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The 35 Minutes That Sum It Up Best: Motivational Karaoke, "Spring Training Eve"

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Today while driving around South Austin, my iPod bringed me a blast from me past.  A 35-minute segment of Motivational Karoke, the WESN radio show that Chris Golwitzer and I painstakingly crafted from 2002-2005.  It wunt crafted.  It wunt no pain. Part 5 of "SPRING TRAINING EVE (2/22/04) just seemed to sum up what we were about. It starts with an interview with Ted Leo after he blew out his voice in Champaign and I finished the singing for him.  That ends with a clip of Babe Ruth with a fake swear word beeped in. We played Ted Leo quite a bit. A new song that's old now. A lengthy, lie-riddled microphone break, back-selling a lot of things that we used to play.  A tongue lashing of the DJs on before us. An explanation of what Google is and how to spell it, followed by the futile spelling of our very long impossible find website. We were doing Dream Warriorisms then because we were on from 12-2am at that time.  We went retro and pulled out a Motivational Karo
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Just Download the Damn Album As a Whole.

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Coldcock Jones - "2-Minute Warnings: The Gospels of Moderation" I worked countless hours making this album sound perfect.   I would really appreciate it if you would appreciate it. It’s hard not being appreciated. This is one of those annoying concept albums that is better as a whole.
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Super88 Trilogy Finale: Part III: Section B; Super88 at The Beat Kitchen (Chicago) Feb. 25, 2012.

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What I remember most was having a nasty sinus headache and being doped up on pseudo-ephedrine.  Sounds pretty fun, though.  I think someone with the Sleepers recorded this with a field recorder.  My Super88 live recording reclamation project has led me to believe that MP3s are better for ipods than mixing/mastering software.  I knew that, but I had to see what would happen. We were in better shape for this one that the Sweethearts dance.  The much shorter set exposed less of our windedness.  We pulled it together a few times for some magical moments. Super88 @ The Beat Kitchen Click n' Listen.  Download.  I dare you.
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Super88 Trilogy Part 3: Section A. 2012 Sweethearts Dance & Reunion @Peoria Pizza Works.

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About 10 days before I left Chicago for Austin, we played a couple reunion shows, starting with this one, then in Chicago at the Beat Kitchen, reunionizing with friends, THE SLEEPERS , and IROCK Z . Reunion is kind of a funny term for this.  Various Super88 reunions of various lineups tend to happen once or twice a year.  And they should.  Around Thanksgiving works for me. I'm not sure how this was recorded.  I just made it sound a little clearer and a lot louder. The orginal MP3 posted here has now been replaced.  I rushed it, posted it, then listened to it on the way to work and almost puked.  The only copy of this show I had to work with was an MP3 recorded on a field recorder.  I really just magnified the sizzly garble residing in the high end of an MP3.  Its not awesome now, but the more I listen to this, the more it sounds done. Listen/Download the UPDATED Sweethearts Magic!
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Super88 vol. 2: One Month Later - Halloween @ One World Coffee.

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This was "high energy."  We never played a tight show.  Never had consistent, balanced gear and never had the right amount of alcohol.  We had the right time and place this time.  We were 26-30, so close to knowing better. Someone recorded this from the back of the room on a digital recorder.  I salvaged it from an MP3 file, which means "don't over think it." http://www.mediafire.com/listen/z8ku39s4jdulhwd ... listen & learn.
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Super88 House Party - Bradley University - 9-23-02

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A party band farewell to Laura Satterfield! Then she came back. I always remembered this recording as the worst of Super88.  I remember it being a model of being a sloppy band, but going back over it... it's not that bad. I only had a 256kbps MP3 of this set, but I went ahead and mastered it anyway.  Cranked it like a party band. I can't really remember the technical aspects of this show/recording.  I have a cassette of this somewhere, which leads me to believe that I recorded it with my 4-track... perhaps the last time I used it to record a live show.  The bass was loud and proud on it, so it was probably after Chris got a big boy rig and Dave and I were still swapping out disgruntled, poorly matched guitar amps.  You can hear the vocals really well, too.  Not sure where the recording mics were placed.  Don't care.  You don't, either. This is Part One, of a Super88 trilogy.  Stay tuned. The Entire Set (listen/download) "I Wanna Be Your Dog" (list
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