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Feb 18

Catching Up With The Past

This post is dedicated to a clever troll - tapesfor2 - who once publicly posted this nice comment about my efforts to preserve the Sonic Archives tape collection: "You shouldn't have. His recordings were at 'best' personal souvenirs. They were not quality recordings. They should not be shared. Those tapes... read more →

February 18, 2024
Live Music Archive, Portland Music Archives, Recordings Of Independent Origin, Tampa Music Archives, Twin Cities Music Archives

Jan 17

One of a series of mock First Avenue calendars; circa 1983

Mpls band archives

During the ’70s, ‘80s, ‘90s, and early oughts, I worked at The Longhorn Bar, First Avenue, and the Uptown Bar in Minneapolis. Throughout those years, I worked at a handful of record shops in New York and Minneapolis, wrote for Your Flesh magazine, and several US weeklies, including City Pages,... read more →

January 17, 2024
Live Music Archive, Recordings Of Independent Origin, Twin Cities Music Archives

May 08

Matisyahu & Wookiefoot • 2004-10-31 • Mpls MN • Cabooze

Matisyahu, on the verge of becoming huge, in a small club, wove his songs into the Wookiefoot set, who then backed him during his own set. [link to audio below]• • • • MatisyahuWookiefootMinneapolis, MNThe CaboozeSunday, 31 October 2004 Matisyahu: start (0:17) Matisyahu: title unknown (1:57) Matisyahu: beatbox (0:55) Matisyahu:... read more →

May 8, 2023
Live Music Archive, Portland Music Archives, Recordings Of Independent Origin, Twin Cities Music Archives

May 08

Mike Watt

This is about Mike Watt, a legendary figure in the indie / alternative / punk /etc, who is originally from Portsmouth, VA, but became identified with San Pedro, CA, due to his association with D.Boon, which resulted in the formation of The Minutemen by 1980. As with a few other... read more →

May 8, 2023
Live Music Archive, Recordings Of Independent Origin, Twin Cities Music Archives

May 08

Quasi 2023-03-05

Portland OR • Doug Fir Lounge Quasi delivered a pretty good representation of just about every one of their albums since 1993, and even threw in a Breeders cover for good measure [link to audio below] • • • • QuasiPortland ORDoug Fir LoungeSunday 5 March 2023(3pm all-ages matinee show)Duration:... read more →

May 8, 2023
Live Music Archive, Portland Music Archives, Recordings Of Independent Origin

Catching Up With The Past

Mpls band archives

Matisyahu & Wookiefoot • 2004-10-31 • Mpls MN • Cabooze

Mike Watt

Quasi 2023-03-05

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