Crescent Moon is in Big Trouble @ The Triple Rock

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Crescent Moon is in Big Trouble
The Triple Rock
Minneapolis, MN
Saturday July 26th 2008

Taper: empty (neveragain1980 AT yahoo DOT com)
Location: XYish (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 44.1kHz WAV)
Conversion: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > TLH lvl 6 + Tested > FLAC]
Edit: CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 9 (fades)
TRT: 48:09

01. Joshu ^ (instrumental)
02. Hunting Season +
03. Broken Dishes +
04. Where the Cutthroats Stay *
05. Cemetery Stroll *
06. Find Your Way Home #
07. St. James Infirmary =
08. 7-8-9 *
09. Vermillion *

^ Big Trouble
+ Crescent Moon is in Big Trouble
* Kill the Vultures covers
# Roma di Luna cover
= traditional folk song

Crescent Moon - vocals
Twinkie Jiggles - bass
Peter Leggett - drums
Steve Mcpherson - guitar
Josh Peterson - guitar

www.myspace.com/getinbigtrouble

Playing with Mel Gibson & the Pants and City on the Make. Another list of Minneapolis/St. Paul musicians that deserve way more recognition than they receive.

You've got a bunch of really talented musicians in their 20s that have probably already played in close to 20 bands combined.

City on the Make @ The Triple Rock

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City on the Make
The Triple Rock
Minneapolis, MN
Saturday July 26th

Taper: empty (neveragain1980 AT yahoo DOT com)
Location: XYish (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 44.1kHz WAV)
Conversion: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > FLAC]
Edit: CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 9 (fades)
TRT: 50:29

01. ...intro
02. No Thumbs *
03. Fake I.D.
04. 900 Nails
05. A Million Bucks (alt version)
06. Tangled Webs: Slithering Cobras (alt version)
07. New Shoes *
08. Pick Me Ups
09. Money is my Friend *
10. Crack in the 80s (one of 4 possible titles) #
11. Chicks on Bikes
12. Arc Lamps

* unreleased
# unreleased, first time played, to be titled one of the four titles mentioned

Mike Massey - vocals
Mischa Kegan - guitar
Stephen Rowe - bass
Colin Stumbras - drums

http://www.cityonthemake.net/ www.myspace.com/cityonthemake

I had been looking forward to this show since finding out about it sometime in May. I first stumbled across a listing for Crescent Moon is in Big Trouble on the Triple Rock calendar. That alone was enough for me to add it to my calendar...then a couple weeks later I saw that Mel Gibson & the Pants had been added to the bill. OK then, so two of my favorite local bands are playing the same show at my favorite venue...I'm there. Then sometime in early June I was scrolling down the listings at the Triple Rock's site and noticed that CITY ON THE MAKE had been added to the show. Now, it's common that one or more bands that I like or at least appreciate end up playing the same show together but it's rather rare that a bill this solid (IMHO) comes along. Crescent Moon is in Big Trouble ended up playing first per their call, MG&TP second and City on the Make threw down at the end of the night.

Ween @ Roy Wilkins

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Ween
July 19, 2008
Roy Wilkins Auditorium
St. Paul, MN

Source: AKG C 414b xls (AB hypers 5'ROC FOB, stand 12.5'^) > Hi Ho Silver xlr's > UA5 (BM2p+ mod.) > JB3 (opti) @ 44.1 kHz.
Transfer: JB3 > usb1 > Macbook > xNJB3 1.4.6 > Audacity 1.2.5 (track & fades)> xACT 1.59 (SBE, FLAC, verify, .ffp & .md5).
Recorded & transferred by Dean Lambrecht
Seeded by: empty

Disc one:

01. Intro (0:21)
02. Pork Roll Egg & Cheese (3:04)
03. Spinal Meningitis (3:37)
04. Golden Eel (5:50)
05. Happy Colored Marbles (6:02)
06. Piss Up A Rope (3:50)
07. Learning To Live (3:11)
08. Take Me Away (3:11)
09. Grobe (3:21)
10. Even If You Don't (5:49)
11. Voodoo Lady (9:42)
12. Your Party (4:31)

Disc two:

13. Buckingham Green (4:26)
14. Back To Basom (4:14)
15. Bananas & Blow (3:57)
16. With My Own Bare Hands (3:20)
17. Nan (3:09)
18. banter/tuning (1:45)19. Object (2:45)
20. banter (1:00)
21. Woman and Man (10:50)22. Zoloft (7:39)
23. banter (1:02)
24. Wavin' My Dick In The Wind (2:10)
25. Stroker Ace (2:43)
26. Dr. Rock (4:14)
27. banter/tune/Green Eyed Lady tease (2:45)
28. Mollusk (7:31)

Disc three:

E1:

29. Final Alarm (5:31)
30. Going Gets Tough From The Get Go (3:22)
31. Blarney Stone (11:04)
32. Ace Of Spades (3:39)
33. I Can't Put My Finger On It (with intro) (7:35)

E2:

34. Intro (0:57)
35. Fiesta (3:06)
36. You Fucked Up (3:09)
37. Feedback Jam * (6:35)

* Gene, then Dean on drums, Claude on bass. Dean trashes drum kit.

My Friend Dean taped & shared this recording. He also wrote the info up all pretty so thanks to him. I'm merely getting it online for him. Enjoy.

www.ween.com

Crescent Moon is in Big Trouble 07/19/08

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Crescent Moon is in Big Trouble
West Bank Music Festival (The Nomad parking lot)
Minneapolis, MN
Saturday July 19th 2008

Taper: empty (neveragain1980 AT yahoo DOT com)
Source: SBD > dual RCA Monster cable > iRiver h120 (Line-In @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV)
Conversion: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > FLAC]
Edit: CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 9 (fade in)
TRT: 31:01

01. ...intro
02. Hunting Season +
03. Broken Dishes +
04. Where the Cutthroats Stay *
05. Cemetery Stroll *
06. ...band intros
07. 7-8-9 *
08. Vermillion *

+ Crescent Moon is in Big Trouble originals
* Kill the Vultures covers

Crescent Moon - vocals
Twinkie Jiggles - bass
Peter Leggett - drums
Steve Mcpherson - guitar
Josh Peterson - guitar

www.myspace.com/getinbigtrouble

Check out a copy of the EP. It's one of the best releases of 2008. Some of the most talented musicians in the Twin Cities are in this band.

Much respect to the Nomad and it's staff for organizing such events and being an all around great establishment.

Story of the Sea @ The Triple Rock

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Story of the Sea
The Triple Rock Social Club
Minneapolis, MN
Friday July 18th 2007

Taper: empty (neveragain1980 AT yahoo DOT com)
Location: XYish (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 44.1kHz WAV)
Conversion: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > FLAC]
Edit: CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 9 (fades)
TRT: 44:47

01.
02.
03.
04.
05.
06.
07.
08.
09.
10.
11.

Adam Prince (guitar/vocals)
Ian Prince (drums)
John McEwen (bass)

www.storyofthesea.com
www.myspace.com/storyofthesea

www.stephaniehperry.com

Well what can I say, more stellar indie rock from Minneapolis. You may know some of these fellas from the bands Houston, Manplanet, Align and Harp & Finial.

This was the Threadbare reunion show. Threadbare's first show in 10 years in honor bassist Dustin Perry's sister Stephanie Perry. Stephanie lost her battle with cancer in 2006. All proceeds from this show went to the Stephanie Perry Scholarship fund.

Threadbare Reunion

I had the privilege of taping the Threadbare reunion at the Triple Rock last night. It was their first show in 10 years and all proceeds went to the Stephanie Perry Scholarship fund. Amazing sets from all three bands for a truly great cause.

All the Way Rider and Story of the Sea opened.

Mouthful of Bees @ the Triple Rock 7/7/7

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Mouthful of Bees
The Triple Rock Social Club
Minneapolis, MN
Saturday July 7th 2007

Taper: empty (neveragain1980 AT yahoo DOT com)
Location: DINish (cm, º), right drink rail, 25' back, ~12' ^
Source: Studio Projects C4's > Mil Spec Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV)
Conversion: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > TLH lvl 6 + Tested > FLAC]
Edit: CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 9 (fades)
TRT: 27:08

01. Under the Glacier
02. Hail On
03. The Now
04. Loop Song
05. new song *

* "this only got played a couple more times after this and I don't remember referring to it by anything else then new song"

Chris Farstad (guitar, lead vocals)
Katelyn Farstad (drums)
Mark Ritsema (guitar)
Micky Alfano (bass guitar)
Simon Larson (keyboard, guitar)

www.myspace.com/mouthfulofbees
www.afternoonrecords.com/mouthfulofbees.html

I chose to spend my 7/7/7 at the Triple Rock (surprised?). Much of that decision had to do with wanting to tape an indie rock band that everyone had been talking and writing about. Many others spent the night at one or more of the other 6 venues participating in 7/7/7. These venues included the Hexagon Bar, the Uptown Bar, the Nomad World Pub, Memory Lanes, the Turf Club and Big V's (2 St. Paul venues).

Face Candy :: Jam City (Volume 1)

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Face Candy
Jam City Volume 1
The West Bank Tapes

Tracks 1-8
The Triple Rock Social Club
Minneapolis, MN
Friday August 3rd 2007

Taper: empty (neveragain1980 AT yahoo DOT com)
Location: DINish, 20cm, right drink rail, 20' back, ~10' ^
Source: Studio Projects C4's > Mil Spec Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV)
Conversion: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > TLH lvl 6 + Tested > FLAC]
Edit: CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 9 (fade in)

01. ...intro
02. Shedding Light
03. the First Step
04. Ground Meets Walls
05. Know The Inside
06. Grips of the Ego
07. ...banter
08. the Mayor

Michael Larsen - Freestyle
JT Bates - Drums
Casey O' Brien - Bass

A couple of days after the bridge collapse. Playing with Abzorbr and the Bill Mike Band.

Tracks 9-20
The Nomad
Minneapolis, MN
Thursday December 27th 2007

Taper: me
Location: AB, 20cm, ~6ft LOC, 10' back, ~10' ^
Source: Studio Projects C4's > Mil Spec Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV)
Conversion: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > TLH lvl 6 + Tested > FLAC]
Edit: CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 9 (fade out)

09. Carnage beatbox set
10. Icicles
11. I'm Awake
12. It Happened on a Nice Sunny Day
13. A Path to Break
14. The Damage
15. Wired in Different Ways
16. Jam 1
17. Jam 2
18. Jam 17
19. Jam 16
20. Jam 14

Michael Larsen - Freestyle
Carnage - Beatbox
Casey O' Brien - Bass
Kristoff Krane - Freestyle (12-20)

Playing with Mel Gibson & the Pants and Cecil Otter from Doomtree. The last night of MG&TP's December 07 residency at the Nomad.

www.myspace.com/facecandy
www.crushkillrecordings.com

Freestyle meets free jazz and now that I have permission to release whatever I want it's time to kick out the jams. Face Candy shows are always an experience because you never know who's going to be on stage or what you're going to get. I thought about doing a two disc compilation with the best tracks from six or so shows but realized people would probably prefer full sets. Since we're talking improv all of the song titles are made up.

In 2006 Rhymesayers released Face Candy's first and only album "This Is Where We Were." It's a live album comprised of recordings made during an 8 date Midwest tour. The line up for the album included Eyedea (vocals), Mazta I (vocals), Kristoff Krane (vocals), Carnage (vocals), JT Bates (drums) and Casey O' Brien (bass). Face Candy have since continued playing shows in MN/WI as a trio featuring Eyedea, Casey and JT. With that said, Chris has always been a member and he's joined them for at least half of if not all of the set at 95% of the shows I've seen. I've also seen two shows that brought Carnage back to the fold to provide percussion in JT's absence.

Michael, Casey and JT are also in Carbon Carousel. Chris and Casey are also in Abzorbr. JT is in a dozen bands at any given time and I'd have to say he's my favorite Twin Cities drummer. Check out Carnage's solo material or anything he's done in Ill Chemistry.

The next Face Candy release is going to be a studio album culled from a non-stop 48 hour recording session that has yet to go down.

City on the Make @ The Turf

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City on the Make
The Turf Club
St. Paul, MN
Thursday July 3rd 2008

Taper: empty (neveragain1980 AT yahoo DOT com)
Location: AB, ~20cm, 5' LOC, 6' back, ~10' ^
Source: MBHO 603a + KA200N > Mil Spec Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV)
Conversion: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > TLH lvl 6 + Tested > FLAC]
Edit: CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 9 (fades)
TRT: 49:07

01. ...intro
02. No Thumbs *
03. A Million Bucks
04. New Shoes *
05. Pick Me Ups
06. ...banter
07. Tangled Webs: Slithering Cobras
08. Fake I.D.
09. Chicks on Bikes
10. ...band intros
11. Howlin' at a Sliver of the Moon (alt version)
12. Good Old Fashioned Fire

* unreleased

Mike Massey - vocals
Mischa Kegan - guitar
Stephen Rowe - bass
Colin Stumbras - drums

www.cityonthemake.net | www.myspace.com/cityonthemake

www.turfclub.net

Long live the Turf Club. It's a landmark. They support taping. It sounds great most of the time. They book great shows.

I wanted to return on the 4th for Sims and Mictlan of Doomtree with Toki Wright, Maria Isa, Trama and M.anifest but I just didn't have the salt. I'm sure I missed out.