Basuketto Residency at The Red Stag.

Red Stag Supperclub (Happy Hour 10-12)
Every Wednesday the Month of March.
A new line up every week. Two sets.
Starting at 10pm.
Free.

This Wednesday will include a performance by:
Anonymous Choir (formerly Nona Marie & The Choir)
Ryan Olson
Ben Clark
Mark McGee
Joey Van Phillips

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Basuketto is the new improvisational project founded by Mark McGee a.k.a Makr (Father You See Queen, Votel, Marijuana Deathsquads, To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie) and Ben Clark (Votel, Cecil Otter, Doomtree, LaLibertie). After curating a successful extended residency at Nick and Eddie, Makr will be fronting this new improvisational project that will continue to collect some of the Twin Cities’ most talented musicians across genres and place them in an arena for spontaneous collaboration. In contrast to previous residencies, for this project, participants will be exploring constraints in time, tempo, and arrangement to create more concise and directed improvisations with predetermined endpoints. Some of the guests that will be contributing include Ryan Olson (Gayngs, Marijuana Deathsquads, Polica), Nona Marie Invie (Dark, Dark, Dark), Maggie Morrison (Votel, Lookbook, Digitata), JT Bates (Alpha Consumer, the Pines, Bryan Nichols Quartet).

Colonial Watts @ The Turf Club

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Colonial Watts
The Turf Club
St. Paul, MN
Thursday January 13th 2011

This Recording is for Promotional & Archival Purposes Only.

01. Leave No Trace
02. Florida
03. Trust Fall
04. Selfsame
05. Outer Dark
06. We Lack Metrics
07. With Glitter

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Colonial Watts (ex-The Dad In Common), The Cloak Ox and Makr supported Seawhores. Fantastic line up and top shelf sets all around. It was especially exciting to witness The Cloak Ox's debut. Wow. The Turf Club had just reopened a couple days prior and it was great to get back inside it's embracing glow on this frozen over evening. Thanks to the bands, Herb and the rest of the Turf Club staff for the Midway the spot to be last Thursday.

Taper: empty (emptystapes AT gmail DOT com)
Location: AB, left stack spot, ~8' ^
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)

H.U.N.X. every Wednesday at Nick and Eddie

Improvisastional music from a rotating cast of local musicians every Wednesday at Nick and Eddie.

This week includes:

Mark McGee
Drew Christopherson
Maggie Morrison
Adam Marx
Ben Clark
Freddy Votel
Andy Fritz

Plus weekly dj's!
No cover!
10pm to 2am

Nick and Eddie
1612 Harmon Place (North end of Loring Park)
Minneapolis, MN 55403

Nick and Eddie was my Wednesday night home for over half a year. I'm a sorry sad bastard because I haven't been down there as much as I would like to. Don't be like me! If you go once, go tonight!

H.U.N.X. @ Nick and Eddie Every Wednesday Night.

Deathsquads have passed the Wednesday night torch to a more than worthy crew. Makr will be curating both sets of improvised music along with hosting different weekly DJs. Each week will include a rotating cast of musicians playing one, possibly two sets to be followed by DJs for those looking for the Dance Party. Nick and Eddie is located on the north end of Loring Park, Downtown Minneapolis. No Cover. 11PM Central Standard Time.

Whether they're down this week or next expect these cats to drop by...

DJ TRL (this week)
DJ Imelda (this week)

Makr (To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie)
Albert (local badass)
Drew (Batmen)
Ben I. (drummer for 9 of your favorite local bands)
Cole (Camden, Daughters of the Sun)
Adam H. (Solid Gold, Batmen)
Maggie (Lookbook)
Buckley (James Buckley Trio, Mystery Palace)
Freddy V (Skoal Kodiak, Cows)

That West Bank Apartment Should Have Been Mine.

The folks running the WBSC have something great going on and I encourage you to keep an eye on their calendar. You may sweat out a few ghosts while there but you'll enjoy yourself while doing so. After getting set up I had to run some compact discs down to Chris at The Triple Rock and happened to run into Mr. Salinas, curator of your favorite Funk/Soul/Blues dance night Hot Pants as well as many other parties around town. Always good running into this fellow. Back at the WBSC the potluck was in full swing and sets had begun. For a little taste of The Somethin' Else #2 I wanted to share Makr's set (Live from the West Bank Social Center 07/09/10). If you get your stuff in order you can catch him again tonight at the Whitesand/Bandlands LP Release Show with Moonstone and Visions of Christ (who also played WBSC). So thank you to Jon Davis, The West Bank Social Center and everyone who performed last night.

It was at this particular point in the evening where I chose to fail Mother of Fire. Then again you don't need some shoddy live two track recording from The Bedlam to discover this band. The new LP is available through Destijl Recs. It wasn't time to retire yet so I asked Fish to head to Memory Lanes. Power of 2 had a few songs left and I rather enjoyed what I caught. I had stopped through for The Yoleus and they did not disappoint.

With 30 minutes left before the clock struck 2:00am it was time to see what was shakin' at the Hexagon. I walked straight into a Bight Club set which was a pleasant surprise. It made me recall the first time I saw Jeremy at The Suburban World Theatre in April '07. Call number two to 24/7 and to all a good night.