The Chickadee Mountain Martyrs @ The Triple Rock

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The Chickadee Mountain Martyrs
The Triple Rock
Minneapolis, MN
Sunday October 3rd 2010

Taper: empty (emptystapes AT gmail DOT com)
Location: DINish, Right drink rail, 30' back, ~7.5' ^
Source: AKG 414B-xls (Cards) > 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) Sound Forge 10 (compression)

This Recording is for Promotional & Archival Purposes Only.

01. S.O.L.
02. Short Snorter
03. Princess Snax
04. Blood on the Saddle
05. Stressed 2 Da Max In The Ghetto
06. Work/Drink

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It was an honor to have so many top shelf bands play the "birthday show." A huge thanks to The Chickadee Mountain Martyrs, Sleeping in the Aviary, Bird Sounds and Strong Bones. Of course I wanted this to go down at one of my favorite haunts so a giant cyber bear hug to Kermit for helping to make that possible. Thank you to anyone who stopped down to check it out as well.

I have no problem in saying that The Chickadee Mountain Martyrs' Comeuppance is one of the best records to come out of Minneapolis in the past few years. If you're at all curious about checking it out it's available on The Martyrs' bandcamp page. It should also be noted that this wasn't just any ole Martyrs set. Yes. Nikki Grossman, OG member of the Martyrs took the stage on violin and vocals. If I'm not mistaken this has not happened since.

I'm Turning 30 And Yes There Will Be Stellar Live Music!

Empty's Tapes Presents!

"Somehow John Is Turning 30"
The Triple Rock Social Club
Sunday October 3rd
8:00 Doors | 8:45 Music (This will be fairly sharp!)
18+ | $5.00

Sleeping in the Aviary
Bird Sounds
The Chickadee Mountain Martyrs
Strong Bones (ex-Hockey Night and Malachi Constant)

It is my honor to be able to hold a "birthday show" at one of my favorite haunts. Huge huge thanks to The Triple Rock and every single music involved. Please stop on done even if you bare know me or don't know me at all. It will be a good chance to hang and enjoy some great music together. It's a Sunday night and lots of people will have to work in the morning. We'll try to keep it a 12:30 night unless of course people would like to stick around a bit longer and make sure the bartender has a good night as well. How's that sound? Special food and beverage items being sorted out!

For anyone actually keeping score I came into the world on 09/29/80 so please feel free to send free pizza to my house this Wednesday. I think I'll take the day off so rest assured the drivers will be tipped handsomely.

Strong Bones @ The Hexagon (First Show)

Strong Bones
The Hexagon Bar
Minneapolis, MN
Wednesday June 23rd 2010

(Select tracks from a 40 minute set. Right Click & Save Link As or the Mac equivalent)

01. "Untitled 01"
02. "Untitled 02"
03. "Untitled 03"

Ben Polk (NYC native)
Adam Harness (ex-Hockey Night)
Zach Rose (ex-Hockey Night)
Ben Hecker (ex-Malachi Constant)

"Strong Bones started jamming over two years ago and have finally decided to go public with their new project." This was their first public performance. Their next official show is August 25th at The Entry. Congratulations to the Hecker family and their brand new baby boy!

This recording was made with the Sony PCM-D50's internal mics on a tripod/table dead center. It was recorded at 24 Bits 48 Kilohertz. All dithering was done in Sound Forge 10 and an encoding to 320kbps mp3 was done using Razorlame. Thanks also to The Hexagon, Burnt Ones, Leisure Birds and American Cream.