Meat Puppets Ring In The New Year (Just Not This One)

The Meat Puppets play a private party in Tempe, AZ 12/31/99.

Only two songs.

But two glorious songs.


Setlist:

  1. Seal Whales

  2. Up On The Sun


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Rainermentals :: A Holiday At The Sea Playlist

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Here’s a playlist of some Rainer Ptacek instrumentals. I remember making this mix when we lived in KY, so it must have been around 2003 or 2004 and I’ve listened to it a ton since then.

18 tracks taken from 4 different albums (follow the key after each song title).

Enjoy.

Tracklisting:

  • Here Comes Lilly? (#)

  • Cheeseball (&)

  • Instrumental #13 ($)

  • Di Lantin

  • Ode to N2O (&)

  • Instrumental #5 ($)

  • Opening Aunt Dora’s Box in 6/8 (&)

  • Instrumental #10 (chore ending) ($)

  • Improv in E (%)

  • Instrumental #9 (wait a minute) ($)

  • Within You Without You (&)

  • Horse Hair (#)

  • Instrumental #3 ($)

  • Curiouser and Curiouser (&)

  • Instrumental #4 (slight humming) ($)

  • Shifting Blues ($)

  • Instrumental #6 ($)

  • Arabing ($)

  • # = Alpaca Lips (2000)

  • & = Nocturnes (1995)

  • $ = The Farm (2002)

  • % = Live At The Performance Center (2000)


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Rainer Plays That Voodoo Music

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The relevant information:

Rainer Ptacek performing "Voodoo Music" in the kitchen of "The 818 Club" during a live cablecast of the local music show "Electric Window".

  • Hosted and Produced by Chris Wagganer

  • Cameras: Don Dalen, Chris Babbie, Ben Minot

  • Audio: David Slutes

  • Engineering: Roy Knappenberger, Chris Babbie

  • Cablecast Support: Mark Taylor

June 6, 1986

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Giant Sand, Live at Mad Dog Studios/The Atlantic Session (01/30/90)

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I don’t know if it’s still around, but when we lived in KY (roughly 2002-2005), I was part of The Sandman Series. This was a CDR series of bootlegs organized by Jim Blackman and Howe Gelb. Basically, the way it worked was that CDRs were sent out to “seeders.” I was a seeder. The seeders committed to recording and mailing the CDRs to a certain number of people (I think it was around 10 but I really don’t remember). I seeded several different discs, but the one I still return to most was called The Atlantic Session.

The core group (at that time) of Howe Gelb, John Convertino and Joey Burns recorded this set as a demo for Atlantic Records at Mad Dog Studios in CA. It was never officially released until the Sandman Series helped bring it to the light of day. As the name suggests, this is a studio recording. The band is tight and the tunes are bitchin.

The set is available at the fantastic Archive.org.

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Giant Sandworms: "Body of Water"

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Videographer Ray Frieders recently posted on Facebook:

“37 years ago today at Gates Pass, a spectacular backdrop for Tucson’s own Giant Sandworms. “Body of Water” was directed by Tony Sotelo and was the first of many 80’s music videos that I shot and edited. I am very fortunate to have these photos and some amazing memories! I am not sure what I love most, my full head of hair or the fact that I “borrowed” a KVOA news camera for this shoot.”

“Before Giant Sand there was Giant Sandworms, Howe Gelb's first band in Tucson. Here is their debut music video from 1983.

  • Howe Gelb - Guitar, Vocals

  • Dave Seger - Guitar, Vocals

  • Billy Sed -Drum, Vocals

  • Scott Garber - Bass”

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