Busy day today, so today’s On This Date in History is going to be late. Veerrry late. Here is the collections post, from me. DFL came through Sac back in June for the first time in forever and they were nice enough to allow us to film a multicam. It turned out pretty nice!
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens (x2); 3x gopro Hero 7 black; Audio: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder matrixed with soundboard.
Before Tommy Faucett left Sacramento for New York City to start college, his band Divided Youth played one final show at the cafe. It was PACKED and the crowd was pretty active. That might have been the biggest pit I have ever seen there. Punk Dad Brian Hanover comes up to play on a song as well.
The audio on this one was a real challenge. The sound in the venue was good, but very heavy on bass guitar and bass drum. Schoeps mics are naturally bass heavy, so there is just a ton of bass in the audience recording. The board mix had guitar and snare, but the bass in the mix sounded odd and shallow. So I had a rebalance the board, then matrix it with the audience. the rebalance settings on this one are going to look crazy, but it worked!
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens (x2); 3x gopro Hero 7 black; Audio: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder matrixed with soundboard.
Welp. What a day. Got rear ended while stopped and turning left at a stoplight a couple hours ago, then I came home and realized that my computer is kinda messed up. I mounted a mac hard drive to my windows PC and my RAID drive letters changed as a result, which seems to have broken at least 1 of my programs (Adobe Premiere/neat video). Time for a new install, I suppose.
Instead of the planned Chris Eng post which needs Adobe, let’s post this one in honor of Bobby Jordan. Bobby is the bass player in the Knockoffs and a bunch of other Sacramento area bands. A little over a week ago, 7 Seconds contacted him and asked him to learn an hour long set of songs. They had 1 rehearsal and then played 2 shows over the weekend. He was awesome. The Harlow’s show was probably the best 7 seconds show I have seen in person since 1986. Great crowd.
Anyway, The Knockoffs played Cafe Colonial a few months ago and were great. I have been a fan for over 25 years- glad they are still playing shows.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: 2x Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens; Gopro Hero Black 7 x3; Audio: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder Edit by Punksnotdeadgr
Wow, I am over 3 months behind in posting master videos.. and I did a ton in April and May. They will all come as soon as we can get them done. Stay tuned.
Lokeigh was one of the opening acts at the Cafe Colonial show. Lokeigh is the stage name/persona of Tyler Ferris Masteller, formerly of I Kill Cameron and also in Dandelion Massacre.
Since Tyler is a solo artist, I usually only shoot one camera or audio only, to not ruin the intimate setting. I did away with the 5 camera angles so you only get this one. Unfortunately, my battery died and I feebly fumbled with my bag forever trying to find a fresh one. I missed about 5 minutes of the show. Sorry about that.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens USB Drive into soundboard Audio video synch via pluraleyes 4
It was 11:59pm when I started this post, so I still made it for Sunday’s video post! I had a long day and forgot to post the daily thing from the collections. It’s not great timing to post while everyone is sleeping. Nobody watches. At least I am only short changing myself (and the Four Eyes) and none of the awesome collections I have here. So this will be the last post from this show. The 3 openers only. BJE is coming back in about a month, so let’s try to get something post-worthy this time around. This was a funny one- the band was sitting at the bar, waiting to play. The soundman was waiting at the board for the band. There were threats of sets being cut short, but they got their full 30 minutes in.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens (x2); 3x gopro hero 7 black Audio from Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder Edit by punksnotdeadgr
Since it is a Friday, you get a second video today. That’s right, TWO videos! False Flowers is a new band who opened the great Build Us Airplanes/Generacion Suicida show at the Cafe last month. The band is kind of an all-star cast of Sacramento’s punk scene. Brian Hanover (Whiskey Rebels, Hanover Saints, Union Hearts, etc) plays guitar and (I think) is the main songwriter, Lory Gil and Craig (from RAD and Sick Burn) on Vocals and Drums, and Conrad Melancon on bass. Posy-punk awesomeness. Check it out, and then check them out at the Cafe tomorrow night with Visions from Portland and Killer Couture.
Equipment used: 2x 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 Edit by Punksnotdeadgr
I saw Generacion Suicida once by accident in 2017- they opened the Proletariat show at Black Lodge in Seattle- and they blew me away. The crowd loved them too- it was packed in there. So when I saw they were playing a headlining show at the cafe, I couldn’t miss it. Wow, have they grown as a band since 2017- playing the most intense post-punk I have ever heard. One of the best shows I have seen at the cafe.
Equipment used: 2x 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 Edit by Punksnotdeadgr
Alright, I need to hurry up, so here is an early Saturday video post. Build Us Airplanes is a pretty unique sounding indie-punk band with some members of Monster Squad. The recently released a new LP “All Things Expire” after a 10+ year break. They occupied the middle slot in that stacked False Flowers/Generacion Suicida show.
Alright, I am going to take a short break from posting the collections I have over here because I have quite a few local shows that I video’d and I am getting requests to post them. The first one is this set from last Sunday night. What a wild diverse bill this was! First it was a new horror punk band, which was nice to see since Strage Party went away years ago.. then this free jazz duo consisting of Jon Raskin on Sax and Jon Bafus (Gentleman Surfer) on drums. These guys are seriously talented. I am more drawn to drums since my cousin played them gorwing up, and Bafus is insanely great. I guess I need to check out a Gentleman Surfer album. Then, later on we got some rockin’ video game tunes and finally, “demented italian saxophone powerviolence”. Yes, you heard that right.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Video equipment: Panasonic Lumix GH5S w/ Lumix G Vario 14-140mm, F3.5-5.6 Power O.I.S. Lens Audio Equipment: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp lined in to the G9ii
Back to more recent master videos. This was the surprise of the year. Not only does this band play their favorite video game soundtrack/scores, but they also show the actual game being played on the screen next to them! It was really great- sounded great and was entertaining. I don’t recall everything they performed, but I did hear them mention Robocop and Pokemon… maybe final fantasy as well? Sorry for the somewhat distant view, but I figured showing the screen as they played was more important than my typical closeups.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Video equipment: Panasonic Lumix GH5S w/ Lumix G Vario 14-140mm, F3.5-5.6 Power O.I.S. Lens Audio Equipment: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp lined in to the G9ii
