R.I.P. – Lux Interior

I worked with the Cramps for about 2/3 of their last album tour, “Fiends of Dope Island” in 2003, had a great time overall, and very sad to hear of Lux’s passing. That guy could twist about a mic stand like it was a piece of taffy. When he put on a show he gave it his all, and a hell of a show it was everytime. Getting his vocals loud enough in the monitors on stage? Absolute nightmare. Take the best gear, set it on warp 10, and your close. Take the not so great gear in many of the clubs we played and good luck. Mixing the Cramps from front of house? Awesome.

I send my deepest sympathies to  Poision Ivy.

The Cramps - Warsaw - Brooklyn, NY

 

Relentless 7 – April 2009

More shows added in April for the Relentless 7 -> Festivusis for the rest of us is. Otherwise enjoying 68º January weather whilst it lasts. See into the future by looking at the  complete schedule here.

 

Road case of lore.

Live techs have some pretty crazy road cases, incredible heavy, folding out like a transformer robot to reveal a multitude of stuff, from tools of the trade, supplies, spare parts, mementos of family or touring, and various other “stuff”,  but I think this old one here wins the award for organization and style.

See more photos and the original post I found this on here.

 

December Relentless 7

More shows added in December for the Relentless 7 -> a late night show in NYC, an x-mass party in Asheville, and far away in April, some festival shows in Byron Bay.

 

Thats the best thing you can find to do with your time here?

Please, correct me if I am stating incorrect information….

As of 2007
Average deaths of US citizens yearly from Heart Disease – 450,000
US Government allocation of money towards studying heart disease – $3 Billion

Average deaths yearly of US citizens from what the US government defines as a terrorist act – 70
US Department of Homeland Security Budget – $161 Billion

That’s the best thing we can find to do with our time here?

This and other thoughts here -
Zeitgesit Addendum (movie)

 

Mystery solved – why I got into sound recording

I see now that I must have been imprinted at a young age to be a sound engineer as revealed by the first 321 Contact episode. It’s also great documentation of when recordings were made with actual people playing the parts, compared to today’s computer edited and created methods. And dig that funky groove.

321 Contact on YouTube

 

Relentless 7 – California club tour announced

Next up on the agenda, mixing the Relentless 7 on an upcoming California club tour. Back to the small clubs, it’s been almost over a year now since I’ve mixed on anything besides a Digidesign Profile, and now back to the humble beginnings of dusty consoles in dusty small clubs.

To see the dates check out the ‘Upcomming Shows’ page here on the blog, and also check out the bands web site – www.Relentless7.com

 

Got Out and Voted

Ohio, Minnesota, Wisconsin get an introduction to the Relentless 7, a new group with Jesse, Jason, Jordan, and Ben Harper, as they joined the Get Out and Vote tour for four shows encouraging people to, you guessed it, get out and vote. Not necessarily for one candidate or the other, just to get out and vote, or as Ben put it “to give you the right to complain.”

In the live sound department, the Sheryl Crow tour basically turned into this tour, so I was mixing on their Clair provided Digidesign Profile, and Sheryls monitor engineer took care of us on a Digidesign Venue. Stacks and racks were “locally” supplied with Eighthday providing a V-dosc rig for the Ohio shows, and Audio Visions providing a Vertec rig for St. Paul and Milwaukee. And while all went well, all I can say is arenas are absolutely horrid rooms to mix a live show in (and waves plug-ins seem to take a really long time to load.)

It seems the plan worked, people voted.

 

Stuff

Buy! Consume! Trash! Buy! Consume! Trash!

The Story of Stuff

Organize your stuff

George Carlin on Stuff

 

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