The Flying Dorito Brothers @ Cause

The Flying Burrito Brothers circa '74

The Flying Dorito Brothers
Cause Spirits & Soundbar
Minneapolis, MN
Tuesday April 12th 2011

Taper: empty (emptystapes AT gmail DOT com)
Location: Along the left wall near the front. ~7' ^
Source: AKG 414B-xls (Hypers) > Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV)
Transfer: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > razorlame > 320kbps]
Edit: Sound Forge 10 (compression + fades)

This Recording is for Promotional & Archival Purposes Only.

The Flying Dorito Brothers - "Older Guys"
The Flying Dorito Brothers - "Hot Burrito #1"

Cause installed a new PA system last Monday so I was certainly interested in checking out the first show with it in use. I've never been a huge fan of post-'60s Country but The Flying Dorito Brothers are legit and they do their forefathers justice in my book. Word is this was their 3rd ever show. Night Moves and The Burglars supported. Crowds in this room are always a little but that's the nature of the beast and it was a fun night nonetheless.

Wizards Are Real LP Release @ Cause

A .RAR files containing this recording is available here.

Wizards Are Real
Cause Spirits & Soundbar
Minneapolis, MN
Friday March 4th 2011

Taper: empty (emptystapes AT gmail DOT com)
Location: Along the left wall near the front. ~7' ^
Source: AKG 414B-xls (Hypers) > Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV)
Transfer: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > razorlame > 320kbps]
Edit: CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 10 (compression + fades)

This Recording is for Promotional & Archival Purposes Only.

01. Sweet Kit
02. Stay Golden
03. Making Out The Hard Way
04. Keep Still
05. Falconry
06. We Need Zinc
07. Pigeon Kicker
08. Through The Pipes
09. The Flavor of Coal
10. Good, Goods
11. Clamander

Melanie Bergstrom (sax)
Tim Baumgart (drums)
Ted Held (bass)
Brian O'Neil (pedal steel)

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With 3 shows that I wanted to attend Friday I couldn't be swayed from recording the Wizards Are Real LP Release Show. Even though it's walking distance from the house it took me a while to warm up to Cause for various reasons but I'm actually starting to like the place. This recording reminded me of how clean this room can sound and that's due in no small part to Ross, the front of house engineer. I'm going to suggest contacting the band directly to purchase a copy. It should also be available in most of the local record stores as well. Seymore Saves the World, Dragons Power Up! and National Bird supported.

Heiruspecs and Toki Wright @ Cause Tonight!

Cause/Sauce
Thursday December 30th
9pm doors
$10 cover

Heiruspecs
Toki Wright
Booka B

Saucey

Got down to Sauce/Cause in time to record CLAPS off the board. So tight. So good. Missed most of Chelsea Boys and unfortunately all of Food Pyramid and The Great Confinement. TGC now has nicely done tee shirts.

Got back to the neighborhood late. CD Club at Memory Lanes and my ongoing tour the chicken wings throughout Minneapolis. The Triple Rock and Tracy's both have some quality wings. I was left wanting a little more from ML. I've always loved teh establishment though. Rail Station wings have always looked amazing...time to try them. Rambo Salinas should also hook up the annual "Last Nice Day of the Year Wings and Dominoes" marathon on The Cedar Inn patio. I'm talkin' wings.

Also a damn fine hootenanny across the way thanks I. to the B..

The Weekend Is Here Hooray

Wednesday night at Nick & Eddie was a lot of fun. Big surprise. I really enjoyed both the Batmen and Marijuana Deathsquad sets. Dave Matters sat in with MDS this week. Lots of friends checked it out for the first time. What up Joe and Chastity. About 3.5 hours of sleep was had.

It was sort of fitting that I caught the 21 to go record Heiruspecs at Central last night. I got there at 6 to set up and doors opened at 7. At 7:30 Mayor Chris Coleman gave them a top notch introduction. I don't think people realized that they were in for a two plus hour Heiruspecs set but they threw down like I've never seen before. The set featured a wealth of first class special guests. What probably impressed me the most was the fact that Peter, Sean, Josh and dVRG never left the stage. What's the word? Oh yeah, unfuckwithablestamina. Wow. Respect to Ryan for mixing sound and to McNally Smith for providing the sound system. After things wrapped up at Central Joe and I headed over to Sauce to catch Puppy Dogs & Ice Cream, Kristoff Krane and Sector 7G. Having been to Sauce before and knowing that it's no place for a mic stand Ross was cool enough to let me patch out of the soundboard. The crow's nest the FOH is in there is pretty wild. I don't dislike Sauce as much as I used to. The staff were all pretty stand up folks. Another 3.5 hours of sleep was had.

Here's to not having to go to shows immediately after work. Have you seen any live photography from the Twin Cities music scene? Then you've probably seen some of Adam Bubolz's handy work. Adam turns 30 today and has booked a pretty chainless show at the Turf featuring Tight Phantomz (Chicago), STNNNG (Minneapolis/St. Paul), Tanks (Iowa City) and a special surprise set from an unnamed band. If you're in the neighborhood perhaps you'd like to stop down and thank him for all of the great stills he's provided us with over the years. Late show? Possible nap after work? Thank you god of naps.

Weekend: August 7th

Plenty of stuff to check out this weekend.

Friday 8/7:
Magnolia Electric Co. @ The Entry.
Lookbook + Gospel Gossip @ Sauce

Saturday 8/8:
Sims + Hand Over Fist (Mictlan & Lazerbeak) @ 501 Club
No Bird Sing @ The Kitty Cat Klub
Roma di Luna @ St. Paul Farmer's Market

Sunday 8/9:
dredg @ Station 4

Monday 8/10:
The Builders & The Butchers @ 400 Bar

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...