Jane’s Addiction- Numbers, Houston Tx. 1/14/89 xfer from 1st gen VHS tape On This Day

Alrighty, here is the next “on this day” post. Yesterday’s was odd- either nobody cared about it, or it was buried in FB’s algorithm.. and then a bunch of fake fb profiles liked it. So, er, thanks to “grace grace”, “Lucy Lucy”, “Sally Sally” and the other 78 bots who liked the post along with the 3 real people. Man, that was weird. Let’s hope that this one goes better.
This one comes from my good friend Jim Utz- we started trading tapes in 1986 and have been friends ever since. We both used to trade with a guy name Mike Elias(I think that is his name). He was a personality- very funny guy. He would bootleg shows in small to midsize venues and then get super indignant when he would get busted. I still remember him writing me and calling some band “ess holes”. The joys of tape trading. Mike filmed this one.
Camera work is shaky, but it sounds decent and it is way better quality than the other one on YT at this time.

Recorded by: Mike Elias
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HR-S9911U- Canopus ADVC300-Windv (the old capture chain)

Live Concert Video

D.R.I.- Numbers or Axiom,Houston Tx 10/30/88 xfer f/1st gen VHS tape Complete Dirty Rotten Imbeciles

I have mentioned Mike Elias(sp?) before- he is/was a character who we traded videos with- he used to blatantly film bands without permission- and if he got caught/shut down, he would write me “those guys are essholes”(he would send me letters with these grievances). He definitely had a unique approach. If anyone knows where he is now, please let me know.

I have found 3 different references regarding the venue for this show- Mike’s info and newspapers dot com show it as a venue called numbers. metallipromo has a hand written flyer that shows Axiom. I am going with Numbers.

Jim Utz and I both traded tapes with Mike, and this one comes from Jim’s collection. Clearly audience shot with a bunch of heads in the way. At least it sounds good.

Recorded by: Mike Elias(sp?)
Equipment used: One of the JVC’s (HR-s9800 or 9911U) – Canopus ADVC300

Live Concert Video