Burma's upcoming DC date

[earthdog70]

Seeing how the Burma guys are all big Government Issue fans (check Bob Weston's listening picks and Prescott's/Kustomized cover of "Bored To Death") I'm thinking they should ask John Stabb up on stage on 10/14 to sing a tune. Maybe Dave Smalley (of Down By Law) too. Down By Law did a killer cover of "That's When I Reach For My Revolver" a few years back.

I can get in touch with either via email. This would make it a truly "special" show!

[Patrick]

Man, I agree. Though I think the real star of G.I. was Tom Lyle. One of the great unappreciated guitarists.

Patrick

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Originally posted by Patrick
. . . Tom Lyle. One of the great unappreciated guitarists. Definitely! I must have seen G.I. about 30 times and, out of all that, only one show show was sub-par. The last time was in '88 or '89 with The Celibate Rifles and they were on fire; as great as the CRs are, GI totally blew them away.

[Patrick]

OK, old-people talk here for sure now. The Celibate Rifles were one of those bands that were CRAZILY great live. There was some kind of extra energy that they tapped into that seems to elude almost everyone these days.

I know this is really going to brand me as insane, but I wonder if it's because there's too much digitization in club sound systems now. How often are we getting a pure amplified analog signal from the stage to the PA? Pretty rarely, I bet. Maybe at a place like the 9:30 Club. Or maybe at really tiny places where there's virtually no PA.

I'm not talking about digital effects, delays, pedals etc. which have been in use since the early '80s... I'm talking about digitizing the entire mix at some point in the chain for convenience and cheapness.

Any engineers out there know?

Patrick

[jeff/bh]

Originally posted by Patrick
OK, old-people talk here for sure now. The Celibate Rifles were one of those bands that were CRAZILY great live. There was some kind of extra energy that they tapped into that seems to elude almost everyone these days.

I know this is really going to brand me as insane, but I wonder if it's because there's too much digitization in club sound systems now. How often are we getting a pure amplified analog signal from the stage to the PA? Pretty rarely, I bet. Maybe at a place like the 9:30 Club. Or maybe at really tiny places where there's virtually no PA.

I'm not talking about digital effects, delays, pedals etc. which have been in use since the early '80s... I'm talking about digitizing the entire mix at some point in the chain for convenience and cheapness.

Any engineers out there know?

Patrick
i agree that with digital processing actually flattens the mix somewhat.
i think that alot of the newer models of instrument amplification just don't
have the sound that older models do. mob is a perfect example of this.
not that they ever sound bad but when roger use his rig or a jmp his
sound is so much better then when he uses a jmc 900.
the same goes for clint when he uses the sun model t.

[TheSadDebaser]

what a strange coincidence as I just happen to have gotten that "1981 - The Year in Seven Inches" record.