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Old 97s- Austin City Limits TV Show 1/26/98 COMPLETE UNAIRED FULL SHOW xfer f/ 1st gen VHS Live 97’s

My daily post is super late, but it is a really cool one. I got this from someone at the label, but I can’t remember who… on a VHS tape in 6 hour mode! D’oh. Oh well, it still looks good. This is the complete 1 hour set that was performed live in studio- about half of this was never broadcast, and a quick search shows it was never released on DVD or posted to YT.
It’s awesome that the band is still together today and releasing quality material, but this is their best era, in my opinion.

Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment: JVC HRS9800 and Canopus ADVC300

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Janis Ian- Mountain Stage, Charleston WV 1/24/98 xfer from DAT Clone of FM Broadcast Live Complete

For today’s “On The Day” post, I pulled out an artist who I would enjoy with my mom. My mom also liked to rock- her favorote band before she passed was Aerosmith. Today would have been her 74th birthday. Happy birthday mom! I owe much of my exquisite(lol) music taste to her- she got me into all the cool 70s bands. I remember listening to the Raspberries on the radio in the orange trans am back then… you can’t get much more 70s than that.
Anyway, here is a nice quality Janis Ian performance. I went to see her at McCabes in the early 90s and was blown away at her performance. If you have only heard “at seventeen”, I encourage you to dig deeper- she has so many great songs.

Recorded by: ? (Taped off the radio on DAT)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 into M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Slobberbone- Boomerang, San Francisco 1/21/98 DAT Audience Clone Americana Brent Best alt.country

For today’s “On This Day in History” post, I picked one of my all time favorite bands, playing near me before I knew who they were. I still remember the exact time and place I heard them- I was driving a car full of teenagers to a punk show in Modesto in august of 1998 and I popped this DAT of one of their live shows into my car DAT deck (yes, I really had a car DAT deck. Do not recommend). I had to shush the kids because I wanted to focus on what I was hearing. Thanks to Mike Shiner for that board tape all those years back- Brent Best can blame him for my fandom. Haha.
I have no idea who taped this one. I have some ideas- it might have been Ted or Kurt Vogel. Not sure. This is from a DAT clone of the show. Sounds like quality mics as well. I think the youtube photo is from the Boomerang. I don’t see a stage so I am not sure.

Recorded by: Jason Sherrett
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Robert Eggplant- Geek Fest, 924 Gilman, Berkeley Ca 1/18/98 xfer from 1st gen soundboard cassette

Here’s a short one today from the (beloved) source of many of these recent 924 Gilman audio posts. Eggplant would perform at Gilman on occasion, and he played a short set at Geek Fest “Year of the Geek” edition in 1998.
He mentions using Mike’s amp, which was probably Mike Pelino from The Enemies, who also played the show.

Recorded by: Tall Tim
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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The Enemies- Geekfest 13, 924 Gilman, Berkeley Ca 1/18/98 xfer from 1st gen soundboard tape

One more Robert Eggplant post for the week. I recently posted an Enemies video from Erica Pelino’s collection, so I’ll steal from that description for this post.
They had some East Bay Punk legends in the band- Dave Ed (Christ on Parade, Neurosis), Jason Willer (many bands, but probably best known for being in Charger and Jello Biafra and the GSOM), and Mike Pelino (part of Green Day’s expanded band in the 2000’s.
It’s funny to me that they would play geek fest as it seemed more geared toward the folk punk crowd. Glad they did, this a pretty good mix.

Recorded by: Tall Tim
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Secretions- Geek Fest 13, 924 Gilman, Berkeley Ca 1/18/98 xfer from 1st gen soundboard cassette

I hope everyone is having a nice Wednesday- I am multitasking through a lunch meeting and I am packed with meetings all day, so you get a quick one today.
Sacramento 90’s punk heart throbs The Secretions played Geek Fest back in 1998- the mix is decent and I don’t think I even rebalanced it in Izotope. Enjoy!

Recorded by: Tall Tim
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Captured! by Robots- Geekfest 13, 924 Gilman, Berkeley Ca 1/18/98 xfer from 1st gen soundboard tape

Sorry for the late post, 14 hour workday.
A short prelude to this one. I am always an advocate of going to the show- if you are on the fence, GO. It’s almost always better than staying at home. I wish I could go to more shows- I miss it. Well, I went to see this band a couple years ago, and I wished I stayed home. Worst show I had seen in a long time. Thank goodness that the freak accident (Ralph from victims family’s band) opened, or the night would have been a total loss.
With that said, the quality of this one makes it worth a listen if you are curious about a band of robots playing art/punk rock. The show I saw was pure noise/distortion. Actually, this is WAY better. I guess being able to hear the words/lyrics matters.
from Robert Eggplant’s collection. Sorry to bag on the band, my friend.

Recorded by: Tall Tim
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Bay Bombers- Geek Fest 13, 924 Gilman, Berkeley Ca 1/18/98 xfer from 1st gen soundboard cassette

LATE post today. This new work role is no fun- I had no time for anything up until now. Still, the daily streak remains unbroken. It IS before midnight PST.
Another Eggplant tape. I have never heard of these guys, but one of the members mentioned playing the first show at 924 Gilman, and I know that Soup and Christ on Parade played the first show along with others. Does anyone know who was in this band, and which band “Gilman opening night” band they were in? If we were able to figure out who Chronic Decay were (thanks random youtube commenter), we can figure this one!

Recorded by: Tall Tim
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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The Donnas- KALX Live in Studio, Berkeley Ca. 1/17/98 xfer from pre-fm master cassette Lookout Punk

Here’s one that some folks will enjoy. There is a lot of really cool stuff in Rick Sylvain’s box of tapes that I still need to digitize. It’s nice to hear a quality live set from The Donna’s early days. Thanks Rick!
I figured that since I googled “The Donnas KALX” and Steve’s The List popped up, I would use that as the image for the post. Find the Donnas post in The List! Everyone from those days knows about The List- no explanation necessary.

Recorded by: Rick Sylvain
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Black Fork- 924 Gilman, Berkeley Ca 1/9/98 xfer from unknown gen VHS tape lookout records 10th punk

Here’s a short one from Robert Eggplant’s collection- Black Fork at Lookout Records 10th anniversary show at Gilman. The On This Date post is gonna be late today, and I still have no idea what it will be. Happy Fathers Day everyone!

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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