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Day 5: "This Is A Song About A Girl" Mr. T Experience- Live in Winnipeg 1996
The Smugglers/Mr. T Experience tour came through Winnipeg in the spring of 1996 in thanks to a new distribution deal between Canadian (Vancouver) label, Mint Records and U.S. (Berkeley) label Lookout!...
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Day 6: The Donnas- Wednesday Night Live in Palo Alto, CA 1995
Another band the Smugglers frequently toured with were Lookout label-mates, the Donnas. The Donnas were an all-girl punk rock band from Palo Alto, California who attended school together and before...
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Day 7: Cub- Saturday Night Live At the Starfish Room 1995
Actually, the date of April 21, 1995 was a Friday, but I'm pretty sure this Cub concert was broadcast on RealTime on CBC radio which aired on Saturday night. I spent a lot of my Saturday nights at home...
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Day 8: The Smugglers- 10th Anniversary Party 1998
Poster image lifted from Grant Lawrence's book, Dirty WindshieldsI couldn't resist, here's another live recording from the Smugglers when they celebrated their 10th anniversary at the Starfish Room in...
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Day 9: Teenage Fanclub- Phoenix Festival 1997
Another band rapidly approaching the 30th anniversary milestone is Scottish band, Teenage Fanclub. The band formed in 1989 and released their first album, A Catholic Education in 1990. They hit their...
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Day 10: Fastbacks- Live In Seattle 1999 "Believe Me Never, Hate Me Forever"
On my summer vacation, my summer reading consisted more than the Smugglers book, re-reading High Fidelity and reading issues of Record Collector magazine. I dug up a book I received a couple of...
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Day 11: Scruffy The Cat- Live In Philadelphia 1987
As we head towards the home stretch of the 12 Days of Trouble challenge, I thought I would squeeze in another impromptu post that I hadn't originally planned for. I couldn't complete this series...
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Day 12: Young Fresh Fellows- Live In Bilbao, Spain 2009
Well, we finally made it! Day 12 (in 17 days) of the 12 Days of Trouble challenge that I self-inflicted on myself to write and post more music on this blog, is complete. I honestly have posted more...
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Young Fresh Fellows- Live in Vitoria, Spain 2009
I'm back after a short vacation and ready to get back into more music posts. Thanks to everyone that read, commented and downloaded the live recordings during the 12 Days of Trouble challenge series...
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Here is the final live recording from the trio of shows (that I'm posting) from the Young Fresh Fellows during their tour of Spain in the fall of 2009. Much like the past two posts, this show cooks and...
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They Might Be Giants- Live In Winnipeg October 21, 2018
Despite the fact, They Might Be Giants (TMBG) have been releasing albums since 1986 and have been playing live shows earlier than that, they have never played in Winnipeg, Canada. I had the opportunity...
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Lemonheads- Tramps, NYC, October 28, 1996
For a live recording from over (almost exactly, one day late) 22 years ago, this one holds up quite well. First, the recording is outstanding mainly because it's a professionally mixed board recording...
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Charlie Chesterman- Demos
Today marks the 5th anniversary of the passing of Scruffy the Cat frontman, Charlie Chesterman. His music lives on with recent releases of the Scruffy the Cat compilation, Time Never Forgets and the...
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Chixdiggit- Live In Winnipeg August 26, 1996
Photo by Peter EllenbyThere are some concerts when you reflect back and think, "I'm glad I actually went to see this band". This was the case over 22 years ago when I saw the band, Chixdiggit who were...
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Rivers Cuomo- The Troubadour, May 30, 2018
It's been a pretty good last couple of weeks for Rivers Cuomo and Weezer. A skit from Saturday Night Live on December 15th that was dedicated to his band, Weezer went crazy viral with a pair of...
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Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers- Live At The Village Gate 1977
As Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, the band only released one studio album. That album, L.A.M.F. was originally released in 1977 and remains today as a true punk rock classic. I have the...
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Buzzcocks- Live At The Palladium, NYC 1979
Happy New Year, or should I say belated since it's already a month and a half into 2019. Busy times, so sorry for the loss of a month, it's been f#*king freezing here for the past month, but my only...
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Neil Young & Crazy Horse- Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg Feb. 4, 2019
Since there was a policy of no photography during the show, this is the best I have.Back in December, when pre-sale tickets for a pair of Neil Young & Crazy Horse shows in early February went on...
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The Guess Who- Playhouse Theatre, Winnipeg, MB, April 1975
I thought this post would be appropriate because of two things in the news recently. The old Playhouse Theatre (aka: Pantages Playhouse Theatre) where this show was recorded was recently sold to new...
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Yo La Tengo- Request-A-Thon 2019
Once again, Yo La Tengo performed on WFMU-FM (out of Jersey City in the good ol' USA) for an afternoon of accepting fundraising pledges in exchange for a song. This annual, Request-a-Thon has had the...
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