tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27290119617012670482024-03-19T03:37:35.392-07:00A Music History by Wayne R. FlowerThis is a music history of my time playing music in Boise, Idaho, and Seattle, Washington between 1983 and 2000. I encourage any verifiable corrections (my memory ain't perfect) and any worthwhile additions, so feel free to comment or contact me with those. Also, send me any pictures you have from the years I cover. - Photo of State of Confusion by Brian E. BothwellWayne R. Flowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986530157196531588noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729011961701267048.post-17842828105696185012023-11-16T14:12:00.001-08:002023-11-16T14:27:08.338-08:00Wayne R Flower solo ep for the album "You're the One You Love"Hello all, I recently did a 'soft launch' of my solo ep that is from an album in progress called "You're the One You Love," out in the not too distant future! Support artists, $7 is nothing, you will spend more at the bar or Starbucks or your local coffee house. I just want to break even, doing this ain't cheap! And if you don't like it, buy something you DO like on Bandcamp!<div><br /></div><div>Be well,</div><div>Wayne Ray Flower II</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://waynerflower.bandcamp.com/album/ep-for-the-upcoming-album-youre-the-one-you-love" target="_blank">Click here to buy/listen to the EP for the Upcoming Album "You're the One You Love"</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br><p></p><p>I meant to post this awhile ago. Treepeople played 4 songs and did an interview on KEXP in Seattle during our last tour ever in August. Our show in Seattle that night was the best one on the tour, which made sense as Seattle was our 2nd hometown and all our old friends were there. We were determined to bring it.</p><p>The KEXP staff were so lovely to us, we thank you!</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/zHzumM35VgU?si=FKZdB_vT5d2A64QE" target="_blank">Treepeople on KEXP, 8/12/23</a><br></p><p>~WRF</p>Wayne R. Flowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986530157196531588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729011961701267048.post-2961822961898768062023-10-10T15:53:00.048-07:002023-11-11T19:44:19.552-08:00The Final Treepeople Tour, August, 2023: A Retrospecive<p> <span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Journal entries (somewhat augmented):</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-1f936296-7fff-611d-a1e7-4070e4eb98de"><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>Treepeople </b>‘Jaunt Tour.’ August 2023, final shows</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">8/1/23</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The drive up the Columbia River Gorge [on the day before, Monday, 7/31/23] was beautiful, as it always is, traffic was light, it was a gorgeous day. [ok, so this is probably the least scenic stretch of the drive up the Gorge, but I was ya know, driving, and the scenic stretch is the part of the drive where you really have to focus. Even so, I probably shouldn't eh…take photos while driving, period. 'Nuf said.]</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: medium none; display: inline-block; height: 676px; overflow: hidden; width: 507px;"><img height="676" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/7mDiW6J7I6-reKz8DDzntTLM--rE-3ybXmyyl6skEkdpFrr2cgGUwGvSnl-_aqGWQ5j4R2RrNk0n3NwBYBJlYH0Pq1xZPBMP-KGsLe2A37fAttzk4Zwic93zKUyd7eyGPAV67VbCwgBNxkjgs4HFMlI" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="507" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Part of getting ready for these shows has always been about listening to the songs of the set over and over again so that a groove is dug into my/our/brain/brains.This method works but it is a bit maddening and tends to make you sick of your own band! A joke between me and Scott (who also applies the groove digging method) is “I am SO sick of Treepeople!” </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">So on the drive to Boise, I didn’t listen to any <b>Treepeople</b>. I had borrowed Dug Martsch’s van, it worked out well as he had lived in Portland for a short time and had left it there, so he needed it driven to Boise, and I needed to bring my drums (I HATE playing other people’s kits and am very attached to mine, a ‘66 Ludwig, made the same year I was, as I always say, thus the 8 hour drive vs the one hour flight (it takes me the same amount of time to fly to Boise as it does to commute by bus to work in Portland!) so it was a win win. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: medium none; display: inline-block; height: 832px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="832" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/oONE5qaDZImRQLX3dKtSKL7KkJAVKc4NUSYkZWs_SiNgfw5z5GqHMpXvCqtfM9dmJJRCS11uNLJY_WCV-hkhgmntlb-3hhzlKsvFu-5wipLgAatNjkjauP54XhuCxv60M4DRAiKqL3ZaRlqnF8LIecM" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">My babies, purchased in 1990 for $500, made the same year I was; 1966</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">His van had a CD player, so I listened to some comp CDs I made when I lived in Boston (2003 - 2008), it was a little snapshot of what I was listening to at that time: </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Satisfact</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">7 Year Bitch</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Flaming Lips</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Cheap Trick </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">(the debut lp, of course), </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Throwing Muses</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A Tribe Called Quest</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, my ‘guilty pleasure’ at the time, </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Queens of the Stone Age</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> and many other bands. The tunes propelled me through the Gorge and into the shrub desert that leads into Boise proper.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">8/2/23</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The day of the first rehearsal wasn’t until Wednesday, 8/2/23, so I had a decompression day on 8/1/23, which I needed, as I was coming off a very stressful week at work. I did some reading, took some old man naps, and watched some news. Then off for a nice salmon dinner at a bar near the hotel I often stay at, a new tradition now when I am in town, which also includes a shot of Makers, neat, a tumbler of ice with a few limes from which I mix a cocktail of whisky, some ice, melted ice water and squeezed limes. Though we are only ramping up for two shows in town before hitting the road, this is similar to how one kills time on tour, and interestingly, similar to how one does the same when you retire. On an interesting note, one night I randomly sat next to the driver for </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Breeders</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, who had some amazing stories about her journey as one of the few women drivers in the biz, and the sexist bullshit she has had to endure.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I am about to release a solo EP, a first for me [I have released home recording demos over the years, but that's it]. I am both excited and nervous about it. I mention it, for beyond blatant just self-promotion (which I am allowed on my own fucking blog) as it is the next focus in my musical life. As my friend and producer (who produced this record) Steve Fisk said in relation to <b>Treepeople </b>members and solo music after <b>Treepeople</b>; "No one's heard from you yet."</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I did have to chat a few times with the guy who is covering for me at my big, complicated, demanding job, but I have promised myself not to log into my email at all anymore this whole trip. I am grateful for my job, and I don't hate it, in fact I plan to retire in it. But ya gotta disconnect. Rock n roll ain't a bad way to do that.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We rehearsed at a place called The Warehouse in Garden City where a number of local bands rehearse, a nice room. It took us awhile to set up and get going as is often the way the first day; setting up is slow, you need to figure out the best arrangement of equipment for the best sound for the room…Dug had recently toured in Europe with his band Built to Spill, and had recently played some out of town solo shows, so he is a little behind on rehearsing <b>Treepeople </b>songs, he will catch up, he's a pro, and he already sounded pretty good. In fact, we sounded </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">way </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">better than I expected, considering we haven't played together in 4 years (since just before COVID in 2019, when we played at the VAC in Boise). These songs are challenging (especially on drums!) but we were determined</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">End of journal entries.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: medium none; display: inline-block; height: 330px; overflow: hidden; width: 203px;"><img height="330" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/KgRwKmtALzlUk17xThtgly-PYlqmLbCzIWi3pQ_CEFtsl9pxAMsbnuZGtCHI8-BtO5C8N1HONCOjV88sE_Hih3ycL6R31csggPOODbZbzhUFRlkVT-9-IDE2hQlgfEDD-ciQrMZVVGWGZE4ykIuo13E" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="203" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/i-vQQPh3eEY?si=wfr__c4KU83yyLoB" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">First day load in at The Warehouse</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">8/3/23?</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Note that I don't have a journal entry for 8/3, but our friends Meredith Swassing, Daniel Yoshida and Kenneth Cole were there, and Kenneth & Meredith recorded some great videos of our rehearsal that day.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: medium none; display: inline-block; height: 203px; overflow: hidden; width: 440px;"><img height="203" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/6KaTaOFQ9B3gRAxJTn24W0W3sojFGb0d4vraOPKOEYfbIPvYhwLwbc4YGH-9OPxYpMzWfPn6JPPCURDEAPDWCjwWzYh-YAHdwDW_ISR_-UD_d6A9N2wvVwmcjOdrmoeihlqfJY1Fmu1ypVOXbkSbeIA" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="440" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://youtu.be/Ze1j0TYr8Kg?si=Yxwzq2_i7SsrJNdZ" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Treepeople rehearsing Fishbasket, 8/3/23, in Boise, Idaho</span></a> ~ Filmed by Kenneth Cole</p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: medium none; display: inline-block; height: 136px; overflow: hidden; width: 244px;"><img height="136" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Hh7Kh44oSNDnDkLZfCWf1S38JoGsinOJCGQ3hz2ByprNfsjM5qnXUR3jMD1yQJUosucHpwjSI8D7cKU_dgE6IQl8gcOfm1QdGhJ36J6HmZmBSoZ2K7qv1Hz2ytsu-7Ro96f-AjDQrpQfG9tkul7KVLY" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="244" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://youtu.be/UXi-NNRpvMY?si=NiRpUcjzreumJQtV" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Snippet of Treepeople rehearsing the song Handcuffs, 8/3/23</span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> ~ Filmed by Meredith Swassing</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Boise, 8/9 & 8/10/23</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We played 5 shows with only a week's worth of practice, 4 years since playing together last: Two shows in Boise to kick it all off at the fabulous new arcade <i>Realms</i>, the first show opened by </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">State of Confusion</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, the hardcore Punk band 3 of us in </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Treepeople</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> formed in the mid '80s (then the band morphed into </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Treepeople</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">). Incidentally, <b>SOC </b>had the honor of playing the first ever show on that stage, at a party at the end of our week of reunion shows in April of 2023. Thank you, Meredith, for your persistence and insistence on that happening. It's a family biz, you see, opened by her son and ex husband.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">One interesting thing that happened at this show was that the guy in Boise who makes and sells merch for both </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Treepeople </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">State of Confusion </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">also road-manages the legendary LA Punk band </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">FEAR</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> and he asked if </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">State of Confusion </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">wanted to play a show with them the following week; “Um, yes, please.” (more on that later in a separate entry on the </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">State of Confusion</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> reunion shows).</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">All the shows were supported by the mighty </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Prism B*tch</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> (who did their first ever tour with us back in 2018).</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: medium none; display: inline-block; height: 284px; overflow: hidden; width: 377px;"><img height="284" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/jDTMRs9digdh2yJu3KpYbQyX1LRPOsfX08eUFJEMCRhuALZqSdjz_Q9UFq-MnRgU3ZRkEvbLI49XtD_QTIMEkIJ8M0X8fYuFwpukDTlA61h39VYm6YtbUE8HIJMhF9Lmi2A99UXApJ2bnfAv3zB9Vew" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="377" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: right;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: medium none; display: inline-block; height: 273px; overflow: hidden; width: 363px;"><img height="273" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/xp7o7V7QqG8LcvkToKUK-QsQXfI-X2eHz2scu_4s5zpaCzSSnthOO8ywgVGejl2BMExaWaiUS8BZBpnx0NSAzjumGP_DLgpW2TqXIoIQpRYUWND1sLMA4ZfxZTIcweM9M_FNwjByVKj5EqrSpUsKdao" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="363" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photos of Prism B*tch and all other photos are by the author, unless otherwise noted</span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The second Boise night our direct support was our sister Boise band </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Dirt Fishermen</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, who we came up with in the early days in Boise and played many shows with. It was perfect that our last Boise show was with them. They ripped it up, as usual. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We got our sea legs with these shows, and people had a lot of fun, but also, as with all these last shows, it was bittersweet; Boise spawned us and has always been good to us and we thank you. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: medium none; display: inline-block; height: 832px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="832" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/x4Dk-ZNp9x870iuYyDewR8o9C2JL00JwMYCdIWL_tvDdvXnv1tPVoA2FdaysJlxFNNKh27wDaFXFBBR5cK6UUsT55fjjd4M2jAv4kCEQxqnjv0ZxIf4YhYFi7L3VsSdARYWtKVyeo-62lfIklxrkTt8" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: medium none; display: inline-block; height: 468px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="468" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/Fl_qGCVmj5JDt2RqMp81gWY7zbhq_8dtjHo_iZzb9hLmxhBYW_dQO4E7eK5HUQLZAhGcaXngAVERE-CbCojZYEK_NHN498IefkFbm6O9f5wlRKvyMi2vuQJYWS_KbDjD_757vo5hFdz77vMGEDjDePA" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Then <b>Treepeople</b> hit the road. Our old friend and Merch Guy Supreme, Dave Wall, ate ice cream with a Buck knife. I was impressed enough to take a photo:</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: medium none; display: inline-block; height: 832px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="832" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/ArYI7wZl2Bs_N0T_hlIHNDf6BVY5IjzGlJp_roCCsp9YibobH_WAx0UB32moghpNOYxkQc3bDkveP4tuImWDNwQK_gmAprpZEaSCbVQek6ZXdc4l43WM_DoN4F9NrOk2sMKjgIvytTAK7dDw-5Flbjc" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Portland, 8/11/23</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: medium none; display: inline-block; height: 468px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="468" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ZbwEGa797Sf7BTBK3lKmeFSoZiwLjoqqeVImzzdhPAeflIAGmzEHQsBZJns5G_4eEX6Tnq2a7RgGd2PRUz6O_ETFeaI1ln6N220J74Gc94Im3R5WaQRz5S9EACofRjqDeJUJCjTKiypF-2PihMmoWGM" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Portland was up next at the beautiful old theater The Aladdin, where we played to a nearly full house of warm and friendly Portland fans with Seattle's </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Patrons of Husbandry</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, featuring one of our favorite Seattle songwriters, Rusty Willoughby. They played a beautiful, flawless set, Portland loved it and so did we. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: medium none; display: inline-block; height: 468px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="468" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1shu0YvNejJdHzWxscn4hawVr5QTDRhKglOxc9D5dTLmaqX8lauUqm0uXkUJwSFgoooWQenIHVK-SC_px_6_8zgWpH-tSjYZwFqfEAh9ALAEFFIicuyzGVOSeSULGtlyepJGT36opxlBUKGfp0BtlE" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: medium none; display: inline-block; height: 468px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="468" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/bYuEL6qlogZ7tZGKSRAtq2BLZhM6qU7CNI5sJ4QyJ7EZ9yy5946GxYVP3rVCDrJaBWAVhCuVP70Fcz9qMePgySdfRt47zO1EFYA0pWn5oKNckf6YAbGjlsSWbBO6x6KqTQaH_1523ISlaqQL7rIpee4" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Prism B*tch</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> was up next, and they were made to play on a stage like that and killed it that night.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cwi_Fvhs3DR/?igshid=NjIwNzIyMDk2Mg==" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Prism B*tch in action, click for video</span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> ~ Filmed by the author</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: medium none; display: inline-block; height: 468px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="468" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/SZOH1d03ZLod4vNxlh-XgMja7rFalBDh2jyN3LhD4F-JFRk0KVRV72LPBdUndMaOCwYSONrcs39QzjbM25ApNHDf_peqG0pTeGXrjzK8Oh31IQErlw7lyuXwpc_GF0i1mFe6wpsd4MV1yRIVHXCMDUU" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: medium none; display: inline-block; height: 468px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="468" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/weP-3k-bTZa0QiT4VxP6FeKniUiKNt9-VXwvRMXPK6JIE-dkxZ1htW_uymfGXfGFYwDvR5z0HB_AWMR8lOtjLXIUjrXQV9pRWo5O2kyKVnwrPBVEKWXqzGv8zKjaj6Gg9is5JEhaCOK_8UmqQt4ZkVo" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">The Aladdin begins to fill up. A wonderful show, thank you Portland!</span></b></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: medium none; display: inline-block; height: 232px; overflow: hidden; width: 307px;"><img height="232" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-80yBobcZ8CJLi4qOGouKPW7vfupo2VvUSWZBZmomR24dGeK_AnWlW_YXUTuIjQlJ5qZMs-rhGgwq4tIwP11YrGI2THrp-Omwo00JPlejY_af3RWbguki3iPUAR57-YhuN6lv1ihwsdMvYC-qyDunVE" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="307" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://youtu.be/NOd_lLiia4M?si=0ESN82S165OIRsZV" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Fan filmed 'medley' of Treepeople set at the Aladdin, Portland, OR, 8/11/23</span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">~ Filmed by Rezellen</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Seattle, 8/12/23</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We were asked by the Seattle radio station KEXP to play on their live room show, so we left Portland about 7 am to make load in. As often happens after playing a show, I took forever to unwind and be able to sleep, and thus I got a whopping 2.5 hours of sleep before we hit the road. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">When we rolled up in Seattle at KEXP, and began to unload, Scott realized he left his guitar in Portland! Oh shit! Luckily Doug had a spare guitar, Scott played his familiar red Stratocaster. The staff at KEXP were lovely to us and it was super fun! Thank you KEXP! (Note: As of this writing this has not been released, but will be soon, and I will of course post it here).</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A note about KEXP: When out of towners bought the beloved college radio station KCMU years ago, we in the Seattle scene were bummed and assumed they would ruin it, but they sure proved us wrong!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: medium none; display: inline-block; height: 468px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="468" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/FBfWdIlls53fVjzbPGF1_Gp4-8es8m7J2Y_8pafZHDH1iIk5AwChmQkufTUXdOvigMDQI2TkZhmW65JIycXDlSA6PEX26llb3zDbHh4grkri7hq1YkFEmae96rSCAHA5ipIjxTjG2lGbdAqR-vB1n-o" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: medium none; display: inline-block; height: 305px; overflow: hidden; width: 219px;"><img height="305" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/JZ6qJCFGGxj0iMx79fYaT87PPpLR9mY2Ly7I6XHwciLq3QN9j-bjTdXATnELU_Q_9snaXfIOkk29nroI9ApSfybO3klw3mtHwdEaKIgU4tfX5Ng4O7100YhmoGUZvpNHAzV9YArBEr37TaBOPEv__ns" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="219" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cv2wkXAx5_-/?igshid=NjIwNzIyMDk2Mg==" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Dug showing Lilah Rose of Prism B*tch how to play the Treepeople song Funnelhead @ KEXP</span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://youtu.be/zHzumM35VgU?si=FKZdB_vT5d2A64QE" target="_blank">Click here to see Treepeople on KEXP, 8/12/23</a> <br /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Seattle show on 8/12/23 is being described by many folks (old friends from our Seattle years who we trust and who don't blow smoke up people's asses) as 'epic.' As I have written on social media, I agree (and as you may know about me, I also don't blow smoke up my own…nevermind). </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">It felt great playing in our second home town to so many dear old friends, including people to whom we owe a great debt, like Steve Fisk, John Goodmanson and Stuart Hallerman. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">And later, Scott and I discussed how we both felt our departed member and Scott's brother Pat in the room that night. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: medium none; display: inline-block; height: 325px; overflow: hidden; width: 212px;"><img height="325" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/Aa1cb7EAnkoJvU53s8-rxLHjgXTsqdjrfreghXzdYLZkYkis_DWE3nygsA_pwQ-t-PmIo3TXRbSHT66Yfq0oJtgtBDcKsmaDroTNow60P9ayrqXBMHDh6YZRQ_W7uqRUGhqf45ReV-6ADANvPj6vvXQ" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="212" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Pat 'Brown' Schmaljohn, ripping it up at the very beginning of the band at rehearsal in 1988, playing my gone but not forgotten State of Confusion bass</span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">On a negative note, we had already scheduled an early show, starting at 7 pm, but The Crocodile informed us last minute that there was a 'dance party' scheduled after our show and we had to start at 6 pm! While we love the Crocodile staff, always, and the new room, while austere, sounds killer, this was bullshit and our aforementioned old friends were kicked out! Boo Crocodile! (though in full disclosure, many of our Seattle fans are older, like us, and some were happy about an even </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">earlier</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> show!)</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: medium none; display: inline-block; height: 351px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="351" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/DNsxxXrwsJqLBozeFcLR9N2_i1j4NQVFcPWlh1C7ZtWPQpJk3m4Wvwhs4ka-qjrF-tT8sRSNarlOECXf0taZ2QfCYv9ZgPVvcV-Z7tpzGac5m8dG9Gp3ycj2rOFgd_8G2OwKppzH_xpki1xax-2brds" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Seattle friends from way back at the Crocodile show (Left to right behind me, in the center): Film score composer/drummer Steve Cavit, Cedric Ross (AKA Fred Roth) of the bands Imij, TAP and The Fred Roth Review), Stuart Hallerman, owner Avast Studio. </span></span><b style="font-size: x-small; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Note that, nope, I was not high, quit that stuff years ago, but I do have neural issues on my left side and thus my left eye is droopy! ~ Yours, Self Conscious Wayne).</b></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: medium none; display: inline-block; height: 351px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="351" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/qjNGofjZ9zdUBs2Cbf3YqJb-maKnNCRvw6jb0jM2Xu3Ut0LjbyRr28NHF7MroF1aQCCHDF1-1r4YTUhUj4w9QAwZRtcp78yqvvh2HwgxnPHtMm3CMxhSP2ltTWGHJsDfQ0ss-FvPSuZIiqQMpgkv-v8" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Seattle friends from way back at the Crocodile show: (Left to right behind me, in the center): </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Cedric Ross (AKA Fred Roth) of the bands Imij, TAP and The Fred Roth Review, John Goodmanson, producer/musician, Steve Fisk, producer/musician</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">This show was opened by our favorite Seattle band, whose studio Electric Eel we rehearsed beneath in the '90s, </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Purdins</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">. They tore it up with their introspective, sad but humorous pop Punk.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: medium none; display: inline-block; height: 468px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="468" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/gIV7I7JhN7M10W17P5gN-mQWJsh7HUS-xN0IMj-343OO9lmJf9rJVTivFswtxrENLrgAmlkVjvWr4FYx1M7nLRSonOgtiE3-bkqo9bIl34kkFvyX674VgwPg0sZ6pwap1B4FJaAjTAMcWJtq8PYRttc" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; 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font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Prism B*tch</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> brought it again, as they do every night, and as I have mentioned, they won many new fans that night. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Sadly, I have no live </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Prism B*tch</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> photos from this show as during their set I was taking a nap upstairs in their hotel room, which they graciously offered me, as I only had 2.5 hours of sleep the night before, so I will just use this awesome photo from their Instagram:</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: medium none; display: inline-block; height: 197px; overflow: hidden; width: 218px;"><img height="197" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/j9Pg9mmL8qmdqiYUfrCyrabWpytMiC2_rFeLXl4CifGFnObeBbmb2xqhG6kpOJXgbArelNLPcN4Q5Ou6NwluQslxiBjVB-QY7CZ-bjGuVdLjL_T9saV2IJO8chOU-Jq6jlTWCPakmJHrJ4yizfcloMU" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="218" /></span></span></p><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: medium none; display: inline-block; height: 247px; overflow: hidden; width: 535px;"><img height="247" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/t9R0mMbLETvei0hnyy9Qlf-DbiRFYeprwJeNIKL4PmhZ4JmvelQ5wCIxMJ5MBe7rYMGnZ0UBsMIvVbd2CDIkAGAXvTMKXRZLyT4bSbUl3SbL2FBXMvycGJgY6VZD76SP8EwuBSBvC19WynHSpH8v004" style="margin-left: 0px; 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Seattle was our best performance for sure. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">~ Screenshot by author from Janet Crisp's video, see actual video </span><a href="https://youtu.be/fdefGjdnd9E?si=HsdaWgzNpT2z5z5V" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">here</span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></b></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Bellingham, 8/13/23 - Last Treepeople show ever…😕</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: medium none; display: inline-block; height: 468px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="468" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/OeA8uU7mPhA-znQxV_1cRfWPZYtlUdOooKCQq7fS_FCfN2nEEbaQFa5zSBDPIB-yWoEGsra4K0S2COFk4JOkr-H2gy6NaiubVbvKlzpE0XZ1yI7XNNulhC8npvHkFPAtzWn_E9jS1HW3KJ4KZL93Fe4" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Bellingham was fun, a smaller show like the ones we came up playing. We were conscious of the fact that it was our last show ever, but it was a chill night, and a relaxed, looser set. The crowd had a great time and so did we. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">[in the first post of this entry somehow this next section on the openers got cropped, apologies to the bands!]</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Opening was the mighty band from Spokane, Washington who we played with at Treefort once, <b>Itchy Kitty</b>. They were incredible and topped it off with a killer, intense version of <b>Talking Heads' Psycho Killer</b>.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Prism B*tch were relaxed and in the zone and had people dancing. A great show all around!</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>The ever awesome Prism B*tch</b></span></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> After the show we drank and laughed and partied like we were young again, complete with wacky antics and a trading of stomach punches and face slaps between Dug and Teresa, some ritual, and then the throwing and catching of peanuts in the mouth, while the slow realization that this was it settled in; the long journey, that started with the forming of a hardcore punk band called <b>Dissident Militia</b> in Boise, Idaho in 1983, had ended. Then, sipping whisky in the hotel and telling tales and finally, sleep.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: medium none; display: inline-block; height: 146px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;"><img height="167" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/icyAJVPudllHO_QFihGSsWbgexrShqNeR2ygXr4zKaCuXn892y9PKWxTWopltuUiXFAXyMM2StTjx_aWAPu70UW80ks1WwKjW7hCossX7yPz1ZU4Oz3VVvr_A0iS9e-qaBA-yRQVFloKI-mM1Z1OFrs=w126-h167" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="126" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Wayne and Teresa, drummer friends for life!</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: medium none; display: inline-block; height: 244px; overflow: hidden; width: 235px;"><img height="244" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/SwI8UFCMqgO4Lltxg_z-pqrkLPB9YGMKhx1NMJLzF26R2OC5q778aqQII2-ZGRWznMXj9tDo6_tzVotNU1NNVsjLeIZAd7DtD0U61sBXNxuTK6IQNTlLYBPIMW5k3pDr5co2K9Xd9uL-fYSx3DqgkCw" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="235" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Group shot of the whole 2023 'jaunt' tour crew. Photo by Lauren Poole</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The next morning we had a nice breakfast with our road crew and </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Pr*sm Bitch</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> and then we all went our separate ways....✋</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: medium none; display: inline-block; height: 832px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="832" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/Azd9Z31Hm9ItqDHolShJIJkFTfW0uRVT8NUU8kyu3olGnZcfRmWXg_T9yUIPugV06d_JdeQ3YZPbyq9X1XOUdfbUKjR_mFqW3Ehbg2sbqwNK9RpRQM6gPkYl7l2CSmJ7qvImlBY2z4P5ogTSur31sLU" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">The last breakfast with the whole crew. ~ Photo taken by our wonderful waitress (on a personal note, it blows me away how much I look like my dad as I get older. RIP)</span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">What a ride. What an honor. Thank you friends and fans for all of your support over the decades!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">❤️ Treepeople</span></p><br />PS - Why the last shows? I have a disability, a numb left leg and partially numb left arm and hand, and it is getting harder and harder for me to play punk drums. I want to go out while I still sound good! This doesn't mean I am done drumming or playing music! I just can't play <i>fast </i>drums or bass anymore (and that is also partly why the <b>State of Confusion </b>shows were also the last). ~ <i>Wayne</i></span>Wayne R. Flowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986530157196531588noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729011961701267048.post-48409080958515490352023-07-02T21:01:00.065-07:002023-07-16T22:36:34.209-07:00Music History Part 47: A suddenly busy music career, starting a business and a new chapter in life<p><span style="font-size: x-small;">Memory is a funny thing, and an elusive one. Meaning; I might have some of this wrong, as 1. My memory is not always accurate, like anyone and 2. It is from my perspective only. Any friends who were there, feel free to correct me or add things I have missed. It helps! Also, no gossip on anyone here, it ain't about that. Personal details are on a surface level, and friends, girlfriends and others are re-named to respect their privacy. People in bands generally put their names out there on albums and in interviews anyway, and are not in the habit of staying anonymous, and therefore are named here. That said, anyone who is in the blog that wishes me not to use their name has only to ask.<br><br>Seattle Years Disclaimer: As I enter the Seattle years in this music blog, the above disclaimer goes double, because so much happened and there are so many details to cover in this 14 year period; so many shows, so many bands, so many friends and so much change in my life. As a result of this and the fact that the four of us who formed Treepeople found ourselves in the midst of a scene which blew up around us and attracted the eyes of the world just 2 years after our arrival, not to mention the 12 years I played music following that, I am bound to, hell, I will forget something.<br><br>This means two things: I will be coming back to entries and adding things to them over the months following publication, and, that the part of the above disclaimer where I ask for help from people in keeping me honest and in remembering things is crucial to them. I thank anyone ahead of time who was there, and, those who weren't there who have access to valid info, for helping me to correct errors in dates or chronology. Yes, I have the Internet, but many bands, scenes and things I will cover did not receive the attention I feel that they deserved and thus I will recall them mostly from memory, or rather, memories; mine and those of friends. Also, friends who were in bands which I do not happen to mention, please don't take it personally, just remind me. I have created a monster in undertaking this blog, one which I am determined to ride until the end!<br><br>Lastly, as mentioned, this scene gained national attention, and thus, needless to say and as we all know, many bands/people became famous, became rock stars, were/are admired by millions, etc. and etc...This makes another part of my original disclaimer even more important. This memoir is intended to tell my story, from my perspective. I have no intention of creating a place where people can seek gossip about famous people, nor is it about 'name-dropping'. I write of my impressions of people, bands, and the Seattle scene from the '90s into the early 2000s. I protect those who are my friends fiercely because a symptom of being known is frequent intrusion into their lives beyond a level that I feel is acceptable. Thank you for indulging me this disclaimer. Onward>>></span><br><br><b>The romantic relationship ends...</b></p><p>I had recently had a conversation with my partner, an
argument that ended up as a conversation, more truthfully, in which she
casually commented, not even in any meaningful way, more like how when
someone says, "Well, maybe all humanity <i>is </i>doomed!!" or, "Maybe <i>no one </i>is
honest," but what she happened to say, inspired by our circular
conversation about how we may not actually be suited to each other, was, "Well, maybe people weren't <i>meant</i> to be monogamous." </p><p>At this point in my
life, as I previously covered, I was a bit overwhelmed with anxiety. To make matters worse, I was managing the café at this point (so I am going a bit back in time here) and at work any given day I would drink coffee in the morning, Coca-Cola through the day and black tea at home at night, all of which, along with other toxins ingested, ramped up my anxiety as bad as if I were doing speed, and distorted all of the other things going through my head about issues at work, issues with bands and the pressures of performing and recording and touring while being alternately exhausted and amped. I was a jangle of nerves and I rarely thought clearly or coherently, but I presented very differently most of the time.</p><p>So when I heard my partner say that maybe people weren't meant to be monogamous, my fucked up brain translated it as, "Oh, she is saying it is ok for me to sleep with other people." Oh, <i>Wayne,</i> you self-deceiving fool. This was of course <i>not</i> what she was saying, but, I ended up having a short affair while she was working hard on a degree and living an hour and a half away. This was after she had been there for me through all the long rehearsal hours, touring, recording and playing shows. Then I ended the affair and told my partner about it, wracked with guilt. I had never done this, it had always been done to <i>me </i>and she would <i>never</i> have done it to me. In retrospect, as I covered last entry, I wanted out of the relationship but didn't have the guts to just end it. As an older (hopefully wiser) person, I see the obvious; this was a terrible, cowardly way out.<br></p><p>We tried to mend it, couples therapy, you name it, but it was not to be. While we did become friends and hang out some more after we broke up (and it was actually nice as there were no stakes hanging over things, no strings and all that jazz) we drifted apart and didn't remain friends. This was one of the biggest fuck ups in my life and I would never do it again, but I will regret forever that it was at her expense which I learned this lesson. After we broke up I moved into a tiny, charming apartment in the Wallingford neighborhood and started a new chapter in my life.<br><b></b></p><p><b>Life gets even busier, and, working for the CIA</b><br><br>Within a matter of a couple years, my life as a musician got very busy. I was suddenly (or it felt like it was suddenly) playing in 3 bands: <b>Violent Green</b>, <b>Faintly Macabre</b>, and the <b>Halo Benders</b>. The latter didn't take up as much time as the other two bands, as we all lived in different places, so we got together whenever all of our schedules allowed, which was once or twice a year, but when we <i>did</i> get together, it was a flurry of activity, and my rehearsal and performance schedules became challenging to manage. But I was <i>loving</i> it, despite some added stress. <br><br>To pay the bills I was working at the caterer, as mentioned, and around 1996 I got a job working for <i>Seven Gables Theaters </i>(and Holden Payne was my boss at one of them) a chain of cool art-house theaters. I worked concessions at various locations, and eventually cleaned some of the theaters late at night. <br><br>After working at the caterer for a while, I got an idea to ask them if they would pay me to clean their office and kitchen weekly, starting it as a side gig to make extra money. This would lead to a cleaning business which I named <i>Clean It All office cleaning </i>(I didn't plan it but the abbreviation was '<i>CIA'</i>, thus the section title above...got your attention, didn't it?) that I would eventually make a living on. I acquired more and more accounts, starting with an office furniture sales company next door to the caterer, and for a short time I cleaned an architect's office in the same building.<br><br>Then I got the idea to pitch to cleaning recording studios I had recorded at, since I knew the people who owned them, and I knew what not to touch in a studio. I added <i>Avast!</i> <i>Recording</i> and <i>Jon and Stu's</i> (formerly <i>Reciprocal</i>) and eventually post production studios (that record commercial advertisements) as cleaning accounts. I specifically cleaned offices & studios only, I avoided cleaning houses because I didn't like the idea of going into people's personal space and lives. By the end of my time having this cleaning business in the late '90s, I had 9 accounts total, all of which I cleaned myself (with help from my partner sometimes - a different partner, of course, who will enter in the tale soon, but not in detail as she is very private - and a very brief stint with a few employees). <br></p><p>I was/am very proud of this business, and of the fact that I expanded it to soon be able to live on it and be my own boss. I am grateful to the caterer I worked for and the surrounding businesses adjacent to them for helping me get my start, and to the studios who helped me as well. It was a huge shift in perspective in my life, to one in which I realized that I wasn't totally dependent on some restaurant or company for my livelihood, and that if I put my head into it, I could be my own boss. </p><p>Of course, in this particular line of work, my body didn't always agree that it was a good way to make a living, and ultimately this aspect of it was also the death of it, but I am getting a bit ahead of myself (as I do). It would take a couple years yet to develop this business and gain more accounts. At this point in life, my only cleaning accounts were the caterer I worked for and the office furniture business next door. Doing deliveries for the caterer was still my main source of income for a time (and I should add that doing deliveries in the Seattle/Puget Sound area using only a printed Thomas Guide, as even MapQuest didn't exist then, and certainly not smart phones, in a city that had tons of lakes and nonsensical street layouts and was in a huge spurt of growth and change in the mid '90s...was stressful) but by the time I was working for the theater, I stopped working at the caterer doing deliveries; they became my cleaning client only. Music was still costing more than it took in, at least in terms of sheer monetary measure. But in terms of a life goal fulfilled, I was <i>thriving</i>.</p><p><b>Drew the Producer and Sample Master</b></p><p>Another development at this time was that Drew Quinlan, the drummer in <b>Violent Green</b>, had expanded his interest in creating beats on samplers to also include being involved in the Seattle hip hop community. There was a great hip hop group called <b>Born 2 Create</b> (AKA <b>B2C</b> - a name I have always been fond of, as it also described me) with whom he began to work. Drew would hold court in his small room, often when I came by he would be in session with 3 or 4 young Black hip hop artists, laying a bed of beats for them to rap over. I still have tapes of <b>B2C</b> and it all still sounds pretty cool, though a little crude production-wise, as Drew was just starting out as an amateur producer. Were he still among the living, he would laugh at me calling him that; "<i>Producer</i>?" he would say, "I'm just laying beats, dude," and then laugh that stoner laugh and flash that handsome, easy-going smile (god I miss that guy).<br></p><p><br></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</b></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b> <span style="font-size: x-small;">First Faintly Macabre' demo tape (note there was no song called '<i>The Drawing</i>', this was a typo; the song is called <i>The Drowning</i></span></b><b style="text-align: left;"> </b></p><p><b>Faintly Macabre' </b>was still plugging away during this time. The pace of this band suited all of the members, as we were all busy with other projects, Kellie Payne, the singer songwriter, played drums in a band called <b>Wedgewood Bombers</b> (Wedgewood was a neighborhood in Seattle where she lived in a house with various other musicians) a band she did with her husband, the aforementioned artist Holden Payne, with whom I would also form a short-lived project that never made it to tape or the stage called <b>Wayne Payne</b>, which consisted of me on drums and him on vocals, but this was a little later than the period of which I am writing here.</p><p>Kellie had also played guitar and sang in the NW band of note <b>Bell Jar</b>, a member of which, Paulie Johnson, would later join another Seattle band of note, <b>764 Hero</b>, fronted by John Atkins (who also formed <b>Hush Harbor</b>), and other bands. </p><p><br></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So <b>Faintly Macabre</b>' played when we could, which was surprisingly often, mostly small bar shows, and we managed to record a demo tape and a 7 inch record (with Holden Payne's art adorning the cover) at <i>Electric Eel</i>, the studio that the bass player of the great band <b>The</b> <b>Purdins</b> ran.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm9gG61OWKw70I1ResS2m_y2WobAJ5T4y_PC7yU0Ss1QpmT0tFyst9TF8fHtkR5wtPo4nhNceXFl3-SUxtfINVYy-ze-J0JF4PaBZ3VqrWBfmQ74rdubuunFrrQml8_1ImOnS4Ta0cI_rUjoe9D7O4wJEittKoAchosx18UKfDkdnhJoknhO3Wfmq4Do8/s301/Donttellmenow.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="301" data-original-width="301" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm9gG61OWKw70I1ResS2m_y2WobAJ5T4y_PC7yU0Ss1QpmT0tFyst9TF8fHtkR5wtPo4nhNceXFl3-SUxtfINVYy-ze-J0JF4PaBZ3VqrWBfmQ74rdubuunFrrQml8_1ImOnS4Ta0cI_rUjoe9D7O4wJEittKoAchosx18UKfDkdnhJoknhO3Wfmq4Do8/w126-h126/Donttellmenow.jpg" width="126"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><p style="text-align: left;">Also, <b>The Halo Benders </b>began work on our second record, <i>Don't Tell Me Now</i> at Calvin Johnson's house, more on that later. The amazing thing was that all of the music projects I was involved in remained compartmentalized, each with its own influences, members and associated scenes, with some overlap of course, as was the case with all 'alternative' scenes in Seattle and the greater Northwest at the time. I was able to live comfortably in all of these musical worlds, and traverse easily between them.</p><p><b>The Seattle music scene grows some peach fuzz...</b></p><p>While all this was going on, the Seattle music scene was entering a sort of adolescent phase of development. <b>Nirvana </b>had for sure put the town on the map for music in the early '90s, but they had benefited from everything before them that I have written of in the Seattle portion of this blog; the mid '70s punk scene (and some of the '60s rock bands before that, like <b>The Sonics</b>) that predated the <b>Sex Pistols</b> debut, the Punk, art rock and hardcore scenes that grew out of that, and the pre-Grunge (for lack of a better term) bands like <b>Green River</b>, <b>Mother Love Bone</b>, <b>Alice in Chains</b>, <b>U-Men</b>, our old friend Tad Doyle of <b>Tad </b>& <b>H-Hour</b>,<b> </b>and we of course can't forget the mighty <b>Melvins</b>. Kurt Cobain did give kudos to all of the above. But what came after he left the stage of life was the scene I found myself in, one influenced by all of these bands and scenes as well, but also by new kinds of indie rock that were emerging which mixed genres in more sophisticated ways than their predecessors (for instance, I was in <b>Violent Green</b>, a band that mixed Punk, folk, jazz, goth, rock, and trip hop). </p><p>Despite all that, record labels were still hungry for 'the next <b>Nirvana</b>.' So there were lots of label reps still lurking (an <i>MCA Records </i>rep<i> </i>even sniffed at <b>Violent Green </b>for a minute, but then they were fired and that was the end of that) and lots of small indie labels were starting up. <i>Sub Pop</i> remained the<i> </i>game in town to shoot for in terms of the height of Seattle success, but the potential for bands getting on bigger labels was also very real then. </p><p>It was in this environment in 1994 that Chris Takino would help guide Doug Martsch in getting <b>Built to Spill </b>signed with <i>Warner Brothers. Sub Pop </i>began to branch out in terms of the styles of bands they signed.<i> </i>Chris Takino's<i> Up Records </i>was a big reason for the branching out, I feel. He had shown <i>Sub Pop </i>by example<i> </i>that they were overlooking some great bands that were right under their noses (let's face it, two of those bands were <b>Treepeople</b> and<b> Built to Spill</b>! however they also graciously distributed <b>Treepeople</b> records - credit where it's due, and, many years later, <b>Built to Spill </b>is now on <i>Sub Pop</i>!). Of course, <i>Sub Pop </i>(along with his previous employer, <i>SST Records</i>) had provided a template for Chris to start a label with, and, <i>Sub Pop</i> had also helped Takino get the label up and running (for a short period in the beginning, <i>Up Records</i> even had offices in the same building as <i>Sub Pop</i>, the <i>Terminal Sales Building</i>) and in their own way they supported this filling of the void that Takino and <i>Up </i>provided. <i> </i></p><p><i><br></i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjScMybwrW-Z1jl54cT70ktTiik3gCphGh4OBouvY3Z2dLqmggEl2_Y62XwS00wqG3kkoKbV-ZqNmbN0OEgJlSuQgJHZ9PuXuHVX3yOQoddlcEp_3boOmh4YTQQze_HnSskhN92_PyFzhKDMdue03Tll6MZSH_n-l1eSMulyk3iKPiu6YhZAaHANEZpzGs/s300/L-15665-1642630641-5598.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="299" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjScMybwrW-Z1jl54cT70ktTiik3gCphGh4OBouvY3Z2dLqmggEl2_Y62XwS00wqG3kkoKbV-ZqNmbN0OEgJlSuQgJHZ9PuXuHVX3yOQoddlcEp_3boOmh4YTQQze_HnSskhN92_PyFzhKDMdue03Tll6MZSH_n-l1eSMulyk3iKPiu6YhZAaHANEZpzGs/w157-h157/L-15665-1642630641-5598.jpg" width="157"></a></div><i><br></i><p></p><p><i>Up Records </i>gave a home to bands and artists that didn't fit the 'Grunge' label, like <b>Modest Mouse</b>, <b>Combustible Edison</b>, <b>Hush Harbor</b>, <b>764 Hero</b>, <b>Satisfact</b>, <b>Mike Johnson</b>, <b>Rick Sabo</b>, our crazy little brother band <b>Caustic Resin</b>, the wonderful band <b>Juned</b>, and so many more, including of course the very first <i>Up </i>band, our weird trio <b>Violent Green</b>, which couldn't seem to attract the attention of anyone except other musicians, who loved us. Everyone else was scratching their heads. We never would have gotten a record deal with any other label, of this I am certain. Thank you forever, Chris (wherever in the cosmos you may be).</p><p><b>Professional, semi-professional, or just having fun; Choose your adventure!</b></p><p>My attitude toward playing music at this point, or at least my expectation of what I wanted to get out of it, was shaped by my previous experience with <b>Treepeople</b>; I just wanted to play music I loved, and if I could make even part of my living at it, I was happy. </p><p><br></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSLUDS0-1kDedJDxfnRRbGnMLi42XvDJ9I4BZyHG60sV84tLCormR5L_koWZnhE50RFJ5VU3R6bytmPbHSciiqc93lfDMRNZMunA3JOc2l2GzSApfw2k537Q93dRCxGdhRZ2J7PWG8JkWYpB6OIMR3bmEJOCLZRNGkbhZMi-fVvIIo2Zytz37T18Yr57w/s340/R-786719-1158671717.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="340" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSLUDS0-1kDedJDxfnRRbGnMLi42XvDJ9I4BZyHG60sV84tLCormR5L_koWZnhE50RFJ5VU3R6bytmPbHSciiqc93lfDMRNZMunA3JOc2l2GzSApfw2k537Q93dRCxGdhRZ2J7PWG8JkWYpB6OIMR3bmEJOCLZRNGkbhZMi-fVvIIo2Zytz37T18Yr57w/w152-h152/R-786719-1158671717.jpg" width="152"></a></div><p> <b>Violent Green </b>and <i>Up Record's </i>first 7 inch release</p><p><b>Violent Green </b>would never provide even that (tough <b>Halo Benders</b> would soon) but I was fine with it. And I believe, in retrospect, that Jenny and Drew felt differently. I feel like they wanted some of that pie offered by the sniffing labels. And truthfully, they should have gotten it, but I just don't think they recognized their own naiveté about the music business, despite their immense talent. This is no dis to them; it's more of a dis to the music biz. And the truth is, most of the Seattle scene was filled with bands who fit that bill. We were all young and just wanted to be heard. We weren't business savvy folks, and most musicians aren't.</p><p>Every artist wants a piece of, if not fame, then at least making a <i>living</i> for all the hard work, time, sacrifice and money they give to the muse. But the people with the money, especially at that time, want a <i>sure thing</i>, and if you ain't that, then all the money they front you (including in the form of <i>your own records</i>) has to be <i>paid back</i>, and suddenly you are just indentured servants (the fate of so many signed bands I knew then). They seek talent by basing what they desire on recent successes and miss what is right in front of them (as I have more than once mentioned, some truths bear repeating) because their motivation is not about serving <i>art; </i>It is all about serving Capitalist Gods. </p><p><br></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiM9zckx525hs0m_uf6rwbakkAulypkyKfc70h_4lHSuIYZ4wP_dXqwNKBsTggIqRKxMLJgnNVf6vSqc-MiUTjCNB_gnaTlv3VeSjd-un4Ce-Xe7I-s33_VPRSHXGiinxgMmcEPPGmyVqSWALHN8b6Xl6L6BZk4-mnC9eYlTTxxxvyZFoyIb4oJLTWj9o/s1024/istockphoto-1246557870-1024x1024.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1024" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiM9zckx525hs0m_uf6rwbakkAulypkyKfc70h_4lHSuIYZ4wP_dXqwNKBsTggIqRKxMLJgnNVf6vSqc-MiUTjCNB_gnaTlv3VeSjd-un4Ce-Xe7I-s33_VPRSHXGiinxgMmcEPPGmyVqSWALHN8b6Xl6L6BZk4-mnC9eYlTTxxxvyZFoyIb4oJLTWj9o/w239-h160/istockphoto-1246557870-1024x1024.jpg" width="239"></a></p><p><br></p><p>I was just having breakfast with an old friend and his family recently in Portland, one of the guitarists from the amazing Seattle band <b>Imij</b> (a band who will be entering my tale soon) Chris Omowale, and he mentioned how in the old days, we were broke but creating all the time; art, music - we gave everything to it, and despite our self-imposed poverty, we were mostly <i>happy</i>. Happy because we were focusing all of our energy on our creative impulses, and to doing it <i>our way</i>, even if it wasn't serving up food for the Capitalist Gods (this was very much <b>Imij</b>'s story). And who wants to be eaten and shit out, anyway?<br></p><p>Wayne Ray "Rhino" Flower II, 7/2/23</p><p><br></p>Wayne R. Flowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986530157196531588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729011961701267048.post-62183835589543890212023-05-24T14:57:00.001-07:002023-05-24T14:57:02.121-07:00Ticket link for Seattle Treepeople show in August at the CrocodileHello all,<div><br></div><div>I promise, I am working on a draft of the next chronological entry, and I know this has become more of a bulletin board of late, but my job is nuts and between the SOC reunion and the Treepeople stuff, life has been a little nutty as well!</div><div><br></div><div>Here is the <a href="https://www.ticketweb.com/event/treepeople-the-crocodile-tickets/13264868">ticket link </a>for the Seattle show at the Crocodile</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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funny thing, and an elusive one. Meaning; I might have some of this
wrong, as 1. My memory is not always accurate, like anyone and 2. It is
from my perspective only. Any friends who were there, feel free to
correct me or add things I have missed. It helps! Also, no <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">gossip</span> on
anyone here, it ain't about that. Personal details are on a surface
level, and friends, girlfriends <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">and</span> others are re-named to respect their
privacy. People in bands generally put their names out there on albums
and in interviews anyway, and are not in the habit of staying <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">anonymous</span>,
and <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">therefore</span> are named here. That <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">said, </span>anyone <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">who</span> is in the blog that
wishes <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">me</span> not to use their name has only to ask.</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span>
<br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Sea</b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>ttle</b></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b> Years <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Disclaimer</span>: </b>As I enter the Seattle years in this music <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">blog</span>, the <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">above</span> disclaimer goes double, because <i>so much</i> happened
and there are so many details to cover in this 14 year period; so many
shows, so many bands, so many friends and so much change in my life. As a
result of this and the fact that the four of us who <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">formed</span> <b>Treepeople </b>found
ourselves in the midst of a scene which blew up around us and attracted
the eyes of the world just 2 years after our arrival, not to mention
the 12 years I played music following that, I am bound to, hell, I <i>will</i> forget something.</span></span></span><br /></div><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">This
means two things: I will be coming back to entries and adding things to
them over the months following publication, and, that the part of the
above disclaimer where I ask for help from people in keeping me honest
and in remembering things is crucial to them. I thank anyone ahead of
time who was there, and, those who weren't there who have access to
valid<i> </i>info, for helping me to correct errors in dates or
chronology. Yes, I have the Internet, but many bands, scenes and things I
will cover did not receive the attention I feel that they deserved and
thus I will recall them mostly from memory, or rather, memories; mine
and those of friends. Also, friends who were in bands which I do not
happen to mention, <i>please</i> don't take it personally, just remind me. I have created a <i>monster </i>in undertaking this blog, one which I am determined to ride until the end!</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />Lastly,
as mentioned, this scene gained national attention, and thus, <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">needless</span>
to say and as we all know, many bands/people became famous, became rock
stars, were/are admired by millions, etc and etc...This makes another
part of my original disclaimer even more important. This memoir is
intended to tell my story, from my perspective. I have no intention of
creating a place where people can seek gossip about famous people, nor
is it about 'name-dropping'. I write of my impressions of people, bands,
and the Seattle scene from the '90s into the early 2000s. I protect
those who are my friends fiercely because a symptom of being known is
frequent intrusion into their lives beyond a level that I feel
is acceptable. Thank you for indulging me this disclaimer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>A <i>kind <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">of</span></i> disclaimer on Violent Green entries...</b>In
writing about the band Violent Green, at this time I am not in contact
with Jenny O'lay, so I am not directly getting input from her, and, one
member is no longer alive. In the case of the former, out of respect to
O'lay, I am compelled to keep personal details at a high level, and in
terms of Drew Quinlan (RIP, Brother), I am not in touch with any of his
family to get approval of what I write about concerning him, as I did
with my previously passed bandmate, Pat Schmaljohn (and thus felt better
in writing about Pat) but I do not have the same access to family in
Drew's case, so for that reason, out of respect for Drew and his family,
I will also keep details at a high level. I won't make it cold and
unpersonal, don't misunderstand me. Our dynamic as people was a huge
part of the band. I guess what I am getting at is there are details that
will remain private, to meet with high standards I strive to meet on
this blog, even more so in light of this lack of input from the former band-mates of which I write.</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">I hope I have achieved these standards. This</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span>also
brings up the point I always make, but it is important to reiterate;
this is all from my perspective only, and of anyone whom I get input
from.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">Our
odd relationships and their tensions were one with the music, and I
think, actually I know, that was a good thing, a necessary ingredient of
this band, a band that forever reshaped how I thought about music, both
listening to it and making it. I owe that to Drew and Jenny's
brilliance and imperfectness, which made me feel okay about my own
imperfections, (only to a degree, as my inner, self-critical voice was
still in full effect) and it helped me realize that even I held
brilliance, in my own way, when I played with them, warts and all. One
thing I can confidently say is; we gave a fuck about the music. And that
was because this was a highly musical band (most of the people who got
what we were doing were musicians themselves) and thus I will focus much
of my energy in terms of the VG entries talking about that; the music,
it's influences and forms, and how the three of us and what we brought
to the band from previous projects and the music we each loved, created,
eventually, a rich tapestry. It is worth digging into this world O'lay
spun with this bizarre, dark, poppy, goth, folksy punk music from <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Mars</span> ~* </span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>A silly Steve Fisk disclaimer: </b>Steve Fisk is <i>everywhere</i> in this blog because, as you can/will see, we worked together a lot during this time, and we work together still. Deal with it! (Or, make it into a drinking game).<br /></span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">~</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">~~</span>~</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">My other blogs: <a href="https://shortstorylongconversation.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Short Story Long</a> - (Top of mind, conversational, formal essays, photo essays, etc.) <a href="https://wayneflowerart.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Artwork</a>, <a href="https://waynewords.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Poetry</a></span></p><p><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">I have been away a while due to life interruptions, the most recent being that I had back surgery in November, but it ain't my first rodeo, and I am on the mend, getting better and stronger every day. I also </span></i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>got COVID then recovered from it a few weeks ago (thankfully I had just gotten my 2nd booster, otherwise I would have been </i>way <i>more sick).</i></span><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"> Before all that, during the height of this bad apocalyptic sci-fi film we found ourselves living in (complete with a fascist leader in power) I assumed I would be working on this blog and my other blogs (see links above) a lot, but no, I wasn't feeling it. Other medical issues, friends dying, an odd romantic online interlude with someone from my past (an interlude that couldn't be consummated due to the pandemic, proximity and other quirks about it, but it's cool, we're still buds) plus ice storms, power outages, heat waves, smoke-outs from wildfires and more made </span></i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">sure</span><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"> that I wasn't feeling it. Despite all that, I am grateful for what I have, and where I am at. If it weren't for the love and help of my friends (and the hard work of doctors, nurses and physical therapists) it would have been almost </span></i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">impossible</span><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"> to endure. I bow in respect, and I hope you readers/friends are all well, and hanging in there. OK, back to the chronological blog, daunting as ever due to so much that was going on in my life in 1994-1995. I will do my best to keep it all sorted. Thank you all for your patience and the notes of encouragement; as I always say in response; thank you, it is a labor of love.</span></i></p><p><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">RIP Tracey, you were truly one of the finest human beings to walk the Earth. </span></i></p><p><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">RIP Jon Hale, now with Tracey, for they were meant to be together, wherever, forever. You were the one who, with your band Commonauts, inspired a 16 year old Wayne to play music in a band in the early '80s, and gave me the honor of playing drums in Commonauts when the band reformed in 2014, and who was integral to both the Boise and Seattle music scenes. </span></i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">So</span><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"> much more to say about Jon, I will devote an entry to him, when I am ready. And I ain't ready. Miss you, Captain Commonaut.<br /></span></i></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Wayne R. Flower II, Summer, 2022</i></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Bye, bye bagels</b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0Ympu4tNxUZWy-apjM0Sqge3DMJVtj551Pz66bFdS3-RdzHCWu76yNAdFqZOV9uOU-KvId_veqERUhp4B4_CUGAItrHmZYNQK_3rMd8JiLE-ojSvaMtdfYVyR3I_ZDKbaukmCzSCX8xxNFTE3jS6s05ft7_wAl8VKvEFbLcwKM1Nk3YOesHWt-zj2=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="35" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0Ympu4tNxUZWy-apjM0Sqge3DMJVtj551Pz66bFdS3-RdzHCWu76yNAdFqZOV9uOU-KvId_veqERUhp4B4_CUGAItrHmZYNQK_3rMd8JiLE-ojSvaMtdfYVyR3I_ZDKbaukmCzSCX8xxNFTE3jS6s05ft7_wAl8VKvEFbLcwKM1Nk3YOesHWt-zj2=w47-h35" width="47" /></a></span><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">My job at Spot Bagel had disintegrated after seeming to be promising for a time; I ended up co-managing the Spot Bagel cafe' by the Pike Place Market for a short time with one of the bagel bakers, a wonderful woman who I became close friends with, and am friends with to this day, she now lives with her wife and son in Tacoma. The manager who helped me to become a manager was a great guy, the definition of a 'cool boss,' but he had to go rescue the flagship cafe' and eventually left because new executive management had taken over in Corporate, who basically <i>ruined</i> the company over a short period of time (in my mind, many other minds) especially responsible for this was one woman in particular, who came from the mega corporate tech world and made <i>terrible</i> decisions that crushed the family-like atmosphere created by the founder, who, as I mentioned, seemed like a decent guy to me. </span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">I learned a lot from managing. The main thing I learned (but forgot when I gave it a go again as a boss at a different company years later); <i>I am not cut out to be a boss</i> (I had also previously been a boss when I was foreman of a cleaning crew for an apartment building remodel, covered in a previous entry, but the cafe' job was different, I was more of an 'official' boss there). A boss has to sort of cut themselves off from being an actual friend with their employees, and I had a hard time doing that, and a hard time disciplining people when it was needed. I just never felt comfortable with compartmentalizing my personality in that way. </span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">I did, however, learn to multi-task efficiently, and handle a variety of diverse tasks. For example, a day-in-the-life may be: the giant bagel oven broke down and I was calling for repairs and then right after that, sitting down to broker the peace between two employees who were fighting, then ordering what food and beverages we needed, signing in deliveries, then on to accounting, then, dealing with a pissed customer who was being an asshole to my employees (in Seattle in the '90s, this happened a <i>lot</i> - at one point the price of a dozen bagels went up a nickel and the yuppies <i>flipped out</i>, so I had my cash register employees keep a cup of </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">nickels</span> by the register, instructing them to give them to people who were being assholes about it, and after letting them rant, say something like, "You seem pretty upset about it. <i>Here</i>, here's your </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">nickel</span></i>," and they would storm out in a rage, often throwing the nickel on the counter before exiting). </span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">Eventually a new boss placed over me and my co-manager was brought in, and he was <i>awful</i> (and his reign ended after I left when an affair he was having with a very young employee began to interfere with his management, and ultimately ended when his young lover stole a bunch of money from the cafe' and ran). </span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">So I followed my boss to the flagship shop, and right before he quit, as shitty luck would have it, the aforementioned awful manager was chosen to take over there. Then came dress codes (always the death knell of any remaining coolness at an establishment) which were antithetical to the identity the place had always been known for; it's very character and appeal. One employee was a drag queen, and he wore modest make up and colorful, expressive, non binary clothing. They forbade him to dress that way, or to wear make-up while working (but women could of course still wear it!). We were all furious. The place just went down hill from there. I had to bail, so I quit.</span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">One good thing that came of working at Spot Bagel was that I began to write about all the weird experiences I had there, serving uptight Seattle yuppies and dealing with mentally ill street people who wandered into the cafe, and this writing became a way to reconnect with Pat from <b>State of Confusion </b>and <b>Treepeople</b>, who had started an arts and entertainment magazine in Boise called <i>Street Magazine, </i>for which Scott </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">(Pat's brother)</span> also from the same bands, contributed to, honing his developing graphic arts skills, skills that eventually led to his own successful business that he still makes a living with today. Scott had just moved back to Boise in 1994, making me the lone ex <b>Treepeople</b> member left in 'Jet City'. The articles I wrote were titled <i>10 Reasons Not to Move to Seattle</i>, a reaction to the mass influx of people coming to settle in the city then, radically transforming it in mostly undesirable ways (as well, the title was poking fun at top 10 lists, which were wildly popular then in print media (which is all we had besides TV and radio, Baby), and wonderfully parodied at the time on the <i>David Letterman Show</i>). I had a lot of fun doing the articles, it was my first experience of having my writing read by a wide audience, and the first time that I had deadlines for my writing outside of school. I am forever grateful to Pat for giving me that opportunity (I will be adding some scans of the articles and go into Pat and my collaborations, including the original publication he and I did of poetry and art called '<i>Food'</i> in a <i>'Missed Bits' </i>entry, draft already begun).<br /></span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><b>A New Job (A good one, for a change)</b></span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">I
don't remember how I got this job, maybe I saw it in the newspaper (that's
how we did it in those days, kids!) or a friend told me about it, regardless, a
small, well respected specialty caterer in Seattle, located in the upper middle class
neighborhood in the furthest northern part of Capitol Hill, hired me as a
delivery driver. They were such good people that they instantly became
like family to me, and this job offered me stability and support that I
truly needed at that time, as well as flexibility to accommodate my rapidly growing music career (and they were the first client for a cleaning business I started, more on that next entry). The owner was/is a wonderful woman who very
quickly became a sort of surrogate mother to me in some ways (and a personal hero), from whom I
learned a lot about food and life from; she forever has my respect and
gratitude. Thank you, Jane!</span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><b><br /> </b></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXqmjPSnxEnLnJ5rWYyIh7puHT4kvDsUamPXqZ-nlijP_VFfk7Gxoy54MUe9NoryMJYumMRwWHWxiRndc88GsT1FUtz0yW2XTSW5YPt2L09OzAuCaEz20ffBhuep0rq9aEC2JjnmQ4v7iGZowWsihndc8zmIiDr4yaNhWXddQEuoGigNazT8Ismk78=s905" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="905" height="49" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXqmjPSnxEnLnJ5rWYyIh7puHT4kvDsUamPXqZ-nlijP_VFfk7Gxoy54MUe9NoryMJYumMRwWHWxiRndc88GsT1FUtz0yW2XTSW5YPt2L09OzAuCaEz20ffBhuep0rq9aEC2JjnmQ4v7iGZowWsihndc8zmIiDr4yaNhWXddQEuoGigNazT8Ismk78=w50-h49" width="50" /></a>Heaven sent, with Halo bent; The Halo Benders and <i>God Don't Make No Junk - </i>(The following account is based on my memories and recent conversations with bandmates Calvin Johnson, Doug Martsch, Ralf Youtz and Steve Fisk, to whom I am grateful).</b> <br /></span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">Having a decent stable income was <i>huge</i> for me at this point in my life generally, and as a musician. It allowed me to more easily buy music equipment and travel to places for touring and increasingly, for recording, which started with an unexpected call from my former band-mate from <b>Treepeople</b>, Doug Martsch, who was then starting to become well known in the Northwest music scene and in pockets of music nerds throughout the world from his band <b>Built to Spill</b>. </span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">Per Calvin Johnson, when <b>Treepeople </b>was still together (and after I had quit the band) they played a show in 1992 at a now long closed space in Austin, Texas with <b>Beat</b> <b>Happening</b>, the seminal Olympia, Washington band co-founded by Calvin (who was also co-founder of <i>K Records</i>)<i>. </i>Calvin by then had become well known as a musician, record label owner and all around promoter of the Olympia music scene, which was then at its zenith<i>. </i><b> </b></span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><b>Treepeople </b>had met Calvin before the Austin show, when Calvin put on some shows for the band (a couple of which were when I was still a member) and at these shows, as often happened in those days, the bands exchanged tapes; the <b>Beat Happening</b> tape was <i>Dreamy </i>(I can guess that the </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Treepeople </b></span>tape we gave him was probably the <i>No Mouth Pipetting </i>demo<i>, </i>based on the period of time<i>)</i>.<i> </i>Per Calvin, he and Doug hit it off. A little while after this meeting, Doug had listened to the <i>Dreamy</i> tape and liked it. One of Doug’s first inspirations that led to he and Calvin ultimately collaborating arose from Doug listening to the song by <b>Beat Happening</b> from <i>Dreamy</i> called <i>Revolution Come and Gone</i>, as he wanted to use a sample </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">of </span>Calvin saying the word ‘revolution’ for the <b>Built to Spill </b>song <i>Revolution </i>(from the <b>Built to Spill </b>debut,<i><b> </b>Ultimate Alternative Wavers<b>)</b></i>. This led to Doug asking Calvin if he “wanted to sing on this thing I am doing [ie, a music project].” </span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">Doug's
memory of how he and Calvin connected is a bit different, but that is
the way of memory when decades separate us from these times, and the truth of it is
probably in a bit of both memories (that is how it seems to be in my experience,
anyway). </span><br /></span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">Doug remembers seeing <b>Beat Happening</b> for the first time when they opened for <b>Fugazi</b> in Seattle (I was also at that show, it was great) and he really liked them. He said at that <b>Fugazi</b> show, he remembers <b>Beat Happening </b>being kind of silly and cute, but when he saw them in Austin (at the aforementioned show) they were different, and pretty intense.</span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">After the first <b>Built to Spill</b> record (which had gotten a positive response in the Olympia scene) Doug wanted to work with someone else who sang and sent a tape to Calvin, and Doug was really excited about working with him. They didn’t really know each other that well and it was kind of awkward at first (this I understand, as, like Doug, up to being in <b>Violent Green </b>and <b>Halo Benders</b>, I had </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">also</span> only played music with people I knew pretty well already) but despite that, they totally got each other and connected through the music. <br /><br />They worked on some songs together like <i>Scarin</i>’ (Doug says this was his favorite song and at some point he realized that the chords were the same as ‘<i>Rocky Racoon</i>’ by the Beatles) and other tunes. A memory he had was that one night he could hear Calvin singing <i>Scarin</i>’ in the bathtub. Doug would “...<i>wrap chords around the notes</i>.” At some point it became clear that they needed more people to be part of what they were doing, especially a drummer. <br /></span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Doug later called to ask if I wanted to come down to Olympia and lay down some
drum and bass tracks. I of course said yes, it sounded fun. He</span> had already recruited a friend from his <b>Farm Days</b> years, Ralf Youtz, who played drums on the debut <b>Built to Spill </b>LP<i>, </i>and who would soon become a musician of note in the Portland, Oregon music scene (<b>Built to Spill</b>,<b>The Feelings</b>, <b>Sone</b>, <b>The No Nos</b>,<b> Ape Shape</b>, <b>Halo Benders</b>) where he had moved from Boise (after having grown up in the same town as Doug; Twin Falls, Idaho) to also play bass and drums. The plan was that Ralf and I would switch back and forth on the two instruments, a formula that ended up working well throughout the life of the band. In a recent conversation with Calvin, he told me what he loved about working with Ralf and I was that he or Doug could ask one of us, "<i>Can you put a bass (or drum) track on this song</i>?" and Ralf or I would say, "<i>Yeah</i>," without hesitation and knock it out pretty quickly. </span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">At the time of the recording, it wasn't yet a band; it was a project. We got together to see what we would come up with out of the very different songwriting and signing styles of Doug and Calvin, which became the signature sound of what ultimately became <b>The Halo Benders</b>.</span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><i>Dub Narcotic Studio </i>at the time was </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">in the basement of</span> Calvin's fairly large house in Olympia. The basement itself wasn't large, though, in fact it was a little cramped, especially the small tracking room where all the instruments were crammed. In the next room were racks of Calvin's vintage recording gear, looking to me like equipment from a </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">mad scientist's lair in a</span> '50s B sci fi film. Calvin told me that the <b>Halo Benders </b>debut was the first full album recorded there (and he had tracked some eps there prior), and a week after Doug left, he recorded the wonderful <b>Beck</b> LP, <a href="https://youtu.be/IT967fUFuYw" target="_blank"><i>One Foot in the Grave</i></a><i> </i>(a record I am a big fan of) and that both records are the ones for which he has received the most praise for production, and he said he just used a couple of <i>SM58</i> mics and some '<i>crappy preamps</i>.'<br /></span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">Doug had written some songs and recorded them as demos prior to showing up for the first tracking sessions for <i>God Don't Make No Junk (GDMNJ</i>), like <i>On a Tip</i>, and some of the songs he and Calvin wrote together, like <i>Freedom Rider</i>, which evolved from a simple (but really rad, in my opinion) guitar part Calvin had written. Doug used a drum machine for the beats on the demo versions of the songs he wrote. Ralf told me he remembers when he tried to play an interpretation of the drum machine beat on the song <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpheN70C5QA" target="_blank"><i>Don't Touch My Bikini</i></a> (which became the unquestionable fan favorite/'hit' upon release of the record), Calvin said to him, "<i>Ralf, you are playing the beat like this</i>;" and he proceeded to do a groovy, loose dance (in that way only he can) and then he said, "<i>How you wanna play it is like this</i>:" and he then did a more stiff, rigid dance, so Ralf wrote a beat that mimicked the drum machine beat very closely </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">(production by dancing!)</span>. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKCCgU1tJLXkN2zUfZslTiN1dtzlrTKEJZ_hmPEURKHAviPqCKWmNOelv3AW2ZAIRdnosnaN7Y9xKJyNV-NtoXY1hkBzFPyJYAzBUXJFT_uGDpORBDI9udmTb6C_iKJZejAt0JPYeCTUMxIBLyCZq5T7K8BaNzCqH8uKPIEASRRBFk77OWs3GEMT53/s600/R-770790-1352696846-9700.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="434" height="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKCCgU1tJLXkN2zUfZslTiN1dtzlrTKEJZ_hmPEURKHAviPqCKWmNOelv3AW2ZAIRdnosnaN7Y9xKJyNV-NtoXY1hkBzFPyJYAzBUXJFT_uGDpORBDI9udmTb6C_iKJZejAt0JPYeCTUMxIBLyCZq5T7K8BaNzCqH8uKPIEASRRBFk77OWs3GEMT53/w85-h118/R-770790-1352696846-9700.jpg" width="85" /></a></div><p></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">As I remember it, the first song I tracked was the song <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S5jlA2Qn5I" target="_blank"><i>Canned Oxygen</i></a><i>, </i>on which I played drums and Doug played bass and guitar (Doug is actually a great bass player himself, as it turned out; I had no idea). The song is punky and fun, and I employed the drumming style I had used in <b>Treepeople</b>. This song would be on the first 7 inch release from the session, and when <i>GDMNJ</i> made the </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><i>Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996</i> list, it was called </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><i>"...a musical high point for both principal personalities </i>[Doug and Calvin]<i>.</i>" But at that time, we had no aspirations for such compliments, or press. We were having a <i>blast</i> with this musical experiment. </span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"> As you can hear in the <i>Canned Oxygen</i> song, Doug and Calvin's voices were at opposite ends of the scales, Calvin's signature baritone and Doug's higher voice, and they each sang their own lyrics, occasionally melding in meaning, which also became a signature sound throughout the life of the band, and I think it really set us apart from other music at the time, and I have never heard anyone do it in quite this way since, as their lyrics usually rarely had anything to do with each other in terms of content. But somehow, like Scott Schmaljohn and Doug Martsch's 'jigsaw' guitar parts in <b>Treepeople</b>, it worked. I asked Doug if this was planned and via email, he responded, "<i>There was no consistent approach to lyrics. Every song was different. Some lyrics like snowfall</i><i>, don’t touch my bikini</i><i>, and Freedom rider</i></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"> </span></i><i>were written by Calvin and I just made up background vocals using his lyrics. Calvin wrote the rest of the words for will work for food after I showed him the song and sang the first line "</i>I need a couch I haven’t got one<i>." and then there were some songs like Virginia reel around the fountain where we both just sang whatever we wanted and didn’t pay any attention with the other one was singing."</i><br /></span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">Steve Fisk got a call from Calvin about some keyboard ideas he (Calvin) had for the record, so Fisk headed to Calvin's to do some tracking (and he also ended up mixing the record later). Calvin had some older keyboards and Fisk brought some of his own, he remembers one was his digital Hammond. It was the first time Fisk had been to <i>Dub Narcotic Studio</i>. There were two beautiful hand-made speakers (he thinks they were made by <b><a href="https://bandcamp.com/dianaarens" target="_blank">Diana Arens</a></b>, an important DJ in Olympia who had a great <i>KAOS FM</i> radio show called <i>Free Things Are Cool</i>) and that Calvin had a "<i>beefy solid state power amp</i>." </span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">Fisk's involvement in the band was somewhat limited, especially for touring, as he was very busy during the ‘90s doing music production work (for some <i>great</i> bands, I might add). <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeonhed" target="_blank"><b>Pigeonhed</b></a>, a neo soul rock/groove band Fisk co-founded with </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Smith" target="_blank">Shawn Smith</a> </b>(RIP)<b> </b></span>was blowing up, and his band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pell_Mell_(band)" target="_blank"><b>Pell Mell</b></a> (one of my all time favorite bands) from his San Francisco days was still putting out music, and had signed with Geffen Records. As I have mentioned more than once, a <i>lot</i> was going on in the NW in music in the '90s (but do I <i>really</i> need to tell you that?).</span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">The finished product that became the album <i>God Don't Make No Junk </i>was a pleasant surprise to me, in that it was constructed in a piecemeal fashion over time, and my involvement on it was to come in, track some drums, and head back to Seattle, so I had no sense of it as a whole, like I had with every other recording I had been on.</span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">Ralf Youtz remembers it the same way, but also through the lens of a fan delighted to be a part of the project; <i>"...For me, the mind-blowing moment came later, after I went home to Portland. I was living my life a few weeks or months later...and a cassette came in the mail with rough mixes of the whole record, basically in the order the record ended up </i>[in]<i>. With all that Steve Fisk stuff, all those Doug and Calvin performances they'd done after I left...I hadn’t heard any of it before, and I was like, I cannot believe that I'm involved in this!...I didn't talk about it </i>[when he and I spoke for this entry]<i>...this was such a huge deal for me, musically. You and Doug had been my musical role models since </i>[attending] <i>my first punk show in Idaho in 1985. Calvin, Beat Happening, and the K Records scene had made a huge impact on me starting in 1990. It was wild for me to be playing music either with - or at least on the same record as - some of my musical heroes." </i>(from a chat with Ralf on Christmas Eve, 2021, at <i>Dots Café</i> in Portland, Oregon). </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">I was also a fan of Doug's music, and having played
music with him during his formative years didn't bias that at
all, in fact, it enhanced it to see it evolve while being a part of it. I
was new to the Olympia and <i>K Records</i> sound and scene, and to
Calvin's work, but I quickly became an impressed fan, and as mentioned, I was already a fan of Fisk's work. Being part of
this project/band was some of the most fun I have had playing music.</span></span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">The record was received well by most music press and fans of Doug's and Calvin's music, and Steve Fisk's music and music production. Ralf and I were pretty much hired guns for this record, but </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">progressively </span>had a bit more creative input with each record, and Ralf ultimately wrote one of the songs on the final <b>Halo Benders</b> LP, <i>The Rebel's Not In </i>('<i><a href="https://youtu.be/6kytlr-4_wU">Rebel's Got a Hole In It</a>'</i>), a song on which I played only a snare drum (the only drums I played on the whole record, as by this point, I was officially the bass player) which proved to be exciting and challenging. </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">More on that record and the other one later.</span></span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><b>A Romantic Relationship in Decline</b></span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">The heading above sounds like the title of some article, but it gets right to it. At this time in my life, a time when my life as a musician dominated more and more of my life and energy, my relationship of 5 years was on a downward slope. <i>Because</i> my life as a musician dominated more of my life? Not entirley. This isn't some alternate version of the sexist <b>Kiss</b> hit </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">ballad,</span> '<i>Beth</i>.' This was about a young man who was confused about some things, and as I have hinted at, a coward about facing certain decisions that would have been better for both people involved had he faced them, made them, and it was about a young woman who had her own plans for life and forged ahead in the only way she could. </span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">We all make mistakes, but our mistakes are ours to own alone. My partner headed off to college up North. She wanted me to come with her. I decided to stay, because...everything I had worked for in my life as a musician in Seattle (not to mention the Seattle scene itself) was booming. I couldn't give it up, and it seemed like traveling back and forth to rehearse, play shows and record was too much. Yes, this was a big part of it, and when things like this happen, this crossroad that rears its ugly head, certain things are no longer hidden. In this case, one of these things was the simple question I faced, but didn't acknowledge as to what I was actually choosing at the time; What do you choose? Your music career or your partner? I chose music. At the time, it didn't seem so cut and dry, so black and white. It was only an hour and a half away! We could make it work! Yeah...<br /></span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">Ok, so that <i>does</i> sound a bit like like the <b>Kiss</b> song, but hear me out. The truth is, I wanted out of this relationship. I know that now. But I fooled myself then. Because she was/is a <i>wonderful</i> person, and a big part of me didn't want to lose that. I had never been with such a good person in my life; but it also scared me. Mixed in with that emotional cocktail, I honestly didn't think I deserved her, deep down (and as it turned out, I didn't). And my attention was scattered then. My life as a musician had gotten busy, crowded and complicated. And I had anxiety and </span>insecurity issues which did not help (as if they ever do...). I had been romantically hurt a number of times in my life, but I was with someone who would never do that to me. And like I said, that scared me, which is of course fucked up, but...</p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">…how does one explain the complex emotions experienced when in love? The stage was set. The script wasn't written, but I was writing it on the fly, as my partner took a huge step to improve her life an hour and a half North of me, hurting because that wasn't as important to me as my music was, after she had stood by me for 5 years of her life while I toured, rehearsed for hours and hours a week and was often engaged in marathon recording sessions, and as a result couldn't always hold down a decent paying job. A story as old as cis gender, heterosexual relationships themselves in the 20th century (and continuing to the next). I didn't know it, but romantically at least, I was becoming a fucking cliché. And I would carry it all the way. </span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">This blog, this memoir is, after all, the story of a person, in this case a young musician, but no story of a any musician is <i>just</i> about the musical journey. The music and the life are linked. But more importantly, there are many lives that are affected by this journey, and many people who support that journey, or, as my partner was doing at this point in the tale, are just living their lives juxtaposed to it, but because their story isn't the story of an 'artist', it isn't told enough. As well, the story of the musician's emotional life is not told enough except in some glorified 'suffering artist' context. Art is important, yes. To me, it always has been, always will be. But what I have learned is that these lives, the lives around art and artists (and often on which said art is inspired by or based on) are <i>far</i> more important. Because at some point, whether within a night or a lifetime, the music goes silent, the light is turned out on the visual art, the book is shelved and forgotten, the film or play becomes a fragment of memory. What is left is <i>Life</i>. <br /></span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">That's it for now, I plan to be more prolific with my blogs, especially this one. As I get older, writing becomes more prominent in my life, so I want to carve out more time for it.</span></p><p><i>Be well and be SAFE. The COVID variant out there is already very contagious and it is unusually hot out, so this Fall when conditions are ideal for transmission, it will be bad. </i></p><p><i>Wayne, 8/7/22</i></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p>Wayne R. Flowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986530157196531588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729011961701267048.post-60030475971966862802022-07-15T16:56:00.001-07:002022-07-15T17:01:42.771-07:00Scott Schmaljohn on the radio talking Boise punk history and its differences from music scenes in the presentHello all, sorry for the long gap in posts, COVID and life are to blame! I have a draft ready to go (Halo Benders, Young Wayne's cool new job and more), it should be posted within the week!<div><br></div><div>Here is a recent interview on the radio with my old friend and bandmate Scott Schmaljohn (we played together in Dissident Militia, State of Confusion and Treepeople, and he has done other awesome bands: Stuntman and The Hand).</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><div>The Treefort schedule is out, so we can finally tell you when/where we are playing!</div><div><br></div><div>@ The Shredder, Sat 3/26 12:40am - 1:40am (Saturday night) w/ Death Lens, Flesh Produce, Cuffed Up, Shutups, Bad Optics, Cat Piss, Porcelain Tongue, and more!</div><div><br></div><div>Older punks, get your naps in, we are on late, we want to see you there!</div><div><br></div><div>Stoked to play the 10th annual Treefort in the town where we used to put on punk shows in places who would have us. You've come a long way, Boise! Pat would be proud.</div><div><br></div><div>Boise Noise forever!</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.treefortmusicfest.com/schedule/">Treefort 2022 Schedule</a><br></div>Wayne R. Flowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986530157196531588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729011961701267048.post-68474175057838868032022-01-02T02:42:00.021-08:002022-01-11T22:25:46.632-08:00I'm still alive! Good things coming soon in the realm of this blog and of punk history: A State of Confusion reunion at Treefort, this March!<p>Happy New Year! I hope you are all as well as can be after all that we have all been through in the last couple of trying years (really, five, if you count the <i>Trumpocalypse</i> - and I <i>do</i> - that just keeps going and going like an authoritarian Energizer Bunny, or maybe a cockroach is a better metaphor, except, that would be a major insult to cockroaches, who are actually crucial to the environmental health of our planet). I am hanging in there after some trials in addition to what we have all have experienced, more on that in the next entry; speaking of which, I am working on that now (entries going forward will take me longer because, as I have mentioned, I am writing of the mid '90s, when my music career was very busy, as were my jobs that actually paid the bills, and then, you know, there were also self-created personal trials - it's all part of the music, ya know!).</p><p>Enough of that. Here is some good news; <b>State of Confusion</b> will be reuniting at the next <a href="https://www.treefortmusicfest.com/" target="_blank">Treefort Music Festival</a> this coming March (exact dates/times TBA, watch this space and social media, but the fest is March 23rd - March 27th). 34 years since <b>State of Confusion</b> disbanded & reformed as <b>Treepeople</b>, 11 years since SOC last reunited in Boise, 23 years since Pat Schmaljohn left Earth. We honor him by reforming at Treefort, 2022. What the world needs now is super fast, skull ripping punk with something to say. <br></p><p>This go ‘round, we are excited to add Troy Wright to the ranks, who played drums for <b>SOC</b> a short time & came back to play bass on <b>Treepeople</b> reunion tours (2018-2019). Troy follows Pat’s roles in both bands; now singing in <b>SOC</b> & playing bass in <b>Treepeople</b>. Pat would approve. See you there!</p><p>In other news, from here on, we are putting the '<b>SOC</b>' in social media! Spread the word!<br></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/6_3millionacres?s=11" target="_blank">SOC on Twitter</a> </p><p><a href="https://t.co/IKvzjBsOrM" target="_blank">SOC on Facebook</a></p><p>(Instagram coming soon!)</p><p><b>State of Confusion </b>LP <a href="https://pig-records.bandcamp.com/album/a-street" target="_blank"> <i>'A' Street</i></a> <br></p><p>We hope you had a great New Years and that you are ready to do some (respectful, nonviolent and observant of social distancing) thrashing!</p><p><i>"Tammy's clappin', where's all your taste, in your ASS?...God, we'll send 'em home with Tammy, an' all their equipment too...Yeah, their goin' home with you tonight, and play for you </i>all night long<i>..." ~ Martha, co-owner of The Crazy Horse Salooon (where SOC cut our teeth) to her cocktail waitress Tammy as we were about to play a song, covertly recorded and lovingly used as the intro to the SOC song, '</i><a href="https://pig-records.bandcamp.com/track/creeps" target="_blank">Creeps</a><i>' </i></p><p><i>"...<i>I have tried to understand the nature of your war/But it gets darker and darker, as I see more and more</i>..." ~ Pat Schmaljohn, from his lyrics to the <b>State of Confusion</b> song, '<i>Decency</i>.' <br></i></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjnN2QWt39DCdcWoqwsP7JqPQ8lTY_RgEthQT_c-8x62l0Y9E9GtPMqhHK5UHEEGUlEV_xxh6Mfgsd859ui68NVlQHdB7wQnhTnd9_TW8Hb9oJObMoX344X2M5DaraSqzxxiOw0XAjOVN1P5hOWhkW8Wv5cdQrHyVsb_rfKeqOYK1Aervj4aMmcd_F=s720" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="720" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjnN2QWt39DCdcWoqwsP7JqPQ8lTY_RgEthQT_c-8x62l0Y9E9GtPMqhHK5UHEEGUlEV_xxh6Mfgsd859ui68NVlQHdB7wQnhTnd9_TW8Hb9oJObMoX344X2M5DaraSqzxxiOw0XAjOVN1P5hOWhkW8Wv5cdQrHyVsb_rfKeqOYK1Aervj4aMmcd_F=s320" width="320"></a> <br></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Pat 'Brown' Schmaljohn doing his thang in SOC, Boise, Idaho, 1985 ~ <i>Photo by Brian Bothwell</i></p><p><br></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQl8I-kV3yZo-kfw-5hhSmlWyCIAKy5ANPtzEfwFV4KZpSBDUdu2N5hxLS8MV_zfEx3fZvwCewQl1dMl381Lk62l7YGBKEUIR9wqJuYlbiMd1zGVtmRO6SGQADy3UfFZ9AzBzXP0OqJYKlSLqqsbbN2i2oVV2mIMZZhajY3jfoJ-JQIv-WC9DUtHoC=s1022" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="654" data-original-width="1022" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQl8I-kV3yZo-kfw-5hhSmlWyCIAKy5ANPtzEfwFV4KZpSBDUdu2N5hxLS8MV_zfEx3fZvwCewQl1dMl381Lk62l7YGBKEUIR9wqJuYlbiMd1zGVtmRO6SGQADy3UfFZ9AzBzXP0OqJYKlSLqqsbbN2i2oVV2mIMZZhajY3jfoJ-JQIv-WC9DUtHoC=s320" width="320"></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Your blog author as young man (and a whole other being, really), when he played bass in <b>State of Confusion</b> and lived on Schmidt beer and ramen, too poor to afford a shirt, apparently ~<i>Photo by Brian Bothwell</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>The State of Confusion </b>is a pro-vaccination band. Get vaccinated! For yourself, your family, your community<i>, </i>and so we can END THIS FUCKING THING ALREADY!<i></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Yours, with Love, Wayne Ray 'Rhino' Flower II</i><br><i></i></p><p><br></p>Wayne R. Flowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986530157196531588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729011961701267048.post-52112711925396307312021-06-13T19:06:00.016-07:002022-11-27T21:59:12.785-08:00Music History Part 45: 'Missed Bits' (go to next entry if you want to continue with the sequential progression of the blog)<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><b>Disclaimer</b></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>:</b> <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Memory</span> is a
funny thing, and an elusive one. Meaning; I might have some of this
wrong, as 1. My memory is not always accurate, like anyone and 2. It is
from my perspective only. Any friends who were there, feel free to
correct me or add things I have missed. It helps! Also, no <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">gossip</span> on
anyone here, it ain't about that. Personal details are on a surface
level, and friends, girlfriends <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">and</span> others are re-named to respect their
privacy. People in bands generally put their names out there on albums
and in interviews anyway, and are not in the habit of staying <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">anonymous</span>,
and <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">therefore</span> are named here. That <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">said, </span>anyone <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">who</span> is in the blog that
wishes <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">me</span> not to use their name has only to ask. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Missed Bits</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">What is 'missed bits'? It is what I am calling entries where I add things I missed in the previous entries. As I have often whined about in this blog, there is <i>no way</i> I will be able to remember and cover everything that happened in my years as a semi-professional musician (emphasis on the 'semi'!) and so often I remember things or someone reminds me of something, either via email or something comes up in a conversation,<b> </b>or, when doing research. </span></span> <br />
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<b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Lunch with Jello</span></span></b><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">I mean the punk singer, not the undelicious gelatin-based desert. In the '80s, the <b>Dead Kennedys </b>played a show at <i>The Crazy Horse</i> saloon in Boise, Idaho, after it was booted from the <i>Boise State University</i> <i>Ballroom</i> (as it was called then, now it is called the '<i>Jordan Room</i>') where it was originally booked (someone higher up was not pleased, so they pulled the old 'you need $1 million of insurance' thing, that is, setting a number they knew could not be achieved, a common tactic). I didn't get to see this show, nor did any of my bandmates in <b>State of Confusion</b>. After the show, I sent Jello an <b>SOC </b>record. </span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Flash-forward to the late '80s, when Jello Biafra (singer of <b>Dead Kennedys</b>) was doing a speaking tour, and spoke at none other than the <i>Boise State University Ballroom</i>. He remembered how the <b>DK</b>'s were booted and made it a point to return and speak </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">there</span></span>. My girlfriend at the time had a roommate with a baby</span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"> who wanted Jello's autograph for the baby</span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"> (not sure why, I am pretty sure the baby didn't know who he was!). So my girlfriend, her roommate and her baby and I approached Jello onstage after the lecture (which was quite good, very political). I mentioned I used to be in <b>SOC</b> and had sent him a record, asked if he received it.<b> </b></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">He remembered this (not surprisingly, he is an avid record collector and it was/is a very rare record, with hand silk-screened covers, and only 1,000 of the vinyl were pressed)</span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"> and he said, "I was <i>wondering</i> if any of you <b>SOC</b> guys would show up tonight!" We talked a bit and he said he was going to be in town for one more day and he asked if I could show him around town, where the cool places to eat were and the cool record stores.</span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"> I of course said, "Sure."</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">I received a phone call from Jello about 9 am, and he said "You have<i> got</i> to come rescue me from this hideous corporate hotel." I picked him up and took him to the <i>Record Exchange</i> (still there, still cool, and at the time was the <i>only</i> place in town then to get cool records). We went to a nice little cafe in the <i>Hyde Park</i> neighborhood (<i>Nina Mae's</i>) where we had a fascinating discussion. He was smart, interesting, </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">politically </span></span>educational and courteous. I had a great day with him. We said goodbye and I took him back to his hotel. </span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">He was to catch a flight home to SF that night, but it was <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">canceled</span> (if I remember correctly) and he was checked out of the hotel and stuck at <i>BSU</i>. He called and asked if I minded taking him to the airport. I didn't mind. I don't remember our conversation on the drive (it was more than likely about punk music) but we said our goodbyes, and I haven't spoken to him since. However, my next girlfriend did, years after this, and it was a strange instance of synchronicity (well, I suppose they are <i>all </i>strange).</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Flash forward again to the mid '90s (and take note that this part of the 'bit' is ahead of the sequential timeline in the blog thus far, so it will appear again there). I was living in Seattle, had recently quit <b>Treepeople</b> (a band that most members of <b>SOC </b>were in) and was playing in a few bands (<b>Violent Green</b>, <b>Halo Benders</b>, and <b>Faintly Macabre'</b>) and my girlfriend (a different one than previously mentioned) was living in Bellingham, Washington (</span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">about an hour and a half north of Seattle) </span></span>going to college at <i>Western Washington University</i>. Her roommate was in charge of setting up lecturers on lecture circuits to speak at <i>Western</i>, and Jello was scheduled to do so, and was soon arriving at the airport. My girlfriend's roommate said she was unable to pick Jello up, so she asked my girlfriend if she could do it, and she was able to. </span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">She happened to be wearing a <b>Treepeople</b> shirt when she picked Jello up. She was no hardcore punk fan, she knew who Jello was, of course, but he was no big deal to her (she wasn't easily impressed in general, to her credit). When Jello saw the <b>Treepeople</b> shirt, he said, "<i>Treepeople</i>! A friend of mine is in that band!"</span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">My ex: "Who?"</span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Jello:"Wayne Flower?"</span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">My ex: "Get the fuck <i>OUT</i>! (she exclaimed in the manner of the character Elaine from Seinfeld). That's my <i>boyfriend</i>!"</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">In the late '80s, Doug Martsch and I formed a side project from our then current band <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Treepeople</b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> called </span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Musical Janitors</b> (as we were both janitors at the time<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">)</span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">It was an opportunity for Doug to play </span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">some</span></span></span></span></span> covers he loved that wouldn't have worked as <b>Treepeople </b>covers, and some original instrumentals, all songs he played on an acoustic guitar. I played bass (as I had in the band that morphed into <b>Treepeople</b>, <b>State of Confusion </b>(<b>SOC</b>)<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> and as I am really more <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">of a bass player than drummer at the end of the day). Doug's then girlfriend, mentioned previously in the blog, who bought Doug a guitar and helped pay for our self-released first <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">7 inch, Laurie Samuelso<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">n, san<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">g on one cover, <i>Gigantic</i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">, by <b>The Pixies</b>, and it sounded <i>fantastic</i>, she nailed it. I will forever <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">regret</span> not getting even a boombox recording of <b>Musical Janitors</b>, it was really fun. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu60UEdoL6l5cKDZbo9Wzry_LnXgQo3Fo9dKwPav6rufcGt6wwfxvEpbTNHQJDcPH59xDvajffFuVnq7tdcilhwaoa-0wCRUcm8WWDcwKuOOpj9zBV5Y741O9IFPgK1J566YHCS62LNu4/s1446/Ashwin+Batish+solo_0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1446" data-original-width="1371" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu60UEdoL6l5cKDZbo9Wzry_LnXgQo3Fo9dKwPav6rufcGt6wwfxvEpbTNHQJDcPH59xDvajffFuVnq7tdcilhwaoa-0wCRUcm8WWDcwKuOOpj9zBV5Y741O9IFPgK1J566YHCS62LNu4/s320/Ashwin+Batish+solo_0.jpg" /></a></span></span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sitarist Ashwin Batish</span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">We played a handful of cafe shows and one tri<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ppy show we landed at the above-mentioned <i>Boise State University Ballroom</i> with none other than <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Ashwin Bat<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ish, the world famous sitarist. We met him just before the show and hung out with him in his <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">limo. He was very kind to us, and simply amazing to watch perform. He started his performance by playing and explaining tabla drums and what each sound m<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">eant, and worked his way <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">through how those rhythms worked in the sitar playing. By the end he was playing <b>Slayer</b>-like leads on the sitar! It was<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> impressive. But the set-up was really awkward for us when we opened before him as there were chairs in rows for the audience and everyone was dressed up and really taking themse<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">lves <i>way</i> too seriously. It was the stiffest vibe from a crowd I have ever experienced as a performer (and I have played music for <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">a Shakesp<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ear<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">e play before)</span></span></span>. But that was it, we may have done another cafe show but I think we only played maybe 5 times total and bagged it. A nice little chapter in my life as a musician. There was one photo of <b>Musical Janitors</b> that I remember, long gone, I assume.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Treehouse</b> </span></span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4-7frdY9F91PUscEKumfL_UTL-C_E0ckJIFhLlgLua_hQC92da19fDX_HjjSeQWGaa0U7-powp0z2G7_Q5SiqtAFSJZfL8l_CZSGPGtKOWGFY6m1tyUEXGikrZ_NCdZetaRcVChn2D3U/s275/index.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4-7frdY9F91PUscEKumfL_UTL-C_E0ckJIFhLlgLua_hQC92da19fDX_HjjSeQWGaa0U7-powp0z2G7_Q5SiqtAFSJZfL8l_CZSGPGtKOWGFY6m1tyUEXGikrZ_NCdZetaRcVChn2D3U/s0/index.jpeg" /></a></span></span></div><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span></span><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo retrieved fro the <b>Treehouse </b>Facebook page</span><br /></span></span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span></span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span></span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Treehouse </b>was a band from Olympia, Washington that <b>Treepeople </b>crossed paths with, and you may be thinking, 'Well, <i>yeah</i>, Tree themed bands all know each other, <i>right?</i>' ; ) but in fact the connection was through producer Steve Fisk, who had produced records by them (Fisk had also produced the band <b>Screaming Trees</b>; Thus the reason I gave him a baseball cap I found at a thrift store that said <i>'Tree Service' </i>on it!). We played some great shows with <b>Treehouse</b>, their music was very cool, heartfelt rock with an indie flavor and a bit of a '60s rock flavor as well, with great grooves and hooks. They were all great musicians and many of them wrote the tunes, as I remember it. About 5 years ago, when I was still on Facebook, I had reached out to a member, Steve, and got some photos, but I have no idea where they all are now! I will post more here as I find them, and of course, anyone who has any email them to me (or videos, </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">songs, anything): waynerayflower@gmail.com.</span></span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">What I did find from that exchange was a flyer and a photo from a great show in Olympia that we played with <b>Treehouse </b>called <i>Treestock </i>(of course!) in 1991. The bands played on the back of a flatbed truck. It was pretty cool, a great memory for the books in my time in <b>Treepeople</b>. </span></span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfbvs6YVqZtIXu8BeEywASdEHMH_mS-EZpRTPQ5lppJqdtf2cIQDBjl_R1nTH_d93AUiP1KIc12JupHA7pPqGXfJPvA-hnmWibjRzCv2EJxyyT7Oxjv5wldcLg6ymEhEY9qwYVA4sGg9M/s1240/2017_08_31_16_18_29_4_Treehouse_Posts.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfbvs6YVqZtIXu8BeEywASdEHMH_mS-EZpRTPQ5lppJqdtf2cIQDBjl_R1nTH_d93AUiP1KIc12JupHA7pPqGXfJPvA-hnmWibjRzCv2EJxyyT7Oxjv5wldcLg6ymEhEY9qwYVA4sGg9M/s320/2017_08_31_16_18_29_4_Treehouse_Posts.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Treepeople playing at Treestock, Olympia, Washington, 1991</span><b> </b> <br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWup46zo4drWzbFYvrj5h1-CMVYBW-27WjTqrmfptv5DoKApzE1zyAWOkXObcCgQ9lgtJBlRA4sr5WMs3nz1Ajsw9_kq04xBraKDWwU1IrD7HErUmDr8bw_mkPtj_NWxS8OYTaA_WezpE/s750/20401205_10210038696751543_422481413_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWup46zo4drWzbFYvrj5h1-CMVYBW-27WjTqrmfptv5DoKApzE1zyAWOkXObcCgQ9lgtJBlRA4sr5WMs3nz1Ajsw9_kq04xBraKDWwU1IrD7HErUmDr8bw_mkPtj_NWxS8OYTaA_WezpE/s320/20401205_10210038696751543_422481413_n.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I also found a <b>Treehouse </b>performance on a cable access TV show from 1990: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyAoqZftFXg" target="_blank">Treehouse live on TCTV, 1990</a> </span><b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">TAD, God's Balls </span></span></b></p><p><b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkIflPT5BH7wFTiCV4CtXehZYS3r1hkekmVtQd_JlJyKA59zFJFlFGOvyG6w2CAGNM9l1emUyhjN42GCKJtNf-raY7iDU6tGk95lmVHjR_5zRBcneA-5bU1ydIvWjZcZX2ayAr1RQhLUM/s306/Tad_Gods_Balls.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkIflPT5BH7wFTiCV4CtXehZYS3r1hkekmVtQd_JlJyKA59zFJFlFGOvyG6w2CAGNM9l1emUyhjN42GCKJtNf-raY7iDU6tGk95lmVHjR_5zRBcneA-5bU1ydIvWjZcZX2ayAr1RQhLUM/s0/Tad_Gods_Balls.jpg" /></a></span></span></b></div><b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTRpn4g6OQKV5iX_pr_5UHg9na8wmvmBrA3oIWtK9TIi62p_FHZjCwP29NMfb4w8748vkSkxszQTJNET8agWirxE2NWtCGTGDvRTLpmAs1cUvxpfFC6c4wEt4bGJc06o94Uaf-nfFlw8A/s500/51ArSe4-2uL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="494" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTRpn4g6OQKV5iX_pr_5UHg9na8wmvmBrA3oIWtK9TIi62p_FHZjCwP29NMfb4w8748vkSkxszQTJNET8agWirxE2NWtCGTGDvRTLpmAs1cUvxpfFC6c4wEt4bGJc06o94Uaf-nfFlw8A/s320/51ArSe4-2uL.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></span></b><p></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">I was remiss in earlier entries when speaking of my old friend and friend/ally to the bands I was in (<b>State Of Confusion </b>and the band it morphed into after, <b>Treepeople</b>)<b> </b>, Tad Doyle, of the band <b>TAD</b>, to not mention the groundbreaking and influential debut LP, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqvSZ0ZsJTU"><b>God's Balls</b></a><b> </b>that came out in 1989, and which hit Seattle like a sledgehammer and which <i>Trouser Press </i>aptly called <i>"Impressively punishing."</i> I remember Tad telling me how he got the name for the record (and I wish I could tell you about it, but when I did so in a previous version of this blog entry, it caused it to be flagged as inappropriate by someone - so I am self censoring here in hopes that they will re-post it). It cannot be overstated how much this record influenced the music in Seattle at the time, <b>Treepeople</b> included. </span></span><b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></b><br />
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<b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Editing Treepeople LP '<i>Gre</i>' (pronounced 'Gree', acronym for Guilt, Regret, Embarrassment) on an AMS Audiophile digital music editor at Music Source</span></span></b></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">When I was writing the entries detailing the recording session for the <b>Treepeople </b>LP, <i>'Guilt, Regret, Embarrassment' </i>I left out one little detail, not a big one, but it was something of its time that impressed us as a band then. The record was recorded in 1990, before digital editing or <i>Pro Tools</i> were prevalent, but producer Steve Fisk <i>did</i> edit it digitally in a way after it was mixed down to reel to reel tape using a machine called an <i>'AMS Audiophile.' </i>This technology allowed for cross-fading songs from one into another, which we put to good use. I have a memory of all of us in the band being at the post production studio where Fisk worked and used the machine, and seeing the songs as bright green digital WAV forms on a screen, and thinking it was <i>total</i> wizardry!</span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<br /></p>Wayne R. Flowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986530157196531588noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729011961701267048.post-36249172854720105642021-04-23T00:58:00.030-07:002022-11-11T00:23:06.989-08:00Part 44: Vernon Emory Aldo Rumsey (Jan 24, 1973 – August 6, 2020) - A memorial entry<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;">I started this memorial entry months ago and then paused, as I wasn't ready. Now as I come back, more deaths in the music world have happened since to process, and there will be entries on them, as well. </p><p style="text-align: left;">The first word I always text back when someone lets me know of yet another death is, "<i>Fuck</i>," (I deleted my Facebook account a couple years ago, never looked back, FB
is not for me, great for many, but as a result I hear of deaths via
text, often days after others already know).</p><p style="text-align: left;">This entry in memory of Vern Rumsey was composed in part from thoughts expressed in speaking at a Zoom memorial. I am forever grateful to friends and family for giving so many of us a place to grieve in this surreal time we are living in, and for the suggestion of a family member of Vern's to take our memories of Vern to a more permanent and public forum. I am fortunate to have this particular forum in which to do so.<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">After the Zoom memorial, I couldn't help but think of how so many all over the world have said/are saying goodbye to loved ones this way as well; remotely, on a screen, during this time of COVID. It is all we have, and a very different grieving process, but it can still also be beautiful, more than one expects (for a wake, anyway) and, at the very least, a way to release <i>together</i>, which we all need to find as many safe ways to do as possible. We have to be there for each other. [As of this writing, coming back to this previously started entry, though things are slowly getting better, with a president actually interested in <i>governing</i>, 1,000 people are <i>still</i> dying a day; but, I had my first dose of a vaccine a couple weeks ago] - To reverse an <b>Unwound </b>record title; <i>The Light at the End of the Tunnel is </i>[NOT]<i> a Train</i>.<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Vern was complex, and a lot of things things to different people, though this certainly isn't to say he wasn't genuine, or that he was trying to put on some false face (unless, of course, he was playing a prank, which he enjoyed) he was just human; As a loved one put it at the wake, "Vern was a great guy...But he was also a <i>jerk</i>." (I want this kind of honesty at my own funeral, thank you). I was <i>just</i> getting to know Vern, after not being in contact for a long span of years, as a result of the normal divergent paths two lives can take over time. </p><p style="text-align: left;">He and I first came to know of each other from traveling in similar circles and having mutual friends for years in the NW music scene in the '90s, and we also knew each other from my connection to the Olympia music scene through a band I was in with roots there, <b>The Halo Benders</b> (a band that was also a connection to Sam Jayne/<b>Love as Laughter</b>, who opened a few shows for us; but this is, sadly, for a later memorial; RIP Sam). </p><p style="text-align: left;">I followed <b>Unwound'</b>s<b> </b>path (a band for whom Vern played bass, of course) until they eventually broke up. I crossed paths with Justin Trosper (songwriting/vocals/guitar) and Sara Lund (drums)<b> </b>more than Vern during the period between the band's breakup and Vern's passing. Around 10 years after <b>Unwound</b> broke up, I returned to the NW after 5 years living in Boston, to Portland, Oregon, in 2008, a city Sara had also relocated to years before, where she started a family, and, cool bands like <b>Hungry Ghost</b>, and with Justin Trosper, like <b>Nocturnal Habits </b>(Justin also started a great, short-lived punk band called <b>Survival Knife </b>later,<b> </b>whom I had the pleasure of seeing). Vern was doing a project then he had done for a while called <b>Long Hind Legs</b>, which managed to land a song on the hit vampire TV show called <i>Twilight</i>.<br /><b></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Back in the early '90s, I was living in Seattle after moving there in 1989 with a band from Boise, Idaho called <b>Treepeople</b>. In 1991, I quit <b>Treepeople</b> due to personal differences I had within the band (for more on that, check out the <b>Treepeople </b>entries) and by the next year, I was playing bass in a trippy goth/folk/punk band in Seattle called <b>Violent Green </b>(eventually so named, after 6 months under the name <b>Dirty Hand Dance</b>).<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Seattle producer Steve Fisk, who had produced <b>Treepeople</b> and a <b>Violent Green </b>7 inch and album (plus later records, and, played in <b>The Halo Benders</b>) told me about a band he had been recording from Tumwater, Washington (near Olympia) called <b>Unwound. </b>At the time, I believe Steve had just finished work on the <b>Unwound</b> record <i>'Fake Train'</i> and he gave me a copy when it came out; I was <i>floored. </i>I will write more of <b>Unwound </b>in the regular course of this blog, but suffice it to say that I had played punk rock music for a decade by the time I heard <b>Unwound</b>, and I had never heard <i>anything</i> quite like them, it was influenced by the same punk stuff I grew up listening to, but on <i>Fake Train, </i>you could hear hints of something...different. There was even <i>some</i> New Wave and a dash of Beatles in the calm parts, throw in <b>Can</b>, <b>Glenn Branca</b>, <b>Black Flag</b>, <b>Sonic Youth</b>, and a whole list of other influences, post <i>New Plastic Ideas </i>(1994)<i> </i>there are even hints of bands like early <b>Siouxsie and the Banshees</b>, and others, that then unfolded over the course of the band as the music matured and stretched out, but they shaped it all into something new and completely their own, using influences gracefully (in full disclosure, some listed are influences band members have told me of, some are from my own ear hearing things) but they were <i>never</i> imitating. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Through all the great songwriting, singing, guitar-work and stellar drumming, Vern's bass cuts through like a groaning, driving machine, deep in the earth, rising to the surface, then churning into the soil like a colossal Sandworm from the <i>Dune </i>books - sometimes it doesn't even sound like a bass, but more like a distorted keyboard, or some agonized beast, or just a giant texture for singer/songwriter/guitarist Justin Trosper to lay over with whatever he wanted to (at the wake, Fisk relayed a tale of the birth of this sound; during a mix, Vern leaned over the soundboard and cranked up levels until it was this particular grinding sound). And by the time Sara Lund was on drums, the legendary lineup was locked in. Quite frankly, to me, this was one of the finest rhythm sections to ever grace a set of drums and bass and rig. If you know me, you know I do not say such things lightly (and yes; <i>Fanboy Alert</i>).<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Fast forward to the late '90s, 1997 to be exact, when I was playing bass, as mentioned, in <b>Violent Green</b>, plus a couple other bands on bass and drums; The also aforementioned <b>Halo Benders </b>(bass/drums)<b> </b>and a band called <b>Faintly Macabre</b> (drums), bands that are/will be covered here in this blog. <b>Violent Green</b> embarked on our first and only coast to coast tour (having previously only done scant West Coast/Northwest touring, and, incidentally, the only ever tour I was part of that made it to the East Coast) which had been booked by a rookie booker, her first ever tour, which was pretty terrible in terms of shows/attendance, as could be expected (to be fair, a show booker is one of the hardest professions out there, and especially back then, when the Internet was very new to the masses and most everything was still done old school, and only rich folks owned mobile phones, and, she was booking an obscure, hard to understand band that nobody had heard of - no easy task). <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">On this tour, we scored a West Coast leg with <b>Unwound</b> (it must have been arranged<b> </b>through Chris Takino, owner/founder of Seattle's <i>Up Records</i>, a label which started by putting out a 7 inch for <b>Violent Green</b> and was still at this point our label - Takino ~RIP~ was also an <b>Unwound </b>fan, as I remember it). I was to the <i>moon</i> about the tour, of course. By then I was on a steady diet of listening to anything <b>Unwound</b> released, <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOloYTXAU_U&t=1720s">New Plastic Ideas</a> </i>being my favorite (still on the short list of fav albums). At one point I was on a steady, almost binary musical diet of <b>Unwound </b>and <b>The Thinking Fellers Union 282 </b>(also known as <b>'The Thinking Fellers Union</b>' and '<b>The Thinking Fellers</b>'). </p><p style="text-align: left;">By 1997, <b>Unwound </b>had worked their collective asses off, recording, touring and playing amazing shows that spread the word like wildfire. Unplanned by the band, as is often the way, they became kind of a 'buzzword' band; A band to watch, a band like no other, and all the hype was true. I was privileged to watch them <i>kill it</i>, every night on this West Coast leg, at a time when they were in their peak form. Every show, they would do their trademark huddle; Locking arms at the shoulders and touching foreheads in a moment of silence, like a rock n roll prayer, endearing and fierce at the same time, lending a ritualistic, spiritual vibe to the whole set (Vern had to stoop over, his bony back showing from under the usual thin punk T-shirt that was his uniform).</p><p style="text-align: left;">A few years ago, when Vern and I reconnected on Facebook, he revealed to me his new addiction that was out of control; <i>Legos</i>! Vern and I had plans to
connect in person, but he got sick. Then some mutual friends, just before I did see
him, told me he looked quite a bit different than when I had last seen him,
which was some years before, as a strapping, cocky young Bass God, a cigarette burning in his mouth (I always marveled at how the smoke never affected his vision, or his impressive playing). </p><p style="text-align: left;"> </p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm__CwoLPcoMH3X_kemqxunPXTUBcrLqKRQGSN1q_PM-SK8bdCRbb1snim1Vb7ifIHw3SDSUi9IqwBuPNq1OtCmalM7G_mGbqRdhPY1a-C_tOjYEen3mK-8F-ck3Us8FPzcGggNKisqdg/s400/VKIePclx.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm__CwoLPcoMH3X_kemqxunPXTUBcrLqKRQGSN1q_PM-SK8bdCRbb1snim1Vb7ifIHw3SDSUi9IqwBuPNq1OtCmalM7G_mGbqRdhPY1a-C_tOjYEen3mK-8F-ck3Us8FPzcGggNKisqdg/s320/VKIePclx.jpg" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Vern around when I met him in the '90s - (image retrieved from Unwound's memorial Twitter feed)</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKvzFV2B6S5l2IIl7ihsSwdHf0t0VBCywqrm_-4oPQ8eV1tiAeXeuKwwLnQphRT187ALJVmVC7azPM0hXTtJvQIb1CniTPDixM5UK-h6YbR10n60Hoy8XM5HyJuCPsY8GvoEbLaOsY4cc/s256/images.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="256" data-original-width="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKvzFV2B6S5l2IIl7ihsSwdHf0t0VBCywqrm_-4oPQ8eV1tiAeXeuKwwLnQphRT187ALJVmVC7azPM0hXTtJvQIb1CniTPDixM5UK-h6YbR10n60Hoy8XM5HyJuCPsY8GvoEbLaOsY4cc/s0/images.jpeg" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Vern around when we reconnected in 2018 </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">(image retrieved from Unwound's memorial Twitter feed)</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSl1tWHUE8T2mft8MRWLWaKpXCjQYm-HRL2rrJNKcj2mJKZyXwnp6wnWki3wucGQAFchDjRx39hJHqEEmSvVgyIgTSyGV9I0Bmu50EnZcavaQk5tjeEhrd1b-WPQ7Q1n5fzrZmJCqiXsE/s597/xEqvLRKTinrkHKNLHMLogg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="597" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSl1tWHUE8T2mft8MRWLWaKpXCjQYm-HRL2rrJNKcj2mJKZyXwnp6wnWki3wucGQAFchDjRx39hJHqEEmSvVgyIgTSyGV9I0Bmu50EnZcavaQk5tjeEhrd1b-WPQ7Q1n5fzrZmJCqiXsE/s320/xEqvLRKTinrkHKNLHMLogg.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Random photo from an image search of '<i>Legos bass'</i> which Vern would've appreciated <br /> </span></p><p style="text-align: left;">And he <i>did</i> look different; he was even thinner than he was already (famously so), his naturally dense hair grown long, his face
hidden in a thick beard, but he still had the signature mischievous smile I remembered well cutting through it, and the wing-like, upper body enfolding hugs
of his arms and long upper torso were still a part of experiencing Vern.
For all his complexities and troubles, whatever else he was, Vern was often
pretty loving and generous (I cried describing these wing hugs on the Zoom wake call, because it was when everything hit me at once, just as the call was about to end...You don't hug like that if you don't <i>mean
it</i>; The King of Hugs). </p><p style="text-align: left;"> </p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw1Gpoy7QDj5mHC-aYgDE6hNAlAvH1NaoR8fG6kHRPBlC0zqtpvHgBrgLJFCVhtHoXYm1C28dhfktXGqxWUdTaogof1SFPau4ahkswb9S2QOX_A2yt6GcAkYELhlTfE9Plbd5JxYsQtsQ/s1280/1280px-Vern_Rumsey.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw1Gpoy7QDj5mHC-aYgDE6hNAlAvH1NaoR8fG6kHRPBlC0zqtpvHgBrgLJFCVhtHoXYm1C28dhfktXGqxWUdTaogof1SFPau4ahkswb9S2QOX_A2yt6GcAkYELhlTfE9Plbd5JxYsQtsQ/s320/1280px-Vern_Rumsey.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Vern's mischievous smile. It is missed. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;">In 2018, I would go, with a friend, and catch shows of Vern's solo project when it came to Portland, Oregon (sometimes accompanied by a
band) called <b>Red Rumsey</b> (songwriting/singing/guitar). Vern and I would catch up in that odd way people do with decades spanning between the beings they were when they met and the beings they had become; The young, beautiful musicians at the top of their game, and the now middle aged men with afflictions and health issues (and for me, my own well known thinness had eh, changed) and who were still riding the music train, for fun, if for anything. </p><p style="text-align: left;">And Vern <i>was</i> having fun, touring in a very Spartan way, even when joined by a band, as he was when I invited him to open the Portland and Seattle shows on the <b>Treepeople </b>reunion tour in 2019. <b>Red Rumsey</b> (in which Vern was joined by Aaron Finkle on drums and Gretchen Guydish on bass, also of the band <b>Mr. Finkles Tragedy</b>, a band Vern loved) toured in a giant old classic car, crammed in with some equipment on laps. I admired that. Backstage in Portland Vern was ecstatic to play with us and we had a moment, this being the first time where we actually had time to catch up in that weird way mentioned above. Vern was praising me for the music I had played in my life, and I stopped him and said, "You don't understand how big a deal <i>you</i> are to me as a musician, and how big a deal <b>Unwound </b>is to me!" And so we effectively humbled each other. It was sweet, a moment I am glad we had, I am grateful that before he left this plane, I got to tell him that. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Red Rumsey </b>playing in Olympia at McCoy's Tavern, Christmas, 2019. <span>Photo provided by Aaron Finkle</span></span><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;">At the Seattle show, <b>Red Rumsey</b>, <i>killed </i>it. Vern's songwriting was ambling and slightly dirty, like Southern rock a bit but overlayed with his underground sensibilities, similar to me in feel to say <b>Royal Trux</b>. It was cool to see him up there, having fun, after he had been so sick. The shows were both great (also opened by the amazing Boise punk band <b>Itchy Kitty</b>). At that same show, I was asked if I could take Vern's guitar amp and cabinet back to Portland with me, and he would pick it up later. Sure. But after <b>Red Rumsey </b>left, all we had was the amp, and we searched like mad everywhere at The Crocodile club in Seattle for the speaker cabinet, to no avail (I annoyed the hell out of the poor staff there for weeks after, calling to see if they found it). I felt awful! I had lost Vern's cab! But, as it turned out, <b>Red Rumsey</b> found it sitting out and grabbed it, which I found out weeks later via an email response from Vern. We reconnected later and he got his amp back from me, which lived in my kitchen for months. <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Thank you, Vern, for all the beautiful, fierce bass playing and unique song-crafting and for being a crucial part of one of the best bands ever. You will be missed. I hope there are lots of Legos (and maybe a Lego bass) where you are, Brother, and that you are having a blast pranking the angels.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Unwound</b>: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOloYTXAU_U&t=1720s"><i>New Plastic Ideas</i></a> <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"> Wayne R. Flower, 4/21/21 <span style="color: white;">I </span><b><span style="color: white;">y</span></b><br /></p>Wayne R. Flowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986530157196531588noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729011961701267048.post-2520135411459542362019-12-14T20:44:00.003-08:002021-07-17T00:08:22.640-07:00A Music History Part 43: Violent Green heads to the studio to record Eros, amidst loss...<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Disclaimer</b></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>:</b> <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Memory</span> is a
funny thing, and an elusive one. Meaning; I might have some of this
wrong, as 1. My memory is not always accurate, like anyone and 2. It is
from my perspective only. Any friends who were there, feel free to
correct me or add things I have missed. It helps! Also, no <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">gossip</span> on
anyone here, it ain't about that. Personal details are on a surface
level, and friends, girlfriends <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">and</span> others are re-named to respect their
privacy. People in bands generally put their names out there on albums
and in interviews anyway, and are not in the habit of staying <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">anonymous</span>,
and <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">therefore</span> are named here. That <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">said, </span>anyone <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">who</span> is in the blog that
wishes <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">me</span> not to use their name has only to ask.</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b><br /><br />Sea</b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>ttle</b></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b> Years <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Disclaimer</span>: </b>As I enter the Seattle years in this music <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">blog</span>, the <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">above</span> disclaimer goes double, because <i>so much</i> happened
and there are so many details to cover in this 14 year period; so many
shows, so many bands, so many friends and so much change in my life. As a
result of this and the fact that the four of us who <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">formed</span> <b>Treepeople </b>found
ourselves in the midst of a scene which blew up around us and attracted
the eyes of the world just 2 years after our arrival, not to mention
the 12 years I played music following that, I am bound to, hell, I <i>will</i> forget something.</span></span></span></div>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />This
means two things: I will be coming back to entries and adding things to
them over the months following publication, and, that the part of the
above disclaimer where I ask for help from people in keeping me honest
and in remembering things is crucial to them. I thank anyone ahead of
time who was there, and, those who weren't there who have access to
valid<i> </i>info, for helping me to correct errors in dates or
chronology. Yes, I have the Internet, but many bands, scenes and things I
will cover did not receive the attention I feel that they deserved and
thus I will recall them mostly from memory, or rather, memories; mine
and those of friends. Also, friends who were in bands which I do not
happen to mention, <i>please</i> don't take it personally, just remind me. I have created a <i>monster </i>in undertaking this blog, one which I am determined to ride until the end!</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />Lastly,
as mentioned, this scene gained national attention, and thus, <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">needless</span>
to say and as we all know, many bands/people became famous, became rock
stars, were/are admired by millions, etc and etc...This makes another
part of my original disclaimer even more important. This memoir is
intended to tell my story, from my perspective. I have no intention of
creating a place where people can seek gossip about famous people, nor
is it about 'name-dropping'. I write of my impressions of people, bands,
and the Seattle scene from the '90s into the early 2000s. I protect
those who are my friends fiercely because a symptom of being known is
frequent intrusion into their lives beyond a level that I feel
is acceptable. Thank you for indulging me this disclaimer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>A <i>kind <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">of</span></i> disclaimer on Violent Green entries...</b>In
writing about the band Violent Green, at this time I am not in contact
with Jenny O'lay, so I am not directly getting input from her, and, one
member is no longer alive. In the case of the former, out of respect to
O'lay, I am compelled to keep personal details at a high level, and in
terms of Drew Quinlan (RIP, Brother), I am not in touch with any of his
family to get approval of what I write about concerning him, as I did
with my previously passed bandmate, Pat Schmaljohn (and thus felt better
in writing about Pat) but I do not have the same access to family in
Drew's case, so for that reason, out of respect for Drew and his family,
I will also keep details at a high level. I won't make it cold and
unpersonal, don't misunderstand me. Our dynamic as people was a huge
part of the band. I guess what I am getting at is there are details that
will remain private, to meet with high standards I strive to meet on
this blog, even more so in light of this lack of input from the former
bandmates of which I write.</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">I hope I have achieved these standards. This</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span>also
brings up the point I always make, but it is important to reiterate;
this is all from my perspective only, and of anyone whom I get input
from.</span></span><br />
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odd relationships and their tensions were one with the music, and I
think, actually I know, that was a good thing, a necessary ingredient of
this band, a band that forever reshaped how I thought about music, both
listening to it and making it. I owe that to Drew and Jenny's
brilliance and imperfectness, which made me feel okay about my own
imperfections, (only to a degree, as my inner, self-critical voice was
still in full effect) and it helped me realize that even I held
brilliance, in my own way, when I played with them, warts and all. One
thing I can confidently say is; we gave a fuck about the music. And that
was because this was a highly musical band (most of the people who got
what we were doing were musicians themselves) and thus I will focus much
of my energy in terms of the VG entries talking about that; the music,
it's influences and forms, and how the three of us and what we brought
to the band from previous projects and the music we each loved, created,
eventually, a rich tapestry. It is worth digging into this world O'lay
spun with this bizarre, dark, poppy, goth, folksy punk music from <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Mars</span> ~
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">My other blogs: <a href="https://shortstorylongconversation.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Short Story Long</a> - (Top of mind, conversational, formal essays, photo essays, etc.) <a href="https://wayneflowerart.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Artwork</a>, <a href="https://waynewords.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Poetry</a></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Violent Green </span></b><span style="font-size: large;">headed into <i>John & Stu's </i>(formerly <i>Reciprocal, </i>where <b>Treepeople</b> recorded our first songs done in Seattle) with Steve Fisk at the helm and his good friend John Goodmanson, another Evergreen alumni who was doing engineering while also producing bands. John is super smart, low key, talented, and great to work with. He's what the older folks call 'Good people.' [In rereading this, I was remiss in adding John Goodmanson was part owner of the studio, the 'John' of 'John and Stu's', Stuart Hallerman, owner also of Avast! Studio, being the 'Stu' of the equation.This is why I reread!].</span></span><br />
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to be a stand alone entry, because the record, and the process of making it, represent an upheaval in my
musical evolution, at least that evolution experienced as a musician
specifically, but also as a listener (as my 'Violent Green Disclaimer'
above describes the whole band as embodying). As I call out later,
anyone who wants, please email me comments about the album <i>Eros</i>
or add them below. If you email them I can add them to the body at the
end as well. I know there's at least 3 of you!
waynerayflower@gmail.com </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">As I have hinted at in previous entries, the lead up to recording the album <i>Eros</i> was a perfect storm of romantic loss, as Jenny was breaking up with her girlfriend of 7 years and, as I mentioned last entry, my relationship was headed for the rocks as well (</span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">and,
as mentioned last entry, I was still being a coward about my situation,
while my girlfriend went to college and lived and worked an hour and a
half away, and, incidentally, when it did end, it would be after 7 years). </span></span>Drew had also gone through a painful breakup just prior to us going in the studio, he and his girlfriend had been together a couple years only, but he was only 19 or 20, so that is a long time for a relationship at that point in one's life, and, he was pretty hung up on her (the hardcore band he also played drums in was, after all, named after this fact:<b> Whipped</b>) and yes, Fisk was also at the end of I think a 7 year relationship. So the vibe going in was a dark one of loss, of struggle, of uncertainty in our lives. I think this can be felt in listening to the record.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">I couldn't stop calling </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">John & Stu's</span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Reciprocal yet, as that name was forever part of my introduction through <b>Treepeople</b> to the Seattle music scene and to Jack Endino; that room was a return to a familiar space. But this session was to be somewhat like an exorcism of my previous relationship with that room </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">(for lack of a better term, not to imply that my experiences there were evil or anything!)</span></span> that high-ceiling, triangular room, a room that would come back into my life not many years later when I would clean the studio once a week for the cleaning business I started (I also cleaned <i>Avast!</i>). I have a memory that Jenny did some ambience enhancement of the room, turning off overhead lights, turning on lamps for side-lighting (something I now do in every room wherever I live) and she may have even burned some incense. Jenny definitely had hippie roots (like me, via my brother) and they showed at times like these. She was also way into tinctures, and always had many little vials with her on tour. The odors were always comforting to smell and triggered pleasant olfactory memories of my youth and shopping at health food stores and eventually working at one.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">We spent hours and hours and hours rehearsing these songs before entering the studio. This session was to be our first serious full length lp, and it was being paid for by <i>Up Records</i>. That fact alone was <i>amazing</i> to us. At the same time, Chris was a friend, so we were very self-conscious of not taking up too much time and thus money. It wasn't like <i>Up</i> was rolling in money at that point (or ever that I know of).</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Concerning <b>Violent Green</b> in the studio, it wasn't always about the absolute tightest take, but the take that expressed the most emotion and feeling. </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">There
is a term 'loose' that is often misunderstood by non-musicians when
used in a certain way, that is to say, <i>"...the band was loose," </i>this means
natural, easy, not stiff, but in the pocket, in the groove. </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">The decisions to scrap takes that didn't have 'it' was </span></span>of course driven in part by Jenny, but by this point, Drew and I were also pretty in tune with when a take didn't feel right. Of course, Steve Fisk had the most to do with helping us pick the best takes based on looseness, and coaching us to create them, and he saved a good combo of different takes for us to choose from. I still have a DAT tape ('digital audio tape') of different mixes from the <i>Eros</i> sessions, which were generally narrowed down to 3 takes each and no more.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">This session was a different experience than any other recording session I have done in that most songs are connected directly to specific memories of recording them, but only flashes, not long detailed memories. Each of the songs had (and still have, more than 20 years later) a certain spell to them, cast into the air, to the mics and to the listener. There was a strange magic to what began to happen, and it wasn't fluffy, fun magic. It was dark and earthen and like low rumbling thunder in a swamp. The process was somewhat of a catharsis to the pain we were all feeling. I don't feel it was conscious, it just happened, helped along by Jenny's already dark, mystical and emotional songs. This of course, need it be said anymore, is how <i>I </i>feel about the session. [Fisk recently told me when we were discussing <i>Eros</i>, that a positive romantic connection also came of it, be it years later; He first met his current wife, the brilliant artist Anne Marie Grgich, through the record, as she did the beautiful artwork for it - Life can be <i>wonderfully</i> strange, too]. </span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Of all the albums I have been on, I come back to this one to listen to more than any, like I am still trying to decode music I was part of creating, all these years later,</span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"> almost as if it isn't even me playing bass on it</span></span>. That emotional, anxiety-ridden but sweet, goofy yet sombre young man was another person, I suppose.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">I think the best way to discuss <i>Eros </i>is in two parts, one of which may not flower (no pun intended!) because of the fact that <b>Violent Green</b> was obscure and not many folks will want to participate, but, again, if anyone wants to email me comments on the album <i>Eros</i>, I know a handful of people who really love the record (which warms my heart), and secondly, to do what I have done in previous entries in this blog; to go through each song on albums I have played on and write about my take on each, which is what I undertook below, but first, a couple of reviews of <i>Eros</i>, one by the music journalist Greil Marcus in <i>Art Forum</i>.</span></span></span></span><br />
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happened to get a review by the renowned British music journalist Greil
Marcus in the high brow magazine <i>Art Forum</i></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">.
I shit you not. See below, we made his top 10 list for 1995, ahead of
<b>Elastica</b>. At the time, in my naivite, I had no idea who he was. Later I learned it was,
well, kind of a big deal, as they say. My eternal thanks to Mr. Marcus
for gracefully documenting a record that was under most people's radar
(and frankly still is) and for capturing the emotional tone of <i>Eros</i>
in a way no review had or has since. This is without question the peak
of any press about any music (or any other creative art I partake in) I
have ever been a recipient of. I'll take it, as I say. Below the <i>AF </i>article is a review from <i>Raygun</i> mag as well. They are just phone photos cropped badly (someday when I am less lazy I can replace with some better scans!) Also, in my research for this entry I found that Mr. Marcus also included this review in his book <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=0XWhCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA147&lpg=PA147&dq=up+records+violent+green+eros&source=bl&ots=nNGY9kQSS8&sig=ACfU3U11ypM-UKYLBdxBXv6o1mqOMNhdGA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwir75rvjdPpAhWEvZ4KHXE8BYcQ6AEwCHoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=up%20records%20violent%20green%20eros&f=false" target="_blank">Real Life Rock</a>:</span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8jzm-F_qxY&list=PLUwk3Lf0O8RnDoH-1Ne_oNKnCStV79RUN&index=95" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Listen to Land</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i></span></span></span></span></span></a><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Just Jenny and her guitar. Not a lot to say about it only because it is so simple and self-representative. The song has only one part, and two components; her gravelly, deep, sorrowful voice and her sharp and emotional guitar playing. It showcases how she could sing a line in a straightforward voice that was highlighted with moments of word endings being pushed just to the edge of a scream. It also highlights her particular guitar style and sound.<b> </b>It is a nice prologue to the rest of the album. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Jetty</b></span></span></span></span><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmQuhLh-BqE&list=PLUwk3Lf0O8RnDoH-1Ne_oNKnCStV79RUN&index=92" target="_blank"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Listen to<i> </i>Jetty </span></b></span></span></span></span></a><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Maybe my favorite <b>VG </b>song ever (though it has competition from a couple on this LP, such as <b>Wine</b>), so I will have a lot to say bout this one. It is a pretty darn good representation of where we were as a band musically and emotionally at that point. The rhythm of Jenny's guitar playing is very unique, and bordering on abrasive when naked at the beginning, with a distinct, muffled, short 'chukka' sound stroked out 4 times quickly at the end of each note, which sets the jagged, angular tone of the song. Offsetting this are chords stroked in a more airy way, yet still fraught with tension, in my mind, sexual tension (more on that below). One guitar track opens the song, panned hard to the right side, and the way Fisk mixed it was such that when the band comes in, it is much louder than the solo guitar intro, so the impact is enhanced. This song also shows how as a bass player, within these songs, I was able to craft different ways of playing to them, and all of them fit. This was, as mentioned, due to the fact that Jenny played a lot of open chords, giving me a tons of freedom. </span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wrote/played off of Jenny's vocal delivery and phrasing often in <b>VG</b>, but on this song, the parts I wrote for the verse are directly from Drew's drum parts. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Drew's drumming on the song (and the record) is alternately jazzy and punky, and as always, perfectly appropriate for each part.</span></span></span></span>
I like how the song has suppressed tension within it, especially in the
beginning, and then opens up rhythmically to a more swaying feel, much
like that of the ocean, which is part of the subject of the song.</span></span></span></span> I open up in the verses and add little flourishes within the bass chord halfway through, to match the lyrics (as I always tried to on drums in other bands) where she says <i>"...Out on the Jetty/Out on the rocks..."</i> and in parts of other verses, this illustrates what I have pointed out about her songwriting, in that there is a clear verse/chorus/verse...structure musically, but what seems a chorus lyrically is embedded within a verse (meaning the above) and then as a nice added touch, directly following the above line, Steve Fisk added a perfect keyboard part on the instrumental chorus (the instrumental chorus by then was a <b>VG</b> trademark), cementing his place as a 4th member of the band in the studio as needed. Then, after the keyboard part, Jenny sings the provocative line: <i>"...I will take/Off my dress/When you give me/What you love best..."</i>, an impactful expression of the power dynamics and transactional nature of a sexual relationship, phrased in such a way as to turn the idea of taking off a dress for someone, where normally a woman doing so is the exploited party, </span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">into a form of dominance through sexuality </span></span></span></span>(though it is important to point out that Jenny was/is a lesbian, and that I am speaking in a broad sense here, and, a cis gender heterosexual male sense, so gender is less relevant within the context of the song). That is how I see it, anyhow.</span></span></span></span><br />
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/><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Many Gowns</b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKf31rLbYHg" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">Listen to<i> </i>Many Gowns</span></a></b></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">An important song as it represents (along with the final <i>Eros </i>cut, <i>Horses</i>) a shift that was coming in the band's approach to music, one that reflected the influence of hip hop on Drew and Jenny. Drew had already been making beat loops and using samples for a couple years by this point, and had local rappers coming to him to produce demos (such as Seattle hip hop group <i>B2C </i>(<i>Born 2 Create</i>). This influenced Jenny to also be interested in sampling and building beats. On tours Drew and Jenny played a lot of hip hop on the van stereo, and their favorites seemed to be <b>The Roots</b> (a group who would in years to come complete my evolution as a hip hop fan when I saw them kill it live in Seattle in the late '90s), <b>Outkast</b> (the early, harder-edged stuff) and especially <b>Wu Tang Clan</b>, their ultimate favorite group. <b>Wu Tang </b>brought a whole new take on creating beats and sampling; It was dirty, out of tune, warbly and <i>dark. </i>This style fit <b>VG </b>like a glove. Interestingly, the engineer on this <i>Eros</i> session, John Goodmanson, would years later end up producing on <b>Wu Tang Clan </b>recordings [Correction: Goodmanson mixed some sections on a Wu Tang record, under the production of RZA and Steve Thompson]. At the time, I was not versed in hip hop beyond the early, more popular stuff like <b>Grand Master Flash</b>, </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Run DMC </b>and <b>Beastie Boys</b>.</span></span> It was an education that would take years for me. At this point in <b>Violent Green</b>, it was merely a flavor, soon to be the main course, much to my dismay at that time, which I will get into in later entries. These days, I love hip hop in all its forms. Fisk and his solo stuff, </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">which heavily uses beats and samples and unique found noises as beats and foundations</span></span>, and his brilliant music and beats on the poet <b>Jesse Bernstein</b>'s influential record <i>Prison</i> (for more on this, see Part 39) and in the two man music project <b>Pigeonhed</b> were also huge influences on Drew and Jenny's sampling, as mentioned in previous entries. Also in my memory of recording this tune was Drew's masterful playing of just the cymbals, live, along with the samples and beats. But what I <i>didn't</i> like about it? It was a song on our record that I had <i>zero </i>contribution to, a fact that began to bother me as hip hop and trip hop styles crept in. I would adapt, as I do, and ended up, on later songs with beats and samples, playing some of my best bass. But to everyone else, since it was on songs with beats and samples, they assumed the bass parts were also loops of samples. The last <b>Violent Green </b>album had no live drums, and, I rehearsed to a cassette tape! </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">I will of course discuss this later. That all said, I <i>did </i>and <i>do </i>dig <i>Many Gowns. </i>But it paled in comparison to the tune that would ring out the end of the record, <i>Horses</i>, which pushed me to the edges of what I was comfortable with musically as far as what we were all doing, and ultimately pushed me through a wall to a different musical world. More on that below in the analysis of <i>Horses</i>.<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lost in Threes</b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUV7x-PdkEQ&list=PLzg6omHLxJmGAyVUNCoTiMCA9ZDKFHx7w&index=13" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">Listen to Lost In Threes </span></a></b></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">This is one of our poppiest songs and follows a straight verse/chorus/verse structure, but still maintains our trademark mentioned above of having a what I am calling a musical chorus. It was a nice song to break up the other dark songs on the record (along with the tune </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">25<span style="font-size: small;">₵</span></span></span></i><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">)</span></span></span><i> </i>and in our set. I have no idea what the lyrics were <i>really </i>about, as was/is often the case with <b>VG</b> songs, but offer ideas below. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Even as poppy as it is by <b>VG</b> standards, Jenny's voice is deep and dark. After all, she could have sung the pop smash hit <i>If You're Happy and You know It </i>and make it sound dark. Steve Fisk once contrasted her songwriting style to that of the front person (Al Larson) for her former band <b>Some Velvet Sidewalk</b>, whose songwriting involved songs about ice cream; <i>"...Is that all there is?!?!"</i> and <i>"You be the cat/And...I'll bethemouse!" </i></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Paraphrasing Fisk here</span></span><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">, <i>"Some Velvet Sidewalk is the bunny hopping through the forest, and Violent Green is the wolf closing in..." </i></span></span></i><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">To</span></span> be crystal clear, Al Larson is a friend and a person I collaborated with for a show with the Tacoma, Washington hip hop group <b>The Evil Tamborines</b>, more later on that, but, I am a<i> huge </i></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Some Velvet Sidewalk</b> fan, I consider them one of the most original bands to walk the earth, </span></span>but the 'to be clear' part is, I am in no way dissing Al's songwriting, and I know I speak for Fisk when I say he wasn't either. This is apples and oranges stuff here, and also to be fair, the next line after </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>You be the cat/And...I'll bethemouse! </i>is, "MOUSE TRAAAAAAAP!" This was <i>veiled</i> Disney, and wrought in anguish.</span></span><i> </i><b>SVS </b>kicked <i>ass </i>~ <i>RIP Martin</i> ~ miss you, brother) <i> Lost in Threes </i>opens with the lines "...<i>She is so pri-vate/Broken hearts/Ev....ry...where.."</i> In my mind, this is clearly about her fresh romantic loss. And maybe all of our losses (well, not mine, as it was imminent, but not extant). The descent in the song continues with the lines, <i>"Blue cold sunlight/Darker than man's/....Spite..."</i> almost as if self-conscious of the music being too sunny; This is cold sun.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Serve Cold</b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U8mQFunH8s&list=PLzg6omHLxJmGAyVUNCoTiMCA9ZDKFHx7w&index=26" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">Listen to Serve Cold </span></a></b></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am realizing in listening to these songs again and analyzing them that most of my favorite <b>VG </b>songs are on this lp. That makes sense, I suppose, as it is my favorite <b>VG</b> lp! This is a contender for most favorite as well. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">I love
how the guitar chords of the verse start with a sharp downstroke and
open up into a more airy chord in each measure, and I feel pretty proud
of how I interpreted what to play on the bass. The chorus was fun to
play because the rhythm of it is so unique :bum..bum..bum..dab<i>aaa</i>dabadadum</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">..da bum bum bum da <i>bum</i>dadadadadadada...(Sure, <i>that</i> makes sense, Wayne). And speaking of the chorus, for most of the song, there is a pretty traditional back and forth between verse and chorus, until an outro verse. Drew
does his thing, finding the right pocket, and uses his trademark tom
rolls, sort of jazzy but retaining his hardcore punk roots in how fast
the rolls are, yet, they are only fast at the end of each measure here,
following the unique rhythm mentioned. Jenny's singing is as haunting as
ever, and her screams are wrenching in the verses, and as was often the case with screams in her songs, the lines and notes she sang stretched into the screams, ramping up from
straightforward singing. </span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Below is a video of the band playing <i>part </i>of <i>Serve Cold </i>(click link itself, photo is just a screenshot from the video)<i> </i>as the person filming only filmed part of it<i>. </i>It<i> </i>is the only <b>Violent Green </b>footage I know of (if you have footage SEND IT TO ME!) we were playing at Moe's Tavern (now called Nuemos) in Seattle, my guess is this is around 1995 or 1996. It isn't very long at all, but is a good example of how a song could fall apart sometimes, the video starts as a song does just that. It also shows the weird energy of the band onstage, evident in my throwing my hands up in annoyance at the song dissembling, and then her glancing at my dismay and laughing at it (in retrospect, an appropriate response - the me I am now would have responded the same way to Young Wayne). That said, this was a show where Jenny was being charming and funny, so that means she was digging the vibe of the room, and cracks a joke about the song falling apart, and relating it to the lyrics; <i>"...I'm glad/I'm glad/I'm glad/I'm glad/I'm glad about your face..." </i></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">After the song devolves and falls away<i>,</i> she says<i>, </i>"<i>Ok, so</i>...<i>I guess we got too glad..."</i></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMjcoK6S6Ow&list=PLzg6omHLxJmGAyVUNCoTiMCA9ZDKFHx7w&index=16" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">Listen to Spoken</span> </a></b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">This song begins with a simple, somewhat gloomy 2 note part, the very first of the notes is guitar only and then Drew and I come in with a paired down backing of the parts. The part feels like an intro, but as you listen, you find it is not. The second part is the main verse, more jazzy in a poppy way, 3 notes, the first two of which I took the liberty of adding a taste of funk by walking up to the high string on the E note and slightly plucking out the end of the note and adding a <i>bombom</i> at the one (as in the rhythmic one) of the E note. Jenny's lyrics are playful at first, <i>"...I've got so ma-ny friends/I've got so ma-ny friends..." </i>and ends with the words, <i>"...but no...one."</i> Again my interpretation is this is related to her recent break up, but hard to tell. Often her lyrics were somewhat abstract for the listener, but only because they couldn't really know what was in her head. I don't feel this was intentional, as say how Doug Martsch often writes lyrics to be broad in their meaning, and based on a composite of people, incidents or emotions. I feel Jenny always wrote about specific things, even if it was in an abstract way, or, about something abstract. It goes through two iterations of each of these parts, then the original 2 note part that felt like an intro becomes extended as a path to the dramatic ending. The notes are the same, but the feel is radically different, as Jenny begins strumming her oddly chiming guitar part harder and with feeling. I take this as an opportunity to change up to chords on the bass, which I doubled up (as in, I recorded the live part, then did an overdub - I realize now that this was the only doubling of basses I did in the studio in this band). In the overdub part, I let loose on the chords, and as I didn't use a pick, I had developed a method in <b>VG</b> for playing them by stroking downward with the backs of my fingernails, giving the chords bite. The last note of this part I twanked out on the g string with all my might. I remember being almost hypnotized by the song while I did so. Jenny's vocals, which start playfully at the beginning, morph into a gut wrenching scream, the main refrain of which is <i>"...Living on the lake..."</i> I am not sure what this refers to. It is an intense, emotional roller-coaster of a song.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG9VWFGDzX8&list=PLzg6omHLxJmGAyVUNCoTiMCA9ZDKFHx7w&index=25" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">Listen to 25</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small;">₵</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></b></span></span></a><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">This song is definitely <i>the </i>poppiest <b>Violent Green</b> song. It is a really sweet little tune (clocking in just under 2 minutes), bouncy, and in spite of lines like <i>'...Voice pounding in my head...' </i>and <i>'...If you don't like the concrete/...Shoooes at your feet..." </i>the lyrics, compared to Jenny's other lyrics, are much lighter and more playful here.<i> </i>The song concludes<i> </i>with </span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">lines from a <b>Residents </b>song called <i>'Silver, Sharp, and Could Not Care'</i>; </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>"Lies can often give you power<br />Like a coffin filled with flowers<br />Gives life to the living, not the dead."</i></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am not sure why she included <b>Residents</b> lyrics in a song, and for all I know the rest of the lyrics may also be from other songs.</span></span></span></span><i> </i>The music is two notes, and as mentioned bouncy. I did some variations on the high notes I hit that change with the singing. A memory of this song is that by accident on this take, I alternated those switching high notes, one after the other, instead of every 3 </span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">measures (more on 3s and <b>Violent Green</b> below)</span></span></span></span> and Chris Takino really loved that part for some reason, I think maybe because it was an unexpected little twist toward the end of an otherwise pretty straight forward song. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Wine </b></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">As mentioned above, this is also one of the contenders for my fav <b>VG</b>
songs (we also recorded it in a prior session for our first 7 inch record on <i>Up</i>). It opens with a haunting solo guitar intro, which has one
explosive spike of a chord in the middle of it before diminishing,
hinting at what is to come, then subsides for the dust to settle </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">then
it morphs (a more appropriate description than 'changes' for this
transition) into a tense, swooping, 3 chord verse part (the number 3
comes up all over the place in <b>Violent Green</b>,<b> </b>even in the
simple fact of the number of its members, even the building we were
recording in was triangular, 3 corners, and, I assume Jenny was keyed
into the religious symbolism of the number, and did mention </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">jokingly, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">when we played on the radio in Seattle later, how our songs were based on</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> the 'Holy Triad' - and there is a song on the record called <i>Lost in Threes</i>- I rest my case)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> before the transition into a two note, almost droning part, with excellent cymbal splash accents strategically placed, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"> - then it back into the three notes
of the verse which (see, what'd I <i>tell</i> ya?) which are <i>loaded</i> for only three notes, in terms of what we did
with them. Drew pulls out his Elvin Jones-like 8th note skills on the
cymbals and toms. </span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">What always makes me smile listening to Drew's drumming are his crazy fast tom rolls placed at the resting point transition between some of the verses and parts, such as at the end of the main verse here, though each roll is slightly different for accent (something Drew and I did often, he with rolls and cymbal hits, me with chords and string bending, in <b>VG</b>). This is also the only song in which I sang back-ups, one line; <i>"...There is/Suicide..." </i>following Jenny's line that precedes it; <i>"...And if/In your heart..." </i>I can actually sing pretty well, but this was the only time I did it in this band. Not 100 per cent sure why, I don't think Jenny was against it. I think it was because I felt her voice was so powerful that it a) didn't need my voice </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">added</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> (in retrospect I may have even considered singing on the songs sacrilegious) and b) my voice may not have sounded so good next to her large vocal presence. The song flows along like a normal song should, with variations by both Jenny and myself on our guitars that break up the two note part with a sort of mini bridge at the one, where we each play a high note flourish (hers a perfect, uncharacteristically clean, clear chord), until it dramatically shifts into a two note part outro with a rhythmic suspension in the middle such that the second note is a release, like something falling into multiple membranes, stretching them, then breaking through; <i>bum...ba......BAAAAAAA</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>......bum...ba......BAAAAAAA </i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCPgTFe8iP0&list=PLzg6omHLxJmGAyVUNCoTiMCA9ZDKFHx7w&index=8" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">Listen to Giant</span> </a></b></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Finally we arrive at a song that has a verse/chorus/verse structure lyrically and musically. A sad pop song that I <i>love</i>, and have pondered covering in my solo stuff (but the idea was nixed as the song seems specific and personal to her experience). Despite my love for the song, for some reason, I hesitate to call it a 'favorite' but I am not sure why. Possibly because I consider it apart from all <b>VG </b>songs, it is in its own class. The lyrics are pretty clearly about love lost, and probably about her ex whom I am calling C. It is a heart wrenching song but also very tender and sweet, and maybe her softest vocal delivery in the history of the band, at least for an entire song, and her voice is beautiful here, especially when she sings the lines, <i>...You are/..</i>.<i>Strong/To-meeeeee</i>..." which has always evoked in me how one feels about en ex with whom it didn't work and how you still admire them as people, and wish them well. Or, it could have been written about C while she was still with her. I don't really know. I do know that the above line comes to my mind when thinking of exes, two of which I am still friends with, and, as I am always attracted to strong women, it fits, and also perfectly captures moments where these strong women didn't feel strong and I said the same words; "<i>You are strong to me."</i> And the heartbreaking line that sticks with me always is, <i>"See if it's true/'Bout those who never mend." </i>All the above said, the song could very well be about a book or a film, or a scene from either or about a relative [Hold the damn phone - Listening again, I hear the line <i>'Boo finds a friend'</i>- this could be the character Boo from the novel <i>To Kill A Mokingbird </i>by Harper Lee, which fits with Jenny's literary and political tastes - someday I will find out from her, for now, this song is more of a mystery than I thought]. Good lyrics are usually like that; even when specific - the wording allows commiseration from the listener in unintended ways. The music is simple and folky throughout, and the chorus is a wonderful drop to the F note at the start, and I took care to stretch the last note of each measure in a kind of country music way, rather than the crazy rock stretches that I commonly did in this band. In this band, I learned to make one note do many things; by stretching strings, muffling them, and playing within the scale in many different ways. It opened my abilities to interpret a songwriter's intentions, and to expand a simple note. <b> </b></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Arbor</b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baKqG95V7gY" target="_blank">Listen to Arbor </a></span></b></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">The song starts with two instrumental measures of the verse, which is at a galloping tempo, and I think this is an apt word for it, as it feels like a horse running. But then the horse slows suddenly, maybe to nibble grass by the river, as the part immediately transitions into a more dramatic version of the same verse part for the rest of the song, that is, it is the same notes, played with the same rhythm, but much slower. And that is the whole of the song as far as parts go. The most remarkable thing about the song is the blood curdling scream that Jenny unleashes in the midst of the seventh or so verse. I distinctly remember when this vocal take was recorded because of this scream. Jenny was singing the takes in a small vocal room (for of course recording vocals, but also horns, percussion, and other things added later to recordings) with its window facing the main tracking room so that the producer can see the person inside the booth while they talk to them on the talk back mic. She had done her aforementioned ambience altering by dimming the lights down low. On this take, she turned them off, and when she hits that scream, it sent chills though all of us in the control room. I know I can speak for everyone there, even though none of us ever talked about it after, because we all gave each other uneasy glances. I will never forget it. It was like some kind of sinister but not evil magic or something. And it was also beautiful. Not being able to see her, only experiencing her spirit through that powerful voice, it pierces the dark of my memory, I still get chills listening to the song.<b> </b></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Rabbit Snare</b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQsgHZ6s_fw" target="_blank">Listen to Rabbit Snare</a></span></b></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of the darkest and to me creepiest <b>Violent Green </b>songs ever. It's like a horror film as a song, but also political. It was one of the few songs we did where we did a drop D tuning on the E string, which adds to this feeling I am talking about. Many Seattle bands, including <b>Nirvana</b>, had done this tuning in songs, but nobody <i>quite</i> like this. The melody is infectiously rhythmic, like many of Jenny's songs, the tempo and rhythm are that of a galloping horse (there again the horse, and as well there is a song called <i>Horses</i> on this record - she <i>was </i>a huge fan of Western films). The lyrics are fascinating but complex, and I won't even bother trying to interpret them, and </span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">you know you are in for a lyrical ride when a song opens with the lines, <i>"Rusty bomb/Bursts the air/Or was that/A rabbit snare?" </i>and then the lyrics respond to the opening question with, <i>"IIIIIII.../don't care." </i>B</span></span></span></span>ut some of my favorite lines of hers are in this song. The stand out is, <i>"...Fuck you...In your blight suit. Blight suit..."</i> how can you not love a line like that, delivered to this sinister drop D tuned, dark and loping rhythm? It's creepy as fuck, and in the way that calls to mind Seattle poet (RIP) Jesse Bernstein's line, <i>"...I like to think that when something disturbs me, it is </i><u><b>important</b>."</u> The tune ends on a purposefully stroked open D note on my Kramer bass's string, and, with its super powerful level of sustain, the note growls and grinds through the end of the song, after Jenny softly ends the singing with the line, <i>"...Scent</i><i> of moss</i>..." <i>Rabbit Snare </i>is one of the most bizarre and chilling of our songs, another one I hesitate to call a 'favorite' as it is so unique in the catalogue of songs (that being a demo, a 7 inch, 3 lps and a few songs on comps and one unreleased record after my time in the band).<b> </b></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Shadow<span style="font-size: small;"> </span></b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5VljJfgX8s&list=PLUwk3Lf0O8RnDoH-1Ne_oNKnCStV79RUN&index=91" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">Listen to Shadow here</span> </a></b></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of the few <b>VG </b>songs that has an intro part that acts as a prologue to the whole song (which bookends with an outro/epilogue), starting with a nice, easy going chord progression that starts with an electric acoustic guitar (later joined by her usual electric which takes over after the intro), over which Jenny twice recites in a spoken voice the line, <i>"I'm on top..."</i> a phrase that<i> could</i> be interpreted as a sexual position, which to me seems more likely than the only other interpretation, that she means she is 'on top of things' in life, as it doesn't fit with Jenny's lyrical content or style, or with her as a person and how she saw herself (she was plenty confident, just not cocky, and not without some self-reflection). After the intro, the song slows in tempo a bit to a two chord, loping part with a crazy percussive break in one of the transitions between notes, after a pause. I remember stressing out every time playing this break after we first learned it because it was the oddest thing I have ever played in a song, and super challenging because it was such a long percussive pause, the note hit just over <i>20 times</i>, quickly - I just listened to it several times trying to get an exact count (I even tried making tic marks with a pen on a notepad along with the rhythm) and it is almost impossible to do without slowing the song down (which I can easily do, but...As you know by now...I am <i>lazy</i>!) and then after the percussive stall, another pause, one that decelerates before the actual pause with some purposefully strummed guitar chords, then it launches into an uptempo, rocking two chord part in which I was able to go <i>off </i>on my bass lines (a rare opportunity in this band), adding complex rhythms within those notes. What stands out to me generally in listening to all these <i>Eros </i>tunes now is that we did a <i>lot</i> with minimal notes, even with one note. This is what I mean when I describe the band as a 'musical' band, and that mostly musicians understood what we were doing. The elimination of choruses, the dissonant parts that somehow fit together perfectly, parts that evolve and build and launch into sheer emotional outbursts, all of this was a deconstruction of music and a rebuilding of something new, in much the same way as <b>Captain Beefheart</b> did (he was a big influence on Jenny too, as I remember - I had not delved into that brilliance yet as a listener and wouldn't until decades later - now I am a convert and <i>huge </i>fan - a scenario that was repeated for me with many bands Jenny and Chris Takino introduced me to - time release influences). At first (and actually all these years until now) I thought there was a line in the lyrics to <i>Shadow</i> <i>"...And we lie still/Just to talk..." </i>but it is actually <i>"...</i>lied, <i>still..."</i> which completely changes my interpretation of the meaning. Previously, I thought it was about a couple laying in bed in an intimate moment, talking (what I always considered a very sweet image). But now that I know it is '<i>lied',</i> I feel it is probably about members of a couple lying to each other to be able to relate to each other and not cause friction, to keep the relationship together - Again circling back to the relationship issues she had just experienced, I assume. I would say <i>Shadow </i>is the fastest tempo song we played, at least in the end/outro.<b> </b></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Horses </b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZZnnM-hAG0&list=PLUwk3Lf0O8RnDoH-1Ne_oNKnCStV79RUN&index=93&t=0s" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">Listen to Horses here: </span></a></b></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">My
most vivid memories of recording this song were that the odd, hissy
sounding noises were created by taking the top highat cymbal off, and Fisk
having Drew drop pennies onto the bottom cymbal and recording it. Fisk
then reversed the sounds recorded to achieve that effect. He was the
perfect producer to help us explore this new territory (another awesome thing he did was to catch the air just in front of the bass drum with a small amp speaker converting it into into a mic, to add as a flavor to the main bass drum trac sound when mixing drums later, giving it a thicker feel). The driving force of the whole song is the marching style snare beat, a masterful loop. I remember being blown away by it, and it was very alien to me, this style of music (though I did listen to music at the time like Portishead, which incorporated noise loops as beats and warbly, distorted beats). I had heard nothing so completely immersed in this new style being called 'trip hop', which to me was like psychedelic hip hop, and it was intriguing but also induced head scratching (and as mentioned in the commentary on the other sample driven song here, <i>Many Gowns</i>, I didn't like that it was a song on a record by a band I was in that I had nothing to do with) and ultimately that led to me being nervous about Chris Takino hearing it, that is, that he would think it too weird to be on the record. At the time, I didn't know Chris all that well, even though we had known each other for about 4 years at the time of this recording session, so I was unsure how he would react to this bizarre style, this acid trip of a song. If it would have been later in our friendship, I would have known he would react how he in fact reacted, which was, as he sat in the producer chair after the song ended, stoned, mouth hanging slightly open (something I never saw him do) to utter but one word; "<i>Awe</i>some."</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">And so began a fast but measured transformation of <b>Violent Green </b>that would play out over 2 more records, and 3 more years before my time in the band ended. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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Wayne R. Flowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986530157196531588noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729011961701267048.post-1858173901132476722019-11-23T19:28:00.002-08:002022-02-25T00:42:29.271-08:00A Music History Part 42: Scott Schmaljohn finds his own groove, Wayne's 'dance card' as musician fills up, and Kurt says 'Fuck it.'<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Disclaimer</b></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>:</b> <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Memory</span> is a
funny thing, and an elusive one. Meaning; I might have some of this
wrong, as 1. My memory is not always accurate, like anyone and 2. It is
from my perspective only. Any friends who were there, feel free to
correct me or add things I have missed. It helps! Also, no <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">gossip</span> on
anyone here, it ain't about that. Personal details are on a surface
level, and friends, girlfriends <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">and</span> others are re-named to respect their
privacy. People in bands generally put their names out there on albums
and in interviews anyway, and are not in the habit of staying <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">anonymous</span>,
and <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">therefore</span> are named here. That <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">said, </span>anyone <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">who</span> is in the blog that
wishes <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">me</span> not to use their name has only to ask.</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Sea</b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>ttle</b></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b> Years <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Disclaimer</span>: </b>As I enter the Seattle years in this music <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">blog</span>, the <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">above</span> disclaimer goes double, because <i>so much</i> happened
and there are so many details to cover in this 14 year period; so many
shows, so many bands, so many friends and so much change in my life. As a
result of this and the fact that the four of us who <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">formed</span> <b>Treepeople </b>found
ourselves in the midst of a scene which blew up around us and attracted
the eyes of the world just 2 years after our arrival, not to mention
the 12 years I played music following that, I am bound to, hell, I <i>will</i> forget something.</span></span></span></div>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />This
means two things: I will be coming back to entries and adding things to
them over the months following publication, and, that the part of the
above disclaimer where I ask for help from people in keeping me honest
and in remembering things is crucial to them. I thank anyone ahead of
time who was there, and, those who weren't there who have access to
valid<i> </i>info, for helping me to correct errors in dates or
chronology. Yes, I have the Internet, but many bands, scenes and things I
will cover did not receive the attention I feel that they deserved and
thus I will recall them mostly from memory, or rather, memories; mine
and those of friends. Also, friends who were in bands which I do not
happen to mention, <i>please</i> don't take it personally, just remind me. I have created a <i>monster </i>in undertaking this blog, one which I am determined to ride until the end!</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />Lastly,
as mentioned, this scene gained national attention, and thus, <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">needless</span>
to say and as we all know, many bands/people became famous, became rock
stars, were/are admired by millions, etc and etc...This makes another
part of my original disclaimer even more important. This memoir is
intended to tell my story, from my perspective. I have no intention of
creating a place where people can seek gossip about famous people, nor
is it about 'name-dropping'. I write of my impressions of people, bands,
and the Seattle scene from the '90s into the early 2000s. I protect
those who are my friends fiercely because a symptom of being known is
frequent intrusion into their lives beyond a level that I feel
is acceptable. Thank you for indulging me this disclaimer.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>A <i>kind <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">of</span></i> disclaimer on Violent Green entries...</b>In
writing about the band Violent Green, at this time I am not in contact
with Jenny O'lay, so I am not directly getting input from her, and, one
member is no longer alive. In the case of the former, out of respect to
O'lay, I am compelled to keep personal details at a high level, and in
terms of Drew Quinlan (RIP, Brother), I am not in touch with any of his
family to get approval of what I write about concerning him, as I did
with my previously passed bandmate, Pat Schmaljohn (and thus felt better
in writing about Pat) but I do not have the same access to family in
Drew's case, so for that reason, out of respect for Drew and his family,
I will also keep details at a high level. I won't make it cold and
unpersonal, don't misunderstand me. Our dynamic as people was a huge
part of the band. I guess what I am getting at is there are details that
will remain private, to meet with high standards I strive to meet on
this blog, even more so in light of this lack of input from the former
bandmates of which I write.</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">I hope I have achieved these standards. This</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span>also
brings up the point I always make, but it is important to reiterate;
this is all from my perspective only, and of anyone whom I get input
from.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">Our
odd relationships and their tensions were one with the music, and I
think, actually I know, that was a good thing, a necessary ingredient of
this band, a band that forever reshaped how I thought about music, both
listening to it and making it. I owe that to Drew and Jenny's
brilliance and imperfectness, which made me feel okay about my own
imperfections, (only to a degree, as my inner, self-critical voice was
still in full effect) and it helped me realize that even I held
brilliance, in my own way, when I played with them, warts and all. One
thing I can confidently say is; we gave a fuck about the music. And that
was because this was a highly musical band (most of the people who got
what we were doing were musicians themselves) and thus I will focus much
of my energy in terms of the VG entries talking about that; the music,
it's influences and forms, and how the three of us and what we brought
to the band from previous projects and the music we each loved, created,
eventually, a rich tapestry. It is worth digging into this world O'lay
spun with this bizarre, dark, poppy, goth, folksy punk music from <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Mars</span> ~
* </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">I
have realized that this period of my life was so busy and so many
things weave together with each other, I need to do longer entries.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">My other blogs: <a href="https://shortstorylongconversation.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Short Story Long</a> - (Top of mind, conversational, formal essays, photo essays, etc.) <a href="https://wayneflowerart.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Artwork</a>, <a href="https://waynewords.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Poetry</a></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>"I hear Trees falling".</i>..and see new shoots of life</b></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">The last time I saw <b>Treepeople</b> was in '93 or so (early '93, as Pat and Doug were still in the band, late '92?), Steve Fisk and I went to see them at the OK Hotel in Seattle. It was the first time I felt comfortable doing so. They were great, and at this point they had stage hands doing guitar switches on stage, and had somehow gotten a sponsorship from Gibson guitars (their SG model was and still is Scott's favorite axe). I was pretty amazed by all this.<br /><br />Scott Schmaljohn finally called it quits with carrying </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">on </span></span>the <b>Treepeople </b>name in 1994, after many lineup changes (in which the person who replaced me on drums, Tony Dallas Reed, played drums, guitar and bass over time in different lineups). Also playing in the later lineups was bass player Eric Carnell, a Seattle musician and friend of <b>Treepeople</b>. The final line up was Carnell on bass, Eric Akre on drums, John Polle on guitar and some songwriting, and of course Scott Schmaljohn as main songwriter and guitarist.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Treepoeple</b>'s<b> </b>final LP was <i>Actual Re-enactment, </i>which received mixed reviews, in part because of things I have discussed in previous entries about how Scott continuing <b>Treepeople </b>without Doug Martsch didn't sit well with some fans, but I have also seen some glowing reviews of it. By this point, I wasn't tracking <b>Treepeople </b>as closely as right after I quit. I heard some tracks here and there and liked many of them a lot, but I felt they were no longer <b>Treepeople </b>songs as <i>I </i>knew <b>Treepeople</b>.<b> </b>That is of course my personal bias. There are many fans who were introduced to <b>Treepeople</b> with this record and love it, as did many long term fans. And there are songs like <i>Low </i>and <i>Will We Ever</i> that are <i>really </i>good, but they felt like Scott Schmaljohn songs to me. Weird to say because he was half the songwriting in <b>Treepeople</b>, I struggle to make it understood that these songs are different! Kind of like how Doug's <b>Built to Spill </b>tunes were different than his <b>Treepeople</b> tunes (though in Scott's case less so, thus the 'Kind of like...'). Dig?</span></span><br />
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Polle has always been a favorite musician/songwriter of mine (and a great guy!) and I like
everything he has been part of, and I do feel he was a good fit for <b>Treepeople, </b>especially in his honoring of the traditional <b>TP </b>guitar play. But I feel his songwriting wasn't always a fit with <b>Treepeople</b>, despite the songs being of high quality. He would shine in the next band to form out of the breakup of <b>Treepeople</b>, <b>Stuntman</b>, whom I discuss below.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was definitely time for Scott to move on, and I feel now and felt then, as I have mentioned, that his own voice as a songwriter deserved to be heard, deserved to be free. Scott will tell you, and has told me in an interview, that his songwriting is what it is no matter what band he is in. This is of course spot on (Scott on? ; ) generally, but I think that since <b>Treepeople </b>started as a two songwriter band, there were certain constrictions as a result, as, possibly, in his mind, even subconsciously</span><span style="font-size: large;">, he <i>may</i> have been in part shaping songs to be songs for that name. Obviously, this is my opinion.</span></span><br />
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</i></span></span></i></span></span></b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>"...John Polle one time asked the bartender at a show in Eugene if he could
have a pint glass of scotch. The bartender laughed and said "Um, I
don't think so." I think you get the picture…” ~ Scott Schmaljohn</i></span></span></i></span></span><b></b></span></span>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wrote a bio for the re-release of <b>Stuntman</b>'s excellent self-titled, debut lp recently (<a href="https://stuntman1.bandcamp.com/album/stuntman" target="_blank">https://stuntman1.bandcamp.com/album/stuntman</a>), re-released by Gravy Lane records on vinyl. I will quote from it here and there, and I have included it in its entirety at the end of this entry. Regarding the name choice for the band, Scott described it this way in my interview with him for the bio:</span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>“...We struggled with a name and our first working title was "Dry Socket". I had gotten wisdom teeth pulled and I thought it was kinda cool. Glad we changed it </i>[the band played a few shows under this name, as well as the name ‘Blanket Party’]<i>. I always liked the name Stuntman because of the ‘70s reference (I always wanted to be a stuntman growing up). I also thought the Stuntman title was appropriate since you have to get up on stage and throw yourself into the music. You beat yourself up on tour and keep going every night…” </i></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">The members of <b>Stuntman</b> were<i>:</i> c</span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">o-guitarist/songwriter John Polle (who was also in the last lineup of <b>Treepeople</b> on guitar and songwriting, of course), drummer Mike Rundle, an active musician from the Boise music scene and Sean Lennon (no, not <i>that</i> Sean Lennon!) on bass, from Pullman, Washington, as was Polle, and both were longtime friends/fans of <b>Treepeople</b>.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lennon and Polle were in a couple bands in their Pullman days, one of which was a cool band called <b>Thin Section</b>. In an email exchange where I reached out to Sean Lennon to help me with corrections in the bio (thank you for the <i>many </i>corrections, Lennie!), he talks of the genesis of <b>Stuntman</b>,<b> </b><i>"...Our earliest set list was comprised of Treepeople songs left over from
the last album Actual Reenactment that JP played on. Those songs were
Heinz Von Forrester, Bag Of Wood, and Bootstraps. The other half was
comprised of re-worked Thin Sections songs; The
Right Channel, Car Crash, and the The Devil. There were a couple new
tunes as well; Chickens Don't Have Fingers which Scott & I wrote
together, and Watch which was a Scott tune. The Right Channel ended up
coming out on our first 7" along with Watch. This single
was put out by Twitcher Records out of NYC. Car Crash came out on our
second 7" along with a JP written tune called Robert Marshall Long on
Sonic Bubblegum out of Boston. The Devil is the only Thin Section song
that came out on the first album and coincidentally
is the first song JP and I ever wrote together..." </i></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">What can I say about <b>Stuntman</b>? Oh, I know...KILLER band. Of course I am biased as fuck. But they really did rip shit up. Their debut LP simply shreds. (See link to Bandcamp page above). Scott's songwriting freed from the trees...(sorry, couldn't resist). Obviously he and Polle were already locked from playing together in <b>Treepeople</b>, and speaking of Polle, as I teased earlier, <b>Stuntman </b>also freed <i>him </i>from the <b>Treepeople </b>'brand', if you will, and his songwriting is at home with the liberated songwriting of Scott's, though as mentioned by Lennie, many of the tunes were <b>Thin Section</b> songs, written prior to the formation of <b>Stuntman</b>. It was a great marriage. And to hold it down, Mike Rundle and Sean Lennon were perfect, and had a natural groove to both songwriters' styles (Lennie is a beast on bass and Rundle a natural drummer). It rocks, and is also meticulously crafted, intricate, and the guitar work is <i>stellar</i>. A shout out for the production as well. Listen for yourself. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">I was excited for Scott, I remember. Shit came together and it worked. Except, per Scott, they were kind of fuckups, too. They slept in and missed a crucial meeting with Mercury Records that their manager had set up. They fucked up enough to have said manager quit. But Scott also became a husband and father at this time, and decided to hang up music and focus on that new life; </span></span></span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">"</span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>...We
did some tours, but I was so burnt out and had my first child Alex.
Touring so hard with Treepeople made me burnt on the whole music thing. I
wanted to be with Alex and settle down, focus on my career, and be more
domestic ...I kinda
let the guys down, but I needed a break. I think we did some great
music, and I loved playing with all of those guys….Stuntman was a great
band with great musicians..." ~ Scott Schmaljohn</i></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">There was a house in the Wallingford Neighborhood in Seattle that had been home to many in the music scene, this house was known as the House of Wong, for the spray-painted stencil of that very title on one of the faces of the cement steps up to the front porch and front door. Most likely the stencil was put there by early musician tenants, a group that became an original and heavy voice in the scene, the big and brooding <b>Earth, </b>considered one of the main pioneers of 'drone metal.' Look 'em up! Get on it. I ain't doin' all yer leg work, <i>get goin'</i>! One time an ex of mine and I randomly ate dinner with Dylan from <b>Earth</b> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">and another gentleman whose name I can't remember </span></span></span></span></span></span>at House of Wong, the first time I had been in the house. It was a really mellow, nice evening, I must say. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ahem. Where were we? Ah, so anyhoo, House of Wong was home and host to many a band, occasionally there were shows in the basement, where the bands rehearsed. It was a grand, big old house, up on a man made hill (most houses of a certain era were raised up in this way in the Wallingford neighborhood), two stories, 4 bedrooms, big basement, a driveway up to the door of the basement, perfect for loading equipment in and out. There were many awesome and wild parties there in the early to mid '90s. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">I knew a few friends who, at different times each lived in the room upstairs in the front of the house where someone had tried to shoot themselves, and there was still a shotgun hole in the ceiling [Per Adam, bass player in <b>FM</b> and House of Wong resident, it was a 9mm pistol that made the hole, put there by an ex of his - Adam also told me of other bands that rehearsed at the house over time: </span></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Steel Wool</b>, <b>Dobermans</b>, <b>Night Kings</b>, <b>Zip Gun</b>, <b>Unsane</b> - and he also told me that Courtney Love auditioned </span></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Patty Schemel the drummer for <b>Hole</b>, in the rehearsal room]. A house with stories, to be sure, some of them mine. Some fan<i>tastic</i> times were in that old house, and some phenomenal rehearsals. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">I knew the songwriter of <b>Faintly Macabre</b>, Kellie Payne,<b> </b>from a cool band she had been in called <b>Belle Jar</b>, and she was good friends with many of my good friends in the punk scene like Paula Sen and Doug Pack and Drew from <b>Violent Green</b> (and from <b>Whipped </b>with the aforementioned Paula and Doug) and those whole crusty punk and nerd punk crews. Kellie was/is small, blonde, no bullshit with a razor sharp wit, beautiful and smart as hell, and one of those musicians who can play any instrument she lays her hands on deftly. A natural musician. At the time I met her, she was primarily playing guitar, songwriting and singing her songs in the bands she was in. Her boyfriend was a guy named Holden who did insane black and white (later color) drawings (which would be in many gig posters and record covers from this whole odd, cool scene), a person whose orbit I would be in later, and who would be my boss too for a time. We also tried to do a band that was just drums and vocals, me on drums, Holden on vocals. I wish I had even a boombox recording of the band, which we called <b>Wayne Payne</b> (Holden's last name was Payne). It never went anywhere but some of it sounded cool. He would form other bands with Kellie later as well. They ended up being married for a number of years. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Another word that I have seemed to use when describing <b>Faintly Macabre </b>over the years has been 'angular.' There are sharp edges to it, bassy as it is overall. Kellie's guitar playing has that quality of tension and release, coming directly from British New Wave and punk stuff like <b>Gang of Four</b> and <b>Killing Joke</b>, and this was the first thing that bonded us musically, our love, all three band members, of the Manchester '80s stuff. But there was also a dose of <b>Black Sabbath</b> mixed in (especially the last ep we did, <i>House of Wong</i>) which was perfect, as I was listening to a lot of <b>Black Sabbath </b>at this point, that and <b>Slint </b>and <b>Unwound</b>, three bands whose drummer's styles began to show up in my drumming style (of course, the Bill Ward influence was already there in the <b>Treepeople </b>stuff I played on, especially the later stuff like <i>Guilt, Regret, Embarrassment</i>). </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">I dove into drums again with gusto, and a strong work ethic. I felt the rhythm of Kellie's songwriting, either when swaying or methodically going up or down angular steps until a release of firey, pulsing rock, deserved drumming that represented it well. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">A drummer has the scary power to ruin </span></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">what a songwriter is doing. It pays to be mindful of this, young drummers. For example, I feel like <b>Jeff Buckle</b>y<b>'s </b>album <i>Grace</i> illustrates this. Once I heard his earlier solo performance at Sine' Cafe in NYC, heard those same songs from <i>Grace</i> done solo, and after I read about how the band for the tour (and thus the record prior) was assembled last minute by the label so they could immediately tour, I realized the rhythm section had a sort of rushed </span></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">machismo that</span></span></span></span></span></span> took away from the songwriting, and diminished the androgyny of Jeff's true sound, especially in the drumming. To be fair, I don't blame the bass player or drummer, who are fine musicians in their own right, this was forced due to the situation, and the label's approach, I am sure they all did their best within limited time. I state it here as it is a stark example of how inappropriate drumming for a distinctive songwriting style can crush its voice. I digress with the <i>best</i>! However, there <i>is </i>a through line with me being introduced to the Buckleys </span></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">through</span></span></span></span></span></span> Chris Takino and Jenny O'lay, starting with listening to Jeff's father, the famous folk, jazz, experimental song spinner and son of a long line of Irish troubadours, <b>Tim Buckley</b>. And oddly, <b>Violent</b> <b>Green</b> would be on tour and playing Memphis in 1997, when Jeff Buckley, who had been living and working on a new record there, drowned in the Mississippi River, right before we arrived. I hadn't yet been convinced about him and his music at that point (though I came to be a fan), but I remember when I heard the news, it rattled me a little, and it was such surreal synchronicity, as we drove around, seeing the river...For later in the tale, to be sure. I recommend a decent dual biography of the father and son singer songwriters called <i>Dream Brothers.</i> </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">It wasn't planned, but the timing of this entry which happens to have <b>FM</b> in it is 20 years after we recorded an ep we never mixed due to the band breaking up when Kellie and Holden moved to Austin, Texas. Anyhow, we finally had it mixed by Steve Fisk this year. I aim to get it up on Bandcamp and other places soon. It sounds pretty good, I must say. More on <b>Faintly Macabre</b> to come. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Trouble at home...</b></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">My relationship with my girlfriend was not doing well and about to take a major turn, due to my mental state, which was pretty riddled with anxiety and insecurities unresolved, and amplified by massive caffeine use at work and home, little sleep and an increasingly busy band schedule, and the fact that my relationship became a long distance one suddenly, as my girlfriend had decided to go to Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington, about an hour and a half Northwest of Seattle, near the Canadian border. I had so much going on in Seattle that I couldn't commit to moving, a decision which of course majorly disappointed her, and the relationship was never to be the same again, its days numbered, as I wanted out but was too much of a coward to do it gracefully. Young</span></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Wayne. He had some issues. This is true. </span></span></span></span></span></span>Oh the scoldings/warnings we would give our younger selves were we to discover time travel.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">For the first time in a while, I had to get a roommate, my first was an old friend from the Pullman, Washington scene named Dan. He was bussing tables at the main jazz club in Seattle at the time, Jazz Alley. That was short-lived. At one point a mutual friend of mine and my girlfriend's who was another Seattle transplant from Boise lived with me. Then I lived with another Dan who worked at Sub Pop, a friend I met through <b>Treepeople</b>.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Kurt says fuck it</b></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Volumes have been written about Kurt Cobain's death in 1994, from straight news reporting to conspiracy theories, as is always the way with celebrity deaths. I knew some of his close friends and in my opinion no one murdered Kurt. He had classic mental issues that led to depression, and it wasn't the first attempt. People fall so in love with artists that they refuse to accept reality when they die, especially if by their own hand, they know they <i>would never leave them!</i> People are entitled to their own fantasy versions of what happened to Mr. Cobain. As a result of so much being written of it, I won't take up <i>too</i> much space on it, but I will give my take on it, from where I was at the time in my life. I don't remember where I was when I heard, most likely at work, I am sure I heard it on the radio (remember young ones, no smartphones, and no internet then). He shot himself with a shotgun in his home. In a weird twist of 2 degrees of separation, the shotgun he used he got from Dylan of <b>Earth</b>, whom I had had that dinner with in the House of Wong, 2 years or so prior.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">As mentioned above, my recent roommate Dan worked at Sub Pop. The day after Kurt died, he came home from work looking like a shell shocked victim of war. "The phone rang all day, and it was all these...<i>vultures</i> wanting to 'buy every Nirvana record we had.' It was <i>awful</i>." (paraphrasing here).<b> </b>I was not surprised to hear this, but also appalled at people. I had a vision of vultures picking Kurt's bones, shook it out of my head. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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retrieved from the Vulture Conservation Foundation website (note it is
acknowledged here to an animal that is a vital,
misunderstood and unsung part of our ecosystem that recycles dead things that would otherwise spread disease, it is an insult to compare them to record collectors and
distributors of low moral standing, who are far below them in terms of likeability)<br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Of course, as you can imagine, most everyone in the music scene was stunned, in shock. I have mentioned it before, but pretty much in every different type of music scene, whether people actually liked Kurt's music or not, the vast majority of people felt like Kurt was our 'favorite son' from the city, to use old school parlance, or like our brother (which is more how I saw him, a little brother, probably came from being friends with Tad, who was first to take Kurt under his wing and take them on their first European tour) the one who by example got people all over the planet to come over to his way of seeing music, and art and sexuality and you name it. He never set out to be some cultural icon but it inevitably happened, much to his chagrin. Fame never sat well with him. <br /><br />He felt that the wrong kinds of people were really into his music while missing his heartfelt message, like the evil frat boys who would have beat him up in high school gang raping a woman while singing his song <i>'Polly.' </i>I know from friends of his that these things crushed his soul, bit by bit. <i> </i></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Smells Like Teen Spirit</i>, a song that started out as a sort of joke and a nod to <b>The Pixies</b>, became the bane of Kurt's musical existence and destiny. And he saw people hunger for this one thing that became popular overnight, and it thrust him into the world of pop culture, and into a position that allowed him to see what he had previously seen and reacted against as an outsider; the addiction people have to what everyone else loves. It becomes a collective longing to belong. <br /><br />In my opinion, Kurt's approach </span></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">came </span></span></span></span></span></span>originally from a genuine punk attitude, and of course he felt guilt about becoming part of the machine punk railed against, his rebel yell became commoditization, but part of that punk ethos said, 'all are welcome,' <i>as long as you are cool</i>. But at that level of fame, you no longer have control over who loves you, you are no longer artistic gatekeeper</span></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">. And you start wishing you could not have many of the fans you end up with. The more people there are, the more chances of assholes, of awful people, loving it </span></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">(and frankly, on a much smaller scale, a similar thing happens in punk scenes).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">That all said, I am in no way glossing over his other issues that contributed to his death: mental illness, drug addiction, and proximity to a toxic mate. I say this, again, from a perspective of people who knew him, (I never knew Courtney and had only met Kurt at a show I played with <b>Nirvana </b>when I was in <b>Treepeople</b>, see part 34) they are stories from their perspectives, stories of how she manipulated him and used him and isolated him from all his close friends, who resented her for it. I am not in the camp who say she only became known for her music because of her relationship with Kurt. Obviously it didn't hurt, but I feel she has genuine musical talent. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">I just feel she has the same issues listed above, and I have seen this kind of relationship before, it becomes a dumpster fire eventually, because two people with all those heavy issues torch it all, inevitably, whether intentionally or subconsciously, and it is too easy to make her a villain, but she sure as hell didn't better him. They were a perfect hot mess storm, and Kurt was no innocent in all their shenanigans. In fact I don't feel Kurt was as overall innocent as he portrayed himself. Not to say he was some evil, violent or cruel person. But he was smart in a way that allowed him to fuck with people's heads, and his weapon against the ills of fame, I feel, was a sharp wit and and a gift for bullshitting and seeing how far he could go. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, going the absolute farthest he could go, Kurt said '<i>Fuck</i> it,' and left the stage. Leaving all of us in the scene trying to understand it all, what it meant for our lives going forward. The event of his dramatic exit from Earth also caused some of us to worry about others we knew in the music scene whose doorsteps were darkened by the same demons who swarmed around Kurt and Courtney's doorstep. And then there were people who shrugged as they never really had him on their radar. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">But many of us, we missed him instantly. We missed his snide rebukes, his refusal to play the game a certain way, his antics with reporters the likes of which hadn't been seen since Lou Reed and Bob Dylan, we missed that <i>voice</i>, so clear, but gravelly, passionate and forceful and vulnerable all at once. Missed how he could make a perfect pop hook sound punk; <i>"...Beat me outta me..."</i> Missed the naked poetry of his lyrics. He was truly something.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">(Side note to people who post photos of the crime scene: Yeah, free speech, the photos are public, but fuck you. This is a terrible thing for those who survive his death to be subjected to. Just <i>fuck you, </i>ghouls).</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Photo reteived from the Kurt Cobain Wikipedia page</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then came other deaths in the music scene, </span></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">as I have hinted,</span></span></span></span></span></span> and some deaths had happened before this time that I missed covering like that of Stefanie Sargent, guitarist from the phenomenal Seattle band <b>7 Year Bitch</b> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">in 1992 (no disrespect in missing it, there is just so much info to remember and add, I inevitably miss so many things, I begin to write of the deaths and triggers uncover others)</span></span></span></span></span></span>, and she was friends of friends of mine from the crusty punk scene, so I ran into her here and there. </span></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">My memory of her was that she was a great musician who really put a lot into performing and rocking out and she had the kind of smile that when you saw it, it brightened your mood instantly. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Photo retrieved from Toopics on Instagram</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lastly: I am officially <i>done</i> trying to do clever lead-ins to next entries at the end of each one. I am rarely right on all of it, as I never have space once I get going. For instance, in the beginning of the section about Kobain's death, I say I won't go too into it, but then I do. I leave those contradictions in by design, as this is how conversation is, yeah? You start here...go there. That said, this entry is currently <i>3 times</i> the length of the average post, so I tip my hat to you (even though I never wear hats that can be tipped) and thank you for sticking with the journey this far, and for reading this modest blog. I wish you a good rest of the evening and weekend.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wayne Ray Flower II, 11/23/19 </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Stuntman Bio</b><br /><br /><i>When first I was asked to write a bio of Stuntman, I asked frontman Scott Schmaljohn if he took a different approach to songwriting for Stuntman as opposed to for his previous band, also my previous band, the band he and I, Pat ‘Brown’ Schmaljohn and Doug Martsch co-founded; Treepeople. As is fitting of Scott, he replied (via text) with a succinct, to-the-point reply that made me slap my forehead and say, “Of course,” realizing my foolish assumption; “I have always written songs the same way. There is no difference in the band.” In other words, a Scott Schmaljohn song is a Scott Schmaljohn song. Period.<br /><br />Scott's songwriting is born from a steady heartbeat, whether it's a slow or more upbeat tune, and is much like his clear way of speaking; you don't have to guess where he is coming from. He is one of the most unique guitarists/songwriters around, and his style embodies the word 'electric’ in ‘electric guitar’; notes bend and stretch like live electric wires, throwing you, because the playing is so non-traditional and original, similar to (though sounding very different from) the way Greg Ginn of Black Flag plays (and since Black Flag were early heroes of ours, it makes sense).<br /><br />Scott and I met Stuntman co-guitarist/songwriter John Polle when we were still in Treepeople together, in about ‘88, when Polle fronted the excellent Pullman, Washington band, Ignatius. Polle formed a band with Stuntman bassist Sean Lennon after Ignatius broke up called Thin Section and one of the Stuntman songs on this record was carried over (‘The Devil’). Thin Section gigged with Treepeople a lot and that is how Polle really got to know Scott, who eventually asked him to join Treepeople. The first Stuntman set was made up of half Treepeople songs from their final lp, ‘Actual Reenactment’ and half Thin Section songs.<br /><br />Why ‘Stuntman’? The band name history is interesting. Per Scott, “...We struggled with a name and our first working title was "Dry Socket". I had gotten wisdom teeth pulled and I thought it was kinda cool. Glad we changed it [the band played a few shows under this name, as well as the name ‘Blanket Party’]. I always liked the name Stuntman because of the ‘70s reference (I always wanted to be a stuntman growing up). I also thought the Stuntman title was appropriate since you have to get up on stage and throw yourself into the music. You beat yourself up on tour and keep going every night…” <br /><br />Polle’s songwriting is more poppy than Scott’s, but also darker in a playful way, like Pixies meets the Seattle band Pure Joy (pioneers of pop punk in Seattle, along with The Purdins). Some of the breakdowns in Scott’s songs come off with a Fugazi flavor and the contrast is great. Polle’s and Scott’s playing were locked from playing together in Treepeople, and thus a bit of that ‘jigsaw guitar puzzle’ approach comes through, though in Stuntman, the guitars are locked in a more traditional, rock n roll way, and there is more room to experiment, which works well. <br /><br />The band made a home base in Boise, picked up a solid local drummer there named Mike Rundle from a band called Dirt Boy, gigged there and did some touring. Lennon and Rundle were solid as bedrock in their support of the two songwriters, handling all that Polle and Schmaljohn throw at them deftly. <br /><br />Scott was entering into new territory in his personal life when Stuntman formed; That of husband and father; “...We did some tours, but I was so burnt out and had my first child Alex. Touring so hard with Treepeople made me burnt on the whole music thing. I wanted to be with Alex and settle down, focus on my career, and be more domestic [while cranking out phenomenal songs like ‘Bleed’!]. I kinda let the guys down, but I needed a break. I think we did some great music, and I loved playing with all of those guys….Stuntman was a great band with great musicians. We were fuck ups and blew a lot of opportunities given to us. We had a morning meeting with Mercury records and we overslept missed the meeting, pissed off [Stuntman’s manager] and ruined a lucrative record contract...Wasn't meant to be I guess. We seemed to do this often, as our manager finally said "you guys are fucks!" and left us. John Polle one time asked the bartender at a show in Eugene if he could have a pint glass of scotch. The bartender laughed and said "Um, I don't think so." I think you get the picture…” A stuntman must be prepared for anything; whether he’s tearing it up on stage or changing diapers, he’s goin’ in. <br /><br />Stuntman was a band from 1994 until 1997, releasing two full albums, three 7" records, and three split 7" records, as well as appearing on a few comp records.<br /><br />Wayne R. Flower, 5/26/17</i></span></span><br />
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<br />Wayne R. Flowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986530157196531588noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729011961701267048.post-85130635720550387212019-08-25T19:30:00.001-07:002022-01-16T23:37:53.109-08:00Music History Part 41 - The Rise of Up Records, Built to Spill and 'Indie Rock'<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Disclaimer</b></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>:</b> <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Memory</span> is a
funny thing, and an elusive one. Meaning; I might have some of this
wrong, as 1. My memory is not always accurate, like anyone and 2. It is
from my perspective only. Any friends who were there, feel free to
correct me or add things I have missed. It helps! Also, no <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">gossip</span> on
anyone here, it ain't about that. Personal details are on a surface
level, and friends, girlfriends <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">and</span> others are re-named to respect their
privacy. People in bands generally put their names out there on albums
and in interviews anyway, and are not in the habit of staying <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">anonymous</span>,
and <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">therefore</span> are named here. That <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">said, </span>anyone <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">who</span> is in the blog that
wishes <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">me</span> not to use their name has only to ask.</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Sea</b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>ttle</b></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b> Years <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Disclaimer</span>: </b>As I enter the Seattle years in this music <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">blog</span>, the <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">above</span> disclaimer goes double, because <i>so much</i> happened
and there are so many details to cover in this 14 year period; so many
shows, so many bands, so many friends and so much change in my life. As a
result of this and the fact that the four of us who <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">formed</span> <b>Treepeople </b>found
ourselves in the midst of a scene which blew up around us and attracted
the eyes of the world just 2 years after our arrival, not to mention
the 12 years I played music following that, I am bound to, hell, I <i>will</i> forget something.</span></span></span></div>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />This
means two things: I will be coming back to entries and adding things to
them over the months following publication, and, that the part of the
above disclaimer where I ask for help from people in keeping me honest
and in remembering things is crucial to them. I thank anyone ahead of
time who was there, and, those who weren't there who have access to
valid<i> </i>info, for helping me to correct errors in dates or
chronology. Yes, I have the Internet, but many bands, scenes and things I
will cover did not receive the attention I feel that they deserved and
thus I will recall them mostly from memory, or rather, memories; mine
and those of friends. Also, friends who were in bands which I do not
happen to mention, <i>please</i> don't take it personally, just remind me. I have created a <i>monster </i>in undertaking this blog, one which I am determined to ride until the end!</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />Lastly,
as mentioned, this scene gained national attention, and thus, <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">needless</span>
to say and as we all know, many bands/people became famous, became rock
stars, were/are admired by millions, etc and etc...This makes another
part of my original disclaimer even more important. This memoir is
intended to tell my story, from my perspective. I have no intention of
creating a place where people can seek gossip about famous people, nor
is it about 'name-dropping'. I write of my impressions of people, bands,
and the Seattle scene from the '90s into the early 2000s. I protect
those who are my friends fiercely because a symptom of being known is
frequent intrusion into their lives beyond a level that I feel
is acceptable. Thank you for indulging me this disclaimer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>A <i>kind <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">of</span></i> disclaimer on Violent Green entries...</b>In
writing about the band Violent Green, at this time I am not in contact
with Jenny O'lay, so I am not directly getting input from her, and, one
member is no longer alive. In the case of the former, out of respect to
O'lay, I am compelled to keep personal details at a high level, and in
terms of Drew Quinlan (RIP, Brother), I am not in touch with any of his
family to get approval of what I write about concerning him, as I did
with my previously passed bandmate, Pat Schmaljohn (and thus felt better
in writing about Pat) but I do not have the same access to family in
Drew's case, so for that reason, out of respect for Drew and his family,
I will also keep details at a high level. I won't make it cold and
unpersonal, don't misunderstand me. Our dynamic as people was a huge
part of the band. I guess what I am getting at is there are details that
will remain private, to meet with high standards I strive to meet on
this blog, even more so in light of this lack of input from the former
bandmates of which I write.</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">I hope I have achieved these standards. This</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span>also
brings up the point I always make, but it is important to reiterate;
this is all from my perspective only, and of anyone whom I get input
from.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">Our
odd relationships and their tensions were one with the music, and I
think, actually I know, that was a good thing, a necessary ingredient of
this band, a band that forever reshaped how I thought about music, both
listening to it and making it. I owe that to Drew and Jenny's
brilliance and imperfectness, which made me feel okay about my own
imperfections, (only to a degree, as my inner, self-critical voice was
still in full effect) and it helped me realize that even I held
brilliance, in my own way, when I played with them, warts and all. One
thing I can confidently say is; we gave a fuck about the music. And that
was because this was a highly musical band (most of the people who got
what we were doing were musicians themselves) and thus I will focus much
of my energy in terms of the VG entries talking about that; the music,
it's influences and forms, and how the three of us and what we brought
to the band from previous projects and the music we each loved, created,
eventually, a rich tapestry. It is worth digging into this world O'lay
spun with this bizarre, dark, poppy, goth, folksy punk music from <span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Mars</span> ~
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">My other blogs: <a href="https://shortstorylongconversation.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Short Story Long</a> - (Top of mind, conversational, formal essays, photo essays, etc.) <a href="https://wayneflowerart.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Artwork</a>, <a href="https://waynewords.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Poetry</a></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Bad Dog, No </b></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b>Bagel</b></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">I previously mentioned I had started a new job around '93 at a hip bagel cafe that was beginning to expand, called 'Spot Bagel.' The 'spot' part of the name came from their mascot, a dalmation, and eventually led to the slogan, 'Bad dog, No Bagel,' as a play on 'Bad Cop, No Donut,' and which became a T-shirt and effectively the uniform. In the beginning of Spot Bagel's history, a uniform would be anathema. <br /><br />It was a pretty low key business, the vibe of which reminded me of health food stores in the '70s. Spot started with a cafe located in the Wallingford Neighborhood of Seattle, right in the heart of it, across the street from the iconic Food Land store (which eventually became a QFC store, who replaced the 'Foodland' sign of the previous tenants with a sign that said 'Wallingford' because the residents of the neighborhood were losing their shit, not because a small business was being crushed - though some were in that camp - but because the sign was so important to them, and marked something for them - to me this scenario represented how Seattlites, most anyway, have their priorities all fucked up - a similar scene played out when Tully's Coffee bought the iconic building that housed Rainier Beer and people were freaking out about the giant red 'R' sign going away - causing Tully's to replace it with a giant green 'T,' which only served to piss people off even more).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Spot Bagel was started by a young, hipster Jewish guy named Jay Glass. I interacted with him a few times over the time I was at Spot. Seemed like a decent guy. He made the decisions that were later very bad for the company, but it was the people he brought in that really messed it up, in my opinion, and ultimately led to its closure in 1996, here is a blurb about its closure: </span></span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: white; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19960801&slug=2342067"><span style="color: white; mso-themecolor: background1;">http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19960801&slug=2342067)</span></a></span></span></div><p>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">I interviewed with a guy I will call Luis outside a new Spot Bagel cafe being opened up, the first of many planned, located in the Newmark Building, one block East of the famous Pike Place Market downtown. The Newmark was a brand new building that had gone up in what seemed like just a couple of months (and how fast it fell apart confirms it couldn't have been more). I hadn't done a high number of official interviews. </span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">At that time in the US, and, for young folks especially, it was a lot who you knew that got you hired at a job, a good word got you in, like how I got the construction job just after moving to Seattle with zero construction experience. I was a little nervous about the interview, but I kinda didn't give a fuck if I got this job or not, had steeled myself for a slog of pavement pounding. In retrospect, I would have easily gotten any number of service jobs, as the city's job economy was strong, most specifically in service jobs (to serve all the self-important new money people flocking there in white flight from Oakland and other urban centers, they clutched their pearls and bought property like mad, driving up the cost of living in a wave that has only increased to the point of no return. Seattle may as well be San Francisco, now). </span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">In 1993, 1994, the 'indie rock' scene (so dubbed as most bands that fell under the title were on independent, rather than major labels, though that </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">quickly </span></span> changed somewhat post <b>Nirvana</b> in the aforementioned 'major label feeding frenzy'), Chris Takino's and co-founder Rich Jensen's label (who had been a musician with early releases on <i>Sub Pop </i>and <i>K Records</i> and a productive music enthusiast since 1981) <i>Up Records</i> arose as a much needed alternate to the music then dominating the Seattle scene, where the majority of visible bands were on<i> Sub Pop</i>, most of whom at the time were a derivation of 70s hard rock with a splash of punk. In fact, Chris first approached Sub Pop about putting out a <b>Built to Spill </b>lp and they encouraged him to put it out himself.<br /><br />The <i>Up </i>roster included bands/artists like <b>Modest Mouse</b>, <b>Edsel</b>, <b>Mike Johnson</b>, <b>Juned</b>, <b>Caustic Resin</b>, (do yourself a favor and clear some time to sit back and listen to the epic 1995 <i>Up Records </i>double LP release by them called <i>Fly Me to the Moon</i> - Well, what are you waiting for? At least look it up on You Tube!) <b>Satisfact</b>, <b>Butterfly Train</b>, <b>Built to Spill</b>, <b>Duster</b> (one of my fav bands at the time, still love their stuff, it stands up), <b>Land of the Loops</b>, acoustic guitarist and songwriter <b>Rick Sabo</b>, and of course, <b>Violent Green</b>,<b> </b>from </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">where </span></span>the whole thing launched, and on and on, all very different bands (and note the above list is off the top of my head, mostly.) </span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Up Records </span></span></i><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">17th release in 1995 - Artwork by Jeff Hogan</span></span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">The bands of the label represented what was still true to the idea of the roster being simply bands Chris Takino loved. Luckily for Seattle, his taste was pretty fucking good. Go through the catalogue and you will see what I am on about. It should be noted with these indie labels, there was no exclusivity in the contracts, or if ever there was, not for long, thank goodness - for instance the <b>Treepeople </b>got our best record <i>Guilt, Regret, Embarrassment</i> back from Toxic Shock Records in 5 years, and now it is re-released on <i>K Records. </i>My point though, is that a number of these bands were also putting out records on other indie labels, for instance, the bands <b>Satisfact </b>and <b>Modest Mouse </b>both had released records on <i>K </i>simultaneously or before/after doing records with <i>Up</i>. One time I asked Calvin Johnson what he thought of <i>Up Records</i> and he smiled a wry little smile and half-jokingly said, <i>"Not bad, but tell Chris to stop stealing my bands!"</i></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">The first office for <i>Up Records </i>was a one room office in the Terminal Sales Building, the same building <i>Sub Pop</i> was in (which made sense as Chris worked there still for a time, and of course <i>Sub Pop</i> I assume helped him get the space.) As I remember it, Chris was able to quit his job fairly soon after starting the label, but I could be wrong about that. When <i>Up </i>was in the Terminal building was the period when I stopped by the most often, I think because it was close to where I worked. Chris had assembled a small crew of folks to work for him. I remember every time I visited it was kind of exciting, too, to think that one of our own started a label, that the label started to put out a little record by an obscure band I was in and had begun to get a lot of attention. This makes sense, because Chris was one the most connected people I have ever met in the alternative/indie rock world, and one of the smartest. </span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Meanwhile, back in the world of <b>Violent Green</b>, we went to Reciprocal Studios </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">toward the end of 1994, soon to be bought by Avast! studio owner Stuart Hallerman and producer John Goodmanson, and thus was renamed <i>John & Stu's</i>. Goodmanson would also engineer this very album, that is the album I keep hinting at, the album <i>Eros</i>. I <i>promise </i>I will actually write about it next time. I don't want it to be the old theater writing technique Orson Welles once described, where all the characters mention <i>"Mr. Wu," </i>in reverent tones throughout the play, but the audience never sees him, so that by the time he walks on stage, he has been so built up that his entrance causes<i> 'Ooohs'</i> and <i>'Ahhhs.'</i> Or hell, maybe I <i>do</i> want that.</span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">It
is important to keep in mind when I zero in like this, to one label and
one band and a handful of label-mates, whilst all this was going on,
that the punk scenes I wrote of in previous entries (see entries #s
28-30) had grown and morphed as well, and, most importantly, were still
going strong. Members of the aforementioned bands of our friends, like <b>Whipped, </b>began to play in bands like <b>Decrepit</b> (Guitarist/singer/songwriter Doug Pack of <b>Whipped </b>singing) and <b>Shug </b>(Paula Sen, </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">bass player/singer/songwriter of <b>Whipped </b>playing
guitar, songwriting and singing) and most of the bands mentioned in
said Seattle punk entries were still at it in '94, bands that had
started before <b>Treepeople</b> were still blazing trails, like Olympia's <b>Fitz of Depression</b> (formed 1987).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">The</span></span> Olympia ('Oly') scene was thriving, and it wasn't just <i>K Records</i> bands, there were bands on friendly rival label <i>Kill Rock Stars </i>as well, like one of my favorite bands ever, <b>Unwound</b>, who was relentlessly touring at this time with their new album, also my favorite, <i>'New Plastic Ideas.' </i>Also on <i>Kill Rock Stars</i>, newly formed in 1994, was </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sleater Kinney</b>, who would also capture the attention of the world soon. </span></span>There
was new stuff bubbling, feminist rock movements out of Olympia like
riot grrrl were in full bloom, and the whole Pacific Northwest was
rising too, like the Portland, Oregon scene, which had bands like <b>Quasi</b>, <b>Pond</b>, <b>Hazel</b>, <b>Crakerbash</b>, <b>Heatmiser</b> (whose member <b>Elliott Smith </b>was quietly crafting brilliant, sad songs of his own that would soon go out into the world) <b>Pink Martini</b>, and so many others, Seattle had fun punk bands like <b>Gas Huffer </b>featuring
legend Tom Price on guitar, who were bouncing around, playing clubs.
And dozens and dozens of bands were popping up, sometimes homegrown but
mostly reloctaed out-of-towners. <b>Nirvana</b> was still on top (but sharing the limelight with <b>Pearl Jam </b>and <b>Soundgarden </b>and <b>Alice in Chains</b>, the first to break), as you can see, things were <i>exploding</i>
in indie rock in the NW, but the reluctant pied piper of the movement,
Kurt Cobain...he wasn't doing so well mentally and managing his
addictions at the beginning of 1994.</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />I remember working at Spot Bagel later when I heard on the radio that Kurt Cobain had almost Od'ed and gone into a coma in Italy in March (incidentally, the day after my 28th birthday). And I remember thinking, "Uh oh," and sort of bookmarking it. And then the woman asked me to spread the butter on the toasted bagel I was preparing for her more lightly, to scrape some off. "I don't even want to know it's there," she said matter-of-factly. </span></span><br />
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<![endif]--><b><span style="color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.thecrocodile.com/e/treepeople-61721623036/" target="_blank"><span style="color: white; mso-themecolor: background1;"><span style="font-size: large;">https://www.thecrocodile.com/e/treepeople-6172162303</span>6/</span></a></span></b>Wayne R. Flowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986530157196531588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729011961701267048.post-90543123525053298492019-05-27T22:10:00.000-07:002020-06-26T23:11:09.013-07:00Music History Part 40 - The Murder of Mia Zapata shocks the Seattle scene...<div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Disclaimer</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>:</b> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Memory</span> is a
funny thing, and an elusive one. Meaning; I might have some of this
wrong, as 1. My memory is not always accurate, like anyone and 2. It is
from my perspective only. Any friends who were there, feel free to
correct me or add things I have missed. It helps! Also, no <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">gossip</span> on
anyone here, it ain't about that. Personal details are on a surface
level, and friends, girlfriends <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and</span> others are re-named to respect their
privacy. People in bands generally put their names out there on albums
and in interviews anyway, and are not in the habit of staying <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">anonymous</span>,
and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">therefore</span> are named here. That <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">said, </span>anyone <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">who</span> is in the blog that
wishes <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">me</span> not to use their name has only to ask. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Sea</b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>ttle</b></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b> Years <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Disclaimer</span>: </b>As I enter the Seattle years in this music <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">blog</span>, the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">above</span> disclaimer goes double, because <i>so much</i> happened
and there are so many details to cover in this 14 year period; so many
shows, so many bands, so many friends and so much change in my life. As a
result of this and the fact that the four of us who <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">formed</span> <b>Treepeople </b>found
ourselves in the midst of a scene which blew up around us and attracted
the eyes of the world just 2 years after our arrival, not to mention
the 12 years I played music following that, I am bound to, hell, I <i>will</i> forget something.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />This
means two things: I will be coming back to entries and adding things to
them over the months following publication, and, that the part of the
above disclaimer where I ask for help from people in keeping me honest
and in remembering things is crucial to them. I thank anyone ahead of
time who was there, and, those who weren't there who have access to
valid<i> </i>info, for helping me to correct errors in dates or
chronology. Yes, I have the Internet, but many bands, scenes and things I
will cover did not receive the attention I feel that they deserved and
thus I will recall them mostly from memory, or rather, memories; mine
and those of friends. Also, friends who were in bands which I do not
happen to mention, <i>please</i> don't take it personally, just remind me. I have created a <i>monster </i>in undertaking this blog, one which I am determined to ride until the end!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />Lastly,
as mentioned, this scene gained national attention, and thus, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">needless</span>
to say and as we all know, many bands/people became famous, became rock
stars, were/are admired by millions, etc and etc...This makes another
part of my original disclaimer even more important. This memoir is
intended to tell my story, from my perspective. I have no intention of
creating a place where people can seek gossip about famous people, nor
is it about 'name-dropping'. I write of my impressions of people, bands,
and the Seattle scene from the '90s into the early 2000s. I protect
those who are my friends fiercely because a symptom of being known is
frequent intrusion into their lives beyond a level that I feel
is acceptable. Thank you for indulging me this disclaimer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My other blogs: <a href="https://shortstorylongconversation.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Short Story Long</a> - (Top of mind, conversational, formal essays, photo essays, etc.) <a href="https://wayneflowerart.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Artwork</a>, <a href="https://waynewords.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Poetry</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Mia Katherine Zapata ~</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">RIP~ </span></b></span>Photo retrieved from the Mia Zapata wiki page ~</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have dreaded this entry, as you can imagine.<span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b><span style="font-size: large;">I
have written in this blog of how, as a young musician, quite often by accident, I have
ended up in the midst of important moments or incidents in music
history. This is an incident I wish I would have never been near. It
shook us all to the core, and my best friends in the scene were tight
with Mia, had moved to Seattle together with her from the city scenes in
the Ohio punk scene, people like the drummer, aforementioned Maria
Mabra, (who lived right next door to me and my girlfriend) friends of
mine who had befriended her playing shows with <b>The Gits</b>, the band she fronted so powerfully. </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">I didn't know Mia well at the time, but I was <i>just </i>starting to get to. I first had to get past the immature attitude I had toward <b>The Gits</b>, I don't believe I was the only one who had been in <b>Treepeople</b> who held these feelings, I am pretty sure it was Pat who shared them, (it matches both of our personalities.) <b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Treepeople </b>had played a show or two with <b>The Gits</b>,
it was inevitable, the scene was small enough to where bands playing
music even somewhat similar to each other would end up on the same bill
at some point. When we played shows with <b>The Gits</b>, it always felt
like they were snooty and distant in our interactions with them. In
retrospect, I know that part of this was simply the difference in
communication style of people from different parts of the country; that
is, the further East you go, especially past the cordial bubble of the
Midwest, people don't engage in much smalltalk, or worry about hurting
feelings by being direct. I lived on the East Coast for 5 years, and it
was one of the things I liked about it. At this point in my life, the
point I am writing about, I had a long way to go on the front of
straightforward communication being the preferred style, and, I suffered
from then from the same affliction as my fellow Pacific
NorthWesterners; I assumed someone who wasn't throwing all the polite
phrases and expected colloquialisms was 'mean' or 'stuck up.' Also most
likely to blame for this attitude was us misinterpreting the fact that <b>The Gits </b>were on a <i>mission</i>. They wanted to be known, they wanted to get bigger. Also in retrospect, I see that the hunger of <b>The Gits</b>
was genuine, from the heart, it was not part of the main motivation of the vast
majority of bands from transplant scenes in Seattle post <b>Nirvana</b>;
Being the 'Next Big Thing.' At the time, I assume I felt, incorrectly
as you can see, they actually were part of that contingent. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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I mentioned, one of Mia's best friends was one of mine as well, Maria
Mabra. I had gotten to know Maria as she played in bands that played
with my bands sometimes (one being the aforementioned, wonderful band <b>Shug</b>), and also as she lived next door, in the
apartment house owned by the same company that owned our apartment
house, and where Doug Martsch and his ex lived not too long before, the
scene of my last conflict with Pat that led to my departure from <b>Treepeople</b>. Drew
Quinlan from <b>Violent Green </b>also lived there, and was constantly
4-trak recording all kinds of wild stuff, I was often there with him,
and also as mentioned before, Maria's boyfriend Ajax often joined us. My
point is, I spent a lot of time next door, and Mia often dropped by.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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more I talked to Mia and got to know her, the more I realized how much I
liked her. She was intelligent, funny and well-spoken, while maintaining roughness around the edges, a punk rock attitude I was familiar with. She was down to
Earth and no bullshit, and her performing was simply electrifying
(something none of us ever denied, it was undeniable.) I later referred
to her in a song I wrote about the period of death in the Seattle music
scene (unreleased) as 'Punk's own Janis Joplin,' and I stand by that
description. She had a similar raw feel to her vocal delivery, gravelly,
sincere as fuck, and lyrics that cut right to it, whether political or
personal. They even looked a little alike, or maybe it is just the
spirit shining through that makes me see that? Both were born in the
South...At any rate, they both had that down home feel underneath a strong intellectual curiosity. That was my impression of her,
anyway. Mia also brought a much needed voice for women in the punk scene in '90s Seattle, which was as male-dominated as any at that time.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Janis and Mia - I always felt there were similarities to their singing styles and their general attitude and demeanor</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And
then, in one night, after leaving the Comet Tavern on Capitol Hill, she was gone. Raped and murdered and left on the
street, with her arms out in a Christ pose. In that music scene, as in
any music scene and as I have mentioned, there was death, most often an
OD or a suicide, horrible enough on their face, but this was something
more, this was a hell we were fortunate enough to not have to experience
in Seattle compared to other cities of similar size. And certainly not,
as mentioned, in this tight scene that while getting crowded, was
still somewhat civil, and intimate, even if more snotty. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Rape and murder were for <i>other </i>
cities, <i>other</i> scenes - for television shows like America's Most Wanted,
(who actually <i>would</i> very quickly become part of the hunt for this
killer, who seemed to have disappeared like a demon in a wisp of
smoke.) We were disturbed to the core, all of us in the punk/pop punk scenes, and all the scenes touching them, radiating out (for the influx of
so many bands was creating scenes inside scenes, and even the small scenes already extant blew up a bit - </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">say for example the Rockabilly scene</span></span>.) And soon the world knew. Our grief
was public and part of the national conversation. If those of us who
weren't fans of how <b>Nirvana</b>'s success revealed our little scene
to the eyes of the world weren't already smarting, this would still have been like having
the news media at a family funeral. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Family loss and the resulting stages of grief </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The
night of the day Mia was murdered (July 7th, 1993) [Actually, the story I am about to recount would have been July 8th, I have realized since writing this] I ended up with
Maria and many from the Ohio contingent, sitting around at first, in
Drew and Maria's apartment. I should have known the vibe of the evening
was going to be even more fucked up than one would expect when a guy
from the Ohio Contingent was eyeing me oddly, suspiciously. Then he
started grilling me, his eyebrows arched. "Where were <i>you</i> that night? I don't know <i>you</i>."
I didn't respond, out of respect for the moment, but I was not happy at
this, understandably. He left me alone, eventually. And then we were
all walking, me and about 6 people, including Maria, Ajax and Drew. We
weren't consciously doing it, but we wandered from the apartment in a
Southwestern direction and ended up in front of Mia's house. We all had
been drinking Bushmills, heavily, for hours at this point. Every one of
us was completely lit. <b> </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I
am pretty sure all of us, to a person, started bawling. Saying random things about Mia
out loud, not caring who heard. We held each other, sat on the curb. I think
someone in the neighboring house stuck their head out the window and
yelled at us to keep it down, and one of our drunken number yelled back,
and we rerouted them back to Maria and Drew's place, shushing them.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Even
though I lived next door, on occasion, I would fall asleep on the
couch at Drew and Maria's place. I was pretty drunk this night as was everyone. I woke on the couch to someone
trashing the apartment, throwing things. For reasons of privacy, I won't
name the person. But the scene soon escalated and the person took out a
buck knife and was going for one of their own wrists with it. I pinned
them against the wall, someone else came up and got the knife out of
their hand, my finger was cut by the knife. And then I realized it was
the <i>exact</i> same spot that I had gotten into my last physical
conflict with Pat, against that same wall, where Doug pulled us apart,
only a couple years before. I shivered at the eeriness of this
revelation (or it is entirely possible I had the revelation later, after
thinking through what had happened.)<b> </b> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This kind of intense grief
we wrestled with that night is as unpredictable as fire in the wind. The police had been called. I
watched my friend sit on the hood of the car, a hoody on. They stared
off into space and I had no need of psychic powers to know they were
thinking about Mia. We all would be, for years to come, for the murderer
would walk free for a decade more before being caught. But at the time,
we hoped, hoped for at least that, that the murderer who took her away
from us would pay. It would be a long, agonizing wait, especially for
Mia's family and her bandmates. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Again,
we in music scenes had experienced much death, and rape, which shows its vile colors in every
corner of humanity, but we were not familiar with murder. And the guy who was insinuating I
may have had something to do with Mia's murder was lashing out in grief, but that attitude cut to the core of another thing that
was different than other deaths; Someone was directly responsible for this death,
someone other than the deceased themselves, (which of course caused ripples of pain
and dysfunction in its own way) and that someone could be <i>anyone.</i>
It was a disturbing added layer. And it wasn't like some murder
mystery, where all the potential suspects are gathered into the parlor.
It was an open wound that never fucking healed. It was as if a demon
appeared, violated her, killed her, and became a puff in the air. But it
was much worse; it was a human, walking the Earth. A face in the
crowd. We may be passing them on the street, <i>on any given day</i>. Or we <i>worked with them</i>. Or it was <i>someone we all trusted</i>. It was unnerving. </span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Healing~</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The
only thing left, or so it seemed at first, to help this wound heal somewhat was to catch this
monster, this motherfucker, who silenced such a voice. Such a spirit. I
was selfishly also bummed that she was taken as I was getting to know her, and to
feel we could become good friends someday. This has repeated in my life
with losing people, this timing. It is life, a part of it, as much as
death; It knows no timetable of friendship, doesn't give a shit about
it. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But there were other ways to heal. There were benefit shows that cropped up, and the
involvement of Kathleen Hanna of <b>Bikini Kill</b>, and Joan Jett, who seemed passionate about Mia's death and
wanted to help. And people rallied to make sure this kind of thing
wouldn't happen to other women, people like local badass musician/songwriter
Cristien Storm, who co-founded the self-defense organization <b>Home Alive</b> (still active.) </span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">See Home Alive site here: </span></span></b>
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<a href="https://www.teachhomealive.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>https://www.teachhomealive.org/</b></span></span></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Delayed justice</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b> </b> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Much
of this has been written of extensively, has appeared in documentaries.
I am not here to rewrite all of this, but to touch on my personal
observations of what I saw and how it affected the music scene. But in
2003, Mia's murderer was finally brought to justice, through DNA
evidence. I don't even want to write his name here. I want his name to
die. Not his crime and what it means to women everywhere, but his name,
it should die.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I
am pasting a considerable chunk of the Wikipedia page on Mia Zapata as
it is well-sourced (including by her bandmates and family, I know) and,
well written. It sums up what happened following Mia's death pretty
well:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>"...In
the aftermath of her murder, friends created a self-defense group
called Home Alive. Home Alive organized benefit concerts and released
albums with the participation of many bands, including Nirvana, Pearl
Jam, Soundgarden, Heart, and the Presidents of the United States of
America. Joan Jett also recorded an album with the surviving members of
the Gits called Evil Stig ("Gits Live" backwards). The Home Alive
group's instructors offered a range of courses, from anger management
and use of pepper spray to the martial arts.<br /><br />In 2005 a
documentary, The Gits Movie, was produced about Mia Zapata's life, the
Gits, and the Seattle music scene. Its first showing occurred at the
Seattle International Film Festival in May of that same year. Another
version of the film appeared two years later at the 2007 SXSW (South By
Southwest) Film Festival. The final cut of the film was released
theatrically in over 20 North American cities on July 7, 2008, the 15th
memorial anniversary of Zapata's death. The following day the film was
released on DVD along with a Best of the Gits CD (both from Liberation
Entertainment).<br /><br />¡Viva Zapata!, by punk band 7 Year Bitch, was
released in June 1994, on C/Z Records in Seattle, as a tribute to
Zapata. Some of the songs on the album address the issue of Zapata's
murder directly.<br /><br />Following Zapata's death, Joan Jett and Kathleen
Hanna wrote a song called "Go Home" that was later released on Jett's
1994 album, Pure and Simple. Later, a video for "Go Home" was released
which depicts a woman who is being stalked and attacked but is then able
to defend herself against the assailant.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">was</span></span>In February 2013, a
play called "These Streets", inspired by the stories of and featuring
music by Mia Zapata and other female musicians in Seattle, debuted at
ACT theatre </i><i>in Seattle.<br /><br />Zapata's death caused a sense of
defeat and fear within the Seattle community. The Seattle Times marked
Zapata's murder as the moment "the Seattle scene lost its sense of
invincibility." Cristen Storm recalls Zapata's death as a reality
check, stating: "[They were] all very tough people and as a group of
women, [they] are all really strong, outspoken, and hard-hitting, very
opinionated women and that perception of, 'We're not victims at all in
any way and this can't happen to women that aren't victims,' and I think
[Zapata's death] shattered that myth for us, [and showed] that it
happens to all types of women."<br /><br />Mia Zapata is often cast as a
symbol for feminist activism, a martyr, and an angel. Dresdner said
"[Mia] was sainted, and that was very peculiar... she became this icon
for feminism and all kinds of things that she had very little to do with
in her actual life." Margaret O'Neil Girouard, who wrote her thesis on
Zapata, believes Zapata is an example of women artists being classified
based on the perceived motivations behind their art. Moriarty believed
"[Mia wanted] to relate to people on a personal level in her lyrics
[rather] than on a political level.".<br /><br />Andrew Kessler (the Gits'
guitarist, known as Joe Spleen) believed "[Mia] had no social or
political agenda and no real interest in that stuff. Also, after her
death, she quickly acquired a symbolic status as a feminist icon,
martyr, and poster child for rape and violence toward women in the eyes
of many folks—which had nothing to do with who she was as an actual
person. In fact Mia would be mortified that she has been remembered and
portrayed in such a way."<br /><br />Mia is often associated with riot
grrrl, though bandmates such as Kessler claim she had no involvement and
"little interest" in the movement. It has been speculated that this
association may be due to her presence as a "charismatic female
musician" in the Northwest, who was performing throughout the emergence
of riot grrrl. ..."</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>See entire Mia Zapata wiki page here: </b></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I
can support/share the opinion that she would not want to be known as part of or as being associated with
riot grrrl. That was not who she was, she was closer to hardcore punk, I would say. I never got to know the other members of <b>The Gits</b> well, but did interact with them some and watch them after Mia's death, and they handled their massive grief, which was in full public view, honorably, and they have worked hard to make sure she is remembered for who she was. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I feel that this is a point to stop. It is an entry that should stand on its own. RIP, Mia. Thank you for sharing your passion and for giving the Seattle scene much needed integrity and a much needed woman's voice in a male dominated arena. Your voice was silenced, but it will be carried by other voices. Much love to your family and bandmates and everyone who was touched by who you were.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I welcome any valid corrections and additions (or comments remembering Mia, from fan or friend): waynerayflower@gmail.com</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Here is a pretty awesome video montage of photos and footage of <b>The Gits</b> that captures the spirit and passion of Mia's performing, and the camaraderie of the band, accompanied by the song, <i>'Second Skin.'</i></span></span><br />
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<br />Wayne R. Flowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986530157196531588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729011961701267048.post-89355193904192098592019-05-20T14:08:00.001-07:002019-05-23T19:43:55.799-07:00New blog - Short Story Long...<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hello all,</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I started a new blog, it is a top of mind, conversational style blog called 'Short Story Long.' Check it out, subscribe and share if you like where I am going, I plan on being more prolific on this one since it is so casual and fairly unstructured. Any help promoting any of my blogs is welcome. I deleted my Facebook account, which has been a good thing, but the one area where it isn't good is promoting these blogs, as I don't do advertising or any promotion (any suggestions are welcome for promotion, I will be working on that more now!) See link below.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cheers,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wayne</span></span><br />
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Wayne R. Flowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986530157196531588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729011961701267048.post-81454974378535531302019-04-26T13:52:00.000-07:002021-12-26T09:33:44.515-08:00Music History Part 39 - The Fruits of a Music Scene Explosion<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Disclaimer</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>:</b> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Memory</span> is a
funny thing, and an elusive one. Meaning; I might have some of this
wrong, as 1. My memory is not always accurate, like anyone and 2. It is
from my perspective only. Any friends who were there, feel free to
correct me or add things I have missed. It helps! Also, no <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">gossip</span> on
anyone here, it ain't about that. Personal details are on a surface
level, and friends, girlfriends <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and</span> others are re-named to respect their
privacy. People in bands generally put their names out there on albums
and in interviews anyway, and are not in the habit of staying <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">anonymous</span>,
and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">therefore</span> are named here. That <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">said, </span>anyone <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">who</span> is in the blog that
wishes <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">me</span> not to use their name has only to ask. </span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br></span>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Sea</b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>ttle</b></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b> Years <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Disclaimer</span>: </b>As I enter the Seattle years in this music <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">blog</span>, the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">above</span> disclaimer goes double, because <i>so much</i> happened
and there are so many details to cover in this 14 year period; so many
shows, so many bands, so many friends and so much change in my life. As a
result of this and the fact that the four of us who <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">formed</span> <b>Treepeople </b>found
ourselves in the midst of a scene which blew up around us and attracted
the eyes of the world just 2 years after our arrival, not to mention
the 12 years I played music following that, I am bound to, hell, I <i>will</i> forget something.</span></span></span><br>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br>This
means two things: I will be coming back to entries and adding things to
them over the months following publication, and, that the part of the
above disclaimer where I ask for help from people in keeping me honest
and in remembering things is crucial to them. I thank anyone ahead of
time who was there, and, those who weren't there who have access to
valid<i> </i>info, for helping me to correct errors in dates or
chronology. Yes, I have the Internet, but many bands, scenes and things I
will cover did not receive the attention I feel that they deserved and
thus I will recall them mostly from memory, or rather, memories; mine
and those of friends. Also, friends who were in bands which I do not
happen to mention, <i>please</i> don't take it personally, just remind me. I have created a <i>monster </i>in undertaking this blog, one which I am determined to ride until the end!</span><br>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br>Lastly,
as mentioned, this scene gained national attention, and thus, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">needless</span>
to say and as we all know, many bands/people became famous, became rock
stars, were/are admired by millions, etc and etc...This makes another
part of my original disclaimer even more important. This memoir is
intended to tell my story, from my perspective. I have no intention of
creating a place where people can seek gossip about famous people, nor
is it about 'name-dropping'. I write of my impressions of people, bands,
and the Seattle scene from the '90s into the early 2000s. I protect
those who are my friends fiercely because a symptom of being known is
frequent intrusion into their lives beyond a level that I feel
is acceptable. Thank you for indulging me this disclaimer.</span><br>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br></span>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>A <i>kind <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">of</span></i> disclaimer on Violent Green entries...</b>In
writing about the band Violent Green, at this time I am not in contact
with Jenny O'lay, so I am not directly getting input from her, and, one
member is no longer alive. In the case of the former, out of respect to
O'lay, I am compelled to keep personal details at a high level, and in
terms of Drew Quinlan (RIP, Brother), I am not in touch with any of his
family to get approval of what I write about concerning him, as I did
with my previously passed bandmate, Pat Schmaljohn (and thus felt better
in writing about Pat) but I do not have the same access to family in
Drew's case, so for that reason, out of respect for Drew and his family,
I will also keep details at a high level. I won't make it cold and
unpersonal, don't misunderstand me. Our dynamic as people was a huge
part of the band. I guess what I am getting at is there are details that
will remain private, to meet with high standards I strive to meet on
this blog, even more so in light of this lack of input from the former
bandmates of which I write.</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">I hope I have achieved these standards. This</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span>also
brings up the point I always make, but it is important to reiterate;
this is all from my perspective only, and of anyone whom I get input
from.</span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our
odd relationships and their tensions were one with the music, and I
think, actually I know, that was a good thing, a necessary ingredient of
this band, a band that forever reshaped how I thought about music, both
listening to it and making it. I owe that to Drew and Jenny's
brilliance and imperfectness, which made me feel okay about my own
imperfections, (only to a degree, as my inner, self-critical voice was
still in full effect) and it helped me realize that even I held
brilliance, in my own way, when I played with them, warts and all. One
thing I can confidently say is; we gave a fuck about the music. And that
was because this was a highly musical band (most of the people who got
what we were doing were musicians themselves) and thus I will focus much
of my energy in terms of the VG entries talking about that; the music,
it's influences and forms, and how the three of us and what we brought
to the band from previous projects and the music we each loved, created,
eventually, a rich tapestry. It is worth digging into this world O'lay
spun with this bizarre, dark, poppy, goth, folksy punk music from <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Mars</span> ~
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">T</span>he indie record label Sub Pop, started <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">by</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Evergreen<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> graduate</span> Bruce Pavitt in <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1986 </span></span></span></span> as a fanzine in <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the early '80s</span>, </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Subterranean Pop<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, </span></i>and, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">as</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the</span> excellent <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">associated</span> cassette comp<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ilation<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s that led to the label itself</span></span><i>,<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">had come to gain international attention by 1992-93 (with help <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">from the label Glitterhouse<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Records, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">who</span></span> handled European </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">distribution</span></span></span></span></span></span></span>, and thanks to the European, especially British, music press.) <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sub Pop tapped into what folks in their mid to late '20s </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(like myself<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">!<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">)</span></span> were into, and what they hated, and<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">,</span> were benefactors of the happy accident of putting out the first <b>Nirvana</b> releases just before <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">that<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> band</span></span> blew up nationally and internationally, and that brought revenue<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span> Jonathan Poneman and Bruce Pavitt<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'s little label</span> began to have way more influence on the overall culture than their income or even physical reach should have enjoyed (remember this was pre-internet) at least based on the way thin<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">gs had alwa<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ys been done in the industry up until then. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Say what you will about Sub Pop, their rise to (near) the top of American pop culture is one of those 'rags to riches' stories<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span> Althou<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">gh</span> you really couldn't call it 'riches' by <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the standards of rich people or <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">labels</span>, but for indie rock dirtbag ('Loser' brand) nerd kids coming out of a liberal arts mecca college (Evergreen in Washington, who<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">se students were hatching other crucial elements of the subculture rise of the late '80s through the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'90s, like Calvin Johnson, co-founder of K Records, whose orbit I was soon to be in, or my friend Steve Fisk, pushing boundaries in mu<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">sic production</span>)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and it was pretty awesome. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Also, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sub</span> Pop </span>didn't always <i>pay</i> like a rich label (but as to why this is/was will start many debates, and I don't want to do that in <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">this space<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.) Ok, ok, so maybe rags to riches misses the mark. At any rate, the story of Sub Pop is a story of <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a somewhat</span> unlikely success.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Jonathan Poneman & Bruce Pavitt, 1988</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Copyright Jeff Smith, 2012 </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The success of Sub Pop and thus <b>Nirvana</b> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">hatched a hungry, hungry scene in Seattle, as I have <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">thoroughly</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">covered in this blog</span>. I have joked that I have been the 'Forest Gump of Indie Rock' before. I hadn't realized until talking to a friend about it recently that this observation needs more clarification as to what I mean, I mean <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">specifically how Gump seemed to, by accident, be present at big moments in history,</span> and I would say that<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> my proximity to<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> people close to Kurt Cobain, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">my</span> having friends and living with people who were among Sup <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Pop's first employees (including, of course Chris Takino, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">who</span> started <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Up Records to put out a record f</span>or <b>Violent Green</b>) <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Treepeople </b>opening for <b>Nirvana </b>6 months before they blew up, all can be categorized as examples of <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">what I mean by this silly metaphor in terms of relating to what I am covering here</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. I had no such thoughts at the time, of course. This obse<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">rvation is <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">stric<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">tly 20/20 vision stuff, from Older Wayne. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But I ended up, quite by some accident (in addition to of course some determination and work, of course) in the mid<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">st of one of the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">hottest places for music in the history of music in the US<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. That was never a goal, it just happened<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Really</span>, though, in terms of any level of success, other than there suddenly being a hundred or so bands vying for slots on shows in the same old clubs, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">for</span> musicians actually <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">playing</span> there, the needle hadn't moved much, and certainly not <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">for</span> <b>Violent Green</b>! By this I mean, the industry machine tends to look to find <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a band with</span> what<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ever 'formula' fits <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">something that</span> just broke, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">causing them to miss the next thing to break</span>...like <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Neil Young's lyric, <i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"...Looking for the wave you missed/When another one is close at hand..."</span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As for <b>VG</b>,</span> we continued to do our thing, and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">shape our sound. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jenny was <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">writing at an accelerated clip, what <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">would <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">later</span> be revealed as a part of her processing the beginning period of a break up with her long term partner, whom I will call C. It ended up being a much <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">commiserated <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">state of mind</span> for all of us, Fisk included. Jumping ahead like a naughty time traveler, I <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>so</i></span> apologize. <i>Ahem</i>. Where were we?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>"...I like to think that when something d<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">isturbs me...It is </span></b></span></i><u><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">important</span></b></span></u><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">." ~ Steven <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jesse</span> Bernstein, poet</span></b></span></i> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Part of what happens in an exploding music scene which is a wonderful<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and welcome consequence, is that other form<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s of art within that scene gain attention<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> as well<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">; <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">visual art scenes, poetry scenes, theater<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. A <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">dynamic, unique local poet whose readings came off as performances was <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Steven</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jesse</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Bernstein<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, known as <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jesse</span> Bernstein except to a small number of close friends.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jesse</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">had</span> been putting spoken word recordings out on Sub Pop, and the marriage was beneficial to both label and artist. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Berstein</span> opened for<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Sub Pop bands like<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> TAD</span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and <b>Nirvana</b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, had opened the famous Seattle <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Steam</span> Plant performance of Chicago band <b>Big Bla<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ck </span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(a band it <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">could be said had a considerable influence on the Seattle music scene at the time) and was friends with the legendary poet William S. Burroughs<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. The Seattle <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">music</span></span></span></span></span> scene went wild about him, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">despite the fact that they never really grasped<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> the deep, dark place he was getting to, I am afraid that he was never taken as seriously as he should have been on the merits of his work. I corresponded with Steve Fisk about this recently and here is his take on what I bring up here, <i>"...</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Bernstein himself helped trivialize his work when he was alive, he
played up the dark, the scat, the blood and guts, because he knew his
"audience". If you look at his books and other writing you can see the
deep thought and heart in his work. He was a real author not some
Felliniesque Satyraclown. I'm sure somewhere Jessie </i>[sic]<i> is smiling because
we still remember him and his profound influences on many artists..."</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Above, postcard written by William S. Burroughs to Jesse Bernstein, provided by Steve Fisk and Anne Marie Ggrgich</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My perspective on Bernstein comes from a place of not having seen him then (I missed him due to time conflicts a few times, to my great <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">regret<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">) but from <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">many friends'<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> opinions, friends who knew him, had seen him perform many times. One of those friends, as mentioned above, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">was producer Steve Fisk, who was in the middle of producing <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jesse</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Bernstein's</span> groundbreaking spoken word/sample lp on <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sub Pop, <i>Prison</i>, when <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jesse</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> committed suicide<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, in 1991.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Fisk described how he often ran into people when walking around near his studio after Jesse's suicide who knew he was working on <i>Prison</i>, and this inspired him to go out less.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Prison<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, a groundbreaking spoken word/sampling album, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">words and performance by Seattle poet Steven <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jesse</span> Bernstein, production and music composition by Steve Fisk</span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">At the time, Fisk was living in the iconic small building <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">just up the hill from</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">North</span> Waterfront, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">where could be <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">found</span></span> the famous Cyclops Cafe<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">',</span> located directly next door to Fisk's apartment, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">which itself<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> was home</span></span> to his studio, part of a larger artist collective called SCUD ('Subteranean Cooperative of Urban Dreamers,' a play on the SCUD missles that were being used in the Gulf War at the time, and a name Fisk never embraced; <i>"...</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>By 1989 I was really sick of "underground" as a brand AND I was never a dreamer passed </i>[sic]<i> the age of 15..."</i>) </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <br><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Steve Fisk in '86 or '87 at the Cyclops Cafe' ~ Photo by Cam <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Garrett</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Prison</i> had a <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">profound impact on many people, myself included, and, in retrospect, as did the aforementioned music project Fisk was half of, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Pigeonhed</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> (Shawn Smith of Seattle bands <b>Brad</b> & <b>Satchel </b>being the other half - RIP this year.)<b> </b><i>Prison </i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">also had a huge influence on <b>Violent Green</b>, especially in the later part of the band. I say this mostly in relationship to the artful <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ways</span> in which Fisk's music-scapes are <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">composed,</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">in part, of </span>found sound<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s, some of which are</span> manipulated into beats, something that the 'Trip Hop' movement was picking up on, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">but that Fisk had been doing steadily in his solo work and appropriate production for bands since the early '80s. And per Fisk, <i>Prison</i> was crucial to the beginning of <b>Pigeonhed</b>, <i>"...</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Its </i>[sic]<i> also worth noting that Prison was the begining of Pigeonhed. Its</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; 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font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[sic]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i> the
first place where Shawn understood my beats and approach. We started
working later that summer and our little group was born."</i> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Drew listened to <i>Prison</i> carefully, over and over<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, for years, and I can only assume Jenny did as well, it certainly shows in her later sampling work. I listened to it when I was in the mood. I think my associ<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ation with the sadness I had witne<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ssed</span> it <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">causing</span> Fisk</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">made it harder to listen to, as if I knew <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jesse</span> vicariously. But Drew took notes, and it radically changed his approach to <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">how<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> he used samples, and specifically what <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">sounds he <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">chose</span> to sample.</span></span></span></span></span> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></i></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Click <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">here </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">to listen to</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLESJa7Uj0E" target="_blank">Party Balloon</a> </span></i></span></span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">from the lp <i>Prison</i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, </span></span>by Jesse Bernstein & Steve Fisk</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Prison</span></i> is one of those albums that will be <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">simultaneously timeless and ultimately of its time and place, forever; <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A shining</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">anomaly in the Sub Pop <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">catalog, to be sure</span></span></span>. Also, looking ba<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ck, I see that it foretold a darkness to come in the music scene. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Bernstein</span> left the proverbial and literal stage just before <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">things got weird (well, weirder)<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>and more people started dying. For me personally, this darkness more and more became a reckoning with my own personal demons. I no longer looked away <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">from</span> what<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> troubled me, I tried to face it, but it would take years and lots of pain, for myself and others. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jesse</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Bernst<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ein has a phrase, <i>"...I like to think that when something disturbs me...It is </i><u><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">import</span>ant</u><i>..."</i> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">These words, uttered in his stark, bleak tones, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">echo<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ed through my life from there forward</span></span></span>. It was a start, though of course I <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">haven't</span> even gotten <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">to the part of the tale where I started</span> fucking up my life<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">but we'll get there!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Tales of Wandering Trees</b> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jumping back to '93, <b>Treepeople</b> began yet another morphing, after recording an album somewhat like how the late<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">r era <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Beatles <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">recorded their last studio record (not to imply <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">this was the last studio lp for <b>Treepeople</b>)</span> that is, everyone adding their parts at different times [Present Wayne (Future Wayne to you) here - You couldn't have gotten this more wrong, about the Beatles, anyway, as they in fact recroded it live, all sitting in the same room. Yours, Future Wayne]. Eric Akre, whom we had known for years, the Tri-City wonder kid drummer from <b>Diddly Squat</b> and <b>Christ on a Crutch</b> was now a seasoned pro on drums, and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the </span>new <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">drummer in <b>Treepeople</b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span></span> Akre had always been a big <b>Treepeople</b> fan, and had been in threads of our story for <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">some time, even having<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> handwritten all the words for the covers and liner of the <b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Treepeople</span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> lp <i>Guilt, Regret, Embarrassment<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, </span></i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and having played drums on the very last ever recording of a <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">resurrected</span> <b>State of Confusion </b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">for one last hurrah at <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Electric Eel studio (see <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">upcoming 'Missing Bits' entry, a new thing where I cover all the shit I missed!)</span></span> Akre also <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">gave me some crucial drumming tips in my <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">only ever lesson that helped me tremendously later (listen <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">to the difference in my drumming from <i>'Time Whore' </i>to '<i>GRE'</i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">). <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Eric made <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">sense as<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> the next drummer</span></span></span>, and his joining had almost happened before Tony joined the band, I believe. Tony<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">went on to focus on other projects, including his band <b>Twelve Thirty Dreamtime </b>(who reunited and played <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a recent <b>Treepeople</b> reunion show here in Portland, Oregon, March, 2018.) but would return to the band later. I digress<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">T</span>he <b>Treepeople </b>LP <i>Just Kidding </i>has moments, but doesn't feel cohesive to me, and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">after<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> learning of the above mentioned twilight Beatleesque</span></span> era style <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">recording</span> process involved in the making of it, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">this</span> doesn't <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">surprise me. I believe that by the time this record came out, Doug had already released the first <b>Built to Spill</b> LP, <i>Ultimate Alternative Wa<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">vers</span></i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and was well on the way with that <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">project becoming a band and touring.</span></span> What is apparent on <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Just Kidding</i> to me is how much more Scott came to dominate the band, and, how it became a showcase for his songwriting<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, which I feel the last <b>Treepeople</b> record, <i>Actual <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Reenactment</span></i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">highlights even more, and has hints of things to come for him.</span></span><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></i> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Pat Schmaljohn would soon quit <b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Treepeople</span></b> and eventually end up in Boise after a stint as the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Production Manger</span><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">at <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Stranger alt culture mag in Seattle (96-97) which had grown in both readership and local <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">cultural</span> influence, and had by then started a trend of snarky local culture rags throughout the country<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, a good or bad thing <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">depending on <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">your perspective. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A</span>lso <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">recent in </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Pat's life was</span> marriage to a new partner. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Around this time [Correction from who was then 'Future Wayne' at the time of this writing, currently Now Wayne, soon to also be Past Wayne, but this actually happened just after Pat got the job at the Stranger, so it would have actually been around 1996 - Now Wayne], Pat and his wife showed up at my door<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, at least </span>as I remember it <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">happened</span>, he may have arranged ahead of time, I don't know for sure, it seems <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">more likely he would <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">have,</span> considering how <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">sensitive</span> the subject since his last, threatening presence and exit in our apartment on <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Capitol</span> Hill, and right next door to where our near<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> blows</span> conflict had happened<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, causing</span> my exit from the band. Either way, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">his visit<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and his wife's <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">accompaniment meant the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">world to me, was a ray of sunlight on our troubled relationship. We caught up, he told me of the job, his wife told me of her life, my girlfriend <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">even joined us in the conversation for a time<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, </span>as I remember it. And he left me with a letter (or mailed it prior or after?) <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a </span>photocopied single letter </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , 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sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">he gave to all his friends whom he felt he had wronged<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>apologizing for ever offendin<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">g anyone with past behavior<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> I don't know if it was part of a twelve step <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">thing or not</span></span></span> (it felt that way), but I accepted the apology and was looking forward to becoming friends again<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, over time. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, though I did see him a few more times before he <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">passed, once while he played with his great, short-lived Boise<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> band <b>Hive</b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">i</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t was never to be</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Doug Martsch was busy touring with <b>Built to Spill</b> in<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> '93, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">to hype, I imagine <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">an</span> upcoming</span> LP on Up Records<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, </span>which would be 1994's brilliant, <i>There's Nothing Wrong With Love</i>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I was playing as much music as I could, and hanging out almost <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">exclusively</span> with musicians<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, so projects were always bubbling up. I had some false starts, one of which I remember mostly for the cool name I came up with, <b>Wonder Twin Powers</b>, and for the fact that <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">its</span> two members besides myself, both players from a Seattle hardcore punk band called <b>Last Gasp</b> who played shows with our friends the legendary <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Whipped</b></span></span> </span>and a few with <b>Treepeople</b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">would cross pat<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">hs with me again musically, one as recently as 2014 to the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">present</span> day. That is, the drummer Chris Trenton and the guitarist Fred <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Speakman. We rehearsed once, in a half burned <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">out warehouse. Nothing else came <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">of it. About 5 years later, Chris would drum for my short-lived Seattle band, <b>Panic Bird</b>.</span></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">15 years after that, I would drum in the reformed band that inspired me to play music in the early '80s, <b>The Commonauts</b>, with Fred on<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> guitar (still a band as of this writing) </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and, another band that never did but a couple rehearsals, with me on drums and Doug Pack, guitarist/cosinger/cosongwriter for<b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Whipped</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> played guitar, the band name I came up for this project was <b>6 Feet Underwear. </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thank you for indulging me in my musings on this time-release synchronicity<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">!<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Inevitably relevant to a story that still <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">unfolds</span> every day...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>The Dunge<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">on and The </span>Chophouse </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Violent Green </span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">had bopped around as far as rehea<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">rsal spaces were concerned but finally found a home at a place befitting the horror movie sounding heading of this <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">section</span>, which are merely the names of our respective spaces through the end of the band<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">; That is, The Dungeon, so named because friends of friends filmed B level (hell, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">C level!) horror films there. It was in the basement of an old building (possibly from the late 1800s) that housed some of the best establishments in Seattle at the time, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">like the Wild Rose, a lesbian bar, maybe <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the biggest such in town at the time (and where a former co-worker and friend of mine was managing the kitchen) a cool coffee house<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, Cafe Paradiso (where incidentally I saw <b>Modest Mouse</b> as snotty skinny kids tear it up not long after this time) and other funky businesses when<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> that strip on South Capitol Hill was still funky. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">rehearsal space itself was a HUGE cavernous room, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">mostly filled with home made horror film props and music gear. There was a nasty 'piss bucket,' which was kept filled mostly with Simple Green cleanser and SOMETIMES regularly emptied into a <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">tangle of blackberry bushes outside the door. Rancid, gross, I <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">admit</span> I used it a few times, it <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">but soon stopped<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> (</span></span></span></span></span></span></span>I think the smell almost made me puke once, is why.)<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">O</span>ther bands I remember us sharing the space with were <b>Crisis Rebirth</b>, a hippy crusty punk<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">/metal</span> dirge band, really good, the singer was Aja<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">x, who sang for the aforementioned hardcore band <b>Last Gasp</b>. Ajax was friends with Drew and most of my <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">friends</span></span>, and he was gravit<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ating more and more toward metal noise, and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ultimately noise<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, with something called <b>LISAP </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[</span>Life Is Shit And<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Puke<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span 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sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Opera</b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, a solo noise project with <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">occasional</span> guests, one time I was the guest, playing a show<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, my instrument a short wave radio on a mic. 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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ajax was a fre<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">quent guest for Drew's home <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">recording</span> sessions<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, as he was dating one of Drew's <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">roommates (the excellen<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t drummer Maria Mabra)</span></span> and was often present. He has a unique scream and voice in general<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, and at the time possessed no <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">inhibition</span> performing, or personally. The drummer for <b>Crisis Rebirth</b>, I soon found out, was none other than a <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">grown up drummer who had played <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">in the bitchy metal kid band <b>State Of C<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">o</span>nfusion </b>had played with at the odd <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">skating</span> rink in Port Orchard, Washington, in 1986<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> (<b>Tempered Steel</b>, they were called, and I<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> immediately <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">renamed them '<b>Temp<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ermental Steel</span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">')</span></span></span></span>. I would see <b>Crisis Rebirth </b>play a show in the woods using a generator <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">arou<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nd this time, it was pretty cool<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, until the cops shut it down<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I do believ<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e the awesome band <b>Officer Down </b>also practiced <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">at The Dungeon, and probably a number of other bands I am forgetting (anyone who knows of any please send me a<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> message or comment here!)</span> We <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">practiced</span> there maybe a year as I remember it, before moving across the street to a full on professional faci<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">lity called 'The Chophouse.'</span></span></span> More <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">on Chophouse later, but it makes sense we ended up there. The music industry exploding also gave rise to whole <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">other related industries like rehearsal spaces, and many of our peers in the music scene had moved <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">to the Chophouse as well</span>. Moving to this space began a new <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">songwriting focus</span> for the band, as we crafted songs for what <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">would become <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a</span> dark jewel<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> of an album, <i>Eros</i>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br></span>Wayne R. Flowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986530157196531588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729011961701267048.post-78525044586943416672018-12-27T19:38:00.000-08:002020-06-26T23:11:50.840-07:00Music History Part 38 - Navigating A Feeding Frenzy on the Sidelines<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Disclaimer</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>:</b> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Memory</span> is a
funny thing, and an elusive one. Meaning; I might have some of this
wrong, as 1. My memory is not always accurate, like anyone and 2. It is
from my perspective only. Any friends who were there, feel free to
correct me or add things I have missed. It helps! Also, no <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">gossip</span> on
anyone here, it ain't about that. Personal details are on a surface
level, and friends, girlfriends <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and</span> others are re-named to respect their
privacy. People in bands generally put their names out there on albums
and in interviews anyway, and are not in the habit of staying <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">anonymous</span>,
and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">therefore</span> are named here. That <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">said, </span>anyone <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">who</span> is in the blog that
wishes <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">me</span> not to use their name has only to ask. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Sea</b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>ttle</b></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b> Years <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Disclaimer</span>: </b>As I enter the Seattle years in this music <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">blog</span>, the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">above</span> disclaimer goes double, because <i>so much</i> happened
and there are so many details to cover in this 14 year period; so many
shows, so many bands, so many friends and so much change in my life. As a
result of this and the fact that the four of us who <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">formed</span> <b>Treepeople </b>found
ourselves in the midst of a scene which blew up around us and attracted
the eyes of the world just 2 years after our arrival, not to mention
the 12 years I played music following that, I am bound to, hell, I <i>will</i> forget something.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />This
means two things: I will be coming back to entries and adding things to
them over the months following publication, and, that the part of the
above disclaimer where I ask for help from people in keeping me honest
and in remembering things is crucial to them. I thank anyone ahead of
time who was there, and, those who weren't there who have access to
valid<i> </i>info, for helping me to correct errors in dates or
chronology. Yes, I have the Internet, but many bands, scenes and things I
will cover did not receive the attention I feel that they deserved and
thus I will recall them mostly from memory, or rather, memories; mine
and those of friends. Also, friends who were in bands which I do not
happen to mention, <i>please</i> don't take it personally, just remind me. I have created a <i>monster </i>in undertaking this blog, one which I am determined to ride until the end!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />Lastly,
as mentioned, this scene gained national attention, and thus, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">needless</span>
to say and as we all know, many bands/people became famous, became rock
stars, were/are admired by millions, etc and etc...This makes another
part of my original disclaimer even more important. This memoir is
intended to tell my story, from my perspective. I have no intention of
creating a place where people can seek gossip about famous people, nor
is it about 'name-dropping'. I write of my impressions of people, bands,
and the Seattle scene from the '90s into the early 2000s. I protect
those who are my friends fiercely because a symptom of being known is
frequent intrusion into their lives beyond a level that I feel
is acceptable. Thank you for indulging me this disclaimer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>A <i>kind <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">of</span></i> disclaimer on Violent Green entries...</b>In
writing about the band Violent Green, at this time I am not in contact
with Jenny O'lay, so I am not directly getting input from her, and, one
member is no longer alive. In the case of the former, out of respect to
O'lay, I am compelled to keep personal details at a high level, and in
terms of Drew Quinlan (RIP, Brother), I am not in touch with any of his
family to get approval of what I write about concerning him, as I did
with my previously passed bandmate, Pat Schmaljohn (and thus felt better
in writing about Pat) but I do not have the same access to family in
Drew's case, so for that reason, out of respect for Drew and his family,
I will also keep details at a high level. I won't make it cold and
unpersonal, don't misunderstand me. Our dynamic as people was a huge
part of the band. I guess what I am getting at is there are details that
will remain private, to meet with high standards I strive to meet on
this blog, even more so in light of this lack of input from the former
bandmates of which I write.</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">I hope I have achieved these standards. This</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span>also
brings up the point I always make, but it is important to reiterate;
this is all from my perspective only, and of anyone whom I get input
from.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our
odd relationships and their tensions were one with the music, and I
think, actually I know, that was a good thing, a necessary ingredient of
this band, a band that forever reshaped how I thought about music, both
listening to it and making it. I owe that to Drew and Jenny's
brilliance and imperfectness, which made me feel okay about my own
imperfections, (only to a degree, as my inner, self-critical voice was
still in full effect) and it helped me realize that even I held
brilliance, in my own way, when I played with them, warts and all. One
thing I can confidently say is; we gave a fuck about the music. And that
was because this was a highly musical band (most of the people who got
what we were doing were musicians themselves) and thus I will focus much
of my energy in terms of the VG entries talking about that; the music,
it's influences and forms, and how the three of us and what we brought
to the band from previous projects and the music we each loved, created,
eventually, a rich tapestry. It is worth digging into this world O'lay
spun with this bizarre, dark, poppy, goth, folksy punk music from <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Mars</span> ~
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My other blogs: <a href="https://shortstorylongconversation.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Short Story Long</a> - (Top of mind, conversational, formal essays, photo essays, etc.) <a href="https://wayneflowerart.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Artwork</a>, <a href="https://waynewords.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Poetry</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Why '<i>Violent Green</i>'? </span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">I realized that I need to back up and talk about how we ended up with the name <b>Violent Green</b>. I hinted before that it came from the author Cormac McCarthy, whom Jenny was very into and influenced by. McCarthy is well known now after his books <i>All the Pretty Horses, No Country for Old Men, </i>and <i>The Road </i>have been made into films, but at the<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>time, though he was a fairly well known author, he wasn't as widely known. His first book is called <i>The Orchard Keeper</i>, and this is the source of the name <b>Violent Green</b>. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">In a passage in the book, McCarthy describes foliage in the south after a rain as <i>'violent green.' </i>I liked it as a band name right away, even though I did think of the '70s sci-fi cult classic, one known well among our peers, the film <i>'Soylent Green</i>' - and yeah, people brought it up - in spite of that, I thought it worked. Some people mentioned the name evoking the thought of weed. Well, yeah, people partook, a lot of people in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest did, it was plentiful, strong and cheap. And people mentioned money could be called violent green. Well, we were all pretty progressive politically and anti destructive capitalism, so, yeah, that too. It all sort of fit. Hell, the music was dark, some almost dystopian in a folk tale sort of way, but also in a kind of sci-fi and old school horror film way (Jenny did the fold out layout for our first album insert and included Frankenstein as background imagery) as <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the themes</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">in those wor<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ks were</span></span> often about personal and psychological struggle, and about outsiders who were misunderstood and shunned. That even fit the reference that made us cringe a little, mentioned above, that of <i>Soylent Green.</i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It should also be said that in my research for my archives and<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> by extension this blog, I have come across <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">present day bands named <b>Violent Green</b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. It is what it is. The band I was in hasn't been active for a long time. I am certain Jenny doesn't give a shit any more than I. And what kind of anti destructive capitalism folks would we be if we sued poor musicians<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> or just were assholes and made them start over with a new name? (Also, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">do</span> we <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">really</span></i> want to inspire a band to call <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">themselves <i>'<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Violent Green Jr.'</span></i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">? ;</span></span></span> ) We made our mark. I hesitate to say we made our mark 'in music history<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">,' th<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e inevitable follow up to that, but some folks would. The only point when that happened in my mind is when Greil Marcus positively re<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">vi<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ewed our first album in Art Forum, which I will get to. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Enough <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">already about the damn name! Onward<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">~</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Doug branches ou<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t~, Scotty carries the torch</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In 1992, Doug left <b>Treepeople</b>. He said at the time in an interview (I <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">forget with <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">whom, if anyone knows, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">let me know) that he quit because he didn't want to tour so much (<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Treepeop<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">le </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">hit the road often after I quit) and maybe that was true at the time. I haven't discussed it at len<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">gth with him. I did remember a time<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>when he stopped by <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">just</span> after I quit the band (also covered in a previous en<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">try)<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and he told me he had songs that didn't fit with what <b>Treepeople </b>had been doing and he told me that he might do a side project. This became the band <b>Built to Spill</b>, who form<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ed for a recording right after Doug left <b>Tree<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">people</span></b>. At that time, it really was more of a project. Doug asked his brother in law and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">my future bandmate (<b>Halo Benders</b>) and best friend, Ralf Youtz to <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">join</span> he <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and Brett Netson of <b>Caustic Resin</b> to lay down some tracks in Boise, where Doug had<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> relocated to. The result was the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">wonderful, quirky, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">groundwork laying LP <i>'Ultimate <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Alternative</span> Wavers'</i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">released in 1993<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The first Built to Spill album, <i>Ultimate <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Alternative</span> Wavers </i>(a name that came from a found letter written by some ano<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nymous Boise youth) </span>released in 1993. Pro<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">bably one of the funniest and most <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">original ideas for a<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">n album cover, they actually went to a portrait studio to get this taken. Brilliant.</span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As for <b>Treepeople</b>, Scott Schmaljohn continued on with the band, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">much</span> to the anger and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">disappointment</span> of many fans (a fact I was un<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">aware of until recently, as I was not tracking things that closely, and remember this was pre-internet, word traveled slowly and mostly person to person)</span>. I <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">never</span> resented him for doing it, I admit I thought it was a weird idea at the time, since the band was such a two songwriter band. Doug's songs appea<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">led more to the music nerdy, shoegazer fan set, while Scott's songs appealed to punkers and hardcore folks. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A good friend from the old days who is good friends with the whole crew of us (and incidentally my current <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">roommate</span>) explained his take on Scott's decision well once, he said (paraphrasing) that <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Scotty (as we all <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">call him)</span></span> had <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">worked</span> hard for the name <b>Treepeople</b>, had put sweat, time and </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">money</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> into it<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, and that he didn't <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">want to just give it up. I think that<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'s fair. I know many don't agree. But I also know many people practically worship Doug (<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">something he of course</span> never asked for<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> or sought</span>) and think that <b>Treepeople</b> was 'Doug's band,' but nothing could be further from the truth, and Doug would be the first to tell you that. I admit to bein<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">g <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">embarrassed</span> to say it, but Doug has said many times that we were his music heroes when he was young<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">that we had</span></span> inspired him to do music more seriously.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Scott was writing songs, singing and playing them<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">fiercely, for years before we met Doug, which was when <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Doug himself</span> was 16 (and yes, already brilliant<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.)</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> And of course, the one who inspired all of us was Patrick <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Howard 'Brown' Schmaljohn (RIP<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">). </span></span>Sorry for the rant diversion, back to VG, but I will say, if you come to any upcoming <b>Treepeople </b>reunion shows, film some of Scott's songs, too, aye? They rule.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I will talk more of <b>Treepeople</b> here and there concurrently with this thread on <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Violent Green</b> as I go. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We were all not in touch <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">for a time, Pat quit the band I think in '93 (stand by, will re<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">search<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> for next time, it escapes me)</span></span> and I <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">worked</span> with Doug a few years later in <b>Halo Benders</b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Scott and I ended up<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> being out of touch the longest, but I tracked what was going on with <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the band, of course. Back to <b>Viol<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ent Green</span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, for chrissakes! But I will say, I will diverge a lot, because as you can see, '92/93 was an exciting time for music in Seattle, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and the Pacific Northwest, </span>with lots going on.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Plodding A<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">lo<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">n<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">g</span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We played shows, sometimes weird ones, like a Scorpio birthday party </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(meaning everyone there but us were all Scorpios, unless I am mis-remembering Drew's sign)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> upstairs at <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a trippy bar, or at a little dance club. As I mentioned<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, we were hard to peg sound wise, so it was challenging for us to find a <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">line-up</span> that fit us. But we played often, and for any band, this tightens you up, right quick! And, as a songwriter, you get feedback, whether from the psychic energy of a crowd (it exists, don't care what you thi<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nk and if you haven't performed, well...) or from actual commentary on the band.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jenny could be brilliant one night, or even better, we all could, but also, we all could be not so brilliant, or outright sloppy and disjointed. It was a band very much about emotional energy, and the music live fed off the crowd in a reverse way to what normally happens, where a band comes out and draws the audience in by either <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">blowing </span>people away or more slowly drawing them in. I feel like <b>Violent Green</b> absorbed the energy from the crowd and Jenny became a shaman in a way, harnessing the energy, and releasing it back, and it wasn't always sunny energy. Mixed with her dark, hypnotizing vibe in the songs, it could have strange results, to be sure. And, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">it could also be</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">wonderful, making my <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">little skin hairs stand up, or, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">make</span> me cringe because I knew we weren't bringing it, or worse, were outright <i>butchering it</i>. But that was who we were. I even knew people who liked our unpredictability. One time Brett Netson of </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Caustic <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Resin</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> hadn't seen us for a while and he asked me (from memory) "<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When you play live do you still sometimes have songs <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">devolve and fall <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">apart <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">at the end</span>?<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Yeah<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">,<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">" I answered, sighing. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Cool," he said. I <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">shou<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ld here</span></span> say that <b>Caustic <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Resin </span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">was a great match up for us to play with and we had great shows with them.</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There were <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">times when Jenny didn't like the flavor of the energy from people, and she would become distant, quiet. Other times she was <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">incredibly charming and magnetic<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b> </b>and connected with the audience<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. It was intense to get up there and bare your truth, after all, especially for a woman at that time (though cont<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">empora<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ry women led or all women bands</span> were quickly forging <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">paths</span></span>.) Jenny once described </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">playing your songs in front of people as 'standing up there with your tits hanging out<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">,</span>' and she nailed it, I think<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>(speaking from only <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">having</span> minimal experience performing and singing songs I have written, o<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">f course</span>, and also not having tits, per se<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> ; </span>)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>New musical shifts</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As I have mentioned a few times on here<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, the music of <b>Violent Green </b>was entering...<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">adolescence</span>? Becoming its own entity (maybe creat<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ure is a more apt word) and forming for its next stage of life. Yeah, weird, right? I wouldn't talk that way about the music of any other band I have <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">been in, but I'm <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">telling</span> you...I digress.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I realized that I neglected to talk <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">about the actual music<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> on our first 7 inch. I will do so<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> now and call it an entry!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>A song by song analysis of the first 7 inch release by Violent Green, <i>'</i></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , 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"trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span 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style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><i>You Make me Wish I Had <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a Gun/</span></i></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Waiting For June<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">/Wine'</span></i></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Layout - Hank Trotter</span> </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><b>You Make Me Wish I Had a Gun</b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">of course have to start by saying <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">none of us were <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">violent people or advocated violence. I never discussed the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">meaning of this song with Jenny, but I can safely say it was an expression of the manifestation of anger and violence in our souls and minds when things are unfair or threatening<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> or frustrating<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, those feelings we all have<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. In retrospect, for a band named <b>'Violent Green' </b>to have their first release bearing a title like that may have been inviting a major misinterpre<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">tation of who we were. It sounds metal or punk rock rather than the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">deep, sad, emotional place we were coming from more and more. But luckily it seemed the music was strong enough overall on the record, and the other songs balanced it out. Also, frankly, not many people were paying attention! Certainly not the local music<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> press. Musically it is for certain an <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">anomaly</span> in the whole body of<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> work<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, very standard verse<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">/chorus/verse<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>structure, melodically<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, but the lyric structure that emerges as I listen to and analyze <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">this <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">music</span></span></span> is that she wrote <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">lines that were clear choruses and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">embedded</span> them into the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">melody of the verse, and thus they became verses, but stood out like a chorus</span></span>. <br /><br />I h<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ave to admit I LOVED playing this song live, and generally, as it allowed me to really<i>~dig~</i>into the strings, something Jenny was ok with as <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">occasional</span> flavor.</span> It is very funky (and also may be the song <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">that </span>led to early <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">comparisons</span> to the band <b>Minutemen</b>?) One interesting <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">thing I notice listening to it all these years later is there is a hint of things to come in the odd, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">loping and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">momentarily suspended</span></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">rhythm of the instrumental chorus. We would come to experiment a lot with experimental <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">rhythms, mostly thanks to Drew<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, both on drums and increasingly on a sampler.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A bit of a disclaimer on these and any of Jenny's songs I describe here in these VG entries: Any surface interp<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">retations of lyri<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">cs are mine <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">only, and I will do it sparingly, where I think neces<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">sary
- That said, all I can say is that in listening to<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> (though not </span>reading<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, have misplaced <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">them, don't see them online)</span></span> lyrics
to this song, June is a woman, and the narrator is describing a woman who loves her
and waits <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">for her. I could be completely wrong, of course. She may very well just be <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">waiting for summer, for the endless gray of the NW to lift.</span> The music is probably among the poppiest that <b>Violent <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Green</span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> has ever done, (with <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a few cousins <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">in the overall body of work)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>and one of the very few songs with <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a verse chorus verse structure and the chorus being clear melodically, <i>'<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">...She lies waiting for June</span></i></span>..<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">' </span></i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">is maybe the clearest chorus we ever had lyrically (aside from p<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">reviously mentioned <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">anomaly song, <i>You Make Me Wish I <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Had a Gun</span></i></span><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">)</span></i></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and yet, as mentioned above, the pattern was, it was <i>in the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">verses</span></i></span>. Musically, there is a perfect <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">section </span>for a chorus, and there are lyrics, but the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">lyrics</span> do not rise to <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the strength of a chorus</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> It <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">is simply a musical chorus with <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">some words.</span></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The song</span> is somewhat of a reformation of the typical pop struct<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ure in these ways.</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The mood of the </span>music is <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">melancholy</span> in its <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">descending <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">chords, and even the more rocking <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">section (the aforementioned musical chorus)<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>merely <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">rises</span> to a different timb<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">re of <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">melancholy<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>The squeaky noise at the end...</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This was <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">simply
a recording I did with a microcassette of the dryer in the basement of<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> a</span> house in the Seattle Walli<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ng</span>ford neighborhood<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> where</span> we practiced at the time, a band house called the 'Comb
House' (named after the main band of the house, <b>Comb</b>). We heard <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">this <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">metallic</span>, forlorn squeaking</span> often between songs when rehearsing<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What can I say about the song <i>'Wine?' </i>I am pretty <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">biased</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">beyond</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">even</span> the obvious reasons (I was in the band and played on <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the song!) <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">but because it is one of my top favorite songs we did and that Jenny wrote<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. It also ended up on our first LP. It <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">represents the shift in music I keep talking of here. It is haunting<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, a little sinister, and driving <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">rhythmically, Drew's tom work is <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">phenomenal and showcases his <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">innate sense of what is perfect rhythmic structure for a song. I was able to slide along that foundation, up and down the neck of my bass, and stretch out the underlying tension of the song. It was moments like these <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">that</span> playing this music felt mystical, like actual magic. I love<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">d it.</span> </span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Article on Up Records:<br /><a href="http://www.revolutioncomeandgone.com/articles/6/up-records.php" target="_blank">http://www.revolutioncomeandgone.com/articles/6/up-records.php</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Up Next: </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I keep trying to predict where I will be <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">next entry but due to the volume of things that happened, I have no freakin' idea. Buckle up!</span></span><i></i></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Artwork <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">by Anne Marie Grgich</span></span><i> </i></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></span>Wayne R. Flowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986530157196531588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729011961701267048.post-47388731777379743612018-11-08T18:54:00.000-08:002021-11-06T23:53:37.697-07:00Music History Part 37 - New Beginnings ~ Violent Green ~ New record, a label, a new scene, and room to grow<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Disclaimer</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>:</b> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Memory</span> is a
funny thing, and an elusive one. Meaning; I might have some of this
wrong, as 1. My memory is not always accurate, like anyone and 2. It is
from my perspective only. Any friends who were there, feel free to
correct me or add things I have missed. It helps! Also, no <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">gossip</span> on
anyone here, it ain't about that. Personal details are on a surface
level, and friends, girlfriends <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and</span> others are re-named to respect their
privacy. People in bands generally put their names out there on albums
and in interviews anyway, and are not in the habit of staying <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">anonymous</span>,
and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">therefore</span> are named here. That <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">said, </span>anyone <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">who</span> is in the blog that
wishes <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">me</span> not to use their name has only to ask. </span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Sea</b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>ttle</b></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b> Years <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Disclaimer</span>: </b>As I enter the Seattle years in this music <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">blog</span>, the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">above</span> disclaimer goes double, because <i>so much</i> happened
and there are so many details to cover in this 14 year period; so many
shows, so many bands, so many friends and so much change in my life. As a
result of this and the fact that the four of us who <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">formed</span> <b>Treepeople </b>found
ourselves in the midst of a scene which blew up around us and attracted
the eyes of the world just 2 years after our arrival, not to mention
the 12 years I played music following that, I am bound to, hell, I <i>will</i> forget something.</span></span></span><br>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br>This
means two things: I will be coming back to entries and adding things to
them over the months following publication, and, that the part of the
above disclaimer where I ask for help from people in keeping me honest
and in remembering things is crucial to them. I thank anyone ahead of
time who was there, and, those who weren't there who have access to
valid<i> </i>info, for helping me to correct errors in dates or
chronology. Yes, I have the Internet, but many bands, scenes and things I
will cover did not receive the attention I feel that they deserved and
thus I will recall them mostly from memory, or rather, memories; mine
and those of friends. Also, friends who were in bands which I do not
happen to mention, <i>please</i> don't take it personally, just remind me. I have created a <i>monster </i>in undertaking this blog, one which I am determined to ride until the end!</span><br>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br>Lastly,
as mentioned, this scene gained national attention, and thus, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">needless</span>
to say and as we all know, many bands/people became famous, became rock
stars, were/are admired by millions, etc and etc...This makes another
part of my original disclaimer even more important. This memoir is
intended to tell my story, from my perspective. I have no intention of
creating a place where people can seek gossip about famous people, nor
is it about 'name-dropping'. I write of my impressions of people, bands,
and the Seattle scene from the '90s into the early 2000s. I protect
those who are my friends fiercely because a symptom of being known is
frequent intrusion into their lives beyond a level that I feel
is acceptable. Thank you for indulging me this disclaimer.</span><br>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>A <i>kind <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">of</span></i> disclaimer on Violent Green entries...</b>In
writing about the band Violent Green, at this time I am not in contact
with Jenny O'lay, so I am not directly getting input from her, and, one
member is no longer alive. In the case of the former, out of respect to
O'lay, I am compelled to keep personal details at a high level, and in
terms of Drew Quinlan (RIP, Brother), I am not in touch with any of his
family to get approval of what I write about concerning him, as I did
with my previously passed bandmate, Pat Schmaljohn (and thus felt better
in writing about Pat) but I do not have the same access to family in
Drew's case, so for that reason, out of respect for Drew and his family,
I will also keep details at a high level. I won't make it cold and
unpersonal, don't misunderstand me. Our dynamic as people was a huge
part of the band. I guess what I am getting at is there are details that
will remain private, to meet with high standards I strive to meet on
this blog, even more so in light of this lack of input from the former
bandmates of which I write.</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">I hope I have achieved these standards. This</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span>also
brings up the point I always make, but it is important to reiterate;
this is all from my perspective only, and of anyone whom I get input
from.</span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our
odd relationships and their tensions were one with the music, and I
think, actually I know, that was a good thing, a necessary ingredient of
this band, a band that forever reshaped how I thought about music, both
listening to it and making it. I owe that to Drew and Jenny's
brilliance and imperfectness, which made me feel okay about my own
imperfections, (only to a degree, as my inner, self-critical voice was
still in full effect) and it helped me realize that even I held
brilliance, in my own way, when I played with them, warts and all. One
thing I can confidently say is; we gave a fuck about the music. And that
was because this was a highly musical band (most of the people who got
what we were doing were musicians themselves) and thus I will focus much
of my energy in terms of the VG entries talking about that; the music,
it's influences and forms, and how the three of us and what we brought
to the band from previous projects and the music we each loved, created,
eventually, a rich tapestry. It is worth digging into this world O'lay
spun with this bizarre, dark, poppy, goth, folksy punk music from <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Mars</span> ~
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My other blogs: <a href="https://shortstorylongconversation.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Short Story Long</a> - (Top of mind, conversational, formal essays, photo essays, etc.) <a href="https://wayneflowerart.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Artwork</a>, <a href="https://waynewords.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Poetry</a></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I had remained in touch with Chris Takino after leaving <b>Treepeople</b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. He</span> heard <b>Violent Green</b> demos and liked them a lot and enjoyed the live shows, even in <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">their raw, incubating form</span>. I am not sure if he met Jenny through me or not<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, but they hit it off instantly and had much in common, including the aforementioned hyper-intelligence<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, an <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">intense</span></span> interest in film, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and very <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">common tastes in music, especially in jazz, as I remember it (both were Charles Mingus lovers<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and fans of <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">John Cassavetes</span> films,</span> for instance<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Up! Records logo (I <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">always found it appealing) - Design by Hank Trotter</span></b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Steve Fisk was another friend from my days in <b>Treepeople</b> who liked what he heard in the raw elements of what <b>Violent Green</b> was doing, so he was a natural fit to produce us<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. We</span> were finally recording somewhere</span> other than inside a<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> cube of<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> carpet in a basement<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> straight to cassette!</span> We went to the same studio that </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Treepeople </b>had recorded at, Avast! Recording <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Avast! owner Stewart Hallerman </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">(I guess it was a Seattle thing <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">at the time to have an exclamation point <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">in the name of</span> your music related business?</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> being also a friend who became involved in the life of <b>Violent Green</b> after my time working with him in </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Treepeople</b>. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We were pla<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ying some <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">challenging</span> music, and I<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> was, we were, encouraged to have people we respected so highly actually getting what we were doing, and recognizing it as unique and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">worth</span> working on. It encouraged us to keep at it.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fisk was a great fit to record <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Violent Green</b>, as he <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">was a musician who employed weird samples and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">created dense soundscapes in his solo work (as previously mentioned, he was doing what DJ Shadow bec<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ame known for far earlier)</span>, and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">he eventually became, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">in recordings at least, like a 4th member of the band. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I will discuss this more later, but I feel that it was the best marriage of a producer and a band than any that has happened in my career (and hell, maybe even one of the best in the Seattle music scene?). It wasn't easy and often got complicated, but it worked. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He</span> let us do our thing while gracefully keeping us on task. It can't be overstated how <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">important</span> he was to what we did. Also, I am not sure how he did it, playing part time counselor (ok with us may<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">be more than part time<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">!) part time <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">studio musician on top of full time <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">producer</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. We have never discussed it in these terms, but I am certain it wasn't easy. I feel like <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">what we put down <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">was</span> a <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">good representation of</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">where we were at</span> the time<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, every time we worked to<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">gether, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">even <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">during </span>the more in-studio creative process stuff that we couldn't always pull off live. I am jumping <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ahead, as I do.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The 7 inch, released in 1993, generated a bit of excitement, not because it was, 'ex <b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Some</span> Velvet Sidewalk<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">/</span>Treepeople</b> member<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s'</span> new band...' as that was never a marketing approach we or Chris took (and one <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">neither Jenny or I</span> would have agreed to, anyway<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.) <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In</span> my mind</span>, this was a good <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">thing. What we were doing demanded that it be <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">measured exclusively by the musical content, whether the opinion was <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">favorable</span> or that of a reaction to noisy garbage. Either reaction was a success in our eyes. I<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> of course speak more for myself here than for Jenny or Drew. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After all, it was Jenny's songs being put out there. 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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We were playing shows pretty regularly right out of the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">gate, sometimes within an unli<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">kely line up of hardcore punk bands</span></span>, whose fans just scratched their heads and nodded because it was so weird and crazy. Most didn't really get it.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">W</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">hether consciously or not, Takino was a large contributor <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">toward </span>promoting local women musicians (my opinion is that he just promoted good bands, period, as it should be), like <b>Juned</b>, who<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">se sophom<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ore 7 inch was the second release on Up! after our <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">first and the label's first mentioned above, and we played a couple shows with <b>Adickdid</b>, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">angst<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-driven<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">angular</span> punk influenced rock, as I remember it<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">B</span></span></span></span></span>oth bands</span> were pretty great live.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">First 7 inch <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and</span> 2nd Up! Records release by the Seattle band Juned</span></b> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Juned</b> was one of my <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">favorite bands at the time, their style was <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">melancholy</span> rock, kind of indie but with its own driving rhythm<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It</span> was indeed a time of Seattle's women musicians rising to <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">be recognized, and as with the male bands, there was endless talent and many different styles of music. There were <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">bands like <b>7 Year </b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Bitch</b>, who played in your face hard rock that kicked ass<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> live, our friend and former <b>Treepeople</b> benefactor Paula Sen played bass and sang in <b>Shug</b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, a band that pulled indie rock and hardcore together in a way <b>Treepeople</b> never did, also fantastic live. By this time in my music career, having lived in Seattle 4 years playing music activel<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">y among so many different kinds of bands, I began to shed my programmed sexism and<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> understand fully that music was not by any means just a <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">man's</span> game (programming that had already <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">been somewhat dismantled by having women music heroes in the Boise band <b>Dirt Fisherm<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">en</span></b></span>.) I witnessed women all the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">time who were seasoned, skilled, often professional musicians. They inspired me, and pus<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">hed me<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> towards <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">being a feminist. Not a 'feminist male<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">;' A feminist. And they weren't 'women <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">musicians</span>' or 'girl bands'. They were musicians. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Bands. Period. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">T</span>his was a tim<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">in my life where my ma<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">turity<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, in this area, at least, m<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ade leaps</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. And <b>Violent Green</b>, a band fronted by a small <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and outspoken lesbian woman, found a niche home in this <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">scene.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">B</span>eing in this band</span> also challenged my perceptions of <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">homosexuality</span> and bisexuality and exposed me to people who viewed the worl<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">d entirely differently than I</span>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>We played a <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">few lesbian bars, such as <i>The Easy</i>, which <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">were numerous at the time. Not as numerous as gay male bars, but still formidable, as <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">there is a large lesbian and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">bisexual</span> community in Seattle, and it was <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">beginning of a</span></span> time<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> when people<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'s overall sexual orientation and gender identity was becoming more and more fluid and dynamic.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Seattle, in this regard, was years ahead of the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nation.</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sexuality was also a part of what <b>Violent Green</b> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">was about, though not consciously. The </span>3 of us<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> were </span>fairly young and attractive, and our fans, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ident<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ity<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> wise,</span></span></span> ranged <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">through every <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">sexual orientation, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">gender identity and in between. Takino once ref<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">erred to us as the 'sexy band' in Seattle, which of course made us laugh<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. </span>But there <i>was</i> sexual tension, as there is in <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">everything<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, in what we did and how it was received. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Need I say anymore that this is my <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">opinion? Let's leave <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">that</span> aside for good, right here. You KNOW this is ALL my <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">opinion. I <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">becom<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e too <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">self-conscious at times<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<b>Left to right: Wayne Flower, Jenny O'lay, Drew Quinlan (RIP, Brother), AKA, Violent Green (Note: This photo is a bit ahead of the current blog timeline, it was taken probably in 1994)</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The 'major label feeding frenzy' was in full effect at this time in Seattle (and by extension, other metr<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">opolitan music scenes<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.)</span></span> By this time <b>Pearl Jam</b> ha<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">d been around for a couple years and were the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">most well-known</span> band, with <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the seminal band <b>Soundgarden </b>right behind them, building fame in their way, while the first band to really break, <b>Alice in Chains</b>, was still selling out <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">stadiums</span>. There were <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">some decent bands and there were some<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, to put it </span>frankly, fucking awful bands,<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> many</span> of whom were getting signed right and left. <b>Violent Green</b> even got a <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">glance from MC<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">R</span>ecords (which of course nothing came of<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.) But labels got what we were doing even <i>less</i> than the listeners! We were fortunate to have Takino in our corner. I am not sure we would have made the light of day <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">without him (as far as I know, to this day, the records haven't even paid their own costs off<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> at this writing, 2018!)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>The music climate of 1992/93</b> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Nationally, bands like <b>Guns n' Roses</b> were still selling out concerts and played <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">regularly on the radio, hip hop had representation on the charts in Seattle, with <b>Sir Mix-a-Lot</b>, who had achieved fame that year with his song <i>'Baby Got Back'</i> (a tune I don't think would fly today!) and <b>Madonna</b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Michael Jackson</b>, and <b>Mariah Carey </b>and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Whitney Houston </b></span>still had hit song<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s while <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">bands once known as 'New Wave' outliers like <b>U2</b> were selling out stad<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">iums. It was a time when music was trying to figure itself out, it seemed. <b>Violent Green</b> could exist here<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, not everyone got it as mentioned, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and</span> as mentioned, we did our own thing, like a challenging jazz <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">band hovering on the edges of traditional jazz. Jenny's songwriting became even more prolific, and even more <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">honed into a specific <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">sound, one less playful <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">than the previous country and folk influenced songs tinged with goth. The goth took more of a place in the driver's seat, with maybe a dash of <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">early, punky <b>Nirvana</b>, inevitably the comparison was made as Jenny was almost a female Kurt <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">C</span>obain<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">;</span> small, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">crafting songs and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">letting out a primal scream of a voice that seemed to come from the very spirit of<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">human pain and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">suffering itself. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">While indie rock was primarily still played</span></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">on college radio<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">some bands were starting to cr<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ossover to mainstream radio, like <b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Smashing Pumpkins</span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">who started the same year as <b>Treepeople</b>, </span></span></span></span></span></span>paving the way for many bands, even short-lived one<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s</span> like<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <b>Presidents of the United States of America</b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> (a Seattle band) but of course, their way had been paved by more <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">accessible</span> bands like <b>The Smiths</b>, <b>The Cure</b>, and so on. The 'grunge' thing and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">successful <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Seattle</span> bands like <b>Pearl Jam</b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span>also unfortunately gave rise to bands like <b>Creed</b>. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">They can't all <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">be</span> great. <b>Stone Temple Pilots<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ain't half bad (who formed the year after <b>Treepeople</b>.) It was hit and miss, like I said, music was trying to figure itself out again, post <b>Nirvana</b> and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">post 'Grunge.' This is all off the top of my head cross-referencing here, with a little research of the music at the time thrown in, and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">admittedly there are gaps. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Trying to pin <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jello</span> to the wall, or, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">T</span>rying<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">to categorize</span> Violent Green</b> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A debt was also owed to</span> bands like the seminal NYC band <b>Televis<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ion</span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> who were still putting out great music<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>just under the radar in 1992, like the song making the rounds on college radio then, <i>'Call Mr. Lee'</i>. <b>Television </b>was a <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">big influence</span></span> </span></span>on Jenny's songwriting and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">people often compared <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Violent Green</b></span> to them. I don't <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">completely</span> hear it, but obviously I am too close to the music to properly judge. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Some people</span> also said we sounded like <b>Minutemen</b>, and if you have <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">been <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">reading this blog, you know that <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">should have made me proud, but again, I don't hear it, except in my bass playing style, which was inevitably influenced by <b>Minutemen</b>'s Mike Watt. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hell</span>, people said we sounded like the band <b>Come</b>, a band I loved and saw live a couple times, but that was really just <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">because</span> they were also fronted by a <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">strong little woman with a big, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">andro<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">gynous</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> voice. I think it is safe to say that we were hard to peg!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img alt="Billy Ficca, Richard Lloyd, Tom Verlaine, Fred Smith" class="c-crop__img wp-post-image visible" data-src="https://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/rs-183263-85238599.jpg?crop=900:600&width=440" data-srcset="https://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/rs-183263-85238599.jpg?crop=900:600&width=440 440w, https://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/rs-183263-85238599.jpg?crop=900:600&width=910 910w, https://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/rs-183263-85238599.jpg?crop=900:600&width=1440 1440w, https://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/rs-183263-85238599.jpg?crop=900:600&width=1910 1910w" height="213" src="https://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/rs-183263-85238599.jpg?crop=900:600&width=440" width="320"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Telev<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ision<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, undo<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ubtedly </span>an <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">influence on Violent Green</span></span></span></b></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I do believe I have reached the end of this entry. Next up<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">over</span></span> the next couple entries, <b>Violent Green</b> plays shows wherever they are welcome,<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>checking in on where <b>Treepeople</b> was at the time, recording </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Eros</i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>the album that altered the direction of <b>Violent Green </b>forever<i>,</i> recorded during romantic transitions for every member and the producer<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. We</span> cut a dark slice of heartache and anger, incorporating a musical element that would, eventually<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">,</span> take over much of the music of <b>Violent Green</b>, that of digital samplin<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">g</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>.</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i> </i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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