Alright, it was a very busy day and I don’t have an audio post prepared, so here is a short video from my collection. I shared the complete Ozomatli audio set last year, but I also video’d 5 and a half minutes of their set. I filmed until I was hot and tired, and then I quit and saved energy for Camper. Haha.
TLDR version: Forward to 10 minutes in if you want to skip the soundcheck/mic check banter.
First off, if you all can do me a favor and NOT post this over on the Cracker crumbs facebook group, I would appreciate it. I got plonked by David on Sunday and was asked to not post there, so let’s play it safe and keep my stuff off of there completely. Yikes. Between that and Morst’s issues at The Fillmore, it seems that the ol’ “taper freindly” label is starting to peel off. haha.
I have to admit, I got a little emotional toward the end of this set- I kinda lost it during All Her Favorite Fruit. The band has been hinting that this run of 40th anniversary shows will likely be the final CVB shows ever. There was no way I could make Campout and I can’t get the Washington DC at this time, so this show was it. It’s been an awesome 36 year run of me taping the band. That’s why you see 10 minutes of them prepping at the beginning of the show. I was going to edit it out, but there is enough good stuff in there to include it. Soak it all in.
It’s also really cool that my best CVB recording is likely the last one I’ll ever do. Kudos to the soundman- amazing sound for the entire set.
Since Halestorm is coming back to the area- I think they play Thunder Valley tomorrow- I worked this one up. I wasn’t planning on going to this show but I checked for tickets on day of show and someone was selling a luxury box seat for CHEAP so I figured what the heck. I am glad I did- this is probably my best ZS200/Schoeps video. It looks and sounds great! It takes me a couple of minutes to settle in to position, but it is pretty steady from then on. Mix improves a bit into the set.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Canon ZS200 and Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder. AEQ in Sony Soundforge 10 (drop bass, boost mids and highs) Audio/Video synch via Pluraleyes 4
Tonight is the night! We have Bastards of Young, The Blessing and Half Pint at Old Ironsides. I am going to try to make it, but my old body woke me up at 5am and my son has soccer until sundown. We’ll see.
Jim McLain posted the Blessing’s first show over on his channel, but no Half Pint has gone up yet. Here you go. Half Pint was Donny from Lightweight and a lady whose name I did not catch- they wrote these songs as a duo years ago, even before Lightweight was active. They then resurrected the project with a full band. Lys, if I got any of that wrong, please correct me.
Anyway, I think they are on first so hurry and check this out and head to Old I tonight.
Video equipment: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens Audio Equipment: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp lined in to the G9ii.. which always sounds weird. I need to look into that.
Collections post from me today. Man, am I glad I got to see these guys. They disbanded in 1995 and got back together in 2023 and they ripped. Big thanks to Alex Botkin for helping arrange the multitrack recording- this one turned out nice.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix GH5S; G9ii monopod – both w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 3x Gopro Hero 7 Black Multitrack mix by Shayne (shout out to Patrick Hills) Edit by Punksnotdeadgr
This was a GREAT show at Gilman from earlier this year. Pegboy and Rhythm Collision. Glad I made it. It was made even better when everything came together for this video- band gave permission, Alex Botkin helped work behind the scenes to get a multitrack recording for me, and the lighting was great. The only downside is that Larry spends a lot of time in the crowd- I should have put a camera pointing in that area. Would have been perfect. Super cool of the band to honor Pierre Kezdy by playing Treason, and dedicating it to him.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix GH5S; G9ii monopod – both w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 3x Gopro Hero 7 Black Multitrack mix by Shayne (shout out to Patrick Hills) Edit by Punksnotdeadgr
TL:DR version- Forward to 2min 47 seconds for better audio, and to 3min 15 seconds for the DSLR angle to kick in. Here’s one from my collection today. I am about 4 months behind on getting multicam edits done, so I decided to skip to one of the most recent. I went to Southern Cal for Big Frank’s memorial (and to get some gear repaired) a couple weeks ago and saw this show(underdog/ cro-mags) on the calendar the next night, so I figured I would hit this one too. I had to drop my gear off in Burbank on Monday and pick it up on my way back home on Tuesday, so going to this was a no-brainer. What I didn’t expect was the brutal mid-day L.A. traffic on Monday. After spending a couple hours in traffic up to Burbank, I took side streets from Hollywood back to my hotel in Cerritos, hitting a few shops on the way. I did not get back until about 8pm. I was texting with my old friend Grant, who works at Alex’s on occasion and for some reason, I had it in my head that shows at Alex’s ran late so I thought I was good rolling in a bit late but Grant told me they run 100% on time. I had to get my ass to the venue immediately if I was to catch Underdog. Backpacks are not allowed at Alex’s so I had to improvise a way to get multiple cameras into the venue. I rammed the gopros in the tripod bag and held my DSLR by hand walking in. Security gave me a long look but could tell I was totally stressed about getting there on time so he let me in. I make a beeline to the Underdog merch tent and get permission and they tell me they are walking on stage NOW. So I fly into the venue, toss a USB drive to the soundman with no notice (sorry), put 1 gopro up on stage and the band starts. It takes me a minute to get the Schoeps and the DSLR going, so stick with it. It gets really good after about 5min. GREAT set. I have not heard these songs in about 40 years and remembered just about every one of them.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens; Gopro Hero Black 7; Audio: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder and a USB drive through the soundboard Edit by Punksnotdeadgr
Bonus post tonight- if you were following along, you’l remember that I screwed up the voting timeline and I had 2 patreon $10 tier votes happening at once. This one ended on Friday night and it processed yesterday, so up it goes today!
I did have permission to video this one, but they asked me to keep cameras off the stage so you only get 1 camera. It turned out pretty good! I usually hate watching my own stuff, but this one is enjoyable! Check out Harley’s face from 7min to 7:30- classic!
this band sounds great, but I really wish that JJ’s vocals were there.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens Audio: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder
The amazing thing about the Big Frank Memorial was not one, but many bands reforming and playing in his honor. This is one of them- Farside had not played in years but reformed to play this set for Big Frank. They were one of the original Revelation records Artists, and probably the most enjoyable set out of the bands I was not too familiar with. Not what I expected at all, and that’s a good thing!
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens and 3x gopro hero 7 black; Audio from Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder Rebalance in Izotope Rx8 to boost guitar Edit by Punksnotdeadgr Huge thanks to Sammy Siegler for the help with access
This is the 2nd to last multicam I have from last year’s Big Frank memorial. The audio on this set was top notch- one of the better mixes of the night. I video’d them at Alex’ Bar the next night and asked for permission. The guitar player said “sure but no cameras on stage”. Whoops, lol. Glad I got this one.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens and 3x gopro hero 7 black; Audio from Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder Rebalance in Izotope Rx8 to boost guitar Edit by Punksnotdeadgr Huge thanks to Sammy Siegler for the help with access
