Here is the weekly drawing for WEEK 3. The winner is Mike Pelino! You may know Mike as the guitarist/Vocalist of the Enemies, or you might have seen him on stage with Green Day on the American Idiot tour. Congrats Mike, check your mailbox for a vintage 924 Gilman flyer!
ANY donation to Sac Music Archive enters you into the weekly drawing. Link in comments
OK everyone, let’s make this fun. I plan to do these drawing as “live” as I possibly can.
As you can see, this week’s drawing winner is Joshua Dunman! Congratulations! Joshua will receive a 924 Gilman flyer mailed to his front door.
As an extra bonus, The FIRST paying supporter who wants to go to Rhett Miller and Murry Hammond tonight at the Cafe Du Nord in SF can message me RIGHT. NOW. FREE TICKET! First come first served!!
For those of you folks who are confused about what the heck this is, I am running promotions for the Sacramento Music Archive nonprofit. Sign up to donate through Patreon or Paypal, and you are entered into weekly drawings of COOL stuff. Seriously. Really cool stuff. See yesterday’s facebook posts for more details.
We built this website to bring all Sacramento-related music content into one easy to use place.
Sacramento-related means:
– Content from Sacramento artists performing anywhere in the world
– Any content of artists performing in Sacramento (or surrounding area)
– Any content documented by a Sacramento resident, anywhere (photos, audio, video, flyers)
– Any significant content that was curated/archived by a Sacramento resident.
Here are some tips regarding the site:
– Viewing the website on a desktop/laptop provides a WAY better experience for you- highly recommended. I mean, you could use a phone or tablet, but see below for some stuff you might miss:
– The archive has 4 ways to search for content. I will outline each as they appear from top to bottom on the right hand navigation pane of the website
1. Search the archive: The search capability allows you to search by keyword throughout the titles and descriptions of the archive. This is my #1 way to find stuff myself. This searches title and description.
2. Filter by band name, venue and more! This is a cool word cloud feature that (in theory) sizes all content on the website, and correlates them into text size. We have so much stuff that not all bands are represented, but it is a nice way to browse.
3. Browse by Month: You can browse content by the month/year that the performance took place. It is a fun way to go way back and see all of the cattle club shows in chronological order, for example.
4. Browse by category: You can filter by Audio recordings only, video only, flyers, etc.
Or, you can just scroll down below this post to see everything in reverse chronological order.
Due to the unique chronological nature of the site, it is easy to miss posts since they do not post to the top (I post things from the 80s all the time). If you’d like to be informed of any new posts, please sign up for the facebook group here. It is for new posts to the archive only, so you won’t be spammed: https://www.facebook.com/groups/405563493249982/
I (Shayne) also posted my list of tapes here: https://sacramentomusicarchive.com/tape-lists/
these work in tandem with the Patreon rewards- for the $30/month members, here’s where you find the lists! UPDATE: More tape lists now available from Robert Eggplant and Radley Hirsch!
If you have Sacramento-related content that you would like to add to the archive, please contact me! We can give you an editor login if you’d like to keep your content on your youtube site, or you can loan me your tapes for transfer and post from the 3 cameras and a microphone YT channel.
Formats that we can transfer:
AUDIO:
– DAT (Digital Audio tape) via Sony PCMR500 & multiple other decks/Audiophile 2496 capture card
– Audio cassettes via Nakamichi Dragon/Audiophile 2496 capture card
– Reel to Reel (7″ & 10″ reels, 3.75 & 7.5ips) via multiple decks, but the main one is Otari MX5050 into a 2496 capture card
– Minidisc via Yamaha MDX-793 (optical transfers into TDK CD Recorder)
VIDEO:
– VHS Tapes via multiple decks and capture units, but the main one is Panasonic AG-1980 into a Datavideo TBC-1000.
– PAL VHS via Philips VR1000 (PAL VCR with TBC)
– Rest of world VHS formats (Secam/etc) via Samsung SV-5000W
– 8mm videotapes via Sony EV-S1000
– MiniDV via Sony DSR-1800
– VHSC Videotapes via VHSC Adapter into Panasonic AG-1980
– Beta via multiple decks/Datavideo. I do have the “Dream Machines” (Highly sought after beta decks) in for repair.
– Umatic via Sony VO9800/Datavideo
Which brings me to my last point. Do you want to help preserve history? Let me know. I need help posting stuff! Pay is zero, but you’ll feel good about contributing to a good cause. IF you have skills such as analog video time alignment, you might also get paid!
Owlfest 12, twelfth year of this homegrown festival in the California hills, this year’s theme was “Music from TV and Movies”, and most bands honored that theme. Over twenty-five acts grace the Owlfest stages over a three-day event with camping, vendors, and activities. Owlfest 11 took place at the Blue Mountain Event Center up in Wilseyville, CA, and Taper Jim McLain was there to document several of the acts’ performances.
Recorded by: Jim McLain
Here was the surprise of the 1st night of the RKL SF shows. I saw that Seized up was added to the bill and it sounded vaguely familiar, but it didn’t click with me until the day of the show. This is the new-ish band with Cliff from B’LAST! on vocals, and members of Good Riddance, The Distillers and Fast Asleep rounding out the band. They sound a lot like B’Last! to me.
The board mix was not rebalance-able, so I matrixed it with my Schoeps audio. Came out alright!
I could not get one of the gopros to power on for this set, so only 3 cameras on 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; 2x gopro Hero 7 black
Audio is a matrix of Soundboard recorded with Sony PCM-A10 and Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder
Edit by Tromster
The last post of “locals only” weekend comes from the band Mob Rule. They have been around for quite a while, but play shows rarely. If you like what you hear, they are playing TONIGHT at Old Ironsides with Rebel Holcrons and Cracked Lids. Head on out!
Mob Rule released a 7″ in 2016 and a 10″ EP in 2020. Jordan Wolfe(bass/backing vocals) was in well-known Sacramento band Final Summation.
I had a very hard time keeping focus with the lens I used- it is not light sensitive enough for the Cafe. I am working on buying another F2.8 lens to deal with it. Camera loses focus quite a bit until I figured it out. Also, the schoeps recording was so bass heavy that I opted to use the cheap/generic mic that I used on this camera (the rode was mounted on the wall camera).. and it sounds thin but not all that bad. Go figure.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Video equipment: Panasonic Lumix GH5S w/ Lumix G Vario 14-140mm, F3.5-5.6 Power O.I.S. Lens and generic external mic
Last night was the kickoff of Danny Reynoso’s annual F Cancer run of benefit shows. Here is Gene Chowder’s set from the show- this guy has an uncanny resemblance to Danny! Gene performs lounge-style versions of your favorite punk (and Sinatra) songs. Good times!
I wasn’t planning on going, but I had a 45 minute window in my day (school tour, then work, then soccer game, dinner/shower/bedtime for the kids) so I hauled ass, dirty and unshaven, to The Powerhouse and arrived right when Gene got on stage. What I am saying is, if I can make it to a show with that schedule, you most definitely can as well. Please support this and other local shows.
Here is this weekend’s detail of F Cancer shows:
Thursday, November 4th at Cafe Colonial in Sacramento, CA
PAPER AIRPLANES
BLOOMING HEADS
SHORT TRIP (acoustic)
7pm/$10 minimum donation/ALL-AGES
Friday, November 5th at Old Ironsides in Sacramento, CA
*STORYTELLERS
*JOSH COLBURN TRIO (feat. Jake D from Lonely Kings, Chrome Rose)
*CHRIS WHALEY (Knocked Down)
*SHAWN PETER (Ghost Town Rebellion)
*ROSS HAMMOND (playing a special set outdoors!)
8pm/$10 minimum donation/21+
Saturday, November 6th at Cafe Colonial in Sacramento, CA
KILL THE PRECEDENT
THE O’MULLIGANS
THE MOANS
7pm/$10 minimum donation/ALL-AGES
Sunday, November 7th
Bottle & Barlow
Roderick Carpio & Danny Reynoso DJ set!
7pm/no cover charge/donations accepted/21+
And, Brian McKenna from Abstract keeps bringing the hits to Sacramento. He has a band called Nothing hitting the holy diver TONIGHT. See? Your weekend plans are set! You’re welcome.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix GH5S, Lumix G Vario 14-140mm, F3.5-5.6 Power O.I.S. Lens, Rode Video Mic Pro stereo
Man, I had so much fun last night. Thanks to Sean for bringing Field Day to town and for creating the best 4 band bill that I can remember.
I need to do some work on Kevin Seconds’ and Jordan Wolfe’s new band who opened the show, so I will post that set later.
Next on the bill were Bastards of Young. They delivered a killer set, as usual, and I think they might have picked up some new fans. I know my friend “Anonymous” was rocking along during their set.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic GH5S, Lumix G X Vario 12-35mm f/2.8 II ASPH Lens, Rode Videomic Pro Stereo
Ah, this one turned out WAY better than the Judge Gilman multicam from a few years ago. Thanks to the Gilman volunteers for fixing the lighting in there! The video would have been even better, but something funny happened. I started up my gopros and was told that the band wasn’t going to start for about 30min, so I shut them down again… and then they started their set early! I was scrambling, trying to get all of the gopros started and I could not start up the drum one.. and I was starting to get in Walter’s way, so I had to get the F off the stage. Haha! So it starts a little weak, with 1 obstructed angle to start. It kicks in and is good about a minute or 2 in, until I start filming from my normal sport in back.
I was filming this show when news of Murray Bowles’ passing came through. R.I.P. Murray.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic GH5S,Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmar 100-400mm f/4-6.3 ASPH. O.I.S. Lens, Rode Videomic Pro Stereo; Canon HF G40, 2x Gopro Hero 4 silver
Audio: Soundboard (USB Drive) + Rode audio, Matrix by Shayne Stacy
Edit: Tromster
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