Southern Shelter

There are a few things you should know about Sloan Simpson. Sloan is a good man by the accounts of many. Sloan records shows out of Athens, GA. Sloan makes many of these recordings available via his blog Southern Shelter.

Today Sloan posted his oldest Maserati tape; Maserati @ 40 Watt 9/23/05. Here is linkage to all of his Maserati tagged posts. As you can see along the left side of his site there are recordings available from well over a 100 bands. Cheers Sloan.

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.

Maserati tapes secure new fans.

If you know me you know I'm a pretty humble dude from the neighborhood. So I'm usually not in the business of tooting my own horn but today I'm feeling particularly productive. My little recording posts have received many positive comments from many different countries over the years but to think that I may be semi-responsible for someone getting into Maserati is enough to make the rest of my week. After finding out about Jerry's death I made one final push on the October '09 Maserati tapes.

"Grabbed the Portland recording a few weeks back and finally got round to listening to it, as a result of which I've come back for this one too. Never heard the band prior to these tapes, so thanks for your efforts. Better look into their official releases." - TTD user 11/28/09

Jerry Fuchs died long before he should have.

I only got to talk with him a few times but he made a lasting impression at Maserati's last Triple Rock show. There's already been enough said about what a great person Jerry was, most articulately by a close friend, so I won't go there. But I will help make sure his time with the band is always out there and available.

It takes about 90 seconds to register (for free) on The Traders' Den. You have to be down with torrents and FLAC. Once you have done this you're welcome to download two Maserati shows from this past October. My buddy Zach just posted Portland yesterday. Minneapolis is one of the best recordings I've made all year and I don't just say that to say it. I remember how excited I was when I got home and listened to it.

Maserati - 2009-10-05 The Triple Rock Minneapolis, MN

Maserati - 2009-10-10 Doug Fir, Portland, OR

MONO @ The Triple Rock '09

Culture Bully and Empty's Tapes wanted to do our part in helping to document this stellar show. You can check out their extremely well detailed piece on the evening over at CultureBully.com. With national recognition I'm sure many people are already aware of the comprehensive job Culture Bully does in documenting the local and national music scenes but if for some reason it's news to you then it's time to hit the bookmark button.

The band's new taping policy is such that they would prefer to hear all recordings to decide if they would like them posted in their entirety or not. Having recorded them 5 times since 2005 and being that they are one of my favorite bands I'm certainly here to respect their wishes. Please do enjoy "Ashes in the Snow" and "Halo" from Monday night's set.

A complete audience recording of the Maserati set can be found here.

Maserati @ The Triple Rock

320kbps mp3s are available on emptystapes.com
FLAC files are available on the Traders' Den

Maserati
The Triple Rock
Minneapolis, MN
Monday October 5th 2009

Taper: empty (emptystapes AT gmail DOT com)
Location: DINish (cm, º), right drink rail, 25' back, ~10' ^
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 10 (fades)
TRT: 45:11

This Recording is for Promotional & Archival Purposes Only.

01. No More Sages
02. 12/16
03. We've Got the System to Fight the System
04. Show Me the Season
05. Inventions
06. "Chug"
07. Monoliths

Coley Dennis - Guitar
Josh McCauley - Guitar
Steve Scarborough - Bass
Chris McNeal - Bass
Jerry Fuchs - Drums

www.myspace.com/maseratirocks

Out of all the recordings to nail I couldn't be happier with the way this one turned out. Maserati is touring the states through October so be sure to check them out if you get the chance. This is serious business. Temporary Residence Limited is such an amazing label you won't want to pass the merch table by either. Please support these fine fellas by picking up one of the official releases. Some of the nicest touring musicians I've met in years. Thanks to the band and to The Triple Rock for allowing another one into the archives. This show was in support of MONO. You know who MONO is, right? Good.