I’m really excited to introduce a new collection that I picked up yesterday. Pat Wright was a longtime KALX DJ and a volunteer at 924 Gilman for many years. I did not know him well, but I saw him around all the time.
He passed in 2020. This obit from slingshot collective seems appropriate to share:
“Pat was a fixture at the 924 Gilman Street all-ages punk venue in Berkeley, helping hold things down in the nuts and bolts sort of way. Who’s sweeping and mopping the floor at the end of the night after the show? What needs repair? What is the work that needs to be done to hold the project together, people wise and the physical space? Always an eye towards what holds a project together. The real sh*twork and a sense of fair sharing of the work, not the glamorous stuff. And the love and appreciation for the people.”

So I stopped in Fairfield and saw my old friend Jeff Armstrong yesterday (also a Gilman fixture for years) and picked up 3 totes full of DVDs. There are years worth of complete shows at Gilman, all filmed like this one- from the heater support above the crowd. This disc alone has sets from Emily’s Army, Violation, Decent Criminal, Civil War Rust, and Poor Mans War… and that is just 1 disc of hundreds. Thanks to Pat for ensuring that this era was well-documented.

Recorded by: Pat Wright
Equipment used: ?
Extract/edit for upload by Shayne Stacy