Charm Fueled- Blue Room, Chico 2/25/95 video

Recorded by: James Johnston
Copied from master VHS to DVD in 2007

Patricia Rowland Howard of Vomit Launch and Empty Gate’s mid-90s band, whom really to me sound a bit like 28th Day, Barbara Manning’s old group, at least in parts.

You can see I was in a huge hurry to share these (sarcasm, if it wasn’t obvious). This is a shame, as life is short, and these shouldn’t be sequestered away on some shelf to decompose.

There are four live videos total of this outfit, of which this is the last one chronologically, the first three filmed at Lava Lounge and the last one (this) at Blue Room, ranging from late 1994 to early 1995. This is the easiest watch of these because it’s the best-lit, relatively speaking, though the audio on all these are all very listenable! Setlist, keeping in mind this is *all* unreleased material.

I do know the guitarist / occasional vocalist is named Sean Gowan, who had previously played in The Vertels but don’t know much else beyond that.

Setlist

  • If I Could [0:02]
  • Don’t Count Me Out [3:23]
  • Consume Me [6:37] – Trish mentions her attire, “fashion disaster night”
  • Believe In Sadness [9:52]
  • ? (Slow # w/Sean & Trish vocals) [12:40]
  • Repeat Myself [18:10] – Trish then tosses flyers to the crowd, with a Yes tease then thrown in…
  • You Are The Sugar Ring [22:26]
  • ? (punk cover? f.u. 2-3-4) [26:39]
  • (slide guitar intro) You Gotta Lot Of Nerve [30:05] (brief internal cut at 32m30s)
  • (encore) [35:11]
  • Dumb Fuck [35:32]

There’s a Vertels video recording here, along with a Vomit Launch live performance of “Dog Sauce” from September 1989, recorded by JE: https://www.youtube.com/@chasmonchichi/search?query=Vertels

Live Concert Video

Killdozer- Kutska’s Hall, Green Bay Wi 2/18/95 xfer from VHS Master tape Touch and Go Records

I was planning to post a different On This Day in History, but the Kevn Kinney/Peter Buck DAT Sbd that I was going to do sounded terrible!
Then the day got busy and I almost didn’t get this done. This one comes from Jason Ross’ VHS collection- it was one of his tapes that I digitized and sent back to him. Now that I have better transfer gear, it might be good time for a re-do.
Anyway, this is right off Jason’s master tape. Looks good, sounds good. Not much good Killdozer out there.

Recorded by: Jason Ross
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Probably the JVC HRS9911U and Canopus ADVC300

Live Concert Video

Charm Fueled- Lava Lounge, Chico 2/17/95 video


Charm Fueled
17 Feb 1995
Lava Lounge
Chico CA

Playing with Larry Crane’s band “Flaming Box Of Ants”.

Filmed by James Johnston. Master VHS transferred to DVD in 2007, and sent to me in 2013.

Patricia Rowland Howard of Vomit Launch and Empty Gate’s mid-90s band, whom really to me sound a bit like 28th Day, Barbara Manning’s old group, at least in parts. There are four live videos total of them, of which this is the third chronologically, the first three filmed at Lava Lounge and the last one at Blue Room, from late 1994 to early 1995.

You can see I was in a huge hurry to share these. Setlist, keeping in mind this is *all* unreleased material. I do know the guitarist / occasional vocalist is Sean Gowan, but don’t know much else than that, or if he’s still playing music.

  • intro [0:00]
  • If I Could (w/Sean & Trish vocals) [0:31]
  • Painkillers Work (song about J.J) [3:29] Crowd member, maybe Jim himself, maybe not – “Is this one about Jim Johnston”? Sean – “They’re all about Jim Johnston!”
  • Don’t Count Me Out [7:22]
  • Consume Me [11:13]
  • Rescue Me [13:31]
  • ? (Slow # w/Sean & Trish vocals) [17:20]
  • Believe In Sadness [21:47]
  • Repeat Myself [25:28] (after complaining about allergies)
  • You Are The Sugar Ring [29:36]
  • ? (punk cover? “f.u. 2-3-4”) [33:44]
  • Dumb Fuck [37:20] (I hear it alternatively as “dumb fuck” and “skullfuck” YMMV)

Live Performance Video

Shellac- VPRO Villa 65 show Amsterdam Holland 2/15/95 Int/Live Studio xfer 2nd gen tape Steve Albini

I was digitizing a cassette last night for a friend and this show was at the end of tape. I liked it so much, I thought I’d share. This is a great interview with Steve and they do a couple of my favorite Shellac songs live in studio.
Tracks: Crow/Blockhead/Dog & Pony Show

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2406 card

Audio Live Performance

Willie Nelson- Beacon Thtr, NYC 2/14/95 xfer f/ DAT Soundboard Clone Rare Performance with Symphony!

For today’s On This Day in History, I am sharing one of my all-time favorite live shows. When you collect a bunch of live sets, you can see that some bands are spontaneous while others basically do the same things every night.. even down to the banter in between songs. Willie typically falls into the latter group of artists. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, haha.

But this show was unique and special. Willie plays with an orchestra and had 1 rehearsal to prepare. You can hear him say at the end of the show that it was “without a net” but turned out pretty good. I agree, wonderful show.

The show is very dynamic- many quiet parts and a couple of louder ones. Turn it up.

From Damon Bramblett’s collection
Recorded by: Willie’s soundman
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

Audio Live Concert

House of Freaks- Flood Zone, Richmond Va 2/10/95 xfer from DAT Clone Soundboard

I spent quite a bit of time making sure that today’s “on this day in history” post sounded good. The mix goes from all guitar, no vocals; to all drums, no guitar about 20min in. I had to split the show in 2 and perform 2 different rebalances in order to make it sound somewhat consistent.

It was the least I could do. This was House of Freaks’ last show ever. If you have never heard them, you are in for a treat. They were really great. Actually, this discogs overview sums it up well: “House of Freaks was a two-man band formed in Richmond, Virginia in the mid 1980s. Bryan Harvey played guitar and sang, and Johnny Hott played percussion. The band managed to achieve a remarkably full sound, mostly because of Hott’s inventive drumming and Harvey’s confident vocals and knack of playing bass lines on his guitar (cribbed from his many years as a bass player) while simultaneously playing a melody.” They also teamed up with Steve Wynn as part of a band called Gutterball.

I have tried to write something about Bryan and Kathryn and family regarding the tragedy in 2006, and I can’t do it. Rest in peace.

Recorded by: Marcus Winfree
DAT Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8:
1st 22min: Vocal +8.5, Drums +3, Guitar -2.
Rest of show: Vocal +4, Guitar +9

Audio Live Concert

The Dragons- The Dragonfly, Los Angeles Ca. 2/7/95 xfer from 8mm master tape!

Here’s a great video of The Dragons, shot by Todd Nakamine with my camera. Todd has always had amazing musical taste, and he does it again here. He drove from his house to pick up my camera in whittier(wrong way), and then back to L.A. to the show. So glad he did it, as I ended up loving the bands he filmed.
Recorded with a Sony TR81 camcorder

Recorded by: Todd Nakamine

Equipment Used: Sony TR81 camcorder

 

Live Concert Video

The Muffs- Dragonfly, Los Angeles Ca. 2/7/95 xfer from 8mm master tape pt 1

I lived in the L.A. area from 1992-1995. I had 2 good friends when I lived there- Todd Nakamine was one of them. We met at a Penelope Houston show at Bogart’s shortly after I loved there in 1992 or 93. We both filmed shows. In 1995, Todd’s camcorder died, so he would drive out from Redondo Beach (I think), pick up the TR-81, then go back and tape a show. He did this a few times- once for this show, once for a fem2fem in-store performance. That’s an hour round trip, that was dedication! Anyway, Todd was always trying to get me to see this band called The Muffs. I never did, and then years later they become one of my all-time favories. Glad I have the tape now. The audio is extremely distorted- sorry about that. They must have been loud.

Recorded by:Shayne Stacy

Equipment Used: Sony TR-81

 

Live Concert Video

American Flyer- Riolo’s Club, Roseville Ca. 1995/1996 xfer from 8mm master! LIVE

If you did not notice, I am going through my tape lists from A-Z and posting everything that I filmed, or that is from sacramento to prep for the sacramento concert archive website. Still on “A”. Haha. So, I was digging through my tapes a few years ago, transferring show. This one was unmarked on the tape, and I was wondering “what the hell”? Then I remembered- I filmed my cousin’s band at the (in)famous Riolo’s in Roseville! Hot damn! Many covers here, I hope the youtube copyright-bot doesn’t plonk me.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy

 

Live Concert Video