DIAMOND AGE

Show 40

2012-01-20T07:48:00.001-06:00

FINAL CLUB • HORSE PLUS DONKEY • DIAMOND AGE

Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios • Denton, TX
Friday March 2 2012

Show 39

2012-01-20T07:45:00.001-06:00

BLACKSTONE RANGERS • DIAMOND AGE • MOON

DOUBLEWIDE • DALLAS, TX

February 24 2012

Show 38

2012-01-20T07:26:00.001-06:00

New Fumes • Waterfalls • Diamond Age

Jan. 5th @ Crown and Harp... I didn't get a photo of Waterfalls...I was lulled into a state of trance and forgot I had a camera. I did see that someone was recording video of their set. Thanks to Emil Rapstine for Diamond Age surveillance shot.

SHOW 37

2011-12-27T07:19:00.000-06:00

FINAL CLUB • PROCESSION • DIAMOND AGE

FRIDAY DEC. 30th @ THE LION'S DEN

(Austin St. between Congress and Marshall St. in good ol' Denton, TX)

Big Thanks to the Final Club for having me "come out and play"

Show starts at 9PM.
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(Description via FINAL CLUB)

FINAL CLUB - Embarking on a tour of the southeast in support of their new record Blank Entertainment.

PROCESSION - On tour from Grand Rapids, MI. This is the first of 5 dates with FC.

DIAMOND AGE - Weird Dallas one man guitar pop.

HOT TIMES - Denton punk all-stars go pop. (cancelled day of the show)

bring donations! bands need gas $! respect the house. no glass please :)

SHOW 36

2011-12-12T14:54:00.001-06:00

PEOPLEODIAN • DIAMOND AGE • MELTING SEASON

Here at Diamond Age HQ, I had the epiphany: If I could get Peopleodian and Melting Season to agree play a new little venue called Simone in Denton, the world would be a better place and this Holiday Season would be officially underway... Luckily, they had similar opinions about such an endeavor, and here we are- just days before this gala event... I have a really good feeling about this show- so I encourage you, reader of this heavily trafficked blog, to join us on this night - "a very special episode"

SHOW 35

2011-12-05T09:41:00.001-06:00

CAVE • DIAMOND AGE • FINAL CLUB

I'm very excited to be playing this show tonight... I've been so busy lately with the day job that I haven't been able to express this excitement about this show via the internets much, but I think this is a great lineup at a great sounding venue that should be a great way to start this cold week...it will definitely be hot in this room tonight. Chicago's CAVE are a fantastic band. If you don't believe me, WATCH THIS. Fans of repetition, motorik rhythms, analog synths, "jamming" without noodling, drone without snooze... will not be disappointed.

Denton's FINAL CLUB opens and I haven't seen them, but what I've heard is very promising. Reminds me a bit of mid-90's Pavement/Polvo -esque guitar rock, which is a GOOD thing... Not to say they sound just like those bands, much in the same way that I don't think CAVE sounds like Krautrock that much...

just go to the show already, ya dummies!

SHOW 33 and 34

2011-11-18T13:49:00.001-06:00

Keith Moon

FISHBOY • DUST CONGRESS • SETH SHERMAN • WELCOME SIGNS • DIAMOND AGE

NOV 18th @ Hailey's Club Denton, TX

Wow, a 5 band bill. Big on Talent and VALUE! I am unsure how much this is and there is some steep competition in Denton tonight (no I will not mention who ELSE is playing that'd be very unprofessional and we here at Diamond Age like to keep things on the P-R-O tip), but I assure you this will be a fun show all around. I am playing two new tunes. or at least so far I am thinking that will happen... Also I've been sick for two days so that makes for a dramatic sweating level of threventy. I hear that Hailey's has liquor and beer that you can purchase for money and then drink in the dark. And hopefully JC is the sound guy tonight.

NEW FUMES / DIAMOND AGE

NOV 19th @ AMERICAN BEAUTY MILL LOFTS DALLAS, TX

2400 S Ervay Street, Dallas, TX 72115

Not exactly 100% sure about the space we're playing in, but I think it is a large cavernous silo area between two building structures... Some "song" sets followed by a drone set with NEW FUMES and DIAMOND AGE together. STARTS AT 6:30PM - ENDS AROUND 8:30 PM. This is a part of the Cedars Open Studios tour (www.cedarsopenstudios.com )

THREE SHOWS THAT HAPPENED (SHOWs 30, 31, 32)

2011-11-17T10:01:00.001-06:00

NOV 10
THE BLACK DOTZ •DIAMOND AGE • DJ GABRIEL MENDOZA @ BRYAN ST. TAVERN
What was originally supposed to happen (and was advertised and booked for weeks) at LaGrange, was cancelled the day of the show for some mysterious construction that had to happen, "beyond anyone's control". I got word it had been moved around 530PM to The Bryan Street Tavern... All things considered, this show turned out to be a lot of fun... Big thanks to Wayne for running sound on his day off, Ross for moving the show to Bryan St. and of course all of the people who came out. Bryan St. Tavern is one of my favorite places to play. I don't know what LaGrange is like yet...still waiting for a reschedule!

NOV 11
MISSILE • DIAMOND AGE • BLACKSTONE RANGERS @ EL SIBIL
The people who throw these parties go above and beyond, and unfortunately for my opinion of Dallas, this party made me feel like I wasn't in Dallas. I know it's too easy to hate on Dallas, so I'll just think of it as what Dallas could potentially become... A very relaxed vibe, good people, a really cool space. No haters. They had the Three Men and a Taco truck, the vintage clothes bus, and a cop on duty which is smart if you're going to throw a "donation" party

Bobby Peru

NOV 12
DIAMOND AGE • PVC STREET GANG • AARON BARKER • MR. BONETANGLES
@ QUEEN CITY TATTOO GALLERY
A very new spot in East Dallas. I think this may have been the first show there? A very DIY space... PVC Street Gang are one of my favorite bands in DFW. This show was very "loose" I played almost an entire set of "new" shit I haven't fully figured out how to play live. I think if I didnt know the 6 people watching, they may have left! But it was alot of fun! Thanks to Aaron Barker for contacting me about this show and for the red hot candy ice cream he made out back. Mr. BoneTangles stole the show! his puppet skeleton karaoke act had everyone in the room grinning.

factoid: I kept thinking the tattoo noise coming from the other room was a problem with my amp...

show 30 - 2011 DOMA SHOWCASE

2011-10-14T16:56:00.001-05:00

Since May 20, 2010 I have been playing around the D/FW area and I've been slowly figuring out what it is I'm trying to accomplish. It has struck me as a bit strange to be nominated for the "Best Experimental" award, but it is great to have been "noticed"... Sometimes it is pretty hard to tell if anyone is listening/paying attention. So if you plan on attending the DOMA showcases tomorrow night, I'm playing at 11PM at the Elm Street Bar. That's a bar on Elm Street in Deep Ellum near all the other venues so it's pretty tough to fuck that one up. There are actually a good number of bands that I like playing this year. Vote here if you haven't, vote again if haven't voted today. It's the last couple of days to vote, and although I don't know if I have a chance at all to win, I guess you just never know.

SHOW 27

2011-09-19T15:27:00.001-05:00

WOODSMAN • EYES,WINGS AND MANY OTHER THINGS • DIAMOND AGE

MON. SEPT 19th @ CITY TAVERN

(*for the record, SHOW #25 was at The Arcade Bar (Lost Generation 1 Year Anniversary) w/DJ EWI, SWIRVE, CIGNUS, & BLIXABOY and SHOW #26 was with DOVE HUNTER and QUAKER CITY NIGHT HAWKS @ Dan's Silverleaf)

show 24

2011-08-22T14:20:00.003-05:00

Athens, TX

1670AM / Colonel Burns Honky Tonk hour

The Paychecks (Ft. Worth)

SHOW 23

2011-08-12T10:20:00.007-05:00

D.U.G.O.U.T.C.A.N.O.E. • MMCIII • DIAMOND AGE

LAST MINUTE SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT...

DUGOUT CANOE (Denver) MMCIII (DENVER) and DIAMOND AGE @ Bryan St. Tavern this Saturday Aug 13. I believe this show is FREE...

links:

MMCIII

D.U.G.O.U.T.C.A.N.O.E.

SHOW 20, 21, 22

2011-07-15T14:51:00.009-05:00

SHOW#22

07.22.11

SHOW#21

07.16.11

BLACK DOTS

DIAMOND AGE

DJ ANTHONY

@ BRYAN ST. TAVERN

SHOW#20

07.09.11

RTB2

SMOKE AND FEATHERS

DIAMOND AGE

STAR COMMANDER

(Monastery CANCELLED)

"Upsetter: The Life of Music of Lee Perry" documentary @ TEXAS THEATRE 06/09/11

2011-06-09T10:06:00.006-05:00

TONIGHT @ 7:30 PM "Upsetter: The Life of Music of Lee Perry" documentary narrated by Benicio Del Toro.

*** special double feature with "Rockers" (1978) starring Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace w/appearances+performances by Jacob Miller, Kiddus I, Gregory Isaacs, Big Youth, Robbie Shakespeare, Joe Gibbs, Tommy McCook! a must see! ***

I will be DJing Jamaican "chunes" (most likely via laptop for this one-such a busy day at the old job today I think I'll barely make it to the Theatre on time) Before both features, host Erich Scholz will be providing some rare footage from the short-lived BBC Deep Roots TV series from 1983... Some really great stuff!!!

SHOW 19

2011-05-23T23:13:00.003-05:00

(*nice flyer too! I believe by Clumsy and Shy)

I hadn't heard of Xander Harris before this show was being booked but his stuff is great. He's coming all the way up to Dallas from Austin, TX and you can hear his tunes here. I was initially supposed to only DJ this show (the promoter requested "DUB") but then there was a couple of cancellations and now it's double duty time! I'm pretty sure I'm opening the show and then playing some DUB (and probably mix in some other tunes...) between bands. $3 is damn cheap! Fellow locals, and all around great dudes Eye's Wings & Many Other Things play 2nd! just go already you dummy!

*for the record show #18 was with ATX bands SOFT HEALER and HATCHET WOUND at the Bryan St. Tavern. Great people all around, probably the one show in a while I thought to myself that a bunch of people really dropped the ball by not attending. SOFT HEALER was amazing. I even thought I played a good set...And also, The Bryan St. Tavern has potential to be the best small room in town so go there and check it out. I feel like I'm telling you what to do a little too much, so goodnight.

OPENING CREDITS

2011-05-19T12:13:00.005-05:00

(photo from "Crooks Like Us " by Peter Doyle)

This is just a little loop (from a Dick Hyman track) with a few synth parts played on the qwerty keyboard while sitting at my desk at work... Imaginary film music. this loop will probably be used for something more fully realized in the near future...

Opening Credits by DIAMOND_AGE

ENNIO MORRICONE COVER

2011-05-02T09:36:00.002-05:00

DELETED LINK.

***for those of you who haven't heard I have done a few Morricone covers. One of them is from this soundtrack.

SHOW 17 RECORD STORE DAY!!!

2011-03-31T14:35:00.007-05:00

8am to Midnite

"Good Records Goes to Eleven."
Good Records 11th Anniversary/4th Annual Record Store Day
Saturday April 16, 2011

Bands: (inside)

11am Andrew Lyon/Matthew Celsur

Noon Sarah Jaffe

1pm Jason Lytle (acoustic)

2pm Jason Lytle w/ Midlake

3pm Dim Locator

4pm Bravo, Max!

5pm Sundress

6pm Diamond Age

7pm Missions

8pm Leg Sweeper

9pm True Widow

10pm Octopus Project

11pm Zomes (Asa Osborne of LUNGFISH)

Deejays: (outside)

11am Pete Freedman (Dallas Observer)

Noon DJ Sober

1pm Blixaboy (Wanz Dover)

2pm DJ Gabriel Mendoza

3pm Wild In The Streets (Lisa Bush)

4pm Daniel Huffman (New Fumes)

5pm Audrey Easley (Chameleon Chamber Group)

6pm Kenneth Kemp (Binary Sunrise)

7pm Hunter Hauk (The Quick)

SHOW 15

2011-02-19T18:46:00.004-06:00

NEW FUMES / LOFI CHORUS / DIAMOND AGE / BEATS MEETS BEATS

This show is going to be like an ol' Denton style house party, except it's in a warehouse space in Deep Ellum. The concept for the show is all acts with two or less members. It's a good thing that there is no restriction on the amount of gear these people can bring...

CANTON CO-OP
2703 Canton St.
Dallas, TX 75226

8PM
FREE

*Daniel Huffman a.k.a. New Fumes sent me this image for the flyer- it is of Maria Orsic who supposedly could contact aliens using her hair as antenae.

SHOW 14

2011-02-16T17:23:00.002-06:00

THE FLOWERS OF GOD / DIAMOND AGE

LOBISOMEM REMIX

2011-02-04T01:58:00.013-06:00

A good friend and artistic/musical confidant, Brad Loving - aka LOBISOMEM -also the brains behind birdandwhale.com asked me to do a remix from his Onze Pedras LP and I just finished it! I urge you to check out the original album- I helped Brad flush out some of the arrangements on the LP and I hope to work on some new music with Brad in the near future...

I just dropped this to him, No more edits! It was created using an SP404 in two live takes (after countless failed attempts) and cutting off some its transitional long-windedness. I shaved about 3 minutes off the initial "mix performance"

I prefer the live performance aspect--- I look forward to "playing" this live. There are a few shows I have booked and I'm working on a few more- more on that soon.

It's late, or isit early? I havent left the house for 4 days. (due to ICEPOCALYPSE 2011)

It's snowing right now in Dallas TX.

HELL FROZE OVER!

what now?
I was just told it will get a proper vinyl release in the near future...
so no posting it as originally planned as of yet...

BENICIO DEL TORO as the LOBISOMEM (WEREWOLF)

A LAYER OF ICE

2011-02-03T09:44:00.001-06:00

DIAMOND AGE - "A CLOUDSCAPE"

2011-01-22T16:20:00.002-06:00

A QUICK VIDEO MADE FROM A SHORT FLIGHT.

SHOW 13

2011-01-11T23:26:00.009-06:00

A Special Evening With Aasim Syed:

DINGO METHLAB (RINGO DEATHSTAR)KINGDOM OF SUICIDE LOVERS

SIMPLE CIRCUITDIAMOND AGE

THURSDAY JAN. 13th @ BEERLAND ATX

Cloudscape

2011-01-08T12:34:00.001-06:00

SUSPIRIA @ TEXAS THEATRE JAN 20 2011

2011-01-06T11:02:00.010-06:00

GO TO THIS.

DALLAS CINEMANIA PRESENTS

SUSPIRIA @ the TEXAS THEATRE

Poster Design: M.Leer

SHOW 12 (LAST SHOW OF THE YEAR...EVER)

2010-12-22T09:35:00.013-06:00

This has been a crazy year indeed... Since May, mainly thanks to my good friend Daniel and his excellent "New Fumes" (and persistent prodding) I have played to varying degrees of success... This has usually been in front of fewer than 20 people! I wouldn't have wanted it any other way, except for if a bunch more people showed up- that'd have been cool. I've learned alot about "going solo" and I hope to get a large chunk of recording and rehearsing done to round out the year- I can say that 2011 will definitely be "interesting"...More on this in the near future!

Center Divider is Christian Lee, a former Denton kid who became a man out in the big old world...someone I'm always glad to have crossed paths with over the years. He spent some time running game in London, then moved to (sometimes) sunny Brooklyn and from what I've heard is slowly but surely making it all happen for those lost souls in the big city...He has returned to share some of what he has learned since his departure and he has recruited some great local musicians (i.e. old friends)...

There's a great story about one SXSW many years ago in a hotel room that the Barton girls had, but I'll spare everyone involved because my foggy memory of that night may be completely off the mark... Nonetheless, I'm extremely excited to round out the year playing this show! and I will be at the show in Denton the night before at *Dan's Silverleaf.

I remember seeing Leslie Sisson around when I lived in Austin. She left Texas shortly after I moved there so I didnt really know her that well... I bought a Marantz tape recorder from her at her garage sale the weekend before she left town to hit the big time in Brooklyn some years ago. She will be playing some of her solo material at both shows.

**NEW YEARS RESOLUTION- I will play Dan's in 2011. This is a warning to Jimmy the soundguy, who I will surely be bumming out that night one way or another.

***for those keeping score, which most definitely is just me- the real show #11 was Aaron Teel and Baldomero's Dec 18th house show/party with LYLE DARIN of the December Boys and ROYAL BUTCHERS

****This is another great flyer from the multifaceted Emil Rapstine

SHOW 10

2010-12-10T11:21:00.006-06:00

-CRITICS AGREE-

100% voted BEST of 2010

category: "Best show under $5 on DEC 15th @ RGRS"

flyer design by Emil Rapstine

(WORK INDUCED) INSOMNIA MIX

2010-10-26T20:46:00.011-05:00

GRAB IT HERE>>INSOMNIA MIX

I made this last night while waiting for large scale printouts to print so we could spray-mount them for a giant "science project presentation" gone completely awry. Waiting for printouts-which is akin to watching paint dry... It was a long night, and at around 2:30-3:00AM I decided to turn those lemons into sweet sonic lemonade, and I made this mix. Well, this is rough around the edges at times admittedly a little all over the place, but it has a sense of immediacy that sometimes gets lost when making these lil' mixes...

TRACKLIST: (Sorry kiddos this is all in one track recorded live)

01. Leather and Lace- Lee Hazelwood
02. When My Baby Comes - Grinderman
03. Le Roi Des Mouches Et La Confiture De Rouse - Jean Claude Vannier
04. Supernatural Lancashire #3 - S. Mcloughlin
05. Iron Action- BEAK>
06. Weather Report 2 (excerpt) - The Fall
07. Disco Devil - The Upsetters
08. Preacher Man - BLO
09. Help Me - Helpers
10. Bashar/Thufir Hawat - Bernard Szajner
11. Gold Love Riddim - Tapes
12. Title Music (Shalimar) - R.D. Burman
13. Sissexa - Antena
14. Short Transition (extended)- Richard Pinhas
15. Speed Display - Moebius-Plank-Neumeier
16. Straight Lines - Units
17. Arc-Lite (Sonar) - Loop

BIRD AND WHALE MIX - HEAD ALWAYS IN THE CLOUDS

2010-09-26T19:39:00.008-05:00

Recorded with Traktor in two separate "live" takes. (Cheap Skills utilized.)

There are a few mistakes here and there but in all, I think it is a pretty solid representation of what I've been checking out lately. I have to admit there are a few tracks from other compilations which has been a self imposed rule to try and stray away from in mixes, but I couldnt help it! This was made in the spirit of the constant search for inspiration and with the intent of sharing some "jams". Some of these tracks I've had for a while now, others are very recent digs. Enjoy!

M.

HEAD ALWAYS IN THE CLOUDS MIX (#12 for bird and whale)

SIDE A - 08.09.10
_____________________________________________
01. The Persuaders - John Barry
02. Anticope - M. Takara
03. The Age of Self - Robert Wyatt
04. Feather - Little Dragon
05. Tempo Nublado - Rita Lee
06. in here the world begins - Broadcast
07. Requiem pour un con - Serge Gainsbourg
08. Rainbow Man - Busy P
09. Go Ahead - Wire
10. Rubbermiro- Liquid Liquid
11. Long Lost Lover - The Lovejoys

SIDE B - 09.08.10
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01. Hotel (intro) - 10cc
02. Do The Du (casse) - A Certain Ratio
03. sal - M. Takara
04. El Lobo - Wganda Kenya
05. Lowrey Dub - Tapes
06. Sur Le Theme De Bene Gesserit III - Richard Pinhas
07. Game And Performance - Deux
08. (whoops) Good Life (excerpt) - Neu!
09. Timbilli / Arap Saçi - Erkin Koray
10. Eddie's Rubber Band - Eddie Bo
11. Guide Us Father - General Trees
12. Haffi Rock - Mungo's Hi-Fi
13. LazyBeat - Lukid
14. Swim - Billy Green
15. Two Cocks - Lower Dens
16. Cheree - Suicide

GET IT HERE

GOOD STUFF

2010-09-19T13:25:00.009-05:00

INSTRUCTIONS: PLAY THIS VIDEO
on 6 (or more) windows simultaneosly.
Stagger the start of each video in 5-10 second intervals.

for best results, click on video link and go straight to youtube site.

2004 : THE NIGHT GAME - "Jungle Life" (demo)

2010-09-10T15:26:00.006-05:00

I found my demo copy of "Jungle Life" the other day in my desk at work... I was a little surprised to find it every bit as intriguing and fresh as I did when I first heard it years ago.

When I get a chance to actually write something about this album I will add to this post. Most likely if you are looking at this blog you are either me or one of the 5 people I know already who also know what the Night Game is already... so if you don't know where your copy is-

get it here>>>> THE JUNGLE LIFE

*If anyone has any images they'd like to add contact me

SHOW 8 & 9

2010-08-18T15:37:00.003-05:00

CHEAP SKILLs MIX

2010-08-18T13:58:00.005-05:00

GET IT HERE>> CHEAP SKILLs

Yes, it's another mix of Jamaican Tunes.

This time, using Traktor...cheap skills

TRACKLIST

1. Glen Brown and King Tubby - Version 78 Style

2. Clint Eastwood & General Echo - Dance It Have Fe Nice

3. U Roy and Delroy Wilson - Never Get Away

4. James Eastwood - Darkest Night

5. Prince Jazzbo - Minstral

6. Keith and Tex - Cool Out

7. Nehemiah Reid - Great Surprise (Pound Get A Blow)

8. Prince Buster - Train To Girls Town

9. Bobby Jackie & Soul Defenders - Reggae Wiggle

10. Joe Gibbs and The Professionals - He Prayed Version

11. Jah Woosh - Omega Dollar

12. Little John and Billy Boyo - Janet Sinclair

13. Rapper Robert & Jim Brown - Pirates Version

14. Mikey Dread - JBC Days

15. Junior Murvin - Dancehall Girls

16. Michigan and Smiley - Nice Up The Dance

17. Billy Boyo - Billy Boyo in The Area

18. Herman Chin-Loy - I Man

19. Dillinger - Flat Foot Hustling

20. Lone Ranger - Tribal War

21. Mikey Dread - Operations Choice

22. Burning Spear - Reggaelation

DIAMOND AGE - SHOW #7 w/eyes, wings & many other things

2010-07-22T10:10:00.002-05:00

FOUNDATION ROCKERS & DIAMOND AGE MIX

2010-07-20T12:11:00.010-05:00

This is our first shot at an all-jamaican DJ night... SKA, ROCKSTEADY, ROOTS REGGAE, DUB, SOUL, EARLY DANCEHALL to DIGITAL REGGAE.... Not exactly sure if we're going to be able to do it outside on the patio or inside the bar but I hope that some people show and maybe actually DANCE?! Well, let's not get ahead of ourselves! I'd be happy if 15 people showed up and had a few beers and enjoyed the music... We have been acquiring a ton of great music to share... It should be a fun Tuesday! it's FREE!!!

I've added a post of some of the music you could expect from this night- here's a "practice" mix I made last weekend. ENJOY- I will have to post a tracklist later...

DIAMOND AGE- JAMAICAN RECORDS 2

1. Sir Lord Comic, Skatalites - Four Seasons

2. Upsetters - Night Doctor

3. Eric Frater - Venus

4. Roy Shirley - Dance Arena

5. Larry Marshall - Run Babylon

6. The Revolutionaries - M.P.L.A.

7. Toyan - Spar with Me

8. Mikey Murta - Rude Rock Dubplate Mix

9. Big Youth - Screaming Target Version

10. Barry Brown -

11. General Echo - Follow Fashion

12. Shinehead - Billy Jean

13. Leroy Wallace & The New Establishment - Far Beyond

14. Jackie Mittoo - Juice Box

15. White Mice - Tallawah

16. Prince Jazzbo - Pepper Rock

17. Ranking - Chatty Chatty People

18. The Gladiators - Tallawah

JULY 9th 2010 SHOW FLYER

2010-06-27T19:38:00.004-05:00

2010-06-17T16:18:00.003-05:00

GUN OUTFIT kind of reminds me of K Records stuff from the mid to late 90s. I had never heard of them and I was honestly a little hesitant to check em out thinking it was a local band. A band called Gun Outfit from Dallas would probably sound quite different from this... DJ Quick Chris is kind of a tough name to google since it will show nearly a million sites referring to DJ Quick or DJ Quik.... Beau Turkey is showing some art. I'm sure there will be cheap beers...and it's FREE...

2010-06-17T16:01:00.004-05:00

COME ON OUT........THIS SATURDAY JUNE 19th.

NEW MIX FOR BIRD AND WHALE (SOON)

2010-01-08T16:43:00.007-06:00

www.birdandwhale.com

STOLEN ITEMS in ATL

2010-01-08T14:38:00.006-06:00

1. Macbook 2.0 GHz / 2x1GB / 160GB HD / Super Disc drive // Part Numer- MB466LL/A // serial number- 768416B1AQ

2. Ipod Photo 30GB

3. Sennheiser HD 280 professional studio Monitor headphones.

4. OGIO laptop messenger bag for 13" Laptop

5. Black Leather gloves (in side pocket)

6. Cheap Sunglasses

7. sketchbook approx 9 x 12

8. Moleskin pocket notebook Size: 3.5 x 5.5 in. (9 x 14 cm)

9. 15 various size drawing pens

10. iPhone Charger / Macbook Charger / USB cables /

11. check book

12. 2 file folders containing bills and documents

13. Keyless entry remote for my car

DIAMOND AGE - LIFETIME IN A DAY MIX

2009-12-17T14:26:00.008-06:00

YES, I am aware that the title of this mix is ridiculous. It actually took me what seemed to be a lifetime to complete it...several months! And it doesnt show! I think it did turn out to be a good segue from the usual mixes I have posted. I dont know if its the nature of the type of music or what, but I would get hung up on certain tracks for a long time and then quit. So I finally finished it. A Holiday "Drone" mix ?... 18 tracks 1:45:30. ENJOY. 198MB

LIFETIME IN A DAY MIX

Tracklist:

...a Mother Goose nursery rhyme...

2009-12-09T15:28:00.003-06:00

REAL WAVES - 1670AM DENTON, TX

2009-12-04T11:39:00.008-06:00

Last night I had the opportunity to sit in at 1670AM

and play some tracks...It turned out to be a nearly 3 hour long show.

It was a good time, crushing "hi-fi" stereo tracks into compressed AM and broadcasting them to the masses (most likely me, Peter and Erin) for nearly a 1 mile radius.

Here's a approximate playlist, as there were records interspersed here and there....

TWIN PEAKS

2009-12-02T12:29:00.005-06:00

"Dark mood woods/The red room" from the final episode.

FILE DELETED!!!... just realized it's in the LIFETIME IN A DAY MIX

Fantômas LIVE 10/29/98

2009-11-12T11:12:00.011-06:00

*image from the 1964 Fantômas film...

I haven't listened to this in ages. Just pulled it out of the vault this morning...

This show was recorded at the (now defunct) Galaxy Club in Deep Ellum (now a veritable wasteland) in 1998. I recall the Galaxy Club being one of the worst shithole venues in Deep Ellum, although every once in a while they had a good show. Come to think of it, I don't have very many fond memories of any Deep Ellum clubs in the tail end of its heyday... Well, I suppose the Gypsy Tea Room had its moments...

This is a decent recording, with all tracks indexed. All material from their first release with the exception of the cover of T. Rex's "Chariot Choogle" (which appears on a tzadik comp) that Mike Patton declares is a Rage Against the "Latrine" song- clever!

*Note the pissed off rednecks who were there to see Dave Lombardo play metal. "PLAY SOME REAL MUSIC" and the bottles thrown in the trashcan near the recordist sometimes works as a bonus percussive instrument with this music.

The ridiculous play by play of events by yours truly at a tender and impressionable age of 23 is cringe-worthy...Recorded by Jason Jenkins.

Fantômas:

Mike Patton

Buzz Osborne

Trevor Dunn

Dave Lombardo

Fantômas

DIAMOND AGE - BEGUILING THE HOURS

2009-11-11T14:25:00.014-06:00

After much deliberation, I've decided to give this album away again...If you feel inclined to support the label and the artist, purchase a Deluxe 320kbps Download with artwork

Beguiling the Hours was released JAN 31 2009 by life and living records in the UK as a 320 kbps download with a 12 page PDF file of liner notes. I'm not even sure how many downloads it had over the year, especially from the US. Originally, this was available for free download via Bird and Whale for a short while in its unmastered state.

This is a "reinterpretation" of Gareth Williams and Mary Currie's "Flaming Tunes" album. If you haven't heard the original, you should give the recent reissue from life and living records a listen (in the US go to RER USA, other music or aquarius records)...or check the flaming tunes website. I am actually waiting on a box of them from the label to distribute like a traveling salesman around select independent record stores in the US...

I found a bootleg of this impossible to find cassette-only release from the ex-This Heat member a few years ago ( the "After the Heat" bootleg, which was misleadingly said to have been unreleased This Heat material and later via the mended records blog). In depth information on Flaming Tunes can be found HERE

Late in 2007 I decided to record a track from it myself with similar "restrictions" of the original. I recorded with an old 4-track and minimal mics, etc... This eventually morphed into tracking 1/2 on 4 track and 1/2 garage band and became a full blown experiment in obsessive compulsive behavior re-recording (covering) the entire album.

I had initially made contact with Chris Cutler at RER who had just facilitated the This Heat Out of Cold Storage Box Set and Charles Hayward (This Heat / Camberwell Now etc...) in an attempt to find out about the reissue that hadn't happened yet. I was surprised at the quick response from both of them. I told Charles Hayward about the version of the album I made and he requested I send 3 copies to him and that he would give one to Charles Bullen, Mary Currie, and Mick Hobbs (from the bands the Work, the Momes, Officer!, and Family Fodder, etc.) who was working on the reissue for his label (life and living records). It was through contact with these people that I got an offer to release this record almost in conjunction with the reissue of the original. I would not have released this without this type of encouragement or endorsement.

I recorded the album entirely by myself with the exception of help on "B to A" from two great musicians/friends Jason Reimer and Steve Hill. It was mastered by David Willingham.

I am proud of this album, for what it's worth.

I suppose it's worth the time it takes for you to download it...

This download does not include the liner notes...you will have to contact me or purchase a download from Life and Living for that!

thanks for listening.

AS OF 03/02/2011:

THE LINK HAS BEEN CHANGED TO DIAMOND AGE BANDCAMP SITE AFTER FINDING ONE OF THE TRACKS WAS CORRUPTED... YOU SET THE $PRICE$ OR- IF YOU ARE POOR, YOU CAN GET IT FREE...

Tapes from India -Part 2 Dr. Chittibabu

2009-11-05T16:55:00.006-06:00

I think the fact that this sounds so fucked up may be the reason why I like it so much. I found a version of this album on emusic, but I think I prefer this tape hissed out version. I also like that between tracks you can hear the other side of the tape backwards- I think that kind of transfers in the mp3 version. I think this album, "Bells of Joy" is from 1991.

Dr. Chittibabu played the Veena, kind of like a South Indian version of a sitar...I think it sounds more like an acoustic guitar at times. He was a legend in his own lifetime. He passed away on Feb of 1996 of a massive cardiac arrest. He was 59.

At one time I expressed interest to a UNT professor Poovlur Srinivasan in learning the Veena and I was told that women played Veena primarily... at least that's how I remember it! I never got the money together to buy a Veena and that interest faded...

I have another tape that has a Chittibabu leading a Veena Orchestra, I believe 50 veenas playing classical melodies in unison...perhaps the Glenn Branca of Indian Carnatic classical music? maybe a little more like the Rhys Chatham of India... he seems a little less aggro...Let's not get off track and start a ridiculous argument about post-punk minimalism...

time to leave work now.

DR. CHITTIBABU

Tapes from India -Part 1 KHAL NAYAK soundtrack

2009-11-05T14:16:00.010-06:00

I've never seen this film, but I've had the soundtrack for a long time (thanks Cha! maybe the only thing I'll ever thank you for...) aaand I finally got around to ripping it. Apparently the track "Choli Ke Peechhe" was a controversial song for it's racy title/query which translates to "what's behind your blouse" which apparently is akin to flashing a boob at the superbowl or something. It also made the song extremely popular. I saw something that said a track from this soundtrack was used on that slumdog millionaire film...I can't remember for sure. The other thing I found out is that These Tipps soundtrack cassettes feature commercials at the end of side A, and if f there wasnt enough room on a side to fit a track they'd edit it or cut it... I have been searching for a CD version of the soundtrack but I havent found one.

I just found a UK cassette version of this soundtrack today that has different commercial and mixes and sounds almost as lo-fi as the one I own. So I included the tracks from that rip in the folder as well... I think this soundtrack has some yatch rock tendencies at points but overall I love it and it was the first glimpse at the great weirdness of Indian film soundtracks for me... I still do not know much about Bollywood soundtracks but every once and a while over the years I've happened upon some gems...

Next up, NOLLYWOOD soundtracks? I still haven't heard one of those... or seen too much of one of those films but man the trailers are amazing!

factoid- Tricky sampled the beat to "O Maa Tujhe Salaam" on the track "Ponderosa"

KHAL NAYAK

SUB OSLO

2009-10-13T17:16:00.003-05:00

SUB OSLO LIVE 7/6/1999

2009-09-28T11:18:00.003-05:00

BEAR IN HEAVEN's new record Beat Rest Forth Mouth.

no leaked files here... sorry. they're my good friends and I think they wouldn't be too pleased if I did that...just a mention.

there are some preview tracks available out there in the inter-nest.

the artwork is oddly striking. check out more by the artist, Laura Brothers, here

DIAMOND AGE "ROUGHs" pt. 1

2009-09-25T12:21:00.008-05:00

Here is a sketch of an idea of a part of a song. A few weeks ago, I set a goal that I would finish a Diamond Age album by Jan. 1st., and well- it's been a little slow going! I have been recording much in the same process as "Beguiling the Hours" that is, with barely enough gear to make it happen. I am sad that I killed the old Kawai keyboard. the Casio replacement $30 keyboard is a total piece of shit and I have to squeeze out a sound that doesn't completely sound awful... But I have acquired a Baldwin Fun Machine organ that I've been tinkering over the past few months.

This track needs a few things to "fix" it, but at any rate- here is an early mix.

NITE DUST

NEW MIX FOR BIRD AND WHALE

2009-09-20T15:55:00.004-05:00

sUMMEReNDS MIX (via birdandwhale)

sUMMEReNDS mix Disk 1:

1. Caravan - Asforteri 25

2. Dorothy Ashby - Soul Vibrations

3. Módulo 1000 - Curtíssima

4. Som Imaginário - Ascenso

5. Ananda Shankar - The River

6. Ray Cathode - Waltz In Orbit

7. Os Brazoes - Espiral

8. Bwana - La Jurumba

9. The Byrds - So You want to be a Rock'N'Roll Star

10. The Equals - I can See but You don't Know

11. Hasil Adkins - The HUNCH

12. Mustafa Ozkent Orchestra - Dolana

13. Gareth Williams - Anger or Fire

14. Piero Piccioni - Babylon I'm Comin'

15. DIAMOND AGE - HELEN 12 TREES

16. The Troggs - I Want You

17. Love - My Little Red Book

18. Jacques Dutronc - Les Gens Sont Fous, Les Temps Sont Flous

19. The Creation - I Am the Walker

20. Pink Floyd - See Saw

sUMMEReNDS mix Disk 2:

1. The Index - Eight Miles High

2. Dara Puspita - To Love Somebody

3. Prince Jazzbo - Fool of Love

4. Fábio - Lindo Sonho Delirante

5. Piero Umilani - Dynamique en Tension No. 1

6. Ennio Morricone - Un Altro Mare

7. Sophie Daumier - Femme Femme

8. The Moments - Ride Your Pony

9. King Tubby - satta dub

10. Soft Machine - Dada was Here

11. Embryo - Hackbrett-dance

12. Venus Gang - Evil Times

13. Family Fodder - Savoire Faire

14. Usha Iyer & Asha Bhosle - I Love You

15. Liliental - Wattwurm

16. Broadcast - Pendulum

17. Tonto's Expanding Head Band - Riversong

18. Armando Trovajoli - Vedo Nudo (diva waltz)

BIRD AND WHALE MIXES

2009-09-17T10:39:00.016-05:00

BIRD AND WHALE is a site created by a good friend of mine, Brad Loving. I've been lucky to have been asked to post some digital "mixtapes" for the past year and a half and here are a few of them... I urge you to check out the all mixes on the site. Dante Carfagna's Another Time Another Place kept popping up on my ipod and I really couldnt figure out where i got what I thought was this amazing Smithsonian Folkways record...? Even down to the cover artwork- it is that perfect. The Numero Group's Rob Sevier's mixes are dizzying sound collages of trance music from all over the globe. Of course Brad's mixes are solid as well as John Herndon, Bundy K Brown, Paul Duncan, Need Windham....etc. Anyway, there are so many great mixes on the site. Here are a few that I have previously posted...

THE END OF THE WORLD

1 Roy Budd - Goodbye Carter! - Get Carter OST

2 Embryo - Abdul Malek - We Keep On

3 Assim Assado - Rock Blue - Assim Assado

4 Aphrodite's Child - The End of the World - The End of the World

5 The Kinks - King King - Arthur

6 Erasmo Carlos - 26 Anos De Vida Normal -

7 Bo Diddley- Bo Diddley

8 Pnoom- CAN - Delay 1968

9 Sire Victor Uwaifo - Dododo - Guitar-Boy Superstar

10 Serge Gainsbourg - 69 année érotique - Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg

11 Silver Apples - Ruby - Contact

12 The United States of America - Cloud Song - The United States of America

13 Robert Wyatt - To Caravan and Brother Jim - The End of an Ear

14 Nelson Angelo e Joyce - Comunhao - Nelson Angelo e Joyce

15 Nirvana - Take This Hand - Story of Simon Simopath

16 S. Brunolini - Polyphony - SpeedBall Experience comp.

17 Kevin Ayers - Girl on a Swing - Joy of a Toy

18 Krzysztof Komeda - Sarah In a Bath - Fearless Vampire Killers OST

19 Bob Marley - I'm Still Waiting - Songs of Freedom comp

20 Caravan - Ride - Caravan

21 The Pretty Things - What's the Use - Parachute

22 Lee Perry and the Upsetters - Bad Walking - Cloak and Dagger

23 White Noise - Visitations

24 Paul Giovani - Willow's Song - The Wicker Man OST

25 Ron Wood - Mystifies Me - I've Got My Own Album To Do

26 Song of the Siren - Tim Buckley - Starsailor

CATACOMBS MIX

1 Ennio Morricone - Dialogo N.1

2 Krzysztof Komeda - Alfred In The Crypt

3 Nino Rota - Main Titles Toby Dammit Theme

4 Technical Space Composer's Crew - Boat Woman Song (edit)

5 Ennio Morricone - 1970

6 Ennio Morricone - Le Fotografie

7 Krzysztof Komeda - Vampire Corners

8 Nino Rota - Toby Dammit Theme Slow Fox

9 Ennio Morricone - Il sogno

10 Nora Orlandi - Obscure Remembering

11 Ennio Morricone - Astratto II

12 Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra - Love In Space

13 Piero Piccioni - The Trap

14 Nora Orlandi - Descending

15 Nora Orlandi - Body Fox

16 John Barry - My Love Has Two Faces (Instrumental Demo)

17 Nino Rota - Ninna Nanna

18 Pierre Henry & Michel Colombier - Teen Tonic

19 Ennio Morricone - La Bambola

20 Piero Piccioni - Con o senza sole

21 Goblin - Sighs

22 Nino Rota - Aria Di Roma - Main Titles

23 Ennio Morricone - Il Clan Dei Siciliani

DIAMOND AGE IS DEAD

THE DIAMOND AGE (IS DEAD) MAY2007

PART A

1 NINO NARDINI / BOREDOMS - afro beat (loop) > Music For Dancefloors - Cream Of The Chappell Sessions /LIVWE!! > Super Roots 9

2 BRiGITTE BARDO - contact > Brigitte Bardo Show

3 UR (SECRET CHIEFS 3) - drive > 7"

4 BEAR IN HEAVEN - shining and free > Red Bloom of the Bloom

PART B

5 SERGE GAINSBORG / CLUSTER - premiers symptômes (4 second loop) > L'homme à la tête de chou / Rote Riki > Zuckerzeit

6 LUNGFISH- love is love > love is love

7 THE BEAT - twist and crawl dub > rough trade cassette 81

8 ALKA YAGNIK & Chorus- aaja sajan aaja > Kahal Nayak OST

9 BROADCAST - microtronics #2 > microtronics ep

10 EPMD - you gots to chill > strictly business

11 J DILLA - walkinonit > donuts LP

12 CAN - ...and more > I want more 7"

13 SOUND DIMENSION - real rock > Soul Jazz Studio One Rockers comp.

PART C

14 KIM JUNG MI - 햇님 > Now

15 DREW RYDBERG - kasey kasem death dedication remix?

16 HARVEY MILK - women dig it > My Love is Higher Than Your Assessment of What My Love Could Be

PART D

17 ENNIO MORRICONE - Piume di Cristallo (Alternate Version) > L`uccello dalle Piume di Cristallo OST

18 PAN SONIC - Lomittain > A

19 Alessandro Alessandroni/Nora Orlandi - Lo Strano Vizio Della Signor Wardh : The Bondage suite 3 > Music For strange situations

20 SYD BARRETT - late night > Wouldn't You Miss Me?

UNIT 1996 4-Track Tapes

2009-09-16T14:35:00.002-05:00

UNIT was a band that you might have seen if you mistakenly stumbled into the Somber Reptile, the Wreck Room, JW Dobbs (?) Homage (that building that became the old eyedrum) or that one place across from the taco bell on Ponce de Leon....maybe even the midtown (i think it was called) frijoleros on Peachtree St. in ATL circa 1994-1996. Those fine establishments where you could book a show on a Friday by calling on the Tuesday before. One of those clubs where the door guy asks "who are you here to see?" and puts an X next the band name you told him. The best payment system ever. Maybe you even threw something at them, or spit at them because they didnt play METAL. Maybe you were there to see the Martians and UNIT happened to be playing first.

Pulled from the original 4-track tapes a month ago and salvaged "remastered" via computer techmology, this is THE definitive recording of UNIT. These are pretty much live takes in the practice room at Black Box rehearsal Studio. We were so so tragically stoned all the time and had little or no clue about recording, booking or eh-um, playing THAT good...

There are a few moments where this doesn't sound "terrible", but I have to say it mildly depressed me at the amount of extreme guitar wankage going down on this shite. Looking back on this, I remember practicing A LOT. and we actually have sounded "better" than these recordings. I will continue telling myself this.

so yeah, to make this more of a beating of a listen, it is included as one single 44:13 track of failed attempts. Failure is the best! All hail FAILURE!!!

I wish I could remember the track names. here's some new track names instead....

1. ROBERT

2. BETTY

3. SAMUEL

4.JENNIFER

5.BOB

6.DATING

7.REGINALD

8.*TIDES

(*=bonus)

UNIT : 1996

COALS TO NEWCASTLE

2009-09-10T11:44:00.004-05:00

The unreleased album from Coals to Newcastle... they called it a day shortly after completing this. Members went on to The Angelus, Faceless Werewolves, The Aleph, Dream Tigers, Tang Lung, and make music for video games....Have I missed anything?

Recorded 1998 (?) on 4-track and 8-track in Denton, TX

Mixed by Rawly Pickens

Matt Chaney - Guitar, Vocals

Matt Piersall - Keyboards

Mike Raines - Drums

Emil Rapstine - Guitar, Vocals

Baldomero Valdez - Bass Guitar

COALS TO NEWCASTLE

MANDARIN. one "lost" track.

2009-09-09T17:13:00.005-05:00

An unfinished track from an album that never was... Album #3 from Mandarin. killed the band...Or was it the West Coast tour? Nobody knows for sure. Not even those involved. Shortly after the demise, Jayson Wortham packed up the tunes from "Album #3" (afterall, they WERE his for the taking) and went on to form Dove Hunter.

DAYSTARS

OUT OF PRINT... NARCOTIC GUITAR ...

2009-09-09T15:39:00.008-05:00

This 1996 side project fronted by Hira of the BOREDOMS is a classic space rock album, and pre-dates the Boredom's psyche stuff by a few years. It brings to mind the images Rutger Hauer as Roy Batty in Blade Runner describes in his pre-death monologue-

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off ther shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain... Time to die...."

HANADENSHA

Shows of Yore #6 LADDIO BOLOCKO LIVE @ EMO'S

2009-09-09T11:11:00.015-05:00

LADDIO BOLOCKO were an incendiary live band formed in 1996 featuring former Zeni Geva and Dazzling Killmen drummer Blake Flemming, the spidery guitar wizardry of Drew St. Ivany, Marcus DeGrazia on horns, and Ben Armstrong on Bass and Guitar. I remember sifting through the mail at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios looking at the cds submitted by bands for booking and I came across "In Real Time" and it blew me away. It was probably the 1 out of 500 mailed submissions that was actually GOOD- wait a minute, this is actually GREAT!

They never made it to Denton due to canceling the tour (or at least coming through TX). They finally came to Dallas a couple years later, opening for Trans Am @ TREES. I don't think very many people knew what they were in for, and in this recording from the night before at EMO'S (Austin, TX) though it is not the best *quality-wise, this showcases them at possibly the peak of their short life span... Rarely have I seen a band command attention to an entire audience of people who have never heard them from the beginning of the set.

The band split up shortly after this tour and St. Ivany and Armstrong went on to form The Psychic Paramount, and Flemming and DeGrazia went on to form Electric Turn to Me. I just found out Flemming was also the drummer for the Mars Volta and toured with them on their tour opening for the Red Hot Chili Peppers...

NO QUARTER reissued their complete discography on a 2-CD set called "The Life & Times of Laddio Bolocko"(which is now out of print again...) as well as releases by The Psychic Paramount

*there was a scratch on the original CD...some skipping noise toward the end of the set. and it is not indexed. Yep, one 39-minute long track. I can't even remember how I got this recording. I think I traded some other live recording for it? I'd love to get a copy of the original...

LADDIO BOLOCKO LIVE @ EMOs

Shows of Yore #4 (Papa M) and #5 (Wiring Prank)

2009-09-08T10:48:00.006-05:00

(rubber gloves ten years ago)

I recently moved into a new house and while unpacking, I cracked open the old CD vaults before again stashing them away in the closet again. I think a lot of this stuff has remained unopened for 6 years or so... Some questionable/embarrassing stuff in there for sure, but every once and a while I would find something and have to put it on and re-listen to it. Back in the day, I used to record shows with a DAT recorder and sometimes I guessed right with the mic placement and the levels and it actually worked out. These are two shows that for the most part fall in that category.

Papa M was a solo project from David Pajo from seminal 90s bands Slint and original member of Tortoise who went on to start Aerial M, and then Papa M, Pajo, and Dead Child. This is a show on November 21,1999 at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios. This is from his last forays in the "post-rock" genre supporting his drag city album "Live from a Shark Cage" but you can hear an slight leaning toward the folk he has been playing for the past 6-7 years. The great Alan Licht played guitar on this tour. Apologies for setting a mic next to the people chatting throughout a good amount of this show. But that's the way it was (still is?) most of the time at RGRS...

Wiring Prank were an exceptional Denton band. I remember seeing them as early as 1997 at the Argo in the BIG ASS BEER days. I saw recently in DFW/DIY blog posted an EP (?)... which was a bit more in the June of '44 zone than this show from 1999. They transformed into a much more melodic, introspective, and for lack of a better word "slowcore" band. They have never released material from this period... This band features Bryan VanDivier (now plays drums for Tre Orsi) on guitar/Bass Six(?), a couple of Sams (last names please), and Will Johnson (um...) on drums. They actually opened for Papa M, but I thought the recording from the two songs from this show a few months prior was a bit more "spirited". I am unsure where this show was....perhaps the Old Dan's Bar?

PAPA M 11.21.99

WIRING PRANK 7.19.99

PAUL DUNCAN @ the EARL 2007

2009-09-03T18:02:00.006-05:00

This is a recording of Paul Duncan from a brief tour of the Southeast in 2007. This was at the Earl in east ATL... I have fond memories of this tour. Some of the funniest shit happened...

PAUL DUNCAN - VOCALS, GUITAR

JTR3 - DRUMS

M. LEER - BARITONE GUITAR

PAUL DUNCAN LIVE

PAUL DUNCAN (HomeTapes)

BAPTIST GENERALS - LIVE in Buffalo, NY 2005

2009-09-03T14:11:00.004-05:00

This is from Baptist Generals/Centro-matic US tour in 2005. A bit different than what they have become in the past few years- this is the "plugged-in" version of the band. After hearing it again, I cant decide if I think it's "too rocked out" or what? yeah, perhaps at times! There is some "charm" to it though... But I did notice is that Chris Flemmons stands out, and is and always has been the focus and the reason why this music is great. I was lucky to play in this band for a while and I have to admit it was a bit hectic at times but there were some great shows... This was from a weird night that we played with this turd of a songwriter named Jesse Malin who urged us to play our opening slot right on time which we did, then waited for nearly an hour and a half after we were done to play second, thus leaving Centro-matic with the 130AM slot and a few hangers on who were wasted enough to stay. And it was fucking cold that night- yeah, It's BUFFALO! Anyway, this is a recording made by the sound guy that night. It does sound a bit on the straight-to-the-board side of live recordings, but it's still a pretty good show.

Baptist Generals (tour 2005)

Chris Flemmons

Ryan Williams

Peter Salisbury

M. Leer

David Douglas

BGs LIVE IN BUFFALO

DIAMOND AGE "EXTRAS"

2009-09-02T15:25:00.005-05:00

These are various "unreleased" tracks I put together for a free download on life and living records site to go along with this other album I recorded called "Beguiling the Hours" which is a reinterpretation of a record by Gareth Williams and Mary Currie (which I may post here in the near future, since I think nobody really downloaded it from LALR anyway)

DIAMOND AGE "EXTRAS"

DITCH KIDS LIVE @ MABLE PEABODY'S DENTON a long time ago

2009-09-02T11:06:00.005-05:00

The Ditch Kids were a great band. Stuck somewhere between Trans Am and Vince Guaraldi's Peanuts theme, they were around Denton, TX long ago and I don't think they ever recorded in a studio...I'm pretty sure this is one of the last shows they played and I think it captures the essence of what they had going on. Kyle went on to Become THE NIGHT GAME and still wanders the streets in various urban jungles at night, Adam moved to NYC and plays in the Hungry March Band and with Silver Arrows. I'm not sure what happened to Roberto...

Roberto Barsi - Keyboards and Guitar
Kyle Cheatham - Vocals and Bass

Adam Loudermilk - Drums and Percussion

DITCH KIDS LIVE