass and Vocals
Ian - Drums and backing Vocals
Cody - Guitar and Vocals

Official | Myspace

We would like to thank Shannon and the Clams for playing our fair city on their way back to Oakland. Please support them by picking up their new LP/CD which available through No Idea Records.

Note: This is not a First Avenue recording but it does sound rather nice.

The Good Life coming back to The Triple Rock.

Hear, hear. The Good Life is closing out the year with a Midwestern run that includes a show at The Triple Rock. After two years with no visits it's time to pay respect to the folks who raised me. While I'll certainly miss being at Crunkmas 2009 (The Nomad) and the Heiruspecs "Home for the Holidays" shows (The Triple Rock) I'm jazzed to be flying back into town Monday afternoon in time for The Good Life.

Dec 27 Slowdown Omaha, Nebraska
Dec 28 Triple Rock Social Club Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dec 29 Subterranean Chicago, Illinois
Dec 30 Nutty’s Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Young Widows @ The Triple Rock (March '08)

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Young Widows
The Triple Rock Social Club
Minneapolis, MN
Saturday March 1st 2008

Taper: empty (neveragain1980 AT yahoo DOT com)
Location: DINish (cm, º), right drink rail, 25' back, ~10' ^
Source: Studio Projects C4's > Mil Spec Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 48kHz WAV)
Conversion: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > FLAC Frontend 1.7.1 lvl 6 + Verify]
Edit: CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 9 (fades) & iZotope RX (48 > 44.1)
TRT: 30:11

This Recording is for Promotional & Archival Purposes Only.

01. Took a Turn
02. Old Skin
03. Formerer
04. King of the Backburner
05. Mirrorfucker
06. Delay the Pressure
07. Let Him Be
08. Feelers
09. Swamped and Agitated

Official Site | Myspace

Jeremy McMonigle
Evan Patterson
Nick Thieneman

I know the good people of Minneapolis & St. Paul are in need of a Young Widows fix. Between a drummer's broken wrist, the tragic loss of a friend and a broken down van the band can hardly be faulted for missing their last three local shows. Hopefully they'll pardon some minor message board venting. Please do support these young lads from Louisville, KY if you have the chance to catch them.

Russian Circles @ The Triple Rock (Nov. '09)

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Russian Circles
The Triple Rock
Minneapolis, MN
Wednesday November 25th 2009

Taper: empty (emptystapes AT gmail DOT com)
Location: DINish (cm, º), right drink rail, 25' back, ~10' ^
Source: MBHO 603a KA200N > Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV)
Transfer: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > TLH lvl 6 + Tested > FLAC]
Edit: CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 10 (fades)
TRT: 60:32

This Recording is for Promotional & Archival Purposes Only.

01. Harper Lewis
02. Station
03. Malko
04. Philos
05. Death Rides A Horse
06. Geneva
07. Carpe

Dave Turncrantz - Drums
Mike Sullivan - Guitar
Brian Cook - Bass Guitar

www.myspace.com/russiancircles

It's likely I'll sound like a huge dork by saying this but this was my fourth time recording Russian Circles including a rare st3@lth job in Tempe, AZ on the Minus the Bear tour with P.O.S. and The Velvet Teen. I believe the other shows were all at The Triple Rock. It's been a while since I've listened to any of the older recordings but I can easily say that sonically 11/09 is at the top of the list. A solid 60 minute set with a mix of old jams and new jams. Lungs (Minneapolis) and Git Some (Denver) supported. "Tapers" across the country and beyond thank Russian Circles for tolerating our need to capture their sounds into our little black boxes. Please support Russian Circles by purchasing the official releases.

Maserati tapes secure new fans.

If you know me you know I'm a pretty humble dude from the neighborhood. So I'm usually not in the business of tooting my own horn but today I'm feeling particularly productive. My little recording posts have received many positive comments from many different countries over the years but to think that I may be semi-responsible for someone getting into Maserati is enough to make the rest of my week. After finding out about Jerry's death I made one final push on the October '09 Maserati tapes.

"Grabbed the Portland recording a few weeks back and finally got round to listening to it, as a result of which I've come back for this one too. Never heard the band prior to these tapes, so thanks for your efforts. Better look into their official releases." - TTD user 11/28/09

Sweet Cobra @ The Triple Rock

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Sweet Cobra
The Triple Rock
Minneapolis, MN
Sunday October 18th 2009

Taper: empty (emptystapes AT gmail DOT com)
Location: DINish (cm, º), right drink rail, 25' back, ~10' ^
Source: MBHO 603a KA200N > Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV)
Transfer: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > Razorlame > 320kbps mp3]
Edit: CD Wave (tracking)
TRT: 28:36

This Recording is for Promotional & Archival Purposes Only.

www.myspace.com/sweetcobra

My friend Mike just gave me the heads up on this sad news. Mat was not on this tour due to his illness but the band continued as a three piece with his blessing. If anyone would like FLAC files just email me.

"Hi All, if anyone was a fan of one of his bands or knew him personally, Matthew Arluck passed away today. He had been quietly fighting cancer for the past few years having periods of remission off and on and during this last round, it defeated him. Mat was a dear, dear friend and I don't know what to say as I'm pretty devastated right now. Mat was as loyal of a friend as I'll ever know and I can't believe that he's gone. Seriously one of the most genuinely great guys I've ever encountered.

Mat spent time in the bands Sweet Cobra, Deminer, Closing In, Horace Pinker, Crash Course and Stabbed By Words just to name a few...and if anyone has the Lynyrd's Innards Black Flag covers LP, Mat sang the vocals on that record." - Justin Communiqué 11/26/09

City on the Make @ The Cabooze

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City on the Make
The Cabooze
Minneapolis, MN
Saturday November 21st 2009

Taper: empty (emptystapes AT gmail DOT com)
Location: right side of "the pole" AB DFCish, 20' back, ~9' ^
Source: MBHO 603a KA200N > Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV)
Transfer: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > TLH lvl 6 + Tested > FLAC]
Edit: CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 10 (fades)
TRT: 39:23

This Recording is for Promotional & Archival Purposes Only.

01. ...intro by Chili
02. Very Old Bones
03. You've Got the Juice Now
04. Massive Project Engineering
05. The King
06. New Song 7
07. Crack in the 80's
08. Pick Me Ups
09. Chicks on Bikes
10. Combat Zone

Mike Massey - Vocals
Mischa Kegan - Guitar
Stephen Rowe - Bass
Peter Blomgren - Guitar
Colin Stumbras - Drums

Official website | Myspace

Holidays can't slow me down living in a bachelor hell. This was Mischa's last show with City on the Make. We're wishing him and his better half safe travels as they embark on a journey to South Korea to teach English. You do not want to miss the dueling Strata sickness of Mr. Kegan and Mr. Blomgren. The new jams are coming along nicely. City on the Make, Wide Eyes, Dalia and DJ Gabe Garcia supported the More Than Lights CD Release Party for their debut album "The Electric Prescription For All Your Funky Illz."

Lungs @ The Triple Rock

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Lungs
The Triple Rock
Minneapolis, MN
Wednesday November 25th 2009

Taper: empty (emptystapes AT gmail DOT com)
Location: DINish (cm, º), right drink rail, 25' back, ~10' ^
Source: MBHO 603a KA200N > Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV)
Transfer: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > TLH lvl 6 + Tested > FLAC]
Edit: CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 10 (fades)
TRT: 25:31

This Recording is for Promotional & Archival Purposes Only.

01. The Pith
02. The Entrails of Burlesque
03. Kinsman

www.myspace.com/lungsmusica

Who needs Young Widows when you have the opportunity to discover a top shelf local metal band? Here's a little something to listen to as the cholesterol courses through you veins and you fade into a tryptophan coma. Don't miss out on seeing Lungs live. Their s/t EP is available through Escucha!/Self Inflicted records and purchased here. Lungs and Git Some (Denver) supported Russian Circles (Chicago). By the way, broken transportation is no joke and many would have loved to have seen Young Widows tonight. It would have been a serious 4 band bill. Perhaps next time. Cheers.