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Comets on Fire   08/25/2004

Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
Source Sony ECM-717 (M/S mic) -> a/d Sony ECM-N707 (MD) d/a -> a/d M-Audio 2496 -> CE2k -> EAC (wav split) -> FLAC(8)
Media FLAC   1 disc
Tech Notes Comets On Fire
San Francisco
august 2004

01-06 Thee Parkside, 20 aug 04
07-10 Great American Music Hall, 25 aug 04

01 intro jam >
02 The Bee And The Cracking Egg
03 Whiskey River
04 The Antlers Of The Midnight Sun
05 unknown
06 Beneath The Iceage

07 intro jam >
08 The Bee And The Cracking Egg
09 Whiskey River
10 Beneath The Iceage

Ethan Miller - guitar, vocals
Ben Flashman - bass
Ben Chasny - guitar
Noel Harmonson - echoplex, electronics
Utrillo Kushner - drums

Two very similar, yet very different, sets/recordings from the Bay Area's (via Santa Cruz) psychedelic noise rock band's shows soon after the release of 'Blue Cathedral'.

Thee Parkside is a small rock&roll bar with an under-powered PA, so the mix is very guitar heavy. The Great American is a classic small, stately, theater, with a nice PA that makes the vocals, echoplex/electronics, and drums more than subliminal. The former was a headlining set (it might have been the "record release" show), hence the greater length. The latter was opening for Black Dice & Animal Collective (nope, didn't record 'em, sorry), so the set is of "opener" length. I'd probably rate the first as "B" (B+ if you're a guitarist, B- if you're a drummer) and the second as "B+".

Comets On Fire are also known for opening for Julian Cope in winter 2005, and for being the rock band that Ben Chasney (aka Six Organs of Admittance) performs with (as opposed to the folk/psych combo, Badgerlore, that he also plays with).

Sony ECM-717 (M/S mic) -> a/d Sony ECM-N707 (MD) d/a -> a/d M-Audio 2496 -> CE2k -> EAC (wav split) -> FLAC(8)
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