LOL! Belying appearances, this naked tape is not the 1997 solo LP by Kansas violinist David Ragsdale! Nah, it’s a rather good late-period rehearsal recording of my ’90s band, Jenifer Convertible.
PERSONNEL: Michael “Sport” Murphy, Vocals, guitar “My Limbic System (Is Fucked)” is the B-side to the Time Or Dirt “Matilda Mother” 7″, released July 1995 on my Dive Records label. You can read all about TOD and the recording of the single, including the story of how “Limbic System” was chosen: The B-side was picked in true Time Or Dirt fashion. I asked Sport if he had an unused song that I could record. He offered “My Limbic System (Is…
PERSONNEL: Jon Coates: Drums Dave Rick: Guitar, vocals Jerry Smith: Bass, vocals TRACK LISTING: 1. Jack Of All Phobias 2. Ohm On The Range 3. Saturday Afternoon 4. More Paranoia 5. More People 6. Good Luck 7. The Fuck Unless I am mistaken, this is the original seven-song demo from which four songs were chosen for re-mastering and 2014 release by PT5Speed as the Demolition EP. Judging from the sound quality, this likely was recorded live in the band’s rehearsal…
PERSONNEL: Lenny Zenith, guitar Andy Moore, drums James Pertusi, bass Jim Santo, guitar TRACK LISTING: Side A – Live at Brownies, March 31, 1995 Here is the original Jenifer Convertible, with Andy Moore on drums, at our best! This show happened on a Friday night during the New York University Independent Music Festival (although, as The New Yorker clip proves, it was not an official festival event). But there was no cooler place to be in the East Village in…
Welcome to another edition of Mystery Friday, when I reach into the Box Of Unknown, pull out an unmarked cassette, play it, and attempt to describe it. Some of these tapes haven’t been played in more than 1,500 Fridays; who knows what’s on ’em? Not me, pal. Not me. Tonight’s subject is a Sony HF 60 Type I Normal Bias cassette. As was customary, bits of Scotch™ tape cover each recording tab. I could record over this sucker right now….
Welcome to Episode Three of Mystery Friday! Time for another plunge into the box UNKNOWN. Tonight’s tape is a Scotch BX 90 135m Normal Bias. Scotch brand cassettes were not commonly used during this Universe; Memorex was much more popular at that time. And I can hear why — the spools rattle like mad as I fast-forward to limber up the tape. In any event, the cassette is in brand-new condition, the j-card has but a few scratches, and it…
Today surfaced a cardboard Eddie Bauer boot box, marked “Unknown,” in which was about three dozen cassettes, half lacking jewel boxes, most if not all unmarked. The sort of thing any sane man would have tossed out years ago. But I can’t help wondering: What’s on these tapes? I’ll bet you’re wondering too. Welcome to Episode One of Mystery Friday! Every week I will grab a tape from the Unknown Box, play it for you, and attempt to describe it….