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• My site is back up and running thanks to Dreamhost support #

Whoa long time no post, eh?

I actually haven’t recorded anything in a while just because I’ve been busy with a new job and being social with friends and all that. I recorded Subtle and Efterklang a few weeks back but I still haven’t matrixed the recording because I am sort of lazy. I will do that soon, though, because I know there are some folks wanting to hear those recordings. The main hold-up is that I’m waiting to hear back from another guy who filmed Subtle so I can mix my video with his.

So back to the subject at hand: El Ten Eleven.

I guess all you can really say is “Well, shit.” because it’s so mesmerizing to see these two guys completely own their respective instruments in every capacity. Even now I’m trying to think of a way to write about their skills and prowess that doesn’t come off sounding completely douchey and I’m drawing a blank. I think I’ll opt for silence and let the recording speak for itself.

El Ten Eleven – 2008-06-05 Sunset Tavern – Seattle, WA
Download: ete2008-06-05.akgc1000s.sbd.matrix.flac16.zip
MP3 Sample: ete2008-06-05sample.mp3

P.S. Two-cam video (with help from Steve Robinson) coming soon!

• I taped Subtle and Efterklang last week. I’ll upload the matrix recordings soon! #

• I now work for …. buffering…. buffering…. REAL NETWORKS #

• Rare Hunk Parade footage: http://tinyurl.com/6dte3v #

• When will Boing Boing stop posting about steam punk crap? NO ONE KNOWS. #

• It’s almost April why is snowing. God dammit. #

I truly am the king of wit and original comedy.

No but seriously, these guys are good and I like them a lot. That’s why I took the time to purchase tickets (Ten bucks? Bitch, please) and go to the show. I even took the time to stand perfectly still so I could get a good recording.

I had to stealth this one because I messaged them on Myspace about recording the show and they never got back to me. So I got back to them. By recording it like a motha. I figure they’re cool with it. They seem like the kinda guys who, if they stumbled upon this site, would be all “Hey this guy is cool. We’re cool with this.” And then we’d high five each other and drink some Rainier tallboys while we talk about our favorite episodes of the popular late-eighties comedy Perfect Strangers (mine is the one where Larry and Balki go into business making pastries that, ultimately, explode in their faces due to an oversight in the recipe that requires a song to be sung while creating the confections).

The recording turned out fairly decent since the crowd was fairly well behaved (save for the loud drunkie who kept talking about how she’s going on vacation tomorrow… multiple times).

Vampire Weekend – 2008-03-26 Neumo’s – Seattle, WA
Download: vw2008-03-26.at943.flac16.zip
MP3 Sample: vw2008-03-26sample.mp3

• Go see Justice if you can. Good show. #

Got this done fairly quickly. No chapter points or menus. Just the facts. The facts of instrumental music hitting you in the dome.

Update: Now streamable on my site and downloadable as a 720p MP4.

This is a Process of a Still Life @ The Comet Tavern

SD FLV (275 MB): process2008-03-19.flv
HD MP4 (1.6 GB): process2008-03-19.mp4