Missing shows already...

The plan was to record Marijuana Deathsquads at Nick & Eddie last night but instead of getting back into town at 6:30pm Wednesday I got back in at 6:00am on Thursday morning. See you next week I hope.

Stopped through Loring Park to say hello to some friends tonight. After getting word that Puppy Dogs & Ice Cream and Muja Messiah were playing The Triple Rock I headed for the train to record but feeling pretty drained I said hello to some folks and headed South.

Summer is here and sleep deprivation has set in. Be safe all. 24/7 keeps me safe.

Muja Messiah & DJ Turtleneck @ The Triple Rock

Muja Messiah & DJ Turtleneck
The Triple Rock
Minneapolis, MN
Thursday March 11th 2010

These Recordings are for Promotional & Archival Purposes Only.

Muja Messiah & Maria Isa - "Nightmare on Lake Street"

Muja Messiah - "Murder Rap"

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Muja Messiah and St. Paul Slim supported The GZA at The Triple Rock last Thursday. Keep an eye out for an upcoming project featuring Muja & Maria Isa. Muja Messiah was named City Page's Best Hip Hop artist of 2009. DJ Turtleneck likes to keep it busy as well. "MPLS Massace Vol. 1" and "Thee Adventures of a B-Boy D-Boy" are both available through iTunes. You could also check out Fifth Element.

Torrent what? FLAC who?

I've been seeding recordings on The Traders' Den since the site went live in late 2004. It rose from the ashes of the late great Sharingthegroove.org, which was probably my introduction to BitTorrent in 2003. I kicked things off at TTD with The Arcade Fire's first stop in Minneapolis, the 11/27/04 set at The 400. It was posted in less than 24 hours after the show. Anyways, TTD became my home base for a long time. It didn't have the traffic of other torrent sites that offered live recordings but the overall vibe could not be beat.

I created this blog in January 2006 but didn't start utilizing it until 2007. At that time the links were exclusive to TTD. Back then we were all hard asses about things getting bumped down to mp3 so it was FLAC or die. Slowly some of us began to give into the ipod toting earbud wearing masses...some sooner than others. As you can see I've eased up on my stance a bit. Some would argue that even 320kbps mp3 is overkill but do you think I would have you listening to anything else besides the highest quality mp3 format possible? I dare say that some folks may be missing me a bit over on The Den but this post is to give respect where respect is due. I am just realizing that the last thing I seeded on TTD was the 11/27/09 Earthless set from The Triple Rock. It's also the 285th torrent I've posted on the site. Does that make me a bit of a dork? Perhaps to some. Much has happened in the past 5 plus years but I will never forget where this all started.

Out of the 285 torrents posted in the past five years 23 remain active. Some of the torrents have 0 seeds at them moment but if you want to hear it badly enough just bump the thread to the first page and I or someone else would be happy to help you snag it. Registration on TTD is free and takes about 90 seconds. If you're new to BitTorrent and FLAC please check out some of the helpful links along the right side over there. It's all freeware and pretty user friendly so don't be afraid. Email me with any questions.

...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead 2009-03-07 The Triple Rock Minneapolis, MN
City on the Make 2009-11-21 The Cabooze Minneapolis, MN
Earthless 2009-11-27 The Triple Rock Minneapolis, MN
Frank Turner 2009-10-03 The Cabooze Minneapolis, MN
Future of the Left 2009-07-22 The Turf Club St. Paul, MN
Gifts From Enola 2009-07-29 The Turf Club St. Paul, MN
Kill the Vultures 2009-11-14 The Triple Rock Minneapolis, MN
La Dispute 2009-09-28 The Varsity Theater Minneapolis, MN
Lungs 2009-11-25 The Triple Rock Minneapolis, MN
Maserati 2009-10-05 The Triple Rock Minneapolis, MN
mewithoutYou 2009-07-02 Station 4 St. Paul, MN
Muja Messiah 2009-03-14 The Triple Rock Minneapolis, MN
Murder by Death 2009-04-21 The Triple Rock Social Club Minneapolis, MN
Murder by Death 2009-10-03 The Cabooze Minneapolis, MN
New End Original 2001-09-03 CSUF Becker Amphitheatre Fullerton, CA
New End Original 2001-04-28 The Ventura Theater Ventura, CA
New End Original 2001-10-05 The Glasshouse Pomona, CA
Pelican 2009-10-18 The Triple Rock Minneapolis, MN
Puppy Dogs & Ice Cream 2009-10-31 The Turf Club Halloween St. Paul, MN
Russian Circles 2009-11-25 The Triple Rock Minneapolis, MN
The Eagles of Death Metal 2008-11-08 The Electric Fetus (In-Store) Minneapolis, MN
Thursday 2009-09-28 The Varsity Theater Minneapolis, MN
Ween 2008-07-19 Roy Wilkins Auditorium St. Paul, MN (AKGs)

2010: The Year I Return to The Traders' Den. To be completely honest between work, life, recording new shows and circulating new shows 99.9% of the time I am to busy to reseed dead torrents. It's possible you'll catch me in the right mood so if you have a request (christ, what am I doing) feel free to email me. emptystapes at gmail. Two Ss there. All 285 torrents, alive & dead can be viewed here.

Muja Messiah + M.anifest + Illuminous 3 @ The Entry

So you missed the De La Soul after party in The Entry and you're feeling somehow left out. Here's something from the local Hip Hop archives. I didn't ask for and haven't obtained permission to circulate full sets but here's a few tracks to check out in the meantime. Please support the artists by picking up the official releases. Ron's the man. Unfortunately their van broke down and Written House did not make it to the show.

Muja Messiah & DJ Turtleneck, M.anifest and Illuminous 3 brought the party to The Entry:

Illuminous 3 - "94" Live @ The Entry
M.anifest - "Spell Check" Live @ The Entry
Muja Messiah - "Growing Pains" Live @ The Entry
Muja Messiah - "Red Rover" Live @ The Entry

Staying busy is good for your mental health.

Caught some of the One Day in July festival and it was a great time. Valuable information shot out of the PA. I may post some of the speeches and a couple tracks for the City on the Make set.

We hit the West Bank for DJ Turtleneck's monthly Live at the BBQ @ The Nomad. This month's BBQ was hosted by I Self Devine. Good friends and good food mean everything on a nice Saturday afternoon. Don't miss the final installment on 8/29 which will be hosted by Muja Messiah.

OK then, it's time to check out the new Uptown venue Sauce Spirits & Soundbar. Someone has to see if there's an unobtrusive spot for a mic stand. Word is it's a small place so I'm doubtful but they have a calendar that's already stacked with solid shows regardless. Looking forward to seeing The Millionth Word again. MC/VL and Count Vesuvius. 9:30 doors & $5 cover.

Stop back mañana for some live mp3s...

Muja Messiah @ The Triple Rock

Here's a link to the torrent.

Muja Messiah
The Triple Rock Social Club
Minneapolis, MN
Saturday March 14th 2009

Taper: empty (emptystapes AT gmail DOT com)
Location: DINish (cm, º), right drink rail, 25' 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 9 (fades)
TRT: 28:17

Please Do Not sell this recording. Share & trade it freely.

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04. Growing Pains
05. The Madness
06. U Betcha
07. acapella joint
08. Amy Winehouse
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10. Patriot Act (part two)

Muja Messiah - Raps
DJ Turtleneck - 1s & 2s

www.myspace.com/mujamessiah | www.myspace.com/djturtleneck

In all honesty you won't find me listening to a lot of "gangsta rap" unless I'm somewhere where someone else is controlling the stereo. With that said, I really like Muja and I'm putting this recording out to help promote his first official LP "Thee Adventures Of a B-Boy D-Boy." Muja Messiah has basically taken over the Northside as far as quality Rap goes. The "MPLS Massacre Vol. 1" mixtape is also available for purchase through CD Baby, Amazon & available for download if you look. DJ Turtleneck is one of my favorite Twin Cities DJs. Check out his tracks as well.

Muja Messiah and Mayda opened for Heiruspecs. Not sure who Muja's hypeman was. Another MC also came out and joined him on a track. As you can see there's a few tracks I'm not familiar with but I'm sure you'll enjoy them. Thanks to The Triple Rock for being the spot.