Remembering MC/VL

Photo by Erik Hess

Unfortunately I was unable to attend what was both the final MC/VL show as well as the last night of the 501 Club remaining in business. Recording from the floor was sure to be pandemonium so I had intended on talking with Knoll about the ill soundboard tape. Here's hoping someone pulled through with the 1s and 0s. What I can offer is a quality recording of the Old Bar show from last summer which is still available here:

MC/VL
The Old Bar (The Triple Rock)
Minneapolis, MN
Sunday June 6th 2010

MC/VL @ The Old Bar

MC/VL
The Old Bar (The Triple Rock)
Minneapolis, MN
Sunday June 6th 2010

So Mara's birthday party featured MC/VL playing a set and spinning records in the old bar as well sets from Prairie Sons, Voytek and Class of 86 on the venue side. With the 414s set up in the other room I had to channel Lomax and MacGyver, a couple of long time heroes to get this recording made. Drew hooked me up with a rag that I folded up to cradle the Sony PCM-D50 as I pointed it to the speaker positioned above the door. The capabilities of the D50's internals are well known. This deck is extremely well made and the internals don't mess around. This was recorded at 24 bit 48 kHz. The dithering to 16 bit was done in Sound Forge Pro 10 and the 320kbps mp3 encoding was done using RazorLame.

MC/VL - "Live From The Old Bar"

Voytek - "Saturday Night Again" (Live at The Triple Rock)

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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...